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viewed as the hoV1'm1'1e ’ce1nent',of the Briet1i1'511’s‘cli,ur‘ch.
Ten years after;tI1bey,rreceivecttepiscopacykfrom thev.VYz1I‘-T
denses, zindzthis hassbeen 'kcpt,'up.ir1 run.int.errupte"d suce
eession,'to thc<preSent‘tim'e:.%.:..- E K L; e >
”?After experien‘cin’g'7a variety ‘of vicissitudes, 4tVh.eJBre’-.
thren’s. church had; atthe, c1ose.,qf1the g,eyente(enth;cene
. . “ tury; becbme'.near1y? extinct-.:; But byfthe ‘ good provi-
den(:ejof‘God,:it wast; agai,n...,revive,dv in the ‘year 1x722,’
bytthe arrival‘ of several,,families;from Bqlrerniuand
Moravia, in‘ Upper; >.Lusutiv., -where they vforrpevd a’ cp-L
lonycalled Herrnhut, ’on an estate‘ belonging to Count
Zin zen dorf; ‘ twhofpatronized :.the1nt-and their undertak-
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ii ’process.'c$f’tiinee=t11tey‘lestilblishegl thenise1ves;in seg
i'erz11‘ot1V1(er ’f)1'z1tie:s‘bn.the;continent;;ofiEurope,’Iand in ‘
America, esveryfrwlxere bh'taining‘thetspgnQtiOn offthe‘re,4
$pedtiVo?’goxzernri1ents‘, ::to; adopt their oyvn j ecclesiastical
cbnstitutiorg, in doctrinctahdklistzipline. I ‘- ‘
L They made tlleinfirst z1ppeg1rance- in’Eng1ang1 before
"the middle‘ of’ the last ‘peptqry ; ,and an-‘Bill was“ passed
. in their “fi1$'O'i)1'rt;’1)-if1i;otIi"House$ A1’o.Vr1‘i‘ume1it,4t1cl:1iow;
ledgingttliein to’ fzT1'r’1’,j‘f 'A'rig:ie1it‘ Protestant Episcopal
' f',In j1748, (ine:"o‘f t11‘.(2‘i‘1‘-;r‘ri’1’r'1,if.%.t'ervs',‘.' ’t11;eeRe'yu‘jJ;ol1‘n5-Cen-
n‘ie1:-,’fbaihe‘.t9fe'Di1b1ih’.;‘i"I-Iisf1hinist1'yfwas attended by ,
gre'i1t?i1i1:fri15ers ‘; find; ;‘b'eing",’s66n after joinecl .in‘4his‘1a-‘
‘ lioilrs %by‘- V't1b14e :Benj .'Lz5.trobe,' that‘ t11'i1t'tinie ‘u
satul1eht:in].'l‘rinitjr' Cbllegii, gngi; 7 gxftetrwzirds“ C0‘f1.S.eCff1:t:Cd
ta bishdp "bf“t1ie f .B'retl1'ren’V$" fqliiirchj‘ sevex'z11‘ c9ng‘re"go.‘-‘
' ftion s,’. inf cZii11fe::’<i&‘c>‘ri Wit]i‘,tl)at‘“(3hurch,h ’were7‘fo‘rmed"iii ‘
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t1ii$’<::bf1in‘try, dnd.t11e "g‘overz’1'x‘ne‘nt is"e1iiscopal; f -“ '
; T11eir"tC:o.rigreguti6ns,;h in':' Grea't'$Britain' and: Irelangi,‘
are-neitbertihdny nor‘nu1nerdus ; andt thorxgh .theirt-[es-'
tablishrnents‘ on; t11e‘Conti1ient are"'consid.erub]e, yet‘
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