Excerpt from History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Penna In the year 1891 Mr. Michael Ruth, an aged member of the congrega tion, made a suggestion that some one should take care of the old church records, so that they would not be lost. It was then remarked that Mr. Adam G. Lerch was the proper person for this task. This induced Mr. Lerch to make translations of the same, so that the coming generations could read them. Then later Dr. James I. Good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.