History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . nities and needs of missionsabroad. His zeal for this cause did not lessen his interest in thework at home, as we shall see later on. During the last four years of his pastorate, under the inspira-tion of his consecrated leadership, the congregation supported anAmerican missionary in Africa, and during the last two years ofhis ministry a home missionary THE FIRST CHURCH, ALTOONA SoiiH- of the principal events o
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . nities and needs of missionsabroad. His zeal for this cause did not lessen his interest in thework at home, as we shall see later on. During the last four years of his pastorate, under the inspira-tion of his consecrated leadership, the congregation supported anAmerican missionary in Africa, and during the last two years ofhis ministry a home missionary THE FIRST CHURCH, ALTOONA SoiiH- of the principal events of his pastorate were as follows:( )n March _>, [902, the final indebtedness on the $90,000 churchproperty was liquidated and the final mortgage of $5,000 wasburned. At the service, former pastor Dr. E. I). Weiglepreached the sermon; at the service, former pastor andchurch builder Dr. M. W. 1 lamina preached. After brief remarksby Iastor O. C. Roth, the mortgage was burned. Another event of great interest to the congregation was thecelebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Sunday school onApril 24, 1904. Three services were devoted to this KtV. O. C ROTH, The sermons were preached by Drs. E. D. Weigle and CharlesS. Albert, editor of the Lutheran Publication Society. An inter-esting address was delivered by Hon. T. B. Patton, Esq., a formersuperintendent of the Sunday school. The next matters of interest had to do with the physical devel-opment of the property of the congregation. In 1904, extensivealterations were made to the church and a magnificent three-manual pipe organ was installed. These improvements cost about$7,500. During this year the present parsonage was erected at aco>t of about $6,500. 375 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE The seventy-fifth anniversary of the organization of the con-gregation was celebrated on October 27, 1905. Rev. O. C. Roth,, pastor, preached the anniversary sermon at the hour of themorning service, on the theme
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