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Dreisbach, John
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a prominent minister of the Evangelical Association, was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1789; received on trial by the conference in 1807; in 1814 appointed the first presiding elder of that body; located in 1821; in 1828 and 1829 was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; in 1851 removed to Ohio; in 1854 became editor of the Evangelical Messenger at Cleveland; resigned in 1857, and died August 20, 1871. Mr. Driesbach was regularly a delegate to the General-Conference, and in 1816 prepared The Spiritual Psaltery, for a long time the standard hymn-book of his denomination. See Albright and his Colaborers, page 277.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Dreisbach, John'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/dreisbach-john.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Dreisbach, John'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/dreisbach-john.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
