. History of Salem and the immediate vicinity : Columbiana County, Ohio. Rev. H. B. Fry came to this church as supplyin November, 1870, and, in the next Ma3^ he wasinstalled as pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. Sexton who had a fair pastorate of a few^ was a remarkably good Bible reader. Not allministers read the sacred book with less affectationthan he. Naturalness should characterize all kindsof reading in whatever place it may be done. Rev. Decosta Pomerene came next. He was ayoung man and was nearly blind; 1)ut he had a thor-ough education, and his mental and intellectual powe
. History of Salem and the immediate vicinity : Columbiana County, Ohio. Rev. H. B. Fry came to this church as supplyin November, 1870, and, in the next Ma3^ he wasinstalled as pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. Sexton who had a fair pastorate of a few^ was a remarkably good Bible reader. Not allministers read the sacred book with less affectationthan he. Naturalness should characterize all kindsof reading in whatever place it may be done. Rev. Decosta Pomerene came next. He was ayoung man and was nearly blind; 1)ut he had a thor-ough education, and his mental and intellectual powerswere brighter than many of those who have goodeyesight. His pastorate was short. He was killed ^. GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, S. LUNDY STREET. THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 95 in a railroad collision at Harrisburg, Pa. Rev. Boyle, the present incumbent, came to Salem inMarch, 1891. His former charge was at Irwin,Westmoreland county, Pa. THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. A number of people in the village of Salem, andvicinity, who were interested in the doctrines of theLutheran church, met in September, 1877, under thepreaching of Rev. William B. Roller, from Green,Mahoning county, Ohio. Services were held regu-larly on the Sabbath until January 6th, 1878, when achurch was organized, consisting of twenty pensons,and the Rev. Wm. B. Roller called to be their were held in the episcopal church society had then forty members. The foregoing account was published in the countyhistory. This organization appears not to have beenpermanent. Some time in 1886, Rev. Michael Binder,a native German, came to Salem and commencedpreaching to people of the Lutheran per
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