The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-03-11
Communicated.
A Church Case-Continued.


"a thing Of beauty is a joy forever
So thinks "Vindex evidently, or he
would not have paradcd the "Church
Case,' as he terms it, again to public
view, after people generaIly-respecta
bic people at any rate-hoped and be-
lievsd it wa. buried from their gaze for
ever. Probably the church was not sat.
isfied with their lease" as it appeared
in court, and so have sought to vlndicate
its action In the garbled misstatcments
Of "Vindex" as they appear in the last
ADVERTISER.
The only truth which We remember to
have observed in the Church Case Of
Nindex was the first sentence, which
says, "In Cass township Of this county
there is Lutheran congregation, the
pastor of which is Rev. ID. $. Altman
Of Upton" Quite q portion Of the
church Of Cass township acknowledges
to its sorrow that this is true.
How was that church built--wl,at
have been the relations Of D. s. Altman
and J. G.. Maurer to it and what are tho
difficulties, aud the sources of them,
which have recently occurred there?
Under the pastorship of Rev. }. J.
Huber the embryo Of what IL now the
Csss township Lutheran Church WAS
formed, and J. G. Maurer was one Of ito
chief supporters and one Of the largest
contributors to the building thereof.
One Kaufman who was converted UNI
der the preaching Of Mr.. Huber, was the
largest contributor to the church, and
took q great interest in its welfare
Other and sister churches contributed
some $500 to the building with tho I'M
der.tanding that when the church was
not occupied by the Lutherans, they
should have the use of it for preaching
ty their ministers, and generally, that
it should be union church.
The church owes its existence to day
to Rev. J. J. Huber and not Rev. d. s.
Altman. When Mr.. Huber could no
longer attend to tho duties Of tho
church, he recommended Mr.. Altman,
who went there, and trouble and sorrow
followed close in his wake. Time rolled
on aud Mr.. Kaufman WAS called on to
quit the busy scenes Of life-the brittle
thread was broken and lie passed from
his work to his reward. Before he died,
however, lac had lost faith in his past or
Mr.. Altman; he had heard him say on
the dealt, Of one OF the neighbors that il
al joI Il \ H..
family: for she did not belong to their
church, this he did not consider a
christian spirit he had heard rumors Of
disgraceful conduct on the part Of Mr..
Altman and whether true or false they
had left their impress; he and his fami-
" therefore desired that Mr.. Huber
should preach his funeral sermon. AL
though Mr.. Kaufman was OH elder in
the church, member of the council
and one Of the building committee, and
Mr.. Huber brother Lutheran in good
standing, Mr.. Altman positively refused
to allow the church to be opened for
him to preach the funeral sermon in,
and it has not been preached to This
day.
At tho request of Mr.. Kaufman's
family Mr.. Maurer gave out to the pub
lie after church services were over ono
afternoon, that the funeral sermon
would be'preached there by Mr.. Huber
This is the meaning Of "Vindex's' Ian
guage where hc says "that he desired to
introduce another Lutheran minister
into the congregation to act in the pas
toral relation whilst they had positive
arrangement with their Upton pastor"
For this-which seems to have been a
heinouss offense in the eyes of Mr.. Alt
man-this desire on the part of Mr..
Maurer that the church might be occu-
pied by Mr.. Huber for single Sabbath
when Mr.. Altman was not there, and
the church would otherwise be closed
Mr.. Altman prefers charges against Mr..
Huber in the Synod and against Mr..
Maurer in the Church Council.
Upon his return from Synod Mr.. Alt
man arose upon the sacred altar and in
formed the congregation that Mr.. HUI
Der acknowledged that he had done
wrong; that he had violated the law Of
Synod and he wept,-he said further
that the Synod had passed resolution
by which he (Altman) might defend
himself before his people. Mr.. Maurer
said there, and said afterwards And still
says that was false and . lis. Mr..
Maurer was fortified in that belief by .
letter which he had then In his pocket
from Mr.. Helsell, the President Of Syn
cd, which reads As follows:
DEAR SIR. Yours Of yesterday has
lust come to hand, and in answer to