The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-11-26
PENCIL PHOTOGRAPHS


ofour Pastors and Their Church worl
in General.
Under the above caption / will dur
ing the next few months from time {,
time give interesting pen picture writ
ings Of the pastors Of the severa
churches, not only here at home, bu
it it meets with public interest, will
extend the effort throughout the coun
ty and then from sour pastors" TO mer
prominent in the other walks of busi
ness and professional life. To.dn,
with feelings Of the greatest pleasure
will tell the biography of the able anc
esteemed pastor Of Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran church, Of Lehighton
Il is characteristic Of America ant
Americans that those who attain plac,
most prominent in business or pro
fession are generally those who by
their own eNertlons force themselve,
above the level bv an untiring energy
and a perseverance alike praiseworthy
and commendable both to individua
and to profession or calling. The be
ginning and the onward progress o.
those who are loved and esteemed /.
always worth the reading no matter
how simply told aid with this end in
view ! start out on my labors.
REV. J. H. KUDER.
Laury's Station is scarcely more than
a village located on the line of th,
the Lehigh Valley Railroad. in
north White Hall township, Lehlql
county. IL was here that Rev. J. II
kuder first saw the light Of day. Hi.
parents we're William and Catharin,
kudor. The father was by trade q
weaver and dyer in connection witt
which calling he also owned and worked
a small farm. The first thing in life
that John Kuder did, no doubt. was tc
make himself useful about tho littl,
farm in running errands and doing the
usual miscellaneous chores that arc
meyer done, and then he was put at !
loom to learn the trade of carpet weay
ing. In the winter he attended th,
public schools where he was studiou.
and painstaking in his efforts to pro
gress in his studies. Thus the earl,
years of boyhood passed with slow
methodical regularly until the fall Of
1869 when we see him employed as !
clerk in the general store of Mr.. Henry
Mcclellan, at Kresgeville, Monro,
county. He was here two years wher
in the spring of 1872 we see him again
as student in the Eastman Busines,
College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and ther
when the cycle of time shoves us on
ward to the fall of 1873 we see the sam,
ambitious, persevering young man EN-
ployed as a clerk and book keeper witt
a Philadelphia firm, aud then again {
little later he is clerk with A. L
Mumper & Co., coal operators, at York
town, near Audenried, in this county
With this firm he was for threessyears
when III September of the year 1876 he
began to study for the ministry. First
at the Keystone State Normal School
kutztown; then at Muhlenburg College
Allentown: then at the Northwestern
University at Watertown, Wisconsin
and finally at the Lutheran Theologi
cal Seminary at Philadelphia. On
June 4th, 1882, just thirteen years from
the time he left the "little farm he
was ordained minister of God in st
Johns church, on Race street. Philadel
phia. A month previous he had
preached his first sermon to his pre-.
sent congregation and was well re-
ceived. On the 4th day of October
Rev j. II. Kuder was married to Miss
Rebecca Fink. One son has thus fat
blessed their union, a bright little boy
On the 18th of May last the first ten
years of the pastorate of Rev. j. H
kuder was observed by a reunion Of
eatechumens, In that time time there
had been 223 admissions to member
ship by the right of confirmation. Oh
this number eleven had died, thirty
two had moved away, two had united
with other congregations and only
seven had been dropped.
When the congregation was first
organized in 1872 there were $50 mem
bers, to-day the church has a congre
CATION numbering 523,
The pastors in order were Rev. d. K
kepner was its pastor from December
l, 1872 until December 81, 1874. II,
was succeeded on May Z, 1878 by Rev
G. A. Bruegel, who remained its pastoI
until January l, 1877. On Novembe
%, 1877, Rev. G. W. LATHE was elected
He preached his farewell sermon OF
March 26, 1882, and was succeeded b,
Rev. j. II. Kuder.
During the year 1891 there we're 8
accessions and 32 losses from various
causes-a net gain of 26.
The Sunday School has upon it,
rolls the names of 400 scholars.
The McCready Missionary Societ,
has membership of ll6.
The membership Of the Ladies' Nit
Society is 60.
The Luther UnioL has reached
membership of almost 100.
During the past year there was
large addition built to the edifice TO
an infant Sunday school department
the interior of the church was beauti
fully painted and carpeted and is ais
electric lighted. The congregation /
the largest in this town.
Rev. j. II. Kuder also has two broth
ers who are in the ministry. They ar
Rev. Hiram j. Kuder, who is located a
Bath, Pa, and Rev. Calvin L. Kudel
VINO is missionary at Rajahmmdry
East India, Asia. lie has one sistel
Mrs Aug. X. Laub, who resides a
Egypt, Pa, GEORGE W. MORTIMER.
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE NOTES.
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