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Show Buried Under Church Floor. The state house bell and the chimes of Christ church were buried beneath the floor of Zion Reformed church, Allentown. This church was built In 1762 of logs, rebuilt in stone in 1770, and again rebuilt later. The Rev. Abraham Abra-ham Blummer was pastor of the church at the time and assisted In the work of burying the bells. A tablet tab-let commemorating the event has been placed upon the church front and also a stained glass window with like purpose pur-pose In the church. After the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British, the bells were brought back and put in their respective places in the latter part of the year 1778. |