# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1894_S73
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1894. 73

b. Lexington, N. C., is the oldest of the stations in North Carolina and is served by Missionary Phifer. It counts 34 souls, among them 13 communicant members. The average number of hearers at the service is 15; the Sunday school has 23 pupils.

Missionary Phifer thus has under his pastoral care 65 souls with 35 communicant members, on average 50 hearers, 131 Sunday-school and 99 weekday pupils. Lately he has also visited a few other places.

3. The mission field of Missionary H. Meyer.

Missionary Hermann Meyer was ordained at Concord on 16 July 1893 by Missionary Bakke with the assistance of the missionaries Schooff and Phifer. Since that time he has worked mostly at Elon College and Holt's Chapel, N. C., but at the Commission's wish has also visited other places, such as Greensborough, Winston, Salem, High Point, Reidsville, Danville, Durham, Raleigh, and has occasionally preached and given instruction. Actual stations up to now are the following.

a. Elon College (Trinity Church). Already under Missionary Bakke's direction steps were taken here toward the purchase of a building lot, and the Commission approved the building of a little church, but unfortunately saw itself unable to carry out the building. "So the congregation must still make do with the wretched public schoolhouse and, as best it can, meet and fend off with consolations about the future the scorn of having been cheated," these are the missionary's own words. The services are at times well attended, by 50 to 60 persons, at times worse, by only 6 to 30 persons. The soul count is 20 with 6 communicant members. The Sunday school numbers 12. 6 children were baptized, and 5 adults are under instruction.

b. Holt's Chapel (Christ Church). This little congregation possesses a small chapel built by old Rev. Sam. Holt, a very poor, never completed little church. Attendance at the services is small. Several times 15 to 30 persons did come, but mostly it is only 6 to 8. The superstitious Negroes let themselves be kept away by all sorts of talk from the fanatics. Yet a turn for the better is slowly setting in. The soul count is 18, among them 7 communicant members.

c. Greensborough. Here the beginning was made only toward the end of last November; never before has an attempt been made to spread the Lutheran doctrine here. A congregation could not yet be organized. No other place is to be found for our use than a lodge hall. Here the missionary holds worship, here he gives catechism instruction, sometimes before 12 to 18, sometimes also before 30 persons. During Lent the services were attended on several occasions so numerously that the available seats did not suffice, but new seats