History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . sermon that they urged Rev. Baker to come to the Glas-gow settlement and preach. He came and preached in the OldDonation schoolhouse (which was located about 150 feet west ofthe Lutheran graveyard). The people urged Rev. Baker tomake an appointment to which he finally yielded, and announcedthat in six weeks he would preach again and, by the aid of 433 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE Samuel Domer, a school teacher (afterwards Rev.
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . sermon that they urged Rev. Baker to come to the Glas-gow settlement and preach. He came and preached in the OldDonation schoolhouse (which was located about 150 feet west ofthe Lutheran graveyard). The people urged Rev. Baker tomake an appointment to which he finally yielded, and announcedthat in six weeks he would preach again and, by the aid of 433 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE Samuel Domer, a school teacher (afterwards Rev. SamuelDomer, , of Washington, D. C), continued to preach in theOld Donation schoolhouse every six weeks.* Mr. Henry Allemans oldest daughter was the first one toreceive the rite of Christian baptism by Rev. Baker. On De-cember 18, 1853, an organization was affected with the followingmembers: Henry Alleman, Catharine Alleman, George Glass,George Hawk, Elizabeth Hawk, Jas. S. Gallaher. The namegiven was Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glasgow. On April 2, 1854, the first communion was held, at which timethe congregation numbered twenty-three persons, who had be-. THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GLASGOW. BUILT IN i860 come members since the organization. Henry Alleman waselected elder, and James McCartney, Sr., deacon. The AlleghanySynod connected said congregation with Tyrone congregation asa mission field. In 1855, Tyrone was separated from the mission, and EastRidge, in Burnside Township, Clearfield County, and Butter-baugh settlement in Indiana County, and Cherrytree constitutedthe charge. Rev. C. A. Fetzer, a licentiate of the AlleghanySynod, was appointed the missionary of the new field. He beganlabors in 1855. He reported four congregations, forty additions,three prayer meetings and three Sunday schools. By permission434 MT. ZION, GLASGOW of Synod, Rev. Fetzer and Rev. P. S. Nellis exchanged fields oflabor. Rev. Fetzer going to Karthaus. and Rev. Nellis comingto the
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