History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of East Pennsylvania, with Brief Sketches of its Congregations . w congre-gation. On motion of Ephraim Bower, the name adopted was, Sixth Lutheran Church of Easton. It was originallydesignated Sixth, because there were five Lutheran churches inexistence in Easton before this one. It was afterward discoveredthat the colored church was designated The First Colored Lu-theran Church, and the title of St. Peters was changed in thecharter to the Fifth Lutheran Church of Easton. The firstChurch Council consisted of P. A. Shimer, Ephraim Bower,Amandu
History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of East Pennsylvania, with Brief Sketches of its Congregations . w congre-gation. On motion of Ephraim Bower, the name adopted was, Sixth Lutheran Church of Easton. It was originallydesignated Sixth, because there were five Lutheran churches inexistence in Easton before this one. It was afterward discoveredthat the colored church was designated The First Colored Lu-theran Church, and the title of St. Peters was changed in thecharter to the Fifth Lutheran Church of Easton. The firstChurch Council consisted of P. A. Shimer, Ephraim Bower,Amandus Steinmetz and James H. Buell, elders; and EdwinSandt, Isaac Snyder, Noah Deitrich, Daniel Brinker and VanSelan Walter, deacons. These officers were installed in the latter SKETCHES OF CONGREGATIONS. 263 part of July by Rev. H. W. McKnight. Rev. W. H. Dunbarwas called as first pastor on Friday, August 28, 1874, andpreached his first sermon on the following Sabbath. The congre-gation was received into the East Pennsylvania Synod at Pottsville,September 9. On May 1, 1875, tne congregation was regularly. ST. PETERS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, EASTON, PA. chartered by the Court of Northampton county. The first com-munion was held October 18, 1874. The number communingwas twenty-eight. The whole membership was thirty-six. At the request of some of the good people, it was determinedby the Council that a monthly German service be held. Thepastor conducted the first German service on Sunday morning, 264 EAST PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD. October 11, 1874. It was the only such service held. At ameeting of the Church Council, held during the following week,a motion was offered, and without a word of comment, unani-mously carried, that there be no more German preaching. Thepastor profited by the experience, and has never attempted topreach German since. We can not but think that, so far as thecongregation was concerned, the action was wise. The congregation having grown with great rapidity, early
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