The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-02
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The Centenniai Celebrsti0u Of Salem
Dist. Evangelical Association, CChurchl
held a. the German Evangelical church,
LIBERTY and Center streets, this city vas
q complete snoress, in every Wsy. The
occasion vas the Centennial anniver-
sary, Of the Evangelical church. uhich
vas Organized into an eoelesicitical body
j1si one hundred years ago IN the state
u Pennsylvsnia under the leadership
oi Jacob Albright The charges eonsti-
tgting the district wcre al sell repre-
sentei b. both the ministry snd lAiiy.
The eK' euiye prozraD, with bat ieE
exceptions. Eas eaTrisi 20 the credit Of
all who took part. The Devotional meet
ings uere reasons q spiritual upbni,j-
ing, and eiifcati0n. Rev. r. B. Culver
gave the convention an excellent paper
on the \. P. A. movement in the church.
He enumerated the great amonnt q good
the movement had already accomplish.
ei, and clearly sb0wed the power and
possibilities q this youngest institution
Oi tie church. The Y P. A. has gath.
cred its hundreds. aud Sili gather thou
sands, 10 its onward movement. Rev.
+. r. Hornschueh read a paper on the
Founding and Founders Of the church
br0ught the inception oi the church Vi
wildly before the minds Of the bearers.
He showed that the inception Of the
church vas indeed as a grain Of mus.
tard, which grew q mighty tree, and
was still thrifty in growth. The picture
Of the self sacrificing, earnest, deyout,
and jealous founder, was very impress
siye. Rev. A. Z Myers read q paper in
the missionary operation Of the church
from her inception, which reflected
much credit and showed earnest research.
Odt Of the missionary spirit and opera.
tiOos Of the fathers, grew the missionary
society by which the work is carried on
with boiter methods, and greater
success. Through her missionary
operation the church has pushed her
work into nearly all the states in the
ubion; into Canada, Europe and Asia.
and her work is Just begun. Rev. n.
Shupp showed lie outer and inner life.
The word oi God rightly interpreted is
lie governing rule Of faith and practice.
Yet the church has its book Of disciplin
based upon the word, through which
she expresses her regulations and genius.
lie showed that the New Testament
records recognized three kinds oi
governments, Monarchical, AristOcrat
aod Democratic. The Evangelical church
has adopted the Democratic form, copied
after the United States government.
Rev. II. +. Hornshuch read paper on
the history Of the church. lie crowded
the history Of one hundred yeais
into a remarkable compass. He showed
that Eyangelicals may we'll be proud Of
their history. Rev. o. J. Green Of
Albany, Rev. A. A Engelhart Of
Candy, and Rev. 5, Coply Of Oregon
City preached excellent sermons full
Of thought and food for the soul.
The celebration reached its climax in
interest in the Sunday morning and
afternoon seryices. The Sunday alter.
noon praise, Conservation and Com
muuion service wi long be remember.
ell, for its pentacostal influence. Tie
music was under the leadership Of Mrs.
o. c. Hutchins, who proved herself an
able directress.
The whole celebration Of the Centen.
nial was excellent, entertaining and
highly profitable. II deepsned the love
of ali fnr the sHurrL