Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-03

| NeIp received rom OutSiuS VI tAS OOH-
gregation. The congregation Is cred
tied with paying S1310790, besides the
| cost OF the lot, $500, and SlSJl.19 on
cost Of Sunday school addition. And
there was q bonded debt Of $1,000
when the pastor resigned in November.
| 1881.
IN 1880 the congregation voted not
| to ask aid any longer for its pastor from
| the Board of Home Missions, and in the
| fall Of 1891, Rev. :. B. BarnitZ resign
! ed and accepted the Western Secretary
| shin Of the Board Of Home Missions,
! IN Office which he yet holds In No
yember OF 1881, Rev. Z. Il. Dornblaser
! was called 10 fill the pulpit made vacant
| by the resignation Of Rev. Barnitz.
But the struggles were not over
| when the old pastor resigned, and
new one was elected. The new one
came, seemingly, with the understand
ing that the Board OF Church Extension
had assumed the bonded debt On the
church property when the former pas
tor accepted the Western Secretary
| shin of the Board of Home Missions.
But it appears that the Church EXten-
sion Board had done no sucn thing.
The Pittsburg Synod had passed
number of resolutions advising it TO
pay the semi-annual interest on the
de5t and to redeem $500 worth OF bonds
per year until the year 1889, or until
! the whole amount had been cancelled.
But rs the aged President Of the Board
of Church Extension said in a csTd 10
the (ther) pastor: 1T is easy for the
! Synod 70 pass resolutions but il Is quite
| another thing to carry them out. Svn
| DDS are passing resolutions that the
Board of Church Extension should pay
! this and that but they fail to give the
! Board the money to do their bidding.
So the Beard Of Church Extension could
not pay the bonds on the Wheeling
! church simply because it had not
| enough money to meet its other obliga-
tons
Some very touching appeals were
made TO the Board Of Church EXten-
sion by the pastor and Council of this
! church. They set forth In earnest and
humble terms the fact that they could
not pay the pastors sSary, incidental
| expenses and the interest Oh the de0t,
and raise their apportionment for be-
nevolence But the Board had TO re-
ply: I'VE would like TO help you, but
we have not the money. We cannot
paw unless the churches give us tho
money" The Board, however, did pay
the interest on the bonds for few
wears. and paid some on the debt, ana
gave the pastor the privilege OF going
out among the churches and raising
what he could. So the Board to-day
holds a conditional mortgage on this
prOperty TO the amount Of 50 coo. This
| is not payable unless the congregation
should disband or else vote itself out
of the Lutheran Church, neither or
which It is at all likely TO do. After
this help from the Board, the officers
Of the church succeeded in leasing the
lot and then it took care Of the rest OF
| the bonds. paying the interest on them
and paying them of. Why the lot was
not leased before this | 90 not know,
unless il was owing to the fact that
there was no demand for business
places so far south. I learn from the
| minutes that committees were appoint
| ed TO solicit advertisements 10 put on
fence which. I suppose. then surround
ed the lot: also that the lot was leased
for time. at least for lumber yard.
Those were dark DAYS and the pastor
worried a great deal. as his appeals and
! letters to the Beard of Church EXten-
| sion show: but the clouds finally rolled
| bv and the church property was saved
| and the bonds paid 50 quietly tnat
! scarcely any one knew that it was be-
! ing done. The Lord was iE IL, also,
! for he induced good friend OF the
| church though not a member, to give
/ $4,000 10 pay of the Indebtedness. 1t
( il good for a congregation, rs well for
! an individual 10 bear the yoke IN us
/ work done up to this date by the diff
! fereut pastors. in so far as this can be
| shown by figures.
/ Rev. Thos. w. Dosh came to Wheeling
in the early part Of 1853 and left in the
/ month of June. 1851, with the intention
of returning. but was prevented owing
/ to the war breaking out He organ
izpd the congregation with II members,
/ and afterwards added others, so that
he had a membership at one time OF IL.
| Rev. 6. 3. BarnitZ commenced MS
! labors in June. 1862, and closed them
i'm November. 1881. a little more than
! 10 wears. or IS years and > months.
! He received .02 members. an average OF
! about % Der year. He baptized Az
| children. an average or ABOUT % per
vera. lie buried 3S4 persons, an aver
aee of about - per wear lie Marie
| III couples, an average oil ABOUT seven
Rev. E. H. Dornblaser took charge
in November. 1891, and left IN Deem
Der. 1898, serving the church about i
! wears and one month. He received IN
| to membership AS, an average q
| ,hout 81 per year. Ne buried 5si, an
average of about IS per year lie pap
TIED 452 children, an average OF ABOUT
81 per year. He married 1862 couples
an average of nearly IA per year;
Rev Samuel Schwarm took charge
on the first of February. 1854, and has
served the CONGREGATION three years ana
/ threa mcnths He has received lof
members: has baptized lo1 children
has hurled Go persons; mas married -
Srrmmarv:-The different pastors
have received into membership with
the church. mostly by continuation
! AK narsons they have baptized s9l
l-ildren. buried 793 persons; married
253 couples. The amount % ulo'lS5
! contributed towards local expenses ana nd
tenevolence can only be determined nE
hunting up al the annual r,poTJs, oe-
il is not far. if any, short OF Seo.oYO, Io q,
Rev. Barnitz gives it in his eighjee nun
annual report as $4,000. and 1t mas
very probably been more than doubled
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