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Accepting the salvation Jesus offers us is the beginning of living a Christian life, but did you know it's only the first step? Christianity is so rich and full of the power and promise of Almighty God that we have only begun to scratch the surface of understanding the Body of Christ and its purposes. If your heart has been searching for more of God, a more meaningful relationship with Jesus, a better understanding of the working of the Holy Spirit, you have come to the right place. Advancing to a Higher Place in Him: The Path to Intimacy with the Lord is a six-week devotional study designed to instruct the reader in developing a closer relationship with the Lord. Come along as we ascend the path, Advancing to a Higher Place in Him. 'Mary Dovie has captured the heartbeat of God in the Bible study Advancing to a Higher Place in Him: The Path to Intimacy with the Lord. You cannot help but soar as high as an eagle as fellowship and sweet communion take place between you and the Lord as you begin this journey of intimacy and intimately advance to a higher place in Him.' -Minister Catherine Pollard

William DeClerk (Wilhelm Jakob DeKlerk) (1850-1934) was the son of Jean Joseph (Johann Joseph) (b.1810) and Maria Agnes Michels of Birgelen, Rhine Province, Prussia. He married (1) Mary Christine Frenken (1851-1887) who was born near Karken, Prussia. They emigrated with 2 small children: Joseph Henry (b.1877) and Mary (b.1880), together with Mary's parents and their other children, from Belgium in 1880 and arrived at New York. They settled at Pocahontas, Randolph Co., Arkansas. They were the parents of three more children: Ben, Nellie and Mary. He married (2) Mary Barthel, daughter of John Barthel also from Germany in 1890. They were the parents of seven children: Katherine, Agnes, Anna, Wm. J., Henry N., A.C. (Ollie) and Paul L. Several generations of ancestors and descendants are given.

Brief vital data, arranged alphabetically, of descendants of Henry Addington (1720-1789), originally from London, England; and his wife Sarah (1723-1826) from England. They lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Carolina. Sarah died in Richmond, Indiana. Descendants and relatives lived in Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, California, Idaho, Washington and elsewhere.

"Anecdotes, tidbits and documents to provide insight into the lives of members of the Peterson, Freeland, gardner, Snider, Hurt and many other families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Also, data on the Arnold family of Texas, the Ochs family of Tennessee and New York, the Wilder family of Vermont, the Barr family of Pennsylvania, and many others."--Back cover.

Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. “The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family — particularly women — into the history of the cotton-mill world.” — Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review “Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.” — Studs Terkel “Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.” — CHOICE