The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-12-06
ST. MARKS LUTHERAN
CHURCH DEDICATED.
New Sanctuary ConseCrated Last Sun
day Evening by Rev. E. Manages.
LIBERALlTY OF OAKLAND PEOPLE
Made the Act Possible by Their Con-
tributi onS to the Good Cause
Rev. DR.. Singmaster Preached
DedlcatOry Sermon-The Singing.

Dedicatory Sermon-The Singing.
On Sunday last St. Mark : Evangel-
ical Lutheran church, of Oakland, was
dedicated to the worship of God with
very impressive and appropriate ser
vices.
The service Of conservation took
place in the evening and was conducted
by the pastor, Rev. f. Manages.
At the morning service the sermon
was preached by the Rev. DR.. Singmas-
ter, President of the Gettysburg Theo-
logical Seminary, who held the close
attention of his auditors and showed
himself to be an orator and thinker Of
remarkable brilliance and depth. He
paid splendid tribute to the appear
ance Of our very pretty town" and
was highly pleased with the new church
structure, saying that it was "a thing
of beauty and joy forever" He said it
was his first visit to Oakland and he
was glad to be here and to renew the
acquaintance of the pastor which began
more than a generation ago.
The church was filled to its capacity
at the morning service and extra seats
were provided for the overflow. Many
were unable to get seats and were salts
fled to stand
The special music rendered by the
choir and the soloists was the best that
has been heard in Oakland for some
| time. The bass solo sung by Rev. Lewis
Manages, son Of Rev. E. Manages, and
pastor of a Harrisburg, Pa, Lutheran
, church, was a magnificent effort
and gave evidence that the soloist was
the pOss essor of a wonderful voice.
Another solo that is specially worthy of
mention was the one rendered by Mr.
W. A. Evans, Of Pittsburg, who has
sung on numerous other occasions to
Oakland congregations. Like his pred
ecessOr, his is fine voice and his solo
was received with great pleasure by his
listeners.
DR.. NJ. c. limbaugh was called upon
for report of the finances and rendered
his accounting which showed that the
church would need about 81, 900 to clear
the edifice of debt. At this time con-
| tributions were solicited for the lifting
of the debt and liberal responses were
heard from on all sides. 1t is worthy
of special mention to note the liberality
of the members of other churches who
were present and who gave cheerfully.
| Owing to the fact that not quite enough
money was realized to entirely liquidate
the Indebtedness at the morning service
the formal dedication was deferred I'M
til the evening service when an oppor-
tunity was given those who had not
been present at the morning service to
contribute.
In the evening the dedicatory sermon
was preached by the Rev. Singmaster,
and the church was consecrated by Rev.
Manages. The music at this service was
also of a high character and showed the
unusual ability of the singers, especially
that of the quartette composed of Rev
Lewis Manages, Mr.. w. A. Evans, Prof.
Morris K. Turner and DR.. John G. Rob
inson, who rendered two most excellent
/ selections.
The soliciting at the evening service
was productive of gratifying results
and in short while more than enough
funds were obtained to dedicate the
/ church clear Of all membranes. Thus
PhGniX-like st. Marks church stands
today more beautiful and stately edi-
| flee than before and her members
| cemented close in the faith and bonds
that has made all their efforts possible.
/ Favorable remarks have been heard
on all sides of the beauty of this sane
tuary and the comfort of its equipment.
Too much praise cannot be given
| those who had the erection of this
church home in charge, as the obstacles
they have surmounted were many and
numerous, and besides they gave freely
of their means and time to its needs and
were constant in their attention. Thus
"the block of granite which was an OBJ
stacle on the pathway of the weak, be-
comes stepping-stone on the pathway
of the strong"