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Title: Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus), 1852-1949
Subjects: Lebanon County (Pa.) -- History Berks County (Pa.) -- History
Publisher: Philadelphia : Lutheran Publication Society
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ferstown to-day, and so lived our fathers every-where many years ago. Coming down from our cemetery heights to see it, wetake the street or lane that brings us to the Lutheranchurch and parochial school house of long ago—two ofthe oldest structures in the town. Both are built oflimestone, and were erected in 1765, as is shown by anarched stone that was the head-stone of the main en-trance to the church before its recent remodeling, whereit was left to tell its story of antiquity when these en-trance doors beneath it were walled out. The school-house has for many years past been used for Sunday-school and mid-week devotional purposes. This church has quite a history. As early as 1720,there are evidences of official burial services havingbeen conducted here by missionary pastors. Frag-9 122 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. iiieutary records prove that Rev. F. A. C. Muhlenberg atone time 1^1770-73) exercised pastoral functions here.Doubtless a los: or frame church edifice must have ex-
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SCHAEFFERSTOWN EUTHERAX CHURCH. isted before the present stone structure. While thepresent building was erected, the congregation formeda part of the Tulpehocken pastorate, and Rev. John AMONG OLD GRAVES AND BUILDINGS. 123 Nicholas Kurtz was pastor. He was succeeded by Rev.C. Emanuel Shultze, from 1770 to 1809, who was as-sisted by his brother-in-law from 1770 to 1773 as stated.Shultze was succeeded by tlie Rev. Wm. Baetes, from1810 to 1836; by Rev. Jonathan Ruthrauff, from 1837to 1849; by Rev. J. M. Dietzler, from 1850 to 1865 ;by Rev. U. Graves, from 1865 ^^ 1866 ; by Rev. G. J.Martz, from 1867 to 1878 ; and by Rev. M. Fernsler,from 1879 to the present time. The congregation hasbeen part of four or five separate pastoral charges. In1865 it celebrated the centennial of the church erection,when addresses were delivered by such well-known di-vines as Drs. E. Huber, Daniel Schindler, Revs. J. M.Dietzler, E. S. Henry, and U. Graves. In 1884, thechurch was completely remodeled at consider

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