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1820. General Synod organized.
1825. West Pennsylvania Synod organized.
1835. Central Missionary Society organized at Mechanicsburg, Pa. 1837. January 15, First English Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh organized and Church Council elected. Sunday School organized, third Sunday in January.
January 18, first meeting of the Church Council at the resi- dence of Mr. George Weyman.
March 26, (Easter Sunday) first Communion service.
November, old Court House secured for services.
1838. November 14, the Rev. Emanuel Frey arrived. Resigned December 24.
1839. March 13, Church lots bought on Seventh Ave. for $8400.
May 9, the Rev. John McCron arrived as "resident mis- sionary."
1840. March 8, contract awarded for Seventh Ave. Church. March 11, Congregational charter secured.
First Sunday in October, Seventh Ave. Church dedicated. Convention of the West Pennsylvania Synod held in the Church.
1842. March 26, Mr. McCron resigned.
1843. April, the Rev. William H. Smith arrived.
July 4, George Washington's tent exhibited at a fair.
1844. January 9, Mr. Smith resigned.
Spring, Mr. Passavant arrived and took charge as pastor.
1845. January 15, organization of the Pittsburgh Synod by eight ministers and six lay delegates.
April 10, great fire which destroyed one-third of the city.
1848. January, The Missionary established by Dr. Passavant.
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1849. January, the Infirmary, the first Protestant hospital in America, established. Later known as the Passavant Hospital.
July 17, beginning of Protestant Deaconess work in Amer- ica, Pastor Theodore Fliedner bringing four deaconesses from Kaiserswerth, Germany, to the Passavant Hospital. 1850. Consecration of Catherine Louisa Marthens, the first Amer- ican Lutheran deaconess.
1852. April, the Orphans' Home organized in Pittsburgh. Re- moved to Zelienople in May, 1854.
1854. September 14, outbreak of cholera in Pittsburgh.
1855. January S, Mr. Passavant resigned.
November, Mr. Krauth installed as pastor.
1859. September 12, Dr. Krauth resigned.
November 16, Mr. Hill elected pastor. Installed January, 1860.
1860. October 21, Trinity Church, Allegheny, organized by mem- bers of the First Church.
1862. January 8, final payment made to Mr. George Weyman on amounts due him by the congregation.
1864. Theological Seminary at Philadelphia established.
1866. January, lot purchased for a new church on the corner of Penn Ave. and Ninth St.
1866. May 6, St. John's Sunday School organized. June 18, Mr. Hill resigned.
November, controversy with a minority faction in the con- gregation which endeavored to secure control of the property.
1867. January 30, By-Laws of the congregation amended.
May, Mr. Laird entered upon his duties as pastor. In- stalled the fourth Sunday in June.
November 20, the General Council organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1868. November 8, the Church Book introduced in the services of the congregation.
November 12, Second Convention of the General Council, held in the First Church.
The Ladies' Sewing Society organized.
1869. June 25, Christ Church, East Liberty, organized.
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November 8, Mr. George Black furnished funds to secure Lutheran pastors from Sweden and Norway to labor among the Scandinavians in the West.
1872. Lots given for St. John's Mission on the corner of Forbes and Jumonville Streets by Mrs. Jane B. Black.
1874. Building Committee appointed and plans prepared by James H. Windrim for a new church to be built on the lot on Penn Ave. and Ninth St. Project later abandoned for the time.
1876. Sunday after Christmas, first Sunday School building of St. John's Church, Forbes and Jumonville Streets, conse- crated. Cost, $3425.00.
1879. June 30, Mr. Laird resigned.
1880. February 1, Mr. Belfour became pastor of the congregation.
1883. November 11, service in commemoration of the four hun- dredth anniversary of Martin Luther's birth.
1885. August 12, the Grant St. lot bought for $55,900.00.
1886. November 16, the Penn Ave. and Ninth St. lot sold for $75,000. This lot had been bought twenty years before for $20,000.
1887. January 3, Building Committee appointed.
November 6, Corner stone of the Grant St. Church laid.
1888. April 20, the Society for Parish and Mission Work or- ganized.
October 28, last service in the Seventh Ave. Church.
November 4, dedication of the Grant St. Church, erected at a cost of $94,000, including furnishings and organ. The lot cost $55,900 additional.
1889. April 1, Seventh Ave. Church sold for $58,000.
Mr. B. F. Weyman became Director of the music of the church.
September 10, Convention of the General Council.
October 10, the Krauth Memorial Baptismal Font placed in the church.
November 7, ten young men of the congregation offered to pay $1000 a year salary for an assistant pastor who should also have charge of St. John's Mission. The Rev. F. P. Bossart was called in January, 1890.
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1892. April 4, Dr. Belfour resigned, to take effect July 1.
Extensive improvements were made in the church building and electric lighting introduced during the summer of 1892.
1893. January 3, the Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Church Extension Society of Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Vicinity organized in the chapel.
April 23, the Rev. D. H. Geissinger entered upon his pas- torate.
October 29, St. John's Church dedicated.
First Sunday in Advent, first issue of the Weekly Parish Bulletin. September 25,1898, changed to Parish Bulletin, being issued at frequent intervals.
December 3, the first full rendering of the Vesper Service with Plain Song melodies.
1894. January 17, first of a series of organ recitals, which de- veloped into the special Wednesday afternoon Lenten services which were continued for ten years.
First Sunday in May, new system of offerings and special monthly collections inaugurated.
September 18, Convention of the Pittsburgh Synod, which met in the First Church on the fiftieth anniversary of its organization.
December 9, service commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gustavus Adolphus.
1895. October 30-31, First National Convention of the Luther League, with nearly four hundred delegates from twenty states.
November 4, the Altar Society was organized.
1896. November 1, the corner stone of Grace Church, Allegheny, was laid. Church dedicated January 31, 1897.
1898. April 24, formal acceptance of the Memorial Windows placed in the church in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Black by their children.
July 13, Auxiliary of the Red Cross Society formed for relief of the suffering in the Spanish-American War.
October 3, the Lutheran Liturgical Association organized in the chapel.
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1899. June 15-16, the Second Convocation of Church Musicians authorized by the General Council met in the Church.
December 3, Fiftieth anniversary of the Protestant Deaconess work in America. Address by the Rev. Henry E. Jacobs, D.D., LL.D. -
1900. Rebuilding of the organ during the summer by the Austin Organ Co.
October 30, concert by the Leipzig Quartette for Sacred Music.
December 3, organization of the Lutheran Choral Society, Mr. Frank Benbow, Director.
1901. September 19, Memorial Service for President Mckinley. Publication of the " Choral Service Book," edited by Mr.
Harry G. Archer and the Rev. Luther D. Reed. This book, together with the "Psalter and Canticles" and " Season Vespers " by the same editors, contains the historic service music used in the congregation. The choir of the First Church rendered this music in Buffalo, N. Y., October 8 and 9, 1901.
1902. August 17, resignation of Mr. Thomas H. Lane from the Superintendency of the Sunday School, after having been identified with the School since July, 1840, a period of sixty-two years, and having served as Superinten- dent since January 28, 1866.
1903. April 5-7, Third General Conference of Lutherans met in the church.
October 18-19, Convention of the Pennsylvania State Luther League.
1904. December 7, Dr. Geissinger stricken.
1905. March 1, the Rev. George J. Gongaware elected Associate Pastor. Assumed charge May 11. Installed December 3. April 3, the Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Ostrom commissioned missionaries to Porto Rico.
April 26, the Chapel Guild organized.
October 1, Shadyside Sunday School organized in the Alinda School Building.
1906. January 17, service in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of Lutheran Foreign Missions in India.
February 5, Dr. Geissinger resigned.
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April 1, Dr. Geissinger elected pastor emeritus and the Rev. George J. Gongaware elected pastor.
September 19, Commissioning of Miss May C. Mellander as Missionary to Porto Rico.
1907. January 20, service commemorating the seventieth anniver- sary of the founding of the congregation.
March 22, death of Dr. Geissinger. Funeral service in the church March 25th. Service in Memoriam April 7th.
April 10, the Rev. A. P. G. Anderson commissioned Mis- sionary to Porto Rico.
April 18, organization of the Lutheran Inner Mission Society of Pittsburgh.
May 6, charter of the Church Music and Liturgical Art Society secured.
June 29, transfer of title to property to St. John's Church, which had become self-sustaining.
1909. March 21, dedication of the bronze tablet in memory of Dr. Geissinger.
Index
Alexander, George, 73. Allegheny missions, 83 sqq .; see also Emanuel Church, Alle- gheny; Trinity Church, Alle- gheny; Grace Church, Alle- gheny.
Allegheny Synod, 15, 43. Altar Society, 155, 160, 212.
American Tract Society, 88.
Anschutz, William J., 13, 30, 32, 34, 195, 196, 197-8.
Archer, Harry G., 151, 163 sq., 183, 191, 212.
Armor, Col. D. M., 91, 99, 103, 109, 110, 112, 115, 119, 123, 203-5.
Armor, George, 91. Armor, James, 91, 156.
Armor, William G., 130, 142, 144, 149, 206-8. Arthurs, Mrs., 130, 131, 143.
Augsburg Confession, 76, 81, 94, 101. Austin Organ Co., 161.
Bachman, the Rev. John, D.D., 11, 50.
Baer, Charles C., 104, 106, 115, 196. Baker, Miss Louise E., 211. Bakewell, Benjamin, 13.
Balken, Henry, viii, 91,110,125, 126, 130, 142, 153, 168, 169, 173, 174, 181, 205-10.
Baptismal Font, 134 sq., 140. Barclay, Anna Frances, 34, 195. Barker, J. A., 141. Barker, W., Jr., 110. Barry, Bliss, 186. Barry, the Rev. F. W., 197.
Barry, Miss Myrtle, 186.
Bassler, the Rev. Gottlieb, 55, 102.
Baugher, the Rev. H. L., 11. Bayardstown, 53.
Beeler, Washington, 98, 99, 203, 205-6.
Belfour, E. W., 141.
Belfour, the Rev. Edmund, D.D., Pastorate, 122-147; 148, 182, 196.
Benbow, Frank, 162. Beringer, C., 110, 205. Berkemeier, the Rev. William, 66, 104.
Berkley, Andrew W., 33, 195. Bese, Dr. F., 127, 130, 143. Beyer, Miss Carrie A., 212. Bikle, Horace W., 156, 170, 192, 197, 209, 210, 211.
Birmingham congregation, see Grace Church, S. S.
Black, Alexander M., 124. Black, David, 131.
Black, George, 77, 90, 99, 107, 108, 115, 118 sq., 124, 157 sq. Black, Mrs. George (Jane B.), 104, 115 sq., 123, 155, 157 sq.
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Black, George P., 132, 141. Black, William H., 141, 146, 185, 207-10. Black, Mrs. William H., 159.
Black Memorial Windows, 157 sq.
Bossart, the Rev. Frank P., 142, 143 sq., 146, 155.
Boyts, Mrs. John H., 159.
Broecker, the Rev. William, 16.
Brown, Henry, 34, 195, 198.
Brown, John, 62, 63, 64, 73, 102, 106, 198-201, 203-4.
Brubaker, Miss Etta, 21. Brubeck, the Rev. J. J., 156. Buhl, William, Jr., 211.
Building Committee - Seventh Ave. Church, 30; appointed to build on Penn Ave. lot, 88 sq., 110 sq .; Grant St. Church, 130, 132-6, 138 sq .; St. John's Church, 145, 146, 151.
Building Fund, 131, 142 sq.
Bulletin, the Parish, 152, 154, 191.
Burgess, the Rev. Ellis B., 54, 102.
By-Laws of the congregation, 82 sq., 96 sqq.
Caldwell, John, 131, 134. Carsten, Frederick, 55.
Caufman, Henry W., 23, 29, 32, 34, 41, 195, 197-8.
Caufman, Mrs. H. W., 34, 195. Cemetery lots, see Church lots. Central Missionary Society, 10, 11, 12, 23 sg., 25. Chalmers, John B., 85, 98, 201-3.
Chancel Committee, 142.
Chancel improvements, 149, 156 sq.
Chapel Guild, 169, 212.
Charter of the congregation, 30 sqq., 195.
Choir, see Church music.
Choral Society, the Lutheran, 162.
Christ Church, East End, 53, 104, 117, 134.
Christian Commission, 88, 116. Church Book, The, 103, 151.
Church Building-Seventh Ave. Church : contract let, 34; dedi- cated, 37 sq .; valuation, 88, 134; farewell services, 137; sold, 139; Grant St. Church : preliminary efforts, 109 sq .; lot secured, 126 sq .; building committee, 130, 132; construc- tion, 132 sq .; description, 137 sq., 147; improvements, 148 sq .; valuation, 165, 182; St. John's Church, 116, 144 sq.
Church Council-members, 1837- 1909, 197-209; present organi- zation, 210.
Church debt, 47, 57 sq., 73, 86, 107; deficiency in treasury, 109, 111 sq., 125 sq., 142, 144, 149, 165 sq., 166.
Church lots-on Seventh Ave., 26, 30, 37; corner of Penn Ave. and Ninth Sts., 88, 90, 107 sq., 109, 114, 123 sq., 125, 131; on Grant St., 126 sq .; Cemetery, 59 sq .; Nevile B. Craig lot, 87.
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Church music-leader, 54; organ secured, 99 sq .; organist and choir secured, 104 sq., 106; eight hundred dollars appro- priated, 108; reorganization, 113 sq .; instructor secured, 124 sq .; contract for organ, 134, 138; old organ sold, 136; improvement of the music, 139; arrangement with Mr. B. F. Weyman, 144 sq .; or- gan recitals and Lenten ser- vices, 152; vested choir, 157; organ rebuilt, 161 sq .; publi- cation of Service Books and rendition of music at Buffalo, N. Y., 163-4; agreement of Council with Mr. B. F. Wey- man, 164-5; Choral Vespers at the Third General Conference, 166; Church Music and Lit- urgical Art Society organized, 183; resignations of Mr. Wey- man and Mr. Archer and reor- ganization of the work, 191 sq. Church Music and Liturgical Art Society, 183.
City Missionary Society, 89, 114. Cleaning, repairs, etc., 107, 156 sq., 162.
Collections, see Offerings.
Collishaw, Anna B., 15.
Committee on Finance, see Fi- nance Committee.
Common Service, The, 151, 166, 192.
Communion Services, 14, 38, 40, 41, 53, 63, 79, 101, 137, 150, 154, 191.
Consecration, see Dedication.
" Conservative Reformation and Its Theology," 76 sq., 81. Constitution, 156.
Contracts, see Church Building. Controversies in the congrega- tion, 94-9.
Controversies in the Lutheran Church, 75-7, 91-9.
Convocation of Church Mu- sicians, 160 sq., 164.
Cook, the Rev. Mr., 5.
Cook, Samuel, 29, 32, 33, 195, 198.
Cookman, the Rev. Alfred, 75.
Corner stone laying, 133, 156.
Court, cases in, 97 sq., 108. Court House, 14, 15, 29.
Critchlow, the Rev. G. W., 155. Cumberland Presbyterian Ch'ch, 12, 52.
Custis, the Hon. G. W. P., 48.
Daume, Edward F., 211.
Davidson, Mr., 69.
Deaconess institutions and work, 61 sq., 65, 161, 191.
Dedication-Seventh Ave. Ch'ch, 37 sq .; Grant St. Church, 137; St. John's, 151 sq .; Grace Church, Allegheny, 156.
Deficiency in the treasury, see Church debt. Diehl, 114, 116.
Dobler, Jacob, 34, 195, 199.
Dolan, Mrs. T. H., 211.
Duff, Capt., 117.
Duff, Mrs. Anna E., 212.
Duff, George J, 85, 200-2.
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Duff, J. Boyd, 129. Dull, John, 62, 199, 200. Duquesne Greys, 48.
Earhart, the Rev. David, 55. East Liberty Mission, see Christ Church, East End. Ebright, Margaret, 34, 195. Egolf, Mrs. Mary, 34, 195.
Egolf, Michael, 15, 23, 26, 32, 34, 195, 196, 197-8.
Ehrenfeldt, the Rev. George F., 55
Elections, 40, 82 sq., 98.
Emanuel Church, Allegheny, 53, 130, 163, 189. English language, 5 sqq., 55. Episcopalians, see Protestant Episcopal Church. Evangelical Alliance, 58. Evangelical Review, 76, 77. Ewing, Mr., 26.
Fahnestock, Dr. Peter, 34, 195, 198-9. Fahnestock, Samuel, 34, 195. Fehr, the Rev. William H., 163. Feigel, Miss Annie J., 212. Finance Committee, 42, 47. First German Evangelical Luth- eran Church of Pittsburgh, 16. First Presbyterian Church, 2. Fisher, the Rev. J. L., 197. Fliedner, Pastor Theodore, 62. Font, see Baptismal Font. Foreign Missions, 18 sqq., 22, 112, 171, 180, 182. Forsythe, Miss Maria, 169. Foulke, David A., 85, 98, 99, 108, 201-4.
" Four Points," The, 103. Fownes, Mr., 54, 58. Frasch, Miss Annie L., 211. Frey, the Rev. Emanuel, Pastor- ate, 23-27; 196.
Frick, the Rev. W. K., D.D., 166.
Fry, the Rev. J., D.D., 140, 171. Fuhr, Charles W., 156, 170, 182, 211.
Fuhr, Miss Annie W., 211. Fuhr, Edward R., 163, 196. Fuhr, Miss Hattie J., 211. Fuller, Miss Mary A., 189.
Gabel, John P., 34, 195. Gash, Mary Webb, 21. Gearing, Elizabeth, 34, 195. Geissenhainer, Charles A., 115, 135, 142, 143, 196, 198-201.
Geissenhainer, Charles P., 29, 30, 32, 34, 62, 195.
Geissenhainer, George W., 125, 134.
Geissenhainer, the Rev. Henry, 2. Geissinger, Bertram, 156. Geissinger, the Rev. David H., D.D., 44; pastorate, 148-179, 182, 189, 192 sq., 196.
Geissinger, Mrs. David H., 211. General Conference of Luth- erans, 166.
General Council, 55, 95, 102, 103, 121, 136, 139, 143, 147, 164, 166, 169, 177 sq., 182, 184, 185, 187.
General Synod, 28, 47, 74, 86, 92 sq., 94 sq., 96, 101, 102, 108, 166.
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Gerberding, the Rev. G. H., | Griffin, James, 55. D.D., 51, 117, 197. German language, 5 sq.
German Lutherans in Pitts- burgh, 1, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 18, 25, 35, 36, 37, 38, 65, 89, 115, 117.
German United Evangelical Protestant Church (Smithfield St. Church), 1 sq., 4.
Getty, Andrew S., 62, 73, 85, 98, 200-3.
Gillespie, Charles H., 85, 115, 202, 204-6.
Gillespie, George, 156.
Gillespie, William H., 43, 59, 196, 198-9.
Goettman, the Rev. John G., D.D., 86, 89.
Gongaware, the Rev. George J., 160, 169, 170, 172, 174, 175, 176; pastorate, 180-193; 196, 210, 211.
Gould, Eliza, 34, 195.
Grace Church, South Side, 53, 78, 83, 89.
Grace Church, Allegheny, 155 sq.
Graf, Otto C., 167, 180, 208-10. Graff, Daniel, 33, 195.
Graff, Henry, 62, 63, 68, 73, 199-201.
Graff, Mary, 34, 195.
Graff, Matthew, 73, 200-1.
Graff, Peter, 42, 43, 47, 57, 198-9. Graham, Mary, 34, 195.
Greenwald, the Rev. Emanuel, D.D., 82.
Gunn, the Rev. Walter, 18 sq.
Haan, Mrs. Theodora W. M. de, 138.
Haas, the Rev. John A. W., D.D., 160.
Hale, James, 199.
Hamilton, Samuel L., 169, 186, 211.
Hamma, the Rev. M. W., D.D., 166.
Harrison, President, 46.
Hartranft, General, 176.
Haselbach, Catharine, 34, 195.
Hasselquist, the Rev. T. N., D.D., 118.
Haupt, the Rev. Alexander J. D., D.D., 181.
Haupt, Miss Margaret C., 212. Haven, W. S., 200.
Haverstick, the Rev. H., 24. Hawke, G. P., 62, 199, 200.
Haworth and Dewhurst, 123. Heckel, Albert, 156.
Heilman, Eliza Jane, 39, 195.
Heisely, Catharine S., 15, 34, 195.
Heisely, F. A., 13, 15, 23, 32, 33, 43, 44, 112, 195, 196, 197-9. Heisely, Margaret C., 15.
Heisely, Rebecca, 15.
Heisely, William F., 15. Helmuth, the Rev. Dr., 17.
Hersh, John R., 26, 32, 34, 39, 43, 62, 195, 196, 198-200.
Herstine, D. W., 201. Heyer, the Rev. Carl Friedrich,
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M.D., x, 8; pastorate, 10-16; sketch of his life, 16-22, 23, 24, 25, 35, 38, 54, 196. Hill, the Rev. Reuben, D.D., pastorate, 82-93; 95, 107, 114, 131, 132, 137, 154, 196.
History of the congregation, 58, 125, 155, 181, 185. Hoffman, Jacob, 34, 195.
Hoffman, the Rev. John N., 24. Holman, Samuel, 36.
Holmes, the Rev. George, 197. Holmgrain, the Rev. Oscar V., 117, 197.
Home Missions, 10 sqq., 19, 112, 166, 186.
Horn, the Rev. Edward T., D.D., LL.D., 159.
Horner, Mrs. Annie Wattles, 180.
Hospital, The Passavant, 61, 64. Howard, the Rev. Dr., 75.
Huber, Mrs. Jane, 34, 195.
Hubley, George, 26, 32, 34, 62, 63, 66, 68, 73, 85, 89, 98, 99, 100, 114, 195, 196, 199-203. Hubley, Samuel J., 34, 42, 195. Hugus, Paul, 199, 200.
Indigent Fund, 103, 107, 111, 122 sq., 169, 186, 189. Infirmary, see Hospital. Inner Missions, 181.
Jackson, Robert, 34, 195. Jacobs, the Rev. Henry E., D.D., S.T.D., LL.D., 7, 102, 161, 166. Jacobs, the Rev. Prof. Michael, D.D., 11.
Jacobus, the Rev. Dr., 75. Johnston & Co., 138, 161. Juvenile Total Abstinence So- ciety, 43.
Kaercher, John A., 107, 109, 110, 112, 140, 145, 183, 204-8. Kaercher, John B., 141.
Kaiser, W. F., 143.
Kapff, Oscar, 210. Kim, Miss Carrie E., 159, 211.
Kim, Miss Dorothea C., 211. Kim, George F., 142, 205-8. Kim, James W., 141.
Kindborg, the Rev. John W., 117 sq. Kohne, Mrs. John C., 211.
Krauss, the Rev. Elmer F., D.D., 160.
Krauth, the Rev. Charles Philip, D.D., 38, 78.
Krauth, the Rev. Charles Porter- field, D.D., LL.D., x; pastor- ate, 68-81, 83, 90, 102, 113, 123 sq., 134, 140, 151, 196. Krauth, the Rev. G. Edward, 151, 197.
Kreiter, Margaret, 34, 195. Krummel, J. H., 196. Kuhlman, the Rev. Luther, D.D., 171. Kunkleman, the Rev. J. A., D.D., 133, 137, 169. Kurtz, the Rev. Henry, 2.
Ladies' Relief Society, 103. Ladies' Sewing Society, 104, 107, 138, 149, 151, 156, 170, 192 sq., 212.
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Laird, the Rev. Samuel, D.D., pastorate, 94-121; 137, 150, 196.
Lambert, Miss Margaret, 212. Lambert, the Rev. W. A., 12. Lane, A. H., 204-5.
Lane, Mrs. Eliza Hetich, 183. Lane, Thomas H., viii, ix, 19, 48, 49, 62, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 77, 82, 85, 97, 98, 99, 103, 107, 109, 110, 112, 115, 119, 122, 124, 125, 127, 130, 131, 132, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 153, 155, 156, 164, 168, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 182, 183 sq., 196, 200-9.
Lane, Dr. W. B., 183. Lane, W. C., 48, 60. Lang, Jacob, 141.
Lang, William F., 95, 98, 99, 107, 109, 110, 115, 119, 123, 130, 131, 132, 140, 146, 165, 166 sq., 202-8.
Lang, Mrs. William F., 159. Lange, Dr. Arnold, 85, 98, 99, 103, 124, 141, 199, 201-6. Lange, Dr. C. C., 109, 110. Lauman, Catharena, 34, 195. Latshaw, P. W. H., 99, 122, 200, 201, 203. Lawrenceville, 53.
Lawson, the Rev. Mr., 84. Leffingwell, C. W., 34, 195. Leffingwell, Mary, 34, 195. Lehmanowsky, Colonel, 49. Leipzig Quartette for Sacred Music, 162.
Lenhart, Christopher, 32, 34, 195, 198.
Lenten services, 152. Letche, William, 211. Lincoln, President, 176, 187. Lingenfelser, Fred W., 143. Liturgical Association, the Luth- eran, 159 sq.
Liturgical controversies and ap- pointments, 59, 62, 88, 92, 100, 103, 104, 183.
Lochman, the Rev. A. H., 38. Lord's Supper, see Communion. Lowman, Catharine, 15. Lane, Miss Mary Price, 211.
Lowman, John, 15. Luther League, 154, 167.
Lutheran, The, 67, 76, 77, 80, 92, 177 sq., 186. Lutheran Observer, 25, 52, 60, 91. Lyday, J. H., 98, 99, 101, 202-3. Lyman, the Rev. Dr., 75.
Mackeral, J., 35.
Maclean, David, 198.
Marthens, Sister Catherine Louisa, 64, 65, 160.
Marthens, Henry C., 34, 195.
Martin, the Rev. J., 11, 12. Massingham, Sherman, 142.
Mayer, the Rev. Dr. Philip, 77. McCollum, Prof., 124.
McCompsey, W. B., 114, 116, 134.
McConnell, Robert, 42.
McCron, the Rev. John, D.D) .. pastorate, 28-46, 47, 196.
McKinley, President, 163. Melhorn, the Rev. J. K., 137.
Mellander, Miss May C., 177, 182.
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Methodist Church, 36, 45. Methodist Protestant Church, 29. Meyran, Charles, 115.
Miller, the Rev. C. Armand, D.D., 181.
Millerites, 46. Millinger, Mrs., 54.
Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1, 5, 10, 17, 18, 19, 22, 94-6, 103, 121.
Ministry, Members of the con- gregation in, 117, 197.
Mission and Church Extension Society of Pittsburgh, Alle- gheny and Vicinity, 87, 150, 186.
Missionary Society, see Central Missionary Society.
Missionary, The, 60 sq., 63, 67, 76, 92.
Missions, 41, 52 sq., 56, 61, 63, 65, 69, 74, 83 sqq., 86, 89, 104, 107, 108, 117, 121, 135, 155, 169, 170, 171, 177, 186; see also Foreign Missions, Home Missions, and names of individual congregations.
Mitchell, Daniel, 34, 195. Mitchell, Henriette, 34, 195. Moore, William S., 85, 202.
Morehead, the Rev. James A., D.D., 166. Morris, C. A., 29.
Morris, the Rev. J. G., D.D., 186 sq.
Mt. Calvary Church, McKees Rocks, 53.
Mozart Musical Society, 38, 40.
Muhlenberg, the Rev. Henry Melchior, 1.
Muhlenberg, General Peter, 7. Muhlenberg College, 91. Murray, Samuel, 42.
Nelson, Dr. J. H., 64.
"New Measures," 46, 52; see also Protracted Meeting.
Newmeyer, Jacob S., 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107 sq., 124, 201-3.
Newmeyer, John C., 124.
New York Ministerium, 6 sq. Nicklin, Mrs., 34, 195.
Niebaum, Miss Clara L., 211, 212.
Niebaum, Miss Sadie M., 211. Niebaum, John H., 142, 206-10.
Odean Singing Society, 40. Oetting, Oscar W. A., 210, 212. Offerings-Collections made by Mr. McCron, 35 sq .; mission collections, 41; pledges by members of Synod, 44; col- lected on Church debt, 73, 86; time for special, 102 sq .; for repairs, 107; weekly, restored, 126; in aid of Lutheran Church in Rochester, Pa., 126; special during year 1887, 135; for sufferers from flood and fire at Titusville and Oil City, 146; system of, 152 sq .; Easter, 1903, 166; for St. Mark's Church, New York, 167; Easter, 1905, 169; for San Francisco earthquake suf- ferers, 180; India bank fail-
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ure, 180; Easter, 1907, 182; Easter 1908, 186; on Christ- mas Day, 189; Easter, 1909, 193.
Ohl, the Rev. J. F., Mus. Doc., 159.
Organ, see Church music.
Organ recitals, 152.
Orphans' Home, 22, 63 sq., 135, 153.
Ostrom, the Rev. Alfred, 182.
Parish Bulletin, 43. Parr, Samuel A., 212.
Partridge, Lincoln H., 196.
Passavant, C. S., 41, 55, 198.
Passavant, the Rev. Detmar L., 197.
Passavant, the Rev. W. A., D.D., ix, x, 9, 22, 38, 49 sq .; pas- torate, 51-67, 69, 72, 76, 83, 87, 92, 101, 137, 153, 196.
Passavant, the Rev. W. A., Jr., 136, 162, 197.
Pastoral Association, 150.
Pastors, List of, 196.
Paulsen, the Rev. Mr., 20.
Paxton, the Rev. Dr., 75.
Peebles, Andrew, 130. Penns, The, 2 sq.
Pennsylvania College, 67, 80, 87, 91.
Pennsylvania Ministerium, see Ministerium of Pennsylvania. Perkins, William, 198, 199.
Pews, sold and rented, 29, 39 sq., 41 sq., 137. Philips, Thomas, 73, 201. Phillips, Levi H., 34, 195.
Phipps, Mrs. Henry, 115. Pittsburgh-in 1782, 1; in 1837, 3 sq .; great fire, 56; cholera, 64.
Pittsburgh Synod, 15, 54 sq., 58, 69, 87, 88, 92, 96, 101, 102, 121, 143, 147, 150, 154, 169, 177, 184, 186, 187.
Plain Song, 151, 163 sq.
Plitt, Mrs., 34, 195.
Plitt, the Rev. J. K., 53.
Pluetschau, Henry, 171.
Plummer, the Rev. Dr., 75.
Porto Rico Mission Board, 177, 182, 185, 187.
Portzer, Miss Annie E. L., 156, 211.
Post Office site, 111.
Presbyterians, 2, 7.
Prichard, Mrs. John, 212.
Propheter, Eliza, 34, 195.
Protestant Episcopal Church, 2 sqq., 6 sq., 8.
Protracted meetings, 40, 54, 63.
Rahm, Edward, 62, 63, 73, 85, 113, 200-2.
Rahm, Mrs., 42.
Rathbun, the Rev. Elihu, 55.
Ream, Charles, 34, 195.
Ream, Miss Katharine F., 211. Ream, Margaret, 34, 195. Reck, the Rev. Henry, 53, 84, 86.
Red Cross Society, 159.
Reed, the Rev. Luther D., ix, 151, 160, 163, 164, 166, 170, 183.
Reformed, German, 1 sq. Reformed Presbyterians, 63, 88.
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Reiber, Edwin F., 211. Reiber, Paul L., 211.
Reitz, Mrs. William, 212.
Repairs, see Cleaning. Reymer, George, 32. Richard, Elizabeth, 15. Richards, the Rev. Frank, D.D., 197.
Richart, William, 33, 195. Riddle, the Rev. Dr., 75.
Ritchey, Miss Caroline L., 156. Ritz, Jeremiah, 13, 15, 23, 27, 30, 32, 34, 41, 43, 195, 196, 197-9.
Ritz, Rachel, 34, 195.
Robe, the clerical, 135, 137, 147.
Roedel, the Rev. W. R., 53. Roethig, Herr Bruno, 162.
Roman Catholics, 2.
Rosenmiller, the Rev. Mr., 11.
Roosevelt, President, 163.
Roth, the Rev. Henry W., D.D., 89, 153, 162.
Royer, Elizabeth, 34, 195.
Royer, George, 29, 34, 195, 198.
Rugan, the Rev. John, 197. Runyan, Elizabeth, 34, 195.
Runyan, John, 33, 195.
Runyan, Rebecca, 34, 195.
St. John's Church, Pittsburgh- Organization of Sunday School, 89; maintained by Sunday School of First Ch'ch, 114 sq .; lot, 115, 123; re- quest for services, 131; salary of pastor guaranteed, 140 sq .; the Rev. F. P. Bossart called, 142; organized as a
congregation, 143 sq .; prep- arations for building, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149; dedication, 151 sq .; bequest of Mrs. Jane B. Black, 155; special assistance, 160, 162; election of the Rev. William H. Fehr, 163; partici- pation in Memorial service for Dr. Geissinger, 175 sq .; trans- fer of title and property, 181 sq .; Sunday School superin- tendents, 196.
St. John's German Lutheran Church, Allegheny, 16.
St. John's English Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, 7, 77.
St. Mark's Church, New York City, 167.
St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, 77, 80, 119 sq.
Sandt, the Rev. G. W., D.D., 177.
Scandinavians, 61, 65, 66, 117 sq., 135.
Schaefer, Christian F., 180, 209, 210.
Schaeffer, the Rev. C. W., D.D., LL.D., 72.
Schaeffer, the Rev. F. D., 17.
Scharretts, the Rev. N., 11. Scheller, Miss Emily, 212. Schmidt, the Rev. Dr., 20.
Schmucker, the Rev. S. S., D.D., 11, 23 sq., 38, 76 sq., 91. Schnee, the Rev. Jacob, 2. Schuh, the Rev. H. J., 16. Schuler, W., 33, 195.
Schweigert, the Rev. Mr., 54.
Scully, John A., Jr., 156.
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Scully, John S., 132, 206-7. Seaman, Mrs. Joseph H., 159, 170.
Seaman, Joseph S., 110, 126, 132, 146, 148, 182, 204-10. Second Presbyterian Church, 2. Seibert, the Rev. Albert F., D.D., 117, 197. Seibert, Jacob, 199.
Seibert & Co., M., 127, 130, 131, 143. Seibert, Paul, 201.
Seiss, the Rev. Joseph A., D.D., LL.D., 93, 101.
Sellers, Miss Louisa, 170.
Sellers, Mrs. Mary B., 170.
Sellers, H. W., 141, 192, 207-10. Shaffer, John, 198, 199.
Shaffer, Miss Sarah, 169.
Shane, James, 62, 196, 199-201.
Sharpless & Company, 42.
Sheafer, Miss Annie L., 211, 212.
Sheafer, Miss Ida, 153, 156.
Sheafer, Col. James, 91, 102, 103, 107, 116, 142, 167, 185, 186 sq., 203-9. Sheafer, Thomas L., 156.
Shoenberger, John H., 8.
Shoenberger, Dr. Peter, 8, 42, 73. Sheets, J., 34, 195. Shoop, Joseph, 55. Shrefler, Lydia, 34, 195. Shroeder, William F., 143.
Siebert, William, 183, 189, 205. Sinking Fund Society. 41.
Smith, Albert W., 156, 192, 208- 11.
Smith, Charles G., 156. Smitlı, Daniel, 34, 195.
Smith, the Rev. Enoch, 122.
Smith, George H., 91. Smith, John C., 198.
Smith, Jonathan P., 189.
Smith, the Rev. L. L., D.D., 166.
Smith, Dr. L. W., 186.
Smith, the Rev. R. Morris. Ph.D., 160.
Smith, the Rev. William H., 39; pastorate, 47-50, 184, 196.
Smithfield St. Church, see Ger- man United Evangelical Pro- testant Church.
Society for Parish and Mission Work, 135 sq., 139, 147, 212. Spaeth, the Rev. Adolph, D.D., LL.D., 69, 75.
Sprecher, the Rev. Dr., 72.
Sprecher, the Rev. Samuel, 47. Sproull, the Rev. Dr., 88. Steck, the Rev. Jacob S., 55. Steck, the Rev. John Michael, 2. Steck, the Rev. Michael J., 55. Steinmeyer, Miss Madeline M., 211.
Steinmeyer, William, 182, 208 -- 10.
Stoever, Prof., 89. Streamer, Elizabeth, 34, 195. Strebeck, the Rev. George, 6. Sunday School - Organization, 15; Teachers' Association, 26; first to occupy Seventh Ave. Church, 38 sq .; early experi- ences, 41, 43, 49, 53, 54; ex- cursions, 57 sq .; records, 60; library, 74; mission schools,
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89; presented sword to Col. Sheafer, 91, 187; service, 92; organist, 104, 106; subscrip- tion to Theological Seminary, 112; maintained St. John's Sunday School, 114 sq., 144; service at dedication of Grant St. Church, 137; services with the congregation, 157; Mr. Lane resigned as superinten- dent and Mr. J. Harvey Wattles elected to succeed him, 164; offering, 1903, 166; offer- ing, 1905, 169; Shadyside organized, 170; Mr. Lane's connection with, 183 sq .; Eas- ter offering, 1908, 186; Easter offering, 1909, 193; list of superintendents, 196 sq .; pres- ent organization, 210 sq.
Stuckenberg, the Rev. J. W. H., D.D., LL.D., 101, 197.
Superintendents, Sunday School, 196, 210 sq. Swedes, see Scandinavians. Swift, the Rev. Dr., 59.
Swift, the Rev. Eliot E., 59.
Tabler, the Rev. M., 35. Theological Seminary at Chi- cago, 67.
Theological Seminary at Phila- delphia, 20, 22, 76, 77, 80, 91, 93, 112, 117, 121, 132, 135, 176.
Theological Seminary at Rock Island, Ill., 118.
Thiel College, 67, 135, 147.
Thompson, Miss Katharine W., 211.
Torrance, Mrs. Hew C., 159. Trautman, Leander, Esq., 154.
Trinity Church, Allegheny, 53, 86, 89; see also Allegheny missions.
Turkle, the Rev. A. J., D.D., 166.
Ulery, the Rev. W. F., 6, 84. Unitarian Church, 12, 13, 14, 15. United Synod in the South, 166. University of Pennsylvania, 81.
Vaughan, John, 199.
Walter, Miss Eliza, 57; see also Passavant, Mrs. W. A.
Washington, tent of George, 48. Washingtonians, 46.
Waters, the Rev. Asa H., 56, 62, 197.
Waters, the Rev. James Q., 104, 117, 127, 130, 197.
Watson, George A., 141, 186.
Watson, Thomas Lane, 211.
Wattles, Charles W., 180.
Wattles, J. Harvey, 164, 170, 180, 182, 185, 196, 208-10.
Wattles, Miss Julia, 212.
Wattles, Mrs. Julia, 180. Wattles, W. Warren, 91, 132, 145, 148, 149, 182, 207-10.
Wattles, William W., 102, 109, 110, 115, 126, 134, 196, 203-6. Weaver, Adam, 98, 203. Weber, Carl A., 211.
Weber, the Rev. John William, 1.
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Weekly Parish Bulletin, Parish Bulletin. Weils, the Rev. Abram, 55. Weiser, Conrad, 1. Weitzel, Albert P., 210. Welty, Daniel, 205-6. Wentz, Anthony, 34, 195.
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Wenzel, the Rev. G. A., D.D., 89, 117, 137.
West Pennsylvania Synod, 10, 11, 12, 15, 28, 30, 35, 37, 43, 113.
Weyman, B. F., viii, 91, 100, 104, 106, 108, 113 sq., 127, 132, 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 144, 145, 148, 155, 157, 161, 164-5, 180, 181, 191 sq.
Weyman, George, 4 sq., 8 sq., 11, 13, 14, 23-9, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 40-3, 47, 49, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 68, 72, 73, 82, 85, 86, 95, 98, 99, 100, 105 sq., 113, 116, 195-204.
Weyman, Miss Harriet K., 135. Weyman, William P., 99, 103, 109, 110, 116, 203-5.
Whig Convention, 45. White, George S., 211. White, H. E. & Son, 116. Williston, the Rev. Ralph, 6. Wilson, Professor, 75. Wilson, Frederick, 157. Windrim, James H., 110. Wingert, Robert R., 210. Wirsching, Philip, 161. Witt, the Rev. Samuel D., 55.
Wolfe, John A., 110.
Wolfe, William B., 129, 183, 207. Workman, The, 9, 38, 61, 66, 67, 80 Wright, Alexander, 198. Wunderlich, J. H. A., 196.
Yeager, Christian, 47, 63, 199, 201.
Young, Peter, 104, 106. Young, W., 199.
Ziegenbalg, Bartholomew, 171. Zion's English Lutheran Church, New York, 6 sq. Zug, Mrs. Eliza, 34, 195.
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