The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-11
REB. $. s. RAIN, D. D.

The Herald and News last Tuesday
published a notice Of the death OF Dr.
4 S. S. RAIN, who died at Jacksonville,
Fla. DR.. RAIN was for several years
professor in Newberrv college and has
many friends in Newberry.
The following sketch Of his life IS
taken from the Jacksonville, Florida,
Times-Union:
"Members Of the St. Johns Luther
an CONGREGATION were shocked and
srieved yesterday when they received
&the news that their pastor, S. S. Rain,
rs passed into the great beyond. He
Abeen in fairly good health until
sday morning when he became Ill;
brs were called and were with
throughout the day trying to re-
:! Fe him Of acute indigestion, but ali
Is in vain; at SIS o'clock Saturday
vening he passed away. His surVlV-
! ne children, Mr.. Joseph A. Rain, OF
Columbia, S. c., and Miss Alice Rahn'
lot this city, have the sympathy of the
&congregation and the entire commu-
unity.
ID REV. S. S. Rain was born near Id
enezer, bingham county, Georgia.
February Il, 1S45, descendant OF the
old Salzburger families who settled on
the Savannah river about FIVE genera
tions ago. Until the War Between the
States broke out he lived with his par
.ents on a farm, but upon the decalara-
,tion of hositilities, enlisted as pr1-
vate in Company I, Fifth Georgia cav
airy, serving with honor until the end
of the war. He was member in good
standing of R. E. Lee camp, No. SO,
Florida division, United Confederate
veterans, and member of the Royal
Arcanum, Rain council, No. 1918.
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= "After the war he entered Newber-
ry college and graduated and then en-
tered the Lutheran seminary and was
ordained into the ministry in Novem-
Der, 1874. He has served his church
and God continually, preaching the
Gospel and teaching in schools and
colleges. He was professor in New
berry college and the North Carolina
college for number Of years. These
colleges conferred upon him the de-
grees of Ph. D and D. D.
sDr. Rain served as missionary at
many stations and was pastor of many
Lutheran churches in the Southern
States. His life work was one OF
Christian charity, aiding the poor I'm
ancially and spiritually, consoling the
bereaved ones and lifting up souls to
the Giyer of all He was married
three times, his last wife, after a long
illness, died here six years ago. He
was called to the ST., Johns Lutheran
congregation of this city in February,
1897, as pastor and has served them
with great satisfaction. Among his
many adversities fl recent years was
the great confagration of 1901, when
. he practically lost all Of his worldly
goods, but he met it ali like Chris
tian soldier.
MS ministry the congrega-
ztion rebuilt splendid church and
parsonage and grew from small flock
to a large representative body. From
this congregation the beraved ones
have full Christian sympathy and love-
"The body will lie in state in the
auditorium of the church on Monday
from y to 5 o'clock, at which hour
funeral services will be held, Rev. J.
W. Graybill, Of the First Presbyterian
church, officiating.
'Moulton & Kyle have prepared the
body to be shipped to Columbia, S. c.,
to be inferred by the side Of his wife.
The pall-bearers will be members OF