. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . and since May, 1883, hasfilled the same position. From October, 1836, untilApril 29, 1850, he served as a teacher, and from thelatter date until January, 1870, as superintendent ofthe Sunday-school, when, at the request of the con-sistory of the church, he took charge of an adultBible class, which during the first year increasedfrom twelve to ninety members, and at the close ofDecember, 1874, it numbered one hundred and sixty-one, when the class was assigned by the consistor
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . and since May, 1883, hasfilled the same position. From October, 1836, untilApril 29, 1850, he served as a teacher, and from thelatter date until January, 1870, as superintendent ofthe Sunday-school, when, at the request of the con-sistory of the church, he took charge of an adultBible class, which during the first year increasedfrom twelve to ninety members, and at the close ofDecember, 1874, it numbered one hundred and sixty-one, when the class was assigned by the consistory to religious institutions of the city. For many yearsMr. Kelker was one of the vice-presidents of thePennsylvania State Sabbath-School Association, andfor the last three years one of the vice-presidentsof the board of managers of the American Sunday-School Union. In 1845, Mr. Kelker was elected a trustee of Mar-shall College, Mercersburg, and subsequently, until1869, a corporate trustee after its union with Frank-lin College, of Lancaster, as Franklin and MarshallCollege. The Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church. the pastor of the church on account of Mr. Kelkersanti-ritualistic views. Being thus relieved of his workin the Sabbath-school, he accepted an invitation toorganize and take charge of an adult Bible class ofboth sexes, to be composed of persons of all denomi-nations, as well as of those who had no church rela-tion, which organization was effected under the nameof the Salem Bible Class of Harrisburg, now num-bering two hundred and sixty-eight members, andhas had connected with it during its existence morethan seven hundred persons. The class has a valuablelibrary, and for years has been one of the established was incorporated in 1859, and he was one of the fivetrustees named in the charter and the first presidentof the board. For a number of years he was treas-urer of Synod, and at present is vice-president of theboard of trustees. Since 1863, with the exception ofthr
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