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| Record Creator: | Horn, William |
| Title: | William Horn Sermons |
| Date Span: | 1906 |
| Abstract: | William Horn (1839-1917), American Evangelical Church bishop, was born in Germany on May 1, 1839, came to the United States in 1855, and settled in Wisconsin. The papers are primarily a collection of Horn's sermons. |
| Extent: | 0.36 Cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | gcah.ms.3634 |
William Horn (1839-1917) was born in Germany, May 1, 1839, and came to the United States in 1855. He settled in Wisconsin. He was ordained an elder in 1866. In 1871, Horn was elected editor of the Evangelische Magazine. Eight years later he was elected editor of Der Christliche Botschafter, the oldest German church paper in America. In 1891 he was elected bishop. Horn died April 27, 1917.
These papers are primarily a collection of Horn's sermons, most of which are in German. There are two notebooks which are notes and illustrations compiled by Horn. A third notebook contains an Ordination Sermon.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Arranged by the language that the sermons were written in.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, William Horn Sermons, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
For personal papers refer to the donor form otherwise use There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
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| Subject Geographic | ||
| United States | ||
| Genre | ||
| Sermons | ||
| Occuption | ||
| Bishop | ||
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1350-5-1: 1 | English Sermons | Undated. |
| 1350-5-1: 2 | English Sermons | Undated. |
| 1350-5-1: 3 | German Sermons | Undated. |
| 1350-5-1: 4 | German Sermons | Undated. |
| 1350-5-1: 5 | German Sermons | Undated. |
| 1350-5-1: 6 | German Sermons | 1906 |
| 1350-5-1: 7 | German Sermons | Undated. |
