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the sermon being preached by Dr Scherer. and the Rev. Z. XV. Beden baugh. president Wi the South Caro lina Synod. being present. On Sun day night the pastor was installed the addresses being delivered by th< Rev. Z. XV. 1,edenbaugh and the sec retary of the South Carolina Syn-d the Rev. S. C. Ballentine. All the exercises have been held ir the church building and have beer largely attended. Fine mtsical programs have addet much to the occasions. "OUR HERITAGE." Richness Of The Legacy Handei Down By Those Who Have Gone Before. The opening services of the celebra tion were held on Thursday night The address for the occasion wa made by Dr. George B. Cromer, ani special music was rendered by the regular church choir. assisted b3 other musicians of the city. The sub ject of Dr. Cromr's address was "Oui Heritage." He treated it in a master ly and eloquent style, dwelling espec ially on the richness of the legac% that has been handed down by pre ceding generations to the preseni Lutheran church in Newberry. H( spoke first of the sources of this heri tage and of the conditions undez which the first Lutheran congrega tion was established and paid a glow ing and just tribute to the upright nble, Christian character of those who were its founders. He said that the importance of es tablishing such a church was first feli during the year 1852, when the neces sity for some organization of this kind was greatly increased by the re moval to this place of severa- promi nent and influential members and families of the Lutheran communion at which time, with commendable lib erality, Nathan A. Hunter proposed if the enterprise were taken hold of to donate an eligible lot of land or which to erect a church. Subscrip tions were immediately opened, suf ficient money was raised to make a start, and Rev. T. S. Boinest, whc preached in the town as he had op portunity, appointed from among the contributors the following t-ustees and building committee: i -Trustees: G. G. DeWalt, Esq., Thos. W. Holloway, Jacob Kibler, E. P. Lake, B. J. Ramag:, Esq., C. H. Suber, Esq., and Henry Summer. - Building Committee: Maj. A. C. Garlington, N. A. Hunter, Maj. J. P. Kinard, Dr 0. B. Mayer, and E. Y. McMorris Mr. Hunter executed to the trus tees a title to the lot, end at their firsi n.ecting they authorized th'e building tc:,Pmittee to erect the church. On Sunday, June I0. !43, continued D~r. Cromer, the Rev. T. S. Boinest picached in the court hous" anid after services organized a congregation with the folMwi -; members, all oi -yh. -m were in -e, 1ar cmnmunion with one of th-. neighboring Luther an churches: J. L. Aull, Mathias Barre, Mrs. Jane C. Barre, Miss Mary Ann Barre. Mrs. H. F. Cline. Mrs. Eliza J. Gauntt. WV. WV. Houseal. Mrs. Eliza Houseal. Mrs. Louisa C. Hun ter, Mrs. Susan Kinard, J. L. Morgan, Mrs. Harriet Morgan, Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, J. K. Schumpert, Mrs. H-ar riet Schumnpert, Jno. L. Schumpert, Miss Minerva E. Schtumpert. Miss Amanda C. Stockmnan, David Werti Miss Elizabeth Whitman. It would be interesting to note, said Dr. Cro mer, that out of this list several famn ily names were still repersented or the roIl, viz.. Aull. Barre, Chine Houseal. Gaunmt. Hunter, Kinard, Mo; gan, Schumipert, Stockman. Wertz Whitman. When the congregation was organized John. L. Morgan and WV. WV. Houseal wvere elected elders. Corner Stone Laid. On WVednesday, Aug. 10. 183 the corner stone was laid. Dr. Bac'hman -preached the sermon in the court house, which w~as filled to overflowing The president of the synod. said Dr. Cromer. in his annual report dated Nov. 11. 1853. said: "The much-need ed Lutheran c' .irch in the thriving vil lage of Newberry is rapidly progress ing. The corner stone was laid by Dr. Bachmnan, on the tenth day oi August in the presence of a large as semblage of persons who had collect ed on that interesting occasion. Be ing surrounded by a dense Lutherar population-ocated in a growing vi! lagec populated by an intelligent. mo.r al. and pious people. with the bless ing of God. succees must crown the pa,u effrt tat ,re there beinj made. This Christian chtrch had its 4rigin. and is still progressing. prin eipally frvi the efficient eff,,rts and wtell-timied lab,,rs of Brother Boinest." "Luther Chapel" Chartered. On Dec. 10. 1S53. it was chartered an the 1Evangelical Lutheran church :a Newberry." :he nan .f "L-.tzh er Chapel." The church was c-InpIlet ed in the winter if 18;,. and was dedi cated ii the tenth of December in the .ame year. The president -)f the sVnfd. in his regiular report. referred to the dedication in the f.llfwing language: "Luther Chapel, im town of Newberry. under pastoral charge of! Bro. Boinest. was dedicated on the second Sabbath of December last by Dr. Bachman. assisted in the service cnnected therewith by several other brethren. This church cost t.ver four thousand dollars, all of which was covered when dedicated. except ab-ut Tooo. This is ding well and is worthy i1 mitationi. In 185 . the Rev. T. S. Boinest made the following report t, - the SynI dical 'Missionary Society: "The church at Newberry has received the regular services of your missionary there dur ing the year. and has received an ad dition to its membership of five com-; municants. The Sabbath Scho, 1. though not large. has been regularly attended, and when we consider that there are ive churches open at the same hour in an inland town, the at tendance may be considered very .good. Dr. Cromer spoke further of the na ture of this heritage, both from the material and spiritual standpoint, and of the obligation which devolve up on the present and future generations. He said that the heritage was a trust committed to the care.of each suc ceeding congregation. and that it rested in the hands of those living to day whether or not the work of their fathers would be in vain. He closed with a strong exhortation that the people maintain untainted the pure simple faith of the past, and that they be true to the trust imposed upon them. An interesting part of the exercises on Thursday night was a violin solo by Miss Carrie Pool, with accom paniment on the pipe organ by Miss Susie Summer. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. George A. Wright. OUR FUTURE. Address By The Rev.- W. K. Sligh On Friday. Night. On Friday night the Rev. W. K. Sligh delivered an address on the sub iect. "*Our Future." Prof. Sligh said that the words "Our Future" suggest ed different thoughts to different peo ple. Some might think of a larger church building, some of a larger con gregation. some of an institutional church. True success in the future does not depend upon material de velopment. The iuture could be as truly successful with small congrega tion as with large. To a future of tru est and fullest success in the local church or in the church in th'e world clearer apprehension of the doctrines of Christ as unfolded in the sermon on the mount and closer adherence to the principles he laid down are abs:>lute lv essential. The Reformation of the t6th century was largely a reforma tion ofi doctrine. The reformation needed in the 20th century is a reformatiomn of life. .CHURCH CONSECRATED. Scholarly Sermon by the Rev. M. G. G. Scherer, D. D., A Former Pastor.. The handsome church building which has been used as the home oil the congregation since 1898. having been completed in the early part of that year. was consecrated on Sun-I day morning. The sermon was preachedl by the Rev. M. G. G. Scher er. D). D.. who served the church as pastor for two years. from the sum-I mer of 1899 until September. 190o, and who resigned to take charge of the Seninary at Mt. Pleasant. Charles ton, where he now is. It was peculiar ly appropriate that this sermon should be preached by a former pastor of the church. and one who is to much loved and esteemed in Newberry. The ser mon wvas characteristic of Dr. Scher er. It w'a, scholarly and appropriate to- the occasion. and above all it was a clear exposition of trutth and! very hli)tl to thme who heard it. The services were conducted by the Rev. Z. WV. Bedenbangh. president of .he SC.h Croina Symod, assisted by the Rev. X. L. Seabr-lk. the pastor ..I the church. The congregation preen.: cmlietely 111led the church. An unusu~aiy :ine musical pr,-gram c:a renlerel by the ch--ir, ami4ted by mrnenber ( the -ther ch.rch ch ir 'f the city. Ime<ilvdiaelv. after the sernon the - 'enan and imipressive conusecrationx erv*ice -f the Luntheran Church wa. read bv Rev. .lMr. Seabroptik. the con .regatixn :1"andling. :.ll Iwing is a very brici ynpsiS f 1)r. Scherer's admirable sermon: Dr. Scherer's Sermon. )r. Scherer chose his .text from Ephesians 2:22: "'Builded together an habitati-n o'( God." He began by saying that in connection with the Christian religicon and Christ an wcr ship the idea of a building was ap plied to two very different things the material building, used by the as semblies f God's people when fievy co,me together ftor worship and in structi1n: and the spiritual buildin. irequently represented in the New Testament as the whole b(dy of be lievers. as well as the individual Chris tian. a temple wherein God dwells, and for which the material building exists, as the house for the house-hold or as the body fior the soul. The speaker tirst took up a discus ci o Of the material building. -When ,-nce a church was dedicated, he said the words. "Builded together for an habitatin oi cf God." might fittingly be inscribed upon its portals and furnish-1 ings. indicating to all tl-ose who might chance to read. t.he thought which inspired its builders. The countenances of some, whose philo soph', heads were among the stars, might show a smile when they looked upon such a work. "A narmless be lief," they would think to themselves. "an idea, indeed, of poetic beauty and grandeur. nevertheless purely a pro duct of human fancy." But such a work was truly the expression of h.i man thought, of human needs deeply felt, of human desires and aspirations for the highest. Would God'be pleas ed with this work? Would he, for a truth, take up his abode here and be found of those who resorted hither to worship? The assurance of God's express declaration, said the speaker, was warrant for the belief that he would. "Although in his nature God is invisible to us, and in his essence infinite, so far transcending all rela tions of space that "even the heaven of heavens cannot contain him," yet he will be approached by man; he will be worshiped by his needy creatures here on earth." The speaker copiously quoted from God's Word in support of the truth that the Saviour was present in the congregation of his people, and clear ly brought out the thought that it ought to be believed and,believed con fidently. saying that the belief would add immeasurably to the enjoy ment and profitableness of the public service. They would worship. not a God wvho was far awvay. but one who was near. WVhat a hallowed place. then, was the sanctuary. and what a gracious privilege to attend its ser nces. The speaker took up a discussion of the other part of his theme, the spiritual building. The congregation oi Christians. said the speaker, wheth er we think of the local commuInion or the aggregate oi all the saints throughotut the world, is conceived of as a building or as a temple, and upon this temple also is written, by the hand of an inspired apostle,, "Builded together for an habitation of God." The foundation thereof was not Peter or Paul, not Luther or Cal vin. not any system of doctrine or or der of church doctrine, but Christ himself. This was the Rock upon which the church of all the ages wvas established. Was it not strange. then. asked the speaker, that some should di.regard the one true foundation and rest their faith and their hope and their eternal destiny upon the uin steady sands of human thought and human s'trivings? And yet the whole track of human history was strew~n with the wreck of systems which had. been reared tipon these sands and had crumbed and fallen. bringing grief and shame to those wvho had trusted in them. Among this sort the speaker named the Mormonisnm. the Spiritual ism and the Eddyism of recent times. Jsus Christ. said the speaker, was the onv' foundation~ of the church, and when in these days of restless discon tent with the old andl eager search af ter it' new. men would show~ us a better war, wve would do well to ask nrrseives the question. What position does it assign to Christ. ,..THE.e. People's National Bank PROSPERITY, S. C. CAPITAL STOCK $25,000. B urgiar pr;-t safe :and inuranjec tire priIt vaut. \\e d<. i. generai taazgla men..U Wr. .olicit your bu1ut;.n, ervimpt ;znd polite at It-11Oz0 . i!jtcre!L allowed in savingb de partiment. M. A. CARLISLE, 1'rebident. H. C. MOSELEY, Vice-Pres. \\ W. \\HEELER, Cashier. DIRECTORS. \\'. P. Pogn. \V. A. _Mozeley, Jacob B. Fitrs. R. -. Luther, Ueo. \\%. Buwer. John B. Fellers, J P. Bowers, George Johnstone, M. A Carlisle, H. C. Moseley, Jos. H. Hunter. -/ MR.S. L. S. ADAMS. of Galveaton, Texsa. 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