Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-07-27
REUNION AT MAR.
A Great Gathering OF the Reformed
Church--servfce In the Tabernacle.


Reformed churches of Maryland,
| Pennsylvania and Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and the District OF Columbia
was held Tuesday ia Pen Mar Park.
The crowd was estimated at 6,cno.
and would doubtless have been much
larger had the weather been fair in
the morning. The day turned out to
be clear.
Special trains were run by the
Western Maryland railroad and its
branches and the Cumberland Valley
| railroad. Excursions came from Bal
4imore and intermediate stations on
themain line Of the Western Maryland,
Hagerstown and Harrisburg, Cham
bersburg. Carlisle. York, Hanover,
Gettysburg, Waynesboro, Frederick.
Washington, Winchester, Martinsburg
and other places. Perhaps thousand
people drove to the park in carriages
\ When the midday hour arrived the
contents OF the well-filled lunch bask
cts were spread on cloths on the
ground or ON benches under wide
spreading trees.
The religious exercises began at
80 p. m. in the new tabernacle. This
building has setting capacity Of 1900
and by the lime services were over
| the building was filled The taber-
nacle is q low structure, supported by
stout wooden pillars. 1t is opened on
three sides. On one side is built a
| platform for the speakers and must
clans. The rostrum was decorated
with bunting and national flags.
Rev DR.. J. A Hoffheins, of Mar
tinsburg, presided. He congratulated
the people upon the better facilities
afforded by the new auditorium which
was built jointly by the Western
Maryland Railroad Company aud
| the Reformed. Lutheran and Presby
! terrain churches which hold annual re-
unions at Pen Mar, the railroad COM
pany bearing half the cost. The Dor
tion assumed by the churches will be
/
company on the fares of those who at
! tend the reunions.
Music was furnished by the orches-
ira of the First Reformed Chucrh, of
Carlisle, Pa, 10 pieces, Prof. Harry
Lamison leader, Miss Minerva Fox,
or ganist Prof. John Zeigler's Pen
Mar orchestra, nine pieces, also play
ed selections.
DIR. Hoffneins opened the services
with prayer, which was followed by
the apostles creed, recited by all, ard
responsive scripture reading. Rev. j.
Rauch Stein, of Harrisburg, Pa.
offered the festival prayer.
The hymns Holy, Holy, Lord God
Almighty" and Thanks Be To God
for his His Wonderful Love" were
sung.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt,
who had been invited to deliver an
address, sent word that he was unable
to be present.
Rev. H. M. Klein pastor of
Grace Reformed Church, Y ork, Pa,
made an address on 1.-THE Present
Status of The Reformed Church. -
Rev, j, M. Mullen, pastor of ST.
Mark Lutheran church, spoke on the
Sunday school as n social factor. He
thought the chief object of the Sun
day school is not to perpetuate par
ticular denomination or to extend it
but to spread the Gospel truth to
humanity generally.
Rev. DR.. John N H, Prugh. pastor
of Grace Reformed Church, Pittsburg,
Pa. made an address on 1.-The Re
formed Church Then and Now" He
said IT was the early Reformed leaders
who caused hte establishment of the
frs ablics The great twentieth
cen ply movement will not be COM
merclal but religious. He said he
hoped that Roosevelt would become
president.
The services closed with prayer by
Rev DIR. j. p. Moore, a Reformed
Missionary in Japan now at his home
in Lancaster on furlough, and the
benediction by Rev. DIS. N. Callen-
der, Secretary of the Road of Foreign
Missions, of Mechanicsburg. Pa.
About rs ministers were present.
The following officers of the Re-
formed Reunion Association were
elected President, Rev. DIR. j. A..
Hoffheins, of Marrtinsburg Secre-
tary, Rev. j. b. Shontz, Chambers
burg, Pa. ; treasurer, Edward II.
Shatfer. OF Baltimore Board of Di-
rections, George A. Holinseer, of
Harrisburg, Pa: Niles M. Fissell, Of
Carlisle, Pa. Rev ]. B. Stonoifer,
of Manchester. Md. w G. Briefly Of
Frederick, Md. S. S. Brenaer of
Mechanicsbnrg, Pa. lev. r, Q.