150 Years Ago in

7 March 1848, vol. 4, no. 14

Church Dedication

This past Sexagesima Sunday and the day after (27-28 February of this year) the local German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession* had the pleasure of being able to dedicate its newly constructed second church in the northern part of the city. The church has received the name Immanuel Church. Present and participating on this occasion, besides the two pastors of the congregation, Bünger and Walther, were pastors Fürbringer, Fick, Schieferdecker, Lochner and Müller. Praise be to the One to whom alone all honor is due! Amen. [p. 111]

*This was the original official name of the St. Louis congregation organized by the Saxons in 1839. Often referred to as the "Gesamtgemeinde," the parish eventually comprised four district churches: Trinity, Immanuel, Zion and Holy Cross (originally Concordia). Each was served by a local pastor with C.F.W. Walther as the senior pastor of the entire parish. The districts became separate congregations after Walther's death.

Church Reports from the West

On Septuagesima Sunday last year Pastor Lehmann took up his office at Hannover near Cape Girardeau. In the future he will also serve a second congregation 10 miles away. His address is: Rev. A. Lehmann, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
On the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Mr. Paulus Heid, former pupil of the Lutheran seminary at Fort Wayne, after he had received a regular call from two evangelical Lutheran congregations near Wappakonetto, Allen Co., Ohio, was ordained into the office of the holy ministry according to apostolic practice by Dr. Sihler, assisted by Pastor Streckfuß.

New Post Office

After 1 April 1848 the undersigned asks that all letters, newspapers, etc., be addressed to Marion, Marion Co., Ohio.

The undersigned also announces to his neighboring Lutheran preachers that if they wish to have their own copies of the new Lutheran hymnal, published by the Lutheran congregation in St. Louis, they do not have to buy them from St. Louis or New York. He has sought to get a small supply for himself in order to make this hymnal more readily available in this area.

A. Ernst [p. 112]

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