History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . alled September 25, 1842. Rev. Rizer preached and administered the sacrament for thesepeople at Lohrs schoolhouse till April 24, 1847. Rev. WilliamUhl was his successor, and on October 18, 1848, reorganized thecongregation and adopted a constitution, in accordance with theEvangelical Lutheran Church. The corner-stone for the building was laid April 20, 1849, andthe edifice dedicated November 4, 1849, by Rev. MT.
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . alled September 25, 1842. Rev. Rizer preached and administered the sacrament for thesepeople at Lohrs schoolhouse till April 24, 1847. Rev. WilliamUhl was his successor, and on October 18, 1848, reorganized thecongregation and adopted a constitution, in accordance with theEvangelical Lutheran Church. The corner-stone for the building was laid April 20, 1849, andthe edifice dedicated November 4, 1849, by Rev. MT. Z10N, BAKERSVILLE The church was built at Bakersville and name changed fromLaurel Hill to Mt. Zion. The pastors of the congregation began their labors at the fol-lowing dates: Rev. William Uhl, 1847; Rev. A. Babb, 1852;Rev. Witmer, 1857; Rev. G. M. Pile, i860; Rev. L. Gerhardt,1861; Rev. J. P. Hentz, 1866. Rev. Hentz was the last of theSomerset pastors, the congregation being a part of the Lavans-ville-Bakersville charge since. Rev. Winecoff, 1872; Rev. , 1873; Rev- Sieber, 1876; Rev. J. F. Kuhlman, 1882;Rev. Remsberg, 1886; Rev. E. Manges, 1886; Rev. MT. ZION, BAKERSVILLE, PA. 1893; Rev- S. A. Zimbeck, 1904; Rev. Petrea, 1910. At presentthere are 255 members in congregation. The Sunday school was organized at time of organization ofthe church and has grown and prospered in proportion withgrowth of church. The membership of school, with all itsdepartments, exceeds that of the church. In the year 1886, under Rev. Remsberg, this congregationorganized a Christian Endeavor Society, which was one of thefirst in the Alleghany Synod. This society at present has nearly 695 SOMERSET CONFERENCE ioo members and the society, with the Sunday school, are greathelpers of the church. The officers of the church at present are: Elders, SamuelFriedline, W. H. H. Knupp, W. B. Putman; Deacons, W. , Josiah Beck, James Friedline. We have now a Womans Home and Foreign Missi
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