Evening journal., 1906-10-26
.LUTHERANS
HAVE CHAPEL
Viii Dedicate House Of WOT-
ship and Install Pastor
on Sunday

The formal opening Of the temporary
chapel Of the Holy Trinity Lutheran
congregation. at Concord avenue and
Madison street. and the installation of
the Rev. ] II. Main as pastor. will take
place on Sunday. the opening Of the
chapel in the morning and the installa-
ton Of the pastor in the evening.
The present chapel building is the
result of the work of Mr.. Main, who
entered upon his church work here
on August 1. The chapel is a COM
Portable structure with a seating ca
pacity of $50 and in a very short time
it will be supplanted by a handsome
church edifice plans for which are now
being drawn by Jacob aschold, a Phil
adelphia architect of distinction. The
proposed structure will cost $4,000.
Workmen to-day are excavating to
make ready for the foundation Of the
new edifice Cash subscriptions to-
ward the general church fund are COM
ing in through the efforts OF Mr. Main,
who feels there are enough persons of
the Lutheran persuasion in Whining
ton TO make the undertaking a success
IN every particular. Samuel II. Bay
nard has presented to the congregation
1.-THE lot on which the church is to,stand
The services attending the formal
opening of the chapel will begin at 1880
O'Clock. The Rev. S. d. Daugherty, SUI
pefintendent of the Philadelphia con-
ference Of the church, and the Rev. A.
S Hartmann general secretary Of the
Board of Home Missions. will be the
speakers. Mrs. Este C Main. an ac-
complished vocalist, win be the solo
list.
At the installation service in the
evening the Rev. w L. s. Murray. of
Washington Heights NJ. z. Church. will
extend greeting DR. Hartmann will
deliver the charge to the pastor and
Mr. Daugherty the charge to the peo-
rle, following which Mr.. Main will be
installed. Mr.. Main in his history Of
the church says,
s4t seems a very strange fact in the
making of history. that in the State
lof Delaware whence many ~Lurherans
fiad come from the border States and
from across the seas; and especially in
the growing city Of Wilmington of up
Wards OF 100000 souls. where the Old
Swedes Church. dedicated I'm 1898. still
stands as one of the oldest landmarks
of Lutheranism In America: no Cen
eral Synod Lutheran Church was es-
tablished until the organization OF
Holy Trinity on Palm Elnday Of this
year.
TT is therefore a source of peculiar
qualification and joy that the day at
last came when attention was strongly
called to this promising field. and Lu-
theran missionary zeal was directed
for the Master and the Church of the
Reformation. on the territory where our
forefathers labored in those early days
of American history.
For some time previous TO this or
ganization. a number Of visits were
B made to the field and services conduct
ed. under the auspices of the Mission
Society OF the Philadelphia Conference
through their energetic superintendent
the Rev. S. D. Daugherty to whom
much credit belongs for the laying OF
a good foundation Of the work
"The Rev. ]. H. Main. of Sharpsburg
was unanimously elected pastor of the
j charge June gath. and entered upon
his services August 1st."
The church council is as follows: Ex-
oficio chairman, the Rev. ]. H Main;
secretary, c. d. Carretson; treasurer
Carl Hanselman; elders. c. D. Garrett
e son. L. A. Saltzgiver; deacons. p. B
Z Srout, William Hoerr; Carl Hansel-
man. William Sparks
Lot committee-L A. Saltzgiver
: chairman; Carl Hanselman William
Sparks
Building committee-P. B. Krout
:. chairman; William Hoerr. secretary; c
D. Garretson: treasurer building fund
William Sparks.
The Ladies' Guild-President. Mrs. ]
H. Main; vice-president Mrs. c. d
q Garretson; secretary. Mrs. William
u Garrett; treasurer, Mrs. William
Sparks.