Today in History (January 6): 1714 John Christopher Hartwick, helped organize Pennsylvania Ministerium, born in Saxe-Gotha, Germany 1793 Virginia Special Conference organized 1835 Swedish Mission Society founded 1853 First conference of Swedish Lutheran congregations held in Moline, Illinois 1896 Birth of Vergilius T. A. Ferm, American Lutheran theologian, in Sioux City, Iowa; as professor of philosophy for many years at the College of Wooster in Ohio, Ferm authored and edited many important works on religion; one work still in print today is _The Encyclopedia of Religion_ (1945), which he edited 1906 Legal separation of church and state in France begins If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404