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<p> a German Reformed minister, born February 20,1823, in the [[Canton]] of Graubuenden, Switzerland, was educated in the best schools of his native land, and afterwards spent some time at the University of Leipsic; came to [[America]] with his 'parents in 1841; studied theology at Mercersburg, Pa.; was licensed and ordained in the spring of 1843, and took charge of congregations in [[Pendleton]] County, Va. In 1844 he became associated with Dr. Bibighaus as assistant pastor in the [[Salem]] congregation, Philadelphia. His health failing, in 1848 he removed to Allentown, Pa., to establish a female seminary. In this enterprise he was remarkably successful. He died March 4,1855, leaving the institution he had founded in a flourishing condition. </p> | Christian Rudolph Kessler <ref name="term_46930" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a German [[Reformed]] minister, born February 20,1823, in the [[Canton]] of Graubuenden, Switzerland, was educated in the best schools of his native land, and afterwards spent some time at the University of Leipsic; came to [[America]] with his 'parents in 1841; studied theology at Mercersburg, Pa.; was licensed and ordained in the spring of 1843, and took charge of congregations in [[Pendleton]] County, Va. In 1844 he became associated with Dr. Bibighaus as assistant pastor in the [[Salem]] congregation, Philadelphia. His health failing, in 1848 he removed to Allentown, Pa., to establish a female seminary. In this enterprise he was remarkably successful. He died March 4,1855, leaving the institution he had founded in a flourishing condition. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_46930"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kessler,+christian+rudolph Christian Rudolph Kessler from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_46930"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kessler,+christian+rudolph Christian Rudolph Kessler from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 15 October 2021
Christian Rudolph Kessler [1]
a German Reformed minister, born February 20,1823, in the Canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland, was educated in the best schools of his native land, and afterwards spent some time at the University of Leipsic; came to America with his 'parents in 1841; studied theology at Mercersburg, Pa.; was licensed and ordained in the spring of 1843, and took charge of congregations in Pendleton County, Va. In 1844 he became associated with Dr. Bibighaus as assistant pastor in the Salem congregation, Philadelphia. His health failing, in 1848 he removed to Allentown, Pa., to establish a female seminary. In this enterprise he was remarkably successful. He died March 4,1855, leaving the institution he had founded in a flourishing condition.
