Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-06-10
REFORMED CHASSIS.
OF THE rHocEED,Sa
The Communion services on sundsy-Tnc
Interest In steeiton--importapt action
OF the DIRECTORY OF worship.

. VIM NClN iNt NNuNNUNtu NY hoNs W ~
Tobias. Elder Keller took his seat. Elder
j. NJ Wrestling, of Harrisburg, was OK
cusod.
Chassis reiterated thor action request
ing pastors, who have not done SO, to prepare
histories Of their respective churches.
The churches wcrc recommended to mako
an Offering in aid of the theological
seminary, the orphans homo, and publi-
cation board.
Rev. L. V. Gcrhart, u. D., chairman
of tho committee to supply tho church at
Maytown, reported, and tho report was re-
ceived and adopted. Rev. III. Il. Shenkle,
was appointed to supply this church, and
the church requested to pay him not less
than $3.50 for his services.
The committee appointed to care for
the interest at Steelton, reported through
tho chairman, Rev. Geo. w. Snyder, that
in October last q church was organized
under encouraging conditions, with about
twenty five members. Tho committee
with the aid of the student Of the Thoo-
logical seminary at Lancaster had
since the organization of the church held
services regularly for the congregation.
Chassis appointed Rev George Il. Sny-
der, Rev. J. II. PannebeokoE, and Elders
X. +. Ke,ker, and J. NJ. Wiostliug, esq, a
committee to cooperate with the board of
missions in the care OF this church. Ad-
jOurned.
Tho Communion on sunday.
: Service preparatory to the holy COM
muniou was held on Saturday evening,
, Rev. DR.. Shumaker, of Lancaster, preach.
ing tho sermon, and Rev. J. G.. Fritchey
, and the pastor conducting the altar
service. On SUNDAY the holy communion
= was largely attended DR.. Gerhart, who
preached the sermon, was assisted in the
| altar aNryirp Inv RpV MN y ItNhlltpr
: the president of Chassis, the pastor, Rev
, \. ). Stautler aud tho stated clerk Rev.
ID. w. Gerhard.
! In the afternoon service for the Sun
, day school was held, presided over by
Elder J. j. Nssley, the superintendent.
Interesting addresses were delivered by
+ Rev, ID. b. Schneider, Elder w. II. Sci
, bert, Rev. ID, W. Gerhard and Elder Dan'l
Helm.
4 A service was held in the evening in the
y interest of the cause of missions The
president of classis presided, Rov. j. B.
q Shumaker, ID. D., assisting in the altar
. service, aud addresses were delivered by
n Rev. J. G. Fritchey, Theo. G. De Lyre
!" and Rev. J. II. Pannebecker.
n The attendance at all of these LOld's
N day services was good members o'
. Chassis also filed the pulpits of the sevora
- churches of the town. These meeting:
were interesting, aud the members of thI
# Chassis have been enjoying very mucl
:. their stay among these hospitable people
Il The Directory OF worship.
h Monday NorRRg. with divin,
If service conducted by Rev. A. B. Shenkle
The committee to supply the Mannheim
N charge reported, and was continued with
re- instructions 70 hold services at Petersburg
" as we'll as Mannheim.
The committee appointed to install Rev
O. J. II. Pannebecker pastor of Trinit!
Il church, Columbia, ana Rev. J. p. Stei,
pastor of the Millersville charge, reported
the duty attended to.
40 At ten o'clock tho classis took up tn
Sc order Of the day, the report OF the com
~ mittee on the directory of worship. Tn,
10. report was adopted and is as follows:
The committee to which was roierre
~ the Directory of Worship with in
an struCtions to give an expression of opiuiO
1a restricting its claims, present tn
al following succiuCt report
81. From an examination of the work
is evident that the Directory Is col
structod on the basis of the book entitle
an Order of Worship for the Reforme
Church. Whilst the changes are man
N and important, yet both the distinctly
of life and the devotional language of tn
ne older production characterize this net
in book Of worship.
y '2 The changes consist partly in omis
m siOus of words and phrases in the office
od | for baptism, the holy communion an
II confirmation, which to many we're Ot
io iectiOnable, partly in the substitution O
,5 one formula of an act of worship, to al
r. other, for example, the declaration {
q pardon partly in the modification of til
az language-changes, however, which pC
"A sess different degrees Of excellence.
~. s..lg
3G sin and redemption, tho person of Chris
~ the church and saints, and the last things
no. also, the llturgical spirit aumatInG III
al directory, are all in hearty sympathy wit
the Heidelberg catechsm and holy ScriI
hy ture. On the score of dOctrinal truth IL
"a not open to just criticism.
Ho "a. The book has in it nearly all the bel
a elements of common worship as develope
IN in the history Of the church namely, Il
nf confession OF absOlutiOn, tho creed, Lord
a. prayer and decalogue, the Gloria in H.
NO celsis, Gloria PItri, IrlSagiOn, Te DeM
~ and the lItany. Whilst the rubrics ma
=. be said TO be somewhat at fault, yet ire,
no dom is accorded to ministers and people
'es use these liturgic elements according
,ro the order which they may prefer.
,ar 20. Whilst some things both as to subje
matter aud form are wanting which mar
ma would like 10 have in this new book, an
al whilst some things are in it which do N
90 commend themselves to the Judgment an
r. taste of all, yet taken as q whole the ID
rectory of Worship is q work which Is Il
in advance of any liturgy on which IL
49,, whole church, east and west, has ev,
ut united, and may be pronounced, in til
"a view, great positive gain.
~ ~ &c, Being the common basis on which a
cln theological and liturgical tendenci'
.or among us have in good faith agreed
'p9 stand, the book having grown forth fro
vi our earnest controversies, constitutes a
'y epoch of progress in our history of theoloG
hs and worship aud il we are faithful TO u
eh obligations imposed by this epoch it wi
III prove an unifying and edifying for
'he among all the congregations of the RI
=" formed church, east and west, north ar
solth.
Your committee limits this report
some of tho positive aspects of the dire
ost tory. We deem it neither wise nor order
er to make comparisons or to deal in negatl'
'ls. criticisms.
"For the reasons given, as we'll az f
others which We do not think it importa
lat to include, We recommend that Lancast
,an classis pass the following action
ResOlDed, That tho Directory of W0
ship submitted by the general synod
and the same is hereby approved"
After referring the action Of the distri
nd synod on the subject of missions to tl