The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-08-23
ID FH3ES DAY OBSERVED
NJ 81. PAULS CHURCH.


Pauls Lutheran church in No. 10 towr-
ship on Sunday This is the old home
church of my father and mother and
Of my paternal grandfather and grand
mother and of myself, and I always
like to 90 there The custom of OBJ
serving Old Folks Day was establish
ed several years ago, and it is always
the third Sunday in August Sunday
was my birthday-which one it doesn't
noatter-and really it doesn't matter
about the birthday at all-but I went
down on Sunday to enjoy the day with
the good people of this congregation.
Mr.. Walter Richardson was kind
enough to drive up for me and bring
me back, but I doubt if I was the mag
net that attracted him to this kindly
deed, but appreciate it just the same.
This thing Of setting apart one day
in the year in the memory of the Old
neople of a congregation is beauti-
ful custom. and in these parts, so far
as l know, was first done in the LII
tharan church at Prosperity, and had
its origin with Mr. A. H. Kohn now
of Columbia, who was at one time Z
member of st. !Pauls, and whose early
childhood was spent as a member of
this church.
This church is noted for the large
congregations. Sunday was no eX-
cartion except that the congregation
vas exceptionally large. The church
Is row served " the Rev. S. P. Koon
u-ho IS very highly esteemed by the
members, and rightly so, because he
breaches well and is good pastor
ard the congregation end the pastor
e:e is united and working harmoni-
oas!y under his leadership and the
church is growing and prospering. For
nearly a half century this congregat-
ton was served by the late DR.. J. a
Sigh, and from this congregation sew
eral other church organizations
s,,~srg and are now flourishing con-
gregations. 1t took the congregation
some while to adjust itself to any
other pastor. Many of the members
had known no other pastor from their
youth up. But the people now all
speak in the highest terms of Mr..
Koan and his good wife. And it is
we'll.
: am going to presume to make 2
suggestion as to these Old Folks Days,
even if it be considered as putting
in" where I should not tread. The
sermon is all right, but there shouli
be something more than the sermon
and theTinner. They should be times
of reminiscence and some me:nber Or
former member of the church should
be selected from among the older
members to give some recollectlonS
and "reminiscences and thus theT
would be able to preserve a lot of the
history of the church that otherwise
will be lost, and let them put these
, recollections in writing so that they
might be preserved for the use of the
! Historian in the future The old men,
bers, who could go back even before
the davs of the war, are fast passing
and there has been much history
made in the last half century or more
and mich of it has been made by the
members of this church, and why not
let them tell oe it while they, live.
| There is my friend A. H. Kohn of Co
! lumbia who was once member of the
CONGREGATION and who delights IN delV-
ing into the history Of communities
a~d families who could tell q good
story of cd 81. Parls. 1rd many others
who might be named. And Uncle
! Jacob Shea1y who was once a member
and who is now near the century
mark. If some one would get him 70
tell Of his recollections for nearly
hundred years it would unfold great
AID ar interesting story.
TheSermon en- Sunday was preach
ed .hv the Rev. DR.. !. W HORNE, ed'-
tor Of the Luthern Church Visitor. He
preached a good sermon and it was
erinved by the large congregation
The afternoon was set aside to the
dedicat'on cf the service flag for the
boys who have gone out from the con-
creation 70 the service of their coun-
trv. end are TOW either in France or
on the way. That was entirely ap-
prcnriate at this time