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1 41 PART TWO. PAGES, NINE TO SIXTEEN. VOL. XLII. NO. 127 NEWBERRY, S. 0.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1905. TWICE A WEEK. $150 YEAR Interesting History < By Arthui The date of he organization of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church is so far in .the past that nothing can be learned that is at all accurate. Dr. Berrheim in his History, of the Ger man Settlement, page 233, says: "In the year 1767 Rev. John Nicholas Martin comnenced to labor in -the fork of the Saluda and Broad rivers and remained *here until the close of tbe year 1774." He says further: "Newberry district (county) was only partially settled by Germans, and at a period succeeding the colonization of Saxe Gotha (Lexington county). A number of German churches ex isted in 1788." From this it is very evident that St. Paul's was organized - THE PRESEI between the years 1767 and 1787. He further says t4he first pastor minister ing to them was -the Rev. Frederick Joseph Wallern, w.hose name appears as a -member of t-he'Corpus EvangeIi cum in 1787. There is no .data to show --hat Pa.:tDr Wallern ever served any chuirches than *vhose of Germans in -he lower par of PtNewberry, is-, trct.s. eowe.afrmad.iedo it till his d.. .eif teya 11.I theac inoror-tig nube o Germa chuchesin Nwbery an Lexigtoncoutiesby te lgisltur of 78, t.Pal' i nt enie and St Paul' and S . on byethiseioeeno the yers167ati78.He curhrsy Inh irstyho ays, minse pinge to emool, wte Rev.ssedriol Jose awllrn doe neamlte aear inscripin on7 here timb anodt gho storie that wertorallern cevertione with chrs han He s eriednhs farm *the lwe pwart aNwbhis.tomb it till his dehne ear hiket. Hin theat etingorpoateing pacticably un Leowngtoday.te b h lgsltr Iut wasdrmis, an weady fe sure 6hatst al7's ishas Rev.a Benledemi cPasto Wosaler (Has wand hradh been 'opmrehin t the German tte m~,uens in this ectionk for years and,brt.e Pauls hanetd St.arohS (white church) seem thos have beenjoie ptgle.ee givn yethe church by,h taledw.tHe etfo thoe'h re onfrmed byetlees pinr the Linash(fran church. Hewa ouinyho South arwe loddedio to schoo,w Revolution, foldhe inesceviption came tob, an ah chous sieso that rening in ongneio th isouse. hiscue wanud n his farm, ad weaune hwe atswni tomov >f St. Paul's Churc H. Kohn. w-as in sympathy, a British subjec It is to be regretted :that there ro 1;ritten record of these timei What interes-ting history it would b now! v'hat a pity Wallern, Froelicl Woliberg and others did not folloa thIe example of Geisendaner, i Orangeburg, and keep a church re< ord. We feel safe in -saying that S Pauls was among the first of -the Gei man churches organized in Sout Carolina, and while many of ther have passed away and the place :wIere ,tihey stood are unknown, but S Pauls is .s.till alive, active and at worl St. Pauls has sent out many of he brightest and best sons and daughter to 'help build up other sections an .~~ ~ . .. . ....... T CHURCH churches. You can scarcely go int any of our m<re populous centres t. day :and not find a son or 4a daughte of old St. Paul's. We are proud of th fact -rhat we are a whild of ihers. T day St. Paul's is as young and ac,tiv as an.iy of the younger congregation and is furthering !the work of th church, as earnest workers should d( 'S:. *Paul's was represented when tvh South Carolina -synod was organize in 1824 in St. Mich'ael's c?hurcoh, Les ington county, and there never h Ibeen a session 'of synod in all thes years at which she was not represen1 ed either by pastor ior delegate c both. Et.ernity will only unfold tb real work she ihas done in 'all thes years. We find that 'the 7th annut session of the synod was 'held witi this congregation. The synod at thi trime, 1830, consisted of seven ordatine ministers and five licentiates, wi:t lay delegates. rThe Rev. John Bacd man was elected president Rev. C. I Bergm'on, secretary, Rev. Godfre Dreher, treasurer; congregations 2( members 1,452; dontributions $679.0i with $1,616.96 in the treasury. Wht an anomaly, money cornied over fror year 'to year in the hands of 'the synoi How differen.t now! On.e of 'the pa: tors present at this meeting, the Re' W. D, Strobel, only passed to 'his r< ward in 1903- Rev. M. Rauchi wa pastor of St. Paul's at this time. Synod met .wi'th St. Paul's again 1840, Rev..1W. G. Harter, pastor. Off cers elected at .this sessiocni of syno< president, Rev. Jno. Baclhmuan, D. D secretary, Rev. Jno. C. Hope; treat urer of Synod, Col. West Caugh mar treasurer Seminary, 'Col. Henry Mu ler; ordained minister enrolled, licentiates, 5; total, 22; two licentiate received at this synod. One minist< present at this meeting, Rev. J.] Margart, only died a year or two ag Synod had at ethis 'time: congregati'on 34; members, '1,622; contribution $417.46. It has been 'said that at th: session of synod the old church we a knew so 'well was' dedicated, but n can find no mention of it in the miu utes of that year. We did fini itnhou t'ha' a' this session permanei action was taken in reference to the Seminary. Thus we see St. Paul's has been in the vanguard in all th.ese mat ters. The synod ,did not meet again witl' in the hallowed fwalls tof this church s until the din of war and the clash of arms was resounding in our land. e Owing to :he disturbed c.ndition of ithe country in :he fall of '61, the meet V ing was postponed until January 1862. " At this meeting there were enrolled 35 ministers and 2 1.icentiates. A num - ber of the pastors were s2rving their country on -the tented fields in Vir ginia, and a n'umber of churches were n without regular pastors. The Rev. D. S M. Blackwelder was pastor. Rev. J. - P. Margart was elected president of synod, Rev. J. Hawkins secretary, r Rev. J. P. Smeltzer correspondin, s_: s retary, Mr. W. W. Houseal trznrer synodical fund, Mr. Jacob F. Sciirnr treasurer seminary fund, Maj. J. P. Kinard treasurer widow's fund. 'on gregacions 44; members, 4,1:0' con tributions $652.96. In the parochial reports tihe synod reported -).; c-al ored communicanits. One of ,the ministers pre.;ent at this meeting is living, the-Rev. J A-istin, of Leesville, wh'o'was at that tir.Q pas tor in Springfield, Georgia. The names of many of -the fore-nmo.t pas tors of our church of'a later day were on the roll -of that session. some of wihioh twere the Revs. B16i.nest, Bow man, Hawkins, .Margart, Muller, Smeltzer, &c. All, all these have pass ed into the great beyond. Six. years .later, Wlien the dove of peace had agalin -sp'read :her wings over our desolate southland, synod inet *ith St. Paul's. It was at this synod -as a boy I sat and listened with opened-mouthed won-der at -the scenes tihat -were being enacted. It was at this meeting that the question of *the removal of Newberry college was up - for settlement, and well do;we remem r ber that when i-t seemed as if all was e lost and Newberry college must die that the Rev. Carl Webber arose and e tendered certain buildings -ndgrounds in Walfalla for the use of The college, e I and we also recall that a resolution was offered and adopted that t1he e name should reinain "Newberry Col d lege." We also recall the impression' made on our mind by the licensing of sRev. S.,T. Hallman and .the ordination e of Rev. Carl Webber. Rev. 3. A. Sligh wa pastor ,at tihis time having r succeeded the Rev. D. M. Bla'ckwelder e in .the autumn of 1865. Numebr of e ministers on the roll 29; licentia'tes 2. LRev. T. S. Boinest was elected presi Sdent, Rev. Paul Derrick secretary,. s- Majior P. E. Wise treasurer synod, d Mr. J. F. Scihirmier treasurer seminary. h Col. T. W. Holloway .treasurer rwid -oms' fund, Capt. J. P. Aull treasurer Smis'ionary society; members, 3,289; congregations, 39; contributions $650 S28. There is a loss of nearly 1,ooo members since the last meeting in S1862., This is 'the result *of The cruel war that ended so many brigiht lives and blasted so many hopes. We only f'ind p4 colored enrolled at this ses s:on against 954 of only six years be fore. s Once again 'the South Carolina syn od of the Evangelical Lutheran church n will meet in St. Paul's church. What i- is the 'story, 'te reports made within [: her walls will 'tell at this session? .; After 37 years the synod will again - meet to transact business that will be ; for dhe advancement of the church I- and The u.pbuilding of the Master's 7 Kingdom. Again 'will 'the synod 'give :s out to this venerable member of .hers :r new 1life, new thoughts, new lines of ?. action. The last session of synod at >. Orangeburg reported 44 ministers, s, .72 congregations, 9,889 members s,I and .dollars contributed. In the is amounts men'tioned in this article as 11 contributed only to the funds of synoid -e are included. Mission, orphan home, i- seminary, etc., are not included. The -1, grand total of co.ntri'butions for 1904, it for all departmen.ts of c.hurch w.ork, will aggregate nearly, if not fully, seven :housand five hundred dollars, as upwards of five thousand dollars have pased through the treasury of Lhe synod. Of all the ministers pres ent at the lFast session of synod. in i868 only Revs. J. A. Sligh, S. T. Hailman and A. W. Lindler survive. Of the officers all are -dead. Fritm this s'h our readers can see what progress has been made dur ing all ithe years that intervened. This is the his:.ory of the past. What will its future history be? Lec the earnest work of the coming session speak in no uncertain .sound that the watch -word will be "Go forward." As the church in which synod will meet will be remodelled, whilerecaining much of the old, yet it has put on the new and withi its face turned toward to the future, with a' will to do, let it be the THE PAR inspiration -to -the synod to forget the troubles of the past and attempt tEo do great things for her Lord and Master, aye, even greater ones than she has yet attempted. As twe think back over 'those old days and in our mind's eye we see -those grand old Ohristians we wonder if -distance lends enchan-ment to the view. Where are the ,Levi Mionts', Levi Bowers', Henry Sheely'.s, Geo. A. Counts', John Riser's, Maj. Epting's, of 'today? These were all grand men and valiant soldiers of the Cross. Upon whom has 'their mantle fallen? These 'were tihe men of our day. They 'had taken up the man*tle as it fell from the 'heroes of an earlier day. They were 'following in the foot steps of throse grand men of a former generation, the Martin Singley's, the Geo. Feagle's, the Houseal's, David and W. F. Yes, tihese are those who are car rying on this work bequeathed to them by the fathers. Yes, 'the 'work is *goiigg fontwarnd and success will crown 'their efforts, even a's it did tihe fore fatihers of old. As to the mien who have gone out 'from St. Paul's to bri,ghten, gl.adden and make mankind better and 'happier I will leave to an abler pen 'thian mine. In passing, I would lay this tribu-te on 'the brow of 'the dear old mother dch'urc.h that she has sent more of Jhier sons into the minist.ry than she :has into the profes sions. Sent them into that call-inig that binds up the broken-hearted and comforts the bereaved -and leaves the~ world 'better fior their 'having lived in it. Wh'at 'hig'her praise can she have .than this? May she continue to send out 'her sons and daughters to bless mankind. In closing we would s'ay that we suppose that the pastor of St. Paul's church, the Rev. J. A. Sligh, has filled the longest pastorate within 'the 'his tory of othe 'synod, 40 years. For forty yea.rs *he has gone into the homes of the people, carrying -comfort and c'heer, Ibaptizing their ohil.dren, con firming them, marrying them and burying them. A new generation has come on the stage of action, The old one has passed away and hle remains to preach to the rising generation andl to point them in the right way. What wonderful oppiortunities, -what fear ful responsibilities, what glorious re wards! May St. Paul's have many years in which -to carry on -uhis grand good .work. THANKSGIVING DAY. President Roosevelt Issues Proclama tion Fixing Thursday No vember 30. By the President of the United States of America-A Proclamation: When nearly three centuries ago che first settlers came to the country ,which 'has now become this great re public, they fronted not only hard ships but a terrible risk to their lives. In those grim years the custom grew of setting apart one day in each year 35ONAGE. for a special service of thanksgiving to the Almighty for preserving rhe people through the -changing seasons. The custom has now become natiopal and hallowed by immemorial usage. We live in easier and more plentiful times than our forefathers, the men who with rugged strength faced the rugged days; -and yet the dangers to nai-onal life are quite as great now as at any previous 'time in our -history. It is eminent-ly fitting that once a year our people should set apart a day for priaise and thanksgiving to the Giver of Good, and, at the same time express their thankfulness for the abundant mercies received, and should manfully acknowledge their - shortcomings and pledge sthemselv.es solemnly and in good faith to strive to overcome them. During the past year we have been blessed -with boun tiful crops. Our business prosperity - h.as been great. No other people has ever stood on -as high a level of ma terial wvel.l being as -ours now stands. We are not threatened by -foes from wi:ihout. IThe foes from whom we should pray to be delivered are our - own passions, -appetites and follies; and 'against these there is always need that 'we s'hould -war./ Therefore, I now -set apart Thurs day, the 30th day of November, as a - day of thanksgiving for -the past -and of prayer for -the future, and -on that day I ask that throughiout the land tb-e people gather in the homes and places of -worship and in rendering thanks unto the Most High for the manifold blessings of the past year, consecrate themselves to a life of clean-liness, honor and wisdom, so that this nation may do its allotted work on the earth in a manner worthy of those -who founded it and of those who preserved it. In witness thereof, I have hereun to set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this, the second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the In dependence of the United States, the one hundred and thirtieth. THETODORE ROEVET.T