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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on December 28, 2007 </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=right><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Registration No.
  333-_____</FONT></B><FONT face=serif> </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=4>UNITED STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=4><BR>______________<BR><BR>FORM S-8<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=4>HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
  CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant As
  Specified In Its Charter) </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="49%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Pennsylvania</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="49%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>23-2210237</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(State or
        other jurisdiction of</FONT> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(I.R.S.
        Employer</FONT> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>incorporation
        or organization)</FONT> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Identification
        No.)</FONT> </TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>483 Main
        Street</FONT></B> </TD>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="49%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville,
        Pennsylvania</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="49%"><B><FONT face=serif size=2>19438</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(Address of
        principal executive offices)</FONT> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(Zip
        Code)</FONT> </TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="100%" colSpan=3><STRONG><FONT size=4>______________</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>East Penn Financial Corporation 1999
  Independent Directors Stock Option Plan<BR>East Penn Financial Corporation 1999
  Stock Incentive Plan<BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>(Full title of the
  plan)<BR><STRONG><FONT size=4>______________</FONT></STRONG><BR></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>George S. Rapp</FONT><BR><FONT face=serif size=2>Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR></FONT><B><FONT face=serif size=2>HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face=serif size=2>483 Main Street<BR>Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438<BR>(215)
  256-8851<BR></FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>(Name, address, including zip
  code, and telephone<BR>number, including area code, of agent for
  service)<BR><STRONG><FONT size=4>______________<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></STRONG></FONT><BR><B><FONT face=serif size=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="23%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Title of
        Securities</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Amount</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Proposed
        Maximum</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Proposed
        Maximum</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Amount
        of</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="23%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>to
        be</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>to
        be</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Offering
        Price</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Aggregate</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Registration</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="23%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Registered</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Registered (1)</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Per Share (2)</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="19%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Offering Price (2)</FONT></B> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="10%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>Fee</FONT></B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=center width="23%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Common Stock $1.00 Par Value</FONT> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="20%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>25,480</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="20%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>$15.75</FONT> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="19%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>$401,310.00</FONT> </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="10%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>$15.30</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=1>(1)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=1>The securities to be registered
        are 25,480 shares authorized and reserved for issuance to former directors
        and officers of East Penn Financial Corporation under the East Penn
        Financial Corporation 1999 Independent Directors Stock Option Plan and the
        East Penn Financial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. Pursuant to
        Securities Act Rule 416(c), this registration statement also covers an
        indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may become issuable
        under the Plans by reason of the anti-dilution provisions of the
        Plans.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=1>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=1>Estimated in accordance with Rule
        457(c) and (h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
        registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high
        and low sale prices of the common stock on December 24, 2007, as reported
        on the Nasdaq Global Market System.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-1-</FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>PART I </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION
  10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 1. Plan
  Information.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>As permitted
  by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this
  registration statement omits the information in Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8.
  </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 2. Registrant Information and
  Employee Plan Annual Information. </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>As permitted
  by the rules of the Commission, this registration statement omits the
  information in Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8.</FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>PART II</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by
  Reference.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville
  National Corporation has filed the following documents with the Commission, and
  they are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:</FONT></P>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>1.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville National
        Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
        2006, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2007;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>2.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville National
        Corporation's Quarterly Report on From 10-Q for the quarter ended
        September 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on November 8,
      2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>3.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville National
        Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information
        furnished and not filed under Form 8-K) filed with the Commission on
        January 23, February 9, March 2, April 20 and 24, May 10, 16 and 21, June
        20 and 29, July 12 and 19, August 9, 10, 16 and 23, October 18, November
        5, 8, 19 and 21, and December 27, 2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face=serif size=2>4.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>The description of Harleysville
        National Corporation's common stock contained in Harleysville National
        Corporation's Registration Statement No. 333-67201 on Form S-4, filed with
        the Commission on November 12, 1998 and amended November 20, 1998 and
        December 7, 1998, and Harleysville National Corporation's Report on Form
        10-C filed with the Commission on March 1,
  1996.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>All
  documents and reports subsequently filed by Harleysville National Corporation
  pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
  indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
  of filing such documents. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this registration statement, to the extent that a
  statement contained in this registration statement or any subsequently filed
  document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this registration statement. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville
  National Corporation will provide, without charge, to each plan participant a
  copy of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
  registration statement, upon written or oral request. Further, we will provide
  plan participants, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents
  required to be delivered pursuant to Commission Rule 428(b). Written requests
  should be directed to:</FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville
        National Corporation</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Attn: Corporate
        Secretary</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>483 Main
        Street</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Harleysville,
        Pennsylvania 19438</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Telephone
  requests may be directed to Jo Ann M. Bynon, Corporate Secretary, telephone
  number (215) 256-8851. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-2-</FONT></P>
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  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 4. Description of
  Securities</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Not applicable. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Not
  applicable. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors
  and Officers</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Subchapter D
  of Chapter 17 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988,
  </FONT><I><FONT face=serif size=2>as amended</FONT></I><FONT face=serif size=2>
  (the "BCL"), (15 Pa. C.S.A. &#167;&#167;1741-1750) provides that a business corporation
  shall have the power under certain circumstances to indemnify directors,
  officers, employees and agents against certain expenses incurred by them in
  connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding.
  </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1721
  of the BCL (relating to the Board of Directors) declares that unless otherwise
  provided by statute or in a by-law adopted by the shareholders, all powers
  enumerated in Section 1502 (relating to general powers) and elsewhere in the BCL
  or otherwise vested by law in a business corporation shall be exercised by or
  under the authority of, and the business and affairs of every business
  corporation shall be managed under the direction of, a board of directors. If
  any such provision is made in the by-laws, the powers and duties conferred or
  imposed upon the board of directors under the BCL shall be exercised or
  performed to such extent and by such person or persons as shall be provided in
  the by-laws. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1712
  of the BCL provides that a director shall stand in a fiduciary relation to the
  corporation and shall perform his duties as a director, including his duties as
  a member of any committee of the board upon which he may serve, in good faith,
  in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the
  corporation and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and
  diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar
  circumstances. In performing his duties, a director shall be entitled to rely in
  good faith on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial
  statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by any
  of the following:</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>(a)</FONT><FONT face=serif>
  </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>one or more officers or employees of the
  corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent
  in the matters presented;</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>(b)</FONT><FONT face=serif>
  </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>counsel, public accountants or other persons as
  to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within the professional
  or expert competence of such person; or</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(c)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>a committee of
  the board upon which he does not serve, duly designated in accordance with law,
  as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the director
  reasonably believes to merit confidence.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>A director shall not be considered to be
  acting in good faith, if he has knowledge concerning the matter in question that
  would cause his reliance to be unwarranted. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1716
  also states that in discharging the duties of their respective positions, the
  board of directors, committees of the board and individual directors may, in
  considering the best interests of the corporation, consider the effects of any
  action upon employees, upon suppliers and customers of the corporation and upon
  communities in which offices or other establishments of the corporation are
  located, and all other pertinent factors. The consideration of those factors
  shall not constitute a violation of Section 1712. In addition, absent breach of
  fiduciary duty, lack of good faith or self-dealing, actions taken as a director
  or any failure to take any action shall be presumed to be in the best interests
  of the corporation. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-3-</FONT></P>
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  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Moreover, Section 1713 addresses the
  personal liability of directors and states that if a by-law adopted by the
  shareholders so provides, a director shall not be personally liable, as such,
  for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action,
  unless:</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>(a)</FONT><FONT face=serif>
  </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>the director has breached or failed to perform
  the duties of his office under this section; and</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>(b)</FONT><FONT face=serif>
  </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>the breach or failure to perform constitutes
  self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>The provisions discussed above shall not
  apply to:</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>(a)</FONT><FONT face=serif>
  </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>the responsibility or liability of a director
  pursuant to any criminal statute; or</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>(b)</FONT><FONT face=serif>
  </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>the liability of a director for the payment of
  taxes pursuant to local, state or federal law.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2><FONT size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Finally, Section 1714 states that a
  director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of its board of directors,
  or of a committee of the board, at which action on any corporate matter is taken
  shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent is
  entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he files his written dissent to
  the action with the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or
  transmits the dissent in writing to the secretary of the corporation immediately
  after the adjournment of the meeting. The right to dissent shall not apply to a
  director who voted in favor of the action. Nothing in this Section shall bar a
  director from asserting that minutes of the meeting incorrectly omitted his
  dissent if, promptly upon receipt of a copy of such minutes, he notified the
  secretary, in writing, of the asserted omission or inaccuracy. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1741
  of the BCL (relating to third party actions) provides that unless otherwise
  restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation shall have the power to
  indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party
  to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
  right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
  representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
  corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for
  profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
  against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
  in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
  the action or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
  corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
  cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action or
  proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of
  </FONT><I><FONT face=serif size=2>nolo contendere</FONT></I><FONT face=serif size=2> or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the
  person did not act in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to
  be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with
  respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his
  conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1742
  of the BCL (relating to derivative actions) provides that unless otherwise
  restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation shall have the power to
  indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party,
  to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the
  corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
  person is or was a representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at
  the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or
  foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture,
  trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
  and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or
  settlement of the action if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
  corporation. Indemnification shall not be made under this section in respect of
  any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be
  liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of
  common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county in which the
  registered office of the corporation is located or the court in which such
  action was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of
  liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
  fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court of
  common pleas or such other court shall deem proper.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1743
  of the BCL (relating to mandatory indemnification) provides for mandatory
  indemnification of directors and officers such that to the extent that a
  representative of the business corporation has been successful on the merits or
  otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Sections 1741
  (relating to third party actions) or 1742 (relating to derivative actions), or
  in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
  indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
  incurred by such person in connection therewith. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-4-</FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  <PAGE>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1744
  of the BCL (relating to procedure for effecting indemnification) provides the
  procedure for effecting indemnification. Under this section unless ordered by a
  court, any indemnification under Section 1741 (relating to third party actions)
  or 1742 (relating to derivative actions) shall be made by the business
  corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
  indemnification of the representative is proper in the circumstances because
  such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in those
  sections. The determination shall be made:</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(a)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>by the Board
  of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not
  parties to the action or proceeding;</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(b)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>if such quorum
  is not obtainable, or, if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of
  disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
  opinion; or</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>(c)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>by the
  shareholders.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1745
  of the BCL (relating to advancing expenses) provides that expenses (including
  attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any action or proceeding referred to
  above may be paid by the business corporation in advance of the final
  disposition of the action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
  behalf of the representative to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined
  that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
  authorized by the BCL or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided in the bylaws,
  advancement of expenses shall be authorized by the Board of Directors. Sections
  1728 (relating to interested directors or officers; quorum) and 2538 (relating
  to approval of transactions with interested shareholders) shall not be
  applicable to the advancement of expenses under this section. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1746
  of the BCL (relating to supplementary coverage) provides that the
  indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to
  the other sections of the BCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
  to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
  entitled under any other by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or
  disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's
  official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
  office. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1746
  of the BCL also provides that indemnification referred to above shall not be
  made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for
  indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct
  or recklessness. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1746
  further declares that indemnification under any by-law, agreement, vote of
  shareholders or directors or otherwise, may be granted for any action taken or
  any failure to take any action and may be made whether or not the corporation
  would have the power to indemnify the person under any other provision of law
  except as provided in this section and whether or not the indemnified liability
  arises or arose from any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the
  right of the corporation. Such indemnification is declared to be consistent with
  the public policy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1747
  of the BCL (relating to the power to purchase insurance) provides that unless
  otherwise restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation shall have power to
  purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
  representative of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
  corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for
  profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
  against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
  capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation
  would have the power to indemnify him against that liability under the
  provisions of the BCL. Such insurance is declared to be consistent with the
  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's public policy. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Section 1750
  of the BCL (relating to duration and extent of coverage) declares that the
  indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
  the BCL shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue
  as to a person who has ceased to be a representative of the corporation and
  shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representative of that
  person. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Article VII
  of the Registrant's bylaws provides a broad range of indemnification for its
  officers and directors, in accordance with the above provisions of the BCL. In
  essence, officers and directors will be indemnified for liabilities resulting
  from any actual or alleged breach or neglect of duty, error, misstatement or
  misleading statement, negligence, gross negligence or act giving rise to strict
  or products liability while serving the corporation. Directors and officers
  shall be entitled to indemnification unless their conduct is determined by a
  court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or expressly
  prohibited by law. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 7. Exemption From Registration
  Claimed</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-5-</FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  <PAGE>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 8. Exhibits. </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center><FONT size=1><STRONG>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</STRONG><FONT size=3>&nbsp; </FONT><STRONG>Exhibit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</STRONG><FONT size=3>&nbsp; </FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top width="100%"><STRONG><FONT size=1>Exhibit</FONT></STRONG>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>East
        Penn Financial Corporation&#146;s 1999 Independent Directors Stock Option Plan
        is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement
        on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial
        Corporation (CIK No. 0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
        7, 2003.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>East
        Penn Financial Corporation&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan is incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
        (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial Corporation (CIK No.
        0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2003.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>5</FONT> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens &amp; Young, LLP</FONT> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>23.1<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" size=3> </FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Grant Thornton LLP<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" size=3> </FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>23.2<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" size=3> </FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens &amp; Young, LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5)<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0" size=3>
    </FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>&nbsp;<BR>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Item 9. Undertakings</FONT></B><FONT face=serif size=2>. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(a)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt" align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(1)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>To file, during any period in which
  offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
  statement:</FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(i)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>To include any prospectus required by
  Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(ii)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>To reflect in
  the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
  registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the registration statement;</FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30pt" align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(iii)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>To include
  any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
  disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
  included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed by the registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement. </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt" align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(2)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>That, for the purpose of determining
  any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT face=serif size=2>bona
  fide</FONT></I><FONT face=serif size=2> offering thereof.</FONT></P>
  <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 15pt" align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(3)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>To remove from registration by means
  of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
  remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(b)</FONT><FONT face=serif> </FONT><FONT face=serif size=2>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
  filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, where applicable, each filing
  of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT face=serif size=2>bona fide</FONT></I><FONT face=serif size=2> offering thereof.
  </FONT><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-6- </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  <PAGE>
  <P align=left><FONT face=serif size=2>(c) Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
  directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
  the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
  therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
  such liabilities, other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action suit or proceeding, is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
  has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
  <P align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=serif size=2>Pursuant to
  the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Harleysville,
  Montgomery County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on December 28, 2007.</FONT></P>
  <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%" colSpan=2><FONT face=serif size=2>HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="49%"></TD>
      <TD width="50%" colSpan=2>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face=serif size=2>By:
      </FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Paul D. Geraghty</FONT>&nbsp;
    </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Paul D.
        Geraghty,</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face=serif size=2>President</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face=serif size=2>-7- </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  <PAGE><BR>
  <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR>
      <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 6pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" align=left width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT size=1><STRONG>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
        this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
        the capacities and on the dates indicated.</STRONG></FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="29%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>SIGNATURE</FONT></B>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="47%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>CAPACITY</FONT></B>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><B><FONT face=serif size=1>DATE</FONT></B>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Paul D.
        Geraghty</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>President and
        Chief Executive Officer and</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Paul D.
        Geraghty</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director
        (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ George S.
        Rapp</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Chief Financial
        Officer and Treasurer</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>George S.
        Rapp</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>(Principal
        Financial and Accounting</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Officer)</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Walter E.
        Daller, Jr.</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Chairman and
        Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Walter E.
        Daller, Jr.</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Walter R.
        Bateman, II</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Walter R.
        Bateman, II</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ LeeAnn
        Bergey</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>LeeAnn
        Bergey</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Harold A.
        Herr</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Harold A.
        Herr</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Thomas C.
        Leamer</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Thomas C.
        Leamer, Ph.D.</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Stephanie S.
        Mitchell</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Stephanie S.
        Mitchell</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ A. Ross
        Myers</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>A. Ross
        Myers</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Brent L.
        Peters</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Brent L.
        Peters</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ Demetra M.
        Takes</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Demetra M.
        Takes</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>/s/ James A.
        Wimmer</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%"><FONT face=serif size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face=serif size=2>December 28,
        2007</FONT>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face=serif size=2>James A.
        Wimmer</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="47%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="22%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>INDEX TO EXHIBITS </FONT></B><FONT face=serif></FONT></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap><STRONG><FONT size=1>Exhibit No.</FONT></STRONG>&nbsp; </TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top width="100%"><STRONG><FONT size=1>Exhibit</FONT></STRONG>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>East
        Penn Financial Corporation&#146;s 1999 Independent Directors Stock Option Plan
        is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement
        on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial
        Corporation (CIK No. 0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
        7, 2003.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>East
        Penn Financial Corporation&#146;s 1999 Stock Incentive Plan is incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
        (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial Corporation (CIK No.
        0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2003.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>5</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens &amp; Young, LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face=serif size=2>Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens &amp; Young, LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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text: As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on December 28, 2007
  Registration No.
  333-_____
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ______________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
  CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant As
  Specified In Its Charter)
  Pennsylvania
  23-2210237
  (State or
        other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S.
        Employer
  incorporation
        or organization)
  Identification
        No.)
  483 Main
        Street
  Harleysville,
        Pennsylvania
  19438
  (Address of
        principal executive offices)
  (Zip
        Code)
  ______________
  East Penn Financial Corporation 1999
  Independent Directors Stock Option Plan
  East Penn Financial Corporation 1999
  Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the
  plan)
  ______________
  George S. Rapp
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION
  483 Main Street
  Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438
  (215)
  256-8851
  (Name, address, including zip
  code, and telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for
  service)
  ______________
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of
        Securities
  Amount
  Proposed
        Maximum
  Proposed
        Maximum
  Amount
        of
  to
        be
  to
        be
  Offering
        Price
  Aggregate
  Registration
  Registered
  Registered (1)
  Per Share (2)
  Offering Price (2)
  Fee
  Common Stock $1.00 Par Value
  25,480
  $15.75
  $401,310.00
  $15.30
  (1)
  The securities to be registered
        are 25,480 shares authorized and reserved for issuance to former directors
        and officers of East Penn Financial Corporation under the East Penn
        Financial Corporation 1999 Independent Directors Stock Option Plan and the
        East Penn Financial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. Pursuant to
        Securities Act Rule 416(c), this registration statement also covers an
        indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may become issuable
        under the Plans by reason of the anti-dilution provisions of the
        Plans.
  (2)
  Estimated in accordance with Rule
        457(c) and (h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
        registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high
        and low sale prices of the common stock on December 24, 2007, as reported
        on the Nasdaq Global Market System.
  -1-
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION
  10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan
  Information.
  As permitted
  by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this
  registration statement omits the information in Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and
  Employee Plan Annual Information.
  As permitted
  by the rules of the Commission, this registration statement omits the
  information in Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by
  Reference.
  Harleysville
  National Corporation has filed the following documents with the Commission, and
  they are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
  1.
  Harleysville National
        Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
        2006, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2007;
  2.
  Harleysville National
        Corporation's Quarterly Report on From 10-Q for the quarter ended
        September 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on November 8,
      2007.
  3.
  Harleysville National
        Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information
        furnished and not filed under Form 8-K) filed with the Commission on
        January 23, February 9, March 2, April 20 and 24, May 10, 16 and 21, June
        20 and 29, July 12 and 19, August 9, 10, 16 and 23, October 18, November
        5, 8, 19 and 21, and December 27, 2007.
  4.
  The description of Harleysville
        National Corporation's common stock contained in Harleysville National
        Corporation's Registration Statement No. 333-67201 on Form S-4, filed with
        the Commission on November 12, 1998 and amended November 20, 1998 and
        December 7, 1998, and Harleysville National Corporation's Report on Form
        10-C filed with the Commission on March 1,
  1996.
  All
  documents and reports subsequently filed by Harleysville National Corporation
  pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
  indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
  of filing such documents.
  Any
  statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this registration statement, to the extent that a
  statement contained in this registration statement or any subsequently filed
  document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this registration statement.
  Harleysville
  National Corporation will provide, without charge, to each plan participant a
  copy of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
  registration statement, upon written or oral request. Further, we will provide
  plan participants, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents
  required to be delivered pursuant to Commission Rule 428(b). Written requests
  should be directed to:
  Harleysville
        National Corporation
  Attn: Corporate
        Secretary
  483 Main
        Street
  Harleysville,
        Pennsylvania 19438
  Telephone
  requests may be directed to Jo Ann M. Bynon, Corporate Secretary, telephone
  number (215) 256-8851.
  -2-
  Item 4. Description of
  Securities
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel
  .
  Not
  applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors
  and Officers
  .
  Subchapter D
  of Chapter 17 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988,
  as amended
  (the "BCL"), (15 Pa. C.S.A. §§1741-1750) provides that a business corporation
  shall have the power under certain circumstances to indemnify directors,
  officers, employees and agents against certain expenses incurred by them in
  connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding.
  Section 1721
  of the BCL (relating to the Board of Directors) declares that unless otherwise
  provided by statute or in a by-law adopted by the shareholders, all powers
  enumerated in Section 1502 (relating to general powers) and elsewhere in the BCL
  or otherwise vested by law in a business corporation shall be exercised by or
  under the authority of, and the business and affairs of every business
  corporation shall be managed under the direction of, a board of directors. If
  any such provision is made in the by-laws, the powers and duties conferred or
  imposed upon the board of directors under the BCL shall be exercised or
  performed to such extent and by such person or persons as shall be provided in
  the by-laws.
  Section 1712
  of the BCL provides that a director shall stand in a fiduciary relation to the
  corporation and shall perform his duties as a director, including his duties as
  a member of any committee of the board upon which he may serve, in good faith,
  in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the
  corporation and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and
  diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar
  circumstances. In performing his duties, a director shall be entitled to rely in
  good faith on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial
  statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by any
  of the following:
  (a)
  one or more officers or employees of the
  corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent
  in the matters presented;
  (b)
  counsel, public accountants or other persons as
  to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within the professional
  or expert competence of such person; or
  (c)
  a committee of
  the board upon which he does not serve, duly designated in accordance with law,
  as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the director
  reasonably believes to merit confidence.
  A director shall not be considered to be
  acting in good faith, if he has knowledge concerning the matter in question that
  would cause his reliance to be unwarranted.
  Section 1716
  also states that in discharging the duties of their respective positions, the
  board of directors, committees of the board and individual directors may, in
  considering the best interests of the corporation, consider the effects of any
  action upon employees, upon suppliers and customers of the corporation and upon
  communities in which offices or other establishments of the corporation are
  located, and all other pertinent factors. The consideration of those factors
  shall not constitute a violation of Section 1712. In addition, absent breach of
  fiduciary duty, lack of good faith or self-dealing, actions taken as a director
  or any failure to take any action shall be presumed to be in the best interests
  of the corporation.
  -3-
  Moreover, Section 1713 addresses the
  personal liability of directors and states that if a by-law adopted by the
  shareholders so provides, a director shall not be personally liable, as such,
  for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action,
  unless:
  (a)
  the director has breached or failed to perform
  the duties of his office under this section; and
  (b)
  the breach or failure to perform constitutes
  self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.
  The provisions discussed above shall not
  apply to:
  (a)
  the responsibility or liability of a director
  pursuant to any criminal statute; or
  (b)
  the liability of a director for the payment of
  taxes pursuant to local, state or federal law.
  Finally, Section 1714 states that a
  director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of its board of directors,
  or of a committee of the board, at which action on any corporate matter is taken
  shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent is
  entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he files his written dissent to
  the action with the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or
  transmits the dissent in writing to the secretary of the corporation immediately
  after the adjournment of the meeting. The right to dissent shall not apply to a
  director who voted in favor of the action. Nothing in this Section shall bar a
  director from asserting that minutes of the meeting incorrectly omitted his
  dissent if, promptly upon receipt of a copy of such minutes, he notified the
  secretary, in writing, of the asserted omission or inaccuracy.
  Section 1741
  of the BCL (relating to third party actions) provides that unless otherwise
  restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation shall have the power to
  indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party
  to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
  right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
  representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
  corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for
  profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
  against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
  in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
  the action or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
  corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
  cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action or
  proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of
  nolo contendere
  or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the
  person did not act in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to
  be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with
  respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his
  conduct was unlawful.
  Section 1742
  of the BCL (relating to derivative actions) provides that unless otherwise
  restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation shall have the power to
  indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party,
  to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the
  corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
  person is or was a representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at
  the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or
  foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture,
  trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
  and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or
  settlement of the action if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
  corporation. Indemnification shall not be made under this section in respect of
  any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be
  liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of
  common pleas of the judicial district embracing the county in which the
  registered office of the corporation is located or the court in which such
  action was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of
  liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
  fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court of
  common pleas or such other court shall deem proper.
  Section 1743
  of the BCL (relating to mandatory indemnification) provides for mandatory
  indemnification of directors and officers such that to the extent that a
  representative of the business corporation has been successful on the merits or
  otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Sections 1741
  (relating to third party actions) or 1742 (relating to derivative actions), or
  in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
  indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
  incurred by such person in connection therewith.
  -4-
  Section 1744
  of the BCL (relating to procedure for effecting indemnification) provides the
  procedure for effecting indemnification. Under this section unless ordered by a
  court, any indemnification under Section 1741 (relating to third party actions)
  or 1742 (relating to derivative actions) shall be made by the business
  corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
  indemnification of the representative is proper in the circumstances because
  such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in those
  sections. The determination shall be made:
  (a)
  by the Board
  of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not
  parties to the action or proceeding;
  (b)
  if such quorum
  is not obtainable, or, if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of
  disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
  opinion; or
  (c)
  by the
  shareholders.
  Section 1745
  of the BCL (relating to advancing expenses) provides that expenses (including
  attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any action or proceeding referred to
  above may be paid by the business corporation in advance of the final
  disposition of the action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
  behalf of the representative to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined
  that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
  authorized by the BCL or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided in the bylaws,
  advancement of expenses shall be authorized by the Board of Directors. Sections
  1728 (relating to interested directors or officers; quorum) and 2538 (relating
  to approval of transactions with interested shareholders) shall not be
  applicable to the advancement of expenses under this section.
  Section 1746
  of the BCL (relating to supplementary coverage) provides that the
  indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to
  the other sections of the BCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
  to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
  entitled under any other by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or
  disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's
  official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
  office.
  Section 1746
  of the BCL also provides that indemnification referred to above shall not be
  made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for
  indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct
  or recklessness.
  Section 1746
  further declares that indemnification under any by-law, agreement, vote of
  shareholders or directors or otherwise, may be granted for any action taken or
  any failure to take any action and may be made whether or not the corporation
  would have the power to indemnify the person under any other provision of law
  except as provided in this section and whether or not the indemnified liability
  arises or arose from any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the
  right of the corporation. Such indemnification is declared to be consistent with
  the public policy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  Section 1747
  of the BCL (relating to the power to purchase insurance) provides that unless
  otherwise restricted in its by-laws, a business corporation shall have power to
  purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
  representative of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
  corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for
  profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
  against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
  capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation
  would have the power to indemnify him against that liability under the
  provisions of the BCL. Such insurance is declared to be consistent with the
  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's public policy.
  Section 1750
  of the BCL (relating to duration and extent of coverage) declares that the
  indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
  the BCL shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue
  as to a person who has ceased to be a representative of the corporation and
  shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representative of that
  person.
  Article VII
  of the Registrant's bylaws provides a broad range of indemnification for its
  officers and directors, in accordance with the above provisions of the BCL. In
  essence, officers and directors will be indemnified for liabilities resulting
  from any actual or alleged breach or neglect of duty, error, misstatement or
  misleading statement, negligence, gross negligence or act giving rise to strict
  or products liability while serving the corporation. Directors and officers
  shall be entitled to indemnification unless their conduct is determined by a
  court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or expressly
  prohibited by law.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration
  Claimed
  .
  Not
  applicable.
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  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Exhibit
  4.1
  East
        Penn Financial Corporation's 1999 Independent Directors Stock Option Plan
        is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement
        on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial
        Corporation (CIK No. 0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
        7, 2003.
  4.2
  East
        Penn Financial Corporation's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan is incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
        (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial Corporation (CIK No.
        0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2003.
  5
  Opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5)
  Item 9. Undertakings
  .
  (a)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which
  offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
  statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus required by
  Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii)
  To reflect in
  the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
  registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the registration statement;
  (iii)
  To include
  any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
  disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
  information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
  included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed by the registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement.
  (2)
  That, for the purpose of determining
  any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial
  bona
  fide
  offering thereof.
  (3)
  To remove from registration by means
  of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
  remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
  filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, where applicable, each filing
  of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
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  (c) Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
  directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
  the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
  therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
  such liabilities, other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action suit or proceeding, is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
  has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to
  the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Harleysville,
  Montgomery County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on December 28, 2007.
  HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Paul D. Geraghty
  Paul D.
        Geraghty,
  President
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  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
        this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
        the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  SIGNATURE
  CAPACITY
  DATE
  /s/ Paul D.
        Geraghty
  President and
        Chief Executive Officer and
  December 28,
        2007
  Paul D.
        Geraghty
  Director
        (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ George S.
        Rapp
  Chief Financial
        Officer and Treasurer
  December 28,
        2007
  George S.
        Rapp
  (Principal
        Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
  /s/ Walter E.
        Daller, Jr.
  Chairman and
        Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Walter E.
        Daller, Jr.
  /s/ Walter R.
        Bateman, II
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Walter R.
        Bateman, II
  /s/ LeeAnn
        Bergey
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  LeeAnn
        Bergey
  /s/ Harold A.
        Herr
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Harold A.
        Herr
  /s/ Thomas C.
        Leamer
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Thomas C.
        Leamer, Ph.D.
  /s/ Stephanie S.
        Mitchell
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Stephanie S.
        Mitchell
  /s/ A. Ross
        Myers
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  A. Ross
        Myers
  /s/ Brent L.
        Peters
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Brent L.
        Peters
  /s/ Demetra M.
        Takes
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  Demetra M.
        Takes
  /s/ James A.
        Wimmer
  Director
  December 28,
        2007
  James A.
        Wimmer
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Exhibit
  4.1
  East
        Penn Financial Corporation's 1999 Independent Directors Stock Option Plan
        is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement
        on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial
        Corporation (CIK No. 0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the
        Registrant, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
        7, 2003.
  4.2
  East
        Penn Financial Corporation's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan is incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
        (Registration No. 333-103673) of East Penn Financial Corporation (CIK No.
        0001220483), a predecessor by merger to the Registrant, as filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2003.
  5
  Opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5)
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