. History of Organ Church. oy and song, Een to his latest truth he had proclaimed so long Was his support in grave is now his favored spot, To sleep, in Jesus the wicked trouble him not, There his weary head to rest. Rev. S. Rothrock, 1>. I). The subject of this sketch wasborn near Salem, N. C, on Novem-ber 26, 1809. Early in life he hadan eager appetite for knowledge, forthe attainment of which there werevery few and very poor facilities innis native State. He therefore deter-mined to, and actually did, make hisway, alone and on foot, to Gettys-burg, Pa,,
. History of Organ Church. oy and song, Een to his latest truth he had proclaimed so long Was his support in grave is now his favored spot, To sleep, in Jesus the wicked trouble him not, There his weary head to rest. Rev. S. Rothrock, 1>. I). The subject of this sketch wasborn near Salem, N. C, on Novem-ber 26, 1809. Early in life he hadan eager appetite for knowledge, forthe attainment of which there werevery few and very poor facilities innis native State. He therefore deter-mined to, and actually did, make hisway, alone and on foot, to Gettys-burg, Pa,, where he entered Penn-sylvania College. Here he pursuedhis studies until 1833 when he waslicensed, and in the following yearordained by the North CarolinaSynod. From then until 1844 heserved various congregations inPennsylvania and North Carolina,and was then called and became theseventh pastor of Organ a term of twenty-two consecutiveyears, reaching through the terribleremained the faithful, earnest, zealous. Rothrock, D. D our civil war, four yearspastor. In I860 he resigned and for two years labored in other fields, andthen returned to Organ for a term of six months, reaching from July 1,1808, to January 1, 1869. Again he served other congregations forseven years, and then nccepted the unanimous call of Organ to againbecome its pastor. This time he served them for ten years, reachingfrom January 1, 1876, to January 1, 1886. At the altar of old Organ church he baptized seven hundred andsixty-three and confirmed seven hundred and sixty-nine persons. Dr. F. W. E. Peschau says of him, in Jensens American Lutheran History of Organ Church. 13 Biographies, uHe has held many positions of honor and trust in thechurch and always with credit to himself and to the good of thechurch. He is a strong, conservative Lutheran, and a man of mostlovely, child-like character, and an ever pleasant companion. He has,in his long life, repeatedly been an officer of synod, and enjoyed the
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