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RIVER BRETHREN

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 374 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RIVER

RIVER BRETHREN , the name of a See also:

GROUP

group of three See also:

Christian communities in the See also:

UNITED

United States of See also:

AMERICA

America, descended from Swiss settlers near the Susquehanna river in See also:

Pennsylvania in 1750. The first pastor was See also:

Jacob Engle, who became See also:

head of the community in 1770. Their See also:

SYSTEM

system is based on literal obedience to the commands of the New Testament, and they have points of similarity both with the See also:

MENNONITES

Mennonites and with the Dunkards. They practise See also:

FOOT

foot-washing and See also:

BAPTISM

baptism by trine See also:

IMMERSION (Lat. immersio, dipping),

immersion; are strict sabbatarians and See also:

SIMPLE

simple in their manner of See also:

LIFE

life. The three branches are: (1) The Brethren in See also:

Christ, who are the most elaborately organized and are numerous in See also:

OHIO

Ohio, Pennsylvania and See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas; they have also formed churches in New See also:

York and in See also:

CANADA

Canada, and See also:

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions in See also:

South See also:

Africa, See also:

India and See also:

TEXAS

Texas. In 1909 they had 174 ministers, and 65 churches with 3675 communicants. (2) The Old See also:

Order, or Yorker Brethren, consists of a small See also:

BODY

body which separated from the See also:

main body in 1843 and maintained more strictly the See also:

ORIGINAL

original practice. They are found specially in York See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Pennsylvania (whence the name " Yorkers "). In 1909 they had 24 ministers, 9 churches, and 423 communicants. (3) The United See also:

ZION, or SION (Heb. iiag, perhaps from runs " to be dry," nqs " to set up," or is " to protect "; Arabic analogies favour the meaning " hump," " summit of a ridge," and so " citadel ")

Zion's See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children date from 1853, when a small body See also:

LEFT

left the See also:

PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent communion on See also:

minor questions of See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration. They had in 1909 22 ministers and 28 churches with 749 communicants, all in Pennsylvania.

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