, 1877-06-10
THE GERMAN DAPTIsTg.
THEIR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uerr1sn r,
PENNSYLVANIA "

| ruv,n nran, D1A1 lists.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Dfafard ttsan.] Inquirer, Juns1,
The German baptist Church, which held ia
ann anaa meeting 4 New En.e!pr,e last week.
a. ~ ~. y, .ns United States In 17ol
III lts STATE They arc known,
Wus.sses lucy arc to DC found, by certain poet.
nuy dii1lcutlv or,sca +I,o ,J.".'.,n ''lnct' Il
wItb sa,,.ss, ,,asa, es Luz p1Ant'll, 10 company
on tse se, w.. ofssasen' goes to tho defendant,
matters at this conference thc n,,s.,inn ~
to the Church. anl thu ra.e "a t.,n's - 'akea
mon cm,r. hf.ar '..s, sase - 1tleu as IN conl-
upncal tn,, l.. hsS y, .a uesason pS tho Church, an
Is supreme III Its rulings. The 1nalo member.
arc reauIrcl to conforn to certain nrrs",ibni
regulations In regard 10 tho cut an,1 as"ia
OF tle garments they wear, though tIere Sro
tlc goods. The Herman Baptlsts arr sencr',,y ~
rich farmers. aud rich fartnersf wyrs nn,
daughters. You very seldom lind them cucnS.
believe thu land was nlatIe to be t,iIe,Is ona
glance ntothcir Golfers will conyipgc nny .pn
ltlat they know how to TIL. We noticed TINT a
n1e,ber ., ,,e q tho women wore tho most costly
style. The men aro obliged to have stan,nn
collars to their coats, hut they arc ID ler.v ~
Woar broalcluth Or homcspuu, ns NAV s,rIt i,eIr
ast daney. ws listened With grsat deal oi Inter
travelling brother, who, through poiicy. in cara
t91h localities wore plug hat. lie but in thc
picaa at!; t1at "whsn yoa are in Komo you must do
~ ~ Mome doses;" ihat when ho dropped Into
mushroom western, or oil town, and lie arony
Wa Was plug nat, he was obliged to splue y him
soli III ORDER to keep la an1 unto aid trv II MI
on On top q she susgtng current. But lie meet.
,ng nas empatatieally decided that plug hat was
n1t naltltaslb!e uDdcr anv circumstances, An.
Z nthef iatcrcatsD9 discussion was the cpllur to
tto ~ eoat. appears That In some sections Of
|hc DC country soaio u tlo members particularly
Tsi;5 NY 51u.E mon' hayo been haYug THUR coats
:, aean lnaae according to Church rules. With
.s .tano.hG collars, they would turn them down
ynen is put c e. III order e show the white iiuon
and the mt'tster'ng brethret, were ~.
|aestel to SEQ that tic Church ruIo should hn
'oseFvcd In tho future. TO show how strIct !
nv sto .o.o ~ tSat tho drcss rules we need
lsAed mlsston ln Denmark. Thu tuesiion :
,,. soss ~ to whether the Church would require
as 1aIes @ to c'ange their dress, aud It was IL
.merI.an 1s tey ;cy s,o@a aaopt tho dress Of tho
1ne aggregate membership Of the Church in
40 Uuited states is estimated ut lVu0W Tbcv =
ts r., ,offanlzea ~ nttesn Suites III tho Unol;, i
,sa h,ehtss9yTana. Ohio, md Indiana a. tho
~ y W. Ie!sese nonc in New York, Lut tllry are i
atesca lhrtnehous TIE West, aid ip soycrul
asso - 70 ~ t.'c 9outn. II was turelupcl at tho r
e meeting: In our hcarng TINT theru arc some d
usrcnses ct oploIon iu chufyh matters between Ii
q East ant ths Wcst. The SOUS and lauci,- A.
70 * thc West arc apparently more proerrs. Ii
70 than the lattcrs aud mothers OF the Enst. III
lnlster IN their Church Ia termed housc- III
epeF; and ilc receives no salary for his sery- aa
=. Among tho tutIcs Imposed upon him il i.
nc kecpt,g u h!s house I'll order" which. a. III
understand 1t, IL to sec that no feuu or iii oil
ctllrcn. In tho East lc ia ron,,r y y, . sno y
annual visit to cverv mnrrt,ar n,T L., sHaHo | ~ ~
est Ao IL tentjrcd To makn tw., vfslt. ~ ~ !ne ~
Tho annual Meetinr. whirh IL ..n,,,rn!!e !eIi'
from ey,.rv ,,ron,,,sosu ~ -
prcme Conference m CnMrt ~ ttss ~ w tis M
Gucations or tjtsnu,cs sr,si,,s ~ .',,si. Gh ~
y arc submitted to this body Tor aJjuljcst1on Of
hna1 settlement. Their churches, jtke their III,
etng held fts soasInns IN iartts IL aug anHual Eel
lreh building for lin rscnsi"n H. o ~ au tHo pIe
'Yertcd into dinfng-room, which, wlth q aut
III Tor upward or CD ner.nn. ~ sst.t H. H.
t WIS our plcasure. Il, nnnsne,, "s..E' .s..E th
MIA Tn vtalt 'tti. h,..s 81 t'Fa"J "4k4 III. w