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Title: A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, 1862-1930. dn
Subjects: Church of the Brethren
Publisher: Elgin, Ill., Brethren Pub. House
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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