Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-24

STATE today who, because of an over
sensltlveness, forget the cause in the
interest OF greed and self
The subject of this sketch was now
commissioned south again. When
charleston capitulated, practically
the whole southern army became pris-
oners of war. Thomas Jefferson was
Governor Of Virginia. and the break
ing up OF his colony seemed to be at
'h's time primary object to the
enemy. Washington considered its
preservation to be of paramount i'm
Portance to the American cause That
M nuremberg was sent here to recruit
companies and place the colony in q
state of defense was high cuInI H.
mant Indeed. While he himself Game
south, his "crack" regiment IT,
Eighth Virginia, was kept on the
banks Of the Hudson. Rogers re
| membranes of American Heroes
Statesmen, and Sages" says: General
Muhlenberg was peculiar favorite
OF the COMMANDMENT Chief. He was
one of those brave men in whose cool
| ness, decision of character, aud un
| daunted resolution he could ever rely
The eVentful scene at Yorktown isl
ABOUT to be enacted Muhlenberg had
been successful in gathering and equip
ping large bodies of troops Steuben
came to take charge and later La
fayette w Washington with the main
Continental Army then cane by wav
OF the Chesapeake Bay to assume fall
command. These penned up the enemy
at yorktown and broug hit on the end
OF the war, In the attack on the re-
doubts that finally forced the surrcn-
der OF Lord CORVALLIS, DeViomenl
led the French party, and Generals
M0hlenberg aud Hamilton led tn
Amerlc N party, Our hero was
lightly wounded In the rotlnda oil
tue National Capitol is Trum5ulFs |
famous palutiLg, Surrender of Corn |
wallis The fourth figure to the !
right is that of General Mnhlenbero
- : - 90"
ngge for American Independence |
Congress, .Aen meeting in Phjiadel- |
7a.t - 49, 5000 '0,'.,''' . N'''G'o
with y nub.ic religions service ofI
God in the Same Zion
Lutheran Church referred to hafora
This I'd fee was f,,Iit nv tine C,are,als
falh-r m -fq and was for, Years rho
largest and most magnifeent in ,ha
coIooy
4OeNS''S SEEMS 20 'e"'" u So'he-
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NI''e> VI o'Fi ll'7' d" ~ WIZ his !
Ill"s''ioOS "-"Iioi' le"9l'oA' VINO
hau peeh also Lutheran pastor
I''eo lor twenty years ore ia VIC
Sci ice Vi MS 'e''fe" e"""tF "s
OnFls'ia" S'at7s'''n' o'e' 1" o7en
III VI P'''iio S'0ei LII anu IL S'""t
vas III i''V " MIN "s ooh oN' ~ '0 "
aSt's ''' anu o." "i'"' - ~" l@'"'a ''''e
IN nc GU Ia III "''0'i III"
N l'eo, when Bet JtmIn Frank II |
W - eected president OF the common
wealth of Penusy Vania, Peter Moh- |
lenberg served with him us It's vice
president Ia the Phllade phia con-
venticn, September II, l7e|, which
formed the Federal Constitution and
over hich George Washington pre-
sided, he was one OF the earnest sup
porters OF its adoption. His brother.
frederick, was speaker of the Penn.
State Convention when 1t was CON
vened to ratify or reject she proposed
Federal Constitution. lie Is the oLel
also who, eleven years batore at the
Pennsylvania State Convention on
June w. rallleo lrlends 10 the support
Of the Declaration II lplrpen lence
and made It the Keystone State. ~
was In old Salem Lutheran Churc h
Lebanon, Pa, which was served by
Frederick Muhlenberg as its pastor,
that there hung silver church beli
which today, after more than ii cen
tury aud halt, still rings as 1t ala
OF yore into the regions round ABOUT
the inscription found on its face, FRO
aim iterty aloud to all the nations
I o. III .. T." This message has ITS
roots in the Gospel exhortation,
"5otand fast in ia fgsedom for which
Christ did sci u> tee, - which sound
is modern apust.e III the hero OF the
Diet at Worms, M.rtIn Luther, The
"l.iberator" of m dern tim S. Lei
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