The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-14
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TEe Platforms Reception Mt the First
Church Last Might.

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The First Presbyterian Church was the
scene last night ola pleasant and memoir
able gathering, the farewell eception to Rev.
8. b. Barnitz, late pastor of the English
Lutheran Church, and for score of years
identified with almost every project of a
| charitable or mogal character that has been
in the city. Tho audience pres
ent was made up of representatives
of every evangelical protestant church in
the city, and numbered among it also
almost every prominent Sunday School,
temperance or philanthropic worker in
Wheeling. Judge okey Johnson, of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia,
presided, and most of the minister, occupied
| seats near the platform, on which were seat
ed beside the chairman, Rev. Barnitz and
his successor as pastor of the Lutheran
Church, Rev. Dornblaser. Among the other
ministers present we noticed Rev. DIR.
] CunniAgbam, of the First Presbyterian; Rev.
DIR. @. p. Masden, of the Fourth Street NJ. =
Rev. ]. B. milford, of the First Baptist;
Elder W. B. Thomson, of the Disciples
Church, and Rev. Walter X. Long, the State
Bible Agent. The children of the Childrens
Home, with the matron, Mrs. Eoff, occupied
a section of seats on the right of the pulpit
The exercises were opened with the singing
/ ''work, For the Night is Coming;"
by the choir, consisting of Messrs. John z.
/
and Miss Theresa Philips; the accompanying
ment on the organ being played by Mr.. @.
| w. Eoff.
Rev. Dornblaser then read several appro-
lprfate excerpts from the Scriptures, and led
| in prayer, after which Prot. Hartley Thomp-
son and Mrs. G. w. Eoff sang duet, II will
magnify Thee"
Judge Okey johnson, who then gave express
sion to the feelings of the members of the
Wheeling Sabbath School Teachers Associa-
ton, in parting with the man who had been
so prominently identified with the associa-
| ton and its work, remarked that this was not
| a funeral, nor anything like one. When
Paul parted from the brethren he was sad,
| but he was about to go where he expected to
suffer martyrdom. The dear friend from
whom we are to part this night goes not to
| suffer martyrdom, but to increase his power
for good and enlarge the scope of his work
for the Master. In the broad light of the
i nineteenth century there is nowhere that
| q Christian is not reasonably safe, not even
among the wild Indians of the West, among
| whom portion of Mr.. BarnitZ's work will
| lie, for no one who went among them in the
name of the Prince of Peace ever suffered
harm. He then eloquently referred to Mr..
Barnitzs long and active career as a Chris
tian minister and philanthropist in our
midst and assured him in closing that as
long as there was a Sabbath school in Wheel
ing; rs long MS there was a man here who had
been reclaimed from fallen and profigate
life; as long as there was an orphan wh9 had
been aided and comforted by his hand and
voice, he would be remembered with kindly
feelings.
Rev DIR. D. A. Cunningham followed with
some thoughts appropriate to the occasion
on behalf of the Protestant Evangelical
Christian ministers of the city. He referred
briefly to the high work devolving upon the
ministry, and then to the manner in which
this work had been discharged in all its vary
ing phases at the hands of Mr. BarnitZ. The
effect for good of this work DIR. Cunningham
said could be fully known only in eternity.
But as little of the reward and honor for
his service the people of Wheeling offered
their loving gratitude for his ministrations
in their midst.
Rev. DR.. G. P. Masdep, of the Fourth
Street church, followed in a brief character
| istic address, as representative of the tenn
perance cause and the temperance workers
in the city. He said he did not care much
for Methodists or Presbyterians or 1ntheraDs
or Baptists, but Christians-the name of
Christian, he cherished. The only thing of a
practical nature in Wheeling that bound to-
gether the Christians of Wheeling without
regard to denomination was the Children'S
Home. in organizing and fostering which
Mr.. Barnitz had had So large n part The
was then dwelt upon very briefly, and the
speaker said in closing that he trusted and
knew that in his new home beyond the Mis-
souri, his Temperance work would continue.
Rev. w. b. Thompson, of the Disciples
Church, then gave expression to the sorrow of
the Sunday School people of West Virginia i'll
losing such worker as Brother Barnitz. He
was followed by Mr.. w. A. List, who spoke
on behalf of the Board of Directors of the
Children's Home, expressing their recogni-
ton of the services of Mr.. BdrnitZ for the
Home, and their sorrow at being compelled
| TO part with him. In conclusion he read
series of resolutions adopted by the ladies of
the Board of Managers of the Children's
Home. He also rendered him purse as a
testimonial of the consideration of some of
his friends. The resolutions are as follows:
COLL lad tiIOFF of fha
of Managers of the ChiIdren's Home,
held March %, 1852, a committee con-
sisting of three members, Mrs. Hupp,
Miss Annie Logan and Mrs. S. o. lay
lor, was appointed to draft memorial ex-
pressiye of their regret at the departure of
Rev. S. b. Barnitz. The committee reported
the following, which was unanimously
adopted;
city of the Rev. S. B. Barnitz, the lady man
ayers of the Children's Home of the city of
Wheeling desire to express to him their
grateful sense of the earnest and valuable
services which he has contributed to that in
stitution from the beginning until now.
They feel that in his removal they will lose
courageous and untiring laborer, a wise coun-
sellor and sympathetic friend. In their
own behalf and representing, as they believe,
the benevolent citizens of this city, thoy de-
sire to express herewith their gratitude for
his labors in the past, and their prayers for
his prosperity and success in his new home
and field OF labor in the future.
This memorial was signed by Mrs. G. p.
Masden, Mrs. j. p. Warden, Mrs. J, C. Hupr,
Mrs. Samuel Laughlin, Mrs. Geo. PAUL, Mrs
H. J. Jones, Miss Gertrude Lamb Mrs. John
Frew, Miss Annie L. Logan, Mrs s. o. Tay-
Tor, Mrs, John c. Ray, Miss Amanda q. List,
Miss Emma Fowler Miss Julia Atkinson,
Mrs. A. L. Rice. Mrs n Richardson, Mrs. J.
| V. l.. Rodgers and Mrs. John Wagner
| The purse presented to Mr. Barnitz was
said to contain about 5000.
| The choir nrnf0cel Mr. RarOiiZt
with the singing of
"Rcscue tho perlshing,"
Mrs. Eoff singing the stanzas as a solo, with
much expression and feeling
Mr.. Barnits' remarks were most feeling.
He said there were times in our lives
] when there were no words to. express what
one felt Such a time was this for him. He
thought that he had received a great deal
more credit for his work in Wheeling than
he deserved. He had often done things
which he could not help doing. Not only
the grace of God constrained him but the
sorrows of life through which God had
taken him from his childhood had prepared
him for just such work. He said that from what
had been said by some of the speakers, you
would imagine that he was n very green
young man, when he came to this city.
| He was not He was horid. When. lie
first preached in Wheeling he had
| expected to see quite @ large audience