Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-21
WELCOME AND GOODBYE!

/ lSlEh vi lllC htNlf OiSSA'N
! pastor of the English Lutheran church,
| Rev. h H, Dornblaser was welcomed
Yesterday, and the former pastor said
his official ''good-bye." As Mr.. Dorm
/ bIaser entered the church, the word
! "wKLcoMEw
| in Illuminated letters, met his eye, and
at once took away the feeling OF being
! stranger. After the usual opening ex-
! ercises, Rev s. E. Barnirz, by request,
| conducted Baptisulal service, when a
! number OF children were consecrated to
the Savior by this solemn ordinance.
| Then followed the Introductory sermon
! of the new pastor, OF which the follow
| ing is an abstract:
BELOVED BRETHREN: This day VIC ca
/ ter into the solemn and sacred relation
ship of pastor and people. We form a
/ union which should be more intimate
than that formed by the association OF
men in any other capacity
Ii will be well to contemplate the ma
| ture OF our new relation; and for our
mutual benefit, let me read as my text
| tue last clause OF the 10Th verse OF the
10th chapter in the Acts OF the Apostles,
81 ask therefore for what intent ye
have sent for me?"
The circumstances of the original
utterance OF this language by Peter to
| Cornelius and his associates are some
what peculiar. The occasion to-day is
not altogether, vet in most respects,
| parallel one. And we may learn les.
sons OF encouragement and instruction
from the record OF the apostles union
| with those to whom he ministered IN
holy things
We observe / That the union formed
by the Apostle Peter and the devout
Gentiles at Caesarea was the consum-
nation OF plan OF God.
The sacred writer was very careful to
submit the facts which would unnlls-
takably convey this truth. The union
was not only planned by Col but 1t
was contaminated By the confluence OF
! those conditions which were called into
! being or overruied by Him. In cOrrob-
Grafton of this, the speaker noticed par.
/ ticularlv the divine influence which
prompted Cornelius on the one hani
and Peter on the other hand to form
! this union.
If. The union OF Peter and the wO:-
| shippers OF God at Caesarea resulted
from conditions which came in answer
! to PRAYER.
Ii WAS when Peter was on the house
top in prayer that the Lord showed him
the vision. It WAS when he was in deep
meditation upon this divine cOmmunica.
ton and desiring divine direction that
| the spirit said unto him, "Behold three
men seek thee. But arise and get thee
| down, andgo with them, nothing doubt
| ing, Tor | have sent them
And 50, likewise, when Cornelius mad
| tasted. and was engaged in prayer, the
angel said, Cornelius, thy PRAYER ia
| heard, and thy aims are had in rrmem-
/ brance IN the sight OF God. Send,
! therefore to JOppa and call hither Simon
/ whose surname is Peter"
And now, brethren, we trust our
/ union was also designed liz heaven, and
| that the human conditions which con.
! su.nmated il were brought to pass in
answer to prayer.
! III. Ii is also we'll for us 10 heed the
/ OF i.rt of the union OF pastor and peo-
! pie. The angel said to Cornelius,
| send men to Jappa fer enc Simon,
/ whose surname is Pete, he shall tell
| thee what thou Oughtest 10 do And
the messengers said to Peter, "Corne-
| lius, the Centnarian, was warned from
/ God hv an holy angel to send Tor thee
| into his house aud TO hear words oi
/ thee And when Peter had arrived,
! in answer to his inquiry, as stated In
the text, Cornelius said, "Now, there
fore, are we here present before God to
hear all things that are commanded thee
/ OF God"
/ The speaker hero dwelt at length upon
| the duties which he felt resting upon
| HIM as pastor. lie also stated that the
| duties and responsibilities existing in
the union of pastor and people are pro-
portionately binding and weighty on
! both sides.
i'eter came, but Cornelius courteous'y
received hun, and 30 influenced his $3.50
/ ciarps insomurh that Peter found many
! that w-~n come together. 1t was Peters
| ,Iuiv to declare, and theirs TO hear all
that God had commanded" There is
no duty resting upon the pastor which
has not corresponding duty resting
upun the people. The
speake closed with earnest
words OF appeal to the n embers OF the
! church for their hearty and cheerful
| cooperation with him in carrying Tor.
ward the work for God committed to
| their care, aud invoked the guiding and
controlling power OF the Most High
upon them in all their planning and
labOriug.
The sermon was well received, and
Mr. Dornoaser made very favorable
| impression upon the large audience
present, the house being filled to the
| full. The services were concluded With
the hymn,
%, l.o Il, thy servant bless"
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR.
was one Of unusual interest and deed
! feeling. Here we've teachers who, when
| Rev. Baruitz took charge. were children
in the school. Here were members who,
amid all the changes OF the years gone
bv, have secn success upon success.
The blackboard, under the artistic hand
Of the assistant superintendent, had on
it iyr the new pastor:
WELCOME
To Our New Pastor and
General Superintendent.
And Tor the retiring pastor:
GOODBYE,
Forget not tho words spske unto you
white was yet with you
1867 ;. School numbered ~.
1851 :. School eurO,lc $50.
Behold, what hath God wrought,
He was followed by Rev. S. B. Barnitz
in parting words, in which he empha-
sized his desire, that though they would
no longer hear the voice TO which they
had always been accustomed, they would
never forget the word OF God which he
had Taught them, and spoken to them.
Then amid the singingoi such hymns as
"Who Shall Meet Ne There" and "Shall
We Gather at the River" Mr.. Barnit1
shook hands with every member oil
the school, whispering some word of
cheer or hope as the throng passed out.
AT NIGHT
the church was denseiy packed-seats,
gallery, ajsles, pulpit, everywhere. By
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