The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-09
SUNDAY IS
WELL OBSERVED
Many Churches of the City
Substantially Increase
Their Membership.
SPECIAL SERVICES HELD
TWENTY-THREE WERE ADDED TO
ST. JOHNS CHURCH-LlST OF
THOSE COMPOSING ALL COM
MUNICN CLASSES.

Palm Sunday" was obse :5ed yester-
day in the churches of Richmond, and
in many there were large confirmation
classes. Nearly one hundred persons
confessed Christianity at various
churches.
Palm Sunday" is the Sunday pre-
ceding Easter and it is the custom Of
the Lutheran and Presbyterian de-
nominations to arrange for confirma-
ton classes. The Catholic churches
will not form their classes until in
June, and others will not do so until
Children's day, in the latter part of
June.
At the First Presbyterian church,
there were special services and TWEEN
ty-two persons took their first COM
munion. Two newly elected elders,
Arthur l.. Smith and Howard Dill,
were ordained and installed and John
G. Dougan was ordained as deacon.
| There was large congregation to
witness the ceremonies. The follow
| ing were then taken into the church:
Dorothy Dill, Taylor n. Ferrell How
ard j. Merrill, Leah Z. Merrill, Mar
joria Thomas, Mark H. Pennell. Flea
nor Eugenia Seidel, Mary Clements,
George B. Seidel, Mrs. Mary E. Sci
| del, Myrtle Suman, Maude Kessler,
Florence Dietrich, Howard Hunt, Rush
Arson Bowman, Frank S. Dickinson,
Martha E. Mcclellan, Abbie M. Price,
Carl X Meyer, Walter Shreeve, Ethel
Dennison and Ralph P. Cain.
ST. Johns Class the Largest.
The largest class of the day was at
ST Johns Lutheran church. II
numbered twenty-three. Special ser
vices were held and Rev. A. J. Feegel
preached on the text, And the PEG
pie said unto Joshua, Nay, but we viii
serve the Lord" The class was as
follows: Edward Habighorst, Edward
Kehlenbrick, Edwin Blomeyer, Walter
Sherman, William Hassen, Howard
Sturm, Clarence Sherb, Mark White
Ezra Wickemeyer, Herman Roth, HUI
da Klopfer, Emma Hartman, Esther
Koehring, Leona Niemann, Katherine
Regg, Alberta Happe, Edna Drathring
Ruby Fulle, Corrine Grottendick, Eliz
abeth Menu, Gertrude Cook and Pau
line Woerbach. A special collection
was taken for the benefit of the edu
cational institutions which are sup
ported in part by st. Johns church.
Nineteen at ST. Paul's Church.
Nineteen were taken into the st
Paul's Lutheran Church yesterday
They were as follows: Walter Hart
man, William Niebuhr, Bernhard
Knollenberg, Edward Croft, ALDER
Trakowski, Raymond Thomas, Howard
Steinkamp, Fred Moelk, Walter Thorn
as, Fred Hartman, Herbert Weist
Ruby Schneider, Mabel Haisemeier
Ethel Huber, Lydia Bockstette, Mar.
Essmaker, Leota Bettenbrock, Rub.
Miller and Grace BalZer. The Rev
Conrad Huber delivered a sermon on ;
text taken from the book of Matthew
Jesus said unto his disciples, IF an.
man will come after me, let him den,
himself and take up his cross and fol
low me-"
Sixteen out of a class of about thir
ty were given the first communion a
the First English Lutheran church
Yesterday The remainder of th'
class will be admitted on Easter Sun
day. Rev. e. G.. Howard spoke on -
Royal Presentation" The class wa
as follows: Forrest Klute, Raymond
Fossenkemper, Eric Sudhoff, Edit
Kofski, Ruth BarteI, Hattie Seefloth
Roy Hebbeler, Raymond Piehl, Ed i
McAdams, Norma Hanning, Howar'
Venting, Stanley Lindstrom, Berth
Albright, Ruth Albright, Charles Eliot
and Ruth Beall.
The Trinity English Lutheral
church increased its membership b
eight at the morning services. Thos
who Joined were: Emerald Hasecostel
Merle Weeghman, Rudolph Hoff, Wi
liam NICHOLSON, George Huffman, Mr.:
Henry Goebel, Mrs. Adolph Daub an
Mrs. Phillip Veregge.