Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-08-29
Virginia Synod Of the Lutheran Church.

sermon was preached by Rev. A. D.
R. Hancher, Of Staunton. The meet.
ing was the first held in the hand
some new church just esected by the
congregation there, of which Rev. @.
w. Cassell is the acceptable pastor.
The attendance OF ministers and
delegates was large, almost all of the
churches being represented. The
business was transacted smoothly and
agreeably. aud while there were differ
ences of opinion, there was no friction,
and number of important matters
were disposed Of satisfactorily. The
officers Of Synod, who were all re-elect-
ed for another term, are as follows !:
President. Rev. L. L. Smith, D. D.,
of Strasburg; secretary, Rev. A. D..
R. Hancher, of Staunton vice-pre
ident, Rev. George s. Bowers. of Win.
chester; treasurer. M. Coffman. Esq.,
of Woodstock. 1t would be hard to
find more efficient body of officers.
DIR. Smith, who Is so weh-known and
so highly regarded in Shepherdstown,
where he spent part Of his early life,
is an able and watchful presiding off.
Ger and fair and conservative in his
methods. Under his care the pro.
ceedings were pushed along in the
most business. like manner. and every
item presented was carefully scrutin-
lied and considered. Rev. Mr.. Han
cher is most competent secretary,
with all the usage and minutiae Of the
work at Ills fingers ends. and Mr..
Coffman as treasurer and Rev. Mr..
Bowers as vice-president render
equally efficient service.
The reports Of the various officers
and committees showed that the work
Of the church is generally being car
ried on in successful manner and
that the several institutions and
causes are we'll sustained.
The educational work is particular.
ly gratifying. Rev. DR.. j. A. More
head, president of Roanoke College,
was present throughout the session,
and his report on that splendid insti-
tuition showed most encouraging con.
dition. The college had 2l9 students
the past year, and of this number no
less than IS are studying for the min.
istry. DR.. Morehead, under whose
wise leadership this institution is grow
ing so greatly in strength and useful
ness, reported that the movement un-
dertaken to provide two new chairs
for the college had been entirely sue.
cessful. Its friends had raised in
cash $25, 900, of which $4,000 had
been applied to an old debt aud the
balance to the establishment of one Of
the chairs; when this had been ac-
complished, Mr.. Carnegie promptly
sent his check for an additional $25,.
600 to provide for another chair. Rev.
DR.. L. L. Smith, who is a leader in
the movement to raise $25, 900 for
the endowment of the Bittle memo.
rial chair in the same college, reported
that l6 of the 81 congregations in the
Synod had been visited and partially
canvassed, and nearly $4,000 had
been raised, so that this fund will I'm.
doubtedly soon be in hand. Rev.
DR.. L. G. M. Miller, of Mt. Pleasant
Theological Seminary, also made an
encouraging report from that institu.
ton.
The foreign mission cause was well
presented in the report Of Rev. DR..
r. O. Holland, chairman of the gen.
eral board of missions of the United
Synod of the South. This work Of
the church is steadily growing. Home
missionary work is also being pushed.
A committee was appointed to con.
slider the advisa bility of organizing a
Lutheran congregation at Portsmouth,
Va, and the Buena Vista work will
ais be looked after.
Rev. W. F. Greever, editor of the
Lutheran Church Visitor, presented a
report concerning the work Of the
church publication board. which seems
to be entering upon a new era OF USE
fulness.
Prof. Crabtree, superintendent Of
the Lutheran Orphans Home at Sa.
lem, presented the needs and told Of
the work of that most worthy cause.
Two young ministers were ordained
during the session of SYnod-Rev.
Lewis G. s. Miller, who will go to
Japan in the fall as missionary of
our church, and Rev. M. L. Csnup,
now serving the Mt. Jackson charge.
The former is the son Of Rev. DR.. L.
M. Miller, and both are most promis-
ing young ministers. Mr.. Miller
made fine address on the subject of
foreign missions, in which 6eld>he will
work, and powerful sermon on home
missions was preached by Rev. j. F.
W. Kitzmeyer.
Synod voted to meet next in Rich
mond on August Is, 1908. Shep.
herdstown extended an invitation,
but the Richmond brethren presented
especial reasons why they needed
Synod, and their pleas prevailed.
The Shepherdstown representatives
showed photograph Of their new
church now building, and all who
saw it agreed that it was great ad.
vance in church architecture in this
section and one of the handsomest
structures of the kind that they had
seen.
Synod expressed itself in no un-
certain way as to its attitude toward
the temperance movement that is now
making such progress in the South.
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