The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-10

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| Rev. Stanmcre R. Sheppard was call
I cd to be the 9th pastor and n every
! respect proved to be the man for the
| dark hour. Humble, Jealous, co&se-
Grated and gifted. he took charge
| with the sole c5ject Of making men
i Christians. often stating that # this
is done the church viii thrive and the
| membership grow. Nor was ne mis-
taken. for he soon brought on glo-
| rious revival of religion which result
ed in d golden harvest Of good and
substantial members. 1t IS SAID ne
through his influence and example
frs. impressed young j. a. Sigh aid
John D. Bowles with the thought Of
! studying for the ministry. But this
greatly beloved pastor was only 90
stay with the congregation for one
year. In the fall of the year, ike
his worthy predecessor. pastor
Brown. he, too, heard an unmlstak-
able call to go and serve the scatter
ei Lutherans Of the great state OF
Mississippi. His people begged, plead
and offered him any salary he might
state to remain, but to no avail. He
obeycd the call, went, and we are
told, was blessed in his work. In fact
it is not unlikely that ne and Pastor
Brown became the prime factors IN
the organization Of the Mississippi
:yaod. The Rev. A. G. Voigt, ID,
.ells us in the Lutheran Cyclopedla
nat Pastor Brown was first sent by
the synod to become the first mi.
sionary to serve the Lutherans who
mad migrated to that state from the
Carolinas, others followed and the
synod was organized in 1855.
Incidentally the writer and present
pastor had his first call to the Beth
Eden cong.ee ltion in Winston coun-
ty, Miss, and served those people
from July, 1901, to the early part of
1908. The congregation was named
after hits Beth Eden and some Of its
members were from this congrega-
ton, and those people often spoke at
sectionately Of these. two men.
After Pastor Sheppard's removal,
he congregation was likely vacant |
during the year 1853. At least j;
vas not until '54 that the Rev. R. j.
Iungerpeler, the 7th pastor, was call
ID as Pastor Sheppard's successor. Ii
was Pastor Hungerpeler's first ano
Sn!y pastorate, for after three years
If most jealous and consecrated ser
ice to both his loving Master and be
ovcd flock, the great Captain of his
Salvation called hin. rom the church
Militant to churck triumphant. Hi
acred ashes rest andNawait the sum
.lons from mis- Master on high, unde;
large and --eautiful marble monu
rent erected by his many sorely be-
'eaved p@rish;onecs of Beth Eden
Liberty Hill and st. Matthews con:
,regations, the place being in thf
beautiful cemetery not many step
rom the pulpit and chancel from
which he so often proclaimed God
.oly and saving Word to dying man
md with his own hard and lip ad
minister to the flock tie bread o.
eternal life. Of him We read, "Be
cause of his piety and social qualitie'
,e was adapted to all classes and wa
.alculated 10 win even the mss. oo
lurate to Christ" Again, HE die;
amen.ed and beloved by all" Will
>ss.or Sheppard first Impressed
young Sigh and Bowles with tn
thought of the sacred calling of tho
! II n'nistry it was Pastor Hungerpele
who developed and perfected the i'm
| ,ress.on, at the same time also I'm
pressing young J. T. Bowles, bro
ther to John, to eqter and complet'
shis most worthy trio Of young an
Useful ministers sent out by the olt
congregation. Chapman in his An
nails of Newberry says, while pastor
= he was mainly instrumen
tai in inducing three Of his member
to study for the ministry: Revs. }. D
Bowles, J. T. Bowles and j. A
Sigh" We read where j. a. Sligi
and J. D. Bowles entered the semn
ary at Lexington in January OF lSo,
and J. T. Bowles in February OF th<
/ same year, which was about the yer!
heart of Pastor Hungerpeler's pas
torate. After the death of Paste
Hungcrpeler, June 80, 1856, the re
naming months of the year were
served by the Rev. Jacob Moses as
| the Sth pastor.
!, The 9th pastor was the Rev. Jaccs
Hawkins, a many sided, great and
good man. A truly Christian anc
consecrated man, active and very en-
, ergetic. A great preacher OF the