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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
2
Church publication announces obituaries up to 150 words free of charge with excess at a per word rate and requests submissions. It lists editors Rev S Henkel and Rev Hubbert as church contact names and notes publication support for prompt insertion in the Evangelical Lutheran Church paper.
The document notes the establishment of the Office in 1806 by Rev Ambrose Henkel with Henkels and Company in New Market Shenandoah County Virginia. It labels the paper as religious and family oriented for Shenandoah Valley readers with a cash annual rate of $1 in advance and $1.50 to $1.60 elsewhere.
Remittances should be made directly to publishers by draft or money order. Subscriptions paid in advance show the time on the paper within two weeks of remittance. Discontinuances must be given with arrears paid or papers continue and collected per postal laws. Changes of address require both old and new post offices. Removal without notice does not release the subscriber. Club and advertising rates are offered on application. Our Church Paper published Wednesdays and Shenandoah Valley Thursdays. is second class matter in New Market Virginia.
Our Church Paper and the Lutheran Visitor operate as independent papers serving Lutherans in the United Synod of the South. The publication pledges to be distinctly Lutheran yet conservative and seeks liberal support for its weekly edition priced at 1 per year. Sample copies are available on application. Address Henkel & Co. New Market Shenandoah County Va.
Copies of the Church paper issue will be mailed to addresses at 5 cents per copy or 6 for 24 cents. Lutherans in the South urged to read the August 22 1900 issue of Our Church Paper. Stamps received. Address Henkel Co New Market Shenandoah County Virginia.
Notices direct subscriptions and printing remittances to Henkel & Co. in New Market Virginia after the death of Rev. Dr. Socrates Henkel. The Richmond Times notes a shift toward urban residents moving to the country for better, steadier work and seasonal vacations on farms and at country resorts.
Rev Cramer in Freeport admitted six into membership as Rev Dr Weigle in Mechanicsburg welcomed ten and Rev Rentz in Pottsville added sixteen, totaling sixty seven accessions since January. Scalp Level added sixty three with several heads of families. Temple Lutheran Philadelphia reported seventeen adult accessions and four baptisms. Lahr started an English mission in Cleveland with a prior south side church. A Wit tenberg College donor offered to fund a science hall if endowment is secured. Elwood built a new Lutheran church corner stone as H F Ktoh pastors a schoolhouse mission. Governor Yates continues troop calls to protect black citizens amid racial tensions.
At the Summer Communion in Vandergrift Heights Pennsylvania Rev Beiswanger admitted eight persons to church membership. The mills there permit no Sunday work and no saloons reflecting a quiet faith community.
St John s Lutheran church in Ma Norton New York was rededicated last month after repairs and improvements costing over 2000 dollars The pastor Rev W H Stutts received a salary increase of 100 dollars financed by the project funds.
Citizens of Sioux Falls South Dakota raised ten thousand dollars as a gift to the Lutheran Normal School of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod. The note recalls Greensburg Pennsylvania pledges of one hundred thousand dollars in cash and thirty thousand dollar college property to Thiel Southern College in Greenville Pennsylvania.
A batch of church and community notes: Schaeffer Jr. preaches at Ascension in Savannah during vacancy. large Swedish Lutheran migration to the northwest strains the Augustana Synod. A. H. Throckmorton resigns Leesburg Record to become dean at Central University Law School. Grace English Lutheran in Toledo dedicated. Lenoir College group to reunion at Solomon's Church near Forestville on Aug 29 1902. Rev. Dr. John E. Bushnell preaches in Winchester. Wm. S. Devery led a large charity excursion for 150 assistants and 1000s of attendees with food and entertainment aboard ships and barges.
The piece summarizes minutes from the eighth convention of the United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South held in Charleston in 1902. It notes distribution details via Rev S T Hallman and mentions Rev and Mrs George Krauth leaving Harrisonburg for Boston. It also reports North Carolina synod minutes printed and distributed, with contact for distribution inquiries.
A discussion on whether humans can study and know God. The speaker argues that God’s existence is self evident and not subject to inquiry. They claim scripture assumes God’s existence from the outset and that humans cannot fully comprehend the infinite.
The Amherst County Court case ended with Judge Campbell acquitted of malicious assault against Rev. Crawford. Vast excitement surrounded the trial with supporters framing it as political and personal, while dispatches to the Baltimore Sun dated August 3 report the acquittal at 11:43 PM, followed by resolutions condemning persecution and endorsing the judge.
Henkle & Co publishes a call for all parishioners owing subscription dues to bring or send payments at the Tennessee Synod meeting near Timberville Virginia August 21 25 1902. A collector will receipt the amounts. Pastors are urged to inform members and boost circulation of Our Church Paper as a concise Lutheran church update.
A public health note warns that impure drinking water causes dysentery and bowel troubles and recommends Perry Davis Pain Killer as a quick cure. It warns buyers to beware storekeepers selling substandard substitutes for extra profit, citing large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
July 17 1902 meeting at Daniels Church records list clergy and delegates, committees on unfinished business treasurer and missions, and reports from Statesville Monroe Claremont and Maiden. Officers debated raising funds for home missions and co operation with North Carolina Synod, adjourned for divine service.
Rev. George A. Riser died at his Mt. Sidney home at 1 am Wednesday July 30 1902 after a two month illness with typhoid fever. A Newberry County South Carolina native and graduate of Newberry College and Southern Theological Seminary he led churches at Gold Hill Salem Mt. Sidney Salem Weyer's Cave. Survived by a wife he served three congregations and a community that mourns his loss. Funeral services were held at Mt. Sidney and Staunton with multiple pastors officiating before burial at Thornrose beside his brother.
Notice to attendees of the Evangeli cal Lutheran Tennessee Synod near Timberville Virginia. Tickets up to August 23 carry one third return rate with certificates of full fare from agent at purchase. certificates must be shown at Timberville to claim the discount by Aug. 28. Also notes on church reopening, gifts, and deaconess movement.
The Lenoir College Reunion at Stanley North Carolina on Saturday August 2 drew a large crowd. Rev W A Deaton gave an eloquent opening plea for higher education. Speakers included Rev J C Dietz L M Huffman Rev W J Boger Rev W P Cline and Prof R L Fritz. A picnic dinner in the grove complemented the day’s event.
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