The Hershey Press 1912-03-14

              Dedication of Zion Lutheran Church
Services Beginning Next Sunday
Will Continue During the Week
Sunday, March 17, will be dedication
day at Zion Lutheran Church, of which
Rev. D. Burt Smith is the pastor. Fred-erick
Hummel granted two lots to the
congregation, and in May 1766 the first
church, which was built of logs, was
dedicated, and in 1817 it was destroyed
by fire.
The second church which was built of
limestone was built in 1815 and the third
or Brownstone church was built in
1892. .
The building known as the old church
has been .remodeled, and is now a mod-ern
Sunday School building, where all
the parish work will be done. A colon-ial
entrance has been built, and the in-terior
greatly changed. The floor con-tains
social, junior and primary rooms,
and a kitchen, used by the Ladies' Aid
Society. On the second floor is a chap-el,
library room and class rooms, and on
the gallery is the Men's Bible class
room and other class rooms, all of which
are within hearing of the pulpit.
The parsonage was also remodeled.
The exterior as well as the interior has
been greatly changed and beautified
making 0~a comfortable and pleasant
home. •*s .
The Brownstone church has been
changed into a large auditorium and
will be used only for public worship. A
new vestibule has been built at the
southwest corner. The room is seated
with straight oak pews of handsome
design. In the front is "a recess which
contains an altar, a pulpit and a tec-tum.
.On the right is a choir loft sur-rounded
by a brass rail and curtain, on
which is built a Moeller pipe organ. The
choir enters from the choir room. On
the left is a platform with rail, on which
stands the baptismal font. The floor is
of hardwood finish , and the chancel and
aisles are carpeted in dark green. The
frescoing which is of delicate shades of
green and buff was designed by C. Day
Rudy, of Harrisburg. In the ceiling are
reflectors , hung with prisms which dis-tribute
the light, assisted by wall brack-ets.
There is a council room to be used
by the Church council, also a relic room
where all the relics of the church will
be kept, of which there are many,
among them being a communion service
and a baptismal set used in 1764. The
buildings are all lighted by electricity
and heated with steam. The service at
10.30 a. ro. will be in charge of the pas-tor,
and the sermon will be by the Rev.
H. H. Weber, D. D., of York,
In the afternoon at 2 o'clock there
will be a fraternal meeting which will
be in charge of the Rev. M. P. Hocker,
D. D., of Steelton,. president of the
Synod. Those to take part in the ser-vice
will be the F. G.rGotwald, D. D.,
of York, and the Rev. L. C. Manges,
D. D., of Memorial Church, of Harris-burg,
also the ministers of the other
churches of town.
In the evening at 7.30 the sermon will
be preached by the Rev. D. H. Bauslin,
D. D., Dean of Wittenburg Seminary,
Springfield , Ohio.
The choir under the direction of Miss
A. Mable Earnest as leader and Miss
Violette Cassel as organist will render
special music at all these services.
On Monday evening at 7.45 there will
be a congregational reception. On Tues-day
evening at 7.45 will be men's night
and the sermon will be preached by the
Rev. L. C. Manges, D. D., a former
pastor. Wednesday evening at 7.45 will
be women's night, at which time the
Rev. H. G. Snyder, of Vandergrift, Pa.,
who was pastor of this church when it
was built will be present and preach the
sermon. Thursday there will be an Or-gan
Recital by Mr. F. A. McCarrell.
To all these services the public is corr
dially invited.
This issue of the ^Prcss^ was edited by the pupils of Hummelstown High School
Oratorio To Be Rendered
'Josiah" To Be Given In Lutheran Church
Near Easter
The practice for the oratorio ' 'Josiah"
which will be rendered after Easter by
a number of Lutheran people under the
direction of Miss Mabel Earnest, is pro-gressing
finely. There are between
twenty-five and thirty people in the
chorus, the main part being carried by
the choir. The solo parts are carried
mainly by Miss Mabel Earnest, soprano,
Mrs. Henry Shope, contralto, Mr. Geo.
Karmany, tenor, and Mr. Richard Ear-nest,
bass. .
The story of Josiah is as follows: Jo-siah,
the son of Amon, was a king of
Judah. He succeeded his father to the
throne at the age of eight, and at twen-ty.
years of age he began to reform the
kingdom. " He abolished idolatry and
restored the temple. Here he found
the book o£ ,the law.
After the-book of the law was read to
him Josiah commanded Hilkiah, the
priest, to go inquire of the Lord what
he will do unto them for disobeying the
law. Hilkiah went to Hulda, a prophet-ess,
who said the Lord would punish
Jerusalem and all the people, but be-cause
Josiah grieved for their sins he
would not be punished. Then Josiah
read the book of the law to the people
and celebrated the Passover. The king
of Egypt, Necho, came up to fight the
king of Assyria. Josiah, although urged
by Necho not to do it, went and fought
with the king of Assyria against Necho.
He was killed in battle and buried in
Jerusalem.
Accepts Office Position
Last week Miss Mary Snyder began
work in the position which she recent-ly
secured in the office of the Hershey
Chocolate Company. Miss Snyder
has been enrolled and in regular at-tendance
in the Night School .con-ducted
by the Hershey Y. M. C. A.
since the school opened last fall. She
has been a member of the class in
stenography where she fitted herself
for the position she now takes. :
At the end of February the class in
the common branches completed their
work for the term. The examinations
in the work they had covered were
conducted during the last two sessions
of the month. Six pupils took the
final examination in this class. The
classes in stenography and bookkeep-ing
will continue during the present
month. During this month the ses-sions
of the school are only held two
nights e&ch week, Monday and Friday.
After the school closes at the end
o£ March and the examinations have
been given, those in the three classes
who have passed their Work with a
satisfactory mark will be given cer-tificates
giving credit for the work
they have done during the winter.
Rev. Burtner to Speak
aflM. C; A
Next Sunday, March 17, the meet-ing
at the Hershey Y. M. C. A. will be
addressed by Rev. E. 0. Burtner, pas-tor
of the First United Brethren
Church, of Palmyra. The subject of
the address will be "Why I Am What
I Am.". The meeting will be held at
three o'clock in the afternoon. All
men are cordially invited to attend.
Forty men. were in attendance at
the meeting last Sunday afternoon.
A helpful address on "The Unchang-ing
Christ" was given by Rev! E. A.
Sharp, of the United Brethren Church,
of Hershey.