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January 9, 1902
with candles was a beautiful re
minder of the glad Christmas time.
The service was quite interesting
throughout. An offering was re
oeived for the orphans which a
mounted to $12. To this was added
$3 from the Sunday school treasury
making $15 in all.
This was an occasion of pleasant
surprises. Special“gifts were made
by teachers to the members of
their classes and by classes to their
teachers. Superintendent B. A.
Baney gave a nice pocket Testa-
men^ to every one of the twenty-
two teachers, and also one to every
scholar who had been present every
Sunday during the year. This
thoughtfulness was greatly appre
ciated by the recipients. Then
came a surprise to Mr Baney when
the pastor in the name of the school
gave him the sum of $14.50 as a
small token of appreciation of his
faithful and efficient services. He
has been superintendent of this
school for about fifteen years and
has been faithful and devoted to
the work. Under bis care 8t.
Paul’s Sunday-school has become
one of the largest and most active
schools in the North Carolina
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Synod. Here is an instance where
most of the members of the church
are in the Sunday school.
A people so thoughtful and ap
preciative could not forget their
pastor, and so he was presented
with a sealed envelope which con
tained a handsome sum of money.
A pleasing feature connected with
the giving of these several presents
was that those receiving had had
no intimation of what was coming.
Such surprises are indeed plea-ant
and will not soon be forgotten.
v. Y. B.
TROUTMAN, N C
Mr. V. C. Bidenour, student in
the Theological Seminary, Mt.
Pleasant, S. C., preached at St.
Michael’s church, Troutman, N C.,
on the fourth Sunday in December.
On Christmas eve a full church
heard the presentation of “Christ
mas Joys” by the Sunday-school,
conducted by Mr. Bidenonr. Bev.
Wm. L. Darr of Statesville told of
the origin of the Christmas tree.
An interesting and touching fea
ture introduced in the exercises,
was the hymn, “Nearer, My God,
to Thee,” to the tune of Bethany,
in rhythmic motions of the mute
language by Miss Eulalia Suther, a
partially deaf pupil of the state
institution at Morganton, N. C.
A large number and variety of
THE LUTHEI
gifts were distributed from the
beautiful and tastefully decorated
Christmas tree.
When will some of our Sunday-
schools and church members cease
to divide Christmas honors with
Santa Clause T If Santa Claus (or
Saint Nicholas) must be remem
bered about tbir time each year,
why not honor him with the whole
of his calendar day instead of only
a part of a day coming two or three
weeks later and intended to honor
a real, living Saviour, and not a
dead saint of mythical reputation f
Will au explanation of any of the
mysteries related about Santa Clans
strengthen a child’s faith in the
mysteries of the incarnation when
such a child becomes olderf
A Listener.
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Christmas In Botetourt.
Dear Visitor t We bad a wbito
Christmas in Botetourt. It snowed
all day Monday, December 23d,
making the snow about five inches
deep. On Tuesday, the 24th, the
Sunday school at Wheatland had a
well filled tree, accompanied with
fine music and appropriate recitaV
tions. Every member of the pas
tor’s family was kindly remem
bered. Besides other useful gifts
the pastor received a Holland foun
tain pen and a liberal purse from
the congregation.
Ou Christmas morning we had
Christmas services at St. Mark's,
when the pastor recrived a purse
of cash. At night St. Jacob’s con
gregation had a tree. It was their
first (Sort to have such a public
tn-e with their Sunday-school.
L Was a success. Good music and
wt-M-cbosen recitations were inter
est ug features of th« exercises,
but they had a Santa Claus, and
that always opens the door for
levity and irreverence iu the house
of God. The pastor tried to em
phasize the unspeakable Gift as
the foundation of Christmas gifts.
A small purse was also presented
to the pastor.
Yesterday being the fifth Sun
day in December it was intended
to spend it with Brick Union and
and Trinity congregations, and in
this way have Christmas services
in five of our congregations; but it
began to rain on Saturday and
continued all day Sunday, so that
no one could get to church. Bain
has prevented ns from holding ser
vices several Sundays this fall. -
Wishing you and all your read
ers the compliments of this happy
season and a prosperous New Year,
I am,
Yours fraternally.
W. Y. Cline.
Springwood, Va., Dec. 30, 1901.
AN VISJTOB
y
A Significant Luther Festival
It was a .very strange thing for
Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol,
which is de»sely Bom|sh r to have
a Luther festival in the great ball
of the town house. For in 1837
the whole population of the Zeller
that, wtio were the only Lutherans
in the country, were driven into
exile, since] they clung to their
Protestant faith as firmly as the
Salizuurg Lutherans in 1732. A
member of the Austrian Parlia
ment, Dr. Eisenkolb, one of the
leaders of the “Free-ffom Borne”
movement delivered a stirring ad
dress before a thousand people,
mostly all Catholics. To the great
displeasure of the priests present
to watch the proceedings, enthnsi
asm ran high when a venerable old
man, who in 1837 had been driven
away with bis parents from the be
loved home valley, related of his
experiences Gt years ago and spoke
of New Zillerthal in Prussian
Silesia, whereto they bad been in
vited by King Frederick William
III., of Prussia—just as 18,000
Salzburgers had breu invited by
King Freberhk Williaml. to settle
in his laud,—and where they were
doing well, keeping up their home
speech and custom* and remaining
true to their faith.
LUTHERAN BREVITIES.
The Joint Synod of Ohio, un
cording to statistics iu its almanac,
numbers 490 pastors, G20 congre
gations, 87,514 communicants, 219
parochial schools attended by
8,528 pupils, 468 Sunday schools,
having an attendance of 34,820
pupils.
The Christmas offering of St.
John’s church, Kellanuig Pa , for
the Orphans’ Home of Zdienople,
Pa., was the largest ever made by
that congregation, it being over
$32.00, with more to come in. The
ladies have been busy gathering
and sending useful articles beside.
The pastor, Bev G. W Spiggle,
closed the eighth year of bis suc
cessful pastorate on January 31st.
On December 8, 1901, Bev. Dr.
M. Rhodes celebrated the thirtieth
anniversary of bis pastorate of 8t
Mark’s church, St. Louis, Mo. The
thirtieth yeai is reported to have
been “better than its predecessors
in numerical gain, in financial
standing, and in liberality.”
Bev. Dr. J. J. Heiscbman, of
Brooklyn. N. Y , will deliver the
address at the 136th anniversary
of the Germap Friendly Society of
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Charleston, S. C., on January 15,
1902. This organization is the
oldest German Society of America.
Bev. Paul Metzenthin, of Ben-
wood, W. Va., has left the office
of the ministry and will study law.
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