. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, , a biographical sketch with liberal quotations from his letters and other writings. efore this Salem had lost one of its pillarsin the death of George H. Reinoehl, an authority onchurch and town history, as Schmauk says, and oneof his intimate friends and counsellors. The well-knownfriend of his father, Rev. Dr. Kohler, was also calledto his heavenly home seven days later. On July 4thfollowed the death of his associate, Rev. F. M. Seip,pastor of Trinity mission. This added greatly to thesense of loneliness he felt and the weeks that followed,with the Revi
. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, , a biographical sketch with liberal quotations from his letters and other writings. efore this Salem had lost one of its pillarsin the death of George H. Reinoehl, an authority onchurch and town history, as Schmauk says, and oneof his intimate friends and counsellors. The well-knownfriend of his father, Rev. Dr. Kohler, was also calledto his heavenly home seven days later. On July 4thfollowed the death of his associate, Rev. F. M. Seip,pastor of Trinity mission. This added greatly to thesense of loneliness he felt and the weeks that followed,with the Review, the Sunday School work, and numer-ous pastoral duties on his hands, are a record of ardu-ous tasks performed under the handicap of much de-pression of spirit and numerous illnesses, the most seri-ous of which was an attack of quinsy with a consequentnervous breakdown. In addition to all this, there loomedup before him the task of preparing for the centennialcelebration of the dedication of Old Salem Church. Ahistory must be written,—and in a few weeks time, ifthe festivities were to take place on June 3rd. Much. DEATH OF THE FATHER 111 of this history—an octavo volume of 200 pages—waswritten in bed. As the time for the meeting of synodwas at hand, it was decided to postpone the celebrationto Sunday, June 17th, so as to permit of the completionof the history, which at the same time was to embodymuch of the story of Lebanons past. The week pre-ceding, as may well be imagined, was an intensely busyone. We read in his Diary: Working all week onSalem Church History, reading proof, etc., until one, two,three and four oclock in the morning. Finished writingThursday noon. The high esteem in which the father was held, andthe strong affection the congregation cherished towardhim made it easy to enlist a hitherto hesitating peoplein the project of building a new church instead of ruin-ing the old structure by enlarging it. What could nowbe more natural than to signalize the cent
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