History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . , one-third of which was raised on the day ofdedication. Revs. Carney, Burkholder, English, Shriver, Wag-ner, M. J. Ross, Guy McCarney, C. B. King, , and formerPastors Charles Lambert and H. D. Hoover, , participatedin the various services of the occasion. The congregation is much interested in missions, and isabreast in Sunday school and Young Peoples Society work. Itis noted for its hospitality, and has freq
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . , one-third of which was raised on the day ofdedication. Revs. Carney, Burkholder, English, Shriver, Wag-ner, M. J. Ross, Guy McCarney, C. B. King, , and formerPastors Charles Lambert and H. D. Hoover, , participatedin the various services of the occasion. The congregation is much interested in missions, and isabreast in Sunday school and Young Peoples Society work. Itis noted for its hospitality, and has frequently entertained theSomerset Conference, the Conference Sunday School convention606 ST. JOHNS {WILLS) and the Missionary Conventions of Conference and Synod. Ithas furnished one minister, Rev. Mervyn J. Ross, to the is progressive, liberal, and in many ways an ideal rural con-gregation. St. Johns (Wills) Lutheran ChurchThis congregation was organized in May, 1838, by Rev. CharlesReese. Worship had been held for some years previously regu-larly in the schoolhouse. On April 4, 1839, the first communionwas held. At this time there was a class of fifteen who had. WILLS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH been previously catechised. They were received into fellowshipwith the church at the first communion. On May 20, 1839, Jacob Will deeded one-fourth acre to theLutherans and German Reformed, Daniel Will and William Willbeing the trustees in the beginning. On August 28, 1849, JosephWitmer, Henry Frank and William Will were elected Reese held his last communion on July 2, 1849. He resignedAugust 1, 1849. Rev. Samuel B. Lawson took charge of theStoyestown pastorate and served Wills as a part of that pastorate. 607 SOMERSET CONFERENCE The first church was built in 1844. It was a frame structure,35 by 45 feet- ^ cost about $800. Rev. Williams served thiscongregation from 1849 to 1850; Rev. Jacob Miller, from Novem-ber 1, 1850, to November 1, 1857; Rev- Peter Sahm, from
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