Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-10
LEONE LOCAL CHAT.

reason of the presence of several o
the most distinguished and eminen
ministers of that denomination. Tit
presence of Rev. Prof. G. Martin
DID,, and Rev. +. w. L Pescheau
and their assistance and association
with the services of the day, was {
qualification and pleasure such as i:
seldom allotted to our people.
Rev. Mr.. Martin, who now ha:
charge of school and pastolate in st
Joseph, Mo-, and who stopped ovel
in Martinsburg while enroute to his
"old home in Maryland, was pastor
of the Lutheran Church in this city
twice; once from 1887 to 1S52,-4e
years ago; and again in 1S60-196l
and was personally known, and low.
ingly remembered by the elderly
members of the congregation. In
his excellent sermon on Sunday even
ing, Mr.. Martin alluded in pathetic
and touching terms to the days of his
pastorate here, and to the unavoida-
BILE circumstances that severed his
happy pastoral relations with this
people. That such regret was mutual,
was abundantly evinced by the warm
greeting extended him.
The scholarly and eloquent dis
course delivered in the morning SER
vice, by Rev. F. w. E. Pescheau,
attracted such universal admiration
that l have been requested to give it
publication entire. AS a matter of
fact nothing would give me greater
pleasure than to crafty the wish of
the people, but there are some things
that even reporter cannot do; and
Mr.. Pescheau who is extremely
modest as to his own merits, has
denied his consent to this, and there
is nothing left me but the briefest of
reviews from memory. The discourse
was based upon the 35th to 39thvers
of the 9Th chapter of Paul's Epistle to
the Romans. The questioning chal-
lenge of the Apostle to "all Off
tribulation, distress, persecution, FAM
inc, nakedness, peril, or sword, was
wildly pictured by the speaker, in
eloquent language, and in all the
grand, strong force, with which it
sprang from the lips of Paul. defy
ing challenge to call that was, or is,
or is to be-" The audience was car
ried on as thro' a sound of thoughtful
melody. played by master-hand;
thro' the soft, thrilling minor of Paul's
grand conception there flowed out
over the listening throng, the tender
of the love of Christ
that keynote of life, which not only
but 50 constrained T" the
strongest of all the Apostles; and on
thro' that symphony so touchingly
for l am persuaded" x
into such depth and force of simile
and faith, as but few have found
thought to conceive, or language to
interpret, and of those few, Mr..
Pescheau is not the least.
1t will interest not only Lutherans
who have known Mr.. Pescheau by
reputation as one of the most eminent
men of the Southern Synod, but the
friends he has known and met in
Martinsburg, as well as Lutherans
throughout the State to learn that he
is although having been born in Ger
manyl practically West Virginian,
having spent his boyhood in Wheel
ing, where his father yet resides
He has had singularly successful
career las tho following resume will
'howl and has attained prominence
which may well make West Virginia
proud to claim him as her son.
Rev. P. w. E. Pescheau was born
IN Clausthal, Hanover, Germany,
Spent his boyhood in Wheeling, w.
Va; was educated at Gettysburg,
Penna., where he spent six years as a
student. After leaving Gettysburg
was pastor of Lutheran Church, at
Nebraska City, Neb. Prof. of Ger
man in Nebraska College, [Episcopall
and also Supt. of Public Schools in
that City. Removed to the South on
account of the severity of the climate,
at Nashville, Tennessee, was pastor
Of the German-English Lutheran
and Professor of German in
Vanderbilt University M. E. Church,
South. Removed thence to Will
n. c., where he is now pas
tor of st. Pauls Evg. Lutheran
the strongest, wealthiest, and
most influential Lutheran Church in
the State. Mr.. Pescheau is also one
of the Editors of "The Lutheran Wis
itor," an organ of the Southern Gen
eral Synod. He Is President of the
North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran
Church, which is the oldest Lutheran
Synod in the entire South. At Roam
oake City, Va, last week, he was
chosen President of the General
Southern Synod. To be the director,
and chief executive of so prominent
and important body, is one of the
greatest honors, and expressions of
recognized ability, appreciation, and
esteem, which that body can bestow
upon any of its members.
Mr.. Pescheau is an accomplished
linguist, preaching with equal fiuency,
accuracy, and ease, in three languages.
1 regret that l have not space to give
you notes of his German sermon,-[I
assure you that my German-English
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