The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-20
EVANSVILLE.
Preacher Used Same Text.

The last service in the old Lutheran
church was attended by large congre-
cation on Sunday last. Rev. Young, the
pastor, chose for his theme the 18th verse
of the End chapter of Genesis, this be-
ing the text for the first sermon he ever
preached in this church he deemed it
well ntted TO be the last one. The altar
will be torn down this week to make
room for the exhibition of the Palestine
views to be held here on Friday night,
after which the work of demolishing
will be continued. Despite the eager
ness on the part of the members to be-
gin building, there was something
about this last meeting which thrilled
each heart with feeling of sadness. 1t
was as though they were about to lay
away some beloved friend. There were
members present who had been present
at the dedication nearly sixty years ago,
Mrs. Sophia Bong, Mrs. Sophia Winter
berg and Lewis Horchler There are
several others living but We're not pres
ent at the service. To these few in
particular and to therest of the members
as well, the realization come afresh that
they stood upon holy ground, and that
God was indeed in His temple. Here
years ago, some OF them took the vows
winch lIade them man and wife, little
babies has been brought to the baptismal
font. Here young girls and boys have
stood and with bowed heads have said
II will decide today for Christ and the
church. - Here the people of Grants
vile have looked their last upon the
form and face of many an old friend
ere they were carried out to Gods acre.
Here from time to time they have stood
about the communion altar and been
strengthened and gwen new grace by
the broken body and shed blood Of our
Lord Jesus Christ. May each member
be spared to see the completion of the
new edifice and enjoy for many wears to
come, the privilege of worshipping there
in. May they keep the faith under new
environments and changed conditions
even as they have done under the old,
And as they said Of the old may they
say of the new:
"My church! my church. my dear old
church,
We love her ancient name.
And God forbid child of hers
Should ever bring her shame"
A Remarkable Occurrence.
The community about here has been
startled over an occurrence very rare in
these parts, that of a dead person
seemingly having come to life again.
The victim of this terrible circumstance,
if it be true, is Mrs Gideon Bender of
Springs, Pa, who died suddenly of
heart failure on Thursday night before
her husband could do anything to allevi-
ate her suffering. The funeral arrange
ments were made for Sunday morning
and the service was held in the Niver-
ton Amish church, of which she was a
member. AT the close of the service an
opportunity was given. the friends to
look upon the remains, according to
custom, when it was noticed that a
faint flush was visible upon the face of
the corpse. Upon the arrival at the
cemetery the casket was again opened
and it was found that blood was flowing
from the nostrils of the deceased lady.
Being convinced that an awful mistake
in which the burial of a live woman was
narrowly ayerted the body was taken
home and a physician summoned. 1t
could not be ascertained at this writing
what the physician verdict was, but it
has been decided to keep the body a
week or more and await developments
of this extraordinary occurrence.
LATER After having conveyed the
body Of Mrs. Bender back to her home