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St. Paul's Englisli Lutheran Church,
AND OF THE
Work of the Church and Sunday School
FOR THE
Semi-Centennial Year, including additional reports to June
30, 1893, with a Synopsis of the
SEMI-CENTENNIAL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL,
April 16 and 17, 1893.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
REV. S. Domer, D. D., Pastor,
ASSISTED BY
L- D. Aeden, Superintendent of the Sunday Scnool.
" That ye may tell it to the generation following.
PULSIylSHED BY THE CONGREGATION.
1893
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1592. DIRECTORY 1593.
7113093
St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Qoroer nth and \\, \l. MI.
Semi=Centennial Year.
Rev. S. DOMER, D. D., Pastor, Residence, 738 1 1th St. N. W.
Sunday Services — Morning at 1 1 o'clock. Evening at 7.30.
Sunday School — 9.30 a. m.
Catechetical Class — Sunday, 3 p. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. — Sunday, 6.30 p. m.
Junior Society. — Saturday, 2 p. m.
Lecture and Prayer Meeting — Thursday evening, at 7.30.
Ladies' Aid Society — Second Tuesday evening of each
month.
Womans' Home and Foreign Missionary Society —
First Wednesday evening of each month.
Church Council — Second Friday evening of each month in
the lecture room of the church at 7.30.
Choir Meeting — Every Friday evening in the church at
7-30-
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL.
The Pastor — S. Domer, Chairman ex officio, 738 nth
street northwest.
Elders — John C. Parker, 1430 Sixth street northwest ; A. S.
Johnson, 929 N street northwest ; M. M. Rouzer,
corner Fourth and H streets northeast.
Deacons — A. F. Fox, 16 Grant Place northwest ; Edward
T. Kaiser, 507 M street northwest; B. F. Meyers, 1209
Tenth street northwest ; H. H. Seltzer, 443 Fifth
street northeast.
4 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
President of Council— John C. Parker.
Treasurer " " A. F. Fox.
Secretary " " H. H. Seltzer.
Financial Secretary— B. F. Meyers.
CHURCH CHOIR.
Soprano— Miss Sue Wilson, 203 A street southeast.
Alto— Miss Blanche Yewell, 1520 P street northwest.
Tenor— J. Scharf, 442 New York avenue northwest.
Basso— W. A. Domer, 738 Eleventh street northwest.
Organist — Edwin I. Shope.
Director — W. A. Domer.
Organist at Lecture and Prayer Meeting— Miss Grace
Fox.
Assistant at Lecture and Prayer Meeting— Miss Maggie
Fox.
LADIES' AID SOCIETY.
(Organized May, 1873.)
President— Mrs. J. C. Parker, 1430 Sixth street northwest.
Vice-President— Mrs. S. Domer, 738 Eleventh St. N. W.
Secretary— Miss Esther Linkins, 1808 G street northwest.
Treasurer — Mrs. L. H. Schneider, 1322 Vermont avenue,
OFFICERS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Pastor — Rev. S. Domer, D. D., 738 nth street northwest.
Superintendent— Mr. Lucius D. Alden, 809 L St. N. W.
ASSISTANTS.
Adult Department— Mr. Dan. N. Klapp.
Intermediate — Mr. Chas. Phillips.
Primary— Miss Grace E Fox, Miss Nettie E. Seitz.
Secretaries— Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Mr. Philip Muth.
Treasurer — Albert F. Fox.
Librarians— Mr. Win P. Belt, Mr. Geo. R. Linkins.
Musical Director — Mr. George F. Muth.
Organist — Miss Margaret R Fox.
Assistant— Mr. Edward Muth.
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WOMAN'S HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
(Organized April 28, 1884.)
OFFICERS.
President, - - Mrs. E. C. Opperman.
Vice-President (now acting President), - Mrs. S. Domer.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Annie Eckbert.
Recording Secretary, - Miss Grace E. Fox.
Treasurer, . Mrs. A. F. Fox.
Amount contributed, including box-work, since organi-
zation, $686.07.
Y. P. S. C. E. OF ST. PAUL'S ENGLISH LUTHERAN
CHURCH.
OFFICERS.
President, - - Mr. Dan. N. Klapp.
I Ice- President, Mr. Wm. P. BELT.
Recording Secretary, - Mr. Chas. Phillips.
Corresponding Secretary, - Miss Nettie Seitz.
Treasurer, - - Miss Jennie Barron.
COMMITTEES.
Prayer Meeting Committee.— E. D. Alden, Chairman;
Phillip E. Muth, Margaret Fox, Margie Hubert.
Look-out Committee.— George F. Muth, Chairman ; Ma-
bel Griffiths, Lizzie Gibbs, Bettie Suman.
Social Committee-. — Miss Grace E. Fox, Chairman; George
R. Einkins, May A. Levers, Frank Meyers, Nora Thomas.
Flozver Committee.— -Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Jr., Chairman;
Harry Domer, Ella Keefer, Ed. Muth.
Members of Ladies' Aid Society, January, 1893.
Miss Eouise Schneider, Mrs. C. G. Rheem, Mrs. Weaver,
Mrs. M. DeMoll, Mrs. T. G. DeMoll, Mrs. J. Gristock, Miss
Mary Farquhar, Mrs. J. C. Parker, Mrs. May Smith,' Mrs.
M. Chritzman, Mrs. M. A. Einkins, Mrs. G. W. Einkins,
6 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL S
Miss. E. R. Lmkins, Mrs. Dr. Taylor, Mrs. L. H.
Schneider, Mrs. G. A. Riggles, Mrs. H. M. Schneider,
Mrs. A. F. Fox, Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Mrs. Shafer, Mrs.
Morgan, Mrs. Domer, Mrs. Reamer, Mrs. Rouzer, Mrs.
Geo. Muth, Miss M. Davis, Mrs. E. C. Belt, Mrs. A. S.
Johnson, Mrs. Barr, Miss E- Reiss, Mrs. Leeds, Mrs.
Klink, Miss Kern, Mrs. Augusterfer, Mrs. Gettier, Mrs.
Guenther, Mrs. Monoghan, Mrs. Carrie Lang, Miss Mary
Morgan, Mrs. Worley.
The Ladies' Aid Society has been one of the most faith-
ful and helpful band of workers in the church. Their total
receipts from date of organization to the present
have been $4> 62 9 99
Disbursements 4, 5 2 1 . 60
Balance on hand, January, 1893 $108.39
Members of Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society.
Mrs. E. Augusterfer, Mrs. J. Augusterfer, Mrs. Margaret
Barr, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. C. Boyer, Mrs. E. B. Corcoran,
Mrs. Mary Chritzman, Mrs. S. Domer, Miss Lettie Ebert,
Miss Annie Eckbert, Mrs. A. F. Fox, Miss Grace E. Fox,
Miss Margaret Fox, Miss Julia Farquhar, Miss Mary Far-
quhar, Mrs. H. L. Gettier, Mrs. Emma Guenther, Mrs.
Hoff, Mrs. A. S. Johnson, Mrs. E. Johnson, Mrs. A. C.
Klink, Mrs. Mary Linkins, Miss Hester R. Lmkins, Mrs.
C. H. Leeds, Mrs. R. L. Levers, Miss May Levers, Mrs.
I. Moore, Mrs. G. F. Muth, Miss Bertie Muth, Mrs. J. G.
Meyers, Mrs. J. Monoghan, Mrs. E. C. Opperman, Mrs.
M. M. Rouzer, Mrs. C. B. Rheem, Mrs. Agnes Suman, Miss
Bettie Suman, Mrs. A. S. Schultzbach, Mrs. L- H. Schneider,
Mrs. L- M.Taylor, Miss Amelia Wagner, Mrs. Mary Worley.
HELPING HANDS, BAND OF KING'S DAUGHTERS.
(Organized March, 1SS9. )
Members— Mrs. L. L. Domer, Mrs. Edwin Clarkson,
Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Jr., Miss Grace Fox, Miss Margaret
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Fox, Miss Ella Clarkson, Miss Minnie Brown, Miss May
Morgan, Miss Edith Morgan, Miss Ellen Boyer, Miss Belle
Leeds. Mrs. L. L- Dotner, President ; Miss Belle Leeds,
Secretary ; Miss Grace Fox, Treasurer.
LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE Y. P. S. C. E. OF ST. PAUL'S
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Active.— Rev. S. Domer, George F. Muth, E. B. Corco-
ran, Margaret Fox, Belle F. Leeds, Grace E. Fox, Bettie
Suman, George R. Linkins, Wm. P. Belt, Lucius D. Alden,
Margie Hubert, Chas. O. Krause, Charles Linkins, Amelia
Wagner, Dan. N. Klapp, B. F. Meyers, Charles Viet, Harry
T. Domer, Lettie S. Ebert, Charles Hennerburger, W. E-
Zimmerman, Chas. Phillips, Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Nettie Seitz,
Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Jr. , J. Gran. Meyers, Jr., Minnie Barron,
Jennie Barron, Nannie Fleming, Bertie Muth, Thomas F.
Pendel, Mrs. Ayers, Nora Thomas, Jennie Thomas, Rose
Smith, Amy Eckhardt, John M. Gibson.
Honor ary Member. — John C. Parker.
Associate. — Lee Pitchlynn, Philip E. Muth, Katy
Decker, Zoda Kemp, May A. Levers, Nellie Mosheuvel,
Minnie Brower, Russel Alden, Guy Ourand, J. W. Lawren-
son, Willie Johnson, Gertie Barron, Lee Landers, Harry
Krause, Mrs Schultzbach, Ed. Muth, Harry Johnson, Mabel
Griffiths, Henry Hills, Ella Keefer, Clara Meyers, Ned.
Thomas, Victor M. Hurley, Keefer Grahe, Chas. E Ball,
Selma Spelshouse, Eva Betz, Blanche Pendal, Gertie Blue,
Nellie McNulty, John J. Viet, Elizabeth Nixon, Frank Blue,
Arthur Johnson, John Grahe, Guy Wright, Mary Moore,
Pauline Hills, Maggie Jones, Ollie Jones, Clarence Brower,
L- Gonsalus, Louie D. Leeds, Mr. Ermantraut, Miss Lizzie
Gibbs.
(Leroy Duvall, Ernest Krause, William Clarkson, Charles
Tilp, Charles Seltzer, Walter Kern, Frank Gummell, Fred.
Gotthardt.) This class joined the Y. P. S. C. E. as a
living testimonial to their deceased teacher, Mr. McCormick,
shortly after it was assigned to their present teacher, Charles
Phillips.
8 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The Young People's Christian Endeavor Society was or-
ganized May 5th, 1890. The following persons were pres-
ent at the organization : Lucius D. Alden, Master Russell
Alden, George F. Muth, Ed. B. Corcoran, Emrick Hansell,
Miss Grace Fox, Miss Nettie Seitz, Miss Bslle Leeds, Miss
Margie Hubert, George R. Linkins, Charles Linkins, and
Eiward Leeds. The first meeting was presided over by
Lucius D. Alden. The following officers were elected at
this meeting: George F. Muth, President; Lucius D. Alden,
1st Vice-President ; Miss Belle Leeds, 2d Vice-President ;
George R. Linkins, Secretary and Treasurer. The first
constitution was adopted October 3d, i8;o, and remained
without change until April 27th, 1892, when the amended
and improved constitution by which the society now is gov-
erned, was adopted. The society has been steadily gaining
in strength and efficiency, and now numbers nearly 100
members.
The present officers, elected May 5th, 1893, are the follow-
ing : George F. Muth, President ; George R. Linkins,
Vice-President ; Miss Mabel Griffiths, Recording Secretary;
Miss Nettie Seitz, Corresponding Secretary ; Miss Maggie
Jones, Treasurer.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH.
PREFACE.
The subject of the Golden Jubilee of St. Paul's English
Lutheran Church was introduced at a regular session of the
church council, October 14, 1892. A resolution was passed
unanimously "That we, as a council and for the church,
take action to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of our
church, and to hold appropriate services befitting the occa-
sion." At subsequent meetings the matter was more fully
discussed, and the preparatory steps taken to accomplish
the purpose thus proposed. The members of the congre-
gation as well as the the officers heartily concurred in the
movement, and earnestly cooperated with them in making
the jubilee anniversary successful.
At a meeting of the council February 10, 1893, on
motion of brother A. F\ Fox, a resolution was passed fixing
Sunday, April 16, 1893, as the time for our semi-centennial
celebration. Although the preliminnry movement for the
organization of St. Paul's took place on January 2, 1843,
yet, as the organization was not fully consummated until the
15th of April, Easter Sunday, of 1843, it was agreed that
Sunday and Monday, April 16 and 17, 1893, would be the
most suitable and practicable time for us to hold the anni-
versary services and festivities.
After various meetings of the council had been held, and
semi-centennial matters had been fully discussed, it was
determined to invite, all the living ex-pastors to be present
at the anniversary, viz.: J. E. Graeff, of Philadelphia; J. G.
Butler, of Washington; and H. B. Belmer, of Osborne,
Ohio ; and also the associate pastors of the third pastor who
had labored with him during the formative period of the
Memorial Church, that they be represented at the anniver-
sary, either in person or by communications. These were :
H. C. Grossman, of Anna, Illinois; H. S. Cook, of Waynes-
boro, Pennsylvania; and W. E. Parson, pastor of the Church
of the Reformation, of Washington ; also Rev. Dr. J. G.
Morris, of Baltimore, and Rev. Dr. F. W. Conrad, of
IO HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Philadelphia, both of whom had been the friends and
helpers of vSt. Paul's ever since the church was organized.
The pastor was requested to prepare a history of the con-
gregation and Sunday school, assisted by the superinten-
dent, with an account of the anniversary services — and all
to be published as soon as possible, as our jubilee souvenir.
Brothers K. T. Kaiser and John C. Parker were appointed
the Committee on Publication.
At the meeting of the council March 23, 1893, the fol-
lowing committees on the semi-centennial celebration were
announced by the pastor and agreed upon by the council.
It was ordered that the grand reception and banquet with
which the festivities were to close should be held on Mon-
day evening, in the National Rifles' Armory on G street,
as the most commodious and suitable place for the closing
scenes and exercises The banquet was placed in charge of
the ladies of the congregation ; and it was, moreover, de-
cided that all the festivities should be absolutely without
charge to the guests of the church on this occasion. A
strong Finance Committee was appointed to provide the
necessary funds, and their large success in this direction
made this fiftieth anniversary one of the grandest and most
generous occasions ever enjoyed in the city. When the
excellent program was ended in the large audience room on
the second floor, and one thousand people marched into
the banqueting hall below and took their seats at the tables
so bountifully supplied with everything to make the feast
c >mplete, and decorated with a profusion of flowers suffi-
cient to make it a fairy scene, there was ONE pastor pres-
ent who felt supremely and excusably proud of the ladies
of his congregation, and whose benedictions and felicitations
went out to all the members of his church who had so
generously and harmoniously cooperated in making all the
festivities of the great anniversary a- season of unequalled
gratification and joy.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. II
The following are the committees above referred to :
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Mr. John C. Parker, 1430 6th street northwest.
A. F. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
M. M. Rouzer, 332 H street northeast.
A. S. Johnson, 925 N street northwest.
E. T. Kaiser, 508 M street northwest.
B. F. Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
H. H. Seltzer, 445 5th street northeast.
L. D. Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Thomas F. Pendel, 304 M street northwest.
C. Boyer, 943 Virginia avenue southwest.
George W. Linkins, 1808 G street northwest.
W. G. H. Clarkson, 1241 5th street northwest.
J. G. Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
J. A. Weigle, 19 12 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
E. B. Corcoran, 904 10th street northwest.
COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.
Mr. William A. Domer, 738 nth street northwest.
Jacob Scharf, 442 New York avenue northwest.
E. I. Shope, 207 C street northeast.
Miss Sue H. Wilson, 203 A street southeast.
Blanche Yewell, 1520 P street northwest.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Mr. A. S. Johnson, Chairman and Treasurer, 925 N St. N. W.
A. F. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
E. G. Schafer, 426 nth street northwest.
George F. Muth, 908 8th street northwest.
E. T. Kaiser, 508 M street northwest.
Philip Hermann, 224 K street northwest.
E. S. Clarkson, 634 2d northeast.
Theo G. DeMolK 430 8th street southeast.
John C. Parker, 1430 6th street northwest.
M. M. Rouzer, 332 H street northeast.
George W. Linkins, 1808 G street northwest.
Charles H. Leeds, 13 14 6th street northwest.
C. B. Rheem, 161 2 S street northwest.
C. S. Domer, 738 nth street northwest.
Mrs. Dr. Taylor, 1221 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
J. G. Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
Dr. Judd, 600 7th street southwest.
Miss Sophie Pitchlynn, 1104 6th street northwest.
Grace Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Amy Eckhardt, 1140 18th street northwest.
HlsT« >KV OF ST. PAUL S
i m i i i i i ON DEO >K ITIONS.
Mr. John I*. McOain, 717 9th street northwest.
Harrj M Schneider, 9i2 nth street northwest.
EmilG. Schaefer, 426 nth street northwest.
Ferd Schneider, 1322 Vermont avenue northwest.
Pitchlynn, 1104 6th street northwest.
I. T. Kaiser, 507 M street northwest.
J. Granville Meyers, i--.s s 8th street northwest.
J. J. Veit, 1506 8th street northwest
Andrew McClain.
J. Jacobson, 2502 I street northwest.
Edmund K. Fox, [6 Grant Place.
Han - ) Hamilton.
I.. II. Emmert, 719 [2th street northwest.
Samuel Cotterel.
CORRESPONDENCE, [NVITATIONS, AND PROGRAMS.
Mi E T. Kaiser, Chairman, 508 M street northwest.
Robert Clarkson, [241 5th street northwest.
Miss Mollie E. Davis, [216 I. street northwest.
Emma < ). Mixer-. [209 roth street northwest.
Sunday school services to be under the direction of the
superintendent, Mr. I,. I). Alden, and the pastor, Rev. S.
1 1' mier.
it \\<>rr.T COMMITTEES.
No. 1.
Mrs. Lieut. Gibbons, Chairman, [336 I street northwest.
E B Corcoran, 904 toth street northwest.
J. F. Sheet/. 748 6th street northwest.
J. Granville Meyers, Jr., 1258 8th street northwest.
T P Levers, [219 I street northwest.
John Thomas, s ij 6th street northwest.
K M Veit, [506 8th street northwest.
1 l YV. White, [336 I street northwest
.\'.>. 2.
Mi— Sophie Pitchlynn, Chairman, 1 i"i 6th street northwest
Mrs I. II Schneider, [322 Vermont avenue northwest
M< in. 929 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
I >r Taylor, 1221 Massachusetts avenue northwest
.1 ' '. YV lorida avenue northwest.
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Mrs. M. Chritzman, o_>4 I street northwest.
Margarel Barr, 722 <>th street northwest.
Charles Leeds, [314 '>th street northwest.
Miss Mar} Farquahar, [522 [6th street northwest.
Margaret Fox, [6 ( rrant Place.
No. 3.
Mrs. Samuel Domer, Chairman, 738 1 1 1 1 1 street northwest.
J. (1. Meyers, [209 [oth street northwest.
A. I<*. Fox, i'> Grant Place.
Willi mi Link ins, 1808 G street northwest.
John C. Parker, [4306th street northwest.
M. M. Rouzer, 332 II street northeast.
I'!. S. Reese, 410 oth street northwest.
Frank Augusterfer, 804 K street northeast.
I). C. \Y. Ourand, 428 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Minnie Ourand, 934 I street northwest.
\\. C. Belt, M4 2J(1 street northwest.
W. F. Reamer, o"5 New York avenue northwest.
\Y. II. Spelshouse, 102.S 7th street northwest.
J. T. Chauncey, 22] I street northwest.
Agnes Suman, 228 [Oth street northeast.
No. /.
Mrs. A. S. Johnson, Chairman, 925 X street northwest.
Miss Hettie Linkins, 1808 G street northwest,
Clara Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
Bettie Suman, 639 I street northwest.
Mrs. H. M. Schneider, S12 11th street northwest.
Annie Riggles, 911 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
William W. Stewart, 41 >2 6th street northwest.
J. F. McClain, 717 oth street northwest.
J. Bckhardt, 1140 [8th street northwest.
Ida Bergling, [2196th street northwest.
No. .-,-.
Mrs. George F. Muth, Chairman. 908 8th street northwest.
Nelson Guenther, 307 G street northwest.
T. A. T. Jlldd, 600 7th street southwest.
Mary Thomas, 625 K street northwest.
John Monaghan, 206 G street northwest.
Josephine Gristock, 430 8th street southeast.
William Clarkson, 1241 5th street northwest.
Courtland Boyer, 943 Virginia avenue southwest.
l^ HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Miss Alice Kern, 452 M street northwest.
Mrs. N. Z. Seitz, 1124 8th street northwest.
Emilius Duvall, 1140 8th street northwest.
John Harris, 1109 10th street northwest.
Phil. Richardson, Le Enfant, corner 10th and H streets.
Rosenbanm, Linden street northeast.
L- D. Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Gustav Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
No. 6.
Miss Nettie Seitz, Chairman, 11 24 8th street northwest.
Grace Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Margaret Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Mary Morgan, 929 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Belle Leeds, 13 14 6th street northwest.
May Levers, 12 19 I street northwest.
Mamie Thomas, 625 K street northwest.
Margie Hubert, 9J3 6th street northwest.
Bertie Muth, 908 8th street northwest.
Clara Ruth, 503 13th street northwest.
Katie Decker, 1 108 6th street northwest.
Ella Clarkson, 1238 5th street northwest.
Jennie Barron, 736 nth street northwest.
Zada Kemp, 600 7th street southwest.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 1 5
HISTORY
OF
ST, PAUL'S ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
1843-1893.
M NY history of Lutheranism in Washington City
^^\ must necessarily begin with the German Con-
I *■ cordia Church, whose fine new house of wor-
/ ship, completed last summer, stands at the cor-
ner of 20th and G streets northwest. This church,
antedating all others in the District of Columbia, is
entitled to the distinction of being called the Mother
Church. An interesting and quaint old record concern-
ing- the title to the lot on which the Concordia Church
building- stands shows that it was transferred and set
apart for the use of the Lutheran Church by a man by
the name of Jacob Funk, in the year of our Lord 1768 —
one hundred and twenty-five years ago. This date,
therefore, goes back to colonial times, and makes the
title older than the Republic itself — older than the
Declaration of Independence by eight years.
This date brings us within twenty-six years of the
Patriarch Muhlenberg's first missionary labors in the city
of Philadelphia. Mr. Jacob Funk is made to appear in
this old record as having been the owner of a tract of
land lying "between Rock Creek and Goose Creek, on
the Potomac, in Prince George's County, Maryland."
Here he laid out a town which he called Hamburg, and
l6 HISTORY OK ST. PAUL'S
in this town of Hamburg he gave lot No. 183 for the
use of a "German Lutheran congregation. 1 ' The
village thus, laid out by Mr. Funk seems to have taken
his own name popularly, rather than the one he had
given it, and so was usually called Funkstown. It is
an interesting fact, therefore, in our local church history
that long before the Capital of the new Nation was
located on the Potomac the Lutheran Church had a
"local habitation and a name" here, in the ownership
of ground, although no organization existed at the time,
and none for many years afterward. At any rate, no
history is at hand to show that any church had been
organized at so early a date.
From the Concordia annals I learn that the first
formal organization took place on the 27th of January,
1833. The first pastor of the church was Rev. Mr.
Ungerer, and his introductory sermon was preached on
the 17th of February, 1834. Concordia Church is now
a large and flourishing congregation, whose present
pastor, Rev. Ernst Drewitz, labors with much accept-
ance and success among the people of his charge.
St. Paul's English Lutheran Church.
As the Concordia Church takes the first place in the
order of time among the Lutheran churches of Wash-
ington, so St. Paul's English Lutheran Church stands
first in the line of the English Lutheran churches which
have been established in the Capital City of the Nation.
The importance and the necessity of an English organ-
ization engaged the attention of friends of the church
of the Reformation for several years before an actual
movement in this direction was made. Both among the
( Germans in the Concordia Church and the friends out-
side of that organization it was felt that an English
church ought to be formed as soon as possible. The
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 1J
young people were anxious for it, and some of the
fathers and mothers entered into deep sympathy with
the existing necessities for such a movement. The
country was English, the Capital was an English-speak-
ing city, and there must be English-speaking churches,
as well as German, in order to meet the demands of the
country and the times. The young people, in the pro-
gress of the years, in the processes of American citizen-
ship, and in the development and growth of the church,
would, of necessity, become English ; and, therefore,
awake to the situation, and measuring up to the respon-
sibilities which God in his providence put before them,
a number of persons presently united in an association
preparatory to the organization of an English church.
On the 2d of January, 1843, the decisive step was taken.
The official record is in the following words :
"We whose names are hereunto written do agree to
form ourselves into an association for the purpose of
Divine worship and the public profession of christian
faith, according to the Doctrines, Discipline, and For-
mula of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Synod
of the State of Maryland and of the General Synod of
the same church in the United States of North Amer-
ica — the style and title to be denominated The English
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington, D. C. "
»
Forty names appear on the original paper. They are
the following, and it would appear that each person signed
for himself and his family: H. W. Voss, C. P. Sengstag,
Charles Schussler, Charles Utermehle, C. Klopfer,
Henry Schultz, David Fowble, John F. Kahl, Benedict
Yost, P. A. Erbs, J. Casparis, Wm. Jacobi, Andrew
Noerr, J. Jacob Seufferlee, John A. Emmons, Wm. C.
Eckloff, Gottfried Eckloff, Grafton Powell, James H.
Jones, John E. Scheel, Henry Grieb, Wm. Utermehle,
George C. Siebel, A. Gladmon, Cornel Andrae, W. D.
Einbrod, J. C. Roemele, John P. Stallings, R. Heit-
1 8 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
miiller, Jacob Acker, Charles F. Bihler, Nicholas Acker,
Nicholas Funk, Herman Esselbrugge, F. S. Kern,
Henry W. Bergman, Nicholas Schneider, F. F. Stuck,
John Moore, Win. R. Woodward. Some of these had
been connected with the Concordia Church; others, un-
affiliated with that church or any other in the city,
united with them in the new movement, and thus inau-
gurated with hopeful outlook the English Lutheran
work of the city.
But very few of the original signers remain. Only
three of them, so far as known to the writer, yet remain
on the hither side of life; they are F. S. Kern and John
E. Scheel, of Washington, and David Fowble, of West-
minster, Md. The first death among the founders of
the English church was Henry Grieb, a member of the
first council. His death was tenderly announced in an
official meeting October 9th, 1843, an( ^ n ^ s christian
character and usefulness fitly attested by the unanimous
resolution of his brethren at that meeting.
First fleeting Place.
At first the English congregation secured the Odd
Fellows' Hall as a place of worship (afterward Todd's
Hall, on Pennsylvania Avenue), and services began to
be conducted there on the 8th of January, 1843, s i x
days after the initial formation of the Society. At this
meeting Rev. Dr. Muller, the first pastor of the Eng-
lish organization, appears in the Church records as
having been present as the preacher and pastor. Whence
he came, how he was chosen, and under what auspices
he was acting as the'missionary of the new congregation
does not appear in the minutes of that period. After
the services were over, a congregational meeting was
organized, and a committee of four persons appointed
to report to the President of the Synod of Maryland
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the fact of the formation of an English congregation,
and asking for aid in support of their pastor "for one
year." Andrew Noerr, Grafton Powell, Win. Uter-
mehle, and C. Andrae constituted the committee.
The first lecture ever delivered for the benefit of the
new organization was by the Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D. ,
of Baltimore, on the 22d of February, 1843, * n tne Odd
Fellows' Hall — subject, ' ' Luther and the Reformation. ' '
The complete organization of the church, by the election
of a council, took place on Easter Sunday morning,
April 15, 1843. The following persons constituted the
first council: Andrew Noerr, J. C. Roemmele, Charles
F. Bihler, Grafton Powell, J. A. Emmons, Henry Grieb,
Cornele Andrae, John P. Stallings, Win. Utermehle,
and John E. Scheel. The organization of the council
was as follows : President, Andrew Noerr ; Wardens,
Henry Grieb and Cornele Andrae; Treasurer, John A.
Emmons; and Secretary, Grafton Powell.
As a missionary organization, under the auspices of
the Maryland Synod, this congregation was first started.
The synodical resolution was offered by Rev. Benjamin
Kurtz, D. D., at its session October 15, 1842, and an
appropriation made towards its support which should be
available as soon as the organization was fully completed
and the usual synodical conditions complied with. The
organization followed, as already stated, and the work
of building up an English Lutheran Church was prose-
cuted with commendable energy and zeal.
Location.
The question of a suitable site for a church building
early engaged the attention of the new congregation.
Gen. Van Ness, a citizen of large means, and owner of
much real estate in the city, and well known for his
generosities and his liberality in promoting benevolent
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
and religious enterprises, and his deep interest in every-
thing which would benefit the community, was at once
thought of as a possible benefactor in the case in hand.
Several earnest women of the new society were the first
to move in this direction. We regret that we do not
have their names given in the old records. To the
credit of the women of St. Paul's, their names should
have been kept in loving and grateful remembrance.
They called on Gen. Van Ness, and submitted their
request and plea for the donation of a lot on which to
build a church. They were kindly received, and after
a friendly conversation, which was favorable to their
mission, he expressed a desire to see the pastor in order
to confer with him on the subject. At this interview,
a few days afterward, he gave his promise that he would
presently comply with their wishes, and donate them a
lot which should be a prominent and acceptable one.
We present a copy of the communication of Gen.
Van Ness. It is worthy of this special perpetuation in
the history of St. Paul's. The lot which was finally
donated and accepted is the one on which the church
and parsonage now stand, the southwest corner of
Eleventh and H streets Northwest.
The correspondence which took place as to the pre-
sentation and acceptance of the church lot was as fol-
lows: First, the response of Gen. Van Ness to the par-
ties that had called on him in reference to the donation;
and, secondly, the action of the council in their formal
acknowledgment. The communication of Gen. Van Ness
is as follows:
The Offer of Gen. Van Ness.
Washington, May 20, iSjj.
The Rev. A. H. Muller, D. D.
My dear Sir : Desirous to contribute within my
humble sphere, limited as it is, to the success of the
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 21
most glorious of all causes, that of our holy faith and
doctrines ; and understanding from yourself and others
that there are among us abundant materials for the es-
tablishment and organization of a respectable English
Lutheran congregation ; and that they are anxious for
the prompt erection of a house of public worship, of
ample dimensions, in a convenient and pleasant part of
our city, it gives me great pleasure to offer them gra-
tuitously, through you, respected sir, who are about to
assume the pastoral care of the flock, a valuable and
beautiful lot of ground, as a site for their interesting
purpose. The location in square 227, and the general
terms of the donation, are acceptable to such members
of your society as have consulted with me about them,
and in fact they have substantially suggested them.
I know your charity and kindness will excuse the fol-
lowing remark, which, whilst approved, as I trust it will
even be, by such men as yourself, some may perhaps
pronounce presumptious and impertinent.
Whilst you will, as I know from your high character,
be devoutly and zealously pursuing, in the holy vine-
yard, the path marked out by the great founder of your
own particular church, I am well convinced that, in
your pious career, the great and sacred general princi-
ples of religion and morality, whose practice in this
world, valuable as it is here in itself, is so influential
in constituting a firm foundation of a blessed super-
structure in eternity, will always be regarded and incul-
cated by you with a liberal and solemn devotion to the
good of all our fellow creatures of every denomination
within the legitimate scope of both your exalted clerical
duties, and your private example.
Without going into unnecessary details, I hereby
pledge myself to convey the lot referred to above, in trust
or otherwise, for the appropriate purpose, as may be in-
dicated and desired by the fathers of your congregation,
so soon as such a proportion of the estimated means
shall have been obtained for application to the intended
work, and such a foundation shall have been laid as to
justify a reasonable confidence in its completion. Your
friends, sir, approve this general outline ; and you shall
never reproach me with giving yourself any just cause
for exception.
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I have the honor of remaining, with great consider-
ation and respect, reverend sir, your friend and humble
servant,
John P. Van Ness.
Washington, April 2, 1844.
By the desire and at the instance of the church coun-
cil of the English Lutheran Church of the city of
Washington, as communicated by the Reverend A. A.
Muller and the Reverend Thomas Lapes, lot number
eleven, in square three hundred and nineteen, has been
substituted, and is accepted in lieu of the lot in square
two hundred and twenty-seven (227) above named,
which last is released from the pledge.
John P. Van Ness.
A meeting of the church council was held on the
20th of May, 1843, at which this letter was read. The
names of the members present at this meeting are not
given in the minutes except that of the mover of the
resolution of thanks.
After the reading of the letter, on motion of Mr. C.
P. Bihler, it was unanimously resolved that the "thanks
of the church council, on behalf of themselves and the
congregation they represent, be and are hereby tendered
to Gen. J. P. Van Ness for his generous and valuable
donation." It was further ordered that the pastor of
the congregation, Dr. A. A. Muller, communicate this
action to the General, and to express to him " the deep
sense of gratitude which the council and congregation
feel in relation to this act of disinterested liberality and
christian munificence."
In obedience to this action of the council, the follow-
ing communication was addressed to Gen. Van Ness,
accompanied by the resolutions of the meeting:
Washington, May 26, 1843.
To Gen. J. P. Van Ness.
My dear Sir: I had the pleasure to receive, a few
days since, your very polite and friendly communication,
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and lost no time in presenting it to the council of the
English Lutheran Church of Washington. It affords
me no ordinary gratification, respected sir, to transmit
to you the annexed extract and resolutions, and I profit
by the occasion which confers on me the honor of
addressing you to give some expression to those indi-
vidual feelings of respect and gratitude which your
liberality and kindness have excited in my own mind.
It is recorded in the early ages of the church that " not
many mighty, not many noble, were called" — not that
Christianity forbade their approach to its standard, but
that stations of wealth and worldly honors were, in
many instances, unfavorable to that simplicity and truth
so indispensable to the best interests of the religion of
the Gospel. Let it not be thought, however, that the
merciful designs of God in the gift of his Sou have any
exclusive reference to the poor. The church in her
best days received the powerful aid of the rich and the
noble, and often in times of persecution and sorrow
leaned for support on the arms of kings and princes.
When the Saviour of our race was an inhabitant of this
world, the rich resorted to him on many occasions to
listen to the doctrines and precepts which he taught.
Zaccheus, the rich publican, joyfully received him into his
own home; a nobleman of Capernaum went to beseech
Him to come and heal his afflicted servant; and it was
Joseph, the distinguished and wealthy Arimathean, who
besought Pilate for His body after the crucifixion, that
it might be placed in his own sepulchre. If wealth in
many instances establishes a power for evil, it very
often, under the influence of a divine charity, confers
the authority to effect much good. If instances are
needed in our own day and in our own country to show
what support Christianity derives from the wealthy and
the liberal, they can be readily pointed out in almost
every city and village of our own America. Indeed,
sir, our own beautiful metropolis is not without many
such memorials of christian liberality; and it will not
be difficult for those who shall succeed the present gen-
eration to designate those places and objects which even
your benevolence, and that of those who have been so
happily associated with your name, have consecrated to
the purposes of religion and charity. " It is the pre-
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rogative of the noblest natures that their departure to
higher regions exercises a no less blessed influence than
did their abode on earth ; like stars by which to steer
our course, so often interrupted by storms, that those to
whom we turned in life as the beneficent, the helpful,
now attract our aspiring glance as the perfected — the
blessed.
For the kind manner and the disinterested motives
which have characterized your valuable donation to the
congregation over whose spiritual interests I have the
happiness to preside, be pleased to accept my sincere
and unfeigned gratitude and profound respect. I can
make you no return equal to the pleasure which the
exercise of this benevolent act conveys to your own
heart, but I can and will most fervently offer my humble
prayer to Almighty God that he would return into your
own bosom, and cause you to experience the divine
influence of that blessed religion whose offices and
character you have so generously sought to advance and
recommend; and that it may prove to you a staff of
strength in your declining years, a comfort in the hour
of your dissolution, and the sure evidence of your final
transition to a blessed immortality.
I pray you to accept the assurances of my respect and
regard, while I remain your friend and obliged servant.
Albert A. Muller,
Pastor of the English Lutheran
Congregation, Washington, D. C.
The new enterprise found many worthy friends out-
side of the Lutheran name, among whom, in addition
to the donor of the lot, must be mentioned the name of
Rev. Septimus Tustin, D. D., the assistant pastor of the
F street Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the U. S.
Senate. He cooperated with the infant organization
in securing the grant of the site of the church from
Gen. Van Ness, and with Dr. Samson, pastor of the
Third Baptist Church, took part in the proceedings of
the laying of the corner-stone. Gen. Van Ness was a
member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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During this formative period it must be noted how
much the young organization owed to the counsels and
active interest of the Rev. Dr. J. G. Morris, of Baltimore ;
of Dr. Kurtz, of Dr. Conrad, and others. Dr. Morris'
services and counsel were often in demand, and he was
always ready and willing to respond to the wishes of
the new mission enterprise. He had delivered the first
lecture for its benefit on the 22d of February, and now
in June of the same year, and after the site was donated,
he was called into conference with the church council
to receive from him such advice and direction as he
might be able to give as to the means and measures
necessary for the early and successful prosecution of the
erection of a church edifice on the location now secured.
It is due to Dr. Morris and to Dr. Conrad to say that
among the friends of St. Paul's outside of the city of
Washington they were among the foremost in every
possible way of helpfulness ; and amidst the lights and
shadows of her history for the half century just closed,
their names must appear as stars in her firmament for-
ever.
Preparations for the Erection of an Edifice.
One of the first steps taken by the council in prepar-
ing the way for a successful advance in the effort to
secure a church building as speedily as possible, and to
gain the favorable attention of the community, was the
presentation of a memorial and plea to "His Excel-
lency, John Tyler, the President of the United States,"
setting forth the present condition and prospects of the
church, and the permanent settlement of a pastor.
What the result of this memorial to the President was,
does not appear in any subsequent report. That it was
a favorable one in securing the sympathy and good will
of the administration can not be doubted, for when the
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ceremonies of the laying of the corner-stone took place,
many officials of the various departments of the Gov-
ernment were present and joined in the offerings that
were given on that occasion.
On the 4th of July, 1843, tne church council held a
meeting at which they passed this resolution :
"In order to effect a speedy collection of money for the
erection of a church edifice, be it resolved by the council
that fifteen blank books be purchased, and prepared
with suitable captions for the purpose of making col-
lections, to be used by the members of the church coun-
cil, and such other friends as may be found willing to
aid in the matter of raising sufficient funds."
The " caption, 1 ' or, rather, form of these subscriptions
was as follows :
"It is proposed by the friends and members of the
English Lutheran Church to erect in Washington, D C. ,
an edifice for Divine worship according to the faith
and discipline of the same. They respectfully call on
their friends and fellow-citizens, and the friends of reli-
gion, to aid them in this work of public enterprise and
christian piety.
"P. S. — Sums subscribed payable in quarterly install-
ments.
"Washington, July 4, 184.3"
These subscription papers, so patriotically dated and
so earnestly started out on their financial errands, seem
to have been responded to with amounts which would
now appear significantly small. The financial ability
and resources of the people fell below their earnest de-
sires and the necessities which pressed upon them; and
thus the sums subscribed suffer a very unfavorable com-
parison with the magnitude of the enterprise in hand.
With the exception of one subscription of fifty dollars,
all the rest ranged from five dollars down to fifty cents.
The twenty subscriptions on the paper before us aggre-
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 2J
gated the sum of only ninety-two dollars — and this in
quarterly payments! Probably the other books brought
in a better showing ; if not, the money in sight was not
of an assuring amount when the work of building began.
Various measures, however, were devised at different
times to accomplish the purpose which the mission band
had undertaken to fulfill; nor were those efforts inter-
mitted until the result was finally attained.
A circular was issued by the church council, dated
Washington City, February 27th, 1844, a copy of which
was to be sent to every "clergyman of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in the United States." This circular
was suggested and inspired by the action of the Mary-
land Synod at its annual session at Westminster, Carroll
County, October 13th, 1843. The synodical action was
as follows :
"Whereas, the permanent establishment of an Eng-
lish Lutheran Church and congregation in the City of
Washington, D. C. , the metropolis of our common
country, can not fail, under the Divine blessing, to
exercise a very happy and desirable influence on the
general interests and prosperity of the Lutheran Church
in the United States ; and
"Whereas, a mission, under the auspices of this
Synod, with a view to the accomplishment of such a
desirable object, has been there established ; therefore
be it
"Resolved by this Synod that the said mission and
its pastor, Rev. A. A. Muller, D. D., be affectionately
commended to the confidence, patronage, and christian
liberality of the Lutheran churches of the United States
and to the christian public -at large."
With this strong indorsement and approval of the
Synod, the church council issued the following circu-
lar, with the date afore-mentioned :
"Reverend Sir : The undersigned members of the
church council of the English Lutheran Church of
this city, beg leave, respectfully, to address you. They
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design, under the blessing of Almighty God, and with
the aid of the liberal members of the Lutheran churches
in the United States and other christian denominations,
to erect in this city, during the present year, a conven-
ient, suitable, and properly-designed church edifice.
Towards the accomplishment of this desirable object an
eligible and valuable lot of ground has been generously
given by Gen. Van Ness, a highly respectable and
wealthy citizen of this place, and subscriptions in money,
labor, and materials have already been obtained. The
prospects for the success of this enterprise are decidedly
encouraging, and the church council look with anxious
hope and confidence to their more favored brethren for
their generous and liberal cooperation in a matter so
likely to promote the highest interests of the Lutheran
church at large, in the dissemination of those doctrines
of the Gospel here, at the metropolis of our common
country, for which the first Reformers so ardently and
successfully labored. They ask from you the favor to
bring the subject, as early as may be convenient, before
your council and congregation, and that you would be
pleased to take up a collection in aid of this object, and,
with such other private subscriptions as may be obtained,
forward the names and amount to Mr. Andrew Noerr,
President of the church council of the English Lutheran
Church, Washington, D. C. The several amounts and
names of donors will be duly acknowledged in the
Lutheran Observer, published at Baltimore."
Signed by church council :
Andrew Noerr, President.
John A. Emmons.
Chas. F. Bihler.
Grafton Powell.
Cornele Andrae.
John C. Roemmele.
Alexander Heitmiiller.
David Fowble.
How much success attended this appeal can not now
be accurately ascertained, but a number of favorable
responses were received, and helpful contributions from
different sources encouraged the members of the young
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 29
organization to press forward in the work of church
erection. The treasurer's book of this period shows
among other receipts : Collections in Baltimore, per Dr.
Mnller, $350 ; Frederick County, Maryland, $51 ; Em-
mittsbnrg, $31.43; collections from Philadelphia, $502;
New York, $50. Rev. D. J. Hauer's church at Lovetts-
ville, Va., gave a contribution of $66.88. Many of the
collections were made in Western Maryland and the
borders of Virginia, by house-to-house visitations of the
pastor from Washington. The efforts put forth by the
council and pastor were diversified, comprehensive, en-
ergetic, and full of toil. Their enterprise, zeal, and
patient perseverance in plans and methods deserve to
be recorded with special emphasis and approval.
Memorial to the King of Prussia.
On the 1st of August, 1844, at a meeting of the
church council, the pastor submitted a memorial,
signed by the Mayor of Washington and a number of
citizens, to which was attached the seal of the United
States with the signature of the Secretary of State, the
seal of the corporation of Washington, and signed by
the Church Council, to be presented on their behalf to
the King of Prussia by the Minister of the United
States. This memorial was forwarded to the Prussian
King, Wilhelm, the grandfather of the present Emperor
of Germany, and in due time honored by the King's
response. Whether any financial result came from this
Memorial to the King of Prussia, or not, I have not
been able to ascertain. The annals of that period are
silent on this subject. But an interesting souvenir, and
one highly appreciated, remains with our congregation
to this day, and connects us with the imperial house of
Germany in tender and loving association. It is a silver
communion cup, or chalice, sent to the congregation as
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a token of kindly interest and good will by the King
and Queen of Prussia in 1845. It has now been used
at every communion season for almost fifty years. It
becomes increasingly sacred and precious to the church
with every passing year. Not a communion season
occurs in which the pious King and Queen of Prussia,
afterward Emperor and Empress of Germany — and long
since gone to their repose beyond the royalties of earth —
do not come into remembrance in our solemnities in the
use of this cup. But it is a use in which the imperialism
of human glory is made to offer tribute to the " King of
Kings," and in which the crowns of earthly potentates
are forgotten amid the glories of Calvary and the majesty
of ' ' that Name which is above every name. ' '
''Oh, that with yonder sacred throng,
We at His feet may fall !
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all ! "
The cup which is thus in precious possession and use
in St. Paul's, and which is so highly valued, not for its
intrinsic worth but for the sake of those illustrious ones
who gave it, carries the following inscription :
Friederich Wilhelm IV Konig und Elisabeth Konigen von Preussen
der Evangelischeu Gemeitie zn St Paul in Washington.
1S45.
The Laying of the Corner=stone.
The ceremonies connected with the laying of the
corner-stone of St. Paul's Lutheran Church took place
on the 1 2th of June, 1844. The lot originally given for
the site of the church was in square 227. Gen Van
Ness, at the request of those who thought a different
location more desirable for the church, kindlv exchanged
the site at first given for the one at the corner of Eleventh
and II streets N. W., known as lot No. 11 in square 319.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 31
This exchange was gratefully accepted by the church
council on the 4th of April, 1844; and on this the build-
ing was subsequently erected.
The 1 8th of June, 1844, was the date fixed for the
laying of the corner-stone. From the National Intelli-
gencer of that date we have the account of the cere-
monies on that occasion. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon
a procession was formed at the city hall. This con-
sisted of distinguished visitors, clergymen, the church
council of St. Paul's congregation, teachers and schol-
ars of the Sunday school, and members and friends of
the new congregation. The officers of the Grand Lodge
of Masons of the District of Columbia, in full regalia,
assisted by members of subordinate lodges under their
jurisdiction and transient brethren, were in attendance.
The order of the Sons of Temperance also joined in the
procession, and the whole cortege, preceded by the ac-
complished and well-trained Marine Band, marched to
the corner of Eleventh and H streets, the site appropri-
ated for the church edifice. Among the distinguished
individuals in the procession were ex-President John
Quincy Adams, and Gen. Van Ness, the friend and
patron of the church. A beautiful model of the church,
which is of Gothic architecture, was borne in the pro-
cession by one of the scholars of the Sunday school.
After the arrival of the procession and the immense
crowd had gathered on the spot, the pastor of the church,
Rev. Dr. Muller, announced from the stand that the 3d
chapter of St. Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians
would be read by the Rev. William Smith, late of Pitts-
burg, Pa. Prayer by Rev. Septimus Tustin, chaplain
of the U. S. Senate. After the singing of the 494th
hymn of the Lutheran Hymn Book by the choir of the
Church and vocalists from other churches, the Rev. Dr.
J. G. Morris, of Baltimore, in a very able and interesting
address, held the multitude in deep and fixed attention.
32 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
He was followed by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Kurtz, of
Baltimore, who after some very interesting prefatory
remarks, proceeded to enumerate the articles, docu-
ments, etc., which were to be deposited in the corner-
stone. These were —
ist. A parchment scroll containing the following an-
nouncement :
"St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The corner-stone was
laid in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, on
the 1 2th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1844, and
of the Independence of the United States of North Amer-
ica the sixty-eighth (68th), John Tyler being President
of the same; W. P. Mangum, President of the Senate ;
J. W. Jones, Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and W. W. Seaton, Mavor of the city. Officers of St.
Paul's Church: Rev. A. A. Muller, D. D., Pastor;
church council, Andrew Noerr, Cornelius Andrae, John
C. Roeinmele, Nicholas Funk, and Albert Heitmiiller;
John Sessford, Secretary. The mission under which
this congregation was organized was, on motion of the
Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, D. D., unanimously established
by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland, held
at Frederick, October 15th, 1842. Officers of the Gen-
eral Synod of the Lutheran Church in the United
States : Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., of Baltimore,
President ; Rev. Charles A. Smith, Secretary ; Dr. D.
Gilbert, Treasurer. Officers of the Maryland Synod for
1844 : Rev. Ezra Keller, President ; Rev. S. Sentman,
Secretary ; Rev. J. P. Cline, Treasurer ; J. G. Bruff,
Scripsit. "
2d. A copy of Luther's Bible in the German lan-
guage. A copy of the'Bible in the English language.
Copies of Luther's smaller Catechism in English and in
German. Lutheran Almanac for 1843, containing a
list of the names of the several Lutheran Ministers in
the United States. Proceedings of the 42d convention
of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in the United States. Copies of the journals
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 33
of the annual session of the Lutheran Synod of .Mary-
land for the years 1842 and 1843. The following reli-
gious newspapers connected with the Lutheran Church:
The Observer, published at Baltimore; Lutheran Stand-
ard, published at New Philadelphia, Ohio. News-
papers of the city of Washington: The National Intelli-
gencer, Globe, Whig, Standard, Spectator, Madisonian,
and the National Zcitung. The Alte and New Welt,
published in Philadelphia.
3d. Coins: The American dollar, half dollar, twenty-
five cent piece, ten-cent, five-cent, and one-cent. Prus-
sian coins: Prussian dollar, 1764, Frederick William;
other Prussian small copper coins, etc.
4th. A silver plate bearing the following inscription :
"Martin Luther, benefactor of the christain world;
born November ioth, 1483, at Eisleben, in Upper Sax-
ony ; died at the same place on the 18th of February,
1546, aged 63 years. Upwards of twenty-seven mill-
ions of christians at this period of the world bear his
name and profess the faith and doctrines of Jesus Christ,
the Saviour of the world. Here I stand; I can not do
otherwise. God help me, Amen! "
On the marble slab which covered the recess of the
corner-stone was the following inscription, prepared by
the church council:
"J. P. Van Ness consecrates this site to the worship
of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, June,
1844."
The stone was laid with the assistance of the cere-
monies of the Masonic ritual, a neat and appropriate
address was made by the Most Worshipful Grand Mas-
ter, the doxology was announced and read by the Rev.
Dr. Samson, pastor of the Third Baptist Church, and
the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Tustin,
of the Presbyterian Church.
34
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The general interest shown at the laying of the cor-
ner-stone was a matter of great encouragement to the
people, who were so anxious to have a temple for Eng-
lish Lutheran services ; but for want of means the com-
pletion of the structure was compelled to wait for several
years. As soon as possible the basement of the church
was finished in modest style and occupied by the Sunday
school, and used for preaching services ; but it required
almost a year from the time of the laying of the corner-
stone until the basement was ready for occupancy. On
the 15th of March, 1845, the ^ rst service was held. A
collection of $65 is put to the credit of the opening ser-
vices of that date. No formal opening ceremonies seem
to have marked the day, only the transfer of worship
from the old hall to the new place, and sermon by the
Pastor.
As showing the stress and toil amid which the small
congregation were pressing forward, and the struggle
which marked every step of the way, the pastor, Dr.
Muller, announced to the church council at a meeting
two days after they had their first service in the basement,
that he intended to visit the North and East about the
1st of July for the purpose of soliciting further aid for
the church. That he fulfilled this announcement sub-
sequent reports established, but what the degree of suc-
cess that attended his efforts we have been unable to
ascertain from the meager records at hand. That a
heavy debt rested on them when they entered the base-
ment of the church is very clear, and it became pain-
fully manifest in the experience of the subsequent pastor,
under whose administration the erection of the building-
was carried forward to completion.
At the meeting of the Maryland Synod in October,
1843, Dr. Muller reported n accessions and a total of 40
communicants ; Sunday School, 6 teachers and 61 schol-
ars. This, therefore, would indicate very nearly the
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ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 35
strength of the congregation at the laying of the corner-
stone in the following June. The pastoral services
of Dr. Mnller terminated abruptly in June, 1846, two
years after the corner-stone of the church was laid, and
a little more than one year after the first service was held
in the basement. Of the ministerial acts of the first
pastorate a record is given of 38 infant baptisms, 22
marriages, and 13 deaths. No record of accessions, ex-
cept that which is found in the synodical minutes. By
a sad forfeiture of the confidence of the young church,
just starting into life, Dr. Muller closed his pastorate in
gloom. His subsequent career passed into the silence of
the years. Whether still living, or long since dead, no
one has been found who could tell us the story.
Rev. J. E. Graeff, Second Pastor.
November 23, i8j.6 — -July 2, 18 '/<?.
*
The Rev. J. E. Graeff, a young man who had just
completed his course at the Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, was called to the pastorate of St. Paul's on
the 23d of November, 1846. The church council, at
whose instance he became pastor, and whose sterling
qualities and heroic devotion to the church at this
critical period the young preacher soon discovered,
and by whose helpful and self-sacrificing efforts the
work of restoring confidence among the people, and of
completing the church edifice, which was in use in its
unattractive and only half-finished condition, consisted
of the following persons: A Noerr, John Roemmele,
John Myers, Paul Kinchy, Nicholas Snyder, and John
Moore. Mr. Graeff entered upon his work with all the
energy and enthusiasm of his fervent young manhood.
But he found the difficulties and discouragements which
confronted him in the sharp crisis of the new enterprise
36 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
many and great. Only a small band of loyal souls
remained; the reputation of the church had sustained
serious damage in consequence of recent occurrences; a
small salary, which compelled the greatest possible
economy on the part of the pastor; a heavy debt on the
church, with a people financially too feeble to carry it,
or to cancel it; and thus confronted and environed, Mr.
Graeff began his ministry in Washington.
Mr. Graeff and his church council had, first of all,
to look after the debts that were hanging over them,
and to provide for the current expenses of the church.
The settees in the church had not even been paid for,
and to avoid having them sold by the sheriff the mem-
bers of the council not only made themselves per-
sonally responsible for the amount, but subsequently
paid the debt themselves. The Maryland Synod appro-
priated $150 toward the support of the missionary pastor,
but even with this sum added to the small revenues of
the congregation, the pastor's support was distressingly
meager. There was also presented the imperative ne-
cessity for the completion of the audience room and
upper part of the church building. Not much pros-
perity could be expected — not much enlargement, no
position of much influence in the city — without a com-
pleted church building, and such accommodations as
were so absolutely necessary. What was to be done ?
On the 12th of April, 1847, a committee was appointed
to report at the next meeting the estimated cost to
finish the interior of the upper room; and at the same
time a resolution was passed that the council proceed
as speedily as possible to raise funds in the church and
the community at large for the completion of the
church, "subscriptions to be paid in one year in quar-
terly installments." Money enough for this under-
taking, however, could not be raised at home ; and
realizing the importance and necessity of having the
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. t>7
church finished throughout, it was determined to have
the pulpit supplied for such time as might be necessary,
and that the pastor become the collecting agent for the
congregation in churches abroad. To this self-denying
and toilsome work he gave himself for weary months
among the country churches of Maryland and Penn-
sylvania. His patient and earnest work was crowned
with great success; a success very remarkable, indeed,
when considered in relation to the times and circum-
stances under which the brave endeavor was made; a
success which demonstrated, at the same time, the
ability, fidelity, industry, and popularity of the young
pastor of the mission church in Washington. He
succeeded in collecting about $2,000 toward the building
fund. Diligently and perseveringly the work was car-
ried forward until the hopes and prayers and exertions
of years came into joyous fruition.
On Sunday, October 1, 1848, St. Paul's English
Lutheran Church, of Washington, was dedicated to
the service of the Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ.
There were present on the occasion Rev. Messrs. J. G.
Morris, of Baltimore; F. W. Conrad, of Hagerstown;
C. P. Krauth, of Winchester; Rev. Mr. Finckle, of the
Concordia Church ; and Rev. Mr. Biewend, of the
Georgetown Lutheran Church. Five or six ministers of
other denominations were also present, and manifested
a lively and brotherly interest in the solemnities. The
Lutheran Observer of that date gives the following
account. Drs. Morris, Conrad, and Krauth were the
officiating ministers:
"Although the weather was unfavorable, yet the house
was thronged with people, showing that a deep interest
is felt in the enterprise by the inhabitants of Washing-
ton. About $r,ioo were collected, which is said to be
the largest collection ever taken up on a similar occasion
in the District of Columbia. James K. Polk, the Presi-
38 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
dent of the United States, with his wife and household;
Air. Buchanan, the Secretary of State, and many other
high officers of the State, War, and Navy Departments,
were present. The exercises were rendered interesting
and impressive by the performance of a well-trained
choir, which during the day rendered six of the finest
anthems. The church is finished in beautiful style.
The ceiling and sides are ornamented with fresco paint-
ing corresponding with the Gothic style of architecture,
and the pulpit end is almost entirely occupied with a
grand perspective view of the interior of a Gothic
church, which is admirably executed. From the door
the illusion is perfect, and the spectator can hardly
convince himself that he is not entering a church
five times as large as this is, for he seems to be look-
ing down a long-drawn aisle, extending far beyond the
pulpit. For the satisfaction of the numerous friends
of this enterprise so strangely begun, for a while so
inauspiciously conducted, and at one time apparently
so ingloriously given up, I would state that we can
thank God and take courage. Clouds and darkness
rested upon it, but by God's blessing they have been
dispelled. All apprehensions are removed, and the
present pastor, Rev. Mr. Graeff, sees a promising future
before him. The members of the church deserve much
credit for persevering in their undertaking amid the
distressing discouragements which encompassed them
before Mr. Graeff took charge of the church. All
things now look well, and we may consider the enter-
prise as no longer an experiment, but an established
fact.
" Many of our people have long felt concerned about
having an English Lutheran Church in the metropolis
of the land, and will be glad to hear that their wishes
have been gratified, and that their contributions to Mr.
Graeff for the benefit of the church have been faithfully
and economically applied. The dedication was a day
long to be remembered by the congregation. New life
1 1 r
has been infused into them — a new impulse has been
given them. They now see that they have more friends
than they before knew, and they have been sent on their
way rejoicing by the liberal contributions cheerfully
given."
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 39
The pastorate of Rev. Mr. Graefif, now so hopefully
advancing, was destined to a speedy termination after
the achievement of the completion of the church.
Overwork, with anxiety and care, to bring about the
result which culminated so gloriously on the day of
dedication, broke down his health, and he was com-
pelled to resign the pastorate on the 2d of July, 1849.
He became himself the sacrifice on the altar of the
church that she might live. It was his first and
only charge. Regretfully and sadly the council ac-
cepted the resignation of their faithful and popular
young pastor, just when they saw before them the open
door of coming prosperity and growth. Strange and
wonderful are the methods of Divine grace and wisdom.
We are led in ways that can not be known in advance.
For a period of nearly fifty years afterward Mr. Graeff
has been permitted to give his consecrated life to the
uses of the Lord's Kingdom along other lines of activ-
ity; and at the jubilee of the church to which he had
given the morning of his young manhood, he is again
seen and heard, to the delight of a multitude which
gathered in celebration of the work at whose founda-
tions he had toiled so bravely and so blessedly. Not
quite three years in the pastoral work ! and yet what
infinite distances of good and of power start from those
three intensive years of prayer and toil !
" 'Tis not a case of small import
The pastor's care demands ;
But what might fill an angel's heart,
And fill'd a Saviour's hands."
40 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Rev. J. Q. Butler, Third Pastor.
1849—1873.
On the 2d of July, 1849, tne resignation of Mr. Graeff
was accepted at a regular meeting of the church coun-
cil; and at this same meeting the name of J. G. Butler,
a student at the seminary, was presented as a suitable
candidate to succeed the retiring pastor. Mr. Graeff
was instructed to write at once to Mr. Butler and invite
him to visit the congregation with a view to the pastor-
ate. The election of Mr. Butler by a unanimous vote
of the council took place on the 16th of July, 1849.
The secretary was instructed to notify him of his elec-
tion, and that he should have a salary of $400, with the
promise of a larger salary "in case the congregation
should increase." Mr. Butler accepted the call with its
stipulations, and soon entered on the discharge of min-
isterial and pastoral work in St. Paul's, where he con-
tinued in faithful and successful labors for the period of
almost 24 years.
The first communion and confirmation services held
by Mr. Butler bear the date of November 25th, 1849.
First baptism, same date; first marriage, February 28th,
1850 ; first funeral, August 29th, 1850. Another debt
problem was also among the first facts of the new pas-
torate. A balance of $1,500 remained after the dedica-
tion. An early effort was made to provide for its liqui-
dation in some way, or to change its form. To cancel
immediately was impossible. To negotiate a loan was
next in order. But fifty years ago money was not so
readily obtained in loans as now. Accordingly, the
church council note a discouraging failure in the effort
made in this direction. At their session October 3d,
1849, they place on record the following statement:
1 The notes which were drawn for the purpose of procur-
J, G. BUTLER.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 4 1
ing money to pay the old debts of this church were re-
turned and destroyed after finding it impossible to procure
the money. ' ' But by the extension of credits, judicious
management, and diligent efforts in collections, the
debt was not allowed to hinder the onward movement
of the church under the ministry of the young man
who had just entered his first pastorate. Still it was
a trying time for all concerned. A series of misfortunes
which had left the church seriously in debt, with but
a "handful" of people to meet the financial questions
of self-support and the liquidation of impending liabili-
ties, presented an unpromising situation in the new
departure. For a number of years there was a struggle
for life. Life gained the victory at last.
Rev. J. G. Butler was licensed by the Maryland Synod
in October, 1849, after he had already commenced his
labors in Washington. His continuous pastorate of so
many years afterward is the proof of his ability and
success in grappling with the difficulties which encom-
passed the church in those early days. During the pas-
torate of Dr. Butler the congregation gradually advanced
to strength and influence from year to year. Prominent
men in official life, and especially during the war for
the Union, gathered around the pastor, and worshiped
with the Lutheran people. His unambiguous position
and utterances on the great questions which entered into
the stern arbitrament of that great conflict as a decided
Union man, brought many strangers to his services and
gained many friends to the church. Hon. Schuyler
Colfax, Vice-President of the United States, General
Ekin and other officers of the Army, as well as mem-
bers of Congress, attended services, and encouraged
the pastor and church with their presence and favor.
Many excellent men and women constituted the growing
membership ; various improvements were made in the
church ; a three-story brick parsonage was built by the
42 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
side of the church, and the general benevolence of the
congregation greatly improved.
Rev. Mr. Butler served as pastor of St. Paul's until
April ist, 1873, his resignation having been made ef-
fective at this date with pay until July ist, 1873. His
pastorate consequently covered a period of almost
twenty-four years. Some seven years before his pastor-
ate in St. Paul's closed, and in the nineteenth year of
his pastorate, the movement for the establishment of
another church, the Memorial, was inaugurated. In
March, 1866, the lot on which that church was after-
ward built was purchased by the people of St. Paul's for
$8,000. A memorial chapel was erected presently, and,
to a great extent, by the people of St. Paul's, which was
dedicated on Sunday, July 5th, 1868. The following
Sabbath a school was organized under a corps of officers
and teachers, largely from St. Paul's Church, with an
enrollment of 258. Preaching services were soon com-
menced in the new chapel, and from 1868 to the organi-
zation of the memorial congregation in 1873, with the
aid of associate Pastors, Dr. Butler had charge of both
the old and new organizations. When the corner-stone
of the Memorial Church was laid, October 31st, 1870,
the Pastor reported that "the cash-book shows that
nearly $30,000 have been paid into our treasury, largely
from the people of St. Paul's Church, but embracing
contributions from all parts of the country."
Seventeen years, therefore, Dr. Butler was pastor of
vSt. Paul's exclusively, and then seven years more in
conjunction with the incipient movements which led to
the final organization of the Memorial Church, having
in the meantime three associate Pastors successively,
and thus making his whole pastorate at St. Paul's, in-
cluding the seven years of preparatory work at Memo-
rial, about 24 years. During Dr. Butler's pastorate
there were added to the church 327 members ; infant
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 43
baptisms, 234 ; marriages, 244 ; and funerals, 31.
Amount of money collected and disbursed for church
debts, improvements, and the building of Memorial,
probably about $50,000. The associate pastors from
1868 to the close of Dr. Butler's pastorate in St. Paul's
were the Revs. H. S. Cook, H. C. Grossman, W. E.
Parson, and H. B. Belmer. The last became his suc-
cessor in St. Paul's.
The Church of the Reformation, on Capitol Hill,
was started during Dr. Butler's pastorate, about a year
after the Memorial Chapel began its Sunday school and
preaching services. From the National Republican of
January nth, 1869, the following item is taken: "Some
unoccupied barracks on Capitol Hill have been pur-
chased by the English Lutheran Church, Rev. Mr.
Butler, pastor, for the purpose of building a Missionary
chapel." The same paper of April 25th, 1869, says:
"The chapel to be occupied by a new Lutheran mis-
sion has been established by the congregation of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church. They expect to occupy the
new place of worship about the first week of May." This
enterprise started in the parlor Sunday school of Mrs.
Morrell, then a member of St. Paul's. The congrega-
tion is now large and flourishing, under the pastorate of
Rev. W. E. Parson, D. D., who was at the time of its
origin associate pastor with Dr. Butler at St. Paul's.
Rev. H. B. Belmer, Fourth Pastor.
January 1st, iS '7? — October 1st, 1874..
Rev. H. B. Belmer was invited by Dr. Butler to be-
come associate pastor in December, 1872, to assist in
carrying forward the work that was to be done in two
localities in the old church and also in the Memorial
chapel which had already been built. Rev. Mr. Belmer
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
had been in a mission field in Kansas, and his experi-
ence and service as a missionary in the West brought
him to the attention and favor of the pastor of St. Paul's,
whose double duties now demanded an efficient co-
worker with him. Mr. Belmer labored as an associate
pastor with Dr. Butler until January ist, 1873, when he
was chosen the regular pastor of St. Paul's, successor
of Dr. Butler, who resigned in order to take complete and
exclusive charge of the Memorial Church. During
Mr. Belmer's pastorate the final separation took place,
the Memorial colony going out from St. Paul's to
establish the new organization which had been in forma-
tive processes from 1868, when preaching services and
the Sunday school had been started in the chapel.
Rev. Mr. Belmer's paper is submitted as giving a very
suggestive representation of this period, and the crisis
through which St. Paul's had to pass, when the Memo-
rial Church was passing onward into establishment.
Rev. S. Domer, D. D., Fifth Pastor.
November, iSjj.
Rev. Mr. Belmer was followed by the present pastor,
in November, 1874, the fifth in the succession of pastors
since the church was organized, fifty years ago. Of the
five pastors who have served this congregation only one
has yet been numbered with the dead — the first one.
The second and the fifth, in aggregate services, have
filled 43 years of the 50 which have gone into the life
and history of the congregation — Dr. Butler 24 years,
and the present pastor almost 19 years. Of the four
pastors still living, Revs. Graefif and Butler were students
of the Gettysburg College and Seminary; Revs. Belmer
and Domer, of Wittenberg College, Ohio. The latter,
however, after his graduation at Wittenberg, entered
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 45
the theological seminary at Gettysburg, and studied in
that institution when Dr. S. S. Schnucker and Dr. C.
P. Krauth were still professors there, distinguished
and honored in life, their names held in honor through-
out the churches since they have passed away.
Rev. Mr. Domer came to Washington from Trinity
Church, Shamokin, Pa , having previously served in
the pastorate of the English Lutheran Church of
Selinsgrove, Pa. and St. Matthew's, of Reading, Pa.
He has not lost a Sunday on account of ill health for
twenty years, and has not missed a communion season
nor anniversary occasion of any sort since he came to
Washington. His personal review will be found fur-
ther on.
An Outline of Church Expansion and Extension
is submitted — an evolution and growth which neces-
sarily connect themselves with the history of Dr.
Domer' s pastorate at the close of this semi-centennial
period.
In the summer of 1874 the lecture and Sunday-school
room underwent renovation and improvement. This
was done at the close of Rev. Mr. Belmer's pastorate.
It contributed much to the comfort and convenience of
the Sunday-school and prayer-meeting associations.
At a joint meeting of council, congregation, and
ladies' aid society, held August 16, 1877, in the third
year of the present pastorate, the necessity for im-
proving the audience room of the church was consid-
ered and acted upon by the appointment of a joint
committee of the council and the ladies' aid society.
The work was speedily commenced and vigorously
prosecuted. The re-opening services were held on Sun-
day, November 25, 1877. Dr. Conrad, of Philadelphia,
preached the sermon. The improvements made con-
46 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
sisted of refrescoing the walls and ceiling, repainting
pews, carpeting and refurnishing the pulpit and the
chancel, the substitution of stained glass windows, and
the construction of a stairway from the basement to the
pulpit. The cost of this improvement was $1,040.
Only $400 remained to be provided for on the day
of re-opening. When the subject was presented to the
congregation the people contributed $800 — $400 more
than the balance needed.
The next improvement made was in 1881, at a cost
of $3,712.73. At this time the outside of the building
was remodeled and transformed in appearance. The
towers were finished, the walls resurfaced with artifi-
cial stone, the old outside steps were taken away, a
new front and vestibule entrance erected, and an iron
fence put around the entire church property. The
formal re-opening on this occasion took place on the 4 th
of December, 1881. Dr. Conrad and Dr. Morris were
both present on this occasion, the former preaching in
the morning, the latter at night.
Of the amount of money required to pay for the
improvements now made, and which were pronounced
the best that had ever been made since the dedication
of the church in 1848, the Sunday school furnished
$1,000, and the Ladies' Aid Society assumed the cost of
the iron fence, $320.
Special commendatory action was taken by the coun-
cil in recognition of the generous aid given by the
Sunday school and the Ladies' Aid Society. The Sun-
day school then had only an average attendance of 150,
and a total enrollment of 258 during the year of 1881.
The most costly improvement made in the church
since its dedication, exceeding that of 1881 by $6,000,
was started and completed in 1888. This consisted in
the entire remodeling of the audience room of the
church — new pews, new pulpit, new chancel, new
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 47
carpets, new reflecting chandeliers, new pipe organ,
new organ and choir platform, new gallery, new fresco-
ing, and new roof on the building. These improve-
ments cost, including the new organ and taxes on par-
sonage, the sum of $8,951.48.
Mrs. Ann T. Clary gave the church a generous
donation of $2,000 toward payment for the organ,
which was received by the council in grateful resolu-
tions at one of their regular sessions.
The architect, Mr. J. G. Meyers, in addition to his
personal contributions, gave his time and services to
the improvement without any charges.
The liabilities incurred in this last improvement have
been met, and now St. Paul's is entirely free from debt,
a condition of things never before enjoyed in the his-
tory of the organization.
The re-opening services took place December 2, 1888,
in charge of the pastor. Rev. W. H. Gotwald preached
in the morning, and the pastor at night.
The latest improvement made was in the lecture and
Sunday-school rooms in the basement of the church —
metallic ceiling, new carpets, additional sittings, and
remodeling of the room of the primary department.
This improvement has added greatly to the convenience
and comfort of all the departments of the school, as
well as of the other uses to which the lecture room is
given.
It will thus be seen that the people of St. Paul's
have not been wanting in their generosities whenever
the temporalities of the congregation have demanded
their attention. And never have they failed to meet
the regular synodical apportionments for benevolence
since the system of apportionments has been adopted by
our synods. The congregation has gained a reputation
for liberality and generosity, and deservedly so.
48 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Church Expansion.
St. Paul's is properly named the Mother Church of
English Lutheranism in this city. As such she claims
three daughters, the Memorial Church, the Church of
the Reformation, and St. Mark's. Her granddaughters
are Zion's Church, the Church of Our Redeemer, and
the Keller Memorial.
The purchase of the memorial lot by St. Paul's in
March, 1866, properly dates the beginning of that en-
terprise; the dedication of the Memorial Chapel, July
5th, 1868, the next decisive step in this movement;
the organization of the Sunday school on Sunday fol-
lowing, and the commencement of regular preaching
in that chapel, another decisive step in the same direc-
tion, and the actual birth of the congregation. A
colony of 48 members from St. Paul's united in the
formal organization in April, 1873, anc ^ as manv more
during the rest of the year, so that 80 or 100 of St.
Paul's had been transferred, and a large part of the
Sunday school incorporated with the new church as a
result of preparatory work during the preceding five
years.
The Church of the Reformation, another daughter of
St. Paul's, and now one of the most nourishing of our
churches, is younger than the Memorial, if we date both
from their chapel origin. The chapel of this mission,
constructed of the material of some unoccupied wooden
barracks purchased for this purpose, was used as a place
of worship in May, 1869, one year later than the dedica-
tion of the Memorial Chapel and the organization of the
Sunday school there. A small baud at first met in the
parlor of Mrs. Lucille Morrell, a member of St. Paul's,
and organized the little Sunday school out of which
has grown the Church of the Reformation. The church
was organized in 1870.
H. B. BELMER.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 49
In 1881 the old frame building was abandoned, and
the new location on Pennsylvania avenue and Second
street southeast became the place of worship, and the
starting point of a new prosperity and growth. The
beginnings of this congregation were indeed very small;
but patient and persevering toilers were in that move-
ment, and under the efficient leadership of Dr. Parson,
their pastor, great prosperity has crowned their efforts.
Mrs. Utermehle, formerly a member of St. Paul's, and
a most helpful and faithful member of the new church,
one who will always be remembered for her unassum-
ing piety and large generosities there, has but recently
passed away from the church she had served so long
and so faithfully, and has "entered into the rest that
remains for the people of God."
Comparing the present strength and prosperity of
this church with the smallness of its beginnings a few
years ago, the success that has crowned the work is
very remarkable, and an abiding cause of thanksgiving
to God for the benedictions that have followed the
labors of his servants along the years.
St. Mark's Church, South Washington, Rev. Dr. W.
H. Gotwald, pastor, is the third and youngest daughter
of St. Paul's. This mission started as a Sunday
school in Blake's Hall on Seventh street, June 12th,
1887. On the 2-ist of June, 1889, eight members of
St. Paul's Church, at their request, dated the 17th inst,
received honorable dismission to " unite with and assist
in the organization of a new congregation to be known
as St. Mark's Lutheran Church of South Washing-ton "
(only 15 members in the first organization). Several
others were subsequently dismissed to join those who
had inaugurated the new enterprise, and from this
small beginning a promising church is growing up in
that section of the city. Although still a mission, yet
the prospect is fair for a self-sustaining church in a few
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years more. A neat church building has been erected,
and they worship in a very neat, comfortable, and well-
furnished audience room. The energy, zeal, and self-
sacrifice which has characterized this movement thus
far, must command highest consideration; and in their
struggle to gain independence and self-support they de-
serve the sympathy and favor of our churches in the
city. They have an enrollment of 85 members.
In closing this part of our sketch we may be allowed
to repeat what was said in our Pastoral Letter a few
weeks ago, because the issue is coming, and we must
be thinking about it:
" St. Paul's begins to be conscious of new necessities.
We need larger accommodations. The Sunday school
is asking for more room, and needs further equipment
for prospective growth and power. The congregation
needs more pews, and therefore more space in order to
supply the demand for permanent family sittings. The
impossibility of affording these fixed family accommoda-
tions is a serious hindrance to our growth, and unfavor-
ably affects attendance at the church services. We
ought to have room not only for the families already
associated with us, but pews, also, for others, who
would come and worship with us if we could give them
not individual, but family, sittings. They want pews.
What shall be done ? Perhaps a solution may be found
by and by, either in the sale of the present property,
which has become very valuable, and location elsewhere;
or perhaps in an effort to rebuild in larger form on the
present site, as soon as w r e shall find such financial
ability and generosity as may justify the new departure.
In the meantime, we must do the best we can with our
limited accommodations, as we have been doing in the
past, and hopefully wait 'and watch for the morning. ' "
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Accessions to the Church by Transfers, Confirmations,
and Baptisms during the Semicentennial Year.
Mrs. W. Wallace Souders, 3044 P street northwest.
Mrs. Sarah A. Barrick, 505 12th street northwest.
Mrs. Ida Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
Mrs. Mary E. Thomas, K, near 7th street northwest.
Katie Thomas, K, near 7th street northwest.
Henrietta P. Wessberg, 1520 20th street northwest.
Sophia Gustafs, 1610 12th street northwest.
Bertha Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
Nettie Seitz, 8th street northwest.
Lee Pitchlyn, 6th, near L street northwest.
Clara Ruth, 503 13th street northwest.
Ferd. T. Schneider, 1322 Vermont avenue.
J. Will. Lawrenson, 452 P street northwest.
H. C. Metzgar, 410 7th street southeast.
George Kahlert, 1742 6th street northwest.
Harry Johnson, 925 N street northwest.
Freddie Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
E. Gummel, Prospect street northwest.
Charles Gummel, Prospect street northwest.
Willie Gottherdt, Prospect street northwest.
Harry Crouse, 1223 New York avenue.
Mabel Griffiths, 947 Massachusetts avenue N. W.
Elizabeth A. Gibbs, 11 11 Rhode Island avenue.
Bertie Reichenbach, 1003 8th street northwest.
Lena Stokes, 717 K street northwest.
Ruby Clarkson, 1238 5th street northwest.
Blanche Pendel, 304 M street northwest.
Dora Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
Ernest A. Fox, 207 G street northeast.
Mrs. Helen Fox, 207 G street northeast.
Lulla Fox, 207 G street northeast.
Bertie M. Fox, 207 G street northeast.
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Mrs. Carrie S. Lang, cor. of Pa. ave. and 34th st. N. W.
Daniel N. Klapp, 59 New York avenue.
Mrs. Blanche E. Stewart, cor. 6th and D streets N. W.
Ethelbert St. Yates, Georgetown University.
Mrs. L. A. Hester, 1017 8th street northwest.
William E. Kranse, 732 nth street northwest.
Mrs. Lila L. Kranse, 732 nth street northwest.
John H. Piatt, 814 6th street.
Mrs. Clara Fagan Piatt, 814 6th street.
P. M. Richardson, Grant Place.
Mrs. Anna O. Richardson, Grant Place.
Lillian E. Gunsalns, 934 P street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reiss, 547 6th street. .
Mrs. L. H. Middlekanff, H street between 4th and 5th.
George L. Anderson 632 G street.
Mrs. Cora B. Anderson, 632 G street.
Charles Stickel, 412 New York avenue.
July 2, 1893.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Eckhardt, 1140 iSth street.
Miss Amy Eckhardt, 1140 18th street.
Mr. Freddie Eckhardt, 1140 18th street.
Mr. Nicholas Eckhardt, Jr., 1140 18th street.
CONFIRMATIONS FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Ferd. T. Schneider.
Harry C. Metzgar.
G. Kahlert.
Harry Johnson.
Willie Gottherdt.
Harry Kranse.
Mabel Griffiths.
Elizabeth A. Gibbs.
Bertie Reichenbach.
Lena Stokes.
Ruby Clarkson.
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Blanche Pendel.
Dora Luders.
Eva M. Betz, 807 O street.
Louie D. Leeds, 1314 6th street.
Ottilia Miller, 603 H street.
Selma L. Spelshouse, 1028 7th street.
Blanche Carson, 709 4th street northeast.
Eva N. Stalker, Oxford Hotel.
Lula Kahlert, 1742 6th street.
Ellen McCormick, 913 Virginia avenue southwest.
flarriages.
Henry J. Heinemann and Emily H. Poehler, January
6, 1892.
Harry E. Ruprecht and Laura J. Hoffman, January
6, 1892.
Julius A. Hobson and Lelia W. Haskins, January 20,
1892.
James R. Taylor and Margaret Roots, January 28, 1892.
August H. Plugge and Marie D. Campbell, January 28,
1892.
Frank Deutermann and Katie Kahlert, February 24,
1892.
Clarence A. Cramp and Exie A. Kemp, February 25,
1892.
Louis A. Schmid and Eva E. Johnson, March 1, 1892.
William Allen and Louisa Haberle, March 1, 1892.
Edward H. Koss and Minnie J. Koss, March 24, 1892.
Lee Burch and Mittie'E. Lee, April 2, 1892.
Howard W. Walton and Miriam Meals, April 16, 1892.
Christian Hansen and Wilhelmina Madsen, June 5,
1892.
William McKay and Henrika Wessburg, June 6, 1892.
George Stauff and Rosine Steiwer, June 15, 1892.
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Annibali Giovannoni and Clia Giovannoni, June 16,
1892.
Ernst Louis Eselhorst and Mary J. Bateman, June 22,
1892.
George H. Yeager and Rodie Pranke, September 13,
1892.
J. Granville Meyers and Minnie M. Seitz. September
13, 1892.
Benjamin Carrigo and Regina Guinevan, September
28, 1892.
Frank Roberts and Nettie Kossack, September 28,
1892.
J. Paul Smith and Mary A Parker, October 5, 1892
Maurice Nellis and Louise M. Watson, October 10,
1892.
Edward E. Baer and Edith E. Meyer, October 18,
1892.
Owen R. Wixom and Mary V. Hart, October 22, 1892.
Koppel Newman and E. V. Frame Snell, October 22,
1892.
Lyndon W. H. Howard and Martha E. M. Working,
October 25, 1892.
Ernest Vansickler and Maggie E. Miller, November
16, 1892.
William H. Shipley and Nellie M. Sprague, Novem-
ber 30, 1892.
Charles Henry Deetz and Clarrissa Hannah Wilson, De-
cember 7, 1892.
Maurice J. Soule and Clara E. Gruenke, Jan. 18, 1893.
C. E. Kendrick and M. A. Killian, January 25, 1893.
James Waters and Agnes Fable, February 2, 1893.
Alfred W. Greely and Henrietta F. Pease, Feb. 8, 1893.
Robert Wilkerson and Naomi Rhoades, March 15, 1893.
Albert L. Johnson and Bertha Bartels, March 15, 1893.
John S. Hebbard and Carrie J. Kessler, April 5, 1893.
Louis L. Barton and Florence Jones, May n, 1893.
George W. Moore and Keziah Courtney, May 31, 1893.
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Baptisms of Children in 1892.
Florence Cleivella Meyers — Born February 21, 1891;
baptized February 22, 1892. Parents: Louis and Nettie
Meyers.
Catharine Faith Hermann — Born October 13, 1891;
baptized February 28, 1892. Parents : John P. and
Margaret Hermann.
Frederick Thomas Gardner Grcnfell — Born October
16; baptized February 28, 1892. Parents: Dr. Frederick
and Laicretia Grenfell.
Luln Maggie Tayman — Born August 1, 1887, and
James Edward Tayman, born May 23, 1891; baptized
March, 1, 1892. Parents: James and Katie Tayman.
Frances Elisabeth Schmid — Bora September 30, 1891;
baptized March 1, 1892. Parents: Frank and Henrietta
Schmid.
Edna Marguerite Ewald — Born September 18, 1891;
baptized March 6, 1892. Parents : H. C. and Rosie
Ewald.
Florence May Shu II — Born November 21, 1891; bap-
tized March 6, 1892. Parents: Emauuel G. and Annie
R. Shull.
Burton Harrison Schoepf—Roxn January 25, 1891 ;
baptized April 16, 1892. Parents: Joseph and Carrie
Schoepf.
George Henry Sclnvab — Born October 18, 1891; bap-
tized May 28, 1892. Parents: Frederick S. and Mary
M. Schwab.
Harry Gladstone Corcoran — Born November 29, 1891 ;
baptized June 5, 1892. Parents: E. B. and Annie Cor-
coran.
Josephine Caroline Smith — Born November 23, 1891;
baptized April 25, 1892. Parents: James B. and Marie
Smith.
56 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Ida May Keenan — Born December 10, 1891; baptized
May 10, 1892. Parents: J. H. and Ellenora Keenan.
Morton Ray Weigle — Born February 7, 1891 ; bap-
tized May 8, 1892. Parents : J. Albert and Rosa E.
Weigle.
Lena Margaret Boy re— Born December 19, 1891; bap-
tized June 5, 1892. Parents: John A. and Annie Boyce.
RuiJi Mary Kern — Born December 28, 1890; baptized
June 19, 1892, "Children's Day." Parents: Edward
and Kate Kern.
Edmund Domer Rhcem — Born February 6, 1891; bap-
tized June 19, 1892, "Children's Day." Parents: Clar-
ence and Eulalie Domer Rheem.
Edith May Ramsey — Born May 16, 1892 ; baptized
September 18, 1892. Parents: William and Henrietta
E. Ramsey.
Annie Louise Clifford — Born July 27, 1892; baptized
September 25, 1892. Parents : Jeremiah and Louise
Clifford.
Marguerite Eliza Eberly — Born November 7, 1891;
baptized October 2, 1892. Parents: A. F. and Mary
Eberly.
John Jacob Preston Smith and William Henry Ken-
nard Smith — Born September 6, 1892; baptized October
14, 1892. Parents: William C. and Sarah M. Smith.
Louise Clarence Schmid — Born July 31, 1892; baptized
October 23, 1892. Parents: Edwin S. and Elizabeth
Schmid.
John Bernard Her maim — Born September 9, 1892 ;
baptized November 23, 1892. Parents : Bernard and
Mary Hermann.
Ruth Prances Feldman — Born October 21, 1892; bap-
tized December 4, 1892. Parents: Frederick W. and
Antouia Feldman.
Grace Ward Brookes Meyers — Born August 26, 1892;
baptized December 26, 1892. Parents: Charles and
Claudine Brookes Meyers.
PRESENT CHURCH.
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Edgar Robey Baker — Born January 28, 1892; bap-
tized February 8, 1893. Parents: Alfred L. and Bessie
Baker.
Josephine Louisa Barnes — Born March 25, 1892; bap-
tized March 2, 1893. Parents: Joseph T. and Louisa
J. Barnes.
Roscoc Michael Doub — Born September n, 1892 ;
baptized March 30, 1893. Parents: Cyrus and Km ma
J. Doub.
Frances Lawson Bonis — Born September 19, 1892;
baptized April 2, 1893. Parents : Clarence G. and
Hattie E. Bouis.
Herbert Henderson Porter — Born February 22, 1893;
baptized April 16, 1893. Parents: Arthur and Hilda
Porter.
Richard Courtney Buechler — Born October 30, 1892;
baptized April 30, 1893. Parents : Richard A. and
Mary E. Buechler.
Ethel Margaret Pond — Born September 4, 1890; bap-
tized May 6, 1893. Parents William G. and Hattie B.
Pond.
Benjamin Charles Ha r tig — Born August 14, 1892;
baptized May n, 1893. Parents : Louis and Emma
Hartig.
Julius A. Hobson — Born November 13, 1892; baptized
May 19, 1893. Parents : Julius A. and Lelia Hobson.
John Gentner Simmons — Born February 3, 1891; bap-
tized June 11, 1893. Parents : J. Lee and Maggie
Simmons.
Edward Nicholas Sauer — Born August 23, 1892; bap-
tized June 11, 1893. Parents: Charles and Ada Sauer.
George Arthur McKay — Born May 3, 1893; baptized
June 25, 1893. Parents: George and Henrika McKay.
58 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
1843-1893.
The Semi-Centennial anniversary
OF
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t. Paul's English Lrutlierari church.
Washington, D. C.
The following is the entire programme for Sunday
and Monday, April 16 and 17, 1893 :
Programme.
SUNDAY.
9.30 A. M. Regular session of the Sunday school, L. D. Alden, Super-
intendent.
11 a.m. Sermon by Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D., LL. D., of Baltimore,
Md., and brief remarks by the pastor.
3 p. M. Anniversary session of the Sunday school, in charge of
the Superintendent. Short addresses by J. E. Graeff,
Esq., of Philadelphia, the second pastor of the church
45 years ago, and by several ex-superintendents.
6.30 P. m. Y. P. S. C- E., an anniversary meeting, conducted by the
President, Daniel N. Klapp. Remarks by members of
the Society and visiting friends.
7.30 P. M. Platform meeting. Historical sketch by the pastor. Brief
reminiscent addresses by J. E. Graeff, Esq., and J. G.
Butler. D. D., ex-pastors, and W. E. Parson, D. D., au
ex-associate pastor.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 59
PASTORAL AND CONGREGATIONAL RECEPTION.
Monday evening, from /.jo to 11 o'clock, at National Rijlcs' Armory.
PROGRAMME.
Brief addresses by neighboring Lutheran Pastors.
1. Overture, orchestra.
2. Introductory Greeting, by pastor St. Paul's Church.
3. Contralto Solo, Mrs. Eulalie Domer-Rheem.
4. Addresses, Rev. Ernst Drewitz, Concordia Church ; Rev. G. A.
Nixdorf, Georgetown Church.
5. Quartette, Sue H. E. Wilson, Mrs. Eulalie Domer-Rheem, Jacob
Scharf, W. A. Domer.
6. Addresses, Rev. W. H. Gotwald, St. Mark's Church ; Rev. A.
Homrighaus, Ziou's Church.
7. Tenor Solo, Mr. Al. Mosher.
8 Addresses, Rev. D. E Wiseman, Church of our Redeemer; Rev
C H. Butler, Keller Memorial.
9. Baritone Solo, Prof. N. Dushane Cloward.
10. Selection, orchestra.
Vocal and instrumental music in charge of the church choir, W. A.
Domer, director and chairman ; Miss Grace Fox, pianist.
Refreshments will be served by the ladies of the church.
You are cordially invited to be with us in celebrating this fiftieth
anniversary of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church.
Committee on Correspondence :
Mr. Edward T. Kaiser, Mr. Robert B. Clarksou, Miss Mollie Davis,
Miss Emma O. Meyers.
St. Paul's is the mother church of English Lutheranism in this city.
Her daughters are the Church of the Reformation, Memorial
Church, and St. Mark's.
Her granddaughters are Zion's Church, Church of Our Redeemer,
Keller Memorial.
Church Council :
S- Domer, D. D., John C. Parker, Albert F. Fox, A. S. Johnson, B.
F. Meyers. M. M. Rouzer, Edward T. Kaiser, H. H. Seltzer.
60 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The programme was carefully carried out, and all the
exercises of both Sunday and Monday evenings were of
the greatest interest, and crowded audiences at every
service attested the deep impression which the anniver-
sary made on the minds of the people, both church
people and others. The various committees had faith-
fully discharged their duties ; and thus the great anni-
versary was made a notable success in every way.
The regular session of the Sunday school was held at
the usual time, viz., 9.30 a. m., in charge of the super-
intendent, Mr. L. D. Alden. The officers were all
present, and there was a large attendance of the mem-
bership, comparatively few missing from their places
in the school. The Sunday-school anniversary session,
as fixed by the programme, was held in the afternoon
at 3 o'clock. For account of this, reference is made to
a subsequent page.
At 11 o'clock a. m. services were held in the church,
with an audience crowding every part of the audience
room. The Decoration Committee had fitted up the
church in beautiful style. They had the church deco-
rated more artistically and elaborately than it had
ever been decorated before — flowers and plants and
trailing vines in every direction; the chancel banked
with potted plants, palms, and flowers, so that the
pulpit was almost concealed; five arches were sprung
across the entire church in front of the large pipe organ,
every arch wreathed with trailing vines and flowers.
The large central arch behind the pulpit carried in
semi-circular form, in letters of evergreen and flowers,
the well-known line of Luther's battle hymn, " Ein
Feste Burg ist Unser Gott. " In the rear of this arch,
against the organ pipes and central to the whole plan
of decoration, was a large picture of Martin Luther, the
frame covered and festooned with smilax, and the upper
part crowned with flowers. A beautiful columnar
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pedestal was erected at the right of the pulpit, just out-
side of the chancel railing. This was heavily festooned
with trailing vines, and on its summit was carried a
magnificent basket of roses and lilies and other flowers,
with graceful festoonings which hung around the pedes-
tal half way to the floor below — a very picture of lovli-
ness. Plants and flowers filled all the windows; and
wreaths of smilax and trailing vines covered the gallery
front and hung from every bracket. The decorations
were so profuse and so artistically arranged as to trans-
form the audience room into a very picture of loveliness.
THE SERVICES IN THE MORNING.
Opening anthem by the choir, "Sing Hallelujah."
The morning service, as given in the Book of Wor-
ship, conducted by the pastor.
Scripture lesson, St. John's Gospel, in the ioth
chapter.
Then the 191st hymn, "See what a Living Stone.' 1
Prayer by Rev. W. H. Gotwald, of St. Mark's
Church.
Offertory, jubilee chorus by the choir ; following
which, announcements by the pastor.
Then followed the sermon by Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D.,
LL. D., text : Matthew, 28: 21, "Son, go work in my
vineyard. ' '
The sermon was followed by the reminiscent address
of the pastor. An outline of the sermon and the re-
marks of the pastor will be found in their order.
Morning services closed with the hymn 202, "I love
thy Zion, Lord," and the benediction by the pastor.
The Sunday-school anniversary and exercises are
inserted in the Sunday-school chapter of this history.
The platform meeting at 7.30 p. m. was attended by
a crowd that more than filled the church. The order
of services was as follows:
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Organ voluntary.
Anthem by the choir.
The evening service in the Book of Worship, con-
ducted by the pastor.
Reading of the 46th Psalm.
Prayer by Rev. W. H. Gotwald.
Offertory "Praise ye the Lord," by the choir.
Announcements by the pastor.
The pastor, Dr. Domer, announced the reception of
greetings from Rev. Dr. Conrad, of Philadelphia; Rev.
Dr. Barnitz, our Western Secretary of Home Missions;
Rev. H. B. Belmer, a former pastor; and also from the
Rev. H. S. Cook, of Waynesboro, Pa. ; H. C. Grossman,
of Anna, Illinois, formerly the associate pastors in the
pastorate of Dr. Butler; also from Rev. H. Baker, D. D.,
of Altoona. These communications, for want of time,
could not all be read. They appear in their order, as
will be seen on the following pages.
Addresses followed first by J. E. Graeff, of Philadelphia,
who was the second pastor 45 years ago; by Rev. J. G.
Butler, D. D. , the third pastor, and by Rev. W. E. Par-
son, D. D., pastor of the Church of the Reformation,
and formerly an associate pastor of St. Paul's. These
addresses were full of interest, and were received with
great satisfaction and pleasure by the large audience
present.
The hymn 217, "Watchman, Tell us of the Night,"
was sung with great earnestness by the choir and con-
gregation. The benediction was pronounced by Rev.
W. H. Gotwald.
All these addresses are given in outline and brevity,
with the written greetings, in their order at the services,
morning and evening.
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Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D., LL. D.
OUTLINE OF SERMON ON SUNDAY MORNING OF THE
SEMI-CENTENNIAL SERVICES.
Matt., 21 : 28. Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
The preacher introduced his subject by the ideal rep-
resentation of a Jewish country gentleman ordering his
two sons, who were idly loitering about the farm, to go
to work in the field. They were vigorous, stalwart
young men, who should not have been spending their
time unprofitably. The father had claim on their ser-
vices; he had reared and educated them, and he properly
thought they should repay him by their personal labor;
neither did they deny his claims or offer to hire substi-
tutes to do the work. They did not plead sickness nor
other pressing engagements, nor inexperience, nor
physical inability. The vineyard was in a condition
requiring cultivation; the weather was favorable; no
time was to be lost, and the work must be done or the
crop would suffer, and the father held his sons respon-
sible.
The theme of the sermon was Diligent and Imme-
diate Personal Work in the Church of the
Lord.
The preacher then drew an analogy between the
church and a vineyard, which illustration is employed
by Isaiah, chapter V, in which the prophet gives us a
word picture of surpassing beauty. The book of Can-
ticles, 1 : 6, employs the same figure to set forth the
kingdom of God upon earth; and our Lord, in Matt., 21 :
33, and other places, compares his church to a vineyard
in which all his disciples are called upon to labor dili-
gently. It is that beautiful first-born daughter of
heaven coming down to earth in the majesty of her un-
spotted bridal robes — the impersonation of truth and
64 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
righteousness — and she calls upon us all to work in her
interests; to maintain her purity; to defend her against
assaults; to spread abroad her principles; to magnify her
sacraments; to honor her ministry; to instruct her peo-
ple, and glorify her Lord.
No one is exempted from this call, and though we
may not all be able to perforin every kind of labor, yet
each is bound to do all as the Lord hath given us ability.
The command is "Son! go work!" — endearing
name — it is not slave, nor hireling, nor menial, but a
tender and paternal epithet, showing the close relation
we sustain to the owner of the vineyard, and the order
given implies activity, energy, and personal effort. It
is not to go and see how others work and admire their
exertions, or find fault with their labors, or employ
others to go in your stead, and you stand idly looking
on, but it is go yourself; and you need not go far to
find a field; you have it in your own heart, your family,
your church, your Sunday school, your mission socie-
ties, your neighborhood, the poor; the field is wide and
you can enter it from your own house-door.
But a man may go and still do nothing, as some may
travel and read and yet learn nothing; he may be inat-
tentive, careless, forgetful ; but going here implies
working. Our Lord usually appends a word of momen-
tous import after his use of the word go, for example :
"Go and see " — "go and learn " — "go tell my breth-
ren " — and here it is, " go work " — there's something
to be done. Thus religion is not devout inactivity, pious
meditation, monastic seclusion, nor mere Bible reading,
nor church going, but it is working for God in his open
vineyard; it is devoting our energies to his cause; it is
consecrating ourselves to his service in the world, and
in every department of church service in which we can
be most efficient.
This is a working age of the church, and that indivi-
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 65
dual person or congregation that is not active in the
vineyard is going backward in personal piety and true
religious enjoyment. Men are fast giving up the notion,
once popular, that spasmodic excitement, intense feel-
ing, and clamorous worship was religion ; they have
found that it was evanescent, unproductive, and in
many cases delusive. The rivulet that noisily rushes
over the stony bed dries up in the summer, but the
stream of greater depth flows uniformly on; there may
be rain storms, or fervid heat and drought, and yet it
gently glides through the meadows, watering the parched
earth or affording nourishment to the trees growing
upon its banks.
Such religion is not a soap bubble that glitters in
sparkling colors for a moment and then bursts, or like
the apples of Sodom which at a touch fall into a pile of
ashes in your hand ; but it is real, active, permanent,
enduring, eternal. My son, give me thy heart ! and
what does this mean ? Not the feelings only, but the
will, the governing purpose of life, the determination
to think, believe, speak, and do what is right.
But what kind of " work" are we to do ? We can
not all preach, nor teach, nor govern, nor give much ;
but we can all pray; we can let our light shine; we can
all exemplify our profession; we can give a penny a
week, if not a dollar; we can relieve the wants of many
of the suffering poor, if we can not pay their house
rent for a year; we can all aim at receiving the precious
encomium of the Lord, she hath done what she could.
The preacher here enlarged upon the various fields
of church work in which the humblest member may
usefully engage.
But when are we to work? " To-day. n How long?
Till sundown — the close of life.
The work may be hard and the results may be dis-
heartening, but that is the experience of workers in
66 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
every age from the days of our Lord to the present
time.
This position was illustrated by scripture texts and
historical incidents.
It was also demonstrated that some kinds of "church
work" may be unprofitable and even harmful, such as
undertaking an enterprise which can not be carried out;
spending money on a costly house of worship and en-
tailing a debt upon the congregation, and thus cripple its
energies for years; devoting time and labor and money
in the execution of some favorite scheme or the support
of some society which was begun without system or
judgment ; establishing new congregations or erecting
churches where there was no necessity for them, and in
various other ways frittering away the resources of the
congregation without profitable results.
The preacher stated the fact that he assisted in laying
the corner-stone of this church fifty years ago. He
recited some interesting incidents connected with that
event, such as the presence of the Hon. John Quincy
Adams, ex- President of the United States, but who at
that time was a member of Congress from Massachu-
setts.
He also stated that four years after he participated in
the consecration of the church, on which occasion
President James K. Polk and his wife, with James
Buchanan, Secretary of State, and other notabilities,
were present.
The preacher concluded his discourse by reciting
several stanzas of the well-known and inspiring hymn:
" Work, for the night is coming —
Work through the morning hours,
Work while the dew is sparkling,
Work 'mid opening flowers ;
Work when the day grows brighter,
Work in the glowing sun ;
Work for the night is coming
When the work of man is done."
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ninistry of Rev. 5. Dottier, D. D., the Present Pastor
Since November 5, 1874.
PRESENTED AT THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
The severance of pastoral relations where those re-
lations have been satisfactory and pleasant, and mutual
confidence and good will have obtained, is always a
painful and trying experience. Such in an eminent
degree was the situation when we bade "good-bye"
to the people of our former charge to accept the cour-
teous call from St. Paul's eighteen years and a half ago.
This is our fourth charge since we entered the ministry
in 1855. The first, our first love, and still tenderly
cherished, the English Lutheran Church at Selinsgrove,
Pa. The second, St. Matthew's Church of Reading,
Pa., from 1869 to 1872. A more cordial, warm-hearted,
and loyal people to the pastor and the church than the
people of St. Matthew's were it would be hard to find.
Overwork and impaired health compelled us, regretfully
to leave the city of Reading and the many kind friends
there.
After a short vacation and rest, the only interim in a
ministry of nearly 38 years, we accepted the invitation
to Trinity Lutheran Church, Shamokin, Pa., three
months after our-resignation at Reading. This was in
October, 1872. After a pastorate of two years in this
place, the call from St. Paul's, of Washington, was
placed in our hands, and after mature consideration was
favorably entertained. But the making of this change
was not without peculiar trial and reluctance. We had
been in the pastorate of this church only two short
years, and had become much attached to the people.
They were so kind, so faithful, and the prosperity of the
church was so manifest, that it seemed almost imprac-
ticable and unwise to think of making a change. How-
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ever, after having taken into account all the factors and
considerations which properly entered into the question
of transfer to the new field of activity, and of the pos-
sibilities of usefulness there, we finally ventured to
make the change, in reliance on the blessing of the
Master, and in the hope of accomplishing a use not less
important in the vineyard of the Lord along the lati-
tudes of opportunity thus opening up before us. Ac-
cordingly we left a flourishing, a united, a kind-hearted,
and pleasant people, and ventured to come to a new
and strange people, with elements and surroundings
very different from the former, hoping and believing
that new associations and friends might presently be
found to take the place of the old, and that the joy and
satisfaction of labor should not be wanting in the new
sphere of Christian and pastoral endeavor.
We removed to Washington November 5, 1874.
Preached the first sermon November 8, 1874, on the
text, "Having promise of the life that now is, and of
that which is to come," 1 Tim., 4: 8. First meeting
with the church council November 10, 1874. We look
back over the years of this last pastorate with a special
interest on this occasion, not only because it is thus far
our last pastorate, but especially because it closes the
semi-centennial history of St. Paul's English Lutheran
Church, and becomes a part of our glad jubilee.
On our arrival in Washington we were very kindly
received, and the cordial welcome extended by the
friends who had gathered in the parsonage that evening
made us feel quite at home at once, and gave us reason
to believe that there remained an earnest band of Chris-
tian men and women in St. Paul's who would sustain
and encourage the new pastor in every possible way.
That hearty greeting the first night at the parsonage
has not been forgotten. Dr. Young voices a tender
theology when he says :
" Heaveu gives us friends to bless the present scene;
Resumes them to prepare us for the next."
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Still in our human fondness our hearts can not fail
to appreciate the force of Shakespeare's counsel :
"The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel."
I want to put on record here, and now, my profoundest
appreciation of the kindnesses shown to the pastor and
his family during the years that have passed away since
first we met. I love the old friends. I love the new
friends. If I have, unfortunately, failed to merit and
to receive the continuous favor of any among my parish-
ioners, I shall but regret my infirmity and misfortune,
while remembering tenderly the beauty and fragrance
of that friendship which like a flower of the early spring-
time bloomed only for a little time and then faded away
before the summer of our common work had fully come.
Almost nineteen years of the present pastorate have
been fulfilled. How like a dream these years now seem
as we look back and see how quickly they have vanished
away! Yet not entirely as a dream, for they have been
filled with facts and events, with purposes, plans, and
experiences, whose record has gone into the eternal
years. Successes and failures ; expectations realized,
and yet mauy not realized; work done and work not
done; growth and advancements made, and yet many a
step not taken; enlargements projected and hoped for,
and yet not wrought into fruition. The shadows and
the lights of these years both press for recognition in
any estimate that should be made. Causative elements
and forces come into view as explanations of things
accomplished and of things not accomplished ; but they
have passed beyond our control, and we are left to the
results as we now find them. And if from these results,
mixed as they may be, we shall move into the future
with firmer steps, stronger faith, and a higher wisdom,
then these vanished years may yet be a " scala sancta"
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a holy ladder from whose topmost round we may look out
into brighter skies and take in a larger horizon than
our eyes have ever scanned before.
FIRST OFFICIAL ACTS.
Among my first official acts in this congregation came
several marriage ceremonies — not at all an unpleasant
way of beginning a pastorate. The first of all in this
list was the marriage of the young secretary of our
church council, Mr. G. W. Linkins, to Miss Carrie E.
Reiss, and soon afterward Mr. Allen S. Johnson to
Miss Jennie Stoaber. They are beloved and honored
members of our church to-day, and I now renew my
congratulations of eighteen years ago. Not less inter-
esting to me on this occasion is the fact that I have had
the pleasure and privilege of receiving into the com-
munion of our church, within the last few years, by
the rite of confirmation, two sons from each of these
two young families. Four young men these first mar-
riages have given to the church. May these young
men ever honor their parentage, their church, and the
Lord, to whom they have been consecrated in their early
years, by a noble christian manhood and useful lives.
Including the first marriages thus mentioned, three
hundred and forty-eight couples have been united in
marriage since my pastorate in St. Paul's commenced.
But it would be a very great mistake to imply by
such reference as this that all our affairs had always
moved along as lovely as a marriage scene, or as merry
as a marriage bell. This congregation has had to
bear heavy burdens and to pass through many tribula-
tions on its way to present strength and establishment.
Such, in fact, is the history of most churches. Like
Norway pines, they are rocked into maturity and strength
by the storms that beat upon them ; they push their
way upward through the winters which whiten the
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mountains and the hills on which they stand. The
beginnings were small and made in the face of ltiany
dimculties. Along the lines of endeavor and advance-
ment many a crisis period pressed into the history of
St. Paul's English Lutheran Church. From the organ-
ization in 1843, through the five pastorates which have
filled the first fifty years of this congregation, many
alternations of trial, doubt, conflict, and tears, with
successes, joys, and triumphs, crowd into the pages of
its history. The earlier trials and crisis periods have
been elsewhere considered in the accounts presented
during our anniversary exercises, and I confine myself
chiefly to the experiences and events which belong to
my own pastorate since 1874.
My predecessor, Rev. H. B. Belmer, found that the
processes in the organization of the Memorial Sunday
school and Church had become an exhaustive strain on
the strength and resources of the mother church. The
Sunday school was largely transferred in officers, teach-
ers, and scholars. A large number of the members
withdrew from time to time to join the new movement
and enterprise— from 80 to 100 during the first year.
Mr. Belmer says "fully half of the most vigorous
working force went with the Memorial colony." Others
took their letters of dismission and joined churches of
other denominations. From twenty-five to thirty thou-
sand dollars of the money of St. Paul's had gone into
the property of the new church. An old indebtedness
remained for the mother church to carry with a reduced
membership and a depleted treasury. An old church
building, which stood in great need of renovation and
improvement, was left to them in mute appeal for
generous consideration. The question of continued
self-support under the circumstances of so many reduc-
tions came to the front as a vexing problem; and, con-
sequently, discouraged by the situation of affairs, after
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a pastorate of fifteen months Brother Belmer resigned
in April, 1874. This resignation, with the "assurance
of confidence in the pastor and hearty cooperation with
him," was not then accepted, and he continued in the
pastorate until October 1, 1874, and then closed his
labors in St. Paul's English Lutheran Church.
Such was the unpromising situation of affairs when
the present pastor took charge in November, 1874.
The ranks diminished to less than a hundred active
members, and these, of course, depressed in spirit ;
only sixty persons, old and young, in the first session
of the Sunday school; the financial ability of the con-
gregation greatly weakened, and some expressing doubts
of the possibility of any speedy reconstruction. The
question of the sale of the church property had even
been under discussion at various times during this transi-
tion period, and its transfer to the Memorial suggested.
The outlook for successful work was not a radiant
one at this time, excepting only that there was work to
be done, and that no "labor in the Lord is in vain."
Had all the circumstances of doubt and fear been fully
known by the pastor elect, perhaps his faith and courage
would not have measured up to the gravity of the situ-
ation, and his apprehension of failure might have
turned his thoughts and purposes into a more hopeful
direction. But the providential ordering was otherwise.
"We know in part, and we prophesy in part" — Paul
gives best explanation of the facts of life with its
human conditions and environments — and so we walk
in the twilight until the sunburst and the flash of the
morning light bring in the golden day.
One fact, however, which soon appeared after our
arrival in the city, gave strong assurance and quickened
lively hope. We found a little company of determined
men and women who remained devoted and true to St.
Paul's, and they nobly and bravely assumed the respon-
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sibility of support, and rallied around the new pastor
with such earnestness and determination as to inspire
the strongest expectations of success and blessing in
the new departure. Some of those heroic souls, whose
smiles and kind words were the benediction of us all in
the morning of St. Paul's reconstruction nearly twenty
years ago, have been transferred to the "summer
land." Some remain, and are still the same true and
tried ones as in the beginning. They are with us in
the joy of jubilee to-day. Veterans of the cross ! We
put their names in the roll of honor in the church
below, while their comrades of a few years ago have
been placed on the enrollment of grace and glory in
the church above.
Whatever of progress we may have made in our
church work and life since we have been brought
together as pastor and people, I desire the credit be
largely given to that faithful membership who by the
blessing of the Lord have so faithfully endeavored to
advance the cause of the Kingdom of Christ during
these years of trial, toil, and fruition. Faithful men and
faithful women alike combined in the work of rebuild-
ing the temple, and in rehabilitating its altar and ser-
vices. The roll call of the early morning at the empty
tomb carried with it the mention of the "Marys and
the women of Galilee" in worthy prominence among
the disciples of the risen Lord. The old fact is equally
the new one, and our earnest christian women in St.
Paul's are never wanting when and where duty and
religion lead the way.
Our anniversary exercises sweep a horizon of fifty
years, and simply involve our own pastorate with the
preceding ones. How impressive the contrasts which
these years unfold! The first confirmations and the first
communion took place on Whit Sunday following the
Easter Sunday of April 15, 1843, on which the first
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church council was chosen and organized. Eight mem-
bers in the first confirmation class — how many at the
first communion I find no record. Of the first class
Mrs. Win. Linkins, still a member of our church,
and her brother, Win. R. Woodward, of* Chicago, 111.,
are the only ones of the class that are still living. Of
the first communicants, so far as we know, only Mrs.
Annie Spier, Mrs. C. Atz, and Mr. David Fowble still
remain on the hither side of life. Since that time
nearly a thousand have been added to the church, and
our communion seasons are honored by hundreds of
communicants whenever these solemn occasions come
along.
Our first communion at the beginning of my own pas-
torate is now recalled as having been a very small one.
There was only one candidate for confirmation. The
name of this first accession I record with special pleasure.
She was not even a resident of Washington, but came
from Pohick, Virginia, a little distance beyond the tomb
of Washington, for the express purpose of uniting with
the Lutheran church, the church to which the family
belonged and in which her ancestors had their names
enrolled for generations past. She has remained loyal
to the church through all these years, although without
a Lutheran church in that community. She makes
herself useful in church and Sunday school of another
denomination, but she remains a Lutheran christian.
I mention her name with peculiar pleasure, because she
has refused to transfer her membership elsewhere out of
devotion to the church in which she was baptized and
then confirmed in her early years. It was Miss Lizzie
Kuehling, the first and only candidate for confirmation
at the first communion in my pastorate at Washington.
The largest accessions on any single occasion since that
time numbered one hundred ; the total accessions since
my pastorate began, between five and six hundred ; the
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recorded accessions during the pastorate of Dr. Butler,
three hundred and twenty-seven.
The roll of honor in our church, if we had it written
out, would carry a large number of cherished names.
Some are over yonder ; the rest are still here. The
memory of the faithful ones, who gathered with us in
former years and joined in our songs and labors, we
cherish as an abiding benediction. Some, alas ! ran
well for a while, gave promise of great usefulness and
distinction in the church at their entrance into our fel-
lowship, but presently, like the seed sown in thorny
ground, amid the choking weeds of the world, have
failed to become fruitful in holy living and fidelity to
the church in which they had recorded their vows.
Such lapses there are in every congregation, and they
are to be remembered with regret ; but divine grace
may bring the wanderers back again, and in the hope of
such restorations we need to be patient and kind as the
Master himself. Peter denied his Lord, but when the
tender look of Jesus fell upon the erring disciple the
hot tears of his penitence fell into the light of forgiv-
ing love, and Peter was made to rejoice forever in par-
doning grace.
AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS.
The auxiliary societies and departments in our church
are evidences of the progress made toward completer
organization for aggressive and progressive work along
the lines of christian activity. We need to cherish them
with special care, as we recognize their helpful value
in the upbuilding of the church. The Sunday school
must take a leading place in any just estimate of the
relative importance of church agencies.
Our Sunday school, with its present organization and
equipments, is greatly in advance of past years. Our
semi-centennial year is confessedly the "star" year in
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our entire history. Under the management of its pres-
ent officers and teachers, much prosperity has crowned
their labors. For fifteen years the present superintend-
ent, L. D. Alden, has been in charge, and I would bear a
loving testimony to-day to the helpfulness of all the
officers and teachers who have so faithfully with the
pastor aided in advancing the cause that is so dear to all
our hearts St. Paul's Church must be congratulated
on the efficiency and prosperity of the Sunday school
with which it is so greatly blessed. As a pastor I feel
an amiable pride in our school, and rejoice greatly on
account of the advancement which has been made since
my pastorate commenced here. Only sixty present the
first Sunday after I came to Washington — no superin-
tendent, and only a few teachers. Now we have three
departments, three superintendents, 31 classes, and an
enrollment bordering on 500. At first we found only
about 80 active members remaining in the church ;
now we have 145 active church members in the Sunday
school alone. Our Sunday-school offerings at first were
of necessity at a minimum, with so small a number in at-
tendance ; now the Sunday-school offerings, total re-
ceipts during the last year of the semi-centenary, were
$1,266.06; direct class offerings, $1,000.99 — an average
of .07.10-17 per member for every session of the year.
Our benevolence in 1875 amounted to $142.95 ; in 1892
it amounted to $739.20 — an increase of more than 500
per cent.
With similar gratification I refer to the other helpful
societies which make up our organization as a church,
and which have all been developed during the last twenty
years of our church life. Each in its sphere performs
a helpful mission, and all working together as a unit in
the common interest makes the galaxy of stars that
swing around the central sun of the church's hope and
life. These are our weekly prayer meetings, the Ladies'
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i\id Society, the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission-
ary Society, the Y. P. S. C. E., the Junior Endeavor
Society, the King's Daughters, and our Church Choir, so
efficient in the song service. And last, but not least, our
energetic, generous, and enterprising Church Council.
I am glad to be able to speak in strong commendation of
the present official board, and of the former councils
which have served the church since I became pastor,
almost nineteen years ago. Our relations have, with
very Jew exceptions, been of the most cordial and pleas-
ant character. They have been very helpful to me in
all my responsibilities and work. Brethren of the
council, and all you earnest workers in the church,
whether in one of the several bands or not, accept my
grateful greetings to-day for your helpful cooperation
amid the toils and cares which we have been sharing
since first we met long years ago.
THE 4.OOTH ANNIVERSARY OF LUTHER'S BIRTH.
One of the most notable events in the history of St.
Paul's was the great celebration of the 400th anniver-
sary of Luther's birth. This anniversary was observed
in many lands and by many people of many nationali-
ties. St. Paul's would not fall behind in honoring the
great reformer's name, when all over the world chris-
tian people were emphasizing his place in history and
bringing into review his wonderful achievements in the
reformation of the church and the great spiritual renais-
sance of the sixteenth century.
In conference with the church council the determi-
nation was soon formed fittingly to observe this anni-
versary. A. F. Fox, I. N. Kalb, and L. D. Alden were
appointed anniversary committee. The pastor prepared
a series of some twelve or fourteen lectures on different
phases and events of the reformation. These were de-
livered on successive Sunday evenings, and were re-
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ceived with much favor by the church and the com-
munity. Outlines of these lectures were published in
several of the city papers, and they were subjected to
sharp but respectful criticism in some of the Catholic
papers, thus showing the extent of the impressions
made by their presentation. But the culminating ser-
vice took place in the great platform meeting held
Sunday evening, November 1 ith, 1883. The pastor had
charge of the arrangements for the great meeting, and
had invited prominent and leading men of different
churches and denominations to take part in the exer-
cises. General Eaton, Commissioner of Education,
was appointed to preside at the meeting, and made the
first speech, after having been introduced by the pastor.
The speakers of the evening were Pere Hyacinthe, the
old Catholic reformer of Paris, who happened to be on
a visit in Washington at this time ; the Hon. Simon
Wolf, a Hebrew, and formerly U. S. Consul in Egypt;
Mr. B. H. Warner, a prominent business man of the
city, and Dr. David Wills, of the Presbyterian church
and chaplain U. S. A. The following report of the
meeting is taken from the National Republican of No-
vember 1 2th, 1883:
" Looking down from the choir gallery in St. Paul's
Lutheran Church upon the vast audience below, one
was impressed with the beauty and solemnity of the
occasion. The building was rilled to its utmost
capacity, and then against its people-closed doors surged
the waves of a dense crowd eager to get within. The
main aisles of the church had columns swathed in ever-
green, typical of the great reformer's influence. The
space around the pulpit was built up in a platform,
every available foot of which was occupied by dis-
tinguished individuals. In the center was deeply
banked with a mass of flowers filling the air with heavy
fragrance, and throwing back the light of the gas jets
in many colors and perfumed radiance. The black
and orange flag of the German Empire, side by side
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with the stars and stripes, covered the wall back of the
flowers, showing off the legends of ' Wittenberg, Wart-
berg, Worms,' and 'Eisenach, Eisleben, and Erfurt,'
those monuments in the life of Luther that stand out
prominently against the back-ground of the ages. The
church wore a triumphal look, and in the centre of the
banks of flowers the portrait of Luther looked out upon
the scene, revealing the source of its inspiration, the
fountain-head of its triumphal air.
" It was indeed a triumphal scene which the peasant
monk had wrung from posterity to grace the glory
of his name and fame. The fourth centennial anni-
versary of the man who was born in the wilds of Ger-
man Saxony in the Teutonic marshes, on the borders
of hostile and foreign Slavs, had brought together this
vast assemblage to do him honor in a country then un-
known to civilized man. All grades of society and
almost all races of men were represented in that audi-
ence. Largely Teutonic, there were present Irishmen,
Scotchmen, Italians, Englishmen, Frenchmen, and
Scandinavians. High officers of the government, dis-
tinguished clergymen, famous scholars, artists, me-
chanics, patricians and proletarians; men of blood
kindred to the great reformer; and men of an alien race,
with beautiful women of many nations — all united in
an homage of song, of oratory, and of praise to the
champion of free thought. The situation was intensely
dramatic.
"The president of the meeting was a descendant of
the Puritans, who had overtoppled throne and beheaded
king and abandoned civilization for the howling wil-
derness to carry out the great principles successfully
championed by the Saxon monk. A Gallic priest,
carrying on to-day in the greatest of the papal capitals
the same conflict of reform within the church first
started by Luther, had crossed the seas, and in a strange
language, with passionate eloquence, bore testimony to
the brilliant genius of the German reformer. And to
crown all, a Jew was there in a christian church, type of
the persecuted race, foremost among the Gentiles in
laying a Hebrew lily with the Gentile roses that blos-
somed on the votive wreath of him who had made such
a spectacle possible by breaking the chains that held
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human thought in bondage. In all the impassioned
oriental dreams of his race no wilder flight of fancy
had been reached than this, that a Saxon peasant should
create a language, a literature, and a religion, and
raise up the despised and persecuted Jew to a level with
the sovereign princes of the holy Roman Empire.
"After a hymn by the choir and prayer by Rev. Dr.
Wills, chaplain U. S. Army, the president of the meet-
ing, General Eaton, delivered an interesting address.
He reviewed the early life of Luther, briefly but picto-
rially sketched the incidents that led to the memorable
conflict with Rome, analyzed the character of the re-
former and the political character of the times, and
closed with a glowing tribute to the genius and influence
of his subject. To him the true christian church, the
State, the family and popular education were more in-
debted than to any other man. A cornet solo followed.
General Eaton created a little breeze of excitement by
gracefully alluding to the struggle now going on inside
of the Roman Catholic Church, and introducing to the
audience Pere Hyacinthe. The famous French reformer
took the audience with him at his first movement. With
a graceful gesture, a melodious voice, and a rapid play
of expression upon his face, he kept his hearers perfectly
silent for perhaps twenty minutes of impassioned elo-
quence. The famous Pere is a pictorial and dramatic
speaker, with a clear, distinct enunciation by which
every word he speaks is heard. He has a rich, ready
voice, very pleasant to hear, whose smoothness never de-
generates into harshness nor breaks into shrillness. His
voice, like his face, admits of a great variety of expres-
sion, which he skillfully and pleasantly exercised. He
has the rare faculty of identifying himself with the emo-
tion of the moment, and hence adds the charm of grace-
ful noveltv to everything he says. He began by saying:
' It has been a habit of my ultramontane antagonists
to call me by the opprobrious epithet given to Martin
Luther— that of "Apostate Monk." I should like to
be his disciple — not in all of his opinions, but so far as
these opinions are great and immortal in the work of
reformation. I salute in him the first old Catholic. He
wanted to reform according to his ideas, inside and not
outside. He wanted, in fact, no division, no schism. I
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should like to accomplish what Luther began, a thorough
reform in the Latin Church, for Luther would have
kept within the church lines in a regularly consti-
tuted episcopate if he could have done so. ' Continuing,
the Pere said, in substance, that Luther was animated
by these principles : first, he was to break off connection
with Rome, with its errors and abuses ; secondly, at the
same time he was to remain loyal to the faith as taught
in the Bible and faithful to Christ as the very Son of
God. In following these two principles he traced two
lines of demarkation, one of time and one of space.
That of time was a new era in the chuich and in society.
The renaissance was only a preparation for this reforma-
tion, as of the renaissance the French revolution was
only a consequence. Neither created a distinct era.
That was done by the reformation inaugurated by
Luther. The reformation drew a line of demarkation
both in Europe and in America between the people who
were emancipated by Luther and those still holding
allegiance to Rome. As regards these it was not a ques-
tion of race, but of a religious system. For example,
the Irish Kelts, the Slavic Poles, the Austrian Germans,
all of whom are Romanists, are as surely in a state of
decadence as the Latin nations. Thirdly, to practice
what he preached was Luther's aim. He was coura-
geous enough to do this, in private as well as in public
and ecclesiastical life. The Pere closed his address by
hoping that in 1983 the whole world would be neither
Protestant nor Romanist, but that humanity would be
united in one great christian church.
"The Hon. Simon Wolf, a Jew, followed in a burst
of fervid eloquence, wherein he paid a glowing tribute
to the genius and character of the great German who
had emancipated human thought. He looked upon
Luther as the greatest man born to humanity since time
began.
" Mr. B. H. Warner and Chaplain Wills followed in
stirring addresses, and after closing remarks by Dr.
Domer, the pastor, the choir closed the services by
singing the famous Luther hymn, ' Ein Feste Burg
ist Unser Gott.'"
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This was certainly one of the most remarkable and
interesting services, in all respects, of any that have
ever taken place in any church of the city. Those who
were privileged in being present will not fail to carry
with them the remembrance of that occasion to the end
of life It was somewhat singular that Pere Hyacinthe
should have been on a visit to this country and to
Washington City just at the time of our Luther celebra-
tion; and it was a matter of great pleasure and gratifica-
tion to myself, as pastor of the church, when, on per-
sonal call, I invited him to make the address, and re-
ceived from him such a cheerful and hearty acceptance
of the invitation. He addressed the audience in the
French language. Our reporter understood the French,
and gave us the English rendering in his admirable
report of the exercises.
LETTER TO EMPEROR WILLIAM II.
A reference has elsewhere been made to the gift of a
silver chalice by the King and Queen of Prussia in
1845. This chalice has been used in our communion
services ever since, and is greatly valued because of the
source from which it came. When we were getting
ready for our semi-centennial celebration, it occurred to
me that it would be well as an event in our history to
send a memorial letter, with greetings of regard and
honor, to the present Emperor of Germany, who is the
grandson of the King and Queen of Prussia, afterward
the first imperial house of consolidated Germany, from
whom our communion cup was received when the con-
gregation was yet in its infancy. Other considerations
also entered into the account to prompt such a letter,
especially the great interest which both Emperor and
Empress were taking in church movements in the
"Fatherland" and elsewhere. The restoration of the
"Schloss Kirche " in Wittenberg, and its dedication
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on the 31st of October, 1892, attracted attention
throughout Christendom. The crowning feature of the
dedication was the address of the Emperor, which in
its admirable christian spirit and church loyalty was
everywhere received with demonstrations of favor, and
especially in the Lutheran churches of both hemi-
spheres. On the Sunday following the great dedica-
tion I used the Emperor's address in my discourse at
our morning's services. Soon after this I made men-
tion of writing a letter to the young Emperor as we
were in Sunday school session, and by a unanimous
vote of the school I was instructed to convey their
warmest greetings of love to the illustrious Lutheran
Emperor of Germany and his equally illustrious wife,
the Empress. I wrote him on the 13th of March,
directing my letter to him in the imperial palace at
Berlin. On the 9th of May, 1893, through the courtesy
of the German Minister at Washington, Baron Von
Holleben, I received the Emperor's gracious reply.
It is as follows:
Washington, D. C, May <?tk, 1893.
Sir: Referring to the communication you addressed
to His Majesty the Emperor, under date of March 13th,
I beg to inform you that His Majesty has graciously
directed me to convey to you his best thanks for the
kind attentions conferred on him and the Imperial
family through your letter, as well as for the expres-
sion of interest and devotion contained in the same.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Holleben,
His Imperial German Majesty' 1 s Minister.
Rev. S. Domer,
Pastor of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church,
Washington, D. C.
THE SOCIETIES
Which make up the working organizations of our
church have already been referred to, but a few ad-
ditional words may here be allowed.
84 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The Ladies* Aid Society,
Organized in May, 1873, constitutes one of the most
helpful and faithful bands of workers in the church.
Total receipts from date of organization to the present
time, $4,629.99; disbursed during the same period,
$4,521.60; balance on hand January 1st, 1893, $ io 8-39-
The Women? s Home and Foreign Missionary Society,
Organized April 28, 1884, is quietly yet earnestly at
work. It is not so large a society as it will be by and
by, and as it is hoped it will be before long. These
women, however, are earnestly pressing forward, and
have already accomplished fine results. Amount of
missionary offerings since the organization started,
$686.07.
The Young Peopled Society of Christian Endeavor,
Organized a few years ago, is in a prosperous condition
and fulfilling noblest uses. Its meetings are usually
well attended, its services very interesting and helpful,
and its methods effective in calling forth the latent
powers of its members and in training them for greater
efficiency in the devotional and evangelistic work of the
church.
The King's' Daughters and the Junior Young
People's Society are additional agencies which help
to make up the general working forces of the church.
THE CHOIR.
No pastor, no congregation, should fail in a just ap-
preciation of a faithful choir. The service of song is
a most important part of worship; and those who are
put into leadership of this department of service should
themselves thoughtfully remember how they are to lead
and mould and move the swelling chorus of praise and
adoration in sympathy with the great congregation;
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and then these leaders of song deserve to be mentioned
with warmest commendation for their helpful ministry
in the temple of God. It is thus that we mention our
own choir. They are with us in all our public services;
and as they are faithful and efficient, serious and wor-
shipful, so they command our favor and disarm our
criticism. To our singers now, as well as to those who
have been with us in this service in days gone by, we
would convey our high appreciation and regard.
CONCLUSION.
A brief summary may be in place as I close my
pastoral review. Have baptized 362 children; have re-
ceived 530 members into the church; have married 347
couples; have attended within the congregation, in-
cluding men, women, and children, 80 funerals; out-
side, or not belonging to our church, a still larger num-
ber. Our aggregate enrollment of church members at
present, about 400; our Sunday school enrollment
almost 500. We have not a dollar of church debt
remaining against us. We have a glorious member-
ship of young people who, by the blessing of God,
will presently be the forceful power in carrying on the
work when the older ones among us shall have gone to
rest.
Fifty years have passed away since the first songs
were sung in St. Paul's. Most of the voices of that
early morning are silent now. Only a few of the
founders of the church and actors in her earlv struggles
yet remain with us. We greet them with profoundest
tenderness and respect. They are the links that connect
us with the beginning — the present with fifty years ago.
God bless you as you linger with us to-day. It is
towards evening now. We are pausing to consider
results which you have helped to bring about, and
which we are now in the endeavor to hand over to the
86 HISTORY OK ST. PAUL'S
generations that are to follow. Nearly half a hundred
who were in the church eighteen or twenty years ago
have joined the earlier ones on the other shore. And
so the tide rolls on.
' ' What is this passing scene ?
A peevish April day :
A little sun, a little rain,
And then night sweeps across the plain."
THE ROLL OF THE DEAD.
Among the deaths and funerals of the 5th pastorate,
the following are in the list. The list is arranged alpha-
betically and without reference to the date of death:
Mr. Isaac Angney, Mrs. I. Angney, Mr. C. Atz, Mrs.
Caroline Acker, Mrs. Mary Schneider Adams, Rev. J. N.
Burkett, Miss Nora Behrens, Miss Susan J. Bond, Mr.
John Brady and wife, Mr. William S. Davis, Mrs. Carrie
B. Eichelberger, child of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Eck-
hart, Mr. E. C. EcklofT, Mr. Samuel Freas, Miss Henri-
etta Farquhar, Mrs. Louisa Farquhar, Mrs. Jacob Fink,
Mr. John Green, Mrs. Catherine Gardner, Mr. Ed. H.
Getz, Mr. H. Gonzenbach, Captain Hoff, Mr. Saville B.
Hall, Mr. Emrick Hansell, Mr. Henry Ingle, Mr. J. F.
Kelly, Mrs. Margaret Kelly, Mrs. Mary Kraft, Mr. F.
W. Koss, Miss Columbia Kelly, Mr. I. N. Kalb, Mr.
William Linkins, Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis, Mr. Willie
C. Lacoe, Mr. David F. McLean, Mr. John F. Mankin,
Mrs. Mary L. Moore, Mr. Leonard J. Myers, Mr. Lewis
S. McCormick. Mr. John F. McCormick, Mr. Charles
Miller, Miss Grace Muth, Prof. G.A. Matile, Mr. Andrew
Noerr, Mrs. Cath. Noerr, Mrs. x\ugusta Otto, Mr. Ulrich
Opperman, Miss Mabel Pendel, Miss Emma Fendel,
Mr. Joseph Roeminele, Mr. Benjamin Reiss, Mr. Henry
Reiss, Mrs. Eliza A. Reiss, Mr. Edmund Rheem, Mrs.
Mamie R. Raby, Mr. M. Sprague, Mr. Henry Seiffeit,
Mrs. Rosanna Seiffert, Miss Permelia Sinn, Mrs. Emma
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 87
Weaver Stevens, Miss Lizzie Southall, Mr. E. Z.
Steever, Mrs. Louisa Schneider, Mr. G. W. Schafer, Mrs.
Ella Chauncey Snyder, Miss Maggie Slyer, Miss Mary
C. Slyer, Rev. J. J. Suman, Mrs. Harriet Sage, Mrs.
Jane Sydnor, Miss Kate Treadway, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Utermehle, Miss Lizzie Weber, Mrs. Harriet Weigle,
Mrs. Ida C. Weaver, Mr. John G. Weaver, Mr. Selby
Wilson, Mr. J. W. Young, Mrs. E. Yerkes.
During a pastorate of eighteen years in St. Paul's we
have had two deathless years, and only two — not a single
death in the congregation or Sunday school. Since
1886, the second one of these remarkable years, not,
however, in consecutive order, we have had no such
record. Shall we ever have another ? Some sweet day
is coming when life shall have the victory.
"There everlasting spring abides,
And never withering flowers.
Death like a narrow sea divides
That heavenly land from ours."
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REMINISCENCES AND GREETINGS
FROM ASSOCIATE PASTORS AND OTHERS AT THE
Anniversary Exercises
Rev. J. E. Graeff, Second Pastor.
Soon after graduating at the theological seminary of
Gettysburg, through the influence of my life-long friend,
the Rev. F. W. Conrad, D. D., I received a call to be-
come pastor of St, Paul's Lutheran Church, Washing-
ton City.
After prayerfully considering this invitation for some
time, I visited Washington, looked carefully over the
ground, preached to the handful of people who were
still loyal to the church, and with fear and trembling I
accepted the care and became the regular pastor.
Without experience I did not realize the troubles,
anxieties, and disappointments that were before me.
The reputation of the Church had suffered so much
that a large number of former attendants and sympa-
thizers had withdrawn and gone elsewhere. The base-
ment only was finished, the towers reached but to the
roof, the windows were boarded, and, worse than all, a
large debt was pressing for payment. So low had the
church funds been reduced that even the old-fashioned
settees which stood in the lecture room had not been paid
for. Measures had been taken to have them removed
by the cabinet-maker in default of payment, but this
was fortunately averted by the timely action of some of
the members of the church council.
With everything to discourage us we reorganized the
Sunday school, gradually collected some of the scat-
tered membership, and found our congregation increas-
ing slowly but surely Sabbath after Sabbath.
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A more hard-working, loyal, and sympathetic board
of trustees never gathered around a pastor. We made
slow but sure progress, feeling that if we could finish
our church without too great an incumbrance resting
upon it, our success would be assured. In this crisis
Mr. George Utermehle promised to advance the money
to finish the upper part of the building, and the pastor
agreed to go out among other churches to collect the
sum needed to repay this loan.
Supplying his pulpit during his protracted absence,
he canvassed for weary months in the large country
charges of Maryland and Pennsylvania, riding hundreds
of miles on horseback, during winter storms and sum-
mer heat. With the hearty cooperation of the pastors
of the different churches, he visited from house to house
among these rural parishioners, and was successful in
collecting a large amount for those days. This sum
aided largely in liquidating the pressing obligations
resting on the church.
Then came the glad day of dedication, with Drs.
Morris and Conrad in the pulpit and a congregation
filling every inch of space in the church. There were
present the President of the United States, some mem-
bers of the Cabinet and of Congress, and other dignita-
ries of the land.
With hearts beating with gratitude to God, we dedi-
cated St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church to Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost.
Now our success seemed assured, but the work was
to be carried on by other hands, for it was at this time
that the pastor, suffering from the effect of overwork,
succumbed to several attacks of vertigo, and on two
occasions he was overcome in the pulpit. After consul-
tation with several physicians their decision made his
resignation imperative, and with a sad heart he bade
adieu to St. Paul's and Washington City.
go HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Throughout the long period intervening since his
connection with St. Paul's Church, so suddenly termi-
nated, the writer's thoughts have lingered often and
lovingly over these memories of long ago, and the reali-
zation of her present success and growth seems but a
glad fruition of his dreams, hopes, and prayers for the
church of his early ministry.
Rev. Dr. Butler, Third Pastor.
The ten minutes kindly assigned me in the program
of the evening furnish scarcely more than time for the
bow of an ex-pastor, whose ministry in St. Paul's ex-
tended from 1849 to 1873. Our venerable friend,
Doctor Morris, yet in his vigor — and long may his bow
abide in strength — has for all the fifty years of your
history been a foster father. My good brother Graeff,
my own predecessor, and myself were but nurses to
the infant St. Paul's, in whose jubilee we all so heartily
rejoice to-night. When I remember the burden he
laid down in 1849 because of failing health, and the
burdens that I, in my inexperience tried to carry, it is
not surprising that his health gave way under the
heavy load. It is of God's great mercy that I was
made strong for this infant nurture. True, forty years
ago the building had been completed, but a debt of
some six thousand dollars was a legacy too heavy for the
handful of people whose names will ever be embalmed
in my heart. This was my first love, and my heart was
sympathetic and responsive to faithfulness and kind-
ness. The names of Finckel, and Noerr, and Roem-
melle, and Woodward, and Jyinkins, and Kinchy, and
Eberbach, and Weaver, and Tschififely, most of whom
have been gathered to the fathers, are names but for
whose steadfastness of faith this church had died more
than forty years ago.
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The munificent salary of $400 a year was all they
could promise, and this church has always paid what it
promised. My regret now is that in the second year of
my pastorate I accepted an addition of $100 from the
home mission fund of the Synod. With my present
experience I would not accept it, but would trust our
kind people and the Lord. It is well for pastor and
people to struggle together. That is the law of the
Kingdom.
The inexperience of the young pastor, the compara-
tive poverty of the few people who worshipped here,
and the odium that too often attaches to our Lutheran
name by those who do not know the history of the
great Protestant Church bearing the name of Luther,
were not especially helpful to the infant St. Paul's.
We had outgrown the tallow dips and had advanced to
oil lamps not much better, and soon found it necessary
to introduce gas, which in our poverty was no easy task.
Soon the dingy church with its immense pulpit needed
renovation and improvement.
At our first communion, I remember 25 persons
kneeled at the Lord's table. The Sunday school,
though not large, was vigorous, and the weekly prayer
service was revived and continues to the present.
The debt was gradually reduced and finally paid,
and the very comfortable parsonage adjoining the
church was built and paid for.
Born fifty years ago, St. Paul's had its second birth
in 1861, amid the throes which brought a new life to the
nation in whose beautiful and growing capital we live.
The pulpit of this church when the nation's life was
threatened gave no uncertain sound for freedom and
the old flag. St. Paul's soon became too small for the
men and women drawn to Washington that the na-
tion's life might be saved. It is one of the most
cherished memories of my heart that no uncertain
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sound during these dark days ever was heard in this
house of the Lord. New life as well as increased reve-
nues came to St. Paul's. Never asking for an increase
of salary, if my memory be correct, the people volunta-
rily appropriated $2,000 a year to my support, whilst the
conerreeration became one of the most liberal in sustain-
ing the boards of the church and the work of the King-
dom. None of the churches in the city entered more
heartily into the daily union prayer meeting, begotten
of God, as a preparation for the baptism of blood so
soon to follow, than did St. Paul's.
The Church of the Reformation, of which Rev. Dr.
Parson is now the able pastor, was born in 1869 in a
little Sunday school housed in the hospitable home of
Mrs. Lucille Morrell, at present a member of the Memo-
rial Church. At about the same time was planted the
little seed which has since grown into the Memorial
Church.
In 1873 the pastor of St. Paul's severed his connection
and gave himself to the work of gathering a congrega-
tion in the northwest part of the city.
None of you enter more fully than I into the joy of
this jubilee. The pastors of St. Paul's, and of the
Church of the Reformation, and of the Memorial, and
even of the Keller Memorial, and of the Fatherland,
and of St. Mark's, preach to more people on the Lord's
Day in their respective churches than did the then
pastor of St. Paul's for a long time after the beginning
of his pastorate. What hath God wrought!
St. Paul's, occupying this central position, needs
enlargement. Why not remove your parsonage, and
build here at the old corner of nth and H a magnifi-
cent church ? Do it, and God will bless you.
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Rev. H. B. Belmer's Pastorate.
On account of the unavoidable absence of Rev. Mr.
Belmer from the anniversary exercises, his paper was
presented by the pastor of the church at the Sunday
evening's services.
Rev. H. B. Beimels Pastorate in St. PauV s Church,
Washington, D. C.,from January 1st, i8?J, to Octo-
ber 1st, 1 87 j..
As a former pastor it naturally devolves on me to take
some share in these fiftieth-year festivities, and first of
all I want to congratulate old St. Paul's on having
reached this point. I say "old St. Paul's," not simply
because it is fifty years old, for fifty years is not so great
an age for a church organization ; but we use the word
as some young man, buoyant with pristine vigor, will
apply it to a dear friend whom he greets with the salu-
tation, " How are you, old fellow ? " — using it as a term
of endearment, and not a designation of age at all.
To-day, with tender affection, we say "old St. Paul's,"
not merely in view of the actual years it numbers in its
history, but in view of its position and relation to the
other Lutheran churches in the city. For this is
indeed the old church, out of which the others
have sprung. And it so happened that my pastorate
came at the very time when some of these organizations,
or colonies, from old St. Paul's were just getting under
way. The Church of the Reformation had already been
organized; that of the Memorial Church was made in
the first months of my pastorate.
Others to-day will doubtless give you a connected his-
tory of the church from its beginning to the present
time. It will be proper for me to give the facts of the
short period covered by my pastorate, history of which
I myself was a part, and which, therefore, is imbedded
94 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
in my memory. And it will be the more proper for me
to do this because the congregation to-day is largely
made up of persons not connected with St. Paul's at
that time, partly the children of the older members
of that time, partly the ingathering from the ever-
changing population of the Capital City. While some
of the then leading members remain as pillars or sub-
stantial helpers, hundreds of others have been received
since then. And both on their account, as well as to
call up the past in the minds of the older members, let
us rehearse some of the facts of that pastorate which
began January ist, 1873, and ended October 1st, 1874.
In December, 1872, I was invited by your then Pastor,
Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler, to become associated with him in
the pastorate of St. Paul's Church, to assist in carrying
on services both in the old church and in the Memorial
Chapel, which had already been built, while the walls
of the main church building were then some eight or
ten feet high. Services had already been held in the
Memorial Chapel for some time, Rev. W. E. Parson
having assisted Dr. Butler in these services, and also on
Capitol Hill, in the Church of the Reformation. It
became my duty to preach alternately with your pastor
in St. Paul's and in the Memorial Chapel. In the
spring of that year, 1873, the memorial congregation
was organized by Dr. Butler. While only some forty
withdrew from St. Paul's to form the original memo-
rial church organization, in the course of a few months
many others followed, altogether to the number of
about eighty, to cast in their lot with the new organi-
zation. The pastor of St. Paul's, Dr. Butler, was
elected pastor of the Memorial Church, and offered his
resignation as pastor of St. Paul's Church, which was
accepted, and Rev. H. B. Belmer, the assistant pastor,
was elected to become full pastor, from April ist, 1873.
The division of the church, the going out of the
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memorial colony, proved a critical period to St Paul's,
for the outgoing colony included some of the best and
most active working force of the old church. The
division of a church is always a critical event, either
to the old church or to the new organization, or to
both, because of the weakening of the forces, or the
liability of misunderstanding; and generally some time
is required, it may be but a few months, it may be years,
till the congregations can adapt themselves to the new
conditions. If the outgoing colony is but a small part
of the whole church, the effect may not be severely
felt; but if, as in this case, about half the most active
working force goes out, it is a shock to the church from
which it requires some time to recover. While numeri-
cally nearly twice as many remained as withdrew, yet
those familiar with the history of this outgoing from
St. Paul's will agree that fully half of the most vigor-
ous working force went with the Memorial colony.
However, we who remained did the best we could
under the circumstances, striving not only to maintain
the regular work as it had been carried forward, but
seeking to put into it our best vigor and energy to fill up
again the depletion and regain what had been lost. It
was to be expected that we should notice and feel the
thinning of our ranks in the church and Sunday school,
and probably a feeling of depression was at times the
inevitable result. It is easy to feel confident and jubi-
lant under growth and success, but it is still easier to
feel discouragement under decrease or lack of looked-
for increase and desired success.
Something of this feeling prompted the pastor to
offer his resignation in April, 1874, after only a fifteen-
months' pastorate. This was done in order that he might
not stand in the way of the largest possible success which
might be attained under the most efficient leadership.
The resignation offered to the council was submitted
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by 'them to the congregation for action, which refused
to accept it, and gave assurance of confidence in the
pastor, and hearty cooperation with him in the work.
The congregational meeting which refused to accept
the resignation also asked immediate assurance of the
pastor that he would remain, which, in view of the ex-
pression of confidence and the earnest desire of the con-
gregation, he felt constrained to do.
The work went forward for a season without any in-
cident requiring mention; but in September, 1874, the
pastor felt that it was wisest to resign, and insisted that
now the resignation be accepted, the pastorate closing
October 1, 1874, embracing a year and three-quarters
of labor.
When the resignation had been accepted, the one im-
portant and anxious question was, ' ' Whom can we secure
at this juncture for a pastor? "
As the retiring pastor and the council had always
been in the fullest accord and harmony, the brethren
naturally asked his advice and assistance. Two courses
were open to the church, either to secure a young and
inexperienced man at such salary as the diminished con-
gregation could easily pay, or to look for a man of more
commanding ability and position, though it might re-
quire some special effort to raise the requisite salary.
The retiring pastor's very decided advice was to take
the latter course, and he suggested as a successor Rev.
S. Domer, of Shamokin, Pa. This brother was promptly
elected pastor, accepted, came, took hold of the work
vigorously and judiciously, and has brought the church
into its present condition of prosperity.
But while to-day all is confident success, yet your
present pastor can look back and tell you of the dis-
couragements of the first year or two of his work, till
the tide began to turn and the crisis was past. And
while in the historic account of my own pastorate I have
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 97
no brilliant success of which to boast, to-day I take great
satisfaction in having assisted the council and church
of St. Paul's in making this choice of pastor, and
heartily congratulate you on the well-nigh a score of
years of successful work done under his leadership.
At this point I may fitly close my historic sketch
with the assurance that the short and trying pastorate
of less than two years often passes for review before my
mind, and also with the assurance that those with whom
I here wrought in the work in that trying time are not
forgotten but most kindly remembered, and that my
prayer for them and for the whole membership of St.
Paul's is that you may be faithful unto death and re-
ceive a crown of life.
Some who then were with us have already entered
into their reward. While they were with us in health
and strength we expected and found them in their places
of work and worship. Some of them could go back to
the early and most trying experiences of this church.
They had seen the clouds lift and brighter days come.
But where they now are it is brighter day than the best
that dawns on any soul or church on earth. We are
sure that after their godly life on earth, when they
dropped out of their places in old St. Paul's in Wash-
ington, they found places prepared for them in the
general assembly and church of the first-born in heaven
to sing and worship and triumph alongside of that
glorious Paul after whom their earthly church had been
named. Many of you still tenderly cherish their mem-
ory, both because of natural and spiritual ties. As they
were dear to you on earth, so are they still in heaven.
Your love for them can not die. Their love for you is
more glowing and glorious than when they were still
with you in the body. The relationship of love you
sustained to them can never be blotted out. Kinship,
friendship, is eternal, and the communion of saints on
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earth is but a foretaste of the communion of saints be-
fore the throne of God. And it may be that for those
who wrought together in church membership on earth,
God has some united and common work in heaven.
Let us live such a life and so walk by faith that as the
redeemed of God and dear personal friends we shall
clasp hands again as members of God's glorious church
in heaven.
Rev. Dr. W. E. Parson, Church of the Reformation.
It affords me great pleasure to bring a word of greet-
ing to this jubilee occasion.
I come from the Church of the Reformation on Capi-
tol Hill. The church which I serve began as a mission
of St. Paul's. I recall very well the early days when
we began to lay the foundations. It was on this wise :
During the meeting of the General Synod in Washing-
ton, in 1869, Dr. Butler, then pastor of St. Paul's, said
to me: " Will you not come to Washington to do some
work during the summer?" I was then a student at
Gettysburg. The result was that I came to preach in
the summer vacation.
This was the first attempt I made at preaching, and
was doubtless a very thin diet, but it was the best the
untrained theologue knew how to give at that time.
I recall also the feeling of relief with which I gave
up my work at the end of the summer. My sermons
were all preached, and I went back to Gettysburg to the
theological seminary to learn how to make more ser-
mons.
But on reaching Gettysburg I found that a call had
been sent to me to become the assistant pastor. The
faculty giving their consent, I returned to Washington
to take up the work as a permanency.
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This comes to us here to-night that the pastorate in
our Lutheran churches is no itinerancy. Here is Dr.
Butler, who has been more than forty years in Wash-
ington. Here is Dr. Morris, who has been more than
fifty years in Baltimore. Here is Dr. Domer, who has
been nearly twenty years in this pulpit ; and your
speaker has never had any congregation but the one
which he now serves. Some one asked me the other
day how long our ministers remained at one place. I
replied : ' ' For life or good behaviour. ' '
Out of that assistant pastorate has grown the Church
of the Reformation on Capitol Hill. Two of us kept
three churches alive for some years. Dr. Butler
preached in the morning at St. Paul's, and at night in
the Memorial. I preached in the morning on Capitol
Hill, and at night in St. Paul's. Thus each outpost
had one service a day, and at the old hive there were
two services.
Chronologically, St. Paul's is the oldest; then comes
the Memorial, in which preaching began in 1868; then
Capitol Hill, in 1869. The organization in both
churches came later.
The old mother church ought to feel very much
elated this evening as the daughters gather again to
recount their struggles and successes. We on Capitol
Hill could give a tale of dark days, discouragements,
succeeded by bright experiences as the various boards
of the church came to our relief. Once we had an old
barracks for a church, the whole outfit of so little value
that we sold it for sixty dollars when we abandoned the
site. The man who made the purchase refused to hold
the building, and it was subsequently condemned by
the Health Department, and torn down as a nuisance.
To-day we have a property worth not less than forty
thousand dollars. This will give the younger people
in our churches some idea of the tribulations through
which some of us have passed.
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But we are all of one household of faith to-night, and
we come to bring our congratulations to the mother of
us all. Our prayer is that we may be a united church
in this capital city. May no petty rivalries disturb
our congregations. Let us provoke each other only in
the way Paul suggests, to love and to good works.
I must say good night !
The relations between the pastor of St. Paul's and
the pastor of the Church of the Reformation have al-
ways been of the most pleasant and fraternal character.
They could not be otherwise, while your pastor holds
out the cordial hand he has always extended. I am
free to say if any break could come it must be some one
else's fault than his.
May God bless St. Paul's, her pastor, and congre-
gation !
Reminiscences by Rev. Henry C. Grossman, A. M.
I am not quite certain as to the year I became asso-
ciate pastor of St. Paul's as assistant to Dr. Butler. I
think it was in 1868-1869. I had not been in the min-
istry very long, and had but little experience. I shall
never forget my first sermon on Sunday morning after
my arrival. I was nearly scared to death. The church
was crowded. In the audience were many noble heads
and persons of prominence. Hon. Schuyler Colfax,
then one of the most popular men in the country, sat
with his family in a pew near the pulpit.
I took as my text Exodus 33 : 180, " I beseech Thee,
show me Thy glory." Fortunately I had a good many
points, and when I found my mind would not work on
one, I dropped it and took up another, and so filled in
the time, but I could never remember how I got through.
Some years after, when I was pastor at Constantine,
Michigan, Hon. Colfax came to our town to lecture. I
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took him out driving-, and in the evening introduced
him to the audience. I reminded him of my embarrass-
ment in St. Paul's, and he remembered my preaching-,
and then comforted me very much by saying-, " I do
not think you had a more appreciative hearer than my-
self."
One of the things that impressed me was the cosmo-
politan character of the members and congregation.
They were of various nationalities, and from all the
States of the Union. Many of them were prominent
and influential people — all were grand and noble friends
of the church. They were united in peace, love, and
work, and I suppose hundreds have gone out to the old
world and the States of the Union bearing with them
a high opinion of and love for the Lutheran Church
because of their connection with St. Paul's. They
were drawn to the church by its liberal spirit, affection
for Dr. Butler, and the unaffected sociability that char-
acterized the people.
St. Paul's was noted for the many Union services
held there. Everybody felt at home, and other churches
cheerfully joined in services as a common meeting place
for all christians. In preaching, services, church love,
benevolence, and spirit, St. Paul's was always a loyal
Lutheran Church.
I shall never forget the socials held in the basement
of the church. There was music and enjoyment.
Everybody seemed to be there trying to make every-
body happy without respect to persons. Gen. Ekin,
Brother Pratt, and others moved about to see that every-
body was noticed. Sandwiches and coffee were served
in winter and ice cream in summer.
What precious meetings of all kinds were held in
St. Paul's, and all of them were pervaded by deep
spirituality and the sweet spirit of christian sociability.
I was a member of the Sunday school. I shall never
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forget the earnestness, zeal, loving spirit, and splendid
work of the school. It was a large and live school.
No one can forget the lovable, gentle, childlike, white-
haired Brother Pratt, the superintendent, a successful
Sunday-school worker. The officers and teachers were
a splendid band. The teachers' meetings, Sunda) -
school anniversaries and entertainments, the emblems,
the services, the children and young people, not ex-
celled anywhere, will linger in memory a joy forever.
If I am not mistaken, Brother Alden, your successful
present superintendent, was then a young man in the
Sunday school. At any rate, I recognize his name and
others as familiar names.
Whilst I was connected with St. Paul's I served as
superintendent of an afternoon school in a German
church on the Island, which was under the fostering
care of St. Paul's. Mrs. Morrell, a devoted member
of St. Paul's, being an invalid at the time, became in-
terested in the neglected children of the street, and
organized a Sunday school in her parlors. Out of this
grew the Church of the Reformation, so successful
under Dr. Parsons. When the Sunday school outgrew
its space it was necessary to provide other quarters for
it and the church that was already gathering. By the
earnest and faithful efforts of Dr. Butler, seconded by
Gen. Ekin and the people of St. Paul's, abandoned bar-
racks were bought from the United States Government.
These were removed to leased lots, and neat audience
and Sunday-school rooms were built. Dr. Butler, as-
sisted by Prof. Cyrus Thomas and myself, dedicated
the church. I preached some sermons in this cozy
chapel. Thus the Church of the Reformation was
founded. This church and the Memorial are children
of St. Paul's.
It was my good fortune to suggest the name of Dr.
Parsons to Dr. Butler as my successor. I wrote him a
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strong, personal letter, which I think had an important
bearing in his consenting to respond to Dr. Butler's
appeal. Out of this grew his connection with St. Paul's,
his connection with the Japanese Embassy and the
University at Tokio, and his subsequent successful and
.grand work in Washington. I congratulate myself in
having a small part in the precious work done by this
right man in the right place. May the Lord more and
more bless him !
I could mention by name the many kind friends I
remember in St. Paul's. My pen would never cease
recording their constant kindness.
My stay was very pleasant, and it was a comfort I can
never forget as I came to St. Paul's out of the shadows
of a great sorrow. I will always cherish the delightful'
associations in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Butler and
his family. I also cherish the delightful associations in
the home of Brother Weaver, where I roomed, and the
many homes of St. Paul's. Space fails me to write of
all these and much more I remember.
I must mention that I received my first library from
friends in St. Paul's. After the death of Rev. Mr.
Ebeling they purchased from his mother the library and
presented it to me.
Space does not permit me to refer to all the work done
by St. Paul's. It spans time and eternity, and has no
limit. How wonderful and grand it has been, is now,
and ever will be ! All this will no doubt be told at
your happy gathering as the history of St. Paul's is re-
peated. I have only hinted at a few things and have
not confined myself to my own personal association with
St. Paul's, but have viewed the wonderful history of
the church from the beginning until now. Under Dr.
Domer, St. Paul's has moved on to larger successes, and
in all things and all departments it is now a rejuvenated
church, and is younger than ever, and more successful.
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Under his ministry she faces the future with glowing
hope and brightest prospects.
God bless Dr. Domer and all the dear people, youth
and children of St. Paul's ! May your anniversary be
a feast of fat things, a royal entertainment, with the
presence of the King and His blessing, and be a fore-
taste to you and future generations, to the end of time,
of grander success and joy to come.
Rev. H. S. Cook, Waynesboro, Pa.
Away back in my seminary days, almost twenty-five
years ago, I had the honor of serving as associate pastor
of St. Paul's for two months, from July 8 to September
10, 1868. I well remember with what fear and trembling
I entered upon the work, and how kindly the people of
St. Paul's bore with my inexperience — I, a fledgling of
23 years, having just finished the middle year of the
seminary course at Gettysburg. Vividly do I recall the
deep impression made on my mind by the earnestness
and unction of the sermons and addresses of the then
pastor, Rev. Dr. Butler, and the very evident esteem
and love cherished for him by his people. They had
just voted him (on account of much impaired health)
six months' leave of absence and money to pay the bills.
However, he was only absent during the heated term for
comparatively short periods of recuperation at Berkeley
Springs, \V. Va., and Somerset, Pa.
On my first Sunday in Washington, July 12, at 3.30
p. m., I was present and spoke at the organization of
the Sunday school in the newly-dedicated Memorial
Chapel, by A. S. Pratt, Esq. There were one hundred
present.
I found in the St. Paul's of twenty-five years ago an
earnest and devoted band of consecrated workers.
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There was a delightful spirit of Christian love and zeal
pervading the church. The fifteen minutes' prayer
meeting of teachers and officers just before the conven-
ing of the school was one of the most precious services
I have ever attended. Among the most active I recall
the names of Mr. West, Mr. McClellan, Mr. Rankin,'
Mr. Enderle, Mr. Tilton, Mr. Ryneal, Mr. Noerr, Mr. A.
S. Pratt, and others, including many women. Mr. A. S.
Pratt was a most efficient Sunday-school superintendent,
and with his son, Mr. J. C. Pratt, I was frequently
associated in city prison work and open-air meetings in
Capitol Park, and on the Avenue in connection with
the Y. M. C. A.
It was a part of my duty to conduct the Thursday
evening lectures at 8 o'clock, preceded by teachers'
meeting from 7 to 8, usually led by the superintendent.
On Sunday I usually taught in both Sunday schools,
and preached at St. Paul's in the morning at 11 o'clock
and at Memorial Chapel in the evening at 8 o'clock.
Many interesting incidents, mostly pleasant, but some
otherwise, connected with my short sojourn in Wash-
ington have impressed themselves on tny memory. All
in all, it was a very pleasant and profitable episode in my
life. How different my life might have been had I
yielded to Dr. Butler's solicitations that I forego my
third year's studies in the seminary and continue with
him as associate pastor for a year ! But duty seemed to
forbid.
Ever since that delightful summer's association with
the good people of St. Paul's, I have felt a deep interest
in the welfare of the mother church of Lutheranism in
Washington, as well as in her daughters and grand-
daughters. May God's blessing rest upon the whole
family evermore, is my prayer.
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Greeting from F. W. Conrad, D. D., Editor " Lutheran
Observer."
Philadelphia, April 12th, 1S93.
Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D.
Dear Brother : I thank you for your kind invita-
tion to attend the jubilee anniversary of St. Paul's
Church on next Sabbath, but regret that the state of my
health will prevent my enjoying the great pleasure it
would afford me to be present on the happy occasion.
I have been deeply interested in St. Paul's Church
from the beginning, and during its entire history. I
participated in the services of its dedication, under the
pastorate of my life-long friend and brother, Mr. Graeff,
who, I am glad to learn, will be present at your anni-
versary. He labored successfully in the earliest and
most difficult period of its establishment, and I recall
some pleasant incidents of its dedication.
President James K. Polk and his accomplished wife,
with Mr. Buchanan, his Secretary of State ; General
Van Ness, who donated the lot on which the church is
built, and a number of prominent civil and military
officers of the Government were present and made liberal
contributions for the church in response to the appeal
made in its behalf.
I had the pleasure also of participating in the services
of the re-opening, when the church had been refitted and
beautified by the congregation, under your own success-
ful pastorate, and I recall the occasion with much inter-
est and pleasure.
Hoping that your approaching jubilee will be attended
with great joy to yourself and the entire congregation,
and praying that God may continue to bless your min-
istrations and prosper the congregation, I remain, sin-
cerely yours, in Christ,
F. W. Conrad.
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Greeting from Rev. S, B. Barnitz, Western Secretary
Home Missions.
Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D., Pastor St. Paul's Luth-
eran Church, Washington, D. C. ; Mr. Lucius D.
Alden, Supt. Sunday School, the Officers and
Members, Greeting:
Dearly beloved in the work of our blessed Lord and
the great church into which he has called us, "grace
to you and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ."
Hearty congratulations to pastor, officers, congrega-
tion, and Sunday school.
"I thank my God always concerning you for the
grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus ;
that in everything ye were enriched in Him in all
utterance and all knowledge; even as the testimony of
Christ was confirmed in you; so that you come behind
in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus
Christ."
It would be to me a real joy to meet with you in the
thanksgiving and gladness of the coming anniversary
week, but having been East so recently, and having
engagements and work enough this week for three men,
the pleasure of being present in person must be given
up. In spirit and thought and rejoicing I will be with
you, and
"Though sundered far, by faith we'll meet
Around one common mercy seat."
My relations with St. Paul's, its pastors, Sunday-
school superintendent, and people, have been very
precious, and in some respects closer than with our
other congregations. In the spring of 1862 I was a
sort of assistant to Dr. Butler, at that time the pastor,
and very frequently in the pulpit and Sunday school.
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My sermons, I imagine, were very weak, excepting that
they did have in them " the glorious gospel " as plainly
preached by onr beloved church. During the week I
ministered, as an aid or help to Dr. Butler, in the
Lincoln and Georgetown hospitals, of which he was
then chaplain, and on Sunday taught a class in the
Sunday school and preached one of the sermons.
Brother Pratt, whose genial face comes before me as I
write, was then superintendent of the Sunday school,
and prominent in every good Lutheran work.
Under the ministry of your present highly-esteemed
pastor, and the superintendency of your beloved and
efficient superintendent, Brother Alden, the bonds —
if such a thing could be — have even been strengthened
by your deep and abiding and helpful interest in our
great home mission work. "St. Paul's of Washing-
ton, D. C," was one of the first Sunday schools to
undertake the support of a missionary in the home
field, and the blessed results of that undertaking will
not be fully known until the books are opened and the
dead, small and great, stand before God. So you see I
have great reason to be interested in St. Paul's, and to
rejoice in all her prosperity and advancement. Our
Father grant you a great anniversary feast — a realiza-
tion of your highest hopes and fondest expectations.
It is a privilege to live in this age, and in this period
of our dear Lutheran church; and even better days are
coming. Our Father is bringing forth great blessings.
As was said of a great movement years ago, I can say
of our dear church. In some moments it pleases God
to give me, I think I discern arising beyond the present
clouds of our divisions that fair form of Lutheranism —
God's dear child — whose whole beauty has never yet been
fully disclosed. I know her lovely face; that she is
divine, I know by her girdle of pure doctrine, by her
sceptre of justice and true liberty, and by that atmos-
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phere of love that, issuing from her, as light from a
star, moves with her more royal than a king's apparel ,
In this, too, I know her divinity ; that she will bless
both friends and enemies, and yield the fullest fruition
of blessing to those who now ignorantly slay her, as
once her Master gave His life for the salvation of those
who slew him.
With much love, truly and gratefully yours,
Sam B. Barnitz,
Western Secretary.
Greeting from Rev. H. Baker, D. D., of Altoona, Pa.
[This greeting is highly appreciated by the pastor of St. Paul's,
because it comes from one who was his own honored pastor forty five
years ago.]
Dear Brother Domer: Pardon me for my seem-
ing indifference to your kind invitation to come to the
50th anniversary of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at
Washington. When I began my letter, my regrets
were uppermost in my mind, but my memory is becom-
ing somewhat treacherous, and thus I am sometimes
not so prompt and considerate as in years gone by. My
dear brother, nothing would have afforded me more
pleasure than to have been present with you on so im-
portant an occasion as the 50th anniversary of the
church of which you have been the honored pastor for
almost twenty years.
I was married in the same year in which your church
was organized (August 25th, 1843). I have been
somewhat acquainted with St. Paul's from the begin-
ning until now. I have filled its pulpit a number of
times for Brother Butler and his flock, and several times
for its present pastor, the young man of my church
many years ago. I might have been able to give you a
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talk of ten or fifteen minutes, according to the circum-
stances of the occasion; but it was out of the question
for me to leave home at this time, because I have been
greatly afflicted, and am now, with rheumatism. It is
quite as much as I can do to go down stairs to my meals.
My sleep is much broken. I have not had a good
night's rest for a year or more. I am not able to dress
and undress myself. I hope it will be better when the
warm summer days come along.
How I would like to have met that dear old young
man, Dr. Morris, again. I think he is in better condi-
tion now than he was some five or six years ago. I
would like to see him and Gladstone, of England,
shaking hands! The doctor is a wonderful man, and
grandly preserved.
Then Brother John E. Graeff is with you also, one of
the first pastors of St. Paul's. John is a most excellent
man. He has done much good; he has done noble
things for the church by his liberal giving to various
causes. He has a big and good heart in him; he is a
man of the most generous spirit, and enjoys the work
of the Lord.
How I do wish to be with you to-day ! I am with you
in spirit. I see you as a young man yet, standing erect
and speaking of the things of the Kingdom to the
present congregation. In imagination I see you as
pastor, moving around, now here, now there, and every-
where, giving the word of command, in form erect and
tall, a little higher than any body else.
I might have told the people what you looked like
when I first saw you, and when you took your first les-
sons in Latin — afterward your first preaching with me
on the western slope of the Alleghanies among the
lumbermen of the mountains, and where we now have
a flourishing congregation as a result. I might have
spoken of my preaching for you in your early ministry
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in your first charge on the Susquehanna, and years
afterward again, in the great capital of this great
country.
I regard Washington City as one of the grandest
cities on the earth — a glorious place in which to live
and to labor. I suppose you are getting yourself and
family so mixed up with metropolitan ways and life
that you would not feel like leaving, even if you should
want to retire from the public ministry. You and your
people have been together so long that it would seem
unnatuial for you to be severed from them. If any-
thing should come to separate you from them as the
regular pastor, may you be continued as pastor emeritus
for years to come.
God bless you in your jubilee, pastor and people.
You are good yet for many years, healthy and vigorous —
not like your old pastor, worn out and broken down in
consequence of exposure and overwork in earlier years
of excessive ministerial toil and travel. There is rest
beyond the river.
Altoona, Pa., April ijtk, 189$.
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MONDAY EVENING,
The Pastoral and Congregational Reception.
This concluded the semi-centennial anniversary cele-
bration of St. Paul's. It was a brilliant occasion. The
following account is copied from the Evening News of
April 18, 1893:
" A pastoral and congregational reception concluded
last night the celebration of the semi-centennial anni-
versary of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, which
began on Sunday morning last. Fully one thousand
people were present and greatly enjoyed the literary and
musical piogramme, which was rendered in the upper
part of the armory. An address of welcome was de-
livered by Dr. S. Domer, the pastor of the church, who
had charge of the exercises of the evening, and thus
opened the reception. The other speakers of the even-
ing were Rev. Ernest Drewitz, Rev. G. A. Nixdorf, Rev.
W. H. Gotwald, Rev. A. Homrighaus, Rev. Charles H.
Butler, and Rev. D. E. Wiseman, pastors of various
Lutheran churches in the city.
"Mrs. Eulalie Domer Rheem, accompanied by Miss
Grace Fox, gave several solos, in which the sweetness
and range of her voice were shown to great advantage.
"The quartette, consisting of Miss Sue H. E. Wilson,
Mrs. Eulalie Domer Rheem, Mr. Jacob Scharf, and Mr.
W. A. Domer, gave a selection which was enthusiastic-
ally received. Mr. Al. Mosher, rendered a couple of
tenor solos, after which Prof. Dushane Cloward rendered
several baritone solos which were greatly enjoyed.
Prof. Schroeder's orchestra was also employed for the
evening and rendered excellent music, both up-stairs and
afterward in the banqueting hall. After the pro-
gramme and entertainment up-stairs, the crowd ad-
journed to the banquet room, where a splendid supper
was served. The tables were most beautifully supplied
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with a great variety of the substantiate as well as the
luxuries of the season, and they were superbly decorated
with flowers and other ornamentation, and the walls
were beautifully draped with bunting. The ladies of
the congregation supplied and superintended the banquet,
and their efforts were a great success. More than one
thousand people were entertained and feasted during the
evening. ' '
The following outlines of the several addresses are
here presented. The speeches were not stenographically
reported, and so we give the brief outlines as we have
been able to gather them :
Remarks of Rev. G. A. Nixdorf.
Friends a?id Members of St. PauPs
Evangelical Lutheran Church of this city:
Allow me to congratulate you on this auspicious era
commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the organi-
zation of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Fifty years may seem to be a comparatively short
period of time, and yet when we consider all the changes
which usually occur — the scenes of joy and of sorrow,
the depression and encouragements through which a
church passes in this space of time — it must be regarded
as a matter of considerable importance. We think, too,
that when a church has existed and prospered through
all these years it is highly befitting that something more
than a mere passing notice be taken of such an event.
St. Paul's, in common with other churches, has had a
varied experience of sunshine and shadows, until it. has
attained, through years of toil and of prayer, its present
position of prosperity. I have been well acquainted
with the history of this church from its organization
until the present, and was already engaged in study at
Gettysburg, Pa., when it was organized. I have known
all of its pastors, and was well acquainted with your
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present pastor as an active and highly-esteemed worker
in the church in Pennsylvania long before he became
the pastor of St. Paul's of this city.
We certainly think that we, as a church, have reason
to congratulate ourselves that by the blessing of
Almighty God we have been enabled to make such
commendable progress in Washington. Other denomi-
nations were already pretty fully established when we
began, and we have never had a strong Lutheran popu-
lation from which to draw. In view of these facts, we
may well exclaim, in the language of the first telegraph
dispatch sent over the wires from Washington to Balti-
more, " What hath God wrought ! "
You will not regard me as being egostistic, I trust,
when I say that we think that the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, with her glorious history as an advocate
of human freedom, sound doctrine, and government
conforming so nearly to the government of the United
States, has a right to live and prosper under the shadow
of the Capitol of this great and free nation.
Permit me, in conclusion, again to congratulate pastor
and people upon the success which has attended their
united and persevering efforts in the cause of the Master,
and especially in the interests of the church of St. Paul.
May the success which has attended your past efforts only
auger greater success and more extended usefulness in
the future; and my most earnest prayer is that the rich
blessing of heaven may continue to rest upon pastor and
people.
Address by Rev. W. H. Gotwald, St. Mark's Church.
I feel myself highly complimented in being per-
mitted to take a part in these exercises this evening. In
doing so, I bring to the pastor and the membership of
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St. Paul's Church the earnest and sincere congratula-
tions of one of the youngest Lutheran congregations in
Washington.
St. Mark's is here this evening in force to help in-
crease the enthusiasm, and add our mite to the joy of
this exceptionally important event.
This anniversary is a conventional period of time in
the history of St.. Paul's Church, — not a time measured
simply by the half century which has rolled away
since her organization, but a time measured by faith
and prayers and labors and triumphs in the cause of
souls and Christ.
This evening the minds of a number of members will
revert to the past, and memory, stopping here and there,
will gather up delightful reminiscences scattered all
along the pathway of the years that are now registered
iu the past.
Congregational life, like individual life, is condi-
tioned upon contingencies which can neither be antici-
pated nor averted. It is well that it is so; for to live in
constant apprehension of coming experiences would
make us miserable and cowardly.
'That congregation that lives constantly in truthful-
ness in God, and that struggles and toils for an exist-
ence and growth by its own efforts, and does not appeal
for aid to others, is the congregation that keeps within
the range of scriptural methods, and shows subjective
merit commanding the admiration and commendation
of all.
I know of no congregation that has a nobler record
of self-reliance than St. Paul's. With the advent of
her then new pastor, Rev. Dr. Domer, more than eigh*
teen years ago, new hope and new life began to flow
into every avenue of church work. Her own persever-
ance and her own efforts have brought her up to the
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high plane of social, intellectual, financial, and reli-
gious status which she occupies this evening.
God has been in her midst all these years, and has
crowned her with His loving kindness. Her pastor's
learning and eloquence has made the pulpit one of the
ablest in the city. His piety and consecration to his
holy calling inspired the membership to undertake
great things for the Master. The church, so well
equipped in all its deparments, soon commanded the
attention of outsiders, and they came in to see and hear,
and were so well pleased that they remained. Some of
these are here this evening, but others have gone up
and over into the church beyond.
From a handful this congregation has grown to a
host; from weakness to strength; from obscurity to
publicity; so that to-day the name, St. Paul's Church,
is known and revered throughout the entire Lutheran
Church, and Lutheran visitors to our city nearly all
inquire, " Where is St. Paul's Church?" It can easily
be found, for God planted it up here on this hill, to
make it, as it is, a light to all around.
From boyhood I have known of this church, and
when a student at college I paid my first visit here.
But since then I have learned to know you all well, so
well as to esteem you, and admire your work. I
preached the sermon on the re-opening of your beauti-
ful church on Sunday morning, December 2d, 1888,
and quite a number of times since then. It has always
been a pleasure for me to be with you.
I bring you this evening the congratulations of St.
Mark's Church, one of your daughters — one of your
youngest, and sprightliest, and most vigorous, and most
self-reliant, and mother-like, and modest daughters.
I bring you this evening my own earnest congratula-
tions. I congratulate St. Paul's Church on her modesty.
All she does is done quietly and noiselessly. There is
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no heralding it abroad by the blast of a great trumpet,
calling the attention of the church at large to it. But
all is done as becomes christians; for it is done not for
the glory of men, but for the glory of God.
As an illustration of this, let me say that recently the
Sunday school, through its popular superintendent, Mr.
L. D. Alden, had paid to Mr. Cornelius Eckhardt, one
hundred dollars towards the pews in our St. Mark's
Church, before many knew where the money had come
from.
I congratulate St. Paul's on her liberality. This is
certainly very generous and deserves special mention.
I congratulate St. Paul's on the number and character
of her membership.
I congratulate St. Paul's on the great work she has
done through her pulpit, her Sunday school, her prayer-
meeting, and the various societies connected with
the church. The results of these many and efficient
agencies will not all be known until eternity reveals
them.
I want to supplement this statement with the remark,
that much of the credit for success in all that has been
achieved is due to the ladies of the congregation. Not
only this church, but every church, has it warmest and
truest friend in woman. The choicest and richest offer-
ings of love, of faith, of devotion, of worship, and of
sacrifices which are laid upon the church's altars are
the offerings of woman's heart and of woman's hands.
I congratulate St. Paul's Church on her growth in
IvUtheranism. I am glad that I am invited and per-
mitted to say a word for Lutheran ism this evening.
We all glory in the greatness of the great Lutheran
Church — for she is great in her name, great in her
devotion to Christ, great in her doctrines, great in her
scholarship, great in her numbers, great in her life,
Il8 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
and great in being the mother of every branch of
protestantism.
She is scriptural in her doctrines and teachings, and
conservative and liturgic in her culture and practice.
Our name indicates our creed/ But occasionally names
are misnomers. Names sometimes misrepresent men,
and sometimes men misrepresent names.
Every man should be honest and consistent. The
world demands this, and how much more should the
Church of Jesus Christ ! We can be denominational
without being bigoted. Liberalism is a deception and
a cloak — an enemy in disguise. It is used by men who
endeavor to pose as reformers, but who seek to tear
down the buildings which age and experience have
reared, and in which our fathers and the generations
preceding us have served God, and from them have
gone up to that " building not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens."
The charge that our creed and confession are old, and
belong in origin to the ages of the past, is true. We
admit it. The world is old, too. So is the sun. So
are the lesser lights which are hung in the archway of
heaven. And yet neither of these have lost any of
their glory or utility since the hand of Omnipotence
gave them being.
The Bible is old, and yet it has stood the test of the
centuries, and drawn good and wise men to its inex-
haustible fountains, who drank of its cooling streams ;
and, invited to roam over its broad fields of pearls, have
done so, and have gathered many of those pearls and
given them to their children and children's children.
This they have done, and we of to-day are the inher-
itors of their labors.
Christianity is not of modern creation; nor is our
Confession. The demands of our times are not for liber-
alism, nor for a laxity in faith and practice. But the
English Lutheran church. 119
demand is for a positive religion — a positive declaration
and statement of every article of our faith ; a tangible
and biblical interpretation of the blessed word of God.
Onr great Augsburg Confession meets all this demand
in every particular. It met the special demand for the
remarkable occasion for which it was prepared. And
as it gained a triumph for Christ and his truth then, on
the 25th day of June, 1530, so it meets the demands of
our day, and is gaining triumphs everywhere.
Its achievements have made the corridors of the
centuries echo and re-echo with the shouts of victory,
sung by all its adherents ; and this shout will be kept
up until time ends, and it be broken ou the shore of
eternity, and be lost in the grand anthem of redemption
sung around the mediatorial throne of Christ.
The Augsburg Confession has blessed the world, be-
cause the blessing of Christ has rested and is now resting
upon it. It is the foundation of the thirty-nine articles
of the Episcopal Church, and the foundation of the
Westminster confession of the Presbyterian Church,
and the foundation of every other biblical confession
written or compiled since June, 1530. It antedates all
the great declarations of christian doctrines. What a
mighty mission it has had ! What a mighty work it has
done, is now doing, and will continue to do, until no
more souls are to be saved and educated for heaven !
I congratulate you on being a part of a church that
embraces within her fold more than 52,000,000 of mem-
bers; with more than 7,000,000 adherents in the United
States; and that is preaching the gospel, in this country,
in twelve different languages, and worships God in every
civilized tongue in the world.
I congratulate you on the progress that historic, con-
servative IvUtheranism is making everywhere. Your
record as individuals, and as members of St. Paul's
congregation, is a record worthy of public mention ;
120 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
and worthy, as an. inheritance, to go down to your
children and children's children. It is a fifty years'
record not only of earth, but a record placed on the
pages of God's Book of Remembrance in heaven. It
is a record which you will meet again, and which will
rejoice your hearts throughout all eternity.
To all of you —
" Who bear Luther's honored name,
God grant you his grand courage, too !
Then what a splendid corps ye'll be,
At King Emanuel's grand review."
Remarks of Rev. A. Homrighaus, Pastor of Zion's
Church.
" It is not often we have the privilege of witnessing
an occasion like this. I rejoice with you in these festivi-
ties, because they chronicle an important event in the
history of the Lutheran Church, the mother of protest-
anism in the world, and a leader of evangelism in this,
the capital of the greatest nation of the world.
" During these festivities fathers, sons, and daughters
have answered roll call. It now remains for the grand-
children to bring their tribute. My church is one of
the granddaughters of St. Paul's, and for her, and her
name, I bring an anniversary greeting on this occasion
to the honored grandmother. ' '
After indulging in a few pleasantries, the speaker con-
cluded : " Our purpose to-night is to rejoice with you in
a full, solid cubic square, all-around church semi-cen-
tennial. Long live St. Paul's, named after the great
prince of Apostles ! May she continue to bring forth
and foster many spiritual children. With others we are
here to pay our tribute to her, and to say a hearty God
bless you. And now may the God of all consolation,
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 121
who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of His glory with exceed-
ing joy, give you prosperity and peace."
Remarks of Rev. D. E. Wiseman, Church of Our
Redeemer.
Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen :
It affords me much pleasure to be present this evening
to enjoy with you this most pleasant and profitable
occasion. I bring you greetings from my little mis-
sion, the Church of our Redeemer, just beyond the
boundary of our city, and bid you God-speed in your
future labors for the Master's Kingdom. I am here,
also, to thank you for the interest you have at different
times taken in our work, by your acts of kindness and
words of encouragement.
While it is true we have not done anything very great
in that mission, yet we are gratified to know that we
have done a little for the Master's Kingdom. It has
often been said to me that I am wasting my time trying
to make Lutherans out of the colored people. This,
my friends, is a mistake. The colored people are like
all other people — you can make anything out of them
under heaven.
In the Danish Islands of the West Indies are to be
found many loyal colored sons and daughters of Luther.
As an Anglo-West Indian, I pray that you do some-
thing for the colored people that are in your midst.
Educated, they will prove a blessing and power; un-
educated, a shame to the country.
Now, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you
and your people upon this, your fiftieth anniversary.
You have doubtless made wonderful progress. I admire
the IvUtheranism of the churches of Washington, as also
I2 2 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
the class of ministers who serve at the altars. You
have shown yourselves men, in the fullest sense of the
word. My stay among you has been pleasant. I have
been made welcome wherever I have met with you.
On the streets, in the churches, in the synod, in your
homes, your recognition has been that of manhood and
not of color.
May God's blessings rest richly upon you.
Remarks of Rev. C. H. Butler, of Keller Memorial
Church.
In response to your kind invitation, I am present this
evening to mingle my congratulations and good wishes
with the many already extended. It is in a dual capa-
city that I am here: first, as a son and former pupil
of St. Paul's, and then as pastor of the youngest Lu-
theran Church in the city.
As a son, I bring my wreath of affection and love,
and place it upon the brow of St. Paul's, the mother of
English Lutheranism in the capital of the nation. It
was in the parsonage next door that I was born, and
there and in the school and church adjoining my early
steps were directed in God's ways. There I lived
through childhood and early youth, and those years
taken from my life would make a large gap. There, too,
it was, I believe, I was born again, though not uniting
with the church until several years after the Memorial
was organized. Thus, as a son and former pupil, I
bring greetings, and wish you God speed.
I rejoice for the many boys and girls taught and led
in the ways of righteousness and pleasantness through
your instrumentality during the half century of St.
Paul's existence ; for the many sons and daughters who
have yielded their hearts to the wooings of the Spirit,
and have become sons and daughters of God. May your
hold upon the young broaden and strengthen, and your
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 123
influence widen, ever remembering- that " they that be
wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and
they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever
and ever."
But also as pastor of the Keller Memorial, I greet
you. A noteworthy coincidence may be mentioned.
When the young preacher, Rev. J. G. Butler, my father,
came to Washington in 1849 to assume the pastorate of
the strusrsflinsf St. Paul's, he found a home under the
hospitable christian roof of the late Rev. Dr. S. D.
Finckel. Mrs. Finckel was a Keller, a niece of Dr.
Benjamin Keller, for whom the church I am serving
was named. It is also interesting and encouraging to
know that the Keller Memorial to-day is stronger than
was St. Paul's then, and its outlook brighter than that
of the young church of fifty years ago. I bespeak your
kindly sympathy and help in our work.
During these years St. Paul's has stood for God, for
right, and for humanity. She has wrought and spoken
for human liberty and the integrity of the union. We
can see for ourselves some of the fruits of these years of
labor, of self-sacrifice and devotion to God. But their
sum who can reckon ?
May the coming years be even better and greater
and richer than' those that are gone. Consider the
golden age to be still before you. Think not the
victory yet won nor the race yet finished. Forget
the good and inspiring of your past history, lest you
see no further need for work ; lose sight, also, of the
bad and dispiriting, whatever there has been, lest your
hands be paralyzed. But strengthening her stakes,
and lengthening her cords, and widening her scope, may
St. Paul's, with pastor and people, "press toward the
mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus. ' ' And may God give to you wisdom and grace
and strength to grasp the future, which is big with
promise for Him, for the church, and for humanity.
124 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Remarks of Rev. Ernst Drewitz.
I am honored by the invitation to take a part in these
exercises, and am pleased in being present at this anni-
versary of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church. My
gratification on this occasion has a two-fold explanation:
First, I am here as the representative of the mother
church, and as such I bring greetings of love and good
will to the precious daughter whose history of fifty
years has been written out in the Gospel work and
ecclesiastical progress which she has accomplished
during these years. A mother ought to be proud of
her children, and especially so when these children
have profited by their home training and in alter years
reflect the glory and honor of the mother.
The mother church and the daughter church are to-
night clasping hands in mutual regard, renewing the
associations of former years, and standing together in
bonds of love which the spirit of Christianity begets
and inspires — bonds of love that should last forever. I
am gratified for another reason: In this reunion I stand
as the representative of the Germans. The Lutheran
Church, as everybody knows, is of Germanic origin.
In the reformation of the sixteenth century, Luther,
the great Teuton, was called to the front in the great
leadership of that movement, which, starting in Ger-
many, has spread all over the world. Teutonic in
origin, the reformation has become Titanic in power
and progress; and as inheritors of the grand legacy of
freedom and of truth, we ought to be proud of the
achievements of the fathers of the church. As a Ger-
man, and the representative of the Germans, I bring
you these greetings of love from the German side of
our beloved church, believing that yon as an English-
speaking congregation will always be ready to acknowl-
edge what our church owes in honor and high regard to
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. 1 25
the Germans who have been so prominent in the leader-
ship of religious and scientific thought in the world, and
proud of the Germanic origin which God has given to
the Protestantism of the world.
This sort of pride is not self-glorification, nor is it
meant to be anything of this sort. It is simply the
grateful acknowledgment of unutterable blessings
which the great Head of the Church, the Lord Jesus
Christ, has been pleased to give to the world through
the agency of our fathers in the glorious Fatherland,
chosen of God in their age and generation, in His wis-
dom and goodness, as the best in time and place and
personality to give the new light to the coming genera-
tions of mankind. We should be pleased, because it
pleased God so to bring the reformation into fact and
form and magnificent development.
We need to remember also that Lutheran ism is not
merely a name. It means freedom of thought, as well
as freedom from sin. The doctrine of "justification
by faith alone" is only the keynote of that system
which takes the Word of God as "the only infallible
rule of faith and practice," and to which it makes its
final appeal, as Luther did in the great convention at
the city of Worms. The glory of "the truth as it is
in Jesus," is the glory for which Luther contended, for
which he lived, in which he died; and this glory now
shining forth, not in the German language only, but
in all the "babbling tongues" of earth — this is the
glory for which we are to stand, the glory which we are
to magnify, as a church of the Lord Jesus Christ forever.
[As Rev. Mr. Drewitz's address was not written out
nor stenographically reported, we can only give this
imperfect sketch of it. Although accustomed to speak
only in German, yet he delivered his address in the
English language with much force and accuracy.]
PART II.
HISTORY
OF
7)1 ^fViI's fpglish [Qthergo
Sunday School,
From the Period of its Organization to the Semi-
centennial in 1893.
Extended to July, 1893, Inclusive.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 129
HISTORY OB"
St. Paul's English Lutheran Sunday School
FROM THE PERIOD OF ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE
SEMI-CENTENNIAL IN 1893.
Prepared by the Pastor to include the year 1877, and by the Superin-
tendent/or the period from 1878 to July, 1893, inclusive.
We speak of the church and Sunday school in a uni-
tary sense. The Sunday school is simply an important
department of the church, and not a separate and divi-
sive organization. In harmony with all the other organi-
zations, such as the Ladies' Aid, the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society, the Young People's Societies, the
Sunday school is an essential and important part of the
system which a well-organized church or congregation
employs in carrying forward the work which the Master
has committed to His people for the extension of His
kingdom in the world.
The Sunday school has been called the "church's
right arm " for power and usefulness — and justly so,
because in this form she reaches out her hand of culture
and care, of sympathy and love, of prayer and blessing
toward the children of the kingdom, that they may be
trained for the Lord's service in the morning of life, and
early learn to know Him, whose they are, and to whom
they are to belong in time and beyond. A history of a
congregation would, consequently, be unpardonably de-
fective if it did not give the Sunday school department an
important place in its pages. Years ago this depart-
i3°
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
ment of church work was much less emphasized and
employed than now. Fifty years ago Sunday-school
work was in a comparatively primitive condition. The
progress of the church is perhaps in no other direction
more manifest than in this, of Sunday-school expansion,
extension, and evolution. The advancement is almost
revolution. Helps, agencies, methods of instruction,
church literature, architecture, science, and art, the
multiplied forces, material, social, intellectual, and
spiritual, all combine in proof of the importance of the
Sunday-school movements of the church, and of the
wonderful chancres which have marked the ecclesiastical
history of the past century — of the past half century.
St. Paul's English Lutheran Sunday School.
The endeavor to give the history of our Sunday
school is met with serious embarrassment. The begin-
nings were of course small ; but the want of records,
except in incidental forms, makes it impossible to arrive
at complete accuracy in our review of those early years.
We are compelled to be satisfied with such facts as we
can gather from the meager sources that are at our com-
mand. The first organization was formed in the au-
tumn or early winter of 1842 in the city hall. The
pastor, Dr. Muller, appears as superintendent. The
first teachers were David Fowble, Frederick S. Kern,
Mrs. Roemmele, and Miss Mary Woodward. Mr.
Fowble seems to have been the first treasurer, as well
as one of the first teachers. At a later period, March,
1843, we fi 11 ^ the same general organization, with
the addition of Mr. Henry Grieb as a teacher, and Mr.
Andrew Noerr, then a boy of fourteen years of age,
as librarian. The enrollment of the Sunday school at
this time was about 45 or 50.
From 1843 to T §46 the following additional names
were added to the teaching force as reported by Mr,
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 13I
Graeff when he became pastor : Miss Adelaide De
Saules, now Mrs. Boothman; Miss Annie Miller, now
Mrs. Spier; Miss Louise Moore, now Mrs. McCreary;
Miss Mary Woodward, now Mrs. Linkins, continued
from the first. The officers of the school, as far as we
can learn, were about as follows:
First superintendent at organization, Rev. Mr. Muller;
second superintendent, from 1846 to 1848, Rev. J. E.
Graeff, the second pastor. Following the Rev. Mr.
Graeff, the succession is approximately the following:
Mr. J. G. Weaver, from 1848 to 1858; Mr. George W.
Sharretts, from 1858 to i860; Mr. Lewis Heyl, from
i860 to 1863; Mr. A. S. Pratt, from 1863 to 1873; Mr.
Joseph Enderle, from 1873 to 1874 ; Mr. George W.
Linkins, acting superintendent in 1875 and 1877 ; Mr.
Thomas F. Pendel, superintendent in 1877 and 1878 ;
Mr. Lucius D. Alden, from July 1, 1878, to the present
time.
The secretaries of the school have been as follows :
Capt. S. E. Thomason, Fred. W. Pratt, Albert F. Fox,
Harry C. Davis, Clarence B. Rheem, B. Frank Meyers,
Win. A. Domer, and J. Granville Meyers, present sec-
retary.
Treasurers: D.avid Fowble, Andrew Noerr, J. Henry
Kuehling, George Ryneal, Jr., from 1863 to 1873 ;
Albert F. Fox, from 1873 to 1893, tne present treas-
urer.
Librarians: Andrew Noerr, Samuel Davis, Alonzo
Weaver, Luther E. Burkett, George F. Muth, Charles
Webel, Charles S. Domer, Charles H. Ourand, William
P. Belt, and George R. Linkins.
The organists of the school since 1874 have been the
following: Miss Rebecca Noerr, to 1875; Miss Delia
Irene Domer, from 1875 to 1881; afterward, Miss Eulalie
Domer, Miss Annie Ourand, Mrs. Mary Hazard, Miss
Grace E. Fox, and Miss Margaret R. Fox, with Mr ?
Edward Muth, assistant,
132 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Of teachers we have no written record beyond 1864,
but Mrs. J. G. Butler was teacher of the primary class
from 1851 up to the time of her death in January, 1862.
Miss Jennie Wyndham then became the teacher, and in
1863, under Mr. A. S. Pratt, Miss Mary Butler was also
appointed, and two primary (or infant) classes were in
operation and so continued for a number of years.
From 1864 to 1871, we find that the following per-
sons appear as teachers for various periods during the in-
tervening years: Mr. N. Acker, Mrs. Bright, Miss E.
Hines, Miss Annie M. Finckel, Mrs. Rose Taylor, Miss
E. Berline, Mr. George Ritz, Miss M. Arnold, Rev. J. N.
Burkett, Mr. James C. Pratt, Mr. George Ryneal, Mr.
M. M. Rohrer, Miss Kate Pratt, Rev. J. G. Butler, Mr.
William Day, Miss Mary Butler; Misses Mary Butler,
and Jennie Wyndham, primary teachers; Mr. W. H.
Fry, Mr. Martin, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. McCaffrey, Mrs.
Gibson, Mr. A. D. Miller, Mr. Frank Weaver, Miss Ann
Haywood, Mrs. C. A. Davis, Mr. Joseph L. Enderle,
Miss Lizzie Reiss, Mr. Albert M. Seip, Mr. John A.
Wiedersheim, Mrs. S. M. Pratt, Mr. S. C. Thomason,
Miss H. E. Finckel, Mr. J. C. Slater, Miss M. Farquhar,
Mrs. M. A. Linkins, Mr. A. N. West, M. A. E. Keene,
Miss C. A. Noerr, Mr. John Shaw, Mr. E. P. Rankin,
Miss Emma Ecklofif, Miss Mary Tilton, Miss M. E.
McLelland, Miss Helen Schreiner, Mrs. J. A. Wieder-
sheim, Miss H. Linkins, Mrs. D. D. Tilton, Mr. D. D.
Tilton, Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, Mr. William H. Finckel,
Mr. J. Weigle, Mr. C. F. Kuhnle, Mrs. A. B. Nodine,
Miss Rebecca Noerr, Mr. Lucius D. Alden, Mr. C. G.
Lombardy, Mr. George W. Callahan, Mr. G. W. Linkins,
and Mr. J. H. Kuehling.
An examination of the old records from 1864 to the
organization of the Memorial enterprise in 1868, gives
an interesting revelation of the condition and prosperity
of the Sunday school during those years. Mr. A. S.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
*33
Pratt, the veteran Sunday-school worker, was the effi-
cient superintendent, and wrought with much success.
We present the monthly statements for several years, the
most successful years in the history of the school prior
to the organization of the Memorial Sunday school.
The statements will afford interesting data for compari-
son with the condition and work of the school now, in
the semi-centennial year:
December, 1864. Highest number 206
Average J 65
Class offeriugs $16 93
Classes 18
January and February, 1865, about the same.
March, 1865. Average number in attendance 190
April, 1865. Highest number 21S
Average 210
Class offerings $26 57
April 9, 1865, Rev. Morris Officer, the founder of the African Mission,
addressed the school. Contributed for the mission, $25.
IS65-
-May.
II
ighest number
228; average
June.
"
"
232;
July.
i.<
11
200; "
August.
(<
1 1
208;
September.
"
11
"
October.
CI
11
23'i
November.
II
1 1
256;
December.
i I
"
275;
Class
ighest 1
1866-
—Jauuary.
II
lumber, 236; average
February.
"
"
242; ''
March.
(1
11
256;
April.
"
1 1
26S';
May.
11
11
250;
June.
t<
I c
215;
July.
11
II
196;
August.
ti
II
207;
September.
11
"
215;
October.
"
"
23 1 ;
November.
1 1
"
256;
December.
"
"
251; "
1867-
—Jauuary
February.
March.
it
1 1
251;
262; "
26S;
181
220
189
182
168
186
23S
194
40 00
219
226
236
196
227
171
17s
180
IS 7
224
22S
219
216
234
221
i34
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
1867 — April.
May,
June.
July
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
1868 — January.
February.
Marcb.
April.
May.
June.
July
August.
September.
October.
Highest number, 290; average 279
" *322; " *288
262; " 251
251; " 231
" " 227; " 2:8
" " 256; " 240
249; " 238
(no record.)
Highest number, 263; " 260
260; " 237
" " 240; " 206
244; " 223
275; " 250
304; " 248
285; " 270
235; " 209
217; " 197
235; " 219
235; " 220
The enrollment December, 1865, was 331 — officers, 6;
teachers, 22, and scholars, 303, in 22 classes. The two
primary classes contained no scholars.
Rev. Albert Ebeling, scholar, teacher, and later assist-
ant superintendent, died in the early part of 1865.
The records of the treasurer, Mr. Geo. Ryneal, Jr.,
for the period above noted, were destroyed by fire some
years since, and no full statement as to the collections
and other receipts can be given, but large sums were
raised and used in the operations of the school.
The Memorial Sunday school was organized in July,
1868, with officers and teachers largely from St. Paul's,
and with an enrollment of scholars also largely taken
from the school. Some depletion in numbers would
naturally result to the parent school from the new
movement and interest until reconstructive efforts
should re-people the ranks and classes thus reduced.
The record shows that " high-water mark " was reached
under the superintendency of Mr. A. S. Pratt, in May,
T867, when the school had highest attendance, 322, and
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 135
an average of 288. This was the " star " month of the
greatest prosperity the school had ever attained before
the period of colonization and separation which marks
the history of St. Paul's since 1868. Our semi-centen-
nial record shows that St. Paul's Sunday school, not-
withstanding all withdrawals in the several new organi-
zations which have gone out since 1868, at this time,
in this year of jubilee, and as we pass into the opening
year of another semi-centenary, has quite surpassed all
of its former history, and marks the semi-centennial
year as "the star year" of the church and the school.
It is "the star year" in every factor of strength and
prosperity, in numbers, in equipment, in class offerings,
and in general efficiency and strength. The equation
of our joy must be found in our gratitude to God for
the prosperity given.
The percentages of St. Paul's Sunday school as to its
present condition must be estimated, however, from its
enfeebled condition in 1874. The various influences
which had been operative against its prosperity, influ-
ences of various kinds and degrees that can not now be
fully traced nor recounted, had reduced the school down
to very " low- water mark" when the fifth pastorate
commenced. As indicative of its enfeebled condition
and needs, the following action was taken by the little
band of teachers that remained in the school, and who
were earnestly solicitous for something better. A com-
munication was addressed to members of the church
and friends of the school, which reads thus:
" You are earnestly requested to attend a meeting to
be held in the lecture room of the church, on Friday
evening, June 8, 1875, at 8 o'clock, for consultation in
reference to our Sunday school.
" By order of the teachers :
"H. C. Davis, Secretary."
Only seventeen teachers appear on the roll of the
136 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
school preceding the close of Rev. H. B. Belmer's pas-
torate in 1874. They were the following: Rev. H. B.
Belmer, Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, Mr. Jno. F. McClain,
Mr. George F. Mnth, Mr. Joseph L. Enderle, Mr. M.
Sprague, Mr. J. H. Knehling, Mr. Robert B. Kinsell,
Miss Emma EcklofF, Miss Hettie R. Linkins, Mr. D. D.
Tilton, Miss C. R. Noerr, Miss Mary Linkins, Miss Kate
S. Pratt, and the Misses Mary Butler and Jennie
Wyndham, primary teachers.
When Rev. Mr. Domer entered on pastoral duty in
November of 1874, six of these teachers had dis-
appeared and gone elsewhere. An entire enrollment
of about 60 constituted the little remnant of the flour-
ishing school of a few years before; and with this little
remnant the process of reconstruction and rejuvenation
had to begin. This is, therefore, the starting point
from which to calculate the growth of the school in its
progress to the proportions which it now presents as
one of the signalizing factors of this semi-centennial
anniversary.
The Secretary's Slip for September, 1875.
This is the earliest record of that year now to be
found, and this shows an average attendance of 72, and
the class offerings for the month, $8.72.
This was increased in October and November to an
average attendance of 90, and in December to 99. Dur-
ing these months there were ten classes, and the class
offerings averaged a little over $3.00 per Sunday. In
1876 the largest attendance was on the 4th Sunday in
May, with 145 present ; the offerings of the 12 classes
of the school for the year amounting to $162.61.
The following persons were teachers during this time:
Rev. Mr. Domer, the pastor, Bible class ; Miss Mollie
Davis, Miss Ida Schneider, and Mr. John C. Parker in
the Primary Department ; the other classes were taught
LUCIUS D. ALDEN.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 37
by Mr. John H. Kuehling, Mr. John F. McClain, Mr.
George W. Linkins, Mr. Albert F. Fox, Miss Ida
Reamer, Mr. Lewis H. Meyers, Miss Kate Schneider,
Miss Annie Schneider, Miss Hettie R. Linkins, Miss
Enlalie Domer, Miss Fannie French, Mr. Albert J.
Weigle, and Rev. A. H. Myers. Some of these served
for a short time only. The secretary at this time was
Mr. Harry C. Davis.
The star month of the year was May, the average at-
tendance being 135, and the offerings in April amounted
to $23.28. The enrollment of the school at this period
was 14 teachers and 140 scholars, a total of 154, of which
number 56 were members of the primary class. Mr. John
C. Parker's service in this class began in January, 1876,
as did that of Miss Mollie Davis and of Miss Ida Schnei-
der. Mr. Parker continued in this class until November,
1877, inclusive, and Miss Ida Schneider to the latter
part of 1878. She was followed as a teacher in the pri-
mary class by Miss May Parker.
The records for the year 1877 are incomplete. A slip
for the month of January gives the average attendance
at no, and the offerings for the month, $13.02. On July
nth of this year, at a meeting of the teachers called to-
gether after the session of the school, Mr. George W.
Linkins resigned his position as assistant and acting
superintendent, and a committee was appointed to can-
vass the church for a person to fill the orifice. This
committee consisted of Messrs. John C. Parker, John
F. McClain, and George F. Muth. Mr. Linkins vol-
unteered to retain his position until a suitable person
could be selected for the place.
The records for the early part of 1878 are very incom-
plete, the only paper on file being a slip noting the at-
tendance of the primary class during part of that time,
which was as low as 14 and as high as 38. The primary
teachers in January were Miss Mollie Davis and Miss
138 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Ida Schneider. Miss Grace E. Fox, now the superin-
tendent of the Primary Department, was then a scholar
under the care of these teachers in 1878, as were also
Miss Margaret R. Fox, Miss Minnie McCormick, Misses
Minnie, Ida, and Maggie Geutner, Miss Jennie Barron,
Miss Minnie Brower, Miss Mabel Griffith, Mr. Howard
Griffith, Mr. William Belt, Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Mr.
Ferd. Schneider, and Mr. Frank Brower, all of whom
are yet members of the school.
Lucius D. Alden, the present superintendent of the
school, entered upon the duties of his office July 1, 1878,
and has been in continuous service until this time. The
school has been steadily growing under his administra-
tion until it has gained its present strength and its
present admirable working order. Our records since
then have been more carefully kept, and the results are
embodied in the present history of our Sunday-school
work.
1878.
On July 7, 1878, at the regular session of the Sunday
school, Lucius D. Alden, a former member and teacher,
1867-1870, who had been absent from the city for
eight years and had recently returned to reside here, was
present and took part in the closing exercises. After
the school was dismissed, the officers and teachers hav-
ing been called together for a few T minutes, transacted
the following business:
Mr. Thomas Pendel, superintendent, resigned, and, on
motion of Mr. John C. Parker, Mr. Alden was duly
elected superintendent of the Sunday school. He ac-
cepted the position and at once entered upon the duties
of the office, although at that time a member of the
Memorial Church, having handed in his letter prior to
this date.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 39
Now, with distinct remembrance of former member-
ship in St. Paul's Sunday school, when at the height
of its greatest prosperity under Mr. A. S. Pratt, and
impressed with the opportunity and necessity for the
work, the new superintendent, trusting in the Lord for
all needed strength and guidance, gave himself to the
work assigned him to do. He was much encouraged by
the presence and assistance of a band of workers who,
though few in number, yet were able and willing to
assist in any direction he might suggest. Additional en-
couragement was also received from the full and hearty
cooperation of the pastor, Rev. Dr. S. Domer, himself
a member and worker in the school.
Records fail to show the status of the school at this
date, but the attendance of the primary, or infant class,
on July 7, was 35 and the class offering 68 cents. The
secretary's report, covering the second and third quar-
ters of the year, begins with 76 present on the third
Sunday in August, and 98 on the fourth Sunday. In
September and October the attendance averaged 98, and
on the second Sunday in November reached 109. No
later record is found for this year. During this time the
class offerings averaged about $3.00 per Sunday.
At the Christmas anniversary of the school, Sunday,
December 30, an original design of the superintendent,
entitled "Jesus, the Star of Bethlehem," was presented
with class emblem offerings. A beautiful Bible was
presented to the pastor, Dr. S. Domer, and a general feel-
ing of enthusiasm prevailed.
The report at that date showed Mr. Clarence B. Rheem,
secretary ; Mr. Albert F. Fox, treasurer; Mr. George F.
Muth, librarian ; Mr. Jacob J. Decker, assistant; and
Miss Delia Domer, organist and leader of music. The
enrollment was 150 and the average attendance 97; the
collections for the year $134.47, an average of $2.59
per Sunday, or 2% cents per member.
140 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
1879.
At a meeting of the officers and teachers, held at the
residence of Mr. A. F. Fox, January 24, the interests of
the school were fully considered, and teachers' meetings,
the library, attendance, etc., discussed. A blackboard
for the school and a desk for the secretary were pur-
chased. A committee was appointed to draft rules for
the gfovernment of the school.
At the next meeting, February 5, a constitution was
adopted, and the officers of the school were continued in
office until the close of the current year, or until their
successors were duly elected.
At a meeting, held at the residence of Mr. John C.
Parker, April 30, Mr. Harry C. Davis was elected a
teacher; the order for the "Teacher's Journal" was
increased to 24, and the improvement of the primary
class-room decided upon. A sociable and a picnic were
determined on, and a standing committee of benevolence
was appointed, the pastor, Rev. Dr. S. Domer, the. su-
perintendent, Mr. L. D. Alden, Mr. John C. Parker,
and Mrs. E. C. Opperman, as its members.
On October 17 a meeting was held at the residence of
Mr. Albert F. Fox to make arrangements for the recep-
tion of the superintendent and Mrs. Alden, on their
arrival from Savannah, Ga. , in which city they had re-
cently been united in marriage. This reception took
place in the lecture room of the church and was carried
out with great success, and much enjoyed and appre-
ciated by Mr. and Mrs. Alden. Many beautiful and
useful presents were made them by the members of the
church and school.
November 19 a social meeting took place at the resi-
dence of the superintendent, and on December 13 the
annual meeting was held in the Sunday-school room.
A new organ was ordered purchased. Mr. Louis Meyers,
teacher, resigned, and Miss Emma Palmer, Miss Katie
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 141
Decker, Miss Lillian Chancey, and Mr. Emil G. Schafer
and Mr. Win. F. McK. Ritter were elected teachers.
A new office was created, that of assistant superintendent,
and Mr. Albert F. Fox was elected to fill the same. The
other officers were all re-elected for the year 1880.
The Easter anniversary took place Sunday night,
April 13, in the audience-room of the church, with an
original design, "Jesus, the Light of the World," with
emblem offerings by the classes. The following teachers
and their classes took part in the exercises : Dr. S.
Domer, Miss Eulalie Domer, Miss Kate Rawlings, Miss
Emma Reiss, Miss Hetty Linkins, Mr. J. C. House, Mr.
J. A. Weigle, Mr. A. F. Fox, Mr. John F. McClain,
Mr. J. H. Keuhling, Mr. Louis H. Meyers, Mr. John F.
Mankin, Mr. John C. Parker, Mr. J. H. McCormick, Mr.
L. D. Alden's class from the Memorial school, who
were present by invitation and took part in the exercises,
and the primary class and its teachers, Misses Mollie
Davis and May Parker.
The Christmas anniversary, on the night of Decem-
ber 31, was one of the finest in the history of the school.
" The Temple of Life," a beautiful design and exercise,
was presented. The temple was 15 feet high, and so
arranged as to be built by the classes of the school, in
the presence of the audience, and was a most brilliant
and successful affair. The Mt. Vernon quartette ren-
dered choice selections.
The Roll of Honor, for perfect attendance, was insti-
tuted this year, and the following names, constituting
class 1, were entered upon it : Julius Schneider, Louis
Schneider, Mattie Barron, and Charles Krause. A
Bible was presented to each.
The secretary's report showed the enrollment of the
school 197, a net gain of 47 ; average attendance of 124,
an increase of 27 ; and class collections $239.87, an
average per Sunday of $4.61, or 3^ cents per member
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
per Sunday. The primary class numbered 66, or ^ of
all. Four new classes were organized from it during
the year.
During the early part of the year, exact date unknown,
the following alphabetical list of the secretary shows the
enrolled membership of the school, 169 in all :
Name.
No. of
Class.
Aldeu, L. D. _ officer.
Andrews, Lulu , i
Andrews, Maggie 8
Baker, George 3
Barron, Mattie 11
Barron, Jennie 1
Bartels, Bella ... , 11
Belt, Eddie 3
Belt, Willie 1
Boyer, Ulysses 3
Boyer, Jacob 3
Boyer, Elbe 1
Brower, Horace 4
Brower, Minnie ' 1
Brower, Frank 1
Brower, George : 1
Brower, Laura j 11
Burket, Eddie 10
Burket, Lizzie j 8
Calver, Irving. 10
Campbell, J 11
Cassell, Eddie 1
Cassell, Eugene 1
Chauncey, Ella | 5
Clarkson, Edward 10
Clarkson, Ella ' 1
Colburn, Eddie , 1
Colburn, Ernest 1
Colburn, Josie 1
Criswell, William j 6
Davidson, Mary 7
Davis, Mollie 1
Decker, Jacob officer.
Decker, Kate 5
Domer, Dr. S
Domer, Blair 1 2a
Domer, Charles 4
Domer, Delia, organist : 5
Domer, Lallie 11
Dunn, Eddie 2b
Eckhardt, Amy 11
Fainsburg, Edwin 1
Fauth, W 2b
Fay man, Lizzie 12
Fenwick, Daisv 1
Fenwick, Stella 1
Ford, Alfred 1
Fox, Albert F , officer 3
Fox, Gracie t
Fox, Maggie 1
French, Ada 5
French, Fnniiie 5
Gardner, Harvey 2 a
Geib, Edith ." :
Geib, Nannie 1
Gentner, Emma 8
Gentuer, Fred ' 2b
Name.
Gentner, Ida
Gentner, Kate
Gentner, Maggie
Gentner, Mary
Gentner, Minnie
Gentner, Willie ,
Griffith, Mabel
Haight, Eddie
Haight, Harry
Harling, Fannie
Henley, James
Hoi on, Herbert.
Hood, W
Hoover, William
Houtz, Edith
Houtz, Emma
Houtz, Lulie
Houtz, Willie
House. J. C
House, Thomas
Iredell, Eugenie
Kelly, Elwood
Kennedy, Edward ....
Krause, Charles
Krause, Harrv
Keuhling, J. H
Lee, Cornelia
Lenman, John
Loeffler, George
I.osauo, Richard.
Luerrsen, Alice
Mankin, J. F
Mosheuvel, Anthony.
Mosheuvel, Nellie
McClain, J. F
McCollough, Kitty ....
McCorinick, Flora
McCormick, John. —
McCormick. Julia
McCormick, Minnie..
McCormick, John H.,
McLean, Frank
McWilliams. Elder....
Merrick, Addie
Merrick, Fred
Meyers, Charles ,
Meyers, Clara
Meyers, Emma
Meyers, Frank
Meyers, Granville ,
Meyers, L. H
Mixon, Kate
Mixon, Mary
Molair, Willie
Moore, Burton
Mott, Kate..
No. of
Class.
7
4
4
6
2a
8
5
8
2b
5
2a
13
6
8
4
2b
1
6
5
14
4
2a
8
4
2a
5
Muth, George officer,
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143
Name.
No of
Class.
Name.
No. of
Class.
1
1
1
8
1
5
1
2b
2b
I
8
1
1
1
2b
5
6
12
9
1
7
10
officer.
1 !
9
2a
7
5
5
9
6
6
7
7
1
8
Parker, J. C
Parker, Walter
11
Trebbi Harra
4
Turtoti, Willie
6
5
6
5
2b
Webel, Charles
Webel Chris
Rheem, C. B
6
5
1880.
January 7 Mr. Charles Webel was elected an assistant
to Mr. J. C. House, teacher of the Bible class.
On April 16 Mr. John F. Mankin, an active member
and teacher, while engaged in his work was accidentally
killed. Suitable resolutions were prepared and an en-
grossed copy was forwarded to the sister of the deceased.
The Sunday-school room was draped in mourning, and
a floral tribute ordered purchased for the funeral service.
Mr. Charles H. Ourand engrossed the resolutions, and
received a vote of thanks for the same. Mr. Ritter
succeeded Mr. Mankin as teacher of the class.
April 28 the superintendent reported the average
attendance as 147, and the average collections, $6.83; so
far during the year a noted advance.
In September the Sunday school voted to carpet the
lecture room,
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On December 27 it was decided that in addition to
those members who had not been absent during the
year, the names of those who could recite the titles of
the lessons and the golden texts for the year at the close
of the same should also be placed on the Roll of Honor,
class 1, instituted in 1879.
The Easter anniversary, Sunday night, March 28, was
noted by the "National Republican" of the 29th as
"one of the most magnificent emblematic celebrations,
so characteristic of the enterprise of the school and the
enthusiasm of the superintendent." The decorations
consisted of a gilded arch, covered with evergreen and
surmounted by a crown of glittering jets of gaslights;
beneath this towered a cross, also of evergreen, and so
constructed that the classes contributed to its finish with
boquets of flowers, from each of which stood out a letter
of gold, which made the cross present a magnificent
appearance, being entirely covered with flowers, with
the motto "Our Saviour is Risen." Above the cross
the words "Crown Him Lord of All" appeared with
great brilliancy. After this, by a neat arrangement, the
cross became an anchor, with the inscription " Alleluia."
The Christmas anniversary was noted by an original
design by the superintendent, "Jesus, the Way, the
Truth, and the Life."
The report of the secretary gave 19 classes, an en-
rollment of 201, and an average attendance of 135 — an
advance over the previous year. The primary class
numbered 53. Miss Minnie Schafer was appointed the
teacher of a class formed during the year. Twelve
scholars were present every session, and six others were
on the Roll of Honor for lessons and texts. The class
offerings amounted to $316.75, an average of $6.09 per
Sunday, or 4^. cents per member per Sunday, a noted
increase over the previous year. During the year
friends gave $25, with which were purchased 100 Bibles
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 145
for the use of the school. The lecture-room was over-
hauled and re-painted and new matting- provided at an
expense of $134.90, and the school pledged $300 for the
year 18S1 to aid in repairing the exterior of the church.
The highest attendance was reached on the third Sun-
day in January.
The following were the teachers at the end of the
year: Mr. John C. Parker, Mr. J. A. Weigle, Mr. J. J.
Decker, Mr. A. F. Fox, Mr. J. C. House, Mr. J. H.
McCormick, Mr. J. F. McClain, Mr. L. D. Alden, Dr.
S. Domer, Miss Mollie Davis, Miss May Parker, Miss
Emma Reiss, Miss Kate Rawlings, Miss Eulalie Domer,
Miss Minnie Schafer, Miss Emma Palmer, Miss Delia
Domer, Miss Lillian Chancey, Miss Ella Chancey, and
Mrs. E. C. Opperman.
1881.
In January Miss Annie E. Eckbert and Miss Fannie
Harling were elected teachers. The attendance in-
creased to 173 in April and 180 in December. Class
offerings amounted to $356.44, and the total receipts,
$627.36. The enrollment increased to 219 and the
average attendance to 150. The average class offering
was $6.85, over \ x />, cents per member per Sunday.
This was a gain in all directions over the previous year.
At the close of the year the subscription towards the
church improvement was increased from $300 to $500,
and a guarantee of $500 additional was made for the
year 1882, making $1,000 in all pledged by the school
for that purpose. Of this amount, $475 was paid during
this year, and was mainly raised by means of the
' ' dollar envelope, ' ' and by several entertainments
given.
At the Easter anniversary, April 17, an original de-
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sign, "Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness," was con-
structed with banners presented by the classes, and Rev.
Dr. Conrad, editor of the Lutheran Observer, delivered
an address.
The Christmas anniversary was one of unusual in-
terest, and the superintendent was presented with a
silver pitcher and cup by the ladies of the church.
It was during the latter part of this year that Mr.
I. N. Kalb became a member of the school, and the
assistant teacher of Rev. Dr. Domer's Bible class. One
teacher, Miss Kate Rawlings, resigned during the year.
1882.
The year 1882 was a most prosperous one from the
first. Mr. I. N. Kalb became the assistant superintend-
ent.
The Easter anniversary, April 9, showed an enroll-
ment of 244, an average attendance of 166, with an
average offering of $7.26. On March 5, 192 were pres-
ent, and the average for that month was 180. The
"Evening Critic," in its account of this anniversary,
stated "the floral decorations were simply superb, and
the elegant and significant Easter design for the Sunday-
school service by the superintendent, "Take up the
Cross," was unsurpassed by anything of the kind in
the city," and gave St. Paul's the credit of being a
"live Sunday school." At the morning sendee the
superintendent handed in his letter of dismissal from
the Memorial Church and became a member of St.
Paul's.
The anniversary at Christmas time was a most enjoy-
able one, with appropriate exercises. ' ' Jesus, our Star, ' '
was the design and object lesson.
The class collections amounted to $349.77, and the
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total receipts were $711.38. During the year 125 copies
of " Gem of Gems " were purchased, replacing " Songs
of Faith," which had been used as a song-book for a
number of years, and 25 settees were purchased for the
additional seating capacity of the school.
In October Miss Delia Domer, the pastor's eldest
daughter, who had been the efficient organist and
musical leader of the school for nearly eight years, was
married to Mr. John S. Alleman, of Harrisburg, and at
the wedding, which took place in the church, the super-
intendent, on behalf of the school, presented to her a
silver service.
1883.
At the annual meeting, held January 22, 1883, Mr. B.
Frank Meyers was elected secretary, and Miss Annie E.
Ourand, organist of the school. A vote of thanks was
tendered the retiring secretary, Mr. Clarence B. Rheem,
and ordered to be engrossed and accompanied by a suit-
able testimonial presented to him for excellent and help-
ful service during the last five years.
In April of this year the school was admitted to mem-
bership in "The Sunday-School Union of the District
of Columbia," and the superintendent was elected a
member of the executive committee of that Union, a
position which he has retained to this time (July, 1893).
The Easter anniversary was observed on March 25 in
the usual appropriate manner.
At the Christmas anniversary, December 30, the de-
sign and object lesson, "Jacob's Dream," was noted by
the "Critic" as the "best" of St. Paul's anniversaries.
" The presentation and development of this beautiful
design, until the mystic ladder stood out before the
great audience in all its beauty and significance, was a
148 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
scene of entertainment and instruction of no common
kind."
The late secretary, Mr. Rheem, was presented with a
large illustrated copy of the Lord's Prayer. The super-
intendent, in behalf of Mr. Henry Tallmadge, presented
to the church a memorial baptismal font in memory of
his daughter Bessie, who died November 7, 1882, in the
eighth year of her age. Dr. Domer responded, and in
behalf of the church accepted tire gift. The font was
then used for the first time by the baptism of his grand-
son, Domer Alleman.
The secretary's report showed the enrollment to be
246, average attendance 153, class contributions $417.52,
an average per Sunday of $8.03, or 5^ cents per member
per Sunday. The balance due on the $1,000 in aid of
the church improvement was paid during the year, and
$27.08 was sent to Rev. H. W. Kuhns, pastor of Grace
Church, Westminster, Md., to aid in rebuilding the
church, which had recently been destroyed by fire.
This contribution was suitably acknowledged by him on
behalf of his congregation. The highest attendance
was 185, on December 2.
Mr. George F. Muth became a teacher, and took
charge of a class organized April 15. Mr. I. N. Kalb,
Miss Emma Meyers, Miss Mary Davison, and Miss
Fanny Harling became teachers of classes newly organ-
ized. On Sunday morning, November 11, 1883, the
Sunday school joined with the congregation in cele-
brating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Martin
Luther.
1884.
On April 14 the officers and teachers met at the resi-
dence of Mr. A. F r Fox to open missionary boxes, and
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for other business and social purposes. Encouraging
reports were made.
At a quarterly meeting held at the church, June 29,
Mr. A. H. Nelson, the president of the Sunday-School
Union, Mr. W. H. H. Smith, superintendent of the
Western Presbyterian Sunday School, and the superin-
tendent of St. Paul's, Mr. L. D. Alden, addressed the
teachers on the results of the International Sunday-
School Convention recently held in Louisville, Ky., and
at which they had been present as delegates.
July 27, the attendance being only 75, the school was
taught as one class by the pastor, Dr. S. Domer.
August 10 Prof. Harry C. Davis, former secretary, was
present and addressed the school.
On October 9 "The Little Ones" was chosen as the
paper for the primary department.
October 12 Mr. Louis Meyers, former teacher, was
present and addressed the school.
On October 29 Mrs. E. C. Opperman and Miss Bettie
Suman took charge of new classes organized from the
primary department.
At the annual meeting, held December 14, the officers
of the school were re-elected for the ensuing year.
The report of the secretary at the Christinas anni-
versary showed an enrollment of 234, an average attend-
ance of 158, or t<3 of all. The average offering was 4.9
cents per member per Sunday. The 21 classes gave
during the year $403.28 class offerings, or $7.76 per
Sunday. The total receipts were $720.06.
The Easter anniversary, April 13, surpassed all like
services during prior years. An original design and
object lesson by the superintendent, " The Fountain of
Life," was pronounced the best "St. Paul's" ever had.
The "Daily Post" stated that "the decorations were
noticeable for their arrangement and exquisite beauty."
The attendance of the school on this date was 202, 200
150 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
and over being noted for the first time in many years.
During the year Miss Lula Rheem took Miss Harling's
place as teacher.
The Christmas anniversary was held December 28.
The design and object lesson, " The Wonderful One,"
made it an occasion of great interest.
On Sunday, May 18, Dr. S. Barnitz and other Lu-
theran pastors were present at St. Paul's, and at 4 P.
M. the school took part in the Union Meeting of Lu-
theran Sunday Schools, held at the Memorial Church,
on the four hundredth anniversary of Luther's birth.
The school marched up with some 200 in ranks and
occupied a position on the left, facing the pulpit.
Each school sang a selected song, that of St. Paul's
being " Mercy's Free," and at the close of the exercises,
while the immense audience was being dismissed, each
school by call, St. Paul's was requested to sing again,
and was much complimented on its appearance and
singing.
1885.
At the annual meeting, held January 7, 1885, Mr.
Charles S. Domer resigned as librarian, and Mr. Charles
H. Ourand was elected to fill the vacancy, with Mr.
Domer as his assistant.
The Easter emblem anniversary, on April 5, was a
great success, and the different class emblems were re-
markably handsome and appropriate. A jug-breaking
concert took place the next evening.
On June 14 the school was addressed by Rev. Dr.
Reninger, of Omaha, and on September 20 by Rev. Dr.
Kuhns, of Canton, Ohio.
At the Christmas anniversary, held December 27, 1885,
the secretary's and the treasurer's reports showed the
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enrollment 261 and the average attendance 148. The
class collections were $454.59, and the total receipts
$736.32. The average Sunday offering, $8.74, or 5.9
cents per member. Nineteen classes were on record
at the close of the year. Twenty-tliree teachers and
63 other members were noted as members of the church —
86 iu all, or l / s of the school. During this year the
school supported the mission at Eureka, Kansas, at a
cost of $300. Large additions and improvements were
made to the library. Mr. J. J. Decker resigned as
teacher December 31.
The following is the roll of the school at the close of
the year, and the end of the first 7% years of Mr. Alden's
charge of the school, as published in the "Pastoral
Letter" of January and February, 1886:
Superintendent — Lucius D. Alden.
Assistant Superintendent — I. N. Kalb.
Treasurer — A. F. Fox.
Secretary — B. F. Meyers.
Librarian. — Chas. H. Ourand.
Assistant Librarian — Chas. S. Domer.
Organist and Leader of Music — Miss Annie E.
Ourand.
Primary Class.
Miss Mollie E. Davis and Miss May A. Parker,
teachers. Louis Adams, Grace Alden, Russell Alden,
Eddie Augusterfer, Hugh Augusterfer, Tommy Augus-
terfer, Florence Baldwin, Minnie Barron, Bertha Behr-
ens, Bessie Burbridge, Daisy Burbridge, Eva Betz, Nelly
Betz, Frank Blue, Gertie Blue, Clarence Brower, Blanche
Cassell, Harry Cassell, Ruby Clarkson, Willie Clarkson,
Annie Connor, Agnes Droop, Bertha Droop, Freddie
DeMoll, Clara Donch, Harry Domer, Lilie Eberly,
Nettie Eberly, Blanche Ewald, Pauline Ewald, Ella
Ewig, Martha Ewig, Eddie Fox, Grace Gonzenbach,
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Nellie Harr, John Haskins, Margie Hubert, Maggie
Iseman, Arthur Johnson, Harry Johnson, Willie John-
son, Freddie Koss, Minnie Koss, Arthur Krause, Gordon
Krause, Gussie Krause, Mark Krause, Christina Kultz,
Louie Leeds, Charles Linkins, Arthur Luerrsen, Roscoe
Livingstone, Mamie Mann, Ella McCormick, Bessie
Moore, Florence Moshuevel, Bertie Muth, Eddie Muth,
Lizzie Nixon, Minnie Nixon, Bertha Orth, Guy Ourand,
Ella Simmons, Mattie Simmons, Eva Smith, Sadie
Smith, Harry Utermehle, Hattie Watson, Stuart Wilson.
Junior Department.
Mr. Edward T. Kaiser, teacher. Ada Augusterfer,
Gertie Barron, Clara Cassell, Jennie Essig, Grace Grif-
fith, Pauline Hills, May Hough, Lily Krause, Stella
Mann, Blanche Pendel, Ida Tyler.
Miss Bettie Sumau, teacher. Frank Brower, Wm.
Gentner, Harry James, Fred Kahlert, Harry Krause,
Eddie Leeds, Geo. Linkins, Jno. Haskins.
Mr. George F. Muth, teacher. Frances Augusterfer,
Bertha Bartels, Maggie Fox, Mabel Griffith, Isouline
Hall, Mary Hall, Olena Hough, Minnie McCormick,
Lizzie Young.
Miss Emma Meyers, teacher. Wm. Behrens, Wm.
Belt, Geo. Brower, Carl Droop, Howard Griffith, Chas.
Hines, Jno. Rouzer.
Miss Annie E. Ourand, teacher. Florence Barron,
Ella Clarkson, Katie Ewig, Lillie Ewig, Blanche Fink,
Maggie Gentner, Minnie Gentner, Lillie Keenan, Jessie
Mann.
Miss Lilian Chauncey, teacher. Ella Boyer, Maggie
Essig, Addie Harr, Belle Leeds, Edith Nixon, Jessie
Nixon, Julia Ourand, Maud Ripley, Nettie Seitz, Johanna
Kultz.
Senior Department.
Mr. L. D. Alden, teacher. Alfred Buhrman, Edward
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Cassell, William A. Domer, Jos. Eckhardt, Burton
Moore.
Mr. Jno. H. McCormick, teacher. Win. Baily, Jno.
Fink, Win. James, Harry Hamilton, Wm. Harr, Chas.
Krause, John McCormick, A. S. McClain, Anthony
Mosheuvel.
Miss Emma Palmer, teacher. Mary Clements, Tillie
Clements, Annie Iseman, Alice Euerrsen, Rosa Lovejoy,
Nelly Moshuevel, Minnie Seitz.
Mr. J. J. Decker, teacher. Horace Brower, Edward
Clarkson, Charles S. Domer, B. Frank Meyers, Wm. M.
Rheem, Selby Wilson.
Miss Annie Eckbert, teacher. Emma Gentner, Annie
Kneessi, Flora McCormick, Eva Scott, Roberta Wilson,
Eaura Zeh.
Miss Minnie Schafer, teacher. Jennie Barron, Minnie
Brower, Fannie Crowell, Edith Geib, Ida Gentner, Myra
Hendley, Clara Hills, Bertie Kinney.
Miss Eulalie Domer, teacher. Bella Bartels, Eaura
Brower, Viola Callahan, Ella Chauncey, Amy Eckhardt,
Grace Fox, Nannie Geib, Alice Hutchins, Katy Kahlert,
Mamie Kranbiehl, Nelly Spencer, Clem. Stinzing,
Annie Wise.
Mr. John C. Parker, teacher. Chauncey Botsford, Ed.
Donn, Fred. Gentner, John Hoffman, Clarence Hough,
Wm. Houtz, J. Granville Myers, D. Frank Parker.
Mr. Albert F. Fox, teacher. Edward C. Belt, Jacob
L. Boyer, Ulysses E. Boyer, Jno. Donch, Wm. Donch,
Portus B. McEain, Henry Orth, Chas. H. Ourand,
George W. Scott, Walter Scott, Horace G. Seitz, Ed.
Webel.
Mr. Jno. F. McClain, teacher. M. Blair Domer,
Harvey Gardner, Wm. Hoover, Chas. W. Meyers, Clar-
ence B. Rheem, Emil G. Schafer, Julius M. Schneider,
Harry M. Schneider, Elder McWilliams, Eee Pitchlynn,
S. C. Stokes.
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Mr. I. N. Kalb, teacher. Misses Kate Decker, Lilia
Haskins, Clara Meyers, Sophie Pitchlynn, Mrs. S. G.
Kirby, Mrs. Harriet Reamer, Messrs. John G. Meyers,
Edward Hamilton, E. W. Hansell, N. Z. Seitz, H. H.
Seltzer.
Rev. S. Domer, D. D. , teacher. Misses Susie Francke,
Fannie Harling, Annie Hough, Ella Millspaugh, Mabel
Young, Clara Schneider, Annie Kaiser, Messrs. Thos.
F. Pendel, Henry Raabe, Chas. Webel, H. M. Griffeth.
December, 1885, names on the roll, 249 — viz. : Pri-
mary class, 71 ; other classes, 178, including 20 officers
and teachers.
1886.
At a meeting held January 19, 1886, all of the offi-
cers were re-elected for the current year and Miss Ella
Millspaugh was appointed a teacher from January 1st of
a new class of boys organized from the primary depart-
ment.
The Easter anniversary took place on April 25, and
the next evening a jug-breaking concert was held. The
Sunday school at this time was noted as "never more
prosperous and flourishing."
May 23 Rev. Dr. Parson was present at the closing
exercises.
June 21 the school united with other Lutheran schools
in a union excursion and picnic at Glymont on the
Potomac.
September 8 the school joined in the reunion of
Lutherans at Penmar.
October 24 the "birthday bank" appeared on the
desk of the superintendent and has remained there since
that date. Miss Mabel Griffith made the first birthday
offerino-.
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The Christmas anniversary was held Sunday, Decem-
ber 26, with design by the superintendent entitled
"The Star of Bethlehem."
The reports showed an enrollment of 293, and an
average attendance of 163. The class offerings were
$549.24, or $10.56 per Sunday, and an average per mem-
ber of 6y 2 cents. The total receipts were $1,221.43.
During the year the school supported the mission at
Eureka, Kansas.
The work of the Sunday school was very fully noted
in the "Pastoral Letter" of January, 1887.
1887.
The year opened with 21 classes, including 2 new
ones under the charge of Miss Amy Eckhardt and Miss
Roberta Wilson. On January 16 the attendance reached
210, the largest for 15 years, and 7 more than at any
previous time in Dr. Domer's pastorate. On January
23, 214 were noted present.
At the Easter anniversary, April 10, the reports
showed a further advance. At that time, of the 92
members of the primary class, only two teachers and
five of the scholars remained of the class of 1882. On
the following evening the jug- breaking concert took
place.
The superintendent attended the sessions of the
International Sunday School Convention, to which he
had again been elected a delegate, held in Chicago, 111.,
during June 1, 2, and 3.
During this year, on Sunday, June 5, at 3 P. M., the
Sunday school started a mission in South Washington at
Blake's Hall, on Seventh street, with Mr. N. Z. Seitz as
the superintendent. October 17 Mr. Seitz, Mr. Boyer,
and Mr. George Simmons were appointed a committee
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to select more suitable quarters for the mission school.
These were found at Potomac Hall, on Eleventh street
southwest. In Mr. Alden's report of January 5, 1888,
he referred to this mission as follows: " This good work
was begun, and the responsibility for the rent and other
expenses and the furnishing of all the necessary equip-
ments of a good school was assumed by St. Paul's Sun-
day school, with the definite idea of the mission result-
ing in the establishment of a Lutheran Church in that
part of the city." The mission has resulted in St.
Mark's Lutheran Church.
June 27 the school enjoyed an excursion down the
Potomac, made most pleasant by the committee in
charge.
On August 18 Mr. Charles H. Ourand, an excellent
librarian, tendered his resignation, and Mr. Charles S.
Domer became librarian.
On October 17 Mr. N. Z. Seitz and Mr. Thomas
Pendel were elected teachers, taking the places of Miss
Minnie Schafer and Miss Annie Ourand, who were
compelled to resign on account of ill health. Mr.
Chauncey Bottsford, Mr. Edward Clarkson, and Miss
Gertrude Donath were also elected teachers, the latter
of a class organized November 23. Miss Ella Mills-
paugh resigned February 6, having left the city.
During the year the school was visited and addressed
by Rev. Dr. Barnitz, February 27, Rev. Dr. Conrad,
March 27, and on July 17 by Rev. Mr. Hubler, prior to
his departure as a missionary to Africa, where he soon
after met his death.
In the early part of the year the efficient organist and
musical leader of the school, Miss Annie E. Ourand,
resigned, and Mrs. Mary Hazard became organist, and
on December 2 Mr. E. D. Tracy was appointed musical
director.
At the Christinas treat, December 29th, the retiring
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secretary, Mr. B. Frank Meyers, was presented with a
handsome silk umbrella as a mark of appreciation for
his valuable services as secretary of the school for six
years, 1883-88, inclusive, much of that period living
at Brightwood, a distance of several miles from the
school, and yet always on hand and attentive to duty.
The reports at the end of 1887 gave the enrollment as
269, in 22 classes; 214 were present on three occasions.
The average for the month of April was 207. The
average attendance for the year was 179. The class
collections were $604.57, an average of $11.63, or 6%
cents per member per Sunday. The total receipts were
$924.67. The disbursements were $897.94, of which
$231 was for the mission school.
1888.
During this year many changes took place. The
school lost in membership by a large number withdraw-
ing to attend the mission scool and for other reasons.
On March 11 Mr. B. F. Jacobs, chairman of the
International Lesson Committee, was present and ad-
dressed the school.
On April 31 the treasurer, Mr. A. F. Fox, paid to
the trustees of the church $150 towards the purchase of
a pipe organ, the first money contributed for that pur-
pose.
On June 24 "Children's Day" was kept for the first
time, with services in the audience room of the church
after the regular session. On this occasion Mr. Fox
was presented by the school with a silver service and
by the superintendent with a large framed certificate of
membership as a testimonial, he having completed 25
years' continuous service in the school.
On November 29, 1888, a silver service was also pre-
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sented by the school to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Rh'eem
on the occasion of their marriage in the church. The
groom was a former secretary of the school, and the
bride the pastor's daughter and a teacher in the school
for many years.
At the Christmas anniversary the secretary reported
20 classes, with an enrollment of 293, an average attend-
ance of 177, and the largest attendance, November 18,
was 215 present. Over 200 were present on 14 occa-
sions. The class offerings were $605.33, an average
collection of $11 64, or 67^ cents per member per Sun-
day, the star record to this date. The total receipts
were $830.22. Of the $920.07 disbursed during the
year, $606.15 was for objects outside of the direct ex-
penses of the school.
On February 19 Miss Betty Suman resigned as teacher
and Mr. E. B. Corcoran was elected a teacher in her
place.
In November and December a series of illustrated
lectures, by Prof. B. P. Murray, was given at the expense
of the school, free to the membership, and was largely
attended and much appreciated.
December 1, 1888, Miss Grace E. Fox became organ-
ist of the school, succeeding Mrs. Hazard.
During this year the last service of the congregation
in the "old" church took place June 17, and the
church, altered and improved, was rededicated Decem-
ber 2. On the afternoon of that day the Sunday school
held a special service in the audience room, in which
they were joined by the South Washington mission,
St. Mark's.
1889.
On January 7 Mr. B. F. Meyers, secretary for six
years, was appointed a teacher, and Mr. William
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Domer became secretary. Miss May Parker, the assistant
teacher of the primary department since 1876, was trans-
ferred as teacher, to the junior department in charge of a
new class from the primary department.
Under date of January 21, 1889, Rev. S. B. Barnitz,
D. D., the Western Secretary of Home Missions, wrote
as follows:
"Dear Bro. Alden:
"Heartily do I rejoice with you and the great Sun-
day school of St. Paul's, first, on entering the new and,
I know, beautiful Sunday-school rooms; second, on St.
Paul's Mission at Eureka, Kansas, becoming self-sus-
taining. A great and blessed work your Sunday school
has done at Eureka. Who can estimate the results of
establishing a church and Sunday school ? At the last
' great day ' for which all other days were made, many
who have been led to the Saviour at Eureka, Kansas,
will rise up to call St. Paul's of Washington, D. C,
'blessed.' Congratulations and heart-felt prayer for a
great year — 1889."
On March 31 Rev. I. C. Burke was present and ad-
dressed the school.
At the Easter anniversary, April 21, the Sunday
school of the Protestant Orphan Asylum took part in
the exercises, also singing a special hymn.
At the children's day service, June 23, the school was
addressed by Rev. A. Stump.
"Home Mission Day," Novembers, was celebrated
with much interest and enthusiasm; 275 were present
and the class offerings amounted to $80. 50.
At the Christmas anniversary, December 27, large
numbers were unable to obtain admission to the crowded
church. A song service, "Our Great Messiah," was
beautifully rendered. Miss Mollie E. Davis, teacher in
charge of the primary class since 1876, was presented
with a handsome onyx table and a bronze vase, the gifts
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of her class, and the superintendent received a golden
present from the officers and teachers of the school.
The report of the secretary showed the school to be
in a prosperous condition, the enrollment 295, average
attendance 199, or 7^ of all. The attendance on Easter
reached 260, and over 200 were present on 31 occasions.
The treasurer reported the total receipts for the year
$767.09, and the class offerings $559.07, an average per
Sunday of $10.75, or 5.3-7 cents per member.
During the year the following teachers resigned or
withdrew : Miss May Parker, Miss Lillian Chancey,
and Mrs. C. B. Rheem. The new teachers were Mr.
M. M. Rouzer, Mr. J. A.Weigle, Miss Clara Meyers,
Miss Flora McCormick, Miss Belle F. Leeds, Miss
Margaret R. Fox, and Miss Frances Augusterfer. Mr.
E. D. Tracy continued as musical director until Decem-
ber 1 of this year.
1890.
This proved an unusually prosperous year. At the
annual meeting, March 3, 1890, Mr. J. Granville Meyers
became secretary in place of Mr. William Domer, and
Mr. Philip Muth was elected assistant secretary to fill
an original vacancy. Mr. George F. Muth was elected
librarian, and Messrs. William Belt and George R.
Linkins, assistants. Mr. John H. McCormick was
elected second assistant superintendent to fill an original
vacancy, and Miss Margaret R. Fox, assistant organist.
vSix new classes were organized from the primary de-
partment.
At the Easter anniversary, April 6, Mr. George F.
Muth was presented by the school with a silver pitcher
and goblet, and by the superintendent with a large
framed certificate of membership, as a testimonial for
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twenty-five years' continuous membership in the Sun-
day school.
During- this year, to June 30, awards for study were
given, as had been the custom since April 1, 1887. In
June the superintendent was, for the third time, elected
a delegate to the International Sunday School Conven-
tion, held at Pittsburg, Pa.
March 16, Mr. Robert Weidensall, of Omaha, Neb. ;
July 27, Rev. E. H. Delk, of Hagerstown, Md. ;
August 3, Rev. Dr. Henry Baker, of Altoona, Pa., were
present and addressed the school.
September 14 Miss Mollie Davis, in charge of the
primary department for the last fifteen years, resigned
on account of removal from the city, and Miss Grace E.
Fox, organist of the school, and assistant teacher in the
primary department, was appointed by the superintend-
ent teacher in charge of the primary department, and
Miss Margaret R. Fox was appointed organist of the
school.
The following teachers resigned: Miss Gertrude
Donath, Miss Roberta Wilson, Miss Minnie Seitz, Mr.
Thomas F. Pendel, and Miss Mollie Davis and Miss
Nettie Seitz, of the primary department, most of these
leaving the city. The following teachers were ap-
pointed: Miss Sina Kibler, Miss Minnie and Miss Net-
tie Seitz, Miss Jennie Barron, Miss Helen Schreiner,
Miss Miriam Meals, Miss Nellie Moshueval, and Miss
Minnie Brower. The last five were all from Miss
Emma Palmer's class.
The attendance on Easter Sunday reached 268.
Christmas anniversary was held December 28, with the
song service, ' ' Our Royal Prince. ' ' At the usual week-
night Christmas treat, large offerings for the poor were
given, as had been the custom of the school for many
years.
During this year the primary department, although
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reduced in numbers through the transfer to the junior
department of six new classes, gained i teacher and
52 scholars, and numbered at the end of the year 84
members.
The secretary reported 28 classes, and an enrollment
of 335, the primary department having 1 teacher and
83 scholars, or V\ of all. The average attendance for
the year was 204, the "star" record. The treasurer
reported the total receipts as $790.85, of which $580.64
were class offerings, an average offering of $11. 17, or over
5^ cents per member. The largest collection was on
October 19, $35.49. The disbursements were $890.47,
including $75 for painting the Sunday-school room, and
$14.67, the expenses of the superintendent as the dele-
gate of the school at the International Sunday-School
Convention. These expenses had been defrayed by the
school on two previous occasions. On December 29,
1890, at the annual meeting the present officers were
re-elected for the ensuing year. In November the su-
perintendent was elected President of the Sunday School
Union of the District of Columbia, and was since so
elected for the years 1892 and 1893.
1891.
This year opened with 256 present on the first Sun-
day, which increased to 288 on Easter, March 29. The
Easter anniversary showed the enrollment to be 362;
the average attendance for February, 263, the largest
average for February on record. At this time the super-
intendent asked for the parsonage for Sunday-school
purposes, and later new settees were purchased to ac-
commodate the increased membership and attendance.
On September 27 the first " rallying day " was held,
and the 300 limit was reached and passed, 302 being
present,
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On March 15 the school was addressed by Luigo An-
gelina, representing the Protestant mission work in
Rome, Italy.
During this year the following teachers were ap-
pointed : Mr. Elder McWilliams, Miss Zada Kemp,
Miss Margie Hubert, Miss Minnie and Miss Nettie
Seitz; and the following resigned: Miss Mollie Turner,
Miss Sina Kibler, and Miss Zada Kemp.
At the annual meeting on December 28, 1891, the
present officers were re-elected, and Mr. Edward Muth
was elected assistant organist.
At the Christmas anniversary, December 27, owino-
to the absence of the superintendent and assistant
superintendent, Mr. A. F. Fox took charge.
The secretary reported the enrollment to be 380, in
28 classes; average attendance, 223; the primary de-
partment numbered 113, and the school was noted to be
in a most nourishing condition. Over 200 were present
on 35 occasions ; the average attendance in February
was 263, and in December, 261. The treasurer re-
ported the total receipts to have been $967.29, the class
collections being $734.12, an average collection of
$14.12, or 6*4 cents per member. The disbursements
included new settees, part payment of metallic ceiling
in school room, and $619.81 for other than the Sunday-
school expenses.
At a meeting held December 28, at the residence of
the superintendent, the records of the school were ex-
amined and compared, and the year 1891 was admitted
by all present to fully equal if not surpass the best years
of the former history of the school, those of 1867 an ^
1868. A new song book, "living Hymns," was
ordered purchased to replace the ' ' Gem of Gems, ' '
which had been used since 1882.
January 4, Rev. Dr. George Scholl, Secretary Foreign
Mission Board; April 12, Rev, H. H. Weber, Secretary
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Board of Church Extension; July 26, Rev. Dr. R. W.
Hufford, of Easton, Pa. ; August 2, Rev. Dr. G. W.
Enders, of York, Pa. ; August 9, Rev. Dr. S. W. Owen,
of Hagerstown, Aid. ; August 16, Rev. Dr. W. S. Freas,
of York, Pa., (the last four pastor's supply), were pres-
ent and addressed the school, as did Rev. Charles But-
ler, of this city, November 22. In December Mr. J. G.
Weaver, superintendent from 1848 to 1858, died, and
was buried from the church.
Report of the Secretary for the Year Ending Decem«
ber 25, 1892.
( Read at the Anniversary on the night of December 25, 1892.)
I have the honor to submit the following report for
the year ending this day. The organization of the
school is as follows:
Number of officers, 14. all of whom are class mem-
bers.
One Adult Department; classes, 10; teachers, 10;
scholars, 122; enrollment, 132.
One Intermediate Department; classes, 20; teachers,
20; scholars, 178; enrollment, 198.
One Primary Department; classes, 1; teachers, 2;
scholars, 115; enrollment, 117.
Total — Departments, 3; classes, 31; teachers, 32;
scholars, 415; enrollment, 447.
A net gain of 1 department; classes, 3; teachers,
2; scholars, 65; being a total gain of 67 members.
During the year over 200 were present on 42 Sundays
and over 300 were present on 11 Sundays.
The largest attendance was on Easter Sunday, April
17, 340 being present. Largest in 1891, 302.
The largest collection was on Home Mission day,
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November 13, $125.57. Largest in 1891, Home Mission
day, $80.50. The second largest was this morning, hav-
ing $111.79.
The average Sunday attendance was 255, a gain of
32 over 1891, the next best year. The average Sunday
collection was $19.35, a gain of $5.23 over 1891, the
next best year.
The average offering per member per Sunday was
7. 10-17 cents, a gain of i^( cent over 1891.
The largest average per Sunday for any month for
attendance, is 317 for April.
The largest collection per Sunday, for any month,
was for November, having $42.47.
The largest collection for any one month was for
November; amount, $170. The largest collection for
any one quarter was for the fourth quarter; amount,
$405.67.
The largest attendance in the primary department
was 113, on May I, and the smallest was 38, on July 31.
Four new classes were organized during the year from
the primary department and transferred to the inter-
mediate. A total of 30 classes from the primary de-
partment since 1879.
One class in the intermediate department was trans-
ferred and promoted to the adult department and con-
solidated with the class taught by Mr. George F. Muth,
its teacher, Mrs. E. C. Opperman, having left the city.
Nine teachers have been appointed during the year,
and we have lost seven: two by death, three by resigna-
tion and removal, and two by transfer to the scholars'
roll.
Three deaths have occurred during the year, the
first since May, 1890: Mr. John H. McCormick, assist-
ant superintendent of the intermediate department and
also a teacher, died May 17; Mr. Isaac N. Kalb, associate
superintendent in charge of the adult department, and
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also a teacher in this department, died May 28 ; and
Mrs. Henry Raabe, member of Dr. Domer's class — a
total of 22 deaths since July 1, 1878; three teachers and
19 scholars.
The following-named persons constitute the Roll of
Honor for the year 1892:
CLASS NO. 1.
Present every Sunday — For the first time: Miss Bella
Bartells, Miss Ida Kieny,Miss May Walter, Miss Florence
Sauer, Miss Anna Grace Alden. For the second time :
Master William Linkins, Miss Annie Walter, Miss Flor-
ence Walter. For the third time: Miss Minnie Barron,
Miss Florence Mosheuvel, Master Clarence Brower.
For the fourth time : Mr. B. Frank Meyers. For the
eighth time : Miss Gertrude Barron, Mr. Harry Krause,
Mr. Guy Ourand. For the twelfth time : Mr. Charles
O. Krause, star record.
Reciting the titles and golden texts of the 48 lessons
in 1892, on the last Sunday of the year — For the first
time: Miss Helen DeMoll. For the second time: *Miss
Hattie E. Alden, *Miss May Harris. For the third
time : Miss Anna Grace Alden. For the fourth time :
Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt, Miss Grace E. Fox, Miss Mary
Moore, Master Russell Alden. For the sixth time: Miss
Margaret R. Fox.
CLASS NO. 2.
Absent but one Sunday — Miss Helen DeMoll, Mr.
Edward Muth, Miss Maggie Iseman, Miss Gertrude
Pond, Mr. Mark Krause, Mr. M. M. Rouzer, Miss Bertie
Muth, Mr. Harry Veit, Miss Minnie Shultzbach— 4
male, 5 female. Total, 9.
class no. 3.
Absent but two Sundays — Miss Ada Augusterfer, Miss
Elsie Moore, Miss Mary Augusterfer, Miss Mary Moore,
Miss Jennie Barron, Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, Miss Susie
* Primary Department.
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Corcoran, Miss Nettie E. Seitz, Mr. George R. Linkins,
Miss Ella Simmons, Mr. George Luders, Miss Olivia
Sonder, Mr. Harry Veit — 4 male, 9 female. Total, 13.
The banner for attendance is awarded to Miss Belle
F. Leed's class, this class having made the best average
during the year.
1. The banner for collection is awarded to Mr. John
F. McClain's class. Enrollment, 16; collections,
$144.61.
2. The class ranking second is the primary depart-
ment, Miss Grace E. Fox and Miss Nettie E. Seitz,
teachers. Enrollment, 117; collections, $138.87.
3. The class ranking third is that of Mr. A. F. Fox
Enrollment, 15; collection, $101.90.
4. The class ranking fourth is that of Mr. M. M.
Rouzer. Enrollment, 11; collections, $58.44.
5. The class ranking fifth is that of Mr. John C.
Parker. Enrollment, 5; collections, $54.99.
6. The class ranking sixth is that of Rev. Dr.
Domer. Enrollment, 25; collections, $53.30.
The remaining classes have all done well, and their
standing at this time is very encouraging.
During the year the school has donated to St. Mark's
Lutheran Sunday School of this city 50 Gem of Gems
song books; to St: John's Sunday School of Wellington,
Kansas, 75 song books; to St. Paul's Sunday School of
Newark, Ohio, 125 library books, and has given 24
Bibles to a small colored school in the country.
Our new song book first used in January, "Living
Hymns," has given entire satisfaction, and is a most
excellent selection for the school.
The adult department, organized January 1, has
grown by transfers and new members, and, occupying
the audience room of the church during the lesson hour,
it offers for study of the Word special advantages to its
members.
l68 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The intermediate department has also grown by
accessions from the primary department and new mem-
bers, and can, by itself, quite fully occupy the entire
lecture room of the church.
The year has been one of marked prosperity in all
departments of the school, especially in the primary
department, which, starting the year with 1 13 members,
has sent four full classes to the intermediate depart-
ment, and now has a larger number on its roll than it
had January 1. It has crowded itself out of its old
quarters, and to-day for the first time occupied its new
room, which has a seating capacity of at least one-third
greater than the old one.
The entire school has gone forward, and the high
hopes and aims of one year ago have been realized and
accomplished.
The motto for the coming year will be " ONWARD."
And now with best wishes for a happy New Year to
the members and friends of the school, the records of
the year for 1892 are closed.
Very respectfully submitted,
J. Granville Meyers, Jr.,
Secretary.
The star class in contributions in 1892 was the young
men's class, taught by John F. McClain. Look at
the figures : Class collections, $144.61. All this sum
turned into the treasury by this one class! Do you
want to see the names of this class of young men ?
Turn to the roll of the school elsewhere. The primary
class did quite as well. Their collections were $138.87.
But the primary class takes first place so far in 1893,
with its offerings for the first six months of $85.54.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 169
Treasurer's Report for 1892.
Washington, D. C, December ji, 1S92.
To the Officers and Teachers of St. PauP s
English Lutheran Sunday School :
Ladies and Gentlemen : I beg leave to submit
the following as an accurate statement of receipts and
disbursements as Treasurer of the above-named school,
during the year 1892 :
Receipts.
Cash on hand January 1, 1892 $06 62
Knvelopes trom congregation on Foreign Mission Day 7 90
Easter anniversary envelopes $6 17
Basket collection 15 06
21 23
Children's Day, envelopes from congregation 16 57
': Basket collec' ion 12 67
29 24
Mrs. Flora Eckhardt's class entertainment of May 13, 1892 36 00
Miss Grace E. Fox, primary department entertainment, May 25,
1892 83 14
Dime helpers 38 81
Primary birthday bank, 1891 5 79
" " " 1»92 5 41
Main school birthday bank 12 85
Donations, etc 2 80
Luther day, envelopes from congregation 2 30
For three copies S. S. Times 1 50
Anniversary collection envelopes $6 01
Basket collection 12 09
18 10
Direct class offerings 1,000 99
$1,332 68
Disbursements.
Christmas treat, 1891 , $39 50
Sunday School Union dues 5 00
217 copies Living Hymns 76 45
200 Lutheran RVralds 24 00
Illustrated lessons 12 50
Flowers at funerals of members of school 6 00
Engrossing. and framing resolutions 18 80
Postals and printing 38 25
Rewards for attendance, etc 52 41
Lesson helps, Little Ones $12 00
Rev. Anstadt 49 60
Sunday School Times 15 00
Primary teachers 1 00
77 60
170 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Brought forward 350 51
Library, primary department $19 60
" main scheol 21 56
" repairing books 7 60
48 76
Plants on Children's Day 2 00
Towards payment of new piauo 15 32
Class books 3 50
Easter music 13 25
Christmas music 14 00
Picnic at Bay Ridge 18 10
Incidentals 63 49
Benevolence and objects other than support of school :
Home missions $152 20
Foreign " 103 40
Church extension 106 30
Orphans' Home 101 60
St. Mark's (South Washington) towards new pews ... 100 00
Church improvements 72 71
John C. Parker's class, towards church improvements 10 00
World's Fair Building 10 00
656 21
1892. $1,185 14
December 31. Balance in hands of Treasurer 147 54
$1,332 68
Respectfully submitted,
Albert F. Fox,
Treasurer.
We, the undersigned committee, appointed by the
teachers of St. Paul's English Lutheran Sunday School
to audit the accounts of its treasurer, beg leave to
report that we have performed that duty, and find the
foregoing account of receipts and expenditures correct
and the balance on hand deposited to the credit of
school at the Columbia National Bank of this city.
Edward T. Kaiser,
B. Frank Meyers,
Committee.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 171
Officers of the Sunday School, 1893.
Pastor :
Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D., 738 nth street northwest.
Superintendent :
Mr. Lucius D. Alden, 809 L, street northwest.
Assistants :
Adult Department — Mr. Dan N. Klapp,
59 New York avenue northwest.
Intermediate Department — Mr. Charles Phillips,
908 8th street northwest.
Primary Department — Miss Grace B. Fox,
16 Grant Place.
Miss Nettie E. Seitz,
1 1 24 8th street northwest.
Secretaries :
Mr. J. Granville Meyers, i 124 8th street northwest.
Mr. Philip E. Muth, 908 8th street northwest.
Treasurer :
Mr. Albert F. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Librarians ;
Mr. William P. Belt, 614 22d street northwest.
Mr. George R. Ljnkins, 1808 G street northwest.
Musical Director :
Mr. George F. Muth, 908 8th street northwest.
Organist :
Miss Margaret R. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Assistant ;
Mr. Edward Muth, 1124 8th street northwest.
172 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Teachers of the Sunday School, 1893.
Mr. Lucius D. Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Miss Ada Augusterfer, 804 E street northeast.
Miss Frances Augusterfer, 804 E street northeast.
Miss Jennie Barron, 736 nth street northwest.
Miss Minnie Brower, 1 108 6th street northwest.
Rev. Dr. Samuel Domer, 738 nth street northwest.
Miss Annie Eckbert, 738 nth street northwest.
Miss Amy Eckhardt, 1140 18th .street northwest.
Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt, 1140 18th street northwest.
* Miss Nannie Fleming, 924 Massachusetts avenue N. W.
Mr. Albert F. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Miss Grace E. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Miss Margaret R. Fox, 16 Grant Place.
Mrs. N. T. Haller, 1739 S street northwest.
Miss Margaret R. Hubert, 903 6th street northwest.
Miss Zada Kemp, 600 7th street southwest.
Mr. Dan. N. Klapp, 59 New York avenue northwest.
Mr. Lee Landers, 1131 8th street northwest. ■
Miss Belle F. Leeds, 1314 6th street northwest.
Miss May Levers, 12 19 I street northwest.
Mr. John F. McClain, 717 9th street northwest.
Mr. Elder McWilliams, 414 L street northwest.
Mr. B. Frank Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
Miss Clara Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
Miss Emma O. Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest
Mrs. J. Granville Meyers, Jr., 1258 8th street northwest.
Miss Nelly Mosheuvel, 630 New York avenue northwest.
Mr. George F. Muth, 908 8th street northwest.
Mr. John C. Parker, 1430 6th street northwest.
Mr. Charles Phillips, 908 8th street northwest.
Mr. M. M. Rouzer, 332 H street northeast.
Miss Nettie Seitz, 11 24 8th street northwest.
Mr. H. H. Seltzer, 443 5th street northeast.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ernest Fox, 207 G street northeast,
t Mr. Henry F. Raabe, 1221 10th street northwest.
f Miss Ella House, 1222 H street northwest.
Miss Mabel Griffiths, 947 Massachusetts avenue N. W.
Miss Gertie Barron, 736 nth street northwest.
* To May 1, 1893.
| Teachers from July 1, 1893.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 73
Report of the Superintendent, July 31, 1893.
Organization of the Sunday School to include
June 30, 1893.
By Departments — Adult, Intermediate, Primary, oc-
cupying the audience room, the lecture and class rooms.
ADULT DEPARTMENT.
Organized January 1, 1892, with Mr. I. N. Kalb,
associate superintendent in charge. He was last pres-
ent March 13, 1892; taken ill at the close of the ses-
sion, and died May 28, 1892.
Mr. H. H. Seltzer, assistant superintendent in charge
from March 28, 1892, and superintendent from No-
vember 14, 1892, to December 31, 1892. Office now
vacant.
Mr. Dan. N. Klapp, assistant superintendent Novem-
ber 14, 1892.
Classes, 10; mixed, 3; male, 3; female, 4; teachers,
10; scholars, 137- enrollment, 147.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
Mr. Lucius D. Alden, superintendent of the Sunday
school, in charge since July 1, 1878.
Mr. John H. McCormick, assistant superintendent
from January 1, 1889. Last present May 8, 1892, and
died May 17, 1892.
Mr. Charles Phillips, assistant superintendent from
November 14, 1892.
Classes, 19; male, 6; female, 13; teachers, 19; schol-
ars, 179; enrollment, 198.
174 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Miss Grace H. Fox, superintendent and teacher in
charge from September 14, 1890.
Miss Nettie E. Seitz, assistant superintendent and
teacher since December 17, 189 1.
Mrs. Fannie Haller, assistant teacher since January
1st, 1893.
Class, mixed 1; teachers, 3; scholars, 132; enroll-
ment, 135.
THREE DEPARTMENTS.
Classes, 30; mixed, 4; male, 12; female, 14; teachers,
32; scholars, 448; enrollment, 480.
Net gain during 1892: Classes, 3; teachers, 2; scholars,
65; total net gain, 67, or over 1/^ per cent.
Net gain during first 6 months 1893, 33 scholars.
Net gain for the year ending June, 1893, 1 teacher, 56
scholars; 57 in all, or about 13^2 per cent.
Net gain since January 1, 1892, 100 members, or
over 26 per cent.
RECAPITULATION.
Classification by Sex.
ADULT DEPARTMENT.
Male teachers, 7; male scholars, 66; female teachers,
3; female scholars, 71; or male members, 73; female
members, 74. Total 147, or about three-tenths of all.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
Male teachers, 6; male scholars, 76; female teachers,
13; female scholars, 103; or male members, 82; female
members, 116. Total, 198; about four-tenths of all.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Female teachers, 3; male scholars, 48; female scholars,
84; or male members, 48; female members, 87. Total,
135; nearly three-tenths of all,
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 75
Total in All Departments.
Male teachers, 13; female teachers, 19; male scholars,
190; female scholars, 258; or male members, 203;
female members, 277. Total, 480; seventeen-fortieths
male, twenty-three fortieths female. Excess female
members, 74; or three-twentieths.
Officers of the Sunday School, 1893.
[All officers are class members — teachers or scholars ]
Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D., pastor, ex-officio in
charge from November 1, 1874.
Mr. Eucius D. Alden, superintendent from July 1,
1878.
Mr. Dan. N. Klapp, assistant superintendent adult
department, November 14, 1892.
Mr. Charles Phillips, assistant superintendent inter-
mediate department, November 14, 1892, vice Mr.
McCormick (deceased).
Miss Grace E. Fox, superintendent primary depart-
ment, November 14, 1892.
Miss Nettie E. Seitz, assistant superintendent primary
department, November 14, 1892.
Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Jr., secretary from January
1, 1890.
Mr. Philip Muth, assistant secretary, from January
1, 1890.
Mr. Albert F. Fox, treasurer from May 25, 1873.
Mr. William P. Belt, librarian from January 1, 1893.
Mr. George R. Linkins, assistant librarian from Jan-
uary 1, 1890.
Miss Margaret R. Fox, organist from September 14,
1890.
Mr. Edward Muth, assistant organist from Decem-
ber 28, 1892.
Musical leader, Mr. George F. Muth, January 1,
1893.
l-jd HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Teachers in the Sunday School, June, 1893—32.
ADULT DEPARTMENT, 10.
Rev. Samuel Domer, D. D., from November 1, 1874. ,
Miss Annie Eckbert, from May 18, 1881.
Mr. Albert F. Fox, March, 1875.
Mr. Dan. N. Klapp, October 1, 1892.
Miss Belle F. Leeds, from March 17, 1889.
Mr. John F. McClain, May, 1873.
Miss Emma O. Meyers, from March 16, 1884.
Mr. George F. Muth, from May, 1873.
Mr. John C. Parker, October, 1874.
Mr. H. H. Seltzer, March 28, 1892.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT, 19.
Mr. Lucius D. Alden, from July 1, 1878.
Miss Ada Augusterfer, from May 15, 1892.
Miss Frances Augusterfer, from October 6, 1889.
Miss Jennie Barron, from October 5, 1890.
Miss Minnie Brower, from November 16, 1890.
Miss Amy Eckhardt, reappointed July 1, 1892.
Mrs. Jos. Eckhardt, from January 6, 1889.
Miss Margaret R. Fox, from April 21, 1889.
Miss Margie R. Hubert, from November 1, 1891.
Miss Zada Kemp, reappointed November 6, 1892.
Mr. Lee Landers, appointed November 6, 1892.
Miss May Levers, appointed November 6, 1892.
Mr. Elder McWilliams, from October 4, 1891.
Mr. B. Frank Meyers, from January 6, 1889.
Miss Clara Meyers, from April 28, 1889.
Mrs. J. Granville Meyers, reappointed April 1, 1892.
Miss Nellie Mosheuval, from October 5, 1890.
Mr. Charles Phillips, appointed May 22, 1892.
Mr. M. M. Rouzer, from April 14, 1889,
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1JJ
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT, 3.
Miss Grace Fox, in charge from September 14, 1890.
Miss Nettie E. Seitz, reappointed December 27, 1891.
Mrs. Fannie Haller, appointed January 1, 1893.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
Mr. Ernest Fox, Mr. Henry Raabe, Miss Ella House,
Miss Mabel Griffith, Miss Gertie Barron.
The Teachers' Association consists of all officers and
teachers of the school.
Enrollment of the Sunday School, June, 1893,
BY DEPARTMENTS AND CLASSES.
[Name aud address of each member.]
Adult Department.
Classes, 10 ; teachers, 10; scholars, 137; enrollment, 147.
Rev. Samuel, Domer, D. D., teacher, 738 nth street northwest.
Miss Bella Bartells, 709 5th street northwest.
Mrs. J. A. Carson, 709 4th street northeast.
Mr. E. B. Corcoran, 1723 9th street northwest.
Miss Mollie Davis, 12 16 L street northwest.
Miss Lillian Gunsalus, 926 P street northwest.
Miss Addie Harr, 405 Spruce street, LeDroit Park.
Mr. Willliam Harr, 405 Spruce street, LeDroit Pirk.
Mrs. Clara Han is, 1109 10th street northwest.
Mrs. Lou Hensey, 940 S street northwest.
Mr. H. C. Metzger, 4107th street southeast.
Mr. J. G. Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
Mrs. J. G. Meyers, 1209 10th street northwest.
Miss Emma Palmer, 1010 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, 304 M street northwest.
Miss Sophie Pitchlynn, 1104 6th street northwest.
Mrs. J. H. Piatt, Si 2 6th street northwest.
Mr. Henry Raabe, 1221 10th street northwest.
Miss Kate Rawliugs, 1202 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Miss Lulu Roberts, 1829 9th street northwest.
Mrs. Ada Sauer, 711 Massachusetts avenue northeast.
Miss Helen Schreiner, 1307 6th street northwest.
1 78 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Mr. N. Z Seitz, 1124 8th street northwest.
Miss Nora Thomas, 926 P street northwest.
Miss Amelia Wagner, 1246 8th street northwest.
Mr. Charles Webel, 416 H street northwest.
Mr. J. A. Weigle, 19 12 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Mr. W. E- Zimmerman, 206 New Jersey avenue southeast.
Miss Annie EckberT, teacher, 738 nth street northwest.
Miss Alice Baldwin, 1010 E street northwest.
Miss Minnie Getner, 1704 4th street northwest.
Mrs. Emma G. Hiues, 1548 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Miss Julia Olseu, 1426 I v indeu Place.
Miss Eva Scott, 1318 E street northwest.
Miss Jennie Simmons, 1704 4th street northwest.
Mrs. Ida G. Walker, 1806 3d street northwest.
Miss Jennie Westboro, 1129 4th street northwest.
Mr. A. F. Fox, teacher, 16 Grant Place northwest.
Mr. Frank Brower, 110S 6th street northwest.
Edward Cassell, 1613 8th street northwest.
William A. Doiner, 738 nth street northwest.
Joseph Eckhart, 1140 iSth street northwest.
Murray Hackett, 6 I street northeast.
Charles M. Henueberger, 219 \]/ 2 street northwest.
J. Harry Kemp, 600 7th street southwest.
J. W. Lawrenson, 1550 3d street northwest.
Burton Moore, 620 O street northwest.
Phil E. Muth, 908 8th street northwest.
Henry Orth, ion L street northwest.
E. Everett Pitchlynn, 1104 6th street northwest.
J, H. Piatt, 812 6th street northwest.
* Martin L. Shuffler, Frederick, Maryland.
Charles Stickell, 414 New York avenue northwest.
Mr. Dan. N. Kxapp, teacher, 59 New York avenue.
Miss Nelly Betz, 807 O street northwest.
Clara Donch, 608 H street northwest.
Ella House, 1222 H street northwest.
Gelia House, 1222 H street northwest.
Effie Miller, 603 H street northwest.
Ottelia Miller, 603 H street northwest.
Edith Morgan, 929 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Mary Morgan, 929 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Mamie Thomas, 625 K street northwest.
* Arrives on train in tinje for school each Sunday,
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 79
Miss BELLE Leeds, teacher, 1314 6th street northwest.
Miss Bertha Grossart, 1826 8th street northwest.
Gertrude Iseman, 616 D street northwest.
Maggie Iseman, 624 New York avenue northwest.
Florence Mosheuvel, 630 New York avenue northwest.
Bertha Orth, ion L street northwest.
Minnie Stetler, 925 N street northwest
Mr. John F. McCeain, teacher, 717 9th street northwest.
Mr. S. Cottrell, Jr., 515 F street northwest.
Edwin H. Duff, 513 13th street northwest.
L H. Emmert, 719 12th street northwest.
Edmund K. Fox, 16 Grant Place northwest.
Harry Hamilton, 424 10th street southwest.
Jacob Jacobson, 2502 I street northwest.
Edward T. Kaiser, 507 M street northwest.
Mrs. Edward T. Kaiser, 507 M street northwest.
Mr. H. Carter Kincheloe, 813 L street northwest
Andrew McClain, 721 9th street northwest.
Charles Meyers, Brightwood, D. C.
J. Granville Meyers, 1258 8th street northwest.
W. V. Pickett.
Lee Pitchlynn, J104 6th street northwest.
Etnil G. Schafer, 416 nth street northwest.
Louis Schmid.
Ferd Schneider, 1322 Vermont avenue northwest.
Harry M. Schneider, 8r2 nth street northwest.
J. J. Viet, 1506 8th street northwest.
Miss Sue Wilson, 203 A street southeast.
Miss Emma Meyers, teacher, 1209 10th street northwest.
Mr. William P. Belt, 614 22d street northwest.
Howard Griffith, 947 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
A. J. Klnpp, 59 New York Avenue northwest.
George R. Linkins, 1808 G street northwest.
Louis Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
Stacy Ransom, i2or I street northwest.
John Rouzer, 332 H street northeast.
Christian Zimmerman, 321 Missouri avenue northwest.
Mr. GEORGE F. Muth, teacher, 908 8th street northwest.
Miss Gertie Barron, 736 nth street northwest.
Ella Clarkson, 1238 5th street northwest.
Bertie Fox, 207 G street northeast.
Lizzie Gibbs, 11 11 Rhode Island avenue northwest.
ISO HISTORY OK ST. PAUL'S
Miss Mabel Griffith, 947 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Agnes Hawken, 719 9th street northwest.
Pauline Hills, 919 8th street northwest.
Maggie Jones, 431 M street northwest.
Lillian Keeuan, 423 New York avenue northwest.
Lillie Krause, 1223 New Y"ork avenue.
Minnie McCormick, 6 I street northeast.
Mrs. Jessie M. Metzger, 419 New York avenue northwest.
Miss Elizabeth Nixon, 415 M street northwest.
Blanche Peudel, 394 M street northwest.
Bertie Reichenbach, 1003 8th street northwest.
Rose Smith, 1252 10th street northwest.
Lena Stokes, 717 K street northwest.
Nellie Thurn, 812 I street northwest.
Florence Walter, 931 E street northwest.
Mary Walter, 931 E street northwest.
Mr. John C. Parker, teacher, 1430 6th street northwest.
Mr. Edward Augusterfer, S04 E street northeast.
William Gentuer, 1704 4th street northwest.
Henry Hills, 919 8th street northwest.
William Hurley, 27 Grant Place northwest.
Harry Johnson, 921 N street northwest.
Harry Krause, 1223 New York avenue northwest.
Edward Leeds, 1314 6th street northwest.
Guy Ourand, 1218 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Conrad Schoell, 629 Sherideu street.
John C. Squires, 1252 10th street northwest.
William Widmayer, Brightwood avenue.
Mr. H. H. Seltzer, teacher, 443 5th street northeast.
Mrs. Margaret Barr, 722 6th street northwest.
Mr. G. W. Bauman, 417 12th street southeast.
Miss Katie Decker, 110S 6th street northwest.
Mr. Ernest Fox, 207 G street northeast.
Mrs. J. Gristock, 804 E street southeast.
Mrs. I. N. Kalb, 630 Q street northwest.
Mr. Charles H. Ourand, 434 New York avenue northwest.
Mr. Frank Ourand, 934 I street northwest.
Mrs. John C. Parker, 1430 6th street northwest.
Mrs. H. Reamer, 907 New York avenue northwest.
Mr. P. M. Richardson, 9 Grant Place.
Mrs. P. M. Richardson, 9 Grant Place.
Miss Bettie Suman, 639 I street northwest.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
181
Intermediate Department.
Classes, 19; teachers, 19; scholars, 179; enrollment, 198.
Miss Nannie Fleming, teacher to May 1st.
Mr. Lucius D. Alden, teacher from May 1st, 809 L street northwest.
William Gottherdt, Prospect street, Eckington.
Charles Gutnmell, Prospect street, Eckington.
Edward Gummell, Prospect street, Eckington.
Augustus Kahlert, 1742 6th street northwest.
William Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
Fred Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
Charles Veit, 1506 Sth street northwest.
Miss Ada Augusterker, teacher, 804 E street northeast.
Merl DeMoll, 804 E street southeast.
Claude Ford, 1000 6th street northwest.
Clarence Johnson, ror5 New York avenue northwest.
Gordon Krause, 1223 New York avenue northwest.
Darwin Lee, S06 G street southwest.
William Ourand, 934 I street northwest.
Louis Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
Frank Rupp, 1336 6th street northwest.
Miss Frances Augusterker, teacher, S04 E street northeast.
Katie Arenz, 12 L street northwest.
Tillie Grossart, 1826 Sth street northwest.
Emma Heiurich, 731 7th street northwest.
Ida Keiny, 332 H street northeast.
Bertie Muth, 908 Sth street northwest.
Gertrude Pond, 13 16 F street northwest.
Ella Reed, 634^ L street northwest.
Bessie Squires, 1252 10th street northwest.
Miss Jennie Barron, teacher, 736 nth street northwest.
Sarah Browue, n 15 9th street northwest.
Blanche Carson, 709 4th street northeast.
Augusta Grossart, 1826 Sth street northwest.
Nellie Harr, 405 Spruce street, LeDroit Park.
Florence Hill, 426 Florida avenue.
Ollie Jones, 431 M street northwest.
Lulu Kahlert, 1742 6th street northwest.
Ella Keefer, 215 R street northwest.
Minnie Koss, 501 Florida avenue.
Ella McCormick, 912 Virginia avenue southwest.
Mary Moore, 1537 Marion street northwest.
Minnie Mueller, 803 Sth street northwest.
t82 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Miss LilHe Preusser, 1215 H street northwest.
Ollie Roberts, 1537 Marion street northwest.
Mattie Simmons, 940 F street southwest.
Eva Stalker, Oxford Hotel, 14th St. and New York ave. N. W.
Miss Minnie Brower, teacher, 1108 6th street northwest.
Edna Cassidy, 504 K street northwest.
Maggie Gottherdt, Prospect street, Eckington.
Bertie Grahe, 121 7 9th street northwest.
Eva Grossart, 1826 8th street northwest.
Irene Gummell, Prospect street, Eckington.
Louise Gummell, Prospect street, Eckington.
Pauline Mayer, 318 Indiana avenue.
Mamie Reed, 634^ L street northwest.
Hattie Sheiklin, 1246 9th street northwest.
Ella Simmons, 940 F street northwest.
Olivia Souder, 12 19 G street northwest.
Miss Amy EckhardT, teacher, \\\o iSth street northwest.
Clarence Brower, 1108 6th street northwest.
Albert Haight, 930 E street northwest.
Arthur Johnson, 925 N street northwest.
Mark Krause. 1223 New York avenue northwest.
William H Liukins, 1808 G street northwest.
Fred Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
Clyde Morgan, 929 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Harry Veit, 1506 8th street northwest.
Mrs. Joseph EckhardT, teacher, 1140 iSth stieet northwest.
Helen Beatty, 924 4th street northwest.
Mary Collins, 458 K street northwest.
Mabel Espey, 904 3d street northwest.
Julia Iseman, 443 6th street northwest.
Gussie Krause, 1223 New York avenue northwest.
Violet Mansfield, 2222 G street northwest.
Mary Peuuel, 458 K street northwest.
Miss Margaret R. Fox, teacher, 16 Grant Place northwest.
Helen DeMoll, 804 E street southeast.
Li Hie Eberly, 812 H street northwest.
Stella Erickson, 9 Defrees street northwest.
Vernie Garner, 1233 8th street northwest.
Callie Grahe, 1217 9th street northwest.
Christina Kultz, 507 nth street northwest.
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Elsie Lerch, 704 5th street northwest.
Bessie Moore, 1012 S street northwest.
Nettie Nau, 8 L street northwest.
Lulu Thomas, 625 K street northwest.
Miss Margaret R. Hubert, teacher, 903 6th street northwest.
Anna Grace Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Edith Browne, 11 15 9th street northwest.
Mamie Day, 6 I street northeast.
Nettie Eberly, S12 H street northwest.
Bessie Eckhardt, 1140 iSth street northwest.
Emma Gebner, 121 1 New York avenue northwest.
Daisy Koss, 501 Florida avenue northwest.
Josie Ridgley, 403 Spruce street, LeDroit Park.
Belle Schwaab, 121 1 H street northwest.
Laura Walker, 318 12th street northwest.
Miss Zada Kemp, teacher, 600 7th street southwest.
Clayton Amman, 445 H street northwest.
Albert Blue, 705 K street northwest.
Walter Griffith, 420 10th street northwest.
Theodore Judd, 600 7th street southwest.
Ralph Kern, 1625 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Werner Lutz, 632 G street northwest.
Warren McClain, 617 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Albert Moore, 1222 10th street, northwest.
Paul Pitchlynu, 1104 6th street northwest.
William Tilp, 1623 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Mr. LEE Landers, teacher, 11 04 12th street northwest.
Kurie Beatty, 922 4th street northwest.
Joseph Ford, 1000 6th street northwest.
Harry Gentner, 11 16 7th street northwest.
Elbert Herman, 922 I street northw r est.
William Keefer, 215 R street northwest.
Edward Lee, 806 G street southwest.
George Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
William Pond, 13 16 F street northwest.
Miss May Levers, teacher, 12 19 I street northwest.
Mary Augusterfer, 804 E street northeast.
Gertrude Clarkson, 1239 5th street northwest.
Susie Corcoran, 1723 9U1 street northwest.
Mary Eckert, 910 nth street northwest.
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Florence Johnson, 1015 I street northwest.
Isabel Judd, 600 7th street southwest.
Myrtle Moore, 1106 North Capitol street.
Nellie Nixon, 415 M street northwest.
Gussie Thill, 1220 Sth street northwest.
Mabel Watson, 10 14 8th street northwest.
Mr. Elder McWilliams, teacher, 414 L street northwest.
Louis Adams, 808 nth street northwest.
Hugh Augusterfer, 332 H street northeast.
Harry Deckman, 938 I street northwest.
Arthur MeClain, 617 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Harry Pruesser, 1 2 1 5 H street northw T est.
William Pruesser. 12 15 H street northwest.
Harry Riggles, 911 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Willie Thomas, 625 K street northwest.
George Winans, 903 6th street northwest.
Mr. B. Frank Meyers, teacher, 1209 10th street northwest.
L- Russell Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Thomas Augusterfer, 704 4th street northeast.
Frank Blue, 705 K street northwest.
Fred DeMoll, 804 E street southeast.
Theodore Lee, 806 G street southwest.
Charles Ourand, 934 I street northwest.
Fred Reichenbach, 1003 Sth street northwest.
Edward Thomas, 812 6th street northwest.
Miss Clap a Meyers, teacher, 1209 10th street northwest.
Minnie Barron, 736 nth street northwest.
Eva Betz, 807 O street northwest.
Gertrude Blue, 705 K street northwest.
Annie Boggs, 1303 9th street northwest.
Rub} 7 Clarkson, 1238 5th street northwest
Annie Connor, 469 New York avenue northwest.
Louie Leeds, 13 14 6th street northwest.
Blanch Me3 r ers, 404 M street northwest.
Augusta Shraudner, 7th street road.
Lizzie Shraudner, 7th street road.
Selina Spelshouse, 1028 7th street northwest.
Katie Widmayer, Brightwood avenue.
Lena Willers, 1226 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Mrs. J. Granville Meyers, Jr., teacher, 11 24 8th street northwest.
Bessie House, 1222 H street northwest.
Werdna House, 1222 H street northwest.
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Blanche Koontz, 12 16 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Carrie Orth, ion L street northwest.
Florence Sauer, 711 Massachusetts avenue northeast.
Lorla Spelshouse, 1028 7th street northwest.
Rita Stinzing, 1330 Sth street northwest.
Annie Walter, 931 E street northwest.
Miss Nellie Mosheuvel, teacher, 630 New York avenue northwest.
May Corcoran, 1723 9th street northwest.
Agnes Johnson, 1014 I street northwest.
Lillian Krause, 1253 I street northeast.
Lottie McClain, 617 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Anna Manglitz, 1246 9th street northwest.
Annie Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
Emma W. Stephens, 809 E street northwest.
Lena Thill, 1220 Sth street northwest
Daisy Wilson, 620 .0 street northwest.
Mr. Charles Phillips, teacher, 908 Sth street northwest.
William Clarkson, 1239 5th street northwest.
Leroy Duvall, 114S Sth street northwest.
Fred Gottherdt, Prospect street, Eckiugton.
Frank Gummell, Prospect street, Eckiugton.
Walter Kern, 1625 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Ernest Krause, 1253 I street northeast.
Charles Seltzer, 443 5th street northeast.
Charles Tilp, 1623 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Mr. M. M. Rouzer, teacher, 332 H street northeast.
Harry Domer, 73S nth street northwest.
Kieffer Grahe, 1237 9th street northwest.
William Grahe, 1237 9th street northwest.
Harrv Jeanueret, 1107 G street northwest.
William Johnson, 925 N street northwest.
Arthur Krause, 1223 New York aveuue northwest.
Charles Linkins, 1S08 G street northwest.
Fred Lutz, 632 G street northwest.
Edwaid Muth, 90S Sth street northwest.
Ernest Preusser, 1215 H street northwest.
1 86 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Primary Department.
'Teachers, 3; scholars, 132; enrollment, 135.
Miss Grace E- Fox, teacher. 16 Grant Place.
Miss Nettie E. SeiTz, teacher, 1124 8th street northwest.
Mrs. Fannie HaeeER, teacher, 1739 S street northwest.
Edna Adams, 1322 Vermont avenue.
Hattie Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Ruth Alden, 809 L street northwest.
Lillie Alexander.
Grace Augusterfer, 700 4th street northeast.
Irene Bachenheimer, 834 New Hampshire avenue.
Mamie Bandel, 804 K street northwest.
Margie Beatty, 922 4th street northwest.
Edward Blue, 907 New York avenue northwest.
Ralph Blue, 705 K street northwest.
Willie Blue, 705 K street northwest-
Mary Andrews Clark, 615 12th street northwest.
Grace Clarkson, 1239 5th street northwest.
Amy Cole, 40S M street northwest.
Eva Cook, 1022 7th street northwest.
Rowell Cook, 1022 7th street northwest.
George Crane, 1246 9th street northwest.
Eugene Curtis, ion K street northwest.
Freddy Eberly, 812 H street northwest.
Charles Eckert, 910 nth street northwest.
Katie Eckert, 910 nth street northwest.
Percy Emmert, 719 12th street northwest.
Arthur Fenton, 716 13th street northwest.
Jack Fenton, 716 13th street northwest.
Annie Foley, 11 29 4th street northwest.
Minnie Foster, 1527 Marion street.
Daisy Gibbs, n n Rhode Island avenue northwest.
Gertrude Gibbs, mi Rhode Island avenue northwest.
George Gottherdt, Prospect street, Eckmgton.
Jennie Graham, 710 13th street northwest.
Rosie Grahe, 1237 9th street northwest.
Mary Griffith, 420 10th street northwest.
Carrie Grossart, 1826 8th street northwest.
Minnie Grossart, 1826 8th street northwest.
Bertha Grundlach, 927^ E street northwest.
Susie Grundlach, 927^ E street northwest.
Eddie Haller, 1739 S street northwest.
Morrison Haller, 1739 S street- northwest.
May Harris, 1109 10th street northwest.
Katie Hartig, 1 109 5th street northwest.
Louis Hartig, 1 109 5th street northwest.
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Minnie Hartig, 1 109 5th street northwest.
Lina Hauer, 708 North Capitol street.
Wilber Hauer, 708 North Capitol street.
Harry Hendige, 301 C street northwest.
Clarence Hensey, 940 S street northwest.
Henry Herbert, 440 9th street northwest.
Willie Herbert, 440 9th street northwest.
Marion Hoover, 1209 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Mollie Isemau, 624 New York avenue-
George Jenkins, 636 O street northwest.
Lizzie Jenkins, 636 O street northwest.
Olive Johnson, 1015 I street northwest.
Bernard Judd, 600 7th street southwest.
Blanche Judd, 600 7th street southw T est.
Bessie Kalb, 630 Q street northwest.
Dorothy Kalb, 630 O street northwest.
Emma King, 1009 K street northwest.
Ruby King, 1009 K street northwest.
Claude Koss, 501 Florida avenue.
Emil Krause, 732 nth street northwest.
Leroy Krause, 1223 New York avenue northwest.
Leslie Krause, 732 nth street northwest.
Minnie Kreuten, 15 15 Marion street.
Louis Lerch, 705 5th street northwest.
Harry Lester.
Esther Linkius, 1808 G street northwest.
Charles Luders, 2210 12th street northwest.
Marguerite Martin, 720 17th street northwest.
Rosie Mayer, 318 Indiana avenue.
Bessie Monoghan, 206 G street northwest.
Elsie Moore, 1537 Marion street.
Lillian Moore, 1537 Marion street.
Nellie Moore, 1 106 North Capitol street.
Frank Morgan, 929 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Alice Mosheuvel, 619 N street northwest.
Gilbert Nairn, 1203 F street northwest.
Hattie Nairn, 1203 F street northwest.
Aunice Nixon, 415 M street northwest.
Mamie O'Connor, 479 New York avenue northwest.
Fame Ourand, 934 I street northwest.
Margie Ourand, 434 New York avenue northwest.
Ralph Ourand, 434 New York avenue northwest.
Agnes Parkhurst, 921 E street northwest.
Bailey Peacock, 12 13 H street northwest.
Bertha Piatt, 812 6th street northwest.
Ernest Reicheubach, 1003 8th street northwest.
Lourita Reiner, 1313 9th street northwest.
Ada Rose, 736 1 ith street northwest.
1 88 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Alma Rose, 736 1 ith street northwest.
Clarence Rose, 736 nth street northwest.
Morris Rossom, 1331 6th street northwest.
Wythe Rossom, 1331 6th street northwest.
Emil Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
Gussie Rott, 1006 6th street northwest.
Emma Schafer, 426 nth street northwest.
Freda Schafer, 426 1 1 th street northwest.
Minnie Schafer, 426 nth street northwest.
Eddie Schmid, 712 r2th street northwest.
Edna Schmid, 712 12th street northwest.
Ella Schmid, 475 H street northwest.
Florence Schmid, 712 12th street northwest.
Tina Schmid, 712 12th street northwest.
Minnie Schultzbach, 713 6th street northwest.
Katie Schwab, 1211H street northwest.
Hattie Seitz, n24 Sth street northwest.
Edgar Seltzer, 443 5th street northeast.
Marguerite Sheiklin, 1246 9th street northwest.
Gertrude Smith, ojdS 10th street northwest.
Katie Smith, 90S 10th street northwest.
Agues Souder, 1219 G street northwest.
Beatrice Souder, 12 19 G street northwest.
Doris Spelshouse, 102S 7th street northwest.
Mary Steinle, ion New York avenue northwest.
Marie Stewart, 400 6th street northwest.
Clemas Stinzing, 1327 Sth street northwest.
Agues Sumau, 664 Callau street northeast.
Ruppert Sumau, 693 Callau street northeast.
Harper Thomas, S12 6th street northwest.
Arthur Tilp, 1623 New Jersey avenue.
Elsie Veit, 1506 Sth street northwest.
May Veit, 1506 Sth street northwest.
Andrew Walker, 1S06 Harewood avenue.
Ralph Watson, 1014 Sth street northwest.
Walter Watson, 10146th street northwest.
Irene Webel, 416 H street northwest.
Katie Webel, 416 H street northwest.
Louise Webel, 416 H street northwest.
Claribel Weigle, 1912 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
Marion White, 1336 I street northwest.
Richard White, 1336 I street northwest.
Willie Willers, 1226 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Families represented iu Primary Department 96
Family names 94
Male members 4S
Female members , ■ 87
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Enrollment June, I893,
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS.
Adams, Edna
Louis
Alden, Anna Grace
Hattie E.
Lucius D.
L. Russell
L- Ruth
Alexander, Lillie
Amman, Clayton
Arenz, Katie
Augusterfer, Ada
Edward
Frances
Grace
Hugh
Mary
Thomas
Backenheimer, Irene
Baldwin, Alice
Bandel, Mamie
Barr, Mrs Margaret
Barron, Gertie
Jennie
Minnie
Bartells, Bella
Bauman, G \V.
Beatty, Helen
Kurie
Margie
Belt, William P.
Betz, Eva
Nellie
Blue, Albert
Edward
Frank
Gertrude
Ralph
Willie
Boggs, Annie
Browne, Edith
Sarah
Biower, Clarence
Frank
Minnie
Bushman, Blandina
Carson, Blanche
Mrs. J. A.
Cassell. Edward
Cassiday, Edna
Clark, Mary A.
Clarksou, Ella
Gertrude
Clarkson, Grace
Ruby
William
Cole, Amy
Collins, Mary
Connor, Annie
Cook, Eva
Rowell
Corcoran, E. B.
May
Susie
Cottrell. S., Jr.
Crane, George
Curtis, Eugene
Davis, Mollie E.
Da} r , Mamie
Decker, Katie
Deckman, Harry
DeMoll, Fred
Helen
Merl
Dorner, Harry
Samuel, Rev. Dr.
William A.
Donch, Clara
Duff, Edwin H.
Duvall, Leroy
Eberlv, Freddy
'Lillie
Nettie
Eckbert, Annie
Eckert, Charles
Katie
Mary
Eckhart, Amy
Bessie
Joseph
Mrs. Joseph
Emmert, L. H.
Percy
Erickson, Stella
Espey, Mabel
Fenton, Arthur
Jack
Foley, Annie
Ford, Claud
Josc-ph
Foster, Minnie
Fox, Albert F.
Bertie
Fox, Edmund K.
Ernest
Grace E.
Margaret R.
Garner, Veruie
Gebuer, Emma
Center, Harry
Minnie
Genter, William
Gibbs, Daisy
Gertrude
Lizzie
Gottherdt, Fred
George
Maggie
William
Graham, Jennie
Grahe, Bertie
Callie
Keefer
Rosie
William
Griffith, Howard
Mabel
Mary
Walter
Gristock, Mrs. J.
Grossart, Augustus
Bertha
Carrie
Eva
Minnie
Tillie
Grundlach, Beitha
Susie
Gummell, Charles
Edward
Frank
Irene
Louisa
Gunsalus, Lillian
Hackett, Murray
Haight, Albert
Haller, Edward
Mrs. Fannie
Morrison
Hamilton, Harry
Harr, Addie
Nellie
William
Harris, Mrs. Clara
Harris, May
Hartig, Katie
Louis
Minnie
Hauer, Liua
Wilber
Hawken, Agnes
Heinrich, Emma
Hendige, Harry
Henneberger, C. M.
Hensey, Clarence
Mrs. Lou
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HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Herbert, Henry
Herbert, Willie
Herman, Elbert
Hill, Florence
Hills, Henry
Pauline
Hines, Mrs. E. G.
Hoover, Marion
House, Bessie
Ella
Gelia
Werdua
Hubert, Margaret R.
Hurley, William
Iseman, Gertrude
Julia
Maggie
Mollie
Jacobsou, Jacob
Jeauneret, Harry
Jenkins, George
Lizzie
Johnson, Agues
Arthur
Clarence
Florence
Harry
Olive
William
Jones, Maggie
Ollie
Judd, Bernard
Blanche
Isabel
Theodore
Kahlert, Augustus
Lulu
Kaiser, Edward T.
Mrs. Edward T.
Kalb, Bessie
Dorothy
Mrs. I. N.
Keefer, Ella
William
Keenau, Lillian
Kemp, J. H.
Kemp, Zada
Kern, Ralph
Walter
Kieny, Ida
Kincheloe, H. Carter
King, Emma
Ruby
Klapp, A. J.
Dan. N.
Kooutz, Blanche
Koss, Claude
Daisy
Minnie
Kramer, Lillian
Krause, Arthur
Emil
Ernest
Gordon
Gussie
Harry
Lillian
Lillie
Leroy
Leslie
Mark
Kreuter, Minnie
Kultz, Christina
Landers, Lee
Lawrenson, J. W.
Lee, Darwin
Edward
Theodore
Leeds, Belle F.
Edward
Louie
Lerch, Elsie
Louis
Lester, Harry
Levers, May
Linkins, Charles
Esther
George R.
William H.
Luders, Charles
Fred
George
Louis
William
Lutz, Fred
Werner
McClaiu, Andrew
Arthur
John F.
Lottie
Warren
McCormick, Ella
Minnie
McWilliams, Elder
Manglitz, Anna
Mansfield, Violet
Martin, Marguerite
Mayer, Pauline
Rosie
Metzger, H. C.
Mrs. Jessie M.
Meyers, Blanche
Charles
Clara
Emma O.
B. Frank
J. Granville, Jr.
Meyers, Mrs. J. G., Jr.
Meyers, J G.
Meyers, Mrs. J. G.
Miller, Effie
Ottilia
Monoghan, Bessie
Moore, Albert
Bessie
Burton
Elsie
Lillian
Mary
Myrtle
Nellie
Morgan, Edith
Frank
Clyde
Mary
Mosheuvel, Alice
Florence
Nellie
Mueller, Minnie
Muth, Bertie
Edward
George F.
Phil. E-
Nairn, Gilbert
Hattie
Nau, Nettie
Nixon, Annice
Elizabeth
Nelly
O'Connor, Mamie
Olsen, Julia
Orth, Bertha
Carrie
Henry
Ourand, Charles H.
Charles
Fame
Frank
Guy
Margie
Ralph
William
Palmer, Emma
Parker, John C.
Mrs. John C.
Parkhurst, Agnes
Peacock, Baily
Pendel, Blanche
Thomas F .
Pennel, Mary
Phillips, Charles
Pickett, W. V.
Pitchlynn, E- Everett
Lee
Paul
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
I 9 I
Pitchlynn, Sophie Sclioell, Conrad Simian, Bettie
Piatt, Bertha Schmid, Eddie Ruppert
J. H. Edna Thill, Gussie
Mrs. J. H. Ella Lena
Pond, Gertrude Florence Thomas, Edward
William Louis Harper
Preusser, Ernest Tina Lulu
Harry Schneider. Ferd Mamie
Lillie Harry M. Nora
William Scott, Eva William
Raabe, Henry Schraudner, Augusta Thurn, Nellie
Ransom, Stacy Lizzie Tilp, Arthur
Rawlings, Kate Schreiner, Helen Charles
Reamer, Mrs. H. Schultzbach, Minnie William
Reed, Ella Schwab, Belle Veit, Charles
Mamie Katie Elsie
Reichenbach, Bertie Seitz, Hattie Harry J.
Ernest N. Z. J. J.
Fred Nettie E. May
Reiner, Lourita Seltzer, Charles Wagner, Amelia
Richardson, P. M. Edgar Walker, Andrew
Mrs. P. M. H. H. Mrs. Ida G.
Ridgley, Josie Shuffler, Martin L- Laura
Riggles, Harry Simmons, Ella Walter, Annie
Roberts, Lulu Jennie Florence
Ollie Mattie Mary
Rose, Ada Smith, Gertrude Watson, Mabel
Alma Katie Ralph
Clarence Rose Walter
Rosson, Morris Souder, Agnes Webel, Charles
Wythe Beatrice Irene
Rott, Annie Olivia Katie
Emil Spelshouse, Doris Louise
Fred Lorla Weigle, Claribel
Gussie Selma J- A.
Louis Squires, Bessie Westboro, Jennie
Rouzer, John John C. White, Marion
Rouzer, M. M. Stalker, Eva Richard
Rupp, Frank . Steinle, Mary Willers, Lena
Sauer, Mrs. Ada Stettler, Minnie Willie
Florence Stevens, Emma W. Widmayer, Katie
Schafer, Emil G. Stewart, Marie William
Emma Stickell, Charles E. Wilson, Daisy
Freda Stinzing, Clemas Sue
Minnie Rita Winaus, George
Sheiklin, Hattie Stokes, Lena Zimmerman, Chris.
Marguerite Suman, Agnes Zimmerman, W. E.
Names 4S0
Families represented 267
Family names 230
Church members 160
Or, y 3 of all.
Entered in Ju'ivY, 1893.
Duffy, Sadie Matthews, Naomi Viedt, Emma
Gott, El wood McClain, Marion Flora
Howard, Folley Middekoff, L H. Jennie
Mahoney, Alice Schneibel, Edith Julius
Pauline
192 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Equipments.
Bibles for all — Song book "Living Hymns," full
supply. Monthly papers, main room, u Lutheran S.
S. Herald. "
Lesson Helps.
For teachers: " Teachers'- Journal, " Anstadt; "Sun-
day School Times." For scholars, main room: "Les-
son Quarterly," Anstadt. For Primary Department :
"The Little Ones," Lutheran Pub. Society; "The
Little Bible Lesson Pictures."
Illustrations.
The illustrated lessons : Providence Lithograph
Co. 's — 1 set for main room and 1 set for primary room.
Blackboards.
Large and small for main room and primary room.
Birthday Banks.
One in main room, one in primary room.
Two Libraries.
One in main room, 400 volumes. One in primary
room, 200 volumes.
Musical Instruments.
One piano, two organs.
Meetings.
For teachers and others, Monday, 7.30 p. m., super-
intendent presiding, for study of the lesson for the fol-
lowing Sunday and the transaction of business.
Regular session of the school every Sunday morn-
ing, 9.30 to 10.45.
Elections Yearly.
All officers at the close of the year for the year foL
lowing.
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Appointments.
All teachers— by the superintendent; approved by
the Teachers' Association.
Disbursements. •
By vote of the Teachers' Association, on the approval
of the superintendent.
Special Days.
Review Sunday— last Sunday of each quarter; three
departments in one; review by the superintendent.
Foreign Mission day.
Palm Sunday.
Easter Sunday, Church Extension day.
Roll-call day.
Children's day, Lutheran Orphans' Home day.
Rallying day.
Luther day, Home Mission day.
Christmas.
Object of the Sunday School.
The object of this Sunday school is to teach the
Word of God, to bring souls to Christ, to watch over
them and to instruct them in the practical virtues of
Christian character. The children attending the
school also receive training in punctual habits and
orderly behavior, and have an opportunity of acquiring
much useful knowledge.
It is also the aim of the school to enlist and train
many workers for the Master's cause. There is no
graduating from it.
The Study of the Word.
This has been along the line of the International
Lesson system for many years, to the satisfaction of all
194 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
concerned, and a better study and understanding of the
Word of God than was obtained in any other way
formerly in use. The school is fully supplied with
Bibles, and they are used by all.
What it Costs.
"A good Sunday school costs something. It costs
money, which somebody must give ; and it costs what
no money can buy — unselfish and tireless endeavor on
the part of superintendent and teachers. No Sunday
school "runs itself," unless, indeed, it is going down
kill; and then it can hardly be called a good Sunday
school. He who hopes to have a good Sunday school
in his field of labor without a liberal outlay, will be
disappointed in his hopes ; and he ought to be dis-
appointed." — S. S. Times , October 23, 1886.
THE ROLL OF HONOR.
CLASS I.
The roll of honor was instituted in January, 1879,
and Class 1 contains the names of members of the
Sunday school who have been perfect in attendance or
study for one or more years during that time. The
names on the roll number in all 109, as follows :
Males. Females. Total.
On the roll for 1 year 20 31 51
On the roll for 2 years 10 9 19.
On the roll for 3 years 4 13 17
On the roll for 4 years 6 6 12
On the roll for 5 years 2 ... 2
On the roll for G years... 2 1 3
On the roll tor 8 years 2 2 4
On the roll tor 12 years 1 ... l
Total 47 62 109
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These have appeared on the Roll of Honor as follows:
FOR ONE YEAR.
Katie Lee 1879
Julia Schneider '79
Annie Kaiser '80
Alice Leursen '80
William Domer '80
Edward Belt '80
George Brower '81
Charles Domer '82
Willie Ohauncey '82
Amy Eckhardt '83
Ida Centner '83
Myra Hendley '83
Selby Wilson '83
Jessie Mann '84
Nellie Sprague '84
Viola Callahan '84
Mamie Kranbiehl '86
J. Granville Meyers '86
Hugh Augusterfer '86
Annie Goerner '87
Bertha Orth '87
Ruby Clarkson '8 7
Henry Raabe '87
Harry Domer '87
Lillie Krause '88
Nettie Seitz '88
Ada Augusterfer '88
Christina Kultz '89
Harry Centner '89
Charles Veit '89
Edward B. Corcoran '89
William Harr '89
Julia Iseman '89
Blanche Pendel '89
Nellie Harr ^90
Louis Schmid '90
Emma Palmer '90
Raymond Stokes '90
Frances Augusterfer '90
Blanche Koontz '90
Minnie Schultzbach ' '91
Mark Krause '91
Harry Viet '91
Edward Augusterfer '91
Amelia Wagner 91
May Walter '92
Belle Bartells '92
Ida Kieney ••••• '92
Florence Sauer '92
Helen De Moll - '92
Gordon Krause '92
Total, 51.
196
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
FOR TWO YEARS.
Julius Schneider 18T9-'8l
Louis Schneider '79— '81
Charles Webel '80-'81
William Hoover '80-'85
Jennie Barron '80-90
Lee Pitchlynn '81-'82
Florence Barron '82-87
William Gentner '84-' 86
George Brower ; 84-'86
Fred. Kahlert '87-88
Bertie Muth '88-'90
Minnie Gentner '89-90
Katie Stokes '89-'90
May Corcoran '89-'90
M. M. Rouzer '89-'90
Hattie E. Alden '91-'92
William Linkins '91-'92
Florence Walter '91-'92
Annie Walter '91-'92
Total, 19.
FOR THREE YEARS.
Mattie Barron 1879-'80-'81
John McCormkk '79_'80-\-.2
Mabel Griffith '81-'86-'87
Fred. Gentner '8'.'-'83-'84
Nellie Mosheuvel '82-'83-'89
Clara Cassell.. '84-'85-'86
Minnie Barron. '84-'89-'92
Chauncey Botsford '85-'86-'87
Laura Brower '85-'87-'88
Belle Leeds '85-'87-'89
Mattie Simmons '87-88'-'89
Louie Leeds '87-'89-'90
Florence Mosheuvel '87-91- '92
Ella Simmons '89-'90-'91
Clarence Brower '89-'91-'92
Anna Grace Alden '90-'91-'92
May Harris '90-'91-'92
Total, 17.
FOB FOUR YEARS.
Emma Gentner (now Mrs. Hines) . 1879-'82-'89-'90
B. Frank Meyers '79-'8<3-'90-'92
Anthony Mosheuvel '80-'81-'82-'83
Flora McCormick (now Mrs. Eckhardt) '80-'89-'90-'92
Minnie Brower '84-'86-'89-'90
Maggie Gentner (now Mrs. Simmons) '85-'88-'89-'90
Edward Leeds '87-'88-'89-'90
Charles Linkins '87-'88-'89-'91
George Linkins '87-'88-'89-'91
Grace E. Fox '88-'89-'90-'92
Mary Moore '89-'90-'91-'92
L. Russell Alden '89-'90-'91-'92
Total, 12.
English Lutheran Sunday school. 197
FOIl FIVE YEARS.
Arthur Krause 1882-'84-'8. r )-'8G-'87
Mr. E. W. Hansel], late veteran member of the school '83-'84-'85-'86-'90
Total, 2.
FOR SIX YEARS.
William Belt 1881-'87-'88-'89-'90-'91
John Rouzer '83- - 84-'85-'8«-'87-'88
Margaret R. Fox '83-'87-'88-'89-'90- 92
Total, 3.
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
Harry Krause 1880-'82-'84-'R5-'8G-'90-'91-'92
Minnie McCormick '82-83- 85-'86-'87-'8^-'39-'90
Guy Ourand '82-'83-'87-'88-'89-'90-'91-'92
Gertrude Barron '84-'85-'86-'87-'88-'89-'90-'92
Total, 4.
FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Charles Krause — star record 1879-80-82-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92
Total, 1.
Of those above mentioned the following are on the
Roll of Honor for study, knowing the titles and golden
texts of the lessons for the entire year on the last Sun-
day of the same :
Juia Schneider 1879
Harry Domer , '87
Laura Brower '88
May Corcoran (Fri. Dept.) '89
Christina Kultz '89
Nellie Harr '90
Emma Gentner '90
Helen De Moll •. , '92
Katie Stokes '89-90
Maggie Gentner '89-90
Hattie E. Alden (Pri. Dept.) , '91-'92
May Harris (Pri. Dept.) '91-'92
Anna Grace Alden '90-'91-'92
Minnie McCormick '87-'88-'89-90
Grace E. Fox '88-'89-'90-'92
Margaret R. Fox '88-'89-'90-'92
Flora McCormick (now Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt) '88-'89-'90-'92
Mary Moore '89-'90-'91-"92
L. Russell Alden '89-'90-'91-'92
For 1 year, 8 ; two years, 4 ; three years, 1 ; four years, G. Total, 19.
198 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Charles O. Krause was present every Sunday for
nine years, 1884 to 1892 inclusive ; Guy Ourand has
been present every Sunday for the last six years; Ger-
trude Barron and John Rouzer were present every
Sunday for a period of six years; William Belt for five,
and Arthur Krause and E. W. Hansel 1 for four.
All members on the Roll of Honor for the first time
have been presented with a Bible, and the following
years with a suitable book, in each case the selections
being entrusted to the superintendent. It is needless
to say these gifts are sought for, and it is believed highly
prized. A record is inscribed in each book. The total
entries on the roll number 260, an average per year of
18, and are confined to 109 persons, nearly ^ of whom
were male and over f female members of the school,
the proportion being about the same as that of the
enrollment.
Members of the Sunday School who have Died since
July 1, 1878.
Eddie Hough, drowned June 28, 1879.
Mrs. Emma W. Stephens, December, 1879.
Mr. Jno. F. Mankin, April 16, 1880.
Anna Belle Stockman, September 17, 1S82.
Bessie Tallmadge, November 7, 1882.
Howard Geib, December 30, 1882.
Lloyd Essig, March 29, 1883.
Alice Pendel, October 24, 1883.
Eleanor C. Behrens, January 23, 1884.
Mabel Pendel, February 13, 1884.
Estella Fenwick, June 2, 1885.
Emma Pendel, 1885.
Harry James, April 29, 18S7.
Annie Wise, September 11, 1887.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1 99
Willie Grossart, April 21, 1888.
Florence E. Baldwin, July 31, 1888.
Mary Shiley, July 25, 1889.
Edward Goetz, February 14, 1890.
Emmett Kennedy, May 27, 1890.
John H. McCormick, May 17, 1892.
Isaac N. Kalb, May 28, 1892.
Mrs. Henry Raabe, November, 1892.
Emerick W. Hansell, February 14, 1893.
Twenty-three in all.
International Lessons — Studies and Lessons in 1892.
First six months: First quarter, in the Old Testament
in the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel ; second
quarter, in the Psalms and Daniel. Second six months —
Third and fourth quarters — in the New Testament, in
the Acts of the Apostles, chapters 1 to 15 — "The First
Christian Church, etc.," "The Conversion of Saul of
Tarsus," The First Missionary Tour."
What interesting lessons we have had during the past
year! More interesting, seemingly, than in former
years. But it may appear so only because of a grow-
ing interest in Bible study, stimulated by the helps that
are given, and a more earnest application to duty. Six
months' study with ancient Israel, the Prophets, and
the Psalmist, and six months more with St. Paul, have
been a valuable preparation for an increased interest in
Sunday-school instruction and study. And now the
first six months of 1893 have given us studies in the
books of Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah, Nehemiah, Esther,
Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Malachi, and these are
to be followed by lessons from the Acts and the Epistles.
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07' 2
6. June
7. July
.v 1 lx
.054
• 04 s
9. September
.064
10. October
.051
12. December
15 2
.14
Total
$1,006 42
$19 35
.071"
Note. — Average attendance, 52 Sundays, 255.
Class Offerings, 1892, Each Quarter
-
Amount.
Average per
Sunday.
Average per mem-
ber present.
$202 53
260 96
137 26
405 67
$15 58
20 07
10 56
31 21
Over .05.1
Over .06*
Over .05*
Over All
Total
$1,006 42
$19 35
j
.0712
Class Offerings Semi-Annually.
Amount.
Average per
Sunday.
Average per mem-
ber present.
$463 49
542 93
$17 63
20 88
Over 6 cts.
2d Six months
Over 9 cts.
Total
$1,006 42
$19 35
.07^2
2o8
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Direct Class Offerings for 1892.
By Classes.
5
Pi
Department.
l
Adult
i
Primary
3
Adult
4
Intermediate
fi
Adult
6
Adult
7
Adult
8
Adult
9
10
Intermediate
11
1?
Adult
13
14
Intermediate
15
Intermediate
16
17
18
Intermediate
19
20
•21
22
?3
Adult
?A
Adult
25
Intermediate
26
27
Intermediate
28
Intermediate
29
30
31
Total, 31 classes
Class taught by —
Mr. J. H. McClain
Misses Grace Fox, Nettie Seitz...
Mr. Albert F. Fox
Mr. M. M. Rouzer
Mr. J. C. Parker*
Dr. Samuel Domer, D. D
Mr. George F. Muth
Mr. H. H. Seltzer
Mr. L. D. Alden
Mr. B. Frank Meyers
Mr. Elder McWilliams
Miss Belle Leeds
Miss Frances Augusterf'er
Mr. Charles Phillips
Miss Clara Meyers
Miss Nannie Fleming
Miss Jennie Barron
Miss Margie Hubert
Miss Margaret R. Fox
Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt
Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Jr
Miss Minnie Brower
Miss Emma O. Meyers
Mr. Dan. N. Klapp
Miss Amy Eckhardt
Miss Annie Eckbert ..
Miss Nellie Mosheuval
Miss Ada Augusterfer (new class)
Miss May Levers (new class)
Miss Zada Kemp (new class)
Mr. Lee Landers (new class)
Enroll
men t.
16
117
15
1 1
20
10
9
15
10
15
10
11
'7
9
11
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
447
Amount.
$144- 61
138 87
lul 90
58 44
54 99
53 30
44 67
35 98
33 17
27 21
24 69
23 53
22 16
20 96
20 47
19 52
18 16
17 67
17 10
16 94
15 95
15 84
14 22
14 03
12 56
51,006 42
* Star Record for Enrollment.
I Note — Of this amount $5.43 is otherwise classifi d by the Treasurer,
owing to difference in Secretary's class report.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 209
Class Offerings for First Six Months of 1893.
BY DErARTMENTS.
Rank.
Enrollment.
Amount.
1 Adult
147
198
135
$315 04
212 02
85 54
Total, 3 Departments.
480
$612 60
Class Offerings, Entire School, Each Month.
Amount.
Average per
Sunday.
Average per mem-
ber present.
$68 05
128 14
72 39
155 07
67 92
121 03
$13 61
32 04
18 10
31 01
16 98
30 26
.05f
.10f
3 March
.06i
.09|
.05J
09" 9
Total
$612 60
$23 56
•08 A
Class Offerings lsy and 2d Quarter, 1893.
Amount.
$268 58
344 02
Average per
Sunday.
Average pt r mem-
ber pr sent.
$20 66
26 46
.07?
.08£
Total
$612 60
|23 56
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Note. — Average attendance, 26 Sundays, 291.
2IO
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
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16
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28
29
30
Direct Class Offerings First Six Months, 1893.
By Classes.
Class taught by-
Primary
!Miss Grace E. Fox
Mi^s Nettie E. Seiiz..
Mrs. Fannie Haller...
Adult I Mr. Albert F. Fox
Adult | Mr. John. F. McClain.
Adult I Rev. Dr. S. Doraer
Intermediate..
Adult
Adult
Adult
Intermediate..
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Mr. John C. Parker
Mr. H. H. Seltzer
Mr. George F. Muth
Miss Margaret R. Fox
f Miss N. Fleming
[ Mr. Lucius D. Alden
Mr. Elder McWilliams
Mr. Dan. N. Klapp ,
Mr. B. Frank Meyers
Miss Belle F. Leeds
Miss Frances Augusterfer.
Mr. Charles Phillips
Miss Minnie Brower.
Miss Margaret R. Hubert .
Miss May Levers
Miss Nellie Mosheuvel
Miss Amy Eckhardt
Miss Clara Meyers
Miss Jennie Barton
Mrs. J. Granville Meyers .
Miss Ada Augusterfer
Miss Zada Kemp
Intermediate i Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt
Adult i Miss Annie Eckbert
Adult j Miss Emma 0. Meyers
Intermediate 1 Mr. Lee Landers
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Adult
Intermediate.
Adult
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate
Inter . ediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Intermediate.
Total, 30 classes.. 1
Average attendance and collection
Average per member per Sunday ..
Enroll-
ment.
Amount.
$85 54
* 16
82 95
21
76 02
28
43 58
11
38 31
12
31 49
14
22 62
21
19 81
11
14 92
8
14 40
10
14 02
10
13 71
9
11 90
7
11 15
10
10 49
9
10 33
12
9 91
11
9 39
11
9 05
10
8 99
9
8 45
14
8 32
17
8 15
9
8 12
9
7 55
11
7 50
8
7 25
9
6 87
9
6 84
(t
4 98
480
$612 60
291
23 56
1
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*Star Class for offerings per enrollment.
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HISTORY OK ST. PAUL'S
Some Month of April Notes.
Year.
Classes.
Average
Attendance.
Ifc65
21
24
26
24
19
19
27
28
31
31
210
1866
196
1867
279
1868
258
1880
147
1883
151
1888
207
1890
258
1892
317
1893
317
The direct class offerings have averaged 6 and 6 x / 2
cents for years past, and in 1892, our jubilee year,
reached the unusual figures of seven and ten-seventeenths
cents per member per Sunday, or a total of $3.95 for the
year. The ordinary offering is five cents, the penny
being unusual.
We believe both in the privilege and in the duty, and
give for our own and for others' uses. There were only
six Sundays in 1892 when the offering was less than
$10, ten Sundays when it was over $18, and eight Sun-
days when it was over $20.
The smallest collection was $6.79, and the largest
#125.57.
But look at the record of the first six months in 1893
for figures that excel even those just given — eight and
one-tenth cents per member per Sunday !
We propose to keep it up, to give as God prospers us,
to be rich towards God, and we know that " God loveth
a cheerful eiver. "
OUR GIVING CREED.
1st. We believe that every one should help others to
the Gospel.
2d. That every one should help as much as he can.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 2l$
3d. That every one should find this work of helping-
others very blessed and helpful to himself.
So we put it down as our rule that we will —
1st. Give regularly an offering at least every Lord's
Day.
2d. Give conscientiously according to our ability.
3d. Give joyfully, because it proves a privilege and
blessing to us.
The privilege and the duty go hand in hand together.
FOR OFFERINGS.
This school still claims to be the banner school, not
only in the general synod of our own church, but for
recent years of all schools represented in the Interna-
tional Sunday- School Conventions, its superintendent
being: a delegate to the last three, and alreadv elected a
delegate to head the delegation from this city to the
seventh International and the second World's Sunday-
School Conventions, to be held at St. L,ouis August 31
to September 6, inclusive, 1893.
Our Two Star Records for Continuous Service.
A SPLENDID RECORD.
Our treasurer, Brother Albert F. Fox, on the 9th
of July, 1893, completed his thirtieth year of continu-
ous membership in St. Paul's Sunday school. He en-
tered the school on Sunday, July 15, 1863, and has been
continuously connected with it eversince. He entered as
a pupil, and has passed through the various grades of
teacher, assistant superintendent, and secretary, and has
been treasurer ever since May 25, 1873, a period of
over twenty years. In addition to this, he has been since
March, 1875, one of our most faithful and earnest
2l6 HISTORY OF ST. PAULAS
teachers, and always ready for every good work and enter-
prise for the advancement of the chuich and Sunday
school. He was for a number of years past a member of
the church council, and treasurer of the church. His ex-
ample is worthy of all commendation to our young men.
He is a young man yet, but a veteran in Sunday-school
service. Our personal interest in the Sunday school
ouedit never to die out, and we should never consider
ourselves too old and too wise for continuance in such
blessed work and amid such blessed associations. Never
too old to work for the children and our young people.
May life and health be long extended, and his sphere of
usefulness be enlarged. On July 16, 1893, at the ses-
sion of the school, Brother Fox was presented by Miss
Sophie Pitchlynn with a bbquet of roses in appreciation
of his noted record, and suitable remarks were made
by the pastor and superintendent in reference to the
same.
AND STILL ANOTHER.
Mr. George F. Muth on the second Sunday in Febru-
ary, 1893, completed his twenty-eighth year of continu-
ous membership in St. Paul's Sunday school. He has
been a teacher for many years, served as librarian for -a
long period, and has now one of the largest classes in
the school, a young ladies' Bible class. He is one of
the original members of the Christian Endeavor Society,
is now its president and one of its most earnest and
active members, and was at one time one of the vice-
presidents of the United Society of this city. Planted
in the house of the Lord, he has gone " from strength
to strength," and a great door of usefulness has been
opened to him. May God continually bless him, and
may he be long spared, is the prayer of his many friends
in St. Paul's.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 217
Other Records.
Mr. John F. McClain, now member of the church
council, has a twenty-years' record as a teacher, and his
present class numbers in its ranks some young men who
were in the school many years ago. Teacher and class
render efficient service in various ways, and are large
givers to every object brought before the school.
Mr. Elder McWilliams on May 28 celebrated the 20th
anniversary of his entry into the Sunday school; was
for inany years a member of Mr. McClain' s class, and
since October 4, 1891, has been the successful teacher
of a large class of boys in the intermediate department.
Mr. John C. Parker president of the church council,
has a record of nearly twenty years' service as a teacher,
and has served as such in each of the three depart-
ments of the school. He has been a successful teacher
of boys, some of whom have grown up to be workers
in the Sunday-school army, and he is still regular and
punctual in attendance, always on hand for every good
work, and is a most helpful member.
Miss Annie Eckbert, teacher of a. young ladies'
Bible class, has been for nearly thirteen years one of
the most faithful and efficient workers in the school,
and has succeeded in retaining several of her scholars
who are no longer single, but married. No graduating
from her class at any time.
Miss Emma O. Meyers has been a teacher since Marcli
16, 1884. Her "boys" are now young men, and are
active in every department of religious work in the
church. They are a standing testimony to her faithful-
ness and success as a teacher in the school.
2l8 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Mrs. John C. Parker was first enrolled as a member
of the school prior to 1850, and has the earliest date of
original entry of all the present members of the Sun-
day school.
Mr. Franck L. Onrand, of the adult department, first
entered the school prior to i860. His first teacher in
the primary class was Mrs. J. G. Butler, wife of the
pastor of the church.
Mr. Charles Webel,also of the pastor's class, entered
the school in 1862, and while his service has not been
continuous, he has retained his membership during this
long period to the present time. He was once the libra-
rian of the school.
Mr. Thos. F. Pendel entered the school as a scholar
May 6, 1866, became a teacher in 1868, and has served
as such much of the time since that date. He is at
present a member of Dr. Domer's class. Over a quarter
of a century of active, earnest, christian life is his record
in the Sunday school.
Mr. J. A. Weigle has a record as a teacher and scholar
for twenty odd years, and is now a member of Dr.
Domer's class.
The superintendent of the Sunday school was a mem-
ber of the young men's Bible class in 1868, and was a
teacher in 1869 and the early part of 1870, at which
time he left the city for a period of eight years, return-
ing to the city and school in 1878. In his class in those
early years was Emil G. Schafer, now one of our most
helpful young men, and a member of Mr. McClain's
class. It is a soiuce of great pleasure to note the above,
and after an experience of almost a quarter of a century
still to be together in the blessed work. The superin-
English Lutheran Sunday school. 219
tendent and Mr. Pendel are the only members of the
school who were teachers in it during the years 1869
and 1870.
Many others of onr teachers and scholars are nearin^
the point when they also can be considered veteran
members, on the score of membership and service.
None under twenty-one years of age know of any
pastor at St. Paul's but Dr. Domer, and none under
eighteen of any other but the present superintendent.
Mr. A. S. Pratt, formerly superintendent, who started
the present superintendent in the work, is now in charge
of the primary department of the Sunday school of the
Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), of which he is a
member. He is indeed a veteran worker. Of his
former teachers at St. Paul's four are now superintend-
ents of schools in this city: Mr. L,. D. Alden, at St.
2l8 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Mrs. John C. Parker was first enrolled as a member
of the school prior to 1850, and has the earliest date of
original entry of all the present members of the Sun-
day school.
Mr. Franck L. Ourand, of the adnlt department, first
entered the school prior to i860. His first teacher in
the primary class was Mrs. J. G. Butler, wife of the
pastor of the church.
Rev. Samuel G. Finckel, former member of the
Sunday school, is now pastor of the Lutheran Church
at Lansingburg, N. Y. On August 20, 1893, ne
preached at the Keller Memorial Church, for the pastor,
Rev. C. H. Butler, also a former member.
[The above was inadvertantly omitted and we take pleasure in in-
serting in proper place. — L. D. A.]
time he left the city for a period of eight years, return-
ing to the city and school in 1878. In his class in those
early years was Emil G. Schafer, now one of our most
helpful young men, and a member of Mr. McClain's
class. It is a source of great pleasure to note the above,
and after an experience of almost a quarter of a century
still to be together in the blessed work. The superin-
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 219
tendent and Mr. Pendel are the only members of the
school who were teachers in it during the years 1869
and 1870.
Many others of onr teachers and scholars are nearin^
the point when they also can be considered veteran
members, on the score of membership and service.
None under twenty-one years of age know of any
pastor at St. Paul's but Dr. Domer, and none under
eighteen of any other but the present superintendent.
Rev. Dr. G. J. Butler, former pastor and teacher of the
Bible class at St. Paul's, who received the present su-
perintendent into the church in September, 1865, and
on whose invitation he first entered St. Paul's Sunday
school, is now pastor of the Memorial and superintend-
ent of the afternoon Sunday school of that church;
also teacher of the Bible class of his school. Mary J.
Kelly, now Mrs. A. F. Fox, Mr. Albert F. Fox, Mr.
George F. Muth, and Mr. Thomas Pendel were in the
class taught by him in 1867.
Rev. Charles H. Butler, a former member of the
primary class, is now pastor of the Keller Memorial,
our new Lutheran church in the northeast, and super-
intendent of its Sunday school.
Rev. Francis H. Weaver, former member and teacher
under Mr. A. S. Pratt, is now chaplain of the Tenth
United States Cavalry, and stationed at Fort Custer,
Montana.
Mr. A. S. Pratt, formerly superintendent, who started
the present superintendent in the work, is now in charge
of the primary department of the Sunday school of the
Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), of which he is a
member. He is indeed a veteran worker. Of his
former teachers at St. Paul's four are now superintend-
ents of schools in this city : Mr. L. D. Alden, at St.
220 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Paul's; Mr. I. C. Slater, at the Church of the Reforma-
tion; Mr. Robert B. Kinsell, at the Memorial morning
and Zion's afternoon schools; and Mr. J. L. Enderle, at
the Central Presbyterian; and of his former scholars,
Rev. Charles H. Butler is superintendent of the Keller
Memorial, as also pastor. Mr. Pratt was considered by
Mr. Alden a model superintendent, and the latter has,
during his own service as superintendent, followed
largely his way of working.
Mr. George Ryneal, Jr., former member and teacher,
and treasurer of the school from 1863 to 1873, is now a
member of the Memorial Church, and connected with
the Sunday school of Zion's Church as teacher. He is
still active and helpful in every good work. His ac-
counts as treasurer of St. Paul's Sunday school were
destroyed by fire, which took place at his store some
years since. But for that loss of records the receipts
and disbursements for the above-mentioned period could
be fully noted. Mr. Ryneal is represented by both
relatives and friends at St. Paul's, and is highly thought
of by its workers.
Mr. J. Albert Hawken, late member of Mr. John F.
McClain's class, is now residing at Williamsport, Md.
He is superintendent of the Sunday school of Zion
Lmtheran Church, Rev. M. D. Garver, pastor, and is
president of the Christian Endeavor Society of the same
church.
Prof. Harry C. Davis, former member and secretary,
is now the assistant superintendent of the Sunday school
of the Presbyterian Church at Wilkes Barre, Pa. He
was also at one time a teacher at St. Paul's, and his wife,
then Miss Ida Schneider, was one of the primary class
teachers from 1876 to 1878. Prof. Davis is connected
with the Academy at Wilkes Barre, and both are still
active in christian work.
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Mr. Cornelius Eckhardt and Mr Chauncey Bottsford,
former members of Mr. John C. Parker's class, are now
connected with St. Mark's of this city, and are active
in the work of the church and Sunday school and the
Iyiither Alliance of Christian Endeavor.
Mr. I. C. Slater, former member and teacher, is now
the superintendent of the Sunday school of the Church
of the Reformation, Rev. Dr. Parson, pastor.
Mr. Robert B. Kinsell, former teacher, is now the
superintendent of the Memorial morning school and of
Zion's afternoon school, both of this city.
Mr. Joseph L. Enderle, former superintendent at St.
Paul's, is now superintendent of the Sunday school of
the Central Presbyterian Church of this city.
Many former members are now active workers in
other Lutheran Sunday schools of this city, and we
have representatives also in schools of other cities
in different parts of the United States.
CHURCH MEMBERS IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
All the officers and teachers and many of the scholars,
in all about 160, are members of the church, leaving
320 members that are not connected with the church.
Of this number 132 are in the primary department and
188 in the junior and adult departments. What shall
the harvest be?
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
At a meeting of the teachers of the Sunday School,
held in the Sunday-school room, on the 2d of January,
1893, all the officers of the school were, with the excep-
tion of Mr. H. H. Seltzer, of the adult department, who
is unable to serve, unanimously re-elected for the cur-
rent year.
222 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Mr. George F. Muth was elected musical leader of
the school, and has since resigned the office of librarian,
and his assistants, Mr. Wm. P. Belt and Mr. George
R. Linkins, who have managed the library under his
direction, have been elected librarians of the school,
and will have entire charge of that important part of
the work.
The pastor most gratefully acknowledges the helpful
cooperation, the valuable support, which officers and
teachers of the Sunday school have rendered all along
the line of the progress which, by the blessings of the
Master, the passing years have brought to the church.
In November, 1874, the first Sunday after he took
charge, the Sunday school had only 60 persons present,
all told. Now we have five times as many. Then the
membership of the church scarcely numbered 100, now
above 400.
When Rev. J. E. Graeflf came to St. Paul's his first
Sunday in the Sunday school witnessed twelve persons
present. Now we have 25 to 30 times as many.
The superintendent most gratefully acknowledges the
hearty cooperation and support which the pastor, Rev.
Dr. S. Domer, has rendered him during his fifteen years'
superintendency of the school. It has been a most
helpful factor in the general results and successes which
have taken place, and a delightful remembrance it will
remain.
To Mr. Charles H. Ourand, of the adult department,
the superintendent is under many obligations for valua-
ble assistance in the preparation of copy for the printer.
EASTER SERVICES, 1892.
Our anniversary on Sunday, April 17, at 7.30 p. m.,
in the audience room of the church, was a most notable
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occasion. Designs, illustrations, and decorations, under
the direction of the superintendent, were noted as un-
usually fine. The exercises of the school were varied
and complete in all the elements of a fine anniversary.
The music of the school was notable, "The Easter
Dawn," by Emma Pitt, being rendered in a most ex-
cellent manner. The church choir and pipe organ,
with orchestral accompaniment of cornet and two vio-
lins, added much to the rendition of the musical pro-
gram. The crowded condition of the Sunday school
and church made it evident that St. Paul's must pro-
vide larger accommodations, or suffer.
OUR ROLL-CALL DAY, 1892.
Sunday, May 22, was the day fixed for the first for-
mal annual roll call. The threatening weather inter-
fered with the attendance, yet 328 responded to the call,
with a class offering of $18.89, which is a little over
the average Sunday offering.
It was a solemn service. Mr. McCormick had but
recently died, and Mr. Kalb was lying at the point of
death. Prayers were offered for his recovery.
children's day services, 1892,
On Sunday, June 19, at 11 A. m., in the audience
room of the church, were of unusual interest, and en-
joyed by the large number of members of the school
and others who were present. Appropriate services,
songs, recitations, a letter read by the superintendent
from one of the orphans at the Lutheran Orphans'
Home at Lloysville, Pa., and remarks by the pastor
and brother A. F. Fox, filled up the time allotted to the
service. A large offering was made by the school for
the Lutheran Orphans' Home. The church was dec-
224 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
orated, and to the music of the children was added
the songs of birds. Bright day. Happy time. Blessed
children. "Glory to His name. "
RALLYING DAY, 1 892.
Our second rallying day was on Sunday, September
25, with an attendance of 233, and class collections of
$20.70, an average of nearly 9 cents per member present.
After the regular session the school inarched up to the
audience room, the children of the primary department
occupying the gallery. The church was nicely dec-
orated with pictures, plants, and flowers, and cages of
singing birds were suspended in different places.
The service was opened by the* pastor; then there was
music by the church choir, then prayer, the reading of
the Scriptures, and then while the choir sang, the col-
lection, which was for the Lutheran Orphans' Home,
was taken up. ' A letter was read by the superintendent
from one of the orphans. Then followed the review
of the 3d quarter's lessons by the superintendent, fol-
lowed by the presentation of the resolutions of sympathy
on the death of the two.assistant superintendents, Messrs.
I. N. Kalb and J. H. McCormick, to the families of the
deceased. A large audience was present, and a delight-
ful hour it proved on this first reunion after the sum-
mer vacations. In the school-room, on motion of Bro.
John C. Parker, seconded by Bro. John F. McClain, the
school voted ten dollars to the proposed model Sunday-
school building at the World's Fair, to be erected for
use in 1893, in connection with the Columbian Exposi-
tion.
The 50th anniversary of the Sunday school took
place on the last Sunday evening of 1892. An excel-
lent program had been prepared, consisting of music,
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responsive exercises, addresses, reports from the secre-
tary and treasurer, the announcement of the honor roll,
etc., all most satisfactorily carried out under the direc-
tion of the superintendent. Scriptural designs and
illustrations, with a fine picture of the Madonna and
child Jesus, helped to make up a scene of impressive
beauty and loveliness, suited to the anniversary joy.
A house crowded in every part gave evidence of the
interest of the people in the work of the school, and
their untiring attention to the close of the proceedings
was the evidence of their satisfaction in the services of
the evening. We need not go into any details of de-
scription of the performances of the evening, since our
pages are so fully occupied with the practical affairs of
the school.
The social anniversary — or social part of the Sunday-
school anniversary — took place on Wednesday evening
following the Sunday evening services. Too many
things in hand to crowd them all into one evening.
The distribution of Christmas gifts, with an entertain-
ing and amusing program, was, consequently, deferred
until Wednesday evening, and for the lecture room of
the church. The room was nicely decorated. The
evening gathering was very large, and replete with
pleasant exercises and social greetings. The first part
of the evening all gathered in the audience room of the
church, where, after appropriate services, Mr. Lee
Pitchlynn, with his stereopticon, gave fine views of the
early incidents in the life of the Christ Child, followed
by appropriate Christinas views, also throwing upon
the canvas information about the school and notices of
its sessions, following with a picture of the superin-
tendent, which was a great surprise to Mr. Alden, at
least, if not to all others. After this the roll of honor
rewards were distributed, and the superintendent was
226 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
again surprised by being noted by the pastor as being
on the roll of honor, who, with most beautiful remarks,
presented him, on behalf of the teachers, with a Christ-
mas remembrance, which was received and responded
to with suitable words. After this, and with song, the
school proceeded to the lower room, primary, junior, and
adult departments, followed by the others present,
where all enjoyed the social cheer and a bountiful sup-
per of ice cream and cake. The children of the primary
department each received a suitable gift, and the even-
ing was full of cheer and good will. Many presents
were exchanged between teachers and classes, and the
large quantity of gifts for the poor gave evidence of the
right spirit at the happy Christmas time.
At the Christinas treat all present enjoyed the violin
solo by Miss Clara Ruth. This young lady also kindly
assisted at the anniversary. After the violin solo came
a banjo trio by the Misses Margaret R. Fox, Mary
Morgan, and Ella Harold. These were delightful
numbers on the program and afforded much pleasure.
(From the Lutheran Observer )
Sunday=5chool Anniversary at St. Paul's.
Mr. Editor: Our Sunday-school anniversary has just
taken place. We think a brief report of our work and
its results would be worthy of a place in the Observer.
The anniversary of the past year, in accordance with
our custom, was two-fold — the anniversary proper on
Sunday evening, Christmas day, and the social anni-
versary on Wednesday evening last. That on Sunday
evening consisted of a song service with orchestral
accompaniment, scripture readings, class exercises, ad-
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 227
dresses, reports of secretary and treasurer, and the dis-
tribution of rewards to the members of the several rolls
of honor. That of Wednesday evening consisted of
singing by the school, with stereopticon scenes in the
life of Christ, Mr Lee Pitchlynn, a member of the
school, furnishing the stereopticon and using it for the
special entertainment of the crowded audience present.
After these exercises closed in the audience room,
refreshments and the distribution of gifts came next in
order in the lecture room of the church.
All the anniversary exercises were under the conduct
and management of our energetic and faithful superin-
tendent, Lucius D. Alden, supported by an earnest corps
of officers and teachers. No necessity for dilating on
decorations, designs, and individualities of everything
that occurred. I need not specially speak of the crowds
present; they were large, of course — they always are;
and our anniversaries are always full of interest, and
are known as such. Our Sunday school, moreover,
takes a high rank among the schools of the city, and
among the schools of the Synod of Maryland. There
are larger schools in the city than ours, but none more
active and vigorous; none that make higher averages
in all the factors of a model school. Such is, at least,
the self-consciousness into which we have advanced.
And the following statement of facts and figures, we
believe, will justify our self-consciousness.
Our church is now fifty years old, and we are nearing
our semi-centennial celebration. This last anniversary
shows that the school never was so large and flourishing
as it is now. The organization as it now exists has 14
officers, all of whom are class members, 31 classes, 32
teachers, 415 scholars, and a total enrollment of 447.
There are three departments — primary, intermediate,
and adult. During the year over 200 were present on
42 Sundays, and over 300 on 11 Sundays. The largest
attendance during the year was on Easter Sunday, April
228 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
17, when 340 were present. The largest during the
preceding year, 302. During this year there has been
a net gain of 1 department, 3 classes, 2 teachers, and
65 scholars, being a total net gain over all losses of 67
members.
The year has been one of marked prosperity in all
the departments, and especially in the primary. This
department is in charge of Misses Grace Fox and Nettie
Seitz. It started the year with 113 members, sent 4 full
classes into the intermediate department, and now has
a larger number on its roll than it had when the year
began. It has crowded itself out of its old quarters,
and on Sunday last occupied for the first time its en-
larged and newly fitted-up room, which will seat at least
a third more than the former one. In the three rolls of
honor the following statements appear in the secretary's
report: Present every Sunday during the year, 16; ab-
sent only one Sunday, 9; absent but two Sundays, 13-
Knowing the titles of lesson and golden texts for the
year, 9. The offerings for the year are reported by the
treasurer as follows: On hand January 1, 1892, $66.62.
Received during the year from direct class offerings,
$1,000.99; from other sources, $265.07; total, $1,332.68.
Expenditures during the year were as follows: For sup-
port of school, $410.09; benevolence, $656.21; cash on
hand, $266.38; total, $1,332.68.
During the year the school donated to St. Mark's
Lutheran Sunday school, of this city, 50 copies of " Gem
of Gems;" to St. John's, of Wellington Kansas, 75
song books; to St. Paul's Sunday school, of Newark,
Ohio, 125 library books, and 24 Bibles to a small
colored school in the country. The largest collection
for one Sunday was on Home Mission day, November
13, $125.57; tne largest in 1891, Home Mission day,
$80. 50. The second largest was on Sunday last, $1 1 1. 79.
The largest offering during the year from a single class,
enrollment 14, amount $144.61. The next largest from
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the primary department, $138.87; the third, with an
enrollment of 12, $101.90. All the rest of the classes
did proportionately well, maintaining an encouraging
and honorable rank throughout. The average offering
per member per Sunday was .07 \$ — a gain of .o\% over
the preceding year. We shall be glad to hear from any
other Sunday school that can show a higher average
than this. Until then St. Paul's of this city will claim
the banner, and stand in front in the great procession.
I would like to give the names of our officers and
teachers through whom these results are atttaiued, but
you will "grumble" already at the length of this brief
article, and so I must pause. As a pastor, however, I
must acknowledge their services, and I rejoice in being
sustained and encouraged by so faithful a band of Sun-
day-school workers. Many from the Sunday school
annually pass into membership of the church, and " fol-
low on to know the Lord" while they press on to the
City of God.
Two deaths have occurred during the year, Mr. John
H. McCormick, assistant superintendent of the inter-
mediate department, and Mr. Isaac N. Kalb, associate
superintendent in charge of the adult department.
These active and useful brethren are greatly missed
from the places they filled so well. Mrs. Henry Raabe,
a member of the pastor's class, was also recently trans-
ferred to the heavenly world. Since July 1, 1878, we
have suffered the loss by death of 22 members of the
school, viz., 3 teachers and 19 scholars.
The affairs of our church and Sunday school in this
semi-centennial year altogether indicate a better con-
dition and a more hopeful outlook than ever, and our
jubilee begins with the thanksgiving to the Lord for
His abounding grace towards us in the effort to extend
11 the gospel of peace and good will " among men.
Yours truly, S. Domer,
Pastor of St. PauPs,
December jo, '92.
230 HISTORY OF ST. PAULAS
Entertainments in 1892.
Three given by the classes of the school: one by Mrs.
Eckhardt's class May 13, one by the primary depart-
ment May 25, and one by Mr. Phillips' class June 22.
All were well planned and executed, and occasions of
much pleasure to the large number present, and sources
of revenue and profit to the Sunday-school treasury, etc.
our picnic in 1892.
This time at Bay Ridge, Monday, June 27, and under
the able management of the committee in charge,
Messrs. John C. Parker, E. G. Schafer, B. F. Meyers,
and Lee Pitchlynn, was a most enjoyable affair. All
the children in the school went free, and the cost for
others was $1 each. A rebate from the railroad com-
pany enabled the committee to pay most of the expense
attending the picnic, free tickets, etc.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
One of the primary department members was taken
in May, 1892, through the kindness of Mr. Lee Pitch-
lynn, of Mr. McClain's class. It contains the pictures
of the teachers, Miss Grace E. Fox and Miss Nettie E.
Seitz, and 58 scholars, and the pastor and superintend-
ent, who were invited to be part of the group taken,
which was gathered in front of and in the door of the
church.
In 1893 the church was also photographed, the pic-
tures of the interior, showing the jubilee decorations,
being rare souvenirs. This also to the credit of Mr.
Lee Pitchlvnn.
THE LIBRARIES.
During the past year that of the main room was over-
hauled; a number of books taken from and 54 new
books added to; 19 books were rebound. The primary
department had no new books added to its list in
December.
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Mrs. Delia Domer-Alleman, formerly organist in our
Sunday school, and now residing- at Harrisburg, Pa.,
spent the holiday season at the parsonage. Her little
boys accompanying, made the welcome trio at the old
home. At the Christinas festival she presided at the
organ a part of the evening. It was a pleasure to once
more see our former organist and musical leader in the
place which she so long and so ably filled, and to hear
her voice in song as in years gone by. Come again !
Mr. Henry Orth, of Mr. Fox's class, now in college
in Bethlehem, Pa., was home for the Christmas season
and in his place in class and school. He is active in
christian work at school, and will be so here, now that
he has completed his studies and returned home to stay.
Who is preparing to teach ? Now is a good time, and
your class a good place. Remember, we do not graduate
from the Sunday school, but should grow up to try and
do for others as others have done and are now doing
for us. Many of our teachers come from the Bible
classes. Teachers, invite your scholars to prepare to
teach, and prepare now.
St. John, in the closing years of his life, in one of
his epistles, says : "I write unto you, young men, be-
cause ye are strong." Let all our young men be strong
for truth, for temperance, for the Bible and its blessed
teachings, for Christ and His cause, the Sunday School
and the church. God bless our many young men.
Our young ladies are noticeable in the school, many
of them being generally present, and a number as
teachers, active and reliable in that position. May the
number be increased and the handmaidens of the Lord
be blessed in our midst.
232 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The Pastor's Class.
He enjoys their presence, loves their company, and
observes with gladness the interest, the enthusiasm
which characterizes them as students of the Word of
God and members of the Sunday school. To these
members of his class in particular, and to all the teachers
and their classes in general, he offers his kindest pastoral
greetings with the opening of the year, praying and
hoping that this may be to all a blessed year of Sunday-
school associations and Christian endeavor. May our
school, with its happy faces of teachers, young people,
and children, be like a garden full of rare and beautiful
plants and flowers, on which the dews of Hermon de-
scend, and where we may take our morning walks and
sing our summer songs, quite on the verge of heaven!
Classes for ladies and gentlemen — Rev. Dr. S.
Domer's, Mr. H. H. Seltzer's, Mr. John F. McClain's.
Classes for young ladies — Miss Annie Eckbert's, Mr.
Dan. N. Klapp's, Miss Belle F. Leeds', Mr. George F.
Muth's, Miss Jennie Barron's, Miss Clara Meyers'.
Classes for young men — Mr. Albert F. Fox's, Miss
Emma O. Meyers', Mr. John C. Parker's, Mr. M. M.
Rouzer's.
If not a member of this or other school, you are in-
vited to join one of the above or other classes in the
school. Please report to the superintendent, and rest
assured of a welcome.
THE MODERN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Older members of the church are joining the Sun-
day-school movement from time to time. Bible stu-
dents, old and young, are in this wonderful seminary of
the ages. What an inspiration to everybody this is,
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when the solid men of the community and of the
church — when men and women of intelligence and ex-
perience — come into these active Christian efforts, and
by their presence, their example, their zealous coopera-
tion, help the young people and the children into the
mysteries and blessedness of the kingdom of Heavenly
truth. Come, men and women of these " Last Times,"
get into line and head the procession for the "City of
God."
Our Primary Department.
The primary department, with its 3 teachers and
132 scholars, a total of 135 members, is nearly three-
tenths of our enrollment. The average offering of each
member is 2 cents and over.
Little helpers, large givers !
Occupying the front seats in the main room for the
opening and closing exercises of the school, from the
time the present superintendent took charge until
December 22, 1892, its members added much by their
presence to the joyousness and spirit of the occasion of
each session of the school. They were crowded very
much while in their old room, but on December 29,
1892, the new room, much larger and more beautiful,
was occupied by them, the children for the first time
assembling there. To its teachers the superintendent
gives credit for faithful performance of duty, for zeal
and enthusiasm in their work, and congratulates them
on successes attained and their growing fitness for the
responsible positions which they occupy in this nursery
of the church.
The patience, loving care, industry, and faithfulness
of these teachers of the little children have a continuous
reward in the blessed work they are doing.
234 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
0-
The primary department teachers, 1876 to 1889, Miss
Mollie Davis and her assistant, Miss May Parker, now
Mrs. J. Paul Smith, have not been forgotten in the
development and growth of the Sunday school, by
either officers, teachers, or the scholars of those days.
During the years of reorganization and upbuilding of
the school, when many of the conveniences, helps, and
encouragements of the present time were only in pros-
pect, these teachers were in the front rank among the
workers, and did noble service in bringing about the
successes which have been realized in the school. Miss
Mollie is still a member of the school in the pastor's class,
and Miss May is married and has withdrawn.
Miss Mary Butler, for many years teacher in the
primary class prior to the above, is still active in the
work, having charge of that department at the Memorial
afternoon school.
ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
In response to the request of T. VV. Leonhart, the
superintendent of St. Mark's Lutheran Sunday School,
in South Washington, 50 copies of the " Gem of Gems "
was voted to that school by the Sunday school of St.
Paul's, in session October 10, 1892. The books were
most cheerfully given, and they were most thankfully
received and acknowledged.
We can also say the same in reference to the $100
donated St. Mark's to assist in purchasing the pews
placed in the church during the fall of 1892.
REPORTS.
The reports of the superintendent, the secretary, Mr.
J. Granville Meyers, Jr., and of the treasurer, Mr.
Albert F. Fox, will show very fully the operations of
the school in all departments of work, and will prove a
valuable record for our own members and all others in-
terested in Sunday-school management and work.
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Our improvements.
Voted for November 14, 1892. Completed December
24, 1892. New room first used Christmas, December
25, 1892.
Results : more room for the primary department as
well as the entire school. A fine appearance. A better
arrangement.
Cost $400, to be paid in shares of $1.00 each. By
earning, saving, giving at the rate of two cents per
week for this year.
The birthday banks in the main room and the pri-
mary department are in view at every session, and are
kept supplied by the members of the Sunday school,
the birthday of each being noted by an offering of at
least one cent for each year of age attained. All offer-
ings in these birthday banks are for missionary purposes,
and the banks are opened and the offerings reported at
the end of each synodical year.
What a pleasure to have the pastor with us every
Sunday! To hear him in sacred song and prayer, and
as he speaks words of counsel and cheer to the Sunday
school to realize the oneness of our blessed faith. What
a privilege to be in the pastor's class. Many others are
invited to join it and receive the benefit of his teaching.
May he long be spared for work here.
The superintendent bears cheerful testimony to his
never-failing cooperation and support during the many
years they have been associated together in the work.
DEATHS in 1892.
Mr. Isaac N Kalb, associate superintendent in charge
of the adult department ; Mr. John H. McCormick, as-
sistant superintendent of the intermediate department ;
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Mrs. Henry Raabe, member of Dr. Domer's class, adult
department.
DEATHS IN 1893,
To June 30, inclusive. Mr. Emerick W. Hansell,
February 14th, member of adult department and vet-
eran member of the school.
SURPRISE PARTY.
That little surprise party at the home of the superin-
tendent of St. Paul's Sunday school! An enjoyable
evening! A happy time! An expression of regard for
the superintendent and his family! Generous hospi-
tality toward the surprisers, and general flow of con-
gratulations and good cheer!
The superintendent of St. Paul's English Lutheran
Sunday School was surprised at his residence on Friday
evening at 8.15 o'clock, May 27, 1892, by the appear-
ance of the pastor, officers and teachers of the Sunday
school, and others, bearing gifts and refreshments, and
special kind greetings on this, the anniversary of his
birth. Dr. Domer, the pastor, on behalf of the officers
and teachers of the Sunday school presented the super-
intendent with a large and beautiful copy of the Bible
(Oxford edition), inscribed in the pastor's handwriting
as follows:
LUCIUS D. ALDEN ,
Superintendent
of
The Sunday School
of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church,
Washington, D. C.
A Tribute of Respect, Love, and Good-will on the
Anniversary of His Birth,
from the
Officers and Teachers of the School,
With the Prayer, and Hope, that His Useful Life
May long be spared to the
School and Church.
Washington, D. C, May 27, 1892.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 237
Remarks were made by the pastor full of kind feeling
and christian love, and of appreciation of the superin-
tendent and his work, alluding in tender terms to Mr.
J. H. McCormick, the assistant superintendent, who
recently died, and to Mr. I. N. Kalb, the associated
superintendent, who was so ill, and expected to die.
Mr. Alden responded in words of appreciation and
gratitude, and with his family gave a hearty welcome
to the friends. Mr. George Muth presented Miss Belle
Leeds' (teacher) regrets, she being unable to be present.
Miss Grace Fox presented the superintendent, on behalf
of the primary department, with a photograph of the
class, but recently taken. After a season of social con-
verse the friends adjourned to the dining room, and
there enjoyed a collation spread by the surprise party.
Prayer was first offered by the pastor, and a blessing
asked on the superintendent, his family, his home, and
on all present. A season of song and converse closed
this delightful evening, made happy by the presence of
so many Christian friends, and at a late hour they de-
parted, wishing the superintendent many happy returns
of the day.
Floral offerings were presented by Mrs. J. G. Meyers,
Mrs. Geo. Muth, Miss Sophie Pitchlynn (through Mr.
Lee Pitchlynn, she being ill and unable to be present),
and Miss Minnie Brower. Mrs. Oppermau, Mrs. Fox,
and Mr. and Mrs. McClain very kindly took charge of
and served the refreshments.
Among those present were:
Rev. Dr. S. Domer, Mrs. L. L. Domer, Miss Annie
Eckbert, Mr. A. F. Fox, Mr. H. H. Seltzer, Mr. J. H.
McClain, Miss Emma O. Meyers, Mr. George F. Muth,
Mr. John C. Parker, Miss Frances Augusterfer, Miss
Ada Augusterfer, Miss Jennie Barron, Miss Minnie
Brower, Miss Nannie Fleming, Misses Grace and Mar-
garet R. Fox, Mr. Elder McWilliams, Mr. B. Frank
238 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Meyers, Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Mrs. E. C. Opper-
man, Mr. M. M. Rouzer, Miss Helen Schreiner, Misses
Minnie and Nettie E. Seitz, Mr. Lee Pitchlynn, Mrs. A.
F. Fox, Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Mrs. M. M. Ronzer, Mrs.
John H. McClain, and the superintendent and his family,
who thanked them for their beautiful presents and good
wishes.
Changes in 1893, January to June, Inclusive.
CLASSES.
Mr. Alden's, transferred to class of Mr. John C. Parker,
January 1.
Miss Fleming's to Mr. Alden, May 1, and to Mr.
Raabe to date, July 1.
Miss Kemp's to Miss Ella House to date, July 1.
APPOINTMENTS.
Teachers — Mrs. N. T. Haller, assistant in primary
department, January 1.
Mr. Henry Raabe and Miss Ella House, intermedi-
ate department, to date, July 1.
RESIGNATIONS.
Teachers — Miss Nannie Fleming, May 1; Miss Zada
Kemp, June 30, both leaving the city.
Mr. Charles O. Krause, star member of the Roll of
Honor, left the city February 2, 1893.
In their new homes and new work they have the
prayers and best wishes of a large number of former
associates in church, C. E. and Sunday school. God
bless and prosper them.
NEW OFFICER OF THE SCHOOL.
Mr. George F. Muth, musical director, from January
1, 1893.
Vacant office — superintendent of adult department.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 239
Entertainments in 1893.
An Illustrated (stereopticon) Lecture on the evening
of February 3, by Dr. G. G. Burnett, of California, gave
great pleasure to a large audience, and netted $60.05 to
the credit of the Sunday-school improvement fund.
This was tendered the school by Dr. Burnett free of
cost, and was much appreciated.
The Primary Department May Annual took place on
the evening of May 26, and was a great success. The
large audience enjoyed the class march and the choice
programme of exercises. The net proceeds were $66.63,
this also for the Sunday-school improvement fund. To
the teachers of the classes great credit is due for the
success of the annual.
The Flower Committee of the Christian Endeavor
Society gave an entertainment on the evening of June
22, 1893, with an excellent programme of vocal and
instrumental music, and the Delsarte drill by a number
of young ladies. The chairman of the committee was
Mrs. J. Granville Meyers. Prof. Charles H. Chase was
musical director, and Mr. Edward Muth assistant.
The Annual Picnic took place on Wednesday, June
28, at the Ruppert place on the Seventh street road,
kindly offered for use of the school by Bro. A. S. John-
son. The committee consisted of Mr. John C. Parker,
Mr. M. M. Rouzer, and Mr. A. F. Fox. A large num-
ber attended, and the day was spent very pleasantly.
SPECIAL DAYS, 1893.
Our Foreign Mission Day in 1893, took place on
February 26, with an attendance of 303 and class oflfer-
ino-s of $77.62. The board and its work had been kept
before the school, and it entered heartily into efforts to
2^o HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
secure a good contribution to this great and blessed
cause. Much interest was manifested and the mission-
ary spirit aroused and increased. The following is
from the Observer of the 24th of February, with refer-
ence to preparations for the day:
THE POCKETS IN ST. PAUL'S.
"All observing persons who entered the Sunday-
school room of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church on
Sunday, February 5th, knew that something out of the
usual order of things was on hand. The chandelier, su-
perintendent's desk, piano, organ, banners, etc., were
decorated with the unique little " pockets" sent us by
the Secretary of our Foreign Mission Board. The red
ribbons on these pockets matched our carpet nicely, and
gave the room quite a gala appearance. For several
Sundays past a few had been seen on the front chande-
liers, as if to excite our curiosity and to tell us that
something was coming. Last Sunday, however, beside
the decorations there was one for each member present,
and plenty left over to be taken or sent to the absentees.
Our very able and energetic superintendent urged each
one to take a pocket and to put it in a conspicuous place
at home, that we might not forget to deposit our offer-
ings from day to day. To some who expressed fears of
the pocket being too small and frail for the large col-
lections so common in our school, he quickly replied by
referring such to their grocer, who would furnish them
with paper sacks of sufficient size and strength.
" The children of the primary department, as well as
those of other departments, were urged to earn as much
of their offering as possible, as in this way they would
give their very own money to this grand cause. We are
glad to say that the very earnest words of our worthy
superintendent were not in vain, for in several homes
which we visited this week we noticed the pockets in
conspicuous position. Those in the Sunday-school
room will remain where they are till after Foreign Mis-
sion Day, thus constantly reminding us of the fact that
as St. Paul's never has fallen behind, so this time we
want to be nearer the front than ever before.
"G. E. F.
" Washington, D. C"
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 24 1
The Easter Anniversary.
The Easter Anniversary in 1893 took place Sunday
evening, April 2d, in the presence of a large audience.
The morning session witnessed the largest attendance
in the history of the school, 368 members present, and
a collection for church extension of $71.61, increased at
the night service. The floral and other decorations were
superb, the great cross in which were placed the class
floral offerings presenting when completed a beautiful
appearance. "Beautiful Morning," a song service by
Emma Pitt, was rendered with great effect. Violins,
cornet, cabinet and pipe organs added to the splendid
singing of the school.
The secretary's report showed the enrollment as 464;
the average attendance for 1893, 2 7 1 'i tne Sunday offer-
ing, $20.66, and yl cents per member per Sunday con-
tributed.
A beautiful floral wreath was presented by the school
in memory of Mrs. Henry Raabe to Mr. Raabe, and
mention made of wreaths presented, according to the
custom of the school, at the funeral of each of the fol-
lowing members who died since last Easter: Mr. Kalb,
Mr. McCormick, and Mr. E. W. Hausell.
• ROLL-CALL SUNDAY, 1 893.
Our second roll call took place on May 28, with 254
present and $15.24 class offerings. A wet day and many
absent. Remarks were made by Mr. H. H. Seltzer and
the superintendent in memory of Mr. Kalb and Mr. Mc-
Cormick, the assistants who died about one year ago.
Dr. Domer and the other members of the church
council and the jubilee decoration committee were pre-
sented by the superintendent with large and handsome
souvenir badges, made from the ribbon used in the floral
decorations and on the portrait of Dr. Martin Luther
at the jubilee services. The badges show the old
242 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
church, the present one, and pictures of Rev. J. E.
Graeffand Dr. Domer, and are suitably inscribed, and
at the next jubilee will be of great value.
children's day, 1893.
Our children's day service in 1893 took place on June
nth, at 11 A. m., in the audience room of the church,
with a large audience present, and the school with full
ranks marching up after the regular session, which had
taken place as usual. The exercises were delightful.
The primary department had a large part of the pro-
gramme, and won great credit for itself and the teachers,
Misses Grace E. Fox and Netty E. Sietz and Mrs. N.
T. Haller.
Letters were received and read from two of the or-
phans at the Loysville Home, Augusta M. Reed and
Joseph R. Bechtol, and the pastor, Dr. Doiner, made
a short and impressive address The decorations were
very fine, and with the illustrations of scriptural child
life and scenes, the plants, birds, and music, the appro-
priate service prepared by the Lutheran Publication So-
ciety, and excellent music and singing, the children's
day of '93 passed by in the most delightful manner.
The home and its good work was noted, and in addition
to the offering at the regular session another collection
was taken and a large amount realized. At the regular
session 336 were present, and the offering $75.86.
REVIEW DAYS.
The 1st and 2d quarters' reviews were successful days
in the history of the school. Large attendance and
offerings, with hearty interest and responses, manifesting
an increased enjoyment of these specially social days.
The entire school as one class, and the review conducted
by the superintendent, with music specially adapted to
the lessons reviewed.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 243
At the review on June 25th Mr. Alden closed his fif-
teenth year of service as the superintendent of the school,
having re-entered and been elected to that office July
7, 1878. From' that date he has believed in the
"Review," and has personally conducted fifty-nine
of the sixty since that time, missing but one, the fifty-
fourth, when absent sick, the 4th quarter of the year
1891.
During this last review he was surprised by the gift
of a large and beautiful bouquet of roses from Miss
Sophie and Mr. Lee Pitchlynn, of the school, and later
by an immense floral horseshoe with the figures " 1878 "
and "1893" attached, the gift of the teachers, pre-
sented by Dr. Domer, the pastor, with most beautiful and
complimentary remarks, which were responded to by
Mr. Alden with appreciation and gratitude to all who
so kindly remembered the occasion.
Mr. Edward Leeds, of Mr. Parker's class, has re-
cently been appointed leader of music in the junior de-
partment of the Sunday school at Calvary Baptist
Church. During the past year he led the singing at
the Assembly Presbyterian school. He improves the
opportunity afforded by the lesson hour to attend for a
time his own class and school.
Some of the Letters Received in 1893.
BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH. (GENERAL SYNOD.)
Baltimore, February 28, 1893.
Mr. Lucius D. Alden.
My Dear Bro. : Bro. Fox has just informed me that
the "pockets" have emptied out the splendid sum of
$129.98, or $26.58 in advance of last year's offering for
the same cause. I congratulate you and your school
244 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
on that offering. I congratulate the board, the church
at large, our missionaries in India and Africa, and I
congratulate the cause of Foreign Missions in general
on the excellent help it has received from St. Paul's
Sunday school. Wishing you continued success in the
work, I am,
Yours fraternally,
Geo. Scholl.
Baltimore, May ?, iSgj.
Mr. A. F. Fox, Treasurer.
Dear Friend: I think you have every reason to be
proud of the record St. Paul's Church and Sunday
school is making for itself. The contributions of the
Sunday school passing through my hands is ahead of
any school in the Mar) land Synod.
With kind regards, yours truly,
Wm. H. James.
Tressler Orphans' Home, Loysville, Penna.
Lebanon, June 77, i8gj.
Dear Bro. Fox, Treasurer:
Please return to your school our thanks for their very
liberal collection on children's day to our blessed cause.
You stand first on the list so far as reports have come in.
I am looking for big reports from Drs. Albert and
Studebaker. Reports thus far most encouraging.
Yours truly,
W. H. Dunbar.
THE QUARTERLY WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS
went into effect at the end of the first quarter, and con-
sisted of twenty questions on the lessons of that
time. Some twenty-five persons took the printed slips
furnished by the school, and all of these passed and
will receive a certificate. Four certificates will entitle
the holder to a diploma.
English Lutheran sunday school. 245
The Vacation Envelope
was first used June 25, 1893, anc ^ ^ s f° r a Sunday school
record during absence from the city, with a plan to note
offerings enclosed for the home school. These are to be
handed in on the return from summer vacation, or other
absence from the citv.
MARYLAND SYNOD REPORT.
The Maryland Synod report of 1892 gives St. Paul's
Sunday school the twelfth in point of membership
and the fiist for collections of all the Sunday schools
in the synod, and the Lutheran Observer, of March 24,
1893, gives St. Paul's as the seventeenth largest school
in that bodv. " Marching- on."
MEMBERSHIP.
Gains and losses first six months of 1893:
Gained 56
Lost 23
Net gain t,3
Enrollment, June 30, 480.
MISCELLANEOUS, 1 892.
Attendance: Largest, April 17, 340. Smallest, July
3L 137
Collections: Largest, November 13, $125.57. Small-
est, August 14, $6.79.
Attendance first Sunday, 255; attendance fifty-second
Sunday, 234.
Collection first Sunday, $12.63; collection fifty-second
Sunday, $111.79.
Largest monthly offering, November, $169.89.
Smallest monthly offering, August, $30.52.
Total increase in membership in 1892, 67.
246 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
First Six Months, 1893.
Attendance: Largest, April 2, 368. Smallest, Jan-
ary 1, 160.
Collections: Largest, February 26, $77.62. Smallest:
January 1, $9.73.
Largest monthly offering, April, $155.07. Smallest
monthly offering, May, $67.92.
The Sunday school is largely represented in the
Christian Endeavor Society, which was first organized
nearly three years ago by the superintendent and a few
teachers and scholars of the school. In it the Sunday-
school member finds an open door for christian activity
and usefulness, and a training especially valuable in the
direction of fitness for the position of teachers.
Meetings in 1892 and 1893 — A number of important
business meetings were held in the lecture room.
The Monday evening meeting for the study of the
lesson has been well attended and much interest shown.
This is one of the best hours of the week, and a source
of great help and blessing. Others are invited to at-
tend it.
The Council in the Sunday School. — Of the members
of the council and officers of the church the following
are in the Sunday school: Dr. S. Domer, Mr. John C.
Parker, Mr. M. M. Rouzer, Mr. B. Frank Meyers, Mr.
H. H. Seltzer, Mr. John F. McClain, and Mr. Edward
T. Kaiser.
They are all helpful to the superintendent, class and
school. The first six are teachers and Mr. Kaiser is a
member of Mr. McClain' s class.
These teachers — prompt, regular, and attentive — are
an example to others and a credit to church and school.
The superintendent desires to have all the council at
work in the school.
English Lutheran Sunday school. 247
Veterans in Sunday School and Service,
Rev. S. Domer, D. D., pastor, teacher; Mr. L. D".
Alden, superintendent and teacher; Mr. A. F. Fox,
secretary, treasurer, assistant superintendent, teacher;
Mr G. F. Muth, librarian, teacher; Mr. J. F. McClain,
teacher; Mr. John C. Parker, teacher; Mr. Elder Mc-
Williams, teacher; Miss Annie Eckbert, teacher; Miss
Emma O. Meyers, teacher; Mr. B. Frank Meyers, secre-
tary and teacher; Miss Grace E. Fox and Miss Margaret
R. Fox, organists and teachers; Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt,
teacher ; Miss Clara Meyers, teacher ; Miss Belle F.
Leeds, teacher ; and Miss Frances Augusterfer, Miss
Jennie Barron, Miss Minnie Brower, Miss Margaret R.
Hubert, Miss Nellie Mosheuvel, Miss Annie Eckhardt,
teachers. ,
Other veteran members: Mr. Chatles Webel, librarian
and scholar; Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, teacher and
scholar; Mr. J. A. Weigle, teacher and scholar; and
Mrs. John C. Parker, Miss Bettie Suman, Miss Bella
Bartells, Miss Mollie Davis, Miss Katie Decker, Miss
Sophie Pitchlynn, Mr. Emil G. Schafer, Mr. Harry M.
Schneider, Mr. Franck L. Ourand, Mr. C. H. Ourand,
Mr. Everett E. Pitchlynn, Mr. Lee Pitchlynn, Mr.
Edward T. Kaiser, Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Mr. Charles
Meyers, Mr. Wm. A. Domer, Mr. Ferd Schneider, Mr.
Joseph Eckhardt, Mr. Andrew McClain, Mr. Wm. Harr,
Miss Addie Harr, Mrs. Lou Hensey, Miss Emma
Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Meyers, Miss Kate Rawlins,
Mr. J. J. Viet, Mrs. E. G. Hines, Mrs. L G. Walker,
Mr. Henry Orth, Mr. Phil. E. Muth, Mr. Wm. P. Belt,
Mr. Howard Griffith, Mr. George R. Linkins, scholars.
248 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
July, 1893, Notes and Records.
Mr. Henry Raabe and Miss Ella House appointed
teachers July 1. Miss Zada Kemp, teacher, resigned
and left the city July 1.
NEW MEMBERS.
Mr. L. H. Middlekauf, adult department.
Jennie Viedt, Emma Viedt, Naomi Matthews, Marion
McClain, intermediate department.
Sadie Duffy, Elwood Gott, Folley Howard, Alice
Mahoney, Edith Schneibel, Flora Viedt, Julius Viedt,
Pauline Viedt, primary department.
AN ACCIDENT.
During this month Mr. Henry Raabe, newly ap-
pointed teacher, met with a serious accident while
riding on his bicycle, and was taken to the Garfield
Hospital for treatment. He is, at the last accounts,
improving, and it is hoped his injuries may not be of
a permanent character.
The record for this month surpasses all previous ones
for a like period. The average attendance was 218.
The class offerings amounted to $57.77, $11.55 P er
Sunday, or 5 T 3 rr cents per member. This makes the
class offerings for the first seven months of 1893, $670.37.
During this month 13 new members were admitted,
and one teacher, Miss Zada Kemp, dropped from the
roll. The enrollment is now, at the end of July, 492,
a net gain during the present year of 45 members, or
an increase of 10 per cent.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 249
The Jubilee Meeting.
The jubilee meeting of the Sunday school took place
on Sunday afternoon, April 16, 1893, at 3 o'clock, in
the audience room of the church, in the presence of a
large number of invited guests, many of whom had at
some time in past years been members of the school,
and among whom were many former officers and
teachers. The Sunday school was present with full
ranks.
Seated in front of the beautifully decorated platform,
and inside of the chancel rail, were all of the living
ex-superintendents, with two exceptions, Mr. Louis
Heyl, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mr. George E. W.
Sharretts, of this city. Those present were Rev. J. A.
GraefF, Mr. A. S. Pratt, Mr. Joseph L. Enderle, Mr. Geo.
W. Linkins, and Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, as also Mr.
David Fowble, original member and officer of the school
at its organization fifty years ago; and with them Rev.
Dr. J. G. Morris, Rev. Dr. S. Domer, the pastor, and Mr.
Lncius D. Alden, who has been superintendent since
July 1, 1878. Pastors, officers, teachers, and other
members were present from not only Lutheran, but
schools of other denominations in this city, a jubilee
circular having been mailed not only to all of our own
members, but to many former ones, and to the friends
and Sunday-school workers at large a beautiful card of
invitation was mailed previous to the jubilee Sunday.
Many prominent superintendents of other schools were
present.
The music was under the direction of Mr. George F.
Muth, a veteran member, and the organists of the pipe
and cabinet organs were two of our present teachers,
Misses Grace E. and Margaret R. Fox. Miss Clara Ruth
and Messrs. Joseph Finckel and Lee Crandall were
250 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
violinists, with Mr. C. Feige as bass, and Mr. Elphonzo
Yonno-s, cornetist. The hymns sung were from Living
Hymns, the Sunday-school book.
At a few moments past three o'clock, with the church
full of its members and friends, the exercises began
with the opening chorus, "Marching on, Rejoicing;"
after that the reading of the Scriptures, the 48th Psalm,
by the superintendent ; then prayer by Mr. Enderle, a
former superintendent, Rev. H. B. Belmer's pastorate,
followed by the jubilee chorus, "Awake, Awake," and
the singing by the primary department of "Onward,
Christian Soldiers." The pastor, Rev. Dr. S. Domer,
then delivered an address of welcome to the many
friends present, and responses were made as follows at
the call of the superintendent: On the part of first
pastors and superintentents, Rev. J. E. Graeff, pastor
in charge 1846-' 49. On the part of the original mem-
bers of the school, Mr. David Fowble, of Westminster,
Md., member and teacher in 1842, at the first organiza-
tion of the church and school, now represented in the
Sunday school by his daughter, Mrs. John C. Parker,
member of the adult department, and one of the two
members whose prior enrollment dates back of i860. On
the part of other former superintendents, Mr. A. S. Pratt,
1863 to 1873; Mr. Joseph L. Enderle, 1874; Mr. George
W. Linkins, 1875-' 77 ; and Mr. Thomas F. Pendel,
1877-' 7S. Relatives and friends of Mr. J. G. Weaver,
deceased, superintendent from 1848 to 1858, were pres-
ent; a letter was received from "Sir. George E. W. Shar-
retts, superintendent from 1858 to i860; and friends of
Mr. Louis Heyl, who filled the office from 1861 to 1862,
represented him.
" Glory to His Name " was sung, and greetings from
other Lutheran Sunday schools were extended as fol-
lows: From the mother church and school, Concordia,
by Rev. Ernest Drewitz, pastor, through Dr. Domer;
English Lutheran Sunday school. 251
from the morning school of the Memorial, by Mr. Wm.
H. Finckel, teacher, in the absence of the superintendent,
Mr. Robert B. Kinsell. Mr. Finckel was a former
teacher in St. Paul's, and, with others of the family of
the late Dr. Samuel G. Finckel, amongst its most active
workers during Mr. Pratt's period of service.
In response to his greeting, the superintendent of St.
Paul's stated that his sister, Miss Annie M. Finckel,
who died in November, 1865, spoke the words that
decided him to join the church in September, 1865, he
then becoming a member of St. Paul's.
Greetings from the afternoon Memorial school were
presented by Mr. Geo. W. Callahan, its secretary, in the
absence of Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler, the superintendent. Mr.
Callahan was also once a teacher at St. Paul's. Greet-
ings followed from Zion's school, presented by Mr. M. E.
May, one of the teachers of that school, and from St.
Mark's (St. Paul's own) by the Rev. W. H. Gotwald,
pastor of that church.
Letters were also read from Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler, pas-
tor and superintendent of the Memorial afternoon school,
formerly pastor and teacher at St. Paul's; from Mr. I. C.
Slater, superintendent of the school of the Church of
the Reformation, himself a former teacher also at St.
Paul's; and from Rev. Charles H. Butler, pastor and
superintendent of the Keller Memorial, and once a mem-
ber of St. Paul's primary department.
A beautiful hymn, "We Shall Walk with Him in
White," was then sung, after which came greetings by
letter from other friends and schools — from Mr. John
B. Wight, superintendent of the First Presbyterian
Sunday School, and vice-president of the International
Executive Committee; from Mr. P. H. Bristow, super-
intendent of the big school at Calvary Baptist, and
vice-president of the Sunday-School Union of this city,
of which Mr. Alden is president ; from Rev. George J.
252 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Jones, of the Tabernacle Congregation, and from Mr.
John B. Sleman, superintendent of the Sunday school
at the Protestant Orphan Asylum.
It was a matter of great regret that time would not
permit the many superintendents piesent, representing
prominent Sunday schools in this city, opportunity to
speak a word for St. Paul's and its work, well known
to them all, and whose superintendent had been bene-
fited by personal acquaintance and associated work with
them in the Sunday-School Union. There were present
of these : Jerome F. Johnston, of the First Congrega-
tional ; J. L. Ewen, of Foundry Methodist ; T. B.
Towner, Hamline Methodist; F. C. Stier, Mount Vernon
Methodist ; H. C. Stier, Garfield Christian ; A. H.
McBath, Assembly Presbyterian ; C. H. Carrington,
North Presbyterian; Weston Flint, New York Avenue
Presbyterian, and Dr. D. P. Hickling, Trinity Epis-
copal.
After this rich and enjoyable feast of greetings the
primary department sang their anniversary hymn of
praise ; most beautifully, too.
The superintendent then with brief remarks alluded
to the " In Memoriam " roll, mentioning brothers J. G.
Weaver, I. N. Kalb, John H. McCormick, deceased
superintendent and assistants, and many others, teachers
and scholars, there being twenty-three deaths since
July i, 1878.
" Meet Me There " was then sung by the school, after
which a brief report of the condition of the school was
presented by the secretary, Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Jr.,
showing the membership of the school on the jubilee
day as follows : Adult department, 10 teachers, 132
scholars, total, 14 > ; intermediate, 20 teachers, 180
scholars, total 200 ; and primary, 3 teachers, 125
scholars, a total of 128; 30 classes and a membership of
470. All officers class members.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 253
The first quarter of the year was the star quarter in
the history of the school to date, the average attend-
ance being 271, and the average Sunday class offering
$20.66, or 7I cents per member present. The star
Sunday was Easter, 368 present, and $71.61 class offer-
ings. The attendance this morning was 365, and the
offering $33.83. The outlook for the year was reported
as exceedingly fine.
The banner of attendance was awarded Miss Belle F.
Leeds' class for this year as far as noted, and that for class
offerings to Mr. Albert F. Fox's class. At this point
in the exercises the pastor was called away to visit a
home and family in affliction.
"Steadily Marching On" was then sung by the
school, after which, all standing, the entire audience
joined in singing "At the Cross," and the Rev. Charles
H. Butler having arrived from his school, the benedic-
tion was pronounced by him.
Then followed a scene of intense interest. Many
former members were eager to meet and greet the
leaders of the school in other years, and the latter to
greet them. Many smiles, some tears, were seen, as
the past was recalled in the living present. Teachers
and scholars clasped hands for the first time in many
years, and former superintendents saw their teachers
once more gather around them, and in the present offi-
cers and teachers saw those who were in many cases
the scholars of their day and time.
Full accounts of this service were printed in all of our
daily newspapers, and the meeting was justly noted as
being a remarkable and most successful one. The
former and present members of St. Paul's joined to-
gether then, as they will not again this side of the
Golden City, where they sing the Song of Moses and
the Lamb.
254 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
The following former teachers were noticed as being
present: Mrs. Annie Spier, appointed teacher in 1845,
Miss Hettie Linkins, Miss Annie Ourand, Miss Lillian
Channcey, Mrs. E. D. Tracy, Mrs. A. L. Nairn, Mrs.
C. A. Davis, Mrs. Mary M. E. (Keen) Woodruff, Mr.
George W. Callahan, Mr. Wm. G. Finckel, Joseph
L. Enderle, and Mr. Upton H. Ridenonr, who was a
teacher for some ten years in the 1850's and 1860's, and
who numbered among his scholars Charles Utermehle
and Martin Luther Noerr. Dr. W. K. Butler, eldest
son of the pastor of the Memorial, and a member of the
first class of our present superintendent when made a
teacher at St. Paul's in 1869, was also present, as were
Miss Hattie E. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schreiner,
Miss Yaeger, Mrs. Rose Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
S. Schreiner, and many other former members of the
school.
Our own veteran members were present and assisted
in many ways to make the service a most pleasant one,
meeting and greeting the numerous friends as they ap-
peared upon the scene. Mr. Albert Fox, Mr. George
F. Muth, Mr. John C. Parker, Mr. John F. McClain,
Mr. Thomas F. Pendel, Mr. J. A. Weigle, Mr. Frank
Ourand, Mr. Charles H. Ourand, Mr. Emil G. Schafer,
Mr. Harry M. Schneider, and many others, ranging in
order from thirty years' continuous service to a shorter
period. These with the superintendent bore testimony
to the fact of never graduating from the Sunday school,
a lesson taught them by Mr. A. S. Pratt.
The following is the circular and card of invitation
mailed prior to the jubilee to members and friends at
large ; also the correspondence already alluded to :
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 255
1843. . 1893.
" A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you."
Leviticus, 25 : 11.
ST. PAUL'S ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Corner Eleventh and H Streets Northwest.
Washington, D. C, April 13th, 1893.
Dear Friend :
The year of jubilee has come, and on Sunday next,
April 1 6th, we will hold our regular and an extra session
of the school, with fitting programmes for each. The in-
vited guests of the church from abroad will be present
at 9.30 A. M. and at the jubilee meeting of the Sunday
school at 3 P. M., in the audience room of the church,
when we expect to have with us a number of ex-superin-
tendents, officers, teachers, and other members ; also rep-
resentatives from the Lutheran and other Sunday schools
of this city. Both meetings will be occasions of far more
than ordinary interest, in which you as a member and
friend will be glad to take part, and of which I trust you
will carry pleasant reniembrance down the pathway of
life. Be sure to attend both morning and afternoon, if
you are able to be out. We hope to see over 405 present,
the room full, and our record surpassed. Will you not be
one of the number? You can help make it so and I de-
sire to see and greet you.
We will have a jubilee offering. Invite the parents to
attend.
Come and bring some friend with you to enjoy the de-
lightful occasion. It will be a most fitting time for former
members to re-enter the Bible school of the church and
for others also to become members of the school.
The music will be from " Living Hymns," Mr. George
F. Muth, director, and the singing accompanied by the
following :
Violins — Miss. Clara Ruth.
Mr. Joseph Finckel.
Mr. Lee Crandall.
Bass— Mr. C. Feige.
Organs— Misses Grace E. and Margaret R. Fox.
Piano — Mr. Edward Muth.
Cornet— Mr. Elphonzo Youngs.
A happv jubilee to you and yours. If sick, rest assured
of my sympathv and prayers that God may bless and
heal you. May "his peace be yours on that day and ever-
more.
In Christian love,
Lucius D. Alden.
Superintenden t.
256 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
1843. 1893.
The Sunday School
Of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church,
5. W.cornerofiithaudHSts.N. IV., Washington, D. C,
will celebrate its 50th anniversary and jubilee on Sun-
day afternoon, April 16, 1893, at 3 o'clock, with a pro-
graumime of great interest to all friends of the church
and school. You are invited to be present, take part in
the services, and meet with the present and former pas-
tors, officers, teachers, and scholars of the school
In Christian love,
Lucius D. Alden,
Superintendent.
Washington, D. C, April /6, 1893.
My Dear Bro. Alden:
I thank you for your kind invitation to the enjoy-
ment of the jubilee of St. Paul's Sunday school to-day.
Imperative duties will prevent my presence this after-
noon, and I fear will prevent the presence of a repre-
sentative from the afternoon school of the Memorial
Church, which meets also at 3 o'clock, the time fixed
for your afternoon meeting. I beg to assure you, how-
ever, that in the manifest blessing of God upon your
work as superintendent and those associated with you
I heartily rejoice, as I do in all the good that marks the
fifty years of St. Paul's history. St. Paul's, as you
know, was my first love, and for almost twenty-four
years it was my joy to work and pray among a people
who were always forbearing and kind and devoted to
the then young pastor. I hope to be with you to-night,
as also to-morrow night.
Trusting that the future of the work of St. Paul's
may be even more fruitful than the past, and rejoicing
in the on going of the Kingdom of our blessed Lord in
all its departments and divisions, praying that the whole
church of Christ may now see eye to eye and stand
shoulder to shoulder for Christ, I am, in the best of
bonds,
Your brother,
J. G. Butler.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 257
Washington, D. C, April, 1893.
Mr. L. D. Alden,
Supt. St. PauP s Lutheran Sunday School.
My Dear Sir and Brother: As a former pupil in
St. Paul's school, where I spent the earliest years of my
childhood, I wish to express to you my congratulations
upon her arrival at the fiftieth milestone under S-ich
favorable auspices.
I rejoice in your prosperity; that you have been so
highly blessed, and that you are doing such good work.
With the growing years may you continue to grow in
grace, and increase in zeal and devotion to the Master,
"forgetting," as the great apostle expresses it, "those
things that are behind" — the victories and also the
failures to realize your Christian ideal — as you "press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus." Regretting that I can not be
with you this afternoon, I remain,
Yours very truly and fraternally,
C. H. Butler.
Washington, April 75, 1893.
Bro. Alden.
Dear Sir: Your kind invitation to attend the cele-
bration of the 50th anniversary of St. Paul's Sunday
school, is received, and while I thank you, I am grieved
to have to say that in consequence of ill health I will
be unable to participate.
When I came to Washington city, in 1857, I immedi-
ately connected myself with St. Paul's, and in the
capacity of Sunday-school superintendent and church
chorister, spent three or four years that bring to me ever
pleasant memories, and it would give me great satisfac-
tion to be present with you, and to personally wish you
and your school and church God speed in your noble
christian work.
Fraternally yours,
Geo. E. W. Sharretts.
258 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Washington, D. C. April /j, 1S93.
h. D. Alden, Esq.,
Superintendent St. PauP s
Lutheran Sunday School, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I have your invitation to be present at the
semi-centennial reunion of your school. I regret that
absence from the city on Sunday will prevent the ac-
ceptance of your courteous invitation and my sharing
the pleasure of the happy occasion.
Upon making Washington my home, in 1866, I joined
St. Paul's school and continued with it until the organi-
zation of the Sabbath school out of which has come the
Church of the Reformation. I have always been inter-
ested in St. Paul's school. It has had a remarkably
vigorous life for a quarter of a century, and its present
strong vitality, in view of the change of homes from
the vicinity of the church, which has been going on so
rapidly, furnishes a subject for reflection. This con-
tinued prosperity of the school does not come forth from
the dust; it is the result of prayer, and unremitted in-
telligent effort on the part of officers, teachers, and
members of St. Paul's school. God's blessing has been
and is now upon the work.
As an humble worker in this great field of christian
effort, for myself, and as representing the Sabbath
school of the Church of the Reformation, I give you
and your school cordial greeting, rejoicing in the thought
that there are in St. Paul's Sabbath school, able, con-
secrated, and zealous men and women to carry to the
hearts and lives of the young the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Yours truly,
I. C. Slater.
Washington, D. C. , April 13, /Spj.
My Dear Mr. Alden :
I am exceedingly sorry that I will not be able
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 259
to attend the anniversary exercises of your Sabbath
school to-morrow afternoon. Had your invitation
reached me an hour sooner I could have accepted, but
I had just promised the superintendent of the Reform
School to go out there to-morrow at 3 o'clock and speak
to the boys.
Trusting- you may have a delightful time, and with
congratulations for the great success that now crowns
your efforts, and with sincerest good wishes for the
future,
1 am yours, very truly,
John B. Wight.
Washington, D. C, April i 6, i8pj.
My Dear Mr. Alden :
I am completely exhausted from my work of last
night and this morning. In justice to myself I must
rest.
Your own people will more than fill the time on an
occasion which will be so full of interest to them. Fifty
years! It is a long span, measured as we think of time,
but so short after all. It would be a benediction to
hear the words of a man who for all these years has
served the Master, and can stand up to-day and tell how
through them all he has been led. What an example
such a life is to the young. I hope for me you will
wish him more years of service, more blessings to follow,
and more souls for his crown. The work of your school
is a glory, and I trust you may live long to see it pros-
per, and that into its gates shall come feet which may
all press the portals of another gateway opening into
the city celestial. I like to know of the success of your
band of workers, and you deserve all the good Lord
sends you. May He send you more and more, and God
bless you all.
Yours truly,
P. H. Bristow,
2 6o HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Washington, D. C, April 17, i8pj.
Lucius D. Alden, Esq., City.
Dear Sir: Your card inviting me to unite with you
in the celebration of the 59th anniversary of your
Sabbath school, at hand. Please accept my thanks for
the invitation. It was late on Saturday when I returned
from Ohio, and I was not prepared for my evening ser-
vice, and felt compelled to remain with my books, much
as I would like to be present with you. It is not too
late as yet to express my congratulations on the very
great success of both your school and your church.
May our common Lord and Master bless you and make
you a blessing in the future as he has in the past.
Very truly yours, &c. ,
G. James Jones,
Pastor Tabernacle Congregational Church.
Washington D. C, April //, jSpj.
My Dear Alden: You can not imagine how much
I regret my inability to attend the "jubilee" which
your Sabbath school is to celebrate on the 16th instant,
to which you have so kindly invited me. Three P. m.
is our Sabbath school hour, and I feel it my duty to be in
my place even at the sacrifice of such a treat. I congratu-
late the English Lutheran Church, its pastor, the offi-
cers and teachers of the Sabbath school ( particularly
the model superintendent), and the dear children, on
the 50th anniversary which they are about to celebrate,
and pray that the dear Lord may be present to bless and
encourage you in the good work to which you have
been called.
Your friend and brother,
John B. Sleman.
English Lutheran Sunday school. 261
Report of the Superintendent
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1892.
(The 50th Year of its Organization.)
Washington, D. C, January 31, 1893.
To the Council of St. PanV s English Lutheran Church:
Brethren : I have the honor herewith to submit for
your information, and for proper entry upon the church
records, a complete report under the various heads of
the organization, enrollment, equipment, etc., which is
intended to cover all matters in relation to the Sunday
school in all of its departments of organization and work
for the year 1892 inclusive, with the accompanying re-
ports of the secretary, Mr. J. Granville Meyers, Jr.,
and of the treasurer, Mr. Albert F. Fox. The year
has been one of unusual prosperity, and has proven a
veritable jubilee year. The enrollment increased during
the year over and above all losses 67, or over iy}4 per
cent. , and now numbers 447. Two officers and teachers
and one scholar have died during the year : Mr. I. N.
Kalb, the associate superintendent in charge of the adult
department; Mr. John H. McCormick, the assistant su-
perintendent in the intermediate department, and Mrs.
Henry Raabe, a member of the pastor's class, adult de-
partment. In the death of the two first-named persons
the school lost from its working force two most faithful
and efficient officers and teachers, eminent in christian ac-
tivity and usefulness ; and in Mrs. Raabe, a member
whose character was that of a sincere christian, and who
did what she could, as opportunity offered. My own
personal loss in the death of these two assistant super-
intendents was great.
The sessions of the school have been well attended,
also the Monday evening meetings for the study of the
262 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
following Sunday's lesson and for the transaction of
current business. There is a marked improvement in
regard to all that makes up a good session in the various
departments of the school, and at the week-night meet-
ing the hour has proven one of unusual interest and
profit, and has through those present been of great
benefit to the various classes and the school.
Three of our teachers, Mr. J. A. Weigle, Mr. E. B.
Corcoran, and Miss Helen Schreiner, were transferred to
the scholar's roll, being unable to continue in charge of
their respective classes. One other, Miss Miriam Meals,
married and withdrew, and Mrs. E. C. Opperman re-
signed on leaving the city. The following scholars,
nine in all, were appointed by me as teachers: Miss Ada
Augusterfer, Miss Minnie Seitz (reappointed), Miss Amy
Eckhardt (reappointed), Miss Zada Kemp (reappointed),
Miss May Levers, Mr. H. H. Seltzer, Mr. Charles
Phillips, Mr. Dan. N. Klapp, and Mr. Lee Landers, and
have in each case justified their selection and appoint-
ment. In the removal of the others mentioned the
school lost the services of valued and experienced teach-
ers, all of whom have records alike complimentary to
themselves and to the school.
A goodly number of our members, thirteen in all,
were received into the church during the year, and many
others, I trust, will soon be candidates for admission.
The reports of the secretary and treasurer are such as
reflect the highest credit upon the entire school, and
prove it to be active and to abound in good works.
The offerings in all departments are of the highest
amount known to be given by the members of any Sun-
day school, and appear to be given with the right spirit
and a hearty desire to contribute to the Master's cause,
and especially to spread abroad the Gospel.
Both reports show a very prosperous condition of
affairs and give promise for 1893, for which we can all
" thank God and take courage."
ENGLISH LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 263
The recent improvements in the Sunday-school room,
with special reference to the primary department, are
of a most satisfactory character, affording a measure of
relief from the crowded condition of all departments
of the school, but will, I think, if the school continues
its usual degree of prosperity and gain, prove only of a
temporary character at best, and soon again the question
of more room will be one that must be considered and
solved with greater accommodation, or the growth of
the school will be checked, if the enrollment does not
decrease because of insufficient room. I submit here-
with under different headings a large number of papers,
showing everything of importance connected with the
school.
With gratitude to God for His guidance and mercy,
with thankfulness to all the officers, teachers, and schol-
ars for their hearty cooperation and assistance, and with
grateful rememberance of the many kindnesses shown
me by the pastor and yourselves, brethren, and the most
hearty acknowledgements of his and your services in
and for the school, and with praise and commendation
of all of our dear teachers and scholars, and asking God's
guidance and even greater blessings for the year upon
which we have entered, I am, brethren, in christian
love, your brother in Christ,
Lucius D. Alden,
Superintendent.
Supplemental Report of the Superintendent,
COVERING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY I TO JUNE 30,
1893.
Washington, D. C. , June jo, i8pj.
To the Council of St. PauV s English Lutheran Church.
Brethren: I have the honor to submit herewith
additional information and report in regard to the
264 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
organization and enrollment of the Sunday school to
include June 30, 1893, with papers appended which
give in detail accounts of all proceedings in connection
therewith to date.
The growth and prosperity ol the school continues,
and we have much reason to be encouraged in the work.
I urgently request that some action be taken at an early
date looking to the necessary increased accommoda-
tions required by the school, its present quarters being
totally inadequate to the needs of the present time.
We have reason to believe that our enrollment will in-
crease to over 500 before the end of the year, and look
forward to a gain of one hundred or more during the
year 1894.
The reports of the secretary and of the treasurer are
very encouraging. The enrollment is now 480, with
31 classes in the school. The treasurer reports the
class offering for the first six months of this vear as
amounting to $612.75, and the receipts from all other
sources $207.46, making the total receipts $820.21, the
largest for a like period in the history of the school.
The disbursements amount to $881.31, and include the
following: For Foreign Missions, $129.98; church exten-
sion, $117.82 ; Orphans' Home, $151.20; and general
expenses, including improvements to primary room and
school, of $482.31, leaving a balance on hand of $86.44.
Interest in the study of the Word increases. Written
examinations at the end of each quarter have been in-
stituted, which are optional with the scholar, and
bid fair to be popular and helpful. One death has
occurred, that of our veteran member, Mr. Emerich G.
Hansell. Two teachers, Miss Nannie Fleming and
Miss Zada Kemp, have resigned, and left the city.
Three teachers, Mrs. N. T. Haller, Miss Ella House,
and Mr. Henry Raabe, have been appointed, and the
coming month will witness, I trust, the organization of
English Lutheran sunday school. 265
an orchestra and choir to lead in the music of the
school. A number of classes will soon be transferred
to the adult department, which will then number over
two hundred. The office of superintendent of that de-
partment is open. Was offered Mr. Albert F. Fox,
but declined.
We are much indebted to Mr. Fox for his having
the Sunday-school room repainted during the spring
at his own expense. Our improvements are very much
admired and enjoyed, and the entire school is in perfect
harmony, and moving on with high hopes and aims, con-
fident of more and greater successes in the great work
assigned it as a part of the advance guard of the Chris-
tian Church, to perform.
With grateful appreciation of the services of all our
workers, I beg to submit this as the closing act of the
fifteenth year of my superinteudency, and with it to
thank you each and all for uniform helpfulness in the
work of saving the young and instructing others of
larger growth and advanced years in the knowledge of
the Lord Jesus.
In christian love, your brother,
Lucius D. Alden,
Superintendent St. FauPs Stinday School.
266 HISTORY OF ST. PAULAS
Our Record for August, 1893.
The record for this month also surpasses all previous
ones for a like period. The average attendance was
164. The class offerings amounted to $37.15; $9.29
per Sunday, or 5^ cents per member. This makes
the class offerings for the first eight months of 1893,
$707.52; the average attendance for the same time, 265;
the average Sunday offering, $20.21, or yf cents per
member per Sunday — a splendid record with which to
close our history at this time of going to press.
During August the pastor has been absent, also Miss
Grace B. Fox, teacher of the primary department.
Miss Nettie E. Seitz has had charge of the primary
class, developing talent in that very particular and re-
sponsible place for a teacher.
The superintendent has continued in charge of the
school. Two new members have been added to the
roll, Miss Ida Faber and Mr. E. E. Jones. The enroll-
ment is now 494.
On August 13th $30 was voted the Sunday-School
Union for the pledge to the International Sunday-
School Convention, and the expenses of the superin-
tendent as a delegate also voted. At this date he will
not be able to attend.
"At the sounding of the trumpet, when the saints are gathered home,
We will greet each other by the crystal sea ;
With the friends and all the lov'd ones there awaiting us to come,
What a gath'ring of the faithful that will be ! "
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETIES. 267
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETIES.
The Christian Endeavor Society held its anniversary
meeting Sunday, May 14, at 7 p. m., conducted by the
president, Daniel N. Klapp. Remarks were made by
members of the society and visiting friends. The fol-
lowing history of the society has been furnished for
publication by its recent secretary, Mr. Charles Phillips:
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S Y. P. S. C. E.
St. Paul's Young People's Society of Christian En-
deavor was organized May 18, 1890. The following
were the originators and organizers: Mr. L. D. Alden,
Master Russel Alden, Mr. George F. Muth, Mr. E. B.
Corcoran, Mr. Hansell, Miss Grace Fox, Miss Nettie
Seitz, Miss Belle Leeds, Miss Margie Hubert, Mr. Geo.
R. Linkins, Mr. Charles Linkins, and Mr. Edward
Leeds, all but three of whom are active members in the
society to-day. This first meeting was presided over by
Mr. L. D. Alden, and was opened by reading the Scrip-
tures and prayer, followed by a brief explanation of the
objects of the society they were about to organize.
After a free discussion of the subject in hand, it was
decided by a unanimous vote that such a society be
organized, as it would meet a long-felt want in the
church, and also partially solve the problem of what to
do in order to get the young people of the church at
work.
The following officers were elected: George F. Muth,
president ; Lucius D. Alden, first vice-president ; Belle
Leeds, second vice-president; George R. Linkins, secre-
tary and treasurer.
October 3, 1890, the first constitution of the Endeavor
Society was adopted, and remained without change
until April 27, 1892, when the model constitution was
adopted.
268 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
About the 15th of January, 1891, at the request of
the Washington City Bible Society, this society can-
vassed a district in the neighborhood of the church and
distributed about thirty Bibles to children under the age
of fourteen. Several older persons were found without
Bibles; they also were supplied at the society's expense.
Sunday evening, May 31, 1891, the first anniversary
of this society was held in the auditorium of the church
after the regular prayer meeting in the lecture room.
Mrs. Opperman, the president, presided and made some
appropriate remarks. Short addresses were made by
W. H. H. Smith, then president of District of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Union, and by Mr. D. N. Klapp.
George R. Iyinkins, secretary, made a full report of this
society's work during its first year. He also reported
a total membership of 59 — 20 active and 39 associate
members..
The following committees were also appointed : Prayer
Meeting Committee, Lookout Committee, Social Com-
mittee.
Some time after its organization a committee was
appointed to draft a constitution. The hour appointed
for meeting was 7.15. During the week intervening
between the first and second meeting, the committees
got to work and steadily the society grew; and when
summer came it was decided to continue the meetings
during the summer.
Bach Sunday evening at the stated hour the regular
prayer meeting is held, and the last Sunday night in
each month a solemn consecration service is held.
At the third meeting the pastor, Rev. Samuel Domer,
was first present, and has been a constant attendant
ever since. It may be well here to state, as it will ap-
pear on the records, no Sunday evening passed since the
organization of the society that a regular prayer meet-
ing has not been held.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETIES. 269
The first delegate sent to the International conven-
tion, held in Minneapolis July, 1891, was Mr. L. D.
Alden. The funds for sending a delegate were raised
through the kindness of Mr. Lee Pitchlynn, who gave
a stereopticon exhibition, realizing $50, and Mrs. Rose
Taylor and Mr. George Ryneal, Jr., each contributed $5
apiece, $60 in all. Mr. Lee Pitchlynn was elected an
associate delegate. November, 1891, our society was
honored by the election of one of its members, Mr.
George F. Muth, as second vice-president of the District
Christian Endeavor Union.
Since the organization of this society several very en-
joyable sociables have been given, but at all of them
there was one drawback — the church did not own a
piano; and in February, 1892, the matter was brought
up and it was decided to supply this long- felt want. A
"C" supper and concert was given in the National
Rifles' Armory, March 25, 1892, Mr. Lee Pitchlynn,
chairman, proceeds of which were nearly $200. Some
voluntary subscriptions were raised, which made the
amount $300, and the piano that now ornaments the
Sunday-school room was purchased.
The second anniversary of this society was held on
May 15, 1892, and at this anniversary the secretary re-
ported a membership of 90 — 30 active and 60 associate.
Mr. Alden was elected this society's delegate at the
convention held in July, 1892, in the city of New York,
but owing to sickness he could not attend. Mr. George
F. Muth attended as the representative of the society
at that convention.
Although this society is not as large as its members
would like it to be, yet it has in it earnest christian
workers who are true to their pledges, and many are pres-
ent in clear and stormy weather. God's blessing has
crowned their humble endeavors in His name. True to
270 HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S
Christ and loyal to their own church, they are hopeful
in their work.
November 4, 1892, the following officers were
elected to serve six months: Mr. D. N. Klapp, presi-
dent; Mr. William P. Belt, vice-president; Mr. Charles
Phillips, secretary; Miss Jennie Barron, treasurer; Miss
Nettie Seitz, corresponding secretary.
December 2, 1892, the regular monthly business
meeting was held, and at that meeting the president of
the Eureka society, a helpful circle of the Christian
Endeavor Society, presented the sum of $15, proceeds of
the entertainment held in the lecture room of the
church in October. It was accepted, and in addition
$10 was given which, by unanimous vote, was donated
to a mission church at San Diego, Cal. The money
was forwarded by the pastor, Rev. Samuel Domer.
The society now numbers nearly 100 members, most
of whom are always willing and ready to do their part.
The associate list is gradually diminishing, and the
active list growing larger by these transfers. God
has crowned the labors of this christian organiza-
tion during these six months with much success.
On May 5, 1893, the regular monthly business meeting
was held, and the following officers were elected: Mr.
George F. Muth, president ; Mr. George R. Linkins,
vice-president; Miss Mabel Griffiths, recording secretary ;
Miss Maggie Jones, treasurer.
The office of corresponding secretary is permanent.
This honor was previously conferred upon Miss Nettie
Seitz, who fills the position with complete satisfaction.
She enters heartily into all church work.
Charles Phillips, Secretary.
May 19, 1893.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETIES. 271
Junior Society of Christian Endeavor.
Our Junior Society of Christian Endeavor was organ-
ized Sunday, January 22, 1893, by the superintendent
of the Sunday school, with 7 members present. It has
now nearly 30, and meets in the primary department
room each Saturday at 2 p. m. Miss Margaret R. Fox,
the superintendent, is in charge; Miss Mabel Griffith, as-
sistant; Master Russell Alden, secretary, and Miss Louie
Leeds is the organist. This society is increasing in
numbers rapidly, and it is hoped to gather in all the
junior members of the Sunday school. It is to be a
training school for the right upbuilding of Christian
character, and a preparatory school for the senior
Christian Endeavor Society.
The following is a list of the members other than
those already mentioned who were present at the last
meetings held in May and June : Grace Alden, Hattie
E. Alden, May Corcoran, Susie Corcoran, Fred DeMoll,
Helen DeMoll, Merl DeMoll, Blanch Koontz, Lottie
McLaine, Bertie Muth, Charlie Ourand, Guy Ourand,
Alma Rose, Annie Rott, Hattie Seitz, Clemos Stinzing,
Rita Stinzing, May Viet.
On June 24th the closing meeting for the summer
took place. June 10th the topic was " How may we
make sure of a happy old age ? " Miss Helen DeMoll
was the leader. The subject was well presented, and
a number took part, reading, speaking, and in prayer.
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