Excerpt from The Pennsylvania-German Society, Vol. 6: Proceedings and Addresses at Bethlehem, Oct. 16, 1895 Mr. President and gentlemen, I welcome you to a town in which local and neighborhood history are of extreme interest. For 120 years that history was written in the German language. These records are not written in pennsylvania-german, but in what the people called Herrnhuter German, or pure German. The significance of this fact lies in this: in all that made Bethlehem conspicuous in the best sense-from the beginning to the end - we see the product of Ger man influence, energy, and piety. [applause] People were here from England, Scotland, Wales, Scandinavia, France, The Netherlands, as well as from Germany. It was a cosmopolitan settlement. The master mind and master builder were German. I beg to commend the doings, the struggles of the men and women of the Olden times as constituting no mean part of what the German citizens of Penn sylvania have done for her strength, her prosperity, and her glory. [great applause] Extracts from the annual address delivered by the President, Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, LL. D. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.