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the old homes still remain. Colonel,
TTnllnwav's hnmp is ownerl and OC-:
supied by L. A. Sbealy. Dr. J. A. 1
Berley's home, the old Solomon Su- <
i)er home is now the home of his
sonj, W. Berley. Here was where
the lamented Rev. J. E. Berley was
reared. Nearby was the paternal
tome of the Rev. L. E. Bus'oy ana
Prof. D. B. Busby. The latter is still
living and resides at Monetta. The
old home of Maj. Christian Suber still
stands and is owned and occupied by:
Thad Kinard and family. Major Suber
while living gave $2,000 to Newberry
College and $1,000 to rebuilding
the Lutheran Church at Newberry.
John lA'. Folk originally owned most
tho lanri nnon which Pomaria was
built. Although he died in 1855, his!
xs I
old home prominently overlooks the;
town and is owned and occupied byj
John Bachman Bedenbaugh. All the
Barnes are still in the community and
identified with the Lutheran Church.
Beginning of Theological Seminary.
But of much interest is the old v
Eichelberger house, in which it may
be said the Lutheran Theological i
Seminary had its beginning, kbout!
this there is a general want of knowledge,
many people in the community
not knowing that such was the case.
When the Lutherans came to this
thev of course came directly i
or indirectly from Germany. There'
was a scarcity of ministers. This'
was especially so since more and
more-of the people began to speak
the English language and the ministers
who could be obtained from the
fatherland spoke German. It became
apparent that if the Lutheran Church :
"would grow it must educate its own'
sons as her ministers. When the
Rev. John Bachman, D.D., LL.D., in!
18151, came from New York to be-1
come pastor of St. John's Lutheran
Church in 'Charleston, there were'
less than 100 Lutheran ministers in r
the United States. And these few \
officiated alimost exclusively in the
German language, much to the in-!
jury of the Lutheran Church', as it ex- j
t eluded many from the church i,
flescendants of Lutherans, who had |;
by education and association adopted
the language of the country.
Jfo Synod In South Carolina. i
Tr? Smith Parnlina there was' no <
synod, no theological school and only 1
three or four pastors able to per* <
from duty, and the few members of
the Lutheran Church were either poor;
or in very moderate circumstances. Itj
was indeed a day of small things for
the Lutheran Church in South Car.
olina. j
On January 14, 1824, the following
clergymen of the Lutheran Church
met at Sfc. Michael's Church, Lexing-(
ton'DTsfrict, near the present town of
Irmo, with the intention of organ-,
izing a synod: The Revs. John P ,
nlr 1 aitt TrvVir*
jC i auaiu n , uvuu , ^
Dreher, Michael Rauch, Jacob Moser '1
all residing in Lexington District, and
the Rev. Samuel Herecher from j
Orangeburg District. At that time,1 c
Ihere were only 24 Lutheran churches, *
in South Carolina, with a reported c
membership of 1,431. It was lament-;1
ed at the organization of this synod c
that there was scarcity of ministers. (f
A committee appointed to survey the
field said that at least two more com- ; fi
gregations might be organized if *
there were sufficient ministers. "The 1
harvest is plenteous, but the labor-, t
ers are few." The next year the sec-1
tary of synod was requested to write, ^
to different Northern synods "to ascer- 5
tain whether it may not be practlc- j'
able to obtain well educated Lutheran i *
; i
ministers to supply our vacant u
churches, or to labor as missionaries *
within the bounds of this synod." J *
The response to this, the next year, j ^
1825, the Rev. C. B". Wessels, a licen- ( c
tiate from New York State, began 1
his labors in South Carolina. He 13
opened a school at Leesville and ^
preached occasionally; but "he y
soon gave evidence of mental derange-. ^
ment," and returned North.
First Missionary. j fl
In 1827 the Rev. J. D. Scheck, ar-'*
rived from Maryland and labored as 1
the first missionary in the bounds of r
the synod. February 11, 1828, the c
Rev. J. G. Schwartz was employed as c
synodical missionary. The Rev. Mr. j
Schwartz was a member of St. John's'
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congregation, Charleston, and had re- i
ceived his theological education from v
its pastor, the Rev. John Bachman r
His tour through the State revealed I
large opportunities for the Lutheran \
Church. The greatest need, under s
God, seemed to be well trained mini- I
sters from anions: its own people. .
\fnrp and more a theological school S
became a necessity. j f
The South Carolina Synod at its r
meeting in Savannah, Ga. (this Synod s
included a few ministers in Georgia g
also), November 20, 1829, took the n
first steps towards the establishment P
)? such school. A committee of 20
ivas appointed "to receive any do- j
lations which may be presented or
legacies which may be bequeathed towards
the erection of such a fund" ,
(for the establshment of a seminary).1
The next year, 1S30, decided the fate
of the proposed institution. As presi-!
dent of synod, the Rev. John Bach-'
man opened his annual address to syi
nod as follows: "Although by tne
blesssing of God our church under the
direction of this synod is evidently on
the increase, yet there still continues'
a lamentable want of ministers. Our
congregations are enlarging and new
ones are forming from year to ve.:* !
yet the number of our ministers are
not proportionately on the increase,!
and such are the calls for their services
that although some of our ministers
-attend to from four to seven
congregations, it is feared that there
will be some churches left but very
partially supplied during- the coming
year. There are petitions from Geor-.
gia and Alabama for missionaries, to
wv a it is feared that we can only re-'
nd by our wishes and our prayers, j
.. n is believed that our only per- .'
manent dependence, under the blessing
of Gca, will be upon pious individuals
hp educated for
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our church, who are natives of the
States within the bounds of our syt
nod, and who are attached to our Institutions
and accustomed to our
climate. Let us bring the means or a
theological education within the reach ,
I
of cur pious young men and we may
hp assured that these will be pro
filed by these advantages. And I
come now to recommend with all the,
9
earnestness I am capable of and
imploring Almighty God for His bless-',
ing on our humble exertions the institution
and support of a theological
seminary."
Seminary Established in 1830.
Following the lead of the president
-a J ~ /] nntlncr linrtn Tl 1 ?5
CI syuuu, auu upvAA . ,.
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at this meeting of synod in 1830, the
theological seminary was established..
In connection therewith a clasical
academy was attached, "open to all
males over ten years of age." Henry
Muller was elected treasurer and the
Rev. J. G. Schwartz was unanimously
chosen professor. Concerning the
Rev. Mr. Schwartz's election and
fitness the Rev Mr. Bachman says:
f
"It was necessary that a professor
to the institution should be elected
and that he should enter at once upon
the discharge of his duties. Every j
aye among the clergy and laity was
Hiro/vfod tn Mr. Schwartz. !
LiillilCUiaUViJ VA4* vwvv
They knew his education, his talents '!
ind piety. Although but 23 years I
Df age, he had made the best use of
tils school life. There were few bet-'
;er Greek and Latin scholars in our j
country; he had attended considera-'
Dly to the Hebrew language; he was
proficient in the French, and he was
jtudiously directing his attention to 1
he German, and read and taught
;hat language with considerable ease, j
In theology he was probably as well i
ead as any young man of his age."
Uuiyersity Graduate.
Mr. Schwartz had entered the junior j
:lass of the South Carolina College in !
1824 and graduated in 1826. Of him
>ne of the professors wrote: "He is
rtniv amnnp the best scholars, but,
IV u VUi; " ?o r ^
>ne of the very best young men that
graduated here for many years past."
The permanent location of the
.eminary was left to some further
ime. Mr. Schwartz was then living
n the Eichelberger house, shown by
he cutj. and had charge of several
lurches, in "Newberry District," and
vas unwilling to resign until another
ear had expired. He gave notice
that for the year 1831, his residence
rill be in Newberry District with Col.
ohn Eichelberger, about ten miles be- j
ow Newberry County court house ana |
hat he will be prepared^ by the first
Monday in February (1831), to reeive
as theological students such
lersons as shall have been approved
>y the standing committee of the
oard of directors. Board, inclusive of
cashing, etc.', will be furnished at
;70 per annum."
The seminary opened with very
latterins prospects, so much so that
n a private letter ?o the Rev. Mr.
Jachman, Professor SchwaTtz expressed
his fears that if more would
ome, he would not be able to ac'nmmodate
them.
Death of Mr. Schwartz.
But the high hopes of the church
n Mr. 'Schwartz and the seminary
vere destined to speedy disappointQent.
In less than seven months
^ofessor Schwartz was numbered'
vith the dead. The cause of his j
udden death may not be known. The !
lev. J. Bachman conducted the fun- I
sral, and in his discourse said Mr. 1
'chwartz had been seized by a violent I
'ever which at first seemed to yieia 10 |
aedicine, but returned with increased;
everity, resulting in his death, Au-;
;ust 26. I am told by the son of the 1
nan who supervised the farm of Mr.
Jichleberger that Mr. Schwartz had
home with a parishioner on Sun- j
day from church, ana after eating a j
very hearty dinner, that afternoon he
ate a lot of summer grapes, which
produced acute indigestion, from
which he died. Perhaps both reports
are true. He may have been convalescent
from fever, but took a relapse
IIUIII eel mi ? tiai u, iiiui5c0iiuic
His body was buried in the cemetery
of Bethlehem .'Church, a little more
than a mile from where he boarded
and taught. This same friend tells
me that Mr. Schwartz had four students
of theology and that these carried
his body from the Eichelberger
house to the cemetery, where it was
buried. Just who these students were
and what became of them I am unat>ie
to learn. Maybe some one who reads
this can tell.
The Theological Seminary at Lexington
was opened in 1833, with the
Rev. Dr. E. L. Hazelius as professor.
Nine young men formed the first
class. F. F. Harris, J. P. Ring, D.
Bernhardt, E. A. Bolles, E. Hawkins,
W. Berley, H. Stoudenmayer, L. Bedenbaugh
and P. A. Strobel. Some of
these may have been the students 01
the Rev, Mr. Schwartz. Also names
of S. Bouknight, D. Hungerpiller,
George Haltiwanger, Herman Aull
and iR. Cloy may have been his students
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The Eichelberger house, now -called
the Derrick house, where Mr. Sc-hartz [
boarded and taught, still stands, and j
is jiiot outside of tlie corporate limits j
ci' Foniaria. The room he occupied and
in which lie Lau^lil is tlie north end.
The house, though nearly 100 years
old, is well preserved, a part of *t
now being occupied by a tenant. Tt
was built when timber was plentiful,
and only good material was used. The
finishing work was done by carpenter
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