Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-23
HrsTaFrc GERMANTOWN.
LILLIAN A. NORTH.

the eNflIe-t settlers In thls Deautltul
suburb. \ few of them from Holland
settled there IN lGS{ Later came
children of TIE I'dfsriGtd and from
this event was Germantown named
This body Of people elieve IN the doc
trine of faith, that II Is wrong TO take
up the sword against man. Would that
al had been NennOnitesl The Quaker
ideas are but an outgrowth Of this be
lief. But certain 1t Is, that the Men
ounites were the first to champion this
cause, and through their efforts and
those of some German BaptIsts tDtnt-
EarRsN the Legislature Of Pennsylvania
interviewed and enacted that they and
the Quukers should he exempt from
military service.
Among the earliest settlers from
Holland was one WilIem RIttenhouse,
the first Mennonite preacher IN Ger
mnutowu or America as far as can be
known. But he was only preacher
and hul not t4eu been ordained Blsh-
ap They were not IL favor OF under
taking "a dangerous voyage to have the
ceremony performed, SO after much
rmmuui.atIuu they received the order
90 perform 10 IN all trust and faith IN
their new settlement. Thus was VIII
lem EIft.uuuuss installed bishop of the
fret Mennonite Church in America,
and that 90 Gcrmautown-
Ia ITO~ the first church was built,
and % rude construction It was, a small
carIn of LOGS, nothing more. But later
thew d,t. ruIuci 10 build another strus-
turv for their worship and In l12J was
ru,-cI the second church, the one IN
our picture which still stands in the
midst Of it. spacious burial grounds,
quaint touching relic OF the steadiast
prime plies OF it's early followers. No
visitor tn Germantown should miss
sIgLtol 10. The NeuuouItes deserve all
mention In reviewing its past history.
it viii he interesting TO know that
one of the Mennonite preachers, Funk
Is connected with that sad event IN the
history of tine Battle of Germantown,
th. death OF G.uor1l Murray. 1t was
on Fuuk- nrm that vault was built
wherein o. place the body of the dead
General. AMI many were, and indeed
urr. the visitors toIt Tie quiet, mod
es appearance and proportions Of this
-mu.. grey house of worship give no
c,ucrI tI1u ui the Industrial and steady
going principles the followers Of Simon
VI uau established IN Germantown.
Dl. cannot tread the streets of this
luEu.,sr Of suburbs, or walk the green
archie ul-Iys that border the avenues
without gaining sort Of retrospective
uur.g. For. scattered here and there,
banked mp u1 this beautiful patcn of
sRarL. ur sheltered IN that luNuriant
spot are houses, homes and habitstions
of o. past age whose natural surround
iu.- exceed In beauty all architectural
display.
Ih. mind revgrts 20 one, whose
grand physical moral aud mental pro-
portions, tire lips of nations numbered,
whom mon hnu.rct and loved, whom
uut. "a painter bad 40 ambition greater
than tn place his l.rsd ou the canvas
Yes. 10 Ie recorded how the famous
painter. Gilbert Stuart came to Philn-
d..plr .u I.at, with one ambition aud
talt tu paint tae portrait uf Washing
tom. During 'l- grrutcr portion of
his -.Tagrg lu Pennsylvania he took mp
II- abode Iu Germantown. Here he
re-u.yI g nurla.ur originally of two
stories which was designed for sum
u.r.auu.e and IA ths- building Stuart
rlH|u his studio. The upper story was
ll- puutu- room, the lower "a sort of
-tura-H.u-a and place for mixing culurs
etc. Ar boz his studio here, he painted
the wonderful, wnrld-.amcd portrait of
Na~.urf.n, A portion Of the build
ing r.ur.- .uteI Iu our picture still re
mains. Iae painting room itself was
..-tr. v.t nv fire "A number OF years
Hg1. Richard Nls'Jr became the own
or of f.. property upon which the
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