Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-18

Five Years OF Unnlioyed Happiness Dur
Inv His Pnstorate Here,

ing HIS fpStorhte mere
The New York Commercial Advertiser,
Saturday, published picture and
sketch Of the Rev, Julius A. Guenther,
a former pastor of the German Baptist
Church Of this city. Following is
synopsis of the publication
ale left Minunk, H., with many re-
grets after 81 years of hard, but enjoy
able work, and went to Wilmington,
Del. DR.. Guenther speaks OF this change
as being remarkable one for several
reasons. In the first place he was i'm.
mediately and very fercibly impressed |
with the difference between the Western
people and the semi-Southerners OF
Delaware. Then his congregation, too,
was made up of an entirely different
class of people, many of them being
descendants of German families who
had settled in this part Of the country
before and engaged in the many indus
tries, such as ship. building ,car-buiding,
| farming, &C. He was delighted also with
the situation Of Wilmington, its delight
full climate and splendid boating iacili.
ties. Here said DR.. Guenther, in this
most beautiful spot, connected with
mostappreciatived denomination of Chris
| tian workers, with my young family
about me, spent five years of unalloyed
happiness, never for a minute firing of
the work which my charge involved. |
understood that many churches have
| dissentions and splits; that there is often
very considerable variance between
members of certain churches, but it has
been my good fortune not to have my
lot cast with such congregations, and |
| ftal hat "a at q
freer from any animosities or contention
than any church had ever heard of. |
do not lay this to any particular ability
of mine to keep my flock from these
petty differences, but attribute it rather
to their hearty corporation with me
and my work, and to their entire lack OF
seltishness.'
"Five years time had cndeared him tc
this place, and it was with many regrets
that he left it. These regrets, however
were softened by the thoughts Of hi:
, going to the church founded partly by
his parents and to congregation whit
would in many respects not be stranger
, to him. Forty-seven years had passed
I nearly half century-since hi
parents, with handful of other Ger
) mans, had established the church II
: which he was now going. Butthe nam
9 Of Guenther had always been revere
i among the congregation, even anon
the young people, and when the docto
came among them it was more as If Ii
had been on an extended vacation an,
a had returned again to- take up his worl
& He could hardly help feeling more c
s less pride in being called to the lerge'
e church Of his denomination in Ne'
IS York City, and his success in the pa;
n two years has been phenomenal.
Ie in speaking of this DR.. Guenthc
IS said: 4 could hardly help being su,
e cessful in my work here, for in the fir
place the congregation, to every maj
ct woman and child, are in harmony vii
each other and the work, and with m
< and in pulling together this way OF
finds success an easy matter. And the
Il too, there is not dollar of indebtedne
on the church or the church propert
and this goes long way toward kee
G. ing things bright.'n