Churches Between the Mountains; A History of the Lutheran Congregations in Perry County, Pennsylvania (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ... preaching, one minister does not interfere with the other. When one minister has announced an appointment for divine worship, the other shall then make his appointment eight days later, so that all things may be done in peaoe and order. Art. 13. The church-council shall take care that, if two deaths occur near the same time, the one that died first be buried first. If, however, the friends of the one that died first be not ready to bury, they shall then notify the friends of the one that died last, and these shall then proceed to bury their dead. If in this matter any one should be negligent and cause strife at or in the church, men shall then be chosen from each congregation, and these men shall settle the case and severely reprimand the guilty. Art. 14. In this church the church-council shall permit no person to preach, who has not heen examined, found qualified, and been licensed by one of the Evangelical Lutheran or Reformed Ministeriums to perform the duties of the office of teacher or preacher. That we will be governed by the above rules, we obligate ourselves by affixing our signatures: Jacob Wentz, -Henry Wentz, John Zimmerman Elders. John Berkir, Deacons. Jacob Shuman, J Hen. Zimmerman, -John Garber, I Building Henry Wentz, f Committee. George Faust, J Jonathan Sieger, George Stroup, David Kern. The above " Church-rules" have long since become a dead letter. Each congregation now manages its ecclesiastical affairs according to the Synod or General Synod of its own Church. According to the church-record, " the corner-stone was laid on the 23d of May, 1816, being Ascension Day, when Pastor Heim, Lutheran minister, preached a suitable discourse from 1 Pet. 2: 6-8, which reads as follows: 1 Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, elec...