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From: "Wayne Webb" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] A must read: Some who led; or, Fathers in the Church of
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:28:33 -0400
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Evening List,

The book "Some Who Led" is available online for free with a
comprehensive index and links on the Table of Contents page. It can be
found at www.brethrennetwork.com/orwahist/books/001_some_who_led.

And thank you to Dennis Roth for hosting the pages.

Wayne Webb

----- Original Message -----
>
> I would strongly recommend getting this book on interlibrary loan,
> which I did several years ago. It has a picture of nearly every leader
> of the Brethren who it chooses to include with a bio, usually just
> about a page or two in length. It is really swell to look into the eyes
> of these actual leaders when they were alive, and read of their bios,
> written either shortly after their deaths or maybe some while they were
> still alive. There are 47 libraries that own this, and you should be
> able to get a copy even though it is approaching 100 years. Maybe if
> you wait until it is 100 years old you won't be able to get it any
> longer?? The title is:
>
> Some who led;or, Fathers in the Church of the Brethren who have passed
> over,
> Miller, D. L. 1841-1921. (Daniel Long),
> Royer, Galen Brown,; 1862- ; joint author.
> Publication: Elgin, Ill., Brethren Pub. House,
> Year: 1912
> Description: 223 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 20 cm.

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