Concordia Theological Seminary - Springfield Concrordian Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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' X s-ww-w xsw.-AWAN .sewsmsw 1 X...s.s-V -. - -,-1.-..,..x X ww Q ...N, 1 ....... .N,.. N..x 1 Nw.3...1q:sw-QQ S ' C ,KW Y misss, SJ- ss .mx.sxs1 PRINGF IELD ONCORDIAN f 1 f - M - 'fn l . ' ' l - lf'4'f , I 1 . it 15 1 3, Ju if U' W 35 1 Q 5 -14 ,: sl Iii' l It 1 l t . 1. 1 . gi: L., ,. ti A .L i'.L'l REV. G. H. VOSS. Plaiiifielnl, Illinois. A11Ol'llC1'illlCllllJG1' of the class of WOO 11hiehi l I ' ' 1 1 .K .. ' ' s ee e11'a1t111g1ts111'e11ty-fiI'tl1j11l.1ileetl1is year is Rev. G. H. Voss ofPlz1i11lielcl, lllinois. llnring his lillllll' i11 The lJO1'll'S lilllgllOlll he has served four cliairges, and is at the present time stationecl at the fifth o11e. 'l'l1ro11gh his energetic labors he has 0l'g'Zl1llZi'll two CON2'l'Gg'?ll'lOllS, l111ilt El L'lllll'C'll and pa1rso11a1ge lJ0ll0'lll 1 M . . . . D 2ll1Ol1l1L1' ch11rch anal re111o1lele4,l Elllll Olll2ll'gPll El tlnrcl one, S111'el.1', the Lord has blessed his l2llJOl'S z1l11'1111l:1.11tly. REV. J. H. F. SIEVING. flllilplll, lllinois. Rev. Sieving was gl'?1Qlll2ll1Cl,l i11 the veal' 1892 His first Cll2ll'0'G 11'-1s i11 Cllllhllll ' I . 1 , , 6 1 A '2 - , Ohloy where he served il, Slllilll coiigregzitioii until the fall of 1893. From that 'flllli' until the year 1906 he was located at Manito Illinois also servino' the CO110'l'P0'i1fl0l1 at fXllCl1lS Grove. T . . 1 , 1 . D . . 1:1 .e . . . , bince 1906 he IS Jastor of bt. Paul s conwre 'ation near Cha D111 Illinois. lgl3S1ll6S l11s work Ill . . . . D Q . . I . 1 . . . his coiigregatioii, Rev. SIQVUIQ' has served 11s visitor of the Illinois Valley Circuit and also of the Quincy Circuit. REV. HERMAN METER. Lockport, N. Y. Another Ellilljlll worker who h is seivel 11' L .. A 1 , 1' as .' L is orcl for the past tweiity-five years, is Rev. Meier. After completing his course at the Se111i11z1ry he zicceptecl El call to Alva, Okla-, as missionary of Weste1'n Okli'1l10ll1E1. Here he served as lllillly as eleven preaching stations and was also active in school work. Since 1915 Rev. Meier is pastor of Trinity L11l1l1E'1'2l11 Cl1lH'Cll in Lockport, N, Y. Besides this C0llg'l'0g'?ltl0ll l1e has charge of the Ni21,g'1'z1 T. B. Sz111z1tori11111. At g1G'g.J1'esCF1Jtlti1E1 hi is serving' the Ezistern lJist1'ict as Cll2l1il'l11211l of the lii0E'l1'Ll of Support z1.111l 11s 1s1 or 0' ie oc portC711'c11it. 'sms .xxx. Tm.. .e.t. :swf .t.t.x t Tw ..e..N. :ws .x1.. :two ...... :W ........ :W ....... :N QNX: N N Y .... .ANN Xb' S s .... .. Page One Humlrefl T100 xW

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Rt.5eXw..i x...xN,. W ..N. ,..,, . . ..,.xx .. .. ...L.,.... ., .. S , K A W Y MMM .------- ---- 5 X--Q y--'- --f.------ X rm- ' - . -s 1 l 1 ix REV. AW. F. MAli'l'E. West Valley, N. Y. Rev. 'W. 19. Malte entered the ministry in 1898, following a eall to Niagara. County, N. Y. where he labored in ehureh and school. for two years, when he accepted a call to Cohoeton, Steuben Cfounty, N. Y. After eleven years of successful labor there as pastor and teacher he was called to Plato, Cattaraugas County, N. Y. Here he has labored the past thirteen years. Besides his work in Plato, he establisluid a congregation at Ellieottsville, and also regularly preaches at the ffounty 11onie. REV. C. 11E'l'lJ'l1MANN. flnglefield, Indiana. - Rev. C. Heidtniann is a uieinber of the class of 1900, and has faithfully served his Lord for twenty-tive years. He is at present the pastor of lnunanuel's Lutheran Church in lngle- field, Tndiana. Of his labor in the Lord7s vineyard he writes as follows: iiR9g'3,1'C1111g the history of my labor in the Lord 's vineyard, 1 have nothing to say. 1 have preached the Gospel twenty-five years. During all this time fl have never missed a sermon o11 account of ill health. I have enjoyed my Work in the ehureh very 1ll.l'lC11.H REV. T. W. STRRIETER. Hinsdale, Illinois. Rev. T. W. Strieter eonipleted his eo1lege career in the year 1911 and followed a eall as missionary to Brazil. Here he served his Lord for ten years, as an enthusiastic niission- ary. 111 1921 he returned from the mission field in South 'All1G1'lC3, and in 1922 accepted a call to Hinsdale, lllinois, where he is leading his Christian flock upon the green pastures of God's Woi'cl. Rev. Strieter received his Raehelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1922. --.-.. .1-awww 9 -X K' -N W- X- s- X - A K W : A is .Amr A .Awe Lx W' 'X - N :ffm Page One H1l71!I7'Ffl 011.6

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