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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
2
An evangelical church paper from Blacksburg Virginia lists editors Kew Hubbert Elon Henkel and details on submitting church related items. Obituary notices up to 150 words are published free with longer notices charged per word.
Remittances should be made direct to publishers or editors by draft or money order. Paid in advance subscriptions show the payment period weekly. notices of discontinuance must be given and arrears paid, otherwise the paper continues under postal law. Change of address requires both old and new post office details. Club and advertising rates are reasonable. Our church paper publishes Wednesdays and Shenandoah Valley on Thursdays and is entered in New Market Virginia as second class matter.
A Lutheran church paper in Shenandoah County Virginia seeks support as a weekly publication. It will serve the United Synod of the South with faith guidance and family readings while remaining independent of other papers. Subscriptions are $1 per year cash in advance. sample copies available. Address Henkel & Co. New Market Virginia.
Remittances for Our Church Paper subscriptions or printing should go to Henkel & Co. New Market Virginia rather than to individual firm members. Since the death of Rev Dr Socrates Henkel the home office requests all payments be directed to Henkel & Co New Market Va.
Rev Dr M G G Scherer will preach at Emmanuel Lutheran New Market next Sunday at 10 40 am June 28 public invited The English E L Church of the Redeemer Jersey City reports growth from seven to four hundred members in five years plus a Sunday School rise to nearly five hundred The piece criticizes a Wesleyan preacher Byars claiming holiness licenses impunity and questions obedience to the Bible.
The General Synod ELC membership stands at 209 942 with an 11 514 rise since the last convention. Building bids set Newberry College at 18 953 to finish by 1904. Baltimore rector Ide adds seven members. Gettysburg College grants doctoral degrees to several clergy. A Georgia pastor completes a 50 day fast and a Philadelphia man dies after a 40 day attempt. Roanoke County jailer cites six imprisonments for drunkenness in six years of dry policy. debates on prohibition’s impact on the sick persist.
At the Baltimore General Synod hearing, a layman contributed 200 toward a 1000 goal, another 200 helped start a second 1000 which was quickly raised. The Lutheran Visitor notes risks for Roanoke College presidency and records 500 gift to the Tressler Orphan Home Board plus 2060 raised on the floor for the Pastors' Fund.
J C Wieters, long time Charleston businessman and active church member, left $2000 to St Matthew's Church in the will filed by Rev W A C Mueller pastor. He died recently in Charleston after coming from Germany. his wife was visiting relatives in Germany at the time.
The First Baptist congregation chose the Peachtree and Cain streets corner for a future church site. The estate is being settled and the purchase price is 40000 dollars. The report notes rising Atlanta property values and underscores the need for the Atlanta Lutheran Mansion to gain a home of its own.
Rev John C Repass aged 73 died last night at the Rural Retreat home of his son ex County Treasurer J Wilton Repass. He served over fifty years in the Evangelical Lutheran ministry within the Southwest Virginia Synod and led fields in Carroll Roanoke Giles Washington and Wythe counties. He was noted as a powerful magnetic preacher and is survived by his wife and ten children. The burial took place at Rural Retreat with a fuller report promised.
Col A M Bowman of Salem emerges as a prominent House member noted for finance work and leadership on state projects. He pushed the Virginia exhibit at the St Louis Exposition and served on key commissions while backing the Jamestown Exposition. Bowman also participates in local boards and church activities, with future electoral plans unclear.
St Marks Lutheran church in Middleburg New York rededicated after remodeling. The project cost about 5000 dollars including 13 new stained glass windows a new pipe organ valued at 1500 dollars and new furniture and heating. Rev J E Wolford pastor presided with Rev ER Cronk officiating. Local Germans and Lutherans in the city attended. Helen Muller, daughter of Louis Muller and granddaughter of Dr Muller longtime pastor in Charleston attended with R B Speights noted.
Erskine College at Due West S C conferred the honorary Doctor of Divinity on Rev A J Bowers professor at Newberry College. The announcement came at Newberry College during a Tuesday evening commencement address by President Cramer via telegram from Rev E P McClintock. The note praises the honor from a respected institution and reflects on regional reactions to Northern and Southern views.
Comment on the extinction of the late King of Servia’s dynasty and the collapse of Alexander and Draga’s rule. Public opinion calls their regime brutal, arguing the revolt rises to a popular uprising and the tragedy surpasses mere assassination.
The annual commencement of Newberry College ran June 7 to 16 with the Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. C E Weltner of Augusta and a flood relief offering of 86.25. Dr Ramsay of Charleston spoke on A More Abundant Tomorrow, and Dr Henry Louis Smith lectured on Some of the Dreams of the Modern Scientist. The junior oratorical contest awarded W Riser the gold medal. alumni elected officers. plans for a gymnasium gained momentum as funds were raised. Degrees were conferred including A M on 22 graduates and B S on several. The class included Gerald Merchant and Gilbert Voigt among others.
An open appeal to pastors and members of the Synod of Virginia to raise about four cents per member to cover a $2,000 pledge to Newport News Mission. The letter requests contributions by August 4, 1903, to settle the remaining deficit and honor the synod’s pledge to the mission and to Christ.
The Lutheran Evangelist condemns the General Synod opposition to Dr. E. J. Wolf for president. It notes radical dissent among three departing ministers, while praising harmonious sessions and progress in home and foreign mission work ahead of the Pittsburgh meeting.
Board members from multiple towns reelected officers and kept routine business. Dr Fox joins Ex. Com. replacing C Markley due to attendance limits. The Home cared for about forty children at eighty dollars per child. current population is forty seven. Treasurer reports 732.07 dollars but funds needed to cover interest on debt. About 200 dollars spent on adjoining lots. July Messenger will publish a full itemized statement. Salem Va June 15 1903.
Pastor J A Huffard of Luray Va is installed at St Mark's with Ebenezer Browntown and Bethlehem members present. Rev Dr J I Miller from Summit N J preached and Rev Armand Miller of New York spoke en route to Roanoke College’s semi centennial. St Mark's recently repainted exterior for about one hundred dollars and catechetical classes for about twenty five members organized at St Mark's Bethlehem and Ebenezer Browntown.
A reader observes May fields in Japan with ripe wheat and green beans, noting intensive cultivation, hand harvesting, and unique tools like semba. The letter contrasts Japanese farming with American styles, detailing beds, trenching, and the emperor's salary while mentioning low Christian farmer presence.
Susquehanna Lutheran University welcomed 69 new students in the spring term, bringing the year’s total enrollment to 234. The statement closes with a reflection that gratitude is the memory of the heart.
The report by Rev L L Smith, acting secretary of the Board of Missions, celebrates past work and urges Southern churches to contribute. He says the Addsta mission is deserving but needs funds to establish a church there and calls for early donations to grow the recorded list in the paper.
In Luthersburg Pa the article argues against bald anti liturgical sentiment and defends the liturgy and prayer books as spiritual tools. It asserts set prayers can be reverent and scriptural, while free prayer must retain order and purpose, urging use of the Common Service and Lutheran heritage for edification and worship.
Chicago preachers clash over a minister’s church billboard strategy offering religious promises to those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. The contract for three sheet posters announces upcoming services at his church.
Reading echoes a religious instruction urging trust in divine support. The sermon-like line contrasts bearing burdens with relying on spiritual strength, emphasizing steadfast faith and endurance through hardship.
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