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SESQUI CEHTEUniAL Elaborate Celebration Berks Countv. at Hress is Made by Reading. The sesqul centennial celebration of the St. Daniel (Corner) Evangelical Lutheran congregation, at Robesonia, on Saturday and Sunday, was attended by large concourses of people at all of the five services. Elaborate preparations were made for the event by special committees appointed for the purpose, and everything pased off in the best of order, the program being carried out to the letter.

The services were in charge or me pastor. Rev. O. E. Pflueger, assisted by a number of visiting clergymen.

Though the church is union, this was distinctively a Lutheran celebration. It is only in late years that the Reformed congregation, under the pastorate of Rev T. C. Leinbach, is worshiping in the "edifice. It is only the Lutheran congregation that celebrated its 150th hirthdav.

The first service was held on Satur day afternoon, at which this program wns rendered: Anthem, "Be Joyful in the Lord," Danks; German altar service; German sermon. Rev. F. J. F.

Sehantz. D.D.; anthem. Holy Father," Marchetti; English sermon. Rev. E.

T. Horn, D.D.; anthem, "Bless the Lord, My Soul," Adams; anthem. "Ich Will Dem Herren Singen," Davis. The choir of Robesonia Union chapel rendered the music. Miss May M.

Dep pen, organist. At the second service, Saturday evening, 7 o'clock, this was the program: Anthem, "Send Out Thy, Light." Oou nod; English altar service; English sermon. Rev. William A. Snyder; anthem.

"The Lost Chord." Sullivan; English sermon. A. Pflueger; anthem, Oh, for the Wings of a Dove' Mendelssohn soprano solo. Miss Mame Zacharias anthem, "Gloria," Mozart. At this service the choir of St.

John Evangelical Lutheran congregation. Sinking Spring, rendered the music under the direction of Organist James E. Specht. The program rendered at the third service, Sunday morning, 9.30 was as follows: Anthem, Lord, Most Merciful," Conconne; German altar service; German, sermon. Rev.

O. Leopold; anthem, "Oh, for the Wings of a Dove," C. M. Davis; quartet, Mr. and Mrs.

Alvin Schweigert and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grimes; "History of the Congregation, Rev. J. W.

Early; anthem, "At the Evening Time," E. L. Ashford; alto solo, Maggie A. Clouse; soprano solo, Anna M. Moore; ladies' quartet, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," Charles H.

Gabriel; Mrs. Mary E. Schweigert, Miss Laura KIopp, Mrs. Mabel Grimes and Miss Maggie A. Clouse.

The choir of the Zion Lutheran and Reformed congregations, Womelsdorf, rendered the music. Prof. M. B. Klopp, leader and organist.

The following program was rendered at the fourth service, Sunday, 2 p. Anthem, "Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem," D. B. Towner; soprano solo, Laura K. Althouse; address, E.

D. Moy er, Easton; anthem, "God is Love," F. S. Lorenz; soprano solo, Constance Minnich; address. T.

C. Bricker, Wer nersville, followed by Revs. A. P. Pfleuger and J.

W. Early; tenor solo, "The Only Way" (H. Z. Long), Prof. Howard Z.

Long; anthem, "Awake, My Soul," E. L. Ashford; soprano solo, Sat lie R. Sheetz; address, George M. Jones; anthem, "God be Merciful," J.

S. Kearis; soprano solo, Llllie B. Houncker. The combined choirs of Womelsdorf, Newmanstown, Tulpehocken, North Heidelberg and St. Daniel rendered the music, under the leadership of Prof.

M. B. Klopp and Prof. E. P.

Klopp, organist. The fifth service was held Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The choir of Trinity Lutheran congregation, Werners ville, rendered the music. Mrs. W.

A. Snyder was the leader and Miss Bessie Schmeltzer the organist. This program was rendered: Anthem, "Praise Ye the Mighty God," Finley Lyon; bass solo, Milton Luft; English sermon, Rev. I. Magnify the Lord," J.

S. Fearis; so prano solo. Mrs. L. G.

Xoder; English sermon. Rev. E. S. Brownmlller, D.D.; anthem, "Every Valley Shall be Ex alted," Finley Lyon; soprano solo, Mrs.

M. Kauff man; bass solo, Milton Luft; anthem, "Benedictus," E. L. Ashford; soprano solo and duet, Mrs. L.

G. Xoder and Milton Luft. Lunch was served in the house of the congregation from 11.30 a. m. to 1.30 p.

m. on Sunday, and from 4 to 5.30 p. m. on Saturday and Sunday. During the hours of service the lunch department was closed, and all in attendance wee requested to participate In worship.

The folowlng have been the pastors ofj the congregation: Rev. J. N. Kurtz, D.D., 1747 or 1750 to 1770; Rev. Christopher Emanuel Schulze, 1770 to 1809; Rev.

Daniel Ulrich, 1811 to 1853; Rev. T. T. Jaeger, 1853 to 1864; Rev. H.

S. Miller, January July, 1864; Rev. A. Fin frock, 1864 to 1892; Rev. William Kramlich, 1892 to 1901; Rev.

J. W. Early i THERE'S NOTHING LIKE DIl. VAN DYKE'S? HOLLAND BITTERS. I ll Brararial EsWt ta SotleMbls TakaM FOR THE STOMACH'S SAKE." 0 I I I at CHURCH in" Heidelberg Tpwnship, Which the Historical Ad Rev.

J. W. Early, of (supply). 1901 to 1902; Rev. E.

Pflueger. since 1902. Rev. O. E.

Pflueger has been in charge since the latter part of October, 1902. He had been a successful pastor on the Elisabethvllle charge. He was born at Little Hanover, Northampton county, over 40 years ago. After teaching school in his early youth, lie entered Muhlenberg College and graduated in 1884. Three years later he was ordained.

His first parish was at Bea vertown, Snyder county, and his second at Elizabethvllle, Daupnin county, where he served for 13 years, at the ex nlratlnn of which he took charge of St. Daniel's. In June, 1887, he was married to Ella daughter of Rev, O. Leopold, of Allentown. HISTORICAL ADDRESS By Rev.

J. W. Early. TTrwn an occasion like this it may not be amiss to co back a little runner than to the time of the organization of this congregation. In that way we may be better able to appreciate the run importance of this event.

Tt mnv be well for us first of all to remember that 150 years will take us back to the time of the organization of Berks county. The addition of a few years more, in which the congregation undoubtedly already existed, will take us beyond that, to tne time wnen kctkb was not yet formed. It is for this rea son that the contracts for masonry and the carpenter work for the first church were drawn up In Lancaster county, and that the men who make those contracts give that as their residence. This was therefore not a well settled and nrosDerous country, but a wilder ness, a huge forest, almost without roads, with a few clearings here and there and the inhabitants but few in number. scattered throughout this wilderness.

We will more clearly understand the state of things If we remember that only about twenty or twenty three years beofre this congregation was organized, the inhabitants of the Tulpehocken region sent in their first petition for a public road to lead from their church, the Reed's, which was Just then built, through Reading which did not then exist, to the Quaker Meeting House, near Boone's Mill. Is it then to bo wondered at that it often took Muhlenberg two days to come from the Trappe to Womelsdorf? Now it requires about two hours. It may therefore be safe to say that even at the time the first church at this place was built, there were but two well known roads leading 'eastward from Tulpehocken. Of course we will not forget that this was not St. Daniel's church then, but the Evangelical Lutheran church in Heidelberg township.

The first of these roads was the one leading by way of Reading to the Quak er Meeting House near the line of Ex eter and Oley, and apparently thence to Swamp and the Trappe via the present Boyertown and was known as the Phil' adelphla road. This in general outline seems to have been Muhlenberg's usua. route from his home at the Trappe, Tulpehocken and to his father in law, Conrad Weiser. Even when making detour by way of the Oley Hills (The Hill church), re would get back to it The other, which it is difficult to locate, was known as the road to Easton. But taking the description which hoff, Spangenberg and others give of their Journeys, they always seem to have taken the Easton road from Beth lehem to their congregation in Heidel berg, now known as the North Heidel berg church, and to the Tulpehocken (Reed's) church which was not theirs, although they did all in their power to make it so until the civil authorities intervened and compelled them to yield their claims entirely in 1755, and thence to Muhlbach where they had a school house, and held services also, we may trace it very nearly.

We may be par aonea tor digressing to ask the ques tion, whether their school house at Muhlbach could have had any possible connection with the cellar's house near Newmanstown? Their route of travel must havf been something like the fol lowing: from Bethlehem across the Le high about Allentown. thence to Kutz town by what is now known as the road from Allentown to Kutztown. which which was then known as Maxatawny, and from that point westward on the present Kutztown and Temple road to the point where the present Kutztown road deflects almost due south. From that point the road seems' to have con tinued in an almost straight line to what is now known as Berkley, and Cross Keys on the Schuylkill; and from this on to North Heidelberg. Tulpe hocken and MUhlbach.

And yet at this time the Lutherans already had a church and congregation only aoout rour miles west of this point which had already been in existence more than twenty five years or even thirty years. And they had even erected a second church two miles further west than the first one, about ten years oeiore tney duiu this one. In addition they had two churches at Bernville, Christ or little Tulpehocken, certainly ten years oiaer man this one and prob ably fully twenty, and the Northklll or Frleden's probably at least eight or yearf, IleJ possibly fifteen. For the Records ofLitttle Tulpehocken snow mat Hev. John C.

Stoever performed his first barjtism there in 1728. the year of his arrival in America and he himself claims that he was their regular pastor from the beginning. A photograph in our possession shows that In 1739 and 1740 a certain John Geo. Schmidt (Rev. he calls himself) preached in Bern township, the name by which the Frleden's church Is originally known In its own records.

There were therefore two preachers holding regular services at that point, whether their congregations were regularly organized or not, as early as 1739. But we do not propose to recount the history of these churches with all their struggles and conflicts, which continued for almost thirty years in the Tuloe hocken region and possibly even longer the other point, as they seem to have broken out afresh after a period of more than thirty years. But we do not d.em It amiss to suggest to our own people that it Is neither wise nor safe trust people who come boasting of their charity and liberality, when they want a share in their property. For by listening to things of that kind, the people at Tulpehocken would not only have lost their church and school through the admission Into their midst of false brethren, who. if the providence of God had not Intervened In ways which we can not even now fully un derstand, would have deprived them of their Drooerty and thrown them into another communion and compelled them to deny their faith.

In fact it would seem as if at first these false brethren had entirely succeeded, but they overreached themselves by their special protestations of great charity and their consequent vacillation of purpose. There is another matter which does not really belong to the history of this congregation to which we desire to direct attention. It Isra statement In the Declaration placed In the corner stone of the present Epler's church, erected in 1851. It is this: "already about the year 1727, our ancestors, the first settlers in this vicinity, agreed among themselves. In the fear of the Lord, to build a Reformed church on this plot of ground.

In this church the worship of God was conducted by Reformed ministers until the building could no longer be used. (lit. was In ruins ver 1 Now if this statement "is correct, it would show that some things generally accepted and published as historical facts are not so, but are consiaeraoiy wide of the truth. It is generally taken for granted that the Lutherans as well as the Reformed were at first settled only on the left bank of the' Tulpehocken and west of the great bend near Bernville. According to this they would also have been on the right bank, beyond that bend, even up to the Schuylkill, almost as early as in" what is now generally looked upon as the Tulpehocken region It is also known that Rev.

Tobias Wag ner preached in Epler church, al though. that was then the exclusive property of the Reformed. This would certainly suggest that the statement made by Dr. Mann In the revised edition of Hall. Nachr, that Rev.

Wagner settled on his own property near the Alsace church, on the road to Easton is probably a mistaake. The road to Easton would hardly, almost certainly not have touched Alsace township at all, and his farm of 100 acres certainly was In Bern township. So the deed book says. One of two things is clearly evident therefore, either that Rev. Wagner did not settle near the Alsace church in Alsace township, or else he was not located on his own land.

There are other pretty well established traditions which likewise indicate that neither Reading nor Alsace church were on the road to Easton as known at that day. But to come to the individual history of this church and congregation. Every one does or should know, that it has In all probability derived its popular name of "The Corner Church" from the fact that it is located In the northwest angle of the cross roads about one mile north of Robesonia in Heidelberg townsmip. uriginany it was an exclusively Lutheran church and remained so at least al most a century and a is one of the first, perhaps the very first, to be organized out of the parent churches, Zion's and Christ, at Tulpehocken. It Is possible that Rehrersburg, Atolheo.

was organized at the same time. The fact la that Dr. Mann, without making the distinct claim. Implies this by stating that Dr. J.

N. Kurtz preached at both places during his entire pastorate at Tulpehocken. It Is even very probable that Rev. Tobias Wagner did the same. although he seems not to have had or 1 ganized congregations.

1 he first baptism upon the "records of this church, that of a daughter of John Geo. Lauck. b. March, 1742, and baptized the same year, would indicate that services were held at this noint at that early day, possibly before the con' gregation was actually organized. Its "records" are in much better shape than those of most of the congregations of that early period.

The first clear evidence of the existence of an organized congregation here, ls the "Declaration" contained In a paper evidently drawn up by Rev. Joh. Nicholas Kurtz. This, although rather lengthy, would to have been placed In the first corner stone. In this document gratitude to Almighty God for the liberty of worship which they enjoy in this free province of Pennsylvania under the benign rule of George II, and a recognition of their duty towards themselves and their children, to preserve and maintain the pure word of God among them, are given as the motives inducing them to endeavor to establish a church here.

It is also stated that they had applied to the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerlum, and had been received by it among the united congregations that Mr. J. Kurtz who had expressed his willingness to take charge of the congregation had commenced his labors among them to warns tne close or Unfortunately it is not made perfectly clear whether this is meant to say that Kurtz commenced to hold services at this time, or whether his contract as pastor of an organized congregation began, although all the indications are that it was meant for the. latter, viz: the acceptance of a call as pastor of the congregation fully organized. Apparently he commenced to hold services here as soon as ne entered the field, but did not succeed li formally organizing the congregation unr.11 mis rime.

The corner stone, so the document says, was laid In 1751. No precise date given. But arJDarentlv it was In the month or May, probably the latter part. 11 is not statea whether there was building committee. If there was.

it eviaentiy consisted of John Bever and Michael Schauer who. In behalf of the congregation, drew up the contract for tne mason work, with Andrew and Michael DietZ. of Lancaster rountv That it was a stone building is evident from the dimensions of the wall as given in tne contract, viz: 40x36x20. The masons were to receive one shilU ing ana six pence per Dereh about 2i cents, ana aouDie that amount for the foundation. Four day laborers were to oe empioyea Dy Messrs.

Beyer and Schauer to dig the foundation an at. terward to act as tenders to the ma sons. The forfeit or nenaltv for failure to comply with the conditions of the contract was to be fifty pounds for either party. The final payment was to be made November 16, 1751. There is "miner contract dated June, 1751.

But it is almost undecipherable. A brief examination, however, shows that it is for lumber, viz: Joists, rafters, 1 Evidently the church remained In an unfinished state about two years. This Is shown by the existence of another contract dated June 18, 1753. This is signed by Joh. Geo.

Lauck, Simon Ben netsch and fourteen other members of the Lutheran eonnvvAtinn in v4im.i. berg township. The fourteen are: Michael Schauer, John Beyer, John Arzt. Philip Ermentrout, Peter Fey, Leonhard Fey, Heinrlch Fiedler. John Bayer, Henry Baver.

Hnrv Matthias Wennrlch. Jacob Mauns. Jost Hetterlch and Adam Hchauer. It Is for the carpenter work which Is to be done by Christian Betz. He Is to receive twenty four pounds, Pennsylvania currency (sixty four dollars), with free boarding and lodging while doing the work.

The conarearation In tn mrni.i, the nails, putty, in fact all the ma a terials, 'i ne money is to be paid as earned. Thorough, workmanlike work is promised. The penalty Is forty pounoi. Tnere is no a count 01 the dedication. It is within the range of possibility that no dedication was ever held.

This would not be so very strange as Quite a numDer of churches of those early days have no such records, and it is almost absolutely certain that at least "some of them were never formally dedicated. This building remained in use a little more than sixty years. By this time it was considerably delapldated, and it had also become too small for the congregation. The following were therefore appointed a Building Committee: Henry Bennetsch. Henry ruber, George ruber, John Ernst.

eter Spang, John Palm. William Roether and Jonathan in nig. These also acted as collectors and paymasters as is shown by the book of "settlement, containing the amounts collected and paid out by each. The date of this settlement Is March 1, 1817. The corner stone was laid May 1, 1814.

In connection with a BIblera Luther an catechism, Lutheran Hymn Book, the usual "Declaration" was placed In the corner stone. This "Declaration" sets forth that this church. now called St. Daniel's, "Is forever to be, and to remain a Lutheran church, in which the Gospel is to be preached 1 and the Holy Sacraments are to be ad ministered, according to the teachings of Christ and in accordance with the Augsburg Confession whose contents we have In our precious catechism, which, together with the Holy Scrip tures is now deposited in the corner stone, so that future generatlorlb may know what our confession is." The doc umentr thus deposited, it is said, was signea Dy tne Jiaers ana Deacons, as v. gether with the ministers present.

Un 1 fortunately none of these names are found here or elsewhere, except Build ing Committee found elsewhere. Again the church was apparently not Imme diately completed, possibly not in less than two years. The settlement of March 1, 1817, says It was that of the accounts for the newly built St. Daniel's' church, imply ing, although not declaring so in ex press terms that the building was but ontl flr.l.hd All to indicate that the present building does not occupy the same spot on which the first church stood. Again there is no account of the dedication.

It is now about ninety years old will it fill out the hundred? i From the settlement already referred to, we also learn that the members of the building committee collected and paid out 2089.07, and that $829.83 were yet to be Da id. makinsr a total cost of $2918.90, certainly a very reasonable amount for a large stone building, with sandstone trimmings, about 70x48 or 50. Apparently there has been no considerable change in the internal arrangement, construction or style of the building, except perhaps the addition of paint to beautify It. As was customary io or 100 years ago. open storways lead to the galleries, which occuDy the three sides, east, south and west.

The organ Is on the south side opposite the high pulpit. The fact that the deed for the first tract of land. 1 acre and 7A nerches. bought of John Artz, bears date Nov. 30, 147.

might indicate that the first stens looking to the organization of a congregation at this place, were taken then and that this was the time when Rev. Kurtz commenced holding regular ser vices here. This deed was acknowledged before Conrad Weiser, June 8, 1751. The tract cost five shillings, or less "than three quarters of a dollar. Another tract of 1204 perches or of an acre and perch, was bought about the same time from Abraham Lauck.

The price was the same. The congregation now owned nearly two acres of land for which they had paid about 75 cents an acre. From time to time small tracts were aaaea. August 21. 1773.

flftv three Si in TlhiifiJ vT V. for 40 shillings. This would have been between 15.00 and 20.00 per acre May 20,1813. Just before commencing the u. 1.

1 nr were aaaea and April 2. 1847, 1 acre, 96 perches. Another acre was added In" 1866. About April, jsoi, they purchased the tract about 7 acres immediately south of their other property. So that the property now consists of about 14 acres.

The house formerly occupied by the organist, sexton and overseer of the cemetery, generally the same person hitherto, imediately south of the church, has been removed and a new and more modern structure takes its place. The Lutheran congregation has had a comparatively small number of regular pastors, only two during the first sixty or more years. Thev are the fntinivinci Rev. J. N.

Kurtz, D.D., from the organization between 1747 and 1750 until 1770? Rev. Christopher Emanuel Schulze, 1770 till death, March, It Is altogether inuuuuie mat tne most or the preaching and pastoral service of this church. Womelsdorf and Bernville, was attended to by John Andrew Schulze during the 8 10 years in which he was his father's assistant. Then after the death of Emanuel Schulze there was a vacan cy of a little more than two years. Whether Rev.

Wm. Beates, who took charge of Warwick. SchaetTerstown, Swamp, Myerstown and Womelsdorf, and who retained Womelsdorf about 8 or 10 years, also suplied this church with most of the others during the vacancy, we cannot say. But in 1811, Rev. Daniel Ulrich was called to the Tulpehocken parish, of which this was a part and served Christ at Stouchsburg, Rehrersburg.

New manstown. Bernville and possibly other cnurcnes in connection wltn this congregation which he served until Sept. 25, 1853, and Womelsdorf about 18 years, say 1821 49 or 50. Rev T. Jaeger then became Its pastor 1853, till Jan.

17, 1864. Rev. Henry S. Miller became Rev. T.

T. Jaeger's Immediate successor and served the congregation until July, 1864. Rev. Flnfrock became its pastor 1864 til close of 1892. W.

W. Kramlich became its' pastor 1893 til Nov. 190L During the vacancy from Nov. 1901 1902, it was supplied by Rev. J.

W. Early by direction of the president of Conference, when Rev. O. E. Pflueger.

formerly of Ellzabethville. Dauphin county, entered upos his Auties as regular pastor of the Womelsdorf nnrl.h and has now been its pastor nearly a if I We have been told that during the pastorate of Rev. Flnfrock. In 1876. one hundred and twenty five years after the corner stone or the first church was laid, and more than sixty years ofter the second one was laid, in which the Lutherans had realstered their solemn oath, calling heaven and earth to wit ness that they meant to preserve It Intact as a Lutheran church.

It wm maViA so called Union church. But apparently It Is not union In the sense and manner In which some others are. For In the "Rules and Regulations of St. Daniel's Evangelical Lutheran church in UaMai. berg township, Berks county," publish (Continued on Seventh Page.) i I 1 I a it to to be REV.

MR. MYERS SERMON HOW SOLOMON APPLIES THE MAXIM OF THE CLEAN' CRIB TO OUR HABITS OP LIFE. In Grace Lutheran church, last night. Rev. William H.

Myers took for his text 14, lv "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox." Here is an old time maxim, applied to farm life in Solomon's day. The ox is a picturesque figure in the agricultural scenes of the Orient. The cultivation of the soli depended upon the ox exclusively in Bible lands since Abraham's" Invasion. Lot had a thousand yoke of oxen, and the Israelites captured 72,000 head from' the Midlanites. The Hebrew farm was well favored that was stocked with fattened oxen.

atfrtn or itiular vaVa well matched and strong under yoke. There was life about the homestead when "the early rains" sent to the fields the little wooden plows, and calls to the slow plodding beasts were heard from every side. What an unearthly noise rattled through, the air when the wicker cradled carts, of solid wooden wheels and iron rings at the side. brought home the sheaves! How the nnen air v' threshing floor resounded where all the oxen were driven over, the or ten feet high pile of grain, circling round and round! What an alarm at evening when the crib and manger were filled with fodder and the stalls cleaned out for the oxen's comfort of the night. That represented work, and thrift, and Joy.

OX CRIBS A NUISANCE. The clean crib! Well, that meant the 1.. 1. i. iicu granery for man and beast.

What is the moral? Tou must not expect profit without accepting the labor and bother connected with it. The clean crib suits the tastes of many peoples it means no work and no cares. They are willing to accept the good of life if there Is no bother connected with It. They call the cares of life nuisances. Many a maiden would marry and settle down, only she detests these household duties.

Many a man would go Into business, only he dreads the responsibilities and annoyances. Many a public man would like the honors of office, only he despises the exacting scrutiny of the people who place him there. ESCAPING BOTHER OF THINGS. It Is surprising how many people want to get along In life with the clean cribhave the best, and no bother with it. The world is full of patents that mean io save people extra labor and annoyance.

Fashionable apartment houses are multiplying, for they do away with the nuisance of housekeeping, but destroy the poetry of the home hearth. "Happy is yie man that has his quiver full of children;" but the woman says "they are such a bother!" They keep you from parade and pleasure. Where one child has come to smile upon a home it is often given over to i the care of the hired hand and heart. Many a boy wants to become a professional Just because he would escape the smoke and dust of other honest toil. The student makes bis vacation round selling ornamental things, "to work his way through school' when he could put Li hand to moTe tasks If they were not labor and grime.

Most people ujr i sibilities. and some care to remain poor that they may have none to buy off. GETTING ALONG ON NOTHiNO. It is astonishing how many people, who take It easy with the empty crib, manage to live out of the filled cribs cf other people! And these are the over delicate ones, who never would have oxen, for they would never want to clean out the stalls. They are wellborn and refined, and their hands we're never meant to be soiled.

Though poor, their tastes set them alongside the gentle folk, and they can't endure the smell of the kitchen, and would not ex DOSe their threadwnrn fi ArmentH to the dust. Tbdrlb Is clean empty. Why, the manger Is always the nicest when the oxen have moistened It into freshness and licked it clean for the next meal. A life that is always done is like crib always dry and full of cobwebs. That home and that life are best off that are busy in filling up the crib, for so the delights thereof are always fresh.

PLEASURE? HAVE THEIR PAINS. The is, if you would take the profit, you must also accept the labor and sacrifice and difficulties attending it. Every great accomplishment had its pains. Our fathers did not shirk the hardships of the Revolution to win liberty. The palace with its green lawn would suit you; but the fortune that built it had its toil and the keeping of has its cares.

The business house is seven stories high, and you would own it; but every brick in it Is baptized with sweat and its success demands many a sleepless night. Learning might grace you well, but you must first be the brain fagged student and then continue fight your way up. Public office has its tinsel and glory, but a horny road led to It and many cares attend It. You would take the "short 'cut" to success, but every life that Is applauded was first derided and all laurels have their thorns. Even pleasures have their annoyances.

To catch fish you must wade deep and be scratched by the tangles; enjoy mountain views you must climb and labor over rocks; to see far off countries you must travel with discomforts and fatigue. The greatest nuisance Is the bother to get rid of tfother. How one shifts and plans and a MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1903. 3 Its far preferable to the more lucrative employments which are of little account to society, and, often subserve men's vices and follies. INCONVENIENCE OF The clean crib applies to our religious habits.

If Christ had said "I would secure the salvation of man If It were not for the cross!" When the Father in heaven set before His Son the plan of redemption. He had to look the 'picture iln tne race witn its uarK oacKground 'of Calvary. He accepted It love and duty shirked not before all the humllta than and sorrows and pains In the way. "I mnM be about my Father's business," and though tt entails all these inconveniences and hardships; "for the Joy that is set before Me, I will endure the cross, and despise the shame, and then be set at the right hand of the Father." We say: "The Bible precepts are beautiful, but they enforce so many inconveniences. The salvation that Christ I 1 Jnc tv llll it.

1 1 IS gOOQ i aim eJiiiumiiiK iu a. uiscipie, out we do not like the discipline. Heaven! We long to get there, and yet it is by the 'narrow and we like the 'broad The crown we would place on our brow, but the Lord enjoins, 'Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life' we like the profit, but not the sacrifice and bother to get it." ORIMSVILLE CHURCH CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL IMPRESSIVE SERVICES MARK THE HUNDREDTH ANNI VERS ART OF THE ERECTION OF THE PRESENT STATELY EDIFICE. The one hundredth anniversary of the present building of the Bethel (Zion's) Union church, at Grimsville, was celebrated with special all day services on Sunday, in charge of the pastors, Rev. R.

S. Appel and Rev. O. S. Scheirer.

These visiting clergymen were present and participated in the 'services: Rev. Charles C. Boyer, Ph. from the Keystone State Normal school, Kutztown; Rev. Dr.

Schoedler. Allentown; Rev. F. K. Bemd, Kutztown; Rev.

D. Trex ler. Bernville: Rev. J. S.

Bartholomew, Vlrginsville. The attendance was large at each of the services. Prof. Richard Kistler. with his choir, rendered appropriate and edifying music during the day.

In the evening the choir from Frleden's church, at Wessnersville, furnished the music. The section around Grimsville was settled by Palatinates and Huguenots" mostly, and is rich in ancient lore. They soon decided to erect a church, and before the Revolution a log structure was erected on the spot where the shedding of the church now stands. Here thes worshipped at regular intervals unfil 1S03, when the present handsome, though not old fashioned church as to interior, was erected of stone. A handsome pipe organ graces the interior of the present church, which was only se cured after much opposition.

The centennial of the organization of the old church was celebrated in 1S86 with appropriate ceremonies. An old custom still prevails here the men sit on one side and the women on the other. The list of pastors who have supplied this church is long and" contains some eminent names. The present pastors are Rev. R.

S. Appel of Hamburg, of the Reformed congregation, and Rev. O. S. Scheirer.

of 'Kruma vllle, of the Lutheran congregation. The latter has prepared a history of the church, which was read at the anniversary. The congregation was organized in 1761, when 50 acres of land were bought of Michael Smith for 50 pounds lawful money by the Lutheran congregation unaer tne ministration of Rev. Mr. Schaum.

The corner stone was laidt May, 1762, and the church was dedicated October 3, 1762. by the pastor. The church was named Bethel Lutheran church; the Reformed, however, had the privilege to worship and the right was also granted them to bury their dead in the cemetery. February 19, 1793, two acres additionaP were purchased by the wardens of the Lutheran congregation for school purposes. The second and present church was ouiit in 1MJ3.

The corner stone was laid on Whit Monday by Rev. Fred. Obenhoussen, Lutheran pastor, and the name changed to Bethel Zion's. The building was finished in five months, the building committee consisting of Michael Croll, Henry Kohler. John Derr and Andrew Kemp.

It was dedicated November 6. the sermon being preached by Rev. Mr. Geissenheimer, Lutheran. The privileges of the Reformed were continued.

In 1844 an agreement was made with the Reformed to give them equal rights on the payment of $100. this to be applied for repairing the church. The old constitution was replaced by a new one. In 1861 the centennial of the first hurch was celebrated, and Rev. Thomas Iaeger and Rev.

Daniel Brendel preach ed the sermons. In 1882 the church was remodeled and a Bteple and bell at a cost of 35,000. Thanksgiving Day, Rev. Scheirer was installed as Lutheran pastor. Following are the pastors who served this church since its organization: Lutheran Revs.

Mr. Schaum, 1761; Fred. Obenhoussen, Daniel Lenraan, John Knoskey. I. Iaeger.

from 1839 to 1873; B. F. Smoll. 1783 1890; K. Barnd, supply to 1896; Rev.

Mr Scheirer, from 1896. Reformed Revs. Charles Herman, 1844: Rev. Mr. Schaeffer.

J. Sassaaman Herman, Alexander Keiser, R. S. Ad pel. The GrlniRville charge of the Lutheran denomination consists of Grimsville, Dunkel's.

Wessnersville and Corner church. The Lenhartsville charge of the Reformed consists of Grimsville, Lenhartsville and Becker's. The present church building looks weather beaten, and the expectations are tht commodious building, containing all modern improvements, will be erected in the near future. FIREMEN COMING. The Leonard Hose Commanv XJ burgh, N.

will arrive in this city on pera to get out ot tne way or a little neaneiaay evening and remain until annoyance! How we humiliate our Friday, as the guests of the Reading selves to get rid of a slight responsibil Hose Company. The fire department of lty! How much we suffer In our pride Newburgh consists of a chief, three when we labor to cover over the charity assistants, 286 members of steamer com that keeps us respectable! All's the panles, 73 members of hook and ladder labor that we Jump "from the frying companies, 37 members of chemical and pan Into the fire." i The sacrifices and hoFe companies, and 143 members of Inconveniences and bothers of life are hose companies, a total of 638. There the salt of duty pleasures would not are four steam engine companies, one sweet without them. My maxim Is hook and ladder company, one chemical that we covet oxen and fatten them nnrt hose combined and three hose com Into strength. The "tillage of the poor" pnnfes..