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MLA citation style
First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Diary, 1842-1866. . 1842. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_78.
APA citation style
First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, P. (1842). Diary, 1842-1866. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_78.
Chicago citation style
First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.).Diary, 1842-1866. 1842. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/Moravian.MC_Phila_I_78.
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These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Includes a summary of events, compiled by pastor Edmund de Schweinitz for the years 1842 to 1854, in the time after pastor David Bigler's calling to First Moravian Church, New York, NY. According to the account provided here by Schweinitz, no congregational diary was kept during this time. From 1855-1866, a complete diary was again kept by ministers of the congregation. Topics covered include but are not limited to: descriptions of services & sermons; confirmations, marriages, receptions of new members, and deaths in the congregation; prayer meetings, congregational meetings, and love feasts; the arrival of new ministers; the practice of "pulpit exchange" with other denominations; fundraising for causes such as the Sunday School and missionary work; and the American Civil War. Inserted printed materials include programs for church events such as the cornerstone ceremonies of 1855 and 1866, and news clippings on the Emancipation Proclamation.