. History of Organ Church. exington, S. C, in 1836, and connected himself with the North Carolina Synod in 1837. He did much and valuable work while here, and afterwards re-turned to South Carolina. In 1837 he organized St. Stephens churchin Cabarrus county, N. C, and was its first pastor. Kev. William Roedel Brown. The thirteenth pastor of Organchurch was Rev. William RoedelBrown. He was born of ChristianLutheran parents in Wvthe county,Va., August 9, 1859. He was prepared for college atBeth-Eden Collegiate Institute, Win-ston county, Miss. He graduatedfrom Roanoke College in 1883, andfrom th
. History of Organ Church. exington, S. C, in 1836, and connected himself with the North Carolina Synod in 1837. He did much and valuable work while here, and afterwards re-turned to South Carolina. In 1837 he organized St. Stephens churchin Cabarrus county, N. C, and was its first pastor. Kev. William Roedel Brown. The thirteenth pastor of Organchurch was Rev. William RoedelBrown. He was born of ChristianLutheran parents in Wvthe county,Va., August 9, 1859. He was prepared for college atBeth-Eden Collegiate Institute, Win-ston county, Miss. He graduatedfrom Roanoke College in 1883, andfrom the Theological Seminary atPhiladelphia, Penn., in 1886. OnJune 22, 1886, he was ordained bythe Pennsylvania Miuisterium, inChrist Evangelical Lutheran church,Easton, Penn. The following month,July 1, 1886, having been dulycalled, he entered upon his dutiesas the thirteenth pastor of Organchurch. For seven and a half years,that is up to January 1, 1894, helabored among the people of Organ,each year becoming dearer and dearer. Rev. William Roedel Brown. History of Organ Church. 17 to them. Deeply pious, fully consecrated and ever faithful, his worktold from year to year. One hundred and thirty-nine infants and six adults baptized; onehundred and eight confirmed, and thirty-six received by certificate; theerection of a handsome parsonage, with all the necessary out buildings,the organization of a Womans Home and Foreign Missionary Society;which has proved to be one of the most active in the North CarolinaSynod; the purchase of a silver communion set, and the repairing of theold church, at a cost of about one thousand dollars, are some of thetangible evidences of his faithful services. But all this fails to reportthe blessed work done through him in the hearts and lives of those towhom he ministered. Eternity alone can reveal the full report. January 1, 1894, he closed his labors here, having accepted the callfrom Mount Airy pastorate of the Southwest Virginia Synod. Rev. George H.
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