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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
2
Church paper outlines obituaries and notices with editorial contacts and submission guidelines. Evangelical Lutheran overtones note Rev S Merkel and Rev Hubbert as area clerics, with office established in 1806 andWelkom Kennels style.
Remittances should be made direct to publishers by draft check or post office money order. Subscriptions paid in advance show the time on the paper weekly and are due within two weeks of remittance. Discontinuances require notice and arrears be paid or the paper will continue and be collected under postal law. Changes of address must include old and new post offices. Removal without notice does not release the obligation. Club and advertising rates available on application. Our church paper is published Wednesdays and Shenandoah Valley on Thursdays.
A prospectus from Henkel & Co. Shenandoah County Virginia invites liberal support for a weekly Our Church Paper. It will be distinctively Lutheran, conservative in tone, and serve doctrinal interest, admonition, and general family news. Subscriptions are $1 annually in advance with samples on request.
Rev J A Boged of Metro Fla accepted the small Luke s and Fairview arché this county. At Salem church N C Rev A J Crouse confirmed persons at the May communion. At St Pauls 2 Rev Crouse will have an assistant in his pastoral work this fall.
The graduating class at the Get tysburg Seminary numbered sixteen. Two were from the Southern Church Messrs Isaac Cannaday and J W McCauley of Salem Virginia Visitor.
Mr. C. I. Morgan accepts a call to a Gas tonia North Carolina Lutheran church and will begin July 1 after graduating from Charleston Theological Seminary. Ambrose L. Henkel leaves for Salem Virginia to attend Roanoke College and Orphan Home trustees meetings. Linden Pence from Forest ville Virginia, a Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary student, will lead the Waukegan Illinois mission during summer vacation.
Mrs. Catherine Efird dies at 71 in Winston-Salem after a life with Rev. Adam Efird and Rev. J. K. Efird in North Carolina. The piece notes synod missions giving per capita trends and thanks for invitations to weddings at Iron Station in June 1902. It also reports Rev. C Luther Miller earning a B D from Chicago Theological Seminary and other clergy academic and church service facts.
Rev. Robert H. Cline of Cherryville visited Statesville and preached at St John’s church May 31 and June 1. Plans aim for two visits monthly with morning and evening services and to attract a pastor for full-time service as steady growth continues in the town of about four to five thousand.
The Charlotte college drew large crowds for commencement sermons by Rev. K Boldt and Rev. W A Deaton. An art exhibit and a big musical concert highlighted a full week of events. Ivy planting, Alumnae Association talks, and eight graduates with theses marked the ceremony. The class earned high distinctions and medals as the institution expands faculty and facilities. A street railway extension to the campus will cut travel time, with the next session starting September 18 and dorm rooms in high demand.
The Marion College commencement featured a Hornet team win in basketball, then elocution and Greek Play performances. Dr E J Wolfe of Gettysburg spoke on Mary and the Virgin’s role, followed by addresses by Hon Harry St George Tucker and others on education and faith.
The Virginia Conference of the Tennessee Synod met at Mt Calvary Stony Man Va on June 6 1902 with Rev J N Stirewall as pastor and Rev E H Kohn as responder. Officers were elected and committees formed. papers on duties and mission work were read. collections for foreign missions totaled 8.13 and resolutions urged use of a general Sunday school book. The body adjourned to 9 a.m. the next day and set next meeting at St Pauls Grove Hill Page County Va for 1903.
Balance totals for Century Memorial Fund church accounts reach 858.25 with names like Rev H C Fisher J H Mohrman Rev J Q Wertz Miss Julia Johnson and Miss Eunice P Hallman listed among contributors from South Carolina and North Carolina. Also includes a medical aside and a promotion for Perry Davis Painkiller and Henkel & Co printing in New Market, Va.
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