Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-05-04
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Description of the Interior Of
the Edihce.


morrow Large Attendance Expect
ed.
The Lutheran mission in this
place was organized by the Rev. j.
l.. Smith, d. d.. pastor Of Christ's
Lutheran church pittsburg, Aug. Z
Is, 1897. Sept. both, following the
present pastor continued che work
in connection with the st. John )
congregation near Morris \ Roads,
Fayette Co, Pa. BY resolution Of
the Pittsburg Synod OF our church
the relation between Morgantown
and the ST. Johns congregation was
dissolved, at the animal meeting in
1899; but owing to the impossibility
to supply the St. Johns, service was
continued until by second resolu-
ton the synodical meeting 1900, this
service ceased in July 1900
During the foregoing period ser.
vices were held at Morgantown al
ternate Sundays in the Municipal
Hall, said services continuing until
last February, at which time and
since, services have been held in the
Sunday School room OF the church.
It is doubtless known that there
stood in what is now Greenmont a
church of our faith along in the
17S0's but that building with many
OF the people descended in the line
OF other denominations There was
a Rev. Stongt who travelled over
this territory, touching ut Browns
vile, the Jacobs Lutheran church
near Masontown, Pa, at Brueeton,
Morgantown aud over toward Park
ersbura. w Va He was circuit
rider of considerable dimensions,
but he could not last always, hence
we hear Of him for the last time dur
ing the year 1904 or 1906. Appar
emily that departure was the signal
for the dissolution Of the eongrega.
tion at this place. At any rate it
dissolved along with disuse OF the
German language. Our forefathers
did not grasp the situation, nor the
future II our country, and for lack
Of English supplemented by inefll
cient organization we died out al
most beyond the hope Of resnrrec
ton.
Just recently we saw an heirloom
of those ancient days in the form OF
an old German Luther's catechism
now in the possession OF one of Nor
gantown's honored citizens. and
there are others.
AS in all mission, work, so in Nor
gantown, the history of the appar
ent results may be written concisely
with one woodwork But that
word does not give many details,
nor shall we detail excessively.
The first work was to gather our
people; the second was to gather
more of them and the third along
that line was to keep what were
gathered, both in body and soul.
Some success has been achieved in
that line.
The next line Of work was to get
a lot, where those gathered might be
planted for future growth. But the
experience of ages, cou
pied with evidences of doctors, un
and ministers, teaches that
men planted in the earth do not
grow satisfactorily, so it became
necessary to the life of the mission
to get shelter for it. That meant
work. The final outcome OF these
operations are visible at the corner
of Front and Hough streets, and on
May 9Th, (next Sunday at 1o:30l
a. m. You are invited come there
and see for yourselves.
The outline of the plan was pre-
pared BY the Rev. A. j. ID. Haups, Of
ST. Paul, Mimi, who is pastor OF the
congregation to which our pastor be-
longed in St. Paul. The building is
32x50 feet, with tower l0x10 feet
outside measure. The prevailing
style is gothic. The chancel Is fur
nished according to Lutheran usage,
with three steps, a symbolic trini-
tartan arrangement.
Lutheran usage places the divine
word on level, hence the lecture,
pulpit and altar stand somewhat ON
a level, tho not always exactly. This
suggests that the Bible, whether
read or preached, and the sacrament
of the altar, ali being forms or phases
of the divine word, are of equal emf
hence. With US the altar stands be-
tween and back of the lecture and
pulpit. The altar rail encloses the
altar, and around it communicates
stand or kncel to receive the com
munion, we stand in prayer.
The windows of the auditorium,
of opaleseenl glass, were donated by
generous friends, whose names are
inscribed, but the loaded work was
done by Mr.. +. L. Atkinson, Penn
Ave. Pittsburg. The vestibule has
a memorial window in memory of a
brother, by Oscar Gantz. The goth