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Excerpt from Sights and Insights, 1907, Vol. 3 1858 to 1862. At the conclusion of his studies in the Theological Seminary he went abroad, and remained one year as a student in the University of Erlangen, in Germany. The school year, 1864-65. Was spent as a teacher in Nazareth Hall. August. 1865, he was ordained a Deacon and took charge of the Moravian con gregation in Brooklyn, N. Y. \v\hile pastor of the Brooklyn congregation he was united in marriage to Miss.\ Iary E. Jacobson, daughter of Bishop John C. Jacobson. This pastorate continued unrtfi _the, _close of the year 1873, when he accepted a call to the First Church in I'hiladelphia, Pennsylvania, which charge he retained until October 1. 1877. October 21. 1877, i'iis'hop Rondthaler entered upon his duties as pastor of the Salem Moravian congregation. Which charge he still holds. In the rear 1880 he was elected a member of the Provincial Elders' Con ference of the Southern l'rovince of the Moravian Church, and in 1884 he became Principal of Salem Academv and College. Retaining the same till the spring of 1888. A period of nearlv four years. The University of North Carolina conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1880. Three times he attended the (iencral Syno'd in Germany, in 1879. 1889, and in 1899. During the latter year he made an extended tour in the East. Visiting Palestine. Egypt. Greece. And other countries. This visit was at the instance of his many friends in the Salem congregation. April 12, 1891, he was consecrated a Bishop of the L'nitas Fratrnin. The Bishops Van \'leck. Bachman. And Levering officiating. Although Dr. Rondthaler resigned the principalship in 1888, yet he has been most intimately connected with. The School as President of the Board of Trustees, and as lecturer in the class room. But that by which he will be remembered with the greatest love and affection bv the pupils of the School is his great interest in them as indi viduals, his efforts to strengthen their character and to develop their religious. 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.