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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
2
Communications about church news items are solicited. Obituary notices up to 150 words are published free. longer notices incur a charge of one fourth of a cent per word. Remit cash with obituary and send letters directly to the publishers.
The notice outlines payment methods by draft or money order. stamps up to $1 accepted. Subscriptions paid in advance show the paid period on each issue. advances may be discontinued with arrears settled. Changes of address require both old and new post offices. nonpayment may cause discontinuation. Rates for club and advertising exist. Publication schedule lists Our Church Paper on Wednesdays and Shenandoah Valley on Thursdays, with second class matter at New Market Virginia.
Henk el Co. promotes Our Church Paper a weekly Lutheran family newspaper in Shenandoah County Virginia seeking liberal subscriptions and editorial help. It urges support from individuals churches and synods noting the publication as independent in its rights and advocating the gospel and Lutheran interest. Subscriptions are $1 per year cash in advance with samples available on request.
Bee copies mailed to any address at 5 cents per copy or 6 for 24 cents. Lutherans in the South urged to read this Aug 22 1900 issue of Our Church Paper. Stamps received. Address Henkel & Co New Market Shenandoah County Virginia.
St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Morgantown West Virginia with Rev. I M Wallace as pastor was dedicated. The church measures 50 by 30 feet with a 45 foot tower and cost 3000 dollars. Mrs Lew Wallace discusses Jerusalem noting how holy places are guarded and laments secular use of churches.
In Shrewsbury Pennsylvania 32 persons joined the Lutheran church on Whit Sunday with offerings totaling 77 dollars. In York Pennsylvania Christ Lutheran added 52 new members on Whit Sunday bringing the year’s total to 121.
Rev. E. C. Witt has accepted a call to serve as pastor of St. John’s English Lutheran Church in Knoxville Tennessee, succeeding Rev. W. GaSedeleni who previously supplied the pulpit.
Palm Sunday saw Sister Pauline from Nauvoo enter Lutheran training in New York, aiming for Baltimore Deaconess Motherhouse. Sweden enacts train decency rule with separate compartments for intoxicated travelers. A Kansas shooting of a white policeman led to lynching within hours. China Grove North Carolina marks Rev C A Rose memorial in a 13 foot monument. Norris town Pa receives bequest of two houses and three lots to National Lutheran Home for the Aged. Founders Day draws funds. Rev Walter H Greever to lead St Pauls Lutheran Columbia WV, Sept 1, with EK Fulenwider interim.
The Foreign Mission Board of the Northern Presbyterians defended its China policy before the General Assembly. The General Secretary said missionaries in China were not guilty of the widespread charges spread by newspaper correspondents. In San Francisco Patrick Clancy shot and mortally wounded I H Wilson, a lawyer and former commonwealths attorney, for failing to hand over money. How many Virginia lawyers would be mortally wounded under this rule?
The Baptist total reaches 4,233,220 with a 1 percent rise equal to 51,540 in the past year. Georgia accounts for 410,817 Baptists, about one tenth of the national figure, noted alongside a humorous remark about Rockefeller.
Police confiscated over twenty five thousand birds at a New York City residence destined for millinery purposes. The birds are to be destroyed by authorities. Also noted are church dedications, college board meetings, a Supreme Court decision, a marriage notice, and Lutheran reunion planning in North Carolina with speakers and program details.
The writer argues that Supreme Court rulings and lower court decisions bend to emergencies avoiding the flag's stance. The piece recalls Paul warning Christians not to seek their causes in courts and questions judicial independence across all levels.
At the Presbyterian General Assembly in Des Moines Iowa a debate on creed revision occupied two hours. A resolution barred secret society members from church membership provoking heated attack on Masons and Odd Fellows with a delegate claiming no secret society member can reach Heaven.
Mackey argues in his Lexicon that Masonry teaches pure theism with members adding their own views. Written in 1866 while he served as Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina in the Thirty third Degree. He notes prayers in secret fraternities are theistic not Christian and conflict with the Masonic creed.
The XI.Y. Sux reports on the Buffalo based Order of Dont Knock formed March 20. Maurice H Case as Supreme President and Clarence H Lavery as Supreme Secretary Treasurer lead a charity driven group. Members pledge one cent fines for knocking.
The Lenoir College Journal reports Rev W H Little of Mt Pleasant North Carolina and Mr Won J Stirewall of New Market Virginia accept positions on the Calle Hickory North Carolina board. Prof Fritz and Prof Sex join a youthful faculty with credentials from Hopkins University UNC and Lenoir College.
The two year exhibit shows $123000 raised for Foreign Mission including famine relief, with a $6000 debt carried. Muhlenberg mission will continue despite disease and tribal challenges. The Lutheran Publication House in Philadelphia reports a debt free Arch Street building and net assets of $161,245.12, up from $93,000 ten years ago, a gain of about $70,000.
The St. Matthew’s Sunday school in Tom’s Brook Virginia under Rev. M. L. Pence will present a Children’s Day service titled Love Divine on June 16, 1961. Henkel & Co. of New Market publishes Shenandoah Valley, a local paper, every Thursday at $1 yearly. they offer job printing including church minutes and school catalogs.
The Marion Female College commencement featured a Breezy Point play, refined musical interludes, and a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. L A Fox of Roanoke College on service. Rev C A Freed of Middlebrook preached about opportunity and obligation to the missionary society, with a robust art reception and a lively literary address by Rev F T McFaden.
The 48th annual commencement of Maryland College Lutherville began with a June 2 baccalaureate sermon by Rev O P Smith of Potts Town PA. An evening YWCA address followed by alumnae reunion and class day features highlighted the celebrations and honors across departments.
The Gaston Female College held its June commencement with morning recitations and music by primary and junior pupils, an afternoon concert by the Symphony Club and Orchestra, and an evening program including a play and drills. The article praises the school’s progress, discipline, and cost efficiency, urging Lutheran patrons to consider the school for daughters.
A selection of Bibles Testaments Hymn Books and similar items offered for sale by the box at Heuk 21 and Co in New Market Virginia.
Southern Railway announces reduced fare tickets to San Francisco for the National Convention of Epworth League to be sold July 5 to 12 with final return August 31, 1901. Inquiries through Southern Railway agents.
Cheap excursion tickets to the Epworth League Convention in San Francisco available from Norfolk and Western Railway for July 5 to 12 travel, valid until August 31, 1901. Contact W. B. Bevill G. P. Agent Roanoke VA for details.
The paper asks readers to inform them if any known fake advertisements appear. It promises to discontinue such ads and note the action. The notice complains about scams while stating they do not expect something for nothing and will avoid advancing schemes unknowingly.
The Mount Pleasant North Carolina seminary offers a yearly package for 105 dollars covering tuition room board laundry fuel light and physician's attendance. Music on Art costs 30 dollars and Music and Art 50 dollars for the year with no extra fees. The next session opens Wednesday September 11 1909. For catalogue or information write to the address provided.
Special attention to church minute printing and other printing works. Henkunt & Co located at New Market Virginia invites orders for printing. Local churches and organizations encouraged to submit requests promptly.
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