Lutheran landmarks and pioneers in America : a series of sketches of colonial times . ntry made by Pastor Stoevers successor, GeorgeSamuel Klug, certifying to the correctness of the accountsrendered and the money transferred to the total of almost six thousand dollars had been collected,leaving, after deducting the expenses, nearly four thou-sand dollars for building a church and buying a farm forthe use of the pastor. Treasurers account books over onehundred years old, with interesting items on both sidesof the ledger, are also in the collection, and are of greathistoric value
Lutheran landmarks and pioneers in America : a series of sketches of colonial times . ntry made by Pastor Stoevers successor, GeorgeSamuel Klug, certifying to the correctness of the accountsrendered and the money transferred to the total of almost six thousand dollars had been collected,leaving, after deducting the expenses, nearly four thou-sand dollars for building a church and buying a farm forthe use of the pastor. Treasurers account books over onehundred years old, with interesting items on both sidesof the ledger, are also in the collection, and are of greathistoric value and local interest. Farseeing wisdom hasprovided a place for the careful preservation of theserecords in the fireproof vaults of the county courthouse. A two miles drive the next morning over the hillsidesof Madison County and through White Oak Run broughtthe eager pilgrim to the beautiful elevation on which thedevout colonists one hundred and seventy-two years agobuilt their sanctuary. It is located in a grove of oaks andhickories and enclosed by a neat paling fence forming an 82. THE OLDEST LUTHERAN LANDMARK octagon, within which locusts and maples are growingabout the building, sheltering and protecting it and pre-venting it from having the appearance of standing aloneand forsaken. Through the kindness of Pastor Huddlewe give our readers a picture of the church as it appearstoday. But we must enter. Through the same door throughwhich the humble worshipers have gone for almost twohundred years, we are ushered in. The first object tocatch our eye is the pulpit surrounded by pews on threesides. We crave a moment for silent thought. The lipsthat first spoke in this edifice, the ears that heard themessage, the language in which it was delivered, are hereno more; but the gospel is still the same, preached in thesame faith and taught according to the same UnalteredAugsburg Confession. Externals have changed, but thedoctrine remains, One Lord, one faith, one baptism,and The just sha
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