, 1909-09-22

to them as long as they live. There are
some present here, who have been baptlsed
in the old church by Pastor Oxhohn, Pre-
torius, acting from st. Thomas, or Pastor
Bagger, the Jealous minister here for many
years in the first half Of past century there
are some who remember, as if t were the other
day, that night when with great solemnlty
the mortal remains of Governor CIausen
were removed from this place to the newly
acquired Presbyterian Church, now to be
the Danish Lutheran Church, and inferred
there. These old people,as l think we all are,
are glad, that this edlice now has been put
in such good order and we have got to use
it for our Sunday School and for different
church work. Many changes there have
been in it's history, l hope it shall now be
more steady. These old walls have resound-
ed to the CathOlicMass, the preaching OF the
Gospel and Lutheran hymns; the French,
the Danish, Creole and English languages
have sounded by turn III here; again tho
Lord shall be praised in here i'll the peoples
tongue and there shall be spoken Of the
wonderful works of God, ana the young
ones shall be taught of his ways of salvation.
This place has been Used also as q bakery, from
which many soldiers have got bread old
people say, that the stones and oven con-
stantIy tumbled down as long as it was
inside these walls of the old church and it
would not work before moving out ia
the yard; may God bless it now to
be q place where the bread of
life, Jesus and his word, shall be
given to mon and make them soldiers of
Christ. The fine old tower is still there, q
real ornament to the building and this
part of the town, it is not only The Steeple"
to announce the hour, but the tower Of the
old church, which tells both to the present
generation as we'll rs it has told to those
past aud shall tell to generations to come,
Of what here has been, an old place of
worship, it still gives character to the build
ing and points to heaven with q "sursum
corda". lift up your hearts
II shall close with thanking our Govern
mant for the liberal way in which it here
has accommodated US and the Homegrown
ment and diet for granting first $500 and
then again Il, 200 for the thorough repair
and enlargement of the olo building, thu.
our Lutheran church could have use of it az
a nome for her Sundayschooi and that
here could be q large meeting hall, conye-
niently located. l thank Building Inspoc-
tor KBrn and the men who have worked un-
der him for having completed the work s.
well aud to the satisfaction OF everybody,
I should think. l thank the membors Of tho
Committee for collecting means for til
furnishing of the hall, for their good ami
ready assistance as we'll AS l thank all XIX
contributors. Thanks IS al8o duo to ths
Elder Of the Church, joiner Edmund Blch-
ard, who undertook to m Ike the benches o.
such a cheap price and il that way helped
us much aud showed interest IN his church
I thank you, who by singing aud music
have IN tde this day the more festival to ",
aud thank all of you, who by yoIr presence
have shown interest, which l hope sasi.
~oftouer bring you together III this place.
But above all we will thank and praise our
God, that such a good house has bo9a
opened for us and that we dare hope, he will
bless our work may also the hearts Of many
be opened unto him!'
At the c1nclusioG Of this address, wh.ob
WAS listened to with the grettest a~ttonslon
throughout, the first OF three hymns which
had been printed for the OCCASION was sung
'Now thank we oil our God"
Archdeacon Petersen then spoke in sub
stance IS follows
81 congratulate the Congregation and the
Minister on the occasion of having succeed
ed in getting the use of the renovated
Ola DoniSb Gburnb tt iS DOuo baorEful