Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24

Twill take such steps as may be neccssa-
FRY, in supplying any vacancies on Com
q mittees Of General Synod, as may be
i caused by his death.
4 Very truly yours,
y GEO. n. NICHOLS.
I The following particulars OF the death
Wand burial of the Rev. DR.. Bittle we
8clip from the Savannah .8duerfissr
RSUppEN DEATH OF A DIvINE.-REv.
q DIR. D. H. BITrLE, OF THE
q LUTHERAN CHURcu.
81 The announcement of the death o.
8Rey. Dr. d. H. Bittle, yesterday morn
ling, occasioned not only surprise but
Hgenuine regret in this community, I'M
(which he was revered as minister OF
&the gospel and esteemed as man. The
news was startling from the fact that
!SDr. Bittle was seen upon the street on
Thursday afternoon, apparently in the
Renjoyment of his usual health, indeed,
Sretired about 10 o'clock on Tuesday
night perfectly well. We understand
kthat he awoke shortly after IL o'clock
Hin the night in great pain, there being
Ia peculiar heaviness about his chest.
SDrs. J. r. Thomas and j. B. Read were
Hat once summoned, but cursory exam
Eination satisfied them that their skill
awas of no avail, and after doing what
4 was possible under the circumstances to
Mrender their patient comfortable, they
awere compelled to calmly await the IL
Asue which they felt convinced would be
Natal. About 2.20 a. m. the struggle
Sawas over, and the spirit of a true Chris,
Titan and good citizen had left its mortal
tenement and winged its fight to the
Iarealms above. 1t is believed that death
Twas the result of disease of the heart,
causing congestion of the lungs.
81 DIR. Bittle was born in Frederick
F7county, Maryland, June 6, 1919, and
3 graduated at Gettysburg, (Pennsylvania)
2College in 1S43. He then entered Lane
&College, near Cincinnati, and studied
4 for the ministry under DIR. Lyman
= Beeeher, and was licensed to preach
\ 1.-The gospel in 1s4S. In 1S49 he was
+ married and was shortly afterwards or
Edained as minister, and located for
one year in Canton, Ohio. In 1850 he
#trayeled through Indiana as a missiona-
$ary, accomplishing much good by his
sazealous efforts in The cause of Christ.
+ He was subsequently appointed as agent
Z for the Hagerstown, Maryland, Female
Seminary, and although continuing to
& preach, succeeded in three months in
s raisiug the sum of $4,000. Afterwards
= stationed at Smithsburg, Maryland, he
q prosecuted his labors for two years and
pa half with gratifying success. In 1853,
y he was called to Ceylon's Grove, Penn
Psylvania, where he remained for about a
year and half, and thence went to
6Salem, Virginia, where he endeare
himself greatly to the community. A
#tew months afterw ards he was rendered
and accepted Professorship in Roa-
noke College. Virginia, which position
p he occupied for four years, and only
vacated it to accept the Presidency of
1.-The North Carolina College, at Mount
! Pleasant, where he remained until 1861,
Ewhen the war occurring, the great ma
i jority of the students left for the field,
: and the college was forced to suspend.
SDr. Bittle then removed to Texas, where
S he opened large Female Seminary,
i which, assisted by his wife, he conduct
i ed with much success, and there re-
: manned until 1865, when he again re-
turned to his native State, Maryland.
Shortly after his return, he was appoin-
ted agent for Roanoke College to solicit
subscriptions for that institution, in
which work he was partially successful.
In 1867 he was called to the pastor
ship of the Church at Shepherdstown,
Va, where he labored faithfully until
called to take charge of the Lutheran
Church of Savannah, in which he
preached his first sermon in the spring
of 1871. His labors in this city were
eminently successful, and through his
zealousness many members were added
Ito the Church. 1t was under his min
istration that the Lutheran Academy at
Springfield was revived, and to him is
due. in a great measure, the present
gratifying condition of the Lutheran
CHURCH hs2 ~ eg 800 ese H -
On Sunday, the i lth inst, he preach-
ed his last sermon, taking as his text
.The wages of sin is death"
DR.. Bittle was man: of rare ability,
great benevolence, true friend and an
affectionate husband His death will
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