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Church Dedication at WawakaLsi1 ■}The German Lutheran chuKh^a^p^awafca^ was* dedicated' last^Sw^^ *% under thb moat fayorabi circumsthri-ces. rcThe building was the one formerly owned by the Methodists* but the German Lutherans, feeling the need of a church of their own in that community, purchased it and remodeled and fitted it up in good style, i i g At an early hour people from ail parts of the*lt;ttuhtyan^ the vicinity of Wawaka began to ar rive. Three coaches filled with visitors from Elkhart and Ligonier and three coaches from KendaHyille also arrived and as a natural consequence large numbers were unable to even secure, standing room inside. The services, by Rev. J. Schumm, of Kendallyille, and. Rev. M. L. Fischer, of Elkhart, pastorj of the congregation, were solemn and impressive. Services were delivered ia German both in the forenoon and afternoon;Dinner, and an abundance of it for all, was furnished by^members of the coogregation in and^around Wawaka, and wae eervbdfin ^Iqh nj Z immermanfs-^alL ; Tl^e|^^bough to satisfy all; andpfthequality.^ * ■■ ^ :It is pleasing to/remark that the behavior throughout the day was most commendable, hot a coarse or uncouth^ remark haying been heard on thcr grounds. On the contrary, all were, pleasant, affabiel and: genial. The fact elicifed much ^went to prove iKafc^a Sunday excia^ sioncomposed*^^pie may be:conducted in such an orderly- ;anSh--n6a^mpev.: as shock:I the |tender| sensibilities mbstr fastidious. The excursiqmsth and^the Wawakapeople were mutual!^Ifeeiihj^ ..li’Ww-riiTQ Tii /I n*n ^ADDnlt;1-4lrA - Q3m1j
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Elkhart Monitor
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Fri, Oct 13, 1882
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