The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-18

,opened with an organ prelude, after
which the church choir rendered an
|anthem, Rejoice in the Lord The
pastor. Rev. Joseph Reinicke gave a
short adress In which he extended
cordial greeting to the visiting past
|ors, also to all the numerous visit
iors
| Alter services were conducted by
Rev. G.. w. Bernhard, of Cleveland,
following which the choir sang, Lift
High the Gates" The sermon of the
morning was delivered by Rev. j.
Diegel, president of the Ohio District
Ladies' Aid Societies with head
quarters at Massillon. The pastor
spoke earnestly of the accomplish
ments of the society and pronounced
| 1t one of the greatest organizations
for doing good in the country.
Mrs. Maria Zachman. secretary Of
the society, gave very interesting
sketch, portraying its rapid rise.
She gave a brief review of its history
and disclosed the key of it's success.
A congregational greeting was spok-
EN- by Mr.. Herman Albrecht and was
lresponded to by Mrs. Elise Blaich.
The program closed by repeating the
Lords Prayer.
EVENING SERVICE.
The program for the evening was
even little more elaborate than
that of the morning. 1t opened with
an organ prelude rendered by Miss
Marianne Reinicke. The choir rem
dered a pleasing selection, 1--WE Laud
His Name" Rev. J. Digel, of Mas
sillon, spoke few words of cordial
greeting after which the pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Reinicke conducted short devo-
tional services
Rev. H. Katerpohn. of Kenton, an
able minister of wide repute. was
present and delivered powerful
sermon on the subject, Lydia, the
Great Heart. The speaker referred
to the infancy of the Ladies' society
and explained the difficulties which
1t encountered in rising. At the con-
,clusion of the sermon. the choir rem
dered an anthem, Send Out Thy
Light"
The second sermon of the evening
was delivered by Rev. C. w. Bern
hardi, of Cleveland. He selected his
text from the Twenty-fourth verse Of
the Tenth Chapter of Hebrew" "And
let us consider one another to pro-
yoke unto love and good works."
The pastor made an exhortation to
hold fast to faith with patience and
thanksgiving.
One of the most notable features of
the entire program was brief his
tory of the Society read by the Sec
retary, Mrs. Maria Zachmann. She
began her interesting history by
lstating, at was on the memorable
sixteenth day of November, 1882,
when few of the Salem's Evangel-
lical church, inspired by the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Heininger determined to
Organize Ladies' Aid society. The
Organization was completed on the
ltwenty-third day of November at a
Injecting held in the home of Mrs.
Louise Haller who became the first
president and is this dav in our
midst.
THE constitution originally adopted
by the society held as it's object, the
lcompanionship of sisters in the
church to aid the needy. to comfort
the bereaved and to assist the home
church and likewise missions. The
years sped by and the society pros
pered. The tenth anniversary was
held at the home of Mrs. f. Debolt,
the pastor Rev. Mr.. Bernhardi de-
livering the anniversary address. The
fifteenth anniversary address. The
home of Mrs. Henry Alderman dur
ing the pastorate of Rev. Mr.. Eier-
man. The twentieth anniversary
took place during the pastorate of
Rev. Mr.. Fleer.
"The contributions of the society
during the twenty-five years of it's
existence sum up in the figures 81
670.49. The society has enjoyed a
liberal growth, it's present member
ship numbering 3d."
Mrs. Zachman concluded her excel
lent paper by paying touching
tribute TO the deceased members OF
the society. At the conclusion of the
paper, Mrs. Frank Schaffner. pres
ident Of the Harmonic society. gave
a short address, expressing greetings
for that organization.
The program closed with the bene-
dict.on, followed by the doxology.
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