William Augustus Muhlenberg

…of that year she heard William Augustus Muhlenberg, an Episcopal clergyman, preach on “Jephtha’s Vow” at St. Paul’s College and determined upon a life of religious service. On All Saints’ Day, November 1, 1845, she was consecrated Sister Anne, a “sister of the Holy Communion,” by Muhlenberg.

William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796–1877), a grandson of Frederick Augustus Conrad, was an Episcopal priest, ecumenical theologian, and hymnologist. He founded St. Paul’s College, Flushing, Long Island (1838); St. Luke’s Hospital, New York City (1858); and, to realize his understanding of Christianity as expressed by social…