The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-10-11
SILVER JUBILEE PLANNED
BY COLUMBIA LUTHERANS
Members of st. Paurs Congregation
Have Interesting Program of Ex.
erciSeS.

The State, 10th.
Having reached its majority and ad-
ded four additional years OF prosperity
and growth, st. Paul's Lutheran church
is proposing to pause a few days be-
tween the old and the new to look
back in series of silver anniversary
services to it's history and forward to
its opportunities before launching the
campaign for greater St. Paul's, u
which includes the building of a gran
ite structure in the corner of Bland
ing and Bull streets, plans for which
have already been adopted by the
church plans comittee. The congrega-
ton has grown in % years from a
charter membership of 80 to 402.
Present Church Too Small.
The present frame church on Bland
ing street has become too small for
the growing congregation, as was cyl
denced last Sunday, when many peo-
pie were turned away from the rally
day services, the church and Sunday
school room being filled to the doors.
Rev. H. A. Mccullough completes this
week his first year as pastor Of st.
Paul's. In his first annual report to
the congregation on Sunday he cnen-
toned a gain of 66 to the communi-
cant membership and II to the baptiz-
ed membership during the year and
a summer parochial school under the
direction of the church council with
an attendance of 81 children of the
church, as among the encouragements
of the work. In the II months Of his
pastorate Mr.. Mccullough has got
ten the work of the congregation we'll
in hand, and has given evidence of his
ability as leader and pastor. I'm
der his direction the congregation is
planning larger activity and wider
sphere. The special anniversary SER
vices will begin this evening at s
o'clock.
The Speakers.
The program committee has been
exceedingly fortunate in securing
speakers. In this day Of lay activity
a church program is scarcely COM
plete without at least address from a
layman. Prof. S. J. Derrick, of New
berry college, and A. H. Kohn, of Co.
lumbia, will be the lay speakers. Prof
Derrick made a splendid impression
on the congregation as one of the
speakers at the educational rally last
spring. Mr.. Kohn is superintendent
of St. Pauls Sunday school, and is one
of the business men who makes busi-
ness of his religion. He puts into his
church work the same kind of energy
that he expends upon his business. No
speaker more competent could have
been chosen to give ga Backward
View" than DR.. w. H. Greever, who
was for many years the greatly loved
pastor of St. Paul's and under whose
pastorate the congregation gained the
majority of it's present membership.
DIR. J. Henry Harms, president of New
berry college, is always greeted with
delight by Columbia audience, wheth-
er Lutheran or not. DR.. Harms re-
turned today from Kings Mountain,
where he was the speaker at Mondays
celebration. He is in demand when
ever good speaking is required. Rev.
Prof. D. H. Bauslin, dean of the Ham
ma Divinity school, Springfield, Ohio,
was born in that town of historic Lu-
'theranism, Winchester, Va. DR.. Baus-
lin has continued the records he in
herited, doing work as pastor, edl-
tor and theologian that would require
the talents of three of the usual run
of men. AS editor of the Lutheran
World, dean of the HANNA Divinity
school and member of many import
ant general committees, DR.. Bausin
has projected the influence of his life
throughout the length and breadth of
American Lutheranism. AS a speaker
he has a never-failing force and fertil-
ity of expression. He will be heard at
St. Pauls Sunday morning and night
and at the Y. N. G. A. in the after
noon.
The closing feature of the anniver-
sary will be reception at the new
Y. NJ. C. A. on Monday evening. The
reception committee consists OF Miss
Alice Earle and Mrs. ]. E. BooZer.
Doubtless the members of St. Pauls
will face about from this anniversary
to larger tasks and crater useful