History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . e W. Gauss, secretary of the council. Early in the summer of 1887. the church council purchased alot from Thomas Ff. Lord and wife, for the sum of $225, for thepurpose of erecting a church thereon. The following buildingcommittee was appointed : Rev. Isaac Krider, J. D. Rapp, J. G. AW Gauss and S. J. Arnold. On October 2, 1887, the corner-stone was laid by Rev Krider, 437 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE assisted by Rev. D.
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . e W. Gauss, secretary of the council. Early in the summer of 1887. the church council purchased alot from Thomas Ff. Lord and wife, for the sum of $225, for thepurpose of erecting a church thereon. The following buildingcommittee was appointed : Rev. Isaac Krider, J. D. Rapp, J. G. AW Gauss and S. J. Arnold. On October 2, 1887, the corner-stone was laid by Rev Krider, 437 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE assisted by Rev. D. R. P. Barry, of Altoona, Pa. The marblecorner-stone was donated by C. W. Sausser, of Tyrone, Pa. On August 19, 1888, services were held in the new Lutheranchurch at Coalport for the first time. Rev. S. Domer, , ofWashington, D. C, preached the sermon. September 30, 1888,the church was dedicated. Rev. J. H. Menges, of Philadelphia,Pa., preached the dedicatory sermon. The building cost $1,900,of which $600 was yet needed. This amount was soon raised. On May 18, 1890, a meeting was called to be held in the FirstLutheran Church at Coalport for the purpose of organizing. FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, COALPORT, PA. a new joint council of the Coalport and Glasgow councils, as theBellwood pastorate was divided to take effect June 1, 1890. Thenew pastorate consisted of Glasgow, Coalport, Blandburg andVan Ormer. The following is the pastoral succession: Rev. Isaac Krider,1881; Rev. J. P. Schnure, 1890; Rev. W. M. Spangler, 1892;Rev. A. A. Kerlin, 1894; Rev. W. J. Wagner, 1897; Rev. W. , 1903; Rev. W. L. Leisher, 1908; Rev. J. W. Lingle, 1911;Rev. H. H. Flick, Jr., 1913. The officers of the First Evangelical Lutheran congregation438 BLANDBURG at present are: J. S. Gift, P. C. Gates, B. C. Shaffer, Torance The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Blandburg, Pa. The Blandburg Evangelical Lutheran Church is the third oldestin the present Glasgow pastorate. Located in the town of Bland
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