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Another historical event occurred at a congrega- tional meeting held March 20, 1904, when Dr. G. A. Harter, President of Council, presented the recommendation of that body for the adoption of the individual communion service in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Bro. J. Frank Johnstin made the motion, which was seconded by Bro. John Wolfe, " that the indi- vidual communion service be adopted by the con- gregation," which motion was carried without a single dissenting vote.
On Palm Sunday, March 27, 1904, the beautiful aluminum individual communion service was pre- sented to the congregation by Mrs. Alice Dehoff, to whom belongs the credit of securing the funds for its purchase.
A brief history of the various communion ser- vices used by the church since its founding will not be out of place. The first communion service had been used by the congregation for a period of 113 years, from 1766 to 1879, when it was replaced
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by another service, which was used for the past quarter of a century, from 1879 to 1904. On Easter Sunday, April 3, 1904, the new individual com- munion service was used for the first time.
The committee to prepare a fitting programme for the celebration of the centennial anniversary, which was appointed by the council March 7, 1904, consisting of brothers Dr. G. A. Harter, chairman, John A. Dehoff, and the pastor, Rev. George P'. Goll, decided to devote an entire week, from Sunday, April 17, to April 24, for the cele- bration, which embraces the special day of the laying of the corner-stone, April 21.
And now we turn the last leaves of this century plant. Its history of one hundred and thirty-nine years have been as carefully and painstakingly written as time and incomplete records would allow, and with its shortcomings and incomplete- ness it is now sent on its mission to the present and coming generations of consecrated and loyal members of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Maytown, Pa., with the earnest prayer that it will inculcate a greater reverence for the past, undaunted courage for the present, and a bright faith and hope for the future. And if the grand record of the past shall be an incentive to
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those of the present to emulate and surpass what has been accomplished with nobler and more con- secrated effort for the extension of the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, so that a fuller, completer and more strenuous history of achievement may be passed on to the coming generations, this little book will have accomplished its humble mission, and we close the record with the beautiful poem which follows, "the truth of whose prophecy those living in the year 2004 will be able to verify, and perhaps after adding another century's history may deem it worthy enough to pass onward to the next."
" Where, where will be the birds that sing A hundred years to come ? The flowers that now in beauty spring, A hundred years to come ? The rosy lips, the lofty brow, The heart that beats so gayly now, Oh! where will be love's beaming eye, Joy's pleasant smile, and sorrow's sigh, A hundred years to come ?
" Who'll press for gold this crowded street A hundred years to come? Who'll tread yon church with willing feet A hundred years to come? Pale, trembling age, and fiery youth, And childhood with its heart of truth, The rich, the poor, on land and sea, Where will the mighty millions be, A hundred years to come ?
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" We all within our graves shall sleep A hundred years to come ? No living soul for us will weep A hundred years to come? But other men our lands will till,
And others then our streets will fill,
While other birds will sing as gay, And bright the sun shine as to-day, A hundred years to come!"
LIST OF COMMUNICANTS, JANUARY 1, 1853.
Geo. Lehman,
Mary Shireman,
Saul Drabenstadt,
Catherine Alleman,
John Hays,
Barbara Book,
James McClure,
Elizabeth Jolınstin,
John Smith,
Sarah Johnstin,
Abraliam Smith,
Elizabeth Crist,
Wm. Hentz,
Susan Albright,
John Alleman,
Ester Buller,
Abrahamı Buller,
Christian Ichman,
Christ. Lentz,
Mrs. Drebenstadt,
Saml. Oberlin,
Susan Gepher,
Jacob Lindemuth,
Jane Clepper,
John Stoner,
Eliza Hays,
Adam Fletcher,
Mary Lynch,
Elizabeth McClure,
Catherine Clepper,
Mrs. Klugh,
Margaret Willson,
Ester Lightner,
l'astor J. B. Crist.
Mary Lentz,
Total-35.
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LIST OF MEMBERS, JANUARY 5, 1904.
Alexander, Miss Mamie, Dehoff, Miss Mary, Dietz, Miss Bertha, Drace, Mrs. Amanda, DeLong, Mrs. Annie,
Beschler, Christian, Beschler, Miss Mary, Billet, Mrs. Jacob, Blessing, Miss Annie,
Bontz, William, Bontz, Mrs. William,
Book, Mrs. H. S.,
Book, Miss Lizzie,
Bowers, Mrs. Harry,
Brandt, Mrs. Susan,
Brandt, B. T.,
Brandt, Mrs. B. T.,
Buller, Miss Alice,
Buller, Miss Hallie, Buller, Miss Ella,
Buller, Harlan, Buller, Miss Blanche, Buller, Mrs. Annie M.,
Clepper, Albert, Clepper, Mrs. Albert, Clepper, Miss Mary, Clepper, Miss Catherine, Clepper, Miss Minnie, Curren, George, Curren, Jacob,
Dehoff, John A., Dehoff, Mrs. John A.,
Fackler, Miss Sallie,
Farmer, Clayton,
Farmer, Mrs. Clayton,
Fitzkee, Edward,
Fitzkee, Mrs. Edward,
Fitzkee, Reuben, Fitzkee, Miss May,
Fletcher, Henry, Fletcher, Mrs. Henry,
Fletcher, Emlin,
Fletcher, Mrs. Emlin,
Flick, Mrs. Mary, Francis, Mrs. Emarina,
Frank, Mrs. Roberta, Frysinger, William,
Frysinger, Mrs. William,
Eisenhart, Edward, Eisenhart, Mrs. Edward,
Eater, Mrs. George, Ely, Mrs. Margaret,
Garber, Mrs. J. A., Garber, Miss Annie M., Garber, Miss Josie C., Geltmacher, Mrs. R.,
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Glattacher, John,
Glattacher, Mrs. John,
Glattacher, Miss Katie,
Glattacher, Isaac,
Gochenaur, David,
Gochenaur, Harry B.,
Gochenaur, Mrs. David,
Gochenaur, Mrs. Mary,
Gochenaur, Miss Mollie,
Goll, Mrs. Maude B., Grove, Mrs. Amos,
Houseal, Mrs. Cecilia, Hulsinger, Mrs. Sarah,
Jolınstin, J. Frauk,
Johustin, Mrs. J. Frank,
Johnstin, Miss Bessie,
Johnstin, Samuel,
Johnstin, Mrs. Leah,
Johnstin, Mrs. Jolın,
Johnstin, Thomas,
Jacobs, Mrs. John,
Johns, Albert,
Johns, Mrs. Albert,
Haines, Mis. Thomas, Hake, Miss Agnes, Hall, George,
Hall, Mrs. George,
Hall, Miss Olivia,
Hall, Mrs. Lewis,
Kame, John W.,
Kame, Mrs. John W.,
Keener, John,
Keener, Mrs. John,
Kautz, John,
Keiser, C. C,
Keiser, Mrs. C. C.,
Klugh, Mrs. Horace,
Klugh, Jesse,
Klugh, Mrs. Jesse,
Koehler, Mrs. Blanche,
Hester, Brantly,
Kraybill, Ira,
Hinkle, Mrs. Harry, Hoffman, Mrs. Jacob,
Houseal, Mrs. Arbel,
Houseal, Miss Mabel,
Houseal, Miss Margaret,
Kame, Mrs. Alice,
Kame, Mrs. Clem.,
Kame, Harry,
Harter, Dr. G. A., Harter, Mrs. G. A., Hays, Mrs. Luther,
Heisey, Mrs. Fanny,
Heisey, Miss Minnie, Heisey, Mrs. Laura,
Hester, Mrs. Barbara, Hester, Mrs. Winfield,
Hester, Miss Bertha,
Hester, Miss Frances,
Leese, Christian, Leese, Mrs. Christian, Levenight, Mrs. Belle, Long, Mrs. Annie,
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Longenecker, C. G., Longenecker, Mrs. C. G., Longenecker. Howard, Longenecker, Mrs. Clinton, Loucks, Mrs. Clayton, Loucks, North,
Markline, John, Masterson, Mrs. Irvin, Mathias, Mrs. John, Mayer, Mrs. Charles, McClure, James F., -
McClure, Mrs. J. F., Miller, Mrs. M.,
· Miller, Miss Lillie, Mathias, John, Mathias, Miss Sarah, Mathias, Miss Mary,
Neidigh, Mrs. Wm., Neiman, John, Neiman, Mrs. John, Ney, Amos, Ney, Mrs. Amos,
Otto, Miss Katherine,
Paules, David, Paules, Mrs. David, Paules, Miss Sallie. Paules, Hiram, Peck, Mrs. Nicholas,
Roath, Mrs. John R.,
Roath, Mrs. Charles, Roland, Miss Lizzie,
Shepp, Mrs. Fyetta, Shireman, Mrs. Flora, Sload, Mrs. Samuel, Stark, Miss Ella, Straley, Charles, Straley, Mrs. Charles, Strickler, Mrs. R.,
Tome, Mrs. Henry, Tome, John, Tome, Mrs. John, Tome, Charles,
Warner, Geo., Warner, Mrs. Geo., Weiser, Samuel, Weiser, Mrs. Samuel, Welchans, Miss W.,
Wilgus, Mrs. Amanda, Williams, Ephraim, Wolfe, Isaac, Wolfe, Mrs. Isaac, Wolfe, Miss Minnie, Wolfe, Miss Fannie, Wolfe, John, Wolfe, Mrs. John, Wolfe, John, Jr.,
Yeagle, Harry, Yeagle, Mrs. Harry.
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ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
More than three-quarters of a century ago, in the year 1828, the first Sunday-school in Maytown was organized by Mrs. John Hastings. The log school- house in which she taught her scholars was located on the lot where later on the double brick school- houses were built, and these many years afterward were converted into the dwelling-houses now owned by Mr. David Gochenour.
In 1830 the first Lutheran Sunday-school was organized, with Mr. John Brown and Mr. John Stoner as superintendents, who served from 1830 to 1838, but the meetings were ratlier irregular.
It was not until the year 1838 that the Sunday- school was regularly organized, as is shown by the original Constitution found in the archives of the Sunday-school, which we quote in full.
Constitution of the Evangelical Lutheran Sunday-school of Maytown, Pa.
ARTICLE I. This Sunday school shall be styled the "Evan- gelical Lutheran Sunday-school of Maytown," and shall be under the supervision of the vestry of the Lutheran Church of Maytown.
ART. II. Its officers shall consist of two superintendents, one secretary, one librarian, and a treasurer.
ART. III. One of the superintendents shall preside at all meetings, and in their absence the secretary shall officiate.
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ART. IV. The secretary shall keep a book in which all the proceedings of the Sunday-school shall be recorded.
ART. V. The treasurer shall keep regular accounts, and pre- sent reports whenever required.
ART. VI. Children of all denominations shall be received into this school, and they shall be taught the pure principles of Christianity agreeably to the doctrines of the Lutheran Church.
ART. VII. The Bible and the Lutheran Church Catechism shall form the basis of instruction in the Sunday-school.
ART. VIII. The librarian shall take charge of the books and keep a catalogue of the same.
ART. IX. Strict order and discipline shall be observed by both teachers and scholars, and should any be found guilty of misbehavior in Sunday-school they shall be suspended for a certain time, and if during that period they should come for- ward, confessing their faults and promise to do better in future, they shall be received again, but if not, then they shall finally be expelled from the school.
ART. X. The school shall be opened every Sabbath at such hours as the teachers may agree upon.
ART. XI. All the teachers of this school must be such as the vestry of the Lutheran Church may approve.
ART. XII. The school shall be opened with singing and prayer, and closed with the same.
ART. XIII. A majority of the teachers, with the approval of the vestry of the Lutheran Church, may amend and enlarge the foregoing Constitution.
ART. XIV. All the officers of the school must be taken out of the body of the teachers of the school.
Signed, Fanny Ober, George Shriner, Abraham Buller, C. A. Book, Frederick Clepper, Elizabeth Brown, James Johnstin, Sarah Johnstin, C. A. Yetter, John Hays, Mary Johnstin, Collin McCurdy, Jane Clepper, Christian Lantz, Ann E. Jeffries.
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Great credit is due to the foresight of Mr. John C. Willson, in recognizing the historical value of this document and in securing the correct date of its adoption. The members of the Sunday-school of the present generation and those of the future owe him a debt of gratitude which can best be re- paid by his successors in the office of secretary, using the same thoughtful care in keeping and preserving the records of the future.
The signers of the above constitution were its officers and teachers, with brothers Jolin Hays and John Stoner, who served from 1838 to 1854 as its superintendents.
From the "Librarian's class book for the Evan- gelical Lutheran Sunday-school, Maytown, August 4, 1846," we copy the names of the teachers at that time:
Frederick Clepper, Philip Hess,
Collin McCurdy,
John Gephart,
Christian Lentz, John Brown,
James Johnstin,
Elizabetlı Brown,
John Hays, Mary Johnstin,
John Stoner,
Ann Elizabeth Jeffries,
Catharine Yetter,
Catharine Book,
Saralı Jolınstin,
Jane Clepper,
Fanny Ober,
Elizabeth Montgomery,
Barbara Book.
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In the beginning of 1854 the members connected themselves with the American Sunday-school Union, and for a period of nine years it was known by the title given in the first Article of the Constitution, which was adopted in this year, viz .: "This school shall be known by the name, style, and title of the Union Sunday-school of Maytown, auxiliary to the American Sunday-school Union in Philadelphia;" and on "April 24, 1854, the following officers were elected to serve until Easter Monday, 1855.'' The names of the scholars and their ages are also added:
Superintendents.
Rev. Jacob B. Crist, John Stoner,
John Hays, John F. Gebhart.
Librarian.
Henry E. Klugh.
Secretary. E. H. Green.
Treasurer.
Jacob Bower.
Male Teachers.
** Jacob S. Roath, John Hays, James H. Jacobs, Peter V. Albright, Henry M. Shriner,
Jacob Bower, John F. Gebhart,
David R. Brubaker, Frederick Fletcher, E. H. Green,
John Bowman.
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Female Teachers.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Crist,
Miss Barbara S. Book,
Miss Elizabeth M. Peck,
** Miss Martha Gorner,
Miss Catherine Brown,
Miss Ann S. Crist,
Miss Mary E. Book,
Miss Catherine Peck,
Miss Mary Klugh,
Miss Sarahı Long.
l'isitors.
Miss Elizabetlı Peck,
Miss Mary Klugh,
Mr. David R. Brubaker, Mr. Peter Albright,
Miss Mary Book.
Scholars.
* Albright, Thos., 6 * Albright, Henry, II
* Albright, John, 13
* Albright, Daniel, 9
* Albright, Catherine, 11
Carpenter, Anna, 5 Clepper, Olivia B., 4 Carpenter, Mary Jane, 12
Brown, John, 8 Breneman, Geo. C , 7
Breneman, Aun F., 10 Brown, Mary E., 10 Brown, Catherine G., 5
Drabenstadt, Saml., Jr., 14 Drabenstadt, Jas. F., 12
* Dunkle, Jacob, 10
Bower, Emma, 9
* Dunkle, Benj., 7
* Dowhower, Henry, 7 Drabenstadt, Horace, 10 Daily, Albert, 11
* Eckman, Ellis, 6
Fritz, John, 14
Fry, Mary Jane, 12
Bower, Sarah, 4 * Boyer, Harriet, 5 Bowman, Henry, Jr., 10 Buller, Annetta, If Beschler, Catherine, 10 Beschler, Augusta, 8
Beschler, Mary, 6 Buller, Abraham, Jr., 8
Breneman, Helen, 5 Breneman, Geo. D., 6 Buller, Harrison, 13
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Fritz, Anna, II
Green, Susan, 12
Green, Amanda, 10
Green, Joseph L., 7
Griffith, Wm., 15 Griffith, Mary, 8
Griffith, Frances, 10 Griffith, Reuben, 6
* Hull, Geo. L., 6 * Henderson, Benj., 13 * Houseal, Henry, II Houseal, Fred, 13 * Houseal, John H., 8 * Houseal, Horace G., 6 Hays, Ann M., 13 Hays, Luther, II Houseal, Frank, 5 * Houseal, Elizabeth, 8 Hull, John, 9
Johnstin, Mary E., II Johnstin, Jas. F., 7 Johnstin, Winfield, S., 5 Jacobs, Hiram, 13 Johnstin, Malissa, 5 Johnstin, Henry, 9 Jacobs, Anna, 5 Johnstin, Frances, 12
Klugh, Jesse, II Klugh, John, 9 Klugh, Lewis, 12
Klugh, Jacob, 17 Klugh, Barbara, 14
Klugh, Horace, 9 Klugh, Benj., 12
* Kester, Anna, Keller, Anna, 6 Klugh, Anna E., 5 Keller, Martha, 14
Longenecker, Henry, 15 Lehman, Charlotte, 12 Longenecker, Elizabeth, 10 Landis, Solon Z., 8 Lehman, Geo., 10 Longenecker, Amanda, 8 Longenecker, Anna, 6 Lynch, Eph., II Loucks, Saml., 12
Isely, Wm., 12 * Morton, Jacob, 12 * Morton, James, 14 Myers, Eliza, 16 * Markley, Eveline, 13 Markley, Henrietta, 9 Markley, Anna Mary, 7 * Markley, John L., 5 Markley, Reah F., 4 Murray, Jacob, 13 Maize, Anna Mary, 7
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Miller, Anna, 14 * Markley, Geo., 7 Morton, Aaron, 15
Morton, Helen, 6 Murray, Geo., 8
Morton, Cooper, 10 Murray, Minerva, 10
Peck, Nicholas, 13 * Pence, Jacob, 10 Pence, Emma, 11 Pence, Mary, 9
Reidlinger, Wmn., 14 Reidlinger, Angeline, 9
Reidlinger, Mary, 5
Reidlinger, Fred, 11
* Roath, Amelia, 10 Royer, Elizabeth, 6 Royer, David, 8
Rumbaugh, Benj., 14
Reese, David, 15 Reif, Elizabeth, 10
Slaymaker, Mary E., 11 Slaymaker, Harriet, 9 Slaymaker, Anna, 6 * Shinabrook, Anna, 14 Schroll, Margaret, 7
Stape, Susan, 13
Stape, Geo., 11 * Stape, Elizabetlı, 12 Shertzer, Mary, 11
Shertzer, Amelia, 9 Shertzer, Elanora, 5 Shireman, Win., 12 Shriner, Wm., 13 * Stape, Jolın, 14 Shaffner, Charlotte, 10 Sherbahn, Anna E., 12 Sherbahn, Frances, 10 * Stephens, Catherine, 11 Swords, Mary, 12 * Shireman, Ann E., 9 * Shireman, Joseph, 7 * Shireman, Saml., 5 Shireman, Christian, 10 Shriner, Julia, 8 Sherbahn, Cyrus, 5 Sherbahn, Eliza, 7 Sherbahn, Mary, 9 Swords, Martha, 6 Swords, Smith, 8 Schroll, Sarah, 10
Shireman, Anna, 6 Sherbahn, Cecilia, 12
Sherbahn, Margaret A., 14 Schroll, Absalom, 6 Smith, John, 11 Sherbahn, Horace, 8 Sherbalın, Abram, 6 Sohns, Calvin, 12
Sohns, Anna M., 6
Wilson, Vincent, 17 Wilson, Anna, 5
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* Welchans, Charlotte, 13 Welchans, Anna, 5
* Welchans, Joseph, 6
* Wilhelm, Mary A., 6 Zearing, John, 13.
Total number of officers, teachers and scholars, 187.
The members' names in this list, marked with a star, left the Union School in order to form the first Sunday-school of the German Reformed church in Maytown, Pa., sometime during the year 1854, and all of those thus marked, with the exception of the two marked with a double star, came back and were enrolled in the Union School in the beginning of 1855.
Another paper at hand, found among the old Sunday-school records, which shows how inter- ested the members were in the work of dissem- inating Christian literature, is herewith given:
"We the subscribers feeling anxious that a life membership to the American Tract Society should be obtained in Maytown, agree to pay the sum affixed to our respective names in order to raise the balance required, which is $6.00 :
Mrs. Mary Longenecker .25
Mrs. M. Shireman .1212
Mrs. C. Keller . .25
Mrs. M. A. Breneman .50
Mrs. M. Klugh .16
Mr. Henry Johnstin
.22
Mr. H. S. Slaymaker
.50
Total . $2.001/2 -
December 5, 1855."
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The school remained with the American Sab- bath-school Union for nine years, during which time and agreeable to their Constitution, they elected annually four superintendents. The fol- lowing are the names of those who served during this period : 1856, John Hays, John Stoner, John F. Gephart, Adam Fletcher; in 1857 Mr. Abra- ham Buller succeeded Mr. Fletcher. In 1858, for some reason, there were only two superintendents appointed, Mr. John Hays and Mr. John Stoner. From 1859 to 1861 two others were added, Mr. John Rumbaugh and Mr. Frederick Reidlinger. From 1861 to 1863 only three served, Mr. John Hays, Mr. John Stoner and Abraham Buller.
On November 2, 1863, a new Constitution was drawn up and adopted, and the name was changed, as is shown in Article I, "This school shall be known by the name of the 'Evangelical Lutheran Sunday-school of Maytown.'" This Constitution was based upon the original one adopted in 1838.
In the "By-laws" the system of rewards is stated in Article 7, "Children shall be rewarded with tickets and books as follows : For attendance, one blue ticket ; for every five verses recited from the Bible, catechism or hymn-book, one blue ticket ; for every five blue tickets one red ticket. 'Two red tickets shall be valued at one cent, and
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books shall be sold to scholars for their tickets at such rates as the officers of the school mnay direct."
On September 30, 1867, at a special session, amendments were made to the Constitution and By-laws, when the above "Article 7" was an- nulled by the new Article I, "Any scholar bring- ing a boy or girl, whose name shall be entered on the roll of the school, shall be entitled to five red tickets or their equivalent." The custom is, how- ever, no longer in vogue. The following is a list of the superintendents and the date of their service: 1864-1866, John Hays and S. L. Vetter. 1867-1868, John Hays and H. H. Johnstin.
1869-1870, John Hays and J. F. Brown.
1871, John Hays and Rev. Jno. Stock. 1872-1874, John Hays and Rev. G. P. Weaver. 1875-1876, John Hays and Henry Johnstin.
1877-1879, John Hays and Rev. W. H. Engler .* 1880-1882, John Hays and Henry Johnstin.
1883-1888, James Frank Johnstin and Henry Johnstin.
1889-1893, James Frank Johnstin and John A. Dehoff.
1894, James Frank Johnstin and Henry Peck.
* A minister of the Church of God who attended the Luth- eran Sunday-school because of some disagreement with his congregation.
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1895-1902, James Frank Johnstin and John A. Dehoff.
1903 to the present, James Frank Jolinstin and Chas. A. Straley.
From this record it will be seen that brother John Hays served the school as its honored super- intendent from 1838 to 1882, a period of forty-four years ; while brother J. Frank Johnstin has an tin- broken record of twenty-one years as the able and efficient head of the school. All honor is due to the man who rows grey in the service of the Mas- ter and His church.
Until 1879 the Sunday-school used the old church benches which were made by Philip Klug at the close of the eighteenth century, and had been given to them when the church was remod- elled in 1853. These benches were very incon- venient for the class and teacher, and in 1879 the school decided to ask permission of the Church Council to remodel the room, which was granted. The committee appointed to superintend the work were Mr. C. G. Longenecker, William Bontz, M. S. Moore, and Albert B. Clepper. The old benches were taken out and replaced by octagon- shaped seats with a chair for the teacher. The room was wainscoated and repainted, and the walls were calcimined at a cost of $140.00, which was paid by the school.
JOHN HAYS, Superintendent Sunday-school. 1838-1883.
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On April 25, 1882, the Church Council passed a resolution that the superintendent be elected by that body; but on November 4, of the same year, they decided that the school should elect and the Council ratify their action. In this year Mr. John Hays was elected as an auxiliary superintendent for life.
On October 14, 1895, the Church Council "re- solved to ask the Sunday-school to assist in paying the current expenses of the church," and at the next meeting, November 11, 1895, the Sunday- school reported that "it would contribute $10.00 annually for this purpose."
During the last remodelling of the church in 1896, the Sunday-school nobly did its share, and contributed about $500.00 toward the church debt. At this time the infant room was built, and on December 23, 1896, the primary department was organized, with Mrs. Lewis Hall as its superin- tendent. Twenty-three members were enrolled, and it rapidly increased in numbers. From time to time some were transferred to the main school, and on December 31, 1903, there were sixty-four scholars enrolled. On January 3, 1904, twenty- five members were transferred, leaving thirty-nine on the roll, which is its present membership.
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The superintendents were:
1896-1897, Mrs. Lewis Hall.
1898-1900, Mrs. Lewis Hall and Miss Blanche Bontz.
1901-1902, Miss Blanche Bontz and Miss Cora Albriglit.
1903 to July 1, Miss Blanche Bontz.
From July I to the present time, Miss Bertie Hester.
In the special services and entertainments of the church on Christmas, Easter, Children's Day, etc., the principal part of the exercises is largely fur- nished by the members of the primary department. Since the organization of the department in 1896 only one of its members has been called to dwell with the angels; he was Oliver Jolins, who died on January 7, 1904.
After the remodelling of the church and Sunday- school, the octagonal benches were taken out and replaced by chairs in the main and infant rooms.
The following memorial windows are found in the various rooms : In the church parlor one " Pre- sented by the W. H. & F. M. Society " and one "In memory of Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Day by Liz- zie Roland." Infant room : one to "Recd M. Harding, by a friend;" the other to "Julius F. Seebach, Jr., by infant school." In the main
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room are the following: "In memory of James F. Johnstin;"' "In memory of Edwin G. Johnstin;" "In memory of James Brown Henderson;" "Pre- sented by Henry Peck and wife;" "In memory of Baby Frysinger;" "In memory of Amos Fry- singer;" "In memory of John Hays, Superin- tendent of Sunday-school from 1838 to 1883, by his wife."
In October, 1900, Rev. George P. Goll organ- ized the Home Department with II members, and Mrs. Lewis Hall was appointed Superintendent, with Maude B. Goll as assistant. The members were: Mrs. H. S. Book, Miss Lizzie Book, Mrs. J. S. Roath, Mrs. Wm. Welchans, Mr. Edward Fitz- kee, Mrs. Edward Fitzkee, Mr. John Kame, Mrs. John Kame, Mrs. Clementine Kame, Miss Mamie Alexander, Mrs. David Heisey.
All whose conditions and circumstances make it difficult or impossible to attend Sunday-school regularly are eligible for the Home Department, and when enrolled are recognized as regular mem- bers of the Sunday-school, and are entitled to all its privileges. The superintendents make monthly or quarterly visits, when the International Augsburg Quarterly Lesson Books are distributed, together with envelopes for their offerings, upon which is also marked their study of the lesson, which is counted
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