The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-11-16
WITH THE MORAVIANS
HOW TWO ANNIVERSARIES WE'RE
CELEBRATED SUNDAY.
Bishop Rohdthaler's Sermon The
Other Services Held During the
Day One New Member.

Bishop R0hdthaltr's Sermon The
Other Services Held During the
Day One New Member.
The anniversary services, as an
nounced in Saturdays SENTINEL, for
the MOravian Home church, Salem,
were highly interesting.
The exercises were in cOmmemora-
tiOn of the founding of the cOngrega-
tion liz 1776, and also of the great
German Moravian revival of 1927.
The pulpit and altar of the church
presented its usual lavish supply of
flowers, Hastily grouped in handsome
vases and creeping vines were twined
about the pulpit.
The responsive service regularly ap-
pointed for the day was observed,
followed by d uost excellent anniver-
sary sermon by Bishop Rondthaler.
The text for The discourse was Sc
lected from Jeremiah 1920: ''Their
congregation shall Ue established be-
fore Inc"
"There is MUCH" said the Bishop,
''that is old about us in this place
We look at our Sisters House and
remember that already its centennial.
has been celebrated. We pass our
quaint and red-tiled Boys School and
bear in mind that this is the Goth
year that it has stood a familiar land
mark Oh the edge of our ancient
square.
''Here and there in our Academy
we find floors and stairways over
which the feet of four generations
have passed.
eve enter our graveyard and under
a central pine we read the inscription
of young mans grave. The date
carved in the gray stone carries US
back to Il summer afternoon one hun
dred and twenty-five years ago when
that sweet spot was consecrated to
its holy use in the solemn hour of a
young mans burial.
eve enter this sanctuary. Its
hand-beaten iron rails its. quaint en-
trance. its peculiar belfry, its thick
stone walls, are like the lettering of
curious manuscript of former days.
And its ancient organ sounds forth
with sweet and chaStened melody of
a century gone by.
"Nor is it in the building and
grounds alone that age reveals itself.
There is many d reverent and cher
ished custom deep rooted in the dis
tant past. There is also much about
us that is recent. The chapels which
are SO often mentioned are all of re-
cent date. The youngest of them
was cOnSecrated in the present year;
and the oldest one dates no further
back than the beginning of the pres
ent pastorate. The congregations
that meet here and DIT other places of
worship have largely been gathered in
the most recent years. Thus the old
that we see about us and the new
which is springing up about US bear
testimony to the condeSccnslOuS mer-
cy of God. There is no decay. After
the one hundred and twenty-five
that have elapsed since the first set
Element, the congregation is still
established before the Lord"
The Bishop urged his congregation
not to give up the day altogether to
you should you would from this day
go backward as a congregation into
spiritual GOODNESS and sin. The main
reason why a congregation exists is
that souls may be saved through its
inStrumentality-'
The Bishop dWelt upon the ImpOr-
lance of the church membership tes-
tifying for Christ if it would be estab-
lished in the Lord. And being con-
stantly in state of prayerfulness and
closed with an earnest appeal for more
active effort for the importation of
Christ's spirit into the unsaved of the
congregation.
The entire day was d pleasing and
profitable succession of services, the
church literally being open all day
and evening. At 10 O'Clock the con-
secration or festal service was held:
at IL O'Clock the preaching service;
1870 o'clock, Sunday schools; 2:30
O'Clock, congregational loye-feast; $3.50
O'Clock, first communion: at Z o'clock
the second communion. One person
was received into communicate fell
lOwship with the church.
The Salem Orchestra assisted in
music for the day which was very fine
throughout the services.