Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-07-22
FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
st. stephens Church Celebrates the An.
uiYcrsarr of lts Oa.ern nj "a lnn

St, Stcpnen-s Church Celebrates the An.
nivcrsary of Its Organization.
Special exercises attracted largo congre-
cations at st. Stephens German Lutheran
church. Duke and Church streets, on Sun
day morning and evening. The occasion
was the fiftcenth anniversary Of tho organ
ization of that church and the fourteenth
anniversary Of the cornerstone laying. In
honor Of the two events celebrated the
church was handsomely decorated.
over the pulpit on nm arch erected are
the letters - and ON the sides the dates
ls74-lss9. In front of the pulpit is a raised
platform on which were placed a large
number of bouquets handsomely arranged.
Around the gallery are arranged fifteen
banners TO represent the anniversary cele-
bratcd. The letters made the words "Gott
ist dielicbe," "God is love.-
The exercises at the morning service
were opened with a prelude on tho organ,
after which Mozart's 18th mass was finely
rendered by a selected choir. The sermon
was preached by the pastor, Rev. T.. Meis-
ter. from Matthew l3 "A TO 10th verses.
His theme was the everlasting inheritance
in the temple not built by hands but ever
lasting in Heaven. In his sermon he re-
ferred 10 the organization Of the church in
1874, and rsgerred with pride to its present
membership of 400 with large Sunday
school in fourishing condition, and con-
cluded by saying that "God deserves all
the honor and TO him thanks are given.'
A feature Of the mornings service waa
the solo Jesus, Lover of My SOUL which
was sung by Prof. VIM. B. Hall.
The evening exercises were opened with
| the selection "To Thee. o Country" by
the selected chorus this was followed by a
| Duet ain the Cross of Christ Glory" by
| Miss Leila Baer and George Hambright
Next came solo 40 Herr, lass mich nichi
Schuldig werdcn," by Miss Lizzie Boehr,
niger.
The evening sermon was preached by
Rev. Meister from sith Psalm How
amiablc are Thy tabernacles, o Lord OF
! Hosts" a short address was also dcliv-
cred by Rev. DR.. B. +. Alleman, of st.
| Johns Lutheran church.
| In addition to the regular choir OF the
church the following well known musi.
clans and singers took part In the choruses
| Henry Wolf, organist ; John Roth, first
violin; Cbas. ursprung, cornet James
| Prangley, trombone. Soprano Miss Leila
Baer, Mrs Simon Shisslcr, Miss Gertit
| Swonk, Miss Jennie Skeen, Miss Ella Ball
Miss Esther Spindler, Miss Name Lutz,
Miss Name Munson, Miss Jennie Harris
Miss Addie Spindlcr, Miss Haiti,
Milcy, Miss Emma Adams, Miss Rosa
Keller, Miss Mary Reith, Miss Lena Ben,
ner, Miss Amelia kautz. Alto Miss Kate
Ryan, Miss Harriet Cast, Miss Lille Boeb
ringer, Miss Name Miley, Miss Fanny
Mercer, Miss Bertha Kautz, Miss Kiefer
Miss Anna Horst. Tenor-Harry Snyder
Dave Gundaker, Frank McClain, w. Drcp
perd, Geo. w. Freitag. Bass-Geo. Ham
bright, Chas. Cast, John Lollcr, w. J
Ebcrly, Frank Saubcr, John IIetrick
Harry Shindlc, John Anne, George Anne
| William Adams.
The attendance at both services was larg
and at the evening service the church wa
| crowded as II never was before