Sesqui-centennial, Bethania congregation, 1759-1909 . BETHANIA. ALPHA CHAPEL SESQUI-CENTENNIAL 23 CHURCH AND CHAPELS. Historical Sketch of the Four Sunday Schools of Be- thania Congregation for the Sesqui-Centen- nial Celebration* REV. F. W. GRABS. W N this anniversary occasion we are gatheredwith our Sunday Schools because of the es-sential work which has been done by them forthe congregation. We are celebrating a century anda half of the existence of Bethania. It was in thebeginning of the second half of this period that theSunday School began its work here, which makesthree quarters of a ce
Sesqui-centennial, Bethania congregation, 1759-1909 . BETHANIA. ALPHA CHAPEL SESQUI-CENTENNIAL 23 CHURCH AND CHAPELS. Historical Sketch of the Four Sunday Schools of Be- thania Congregation for the Sesqui-Centen- nial Celebration* REV. F. W. GRABS. W N this anniversary occasion we are gatheredwith our Sunday Schools because of the es-sential work which has been done by them forthe congregation. We are celebrating a century anda half of the existence of Bethania. It was in thebeginning of the second half of this period that theSunday School began its work here, which makesthree quarters of a century of Sunday School activ-ity in the home place. As chapels have been addedone by one until we now have three additional com-munities into which the congregation has been ex-tended, the Sabbath School has been the principalfeature at each place for keeping up church-life. The following quotation from the old record willgive the beginning of the Sunday School effort in Be-thania. On this day (Nov. 24, 1833) a number of the in-habitants met for the first tim
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