The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04
A NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH.
ST. PAUL's EVANGELICAL CHURCH
ORGANIZED.

IL Starts With Membership of I4S.
Rev. VI. j. Epting Its Pastor-Rev.
DIR. schaeTer's Talk to the COngre-
gatfOn-EIders and DeacOns Elect
ed and 40 BE Installed Next sun
day-The Church Building to Go
Up at Once.
st. PauFs Evangelical Lutheran
Church was organized last night at
Yonge's hall with a membership of 14s.
The meeting was well attended and the
new church begins its career under the
most favorable auspices. 1t is composed
largely of members of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church Of the Ascension liv-
ing in the southern section of the city.
The new church is the outgrowth of the
mission Sunday school established in the
southern section by the older church. The
Lutheran population in Savannah is very
large and it has been the belief of leading
members of that faith for some time
that the establishment of another church
would have a very beneficial influence in
many ways.
The exercises began at o'clock with
the reading of the 18th Psalm, followed
by the hymn, From lions Sacred Noun
tain"
Rev. DR.. Schaeffer, pastor Of the church
of the Ascension. addressed the congre-
cation at some length. He said that
they had convened to place in operation
one of the most important enterprises
ever inaugurated by the Lutheran church
in Savannah. The need of a second Luth-
eran church had been long felt. In COM
mon with his predecessors he had real
lied his inability to meet the demands
of so large a Lutheran population and
attend to their spiritual wants. The
movement begun several years ago in
the establishment Of a mission Sunday
school which had just celebrated it's sixth
anniversary. The distinguished privi-
lege of setting the forces in operation and
bringing to bear the purposes which had
their contamination in the organization
Of new Lutheran church were served to
MIN, DIR. Schaelfer said. The word mis-
sion will now be dropped, he said
- lIl5 new cnufc!l WALL be organized under
the most favorable auspices, said Dr.
Schaeffer. 1T was the determination OF
ohe old church to establish thss work
An assistant pastor was called with tlnt
view. We made no mistake in calling
him. His labors have been constant, and
ne is brother of whom the whole CHURCH
may feel proud. We have met tonight
to organize the new church. Ii will be
lnaugurated with a larger membership
tran waa possessed by the LuU.deaan
church OF the Ascension during the first
enc hundred years of it's history. No
church, in the history of our church in
the south, has been organized with such
Or. schaeffer said that while he had
labored and made sacrifices to consum-
mate this, work, his JOY. in its success
parting from so many who had been un-
der his pastoral care. He rejoiced at
the extension of the work, while ne re-
gTotted The necessity for separation which
it brought about. He assured the con-
gregatfon that his sincere and heartfelt
love would follow it, and that he would
never cease TO pray Gods blessing On
bclh thter spiritual and temporal labcrs
lie urged II to stan1 by its pastor and
by each ether. He told the members that
in upbuildlng the new church they SHOULD
net fcGgtt the old church and its
sacred memcgtes, halloWed and conse-
Grated as it was by the memory Of their
Mr.. NJ. L. Exrey was called upon to act
as secretary CT the meeting. DR. Schaeffsc
announced that at a meeting of the board
af officers of the Lutheran Church of the
Ascension he had been Authorized to dis
miss from thas church all who desired
to enter dci'O the new organization.
list of those who rad given notice Of
their irsCndon of transferring their mem-
bership was then read by Rev. Mr.. EIlt-
ing. 1t included many who have been
prominent in the work of the old church.
There We're 124 names en- the list. An
ether list was read by Mr.. Ept-ng, con-
tanning the names Of those who presented
certificates from other Lutheran churches
in this country and in Germany. Inc Eat
included two from Effingham county, enc
from Lexington county, South Carolina
three from Charleston, two from Sweden
and sixteen from Germany.
The constitution was then adopted, be-
ing the SANS as that of the church Of
The ACC1nsiCn, with slight modifC7,t,C5ns
The following officers were unanimously
elected:
Elders-Henry Roberts, ". B. Metzger
Fred Vessel, John f. LaF'ar, G. J. Bar
thelm-cs, J. J. Wingard.
DcaCcrs-C. y. Richardson, W. F.
Scsorfs, c. A. Munster. +. w. Clarke,
Frank Ere herr.
The officers will he installed at the SCR
vice next Sunday morning. The services
cloced with the singing of MY church,
my dear cid church. by the choir.
The preparations for the building of the
new church at Bull and First streets
are getting forward rapidly, and 1T is ex-
pacted thalt work will be begun at an
carly Gate. 1t is intended to make tho
building a l1o ndsCme enc and an orc1mec-
to that section or the city.