The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-26
In EXTENDED PAsTORATE.

Church-A Proposed Compliment to a
Faithful Pastor.
The Rev. L. Muller, the faithful and es-
teemed pastor of the German Lutheran Church
IN this city, will at the coming Easter complete
the twenty-flfth year of his pastorate here, ne
having first assumed the pastoral charge OF
this church on the 10th OF April, l848. The
church was chen in Its infancy and only num-
bered about two hundred members. II was
first organized in December, ls4O, and the
church building, on the corner of Hasel and
Anson streets, was completed aud dedicated
In June, 1912. The pastor at that time was
the Rev. W. Heemsoth, and he continued In
charge until the spring of ls4s, when, having
received call lrom his native land, he re-
signed the psstorate of this church, and re-
turning to Germany became pastor OF the
Lutheran Church at Mlssel Warden, District
of Dorum, Hanover, where he is still
settled. The Charleston congregation tnen
extended an Invitation to Mr.. Muller, who was
then preaching in Brooklyn, to become their
pastor. aud the call being accepted he rel
moved at once to Charleston, arriving here on
the date mentioned above. During his long
pastorate the church has steadily Increased
and prospered, but ils history presented no
striking episodes until the war, when It expe-
renced. In common with the other congrega-
lions whose places of worship were exposed
TO the fire of the Federal batteries, some oil
the terrible vicissitudes of war The cnurch
ediace was struck three times ~ the FEDERAL
shells. enc of which fell directly through the
roof into the body of the church, making
terrible gap In the ceiling, and the ehects
of another bomb are still visible on
the outside of the building. During this time
the congregation worshipped In the Laurel
Chapel In Laurel street, In the northwestern
portion OF the city. In January, 1865, the
Rev. Mr.. Muller was compelled by the acci'
dents of war to be absent for some weeks
from his congregation, for the fret and only
time since he has been their pastor. He had
found 1t necessary 10 60 from this city to
Walhalla to escort thither some ladies OF his
family who had been on short VISIT 10
Charleston, but when he reached Wallhalla ne
found 1t absolutely impossible to return, Sher.
mans army having In the meantime tsSen
possession of Columbia, and completely
wrecked the railroads and bridgea IN the
vicinity. Mr.. Muller was extremely anxious
to return to his congregation, who
during that eventtul period were In almost
hourly need of his minstrations, and ne
made two efforts to penetrate to Columbia
Without success. Soon after bis second re-
pulse, however, he again made The attempt,
and succeeded In reaching Columbia, and
thence, after o number Of adventures, he was
allowed TO come, In q clrcuitous route which
occupied thirteen days, and under the protec-
tion of q flag of truce, to Charleston, Wnere
he found his congregation much alarmed at
his absence, which had extended overa period
OF nearly three months.
The next important event In the history OF
MIR. Muller's pastorate was the undertaking By
The congregation of the erection OF q new
church edifce, which would furnish the In
creased accommodations demanded by the
growing congregation. This subject was fret
sgltated 10 1867, but many Of the society were
at that time disposed to doubt the possibility
of their successfully carrying out the amol-
,ions design of erecting church edlhce TO
cost nearly one hundred thousand dollars,
and 1t was very largely 10 the energy and
courage of their pastor that the final success
Of the undertaking Is due. Through his exer-
lions and those Of the more sanguine men,
bers of the congregation a suitable lot was
purchased on King near Vanderhorst street,
and the cornerstone the new church was laid
on the 2sth Of December, 1867. The erection
of the church was then rapidly pushed for
ward by the Meesrs. Devereux, who had It
In charge, and 1t was completed In the spring
of 1872 and dedicated on The 18th Of March.
The congregation are now about to mark the
anniversary of this event by placing two large
mural tablets in the main vestibule Of the
church, containing a record OF the leading
facts In the history Of the church. THESE
tablets, which are expected to be In position
by next Sunday, are Of pure white marble,
each six feet high aud three feet two Inches
vide, and they contain respectively the fol-
lowing Inscriptions engraved in gold letters:
A D. 1872.
yRoHEHRATH:
O. vO.GT. voRsITzER;
WIN. USfERHa aRDr, SEKaETAR;
J. HEESEMANN. SoHATzMEIsrER
ALTysTE:
F. wERMANN, G. II. LINDSTEDT, J. g. q.
CLAUSSEN.
YoRsTsRRR:
F. q. PEOGER, WA. UFFERHABDF. F. J.
LILIENTHAL, ]. P. MERKHARDT, O. VolGT, ].
HEESEMaNN.
VERwALTER:
D.wERNER, E. J. H. FISCHER, ]. REILS,
F. e. SCHROEDER, F. PUCK HABER. e. +. LEHM-
KUHL.
PASTOR L. MULLER.
BAU-coNNIITEK:
G. q. LINDSTELT, O. yOIGT, N. FEHREN-
BACH, JR., F. b. PLoGER, J. O. II. CLAUssEN,
l.. MULLER, PASTOR, T. PUCKnABER, ]. F.
sTREOKFUSS, Bis 1883, u. SLENDER, Bis 1858.
A. BISCHoFF, BIB 1858, J. b. KaLB, BIS 1883.
ARoHITRKT: J. q. DEVEREUX.
MAUERaBIsTKR N. F, DkVEREUX.
ZIMMERABIsTBR D. A. J. SULLIVAN.
A. D. l840-1S.2
DIE DEUTSCHE EVANGELISM
LUTHERlSCuE GEMEINDE
voN CHARLESTON S. y.
wURDE azaRuNDEr AN g. DECEMBER A. D. 1910.
IHRK ERsTEN BEAHTEN WARREN:
]. A. WAGNER, GEO. CAULIER, H. CLAUS
HEIDE, F. MEkTESS, F. HILGEN, J. HURKAAP,
H. q. HOOPS, F. HAESLL OP, ]. STELLISG GEO.