History of the Reformed Church of Germany

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The Reformed Church has a history which deserves to be known, and it is the duty of her children to tell it to the world. This book is a continuation of The Origin of the Reformed Church in Germany and brings the history of that Church down to the present time. It will supply a great want, for no book has existed in English which covers this period or showed why the founders of the Reformed Church in the United States emigrated to this western world. Indeed, there is no single book in German which covers this ground, as the Reformed histories in Germany are local. This is the first attempt to comprehend and systematize all the Reformed Church history of Germany. We trust that this contribution to Church history will be a great aid to the Reformed everywhere (especially in the United States), and of interest to all students of Church history of other denominations. The author wishes to say that he has had great difficulty with some of the German proper names, as two forms of the same name are often given by good authorities, as Kirchmeyer (Kirchmeier), Strassburg (Strasburg), Wyttenbach (Wittenbach), etc. Also in the dates of the days of the Thirty Years' War he has found differences existing between good authorities, owing, perhaps, to the change that took place at that time from old time to new.