Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14

dy and comfortable addition as well.
Penn street is doing its full share III
the line of improvements and will some
| day be the incest street III town.
We learn from the Watchman that
Mr.. g. G. Zeigler of Rebersburg, whose
good poems frequently appear i'll some
Of our county papers under the name
OF Carl Schreiber," will address the
Democratic Hancock and English
Club of Bellefonte on next Saturday
evening.
DEATH OF REV. A. G. DEININCFF.
This aged and highly esteemed father of Isra-
cl was born in BcinStein, near Wabngen, in
the Kingdom o! Wurtemburg, on the 5th OF
October 1875, and died the 3lth of September,
1850, IN the S5th year OF his age, after an Illness
or nearly fifteen months-the result OF II fall
causing 4 fractured hip. This long and sore
aEiiction he bore with Christian fOrtitude and
resignation to the diYlnc will
He emigraed to this country in early life,
after serving IN the army for several years,
during the memorable war between the allied
army of Europe, under Lord Wellington, and
the French under General BOnaplrte On his
arrival here he travelled inland, and found his
first home In Centre county, Pa. In 1919 he
was marrihd to Susan Phoebe Brown, OF Abrams
burg. Following his trade for some six years
there, he moved to Lancaster Pa. aud studied
theology (haYIng enjoyed liberal education in
the Fatherland), under that eminent divine,
DR.. Christian EndreSS, and was licensed to
preach the gospel in the original PENNSYLVANIA
Synod in 1873 Shortly atterward lie received
and accepted 4 call from the East Berlin charge,
where he continued to labor for nearly fftY-one
years, founding and organizing churches, so
that now five lutheran ministers successfully
labor in his original charge, leaving 70 his
present successor, nearly rs reported by him Mt
synod, only 4 few weeks ago, fourteen !hun-
dred members, evidences of II successful and
faithful ministerial life.
As man, he was strong, vigorous and active,
OF remarkable powers of mind, retentive mem
ory, and rare conversational powers. As
Bible student, few were his superiOrs. He was
true and devout Christian. What higher
need of praise can be bestowed, than In saying,
that his whole life had been spent in doing
good, and now at green old age, far beyond
gathered to his fathers. Full OF years and
honoro, he has d1ceuded TO the tomb, and Bcr-
lin, with the entire community, mournS the
loss of one OF her Oldest best and IGust intelll-
gent citizens. What has been 50 deservcIly
said OF one OF his co-la6orers IN the ministry,
who preceded him Il few short years aga to his
rest and reward, may emphatcally be said OF
father DeiEnger, namely:
TInn flrAt IL. hT ,1.>
twined in his history of nearly every family in
the community, in which he lived and labored,
that his death is a loss to all OF them. For
half century he was n faithful minister OF the
Gospel. He stood in the pulpit week after
week, whilst from his lips dropped words of
comfort and cheer, based on lines of Holy
Writ. lie stood at the blptismal font and gave
their names to thousands Of children, who are
now grown TO men and women, spread abroad
over the length and breadth OF the earth He
stood NJ the altar and administered the holy
rite of confirmation to other thousands, who are
now pillars In the Church anG faithful Chris
tians, doing the bidding OF their Master. lie
stood at the freSide and joined the hands OF
couples, whose harts had long been
who have lived and prospered
and died under his ministrations and he has
u
the remains Of thousands of his friends and
neighbors; and whilst on such occasions. he
would teach TO the living the severe lesson
which death should always teach, he yet had
ever ready for the stricken ones words OF sym
pathy and comfort. In short, he stood like a
tower Of strength, while generation after gen.
Grafton was born and prospered and died before
him. Children grew 70 be men and women, and
became the parents Of other children; young
men and maidens grew to be old and gray, and
men died and were carried to the tomb, and yet
he lived on, making friends OF all by his genial
and curteol manner. Children loved him, the
young respected him, and the old looked upon
him as an elder brother. But at last the de-
stroying angel came, oven to him.
"Of no distcmper, of no blast he died,
But fell like autumn fruit that meOwed lay:
Even wondered ut because he drOpt no sooner"
He reared a family which did him honor and
credit in his declining days. lie lived the three
score aud ten years allotted to fallen man. His
hair was whitened by the froSts of many win
terS. His eye grew dim and his step feeble, but
the heart within him was as young and fresh as
ever, as he continued to live through sixteen
additional years. Seasons came and went, years
began and ended, and yet he lived on.
It'll like a clock worn out with eating time
The wheels of weary life at last stood Still"
He leaves to mourn their loss two surviving
brothers, one son, and two daughters The son
is Rev. C. j. Deininger of York. York Daily.
THE Observation-Disclosures Deininger re-
sided for ftty-One years at Berlin. Adams
county, Pa, where he died and was buried last
week. An immense congregation was present
at the funeral. Rev. ID. Sell preached In Ger
man from Phil. !. 2l-24 and Rev. DR.. L. A.
Gotwad, OF York, preached in English from
Hebrews xiii. 7-S. Rev. DR.. j. A. Brown OF
Gettysburg, and Rev. S. z. Orwig, OF Abbots-
town, were also present. The services and Oc-
casion were deeply solemn and impressive.
ANOTHER FLoPPER. The 1filtonaan,
an old republican newspaper of Milton,
has changed its politics and turned a
solid democratic sheet. It comes out
with bold front for Hancock and de-
fies the scorn and anger of it's repnb-
lican enemies. The first democratic
issue, however, was printed under
considerable difficulties, the outside
forms having been stolen out of the
Office by the Radicals, and consequent
ly that side of the paper is blank.
Everything was done py the Republi.
cans to prevent the publication of q
democratic paper, but in spite Of all
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