MS-763: Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman Collection, 1930-2004. Series B: Correspondence, 1942-1995. Box Folder 3 5 Voss, Carl H. 1942-1980. For more information on this collection, please see the finding aid on the American Jewish Archives website. 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 513.487.3000 AmericanJewishArchives.org INDEX PITTSBURGH'S WEEK.LY NEWSMAGAZINE ...... Ie ..,... 1 cIoa" bow .zaetlW '\010 led to formation of seven.! bnnch· other centers of German culture to npori it to PK; Inet 1 will .,. ... ell of the church, and there w .. In the U.S., set about to find • port it ,. )'OK jrut U G M:WfPG."..,.. RELIGION a constant turnover as younger chureb body whieh would safe.­ moa gO" it to _." Sl_l¥ .h .,.eGd members sought membership in guard their independence in gov. 'M '110" . A .. e%eitcd 1'IWMlWr nupt English'lpeaking congregations. ernment and freedom in religious tllr01lg'\ tA, pecked Mll. Nil' COR' DemOCf'lIli& Chur&h The liberal character of this thought. On June 8, 1924, the Ger~ ~ed: ::1 caa.'t .cmuAow bdiMt. (See Cover) Smithfield Street church, the IIU­ man Evangelical Protestant Smith­ 'A"•••• field Church voted to aUiliate EpUco7JtJCJI i'lt tlte P'J'OPer ,CIIl.le t~nomy of church and congrega· H. did.. ' , do JNlCA mort tAa. tlon, made it almoat inevitable that itself with the National Council of Ilow.JUicr tAroK(TA /iv. or n% more ie.. dioOlem. EpiacO'/XU'JI. rtprt~ Congregational Churc.hes. ,m. tM priKCipl. 01 olicial ntl. it would join the Congregational "",ultn. "Ke.p ¥O'IU' cMu "1-''' ix. Q, ?ItD7IGJ"cll.iccl formi Pr"b"u­ denomination. At one time there The church has been served by aczid S~tor NW' Q,ad act dotaa.. ' were in America some 1,500 Evan­ • number of great Gennan pall­ Appearing that Dleht before an ria ..."" .low lor tit. "'t 01 II" ol/it:ial orUtoc:rGcv. un-ci.li"g coL­ gelical Protestant Churches, more ton: ben remembered of them audience of 600 at the Fint Bap­ o~ leu loosely atriliated. By the all, perhaps, it Frederick Ruotr, tJat Cburch, Nye Wal "erlm, hit. lutill' control tAl"Ow.g" GIl utend­ i"V • .,;" of uc:l"icl.ticcll cout,. 1920'. there were but 30 left.. The who came (rom Cincinnati in 1879, tel', defeated," ..Id on the Jap at· ot.hen had been absorbed into remained until his death In 1904. 1.. cowtnz.lt to Oof" of ",Aiclt tack, "TheN; un't mueh Amerita t"''', Lutheran or Reformed churc:hes i Largely due to his ability .. an i. di/J.rext 111(1¥' ea:pre.. flte pri~ . ean do but' move forward with many had been forced to j oin with organiur the chu~h wa. able to •American Uvea, Ameriean blood ripl. o/. clvica.l or olicia.l uw.tA01'­ itll, CO""TtglltiOKolil,II. repr•• CItu Iynodical organiz.stions in order 1.0 enlarge Its activities and strength. and American wealth to tbe pro­ fUi their pulpits. The strength 01 en ill loundation at a time when '~t priftcipl. of d~ iK rlli-. tection of our people and Pouell­ the Smithfield Street church'a con­ German inlmigrlltion was slight. ,101U In tbe Pacific." Finally be ...... gregation seemed to be protection At P!stor Ruotr'l death it W!U de· gave in completely: "We bave been Now preparing to celebrate its 160th year I. Pittsburgh'. oldut again.t such an occurrence here cided to meet increasi ng requests maneuvered into this by the Prea­ but the congregation W8.ll alert t~ fo r use of English as well _I Ger· ident .. _ . The only thing now i, Congregational Church, Pitta­ bU1",h'. oldest cburch organlution. the future and, in company with man in chul'ch atrain by eeeking a tD declare war and to jump Into similar group. in Cincinnati and pnstor with a working knowledge it witb everytbing we have." Thit datinctlon haa been a tiny . Sueb is Pittaburgh'l lpot in the point of fricUon between tbe Ger· blltory that wal wriuen on I)e.. man Evangelieal Protestant Smith­ eembu 7. Last week a curious field Church (Congreptional) and BII1l.ti. /7UU% reporter, havin, ita neighbor, the Firat Presbyt.+­ just read the aecount in December rian Church. Legend has it t.hat 7-TA. Fir.t TAinr H0't4T', set the fint Protestant "rmon ever out to I5ee what has happened to to be preached west of the AI· the principals Involved. lerheniea waa that by the Presby· Gerald Nye, of coune, i. still In terisn chaplain of General Forbes the Senate, il keepin, ve:ry Itill. vietorious army in 1758j facts On September 4 Bob Han did his show that certain Presbyterian lut day'. work for the Po.t G~t'· missionarie. held "rvices in the 't, lett for Cbicago to become eor· villaae of Pittsburrb in 17'72. But respondeat for Ti~'. bureau the recorda prove that in 1782 one there-a post liven him partly be­ Reverend John William Weber cawe of hi. line work in reporting ttOased tbe AlIe,henie' by request the incidents of that War Sunday. to become pastor lor four eongre­ A. IIOOn a. hit atrain were Ht· gations in Western Pennsylvania, tled, Colollel Urrutia had given up of which the Smithfield Congrega· his apartment at the Kine Edward tional Church alone remainL Five His wife and daughter (who had yeart; later the Fil'lllt Presbyterian followed him quietly out of Memo­ Church was Incorporated after a rial Hall) went to establi.h res.­ period of Presbyterian inactivity idence at .Fort Knox, where Col· (81, Oct. 23, 1941). onel Urrutia's son is stationed. The fi"t settlen in America had The Colonel himself left for tied Europe in the aearch for reli· Australia. liou. freedom. but European can· troversies soon followed them. In this new Pittsburgh congregation CRIME old doctrinal problena Hared their Wheels Griru/.ing Sl~w heads, and aGOn the congregation divided accordin, to Lutheran and The Bulletin Index., March 16, Reformed linea, Cilnducted dual 1939, in a serie. of atorles on the ceremonies although retaining but PASTOR OF" THE, CHURCH i. Dr. C.rI Au&u.tt VOM (left). 'Whote IO n. C.r1 nwnben racket: .•.. M.o.,mml, one minister. When the heirs of t_rd Q, ta.IOdTJI c:oncl"no.. loat Herm.nn, I. A_lite Pl5tor. The Iwo ,lIerl\lle in pruchiRI in reldin; Ihe Willlam Penn, John and John Jr., leuon; ahermne. too. in Bivin, Ihe G"nnan Krvice a' t~ n •.:n e.ch Sunday. 1O ••k 100.1 progreU'ia.g Q, minor dro.­ granted trlcta of land to three lAO typical 0/ Pitubugl,', '1uua· Pittsburgh churchel, the divided b.,.. rome, ""mb.T1IUJt. A __ congregation received the land b.,., clt~f _Med Loll B.ck Iuu along Smithfield between Sixth bee. _cUag lit _II to t", tDp, and Strawberry Wayj on thil same pm-tl¥ bv Uu da.Jt.gltr01ll procfdlU"f land they reunited to form the 01 "perI'U4diRg" r,g.dorlll "f4~ German Evangelical Protestal1t litlted "","be,.. to'I"itert to ttcitd Church, flrat of ita kind in the tltftr boob flo Aim en' U ",plit world. although five years later a '~r JICIc:kI." Poolrocn... Operator .imilar uniOn beeame the State Ralph ArcGdio - a' G01~ Lori· Church of Pruaaia (In 1817, lOme m'r A.l1e. - it ou 1OAo Tt«'lttl" 300 yean after the beginning of b~go" ,;,kixg Itit ",e:/.: b¥ .pUttia.g the Protestant Reformation). lit pack ~hu.,", Tlte TIlT" Pig, Most of Pittsburgh'a Christian and Lo" Beck . .. churchea trace their lineage 1.0 Sun TeJegnph. August 27, 1942: this church. One, East Liberty COWltt¥ deC-cLive. 14f, II,lterdo" Presbyterian. was eatablished first MicbY. Plac., 'fGwd at 5712 &liI a Sunday School by Jacob PrtUt A "'''''Me, 'lID' lor fnnA tA, Naege1y (Negley), a trustee of Eoat Emf Polie. 5fo(1,",-. 0" T ... the cburch, for hu and neighbors' portld G.lT'elOa.g ,;:r; -m-. Tit." children to attend while winter Mid tlte place 1CGI u coltlbUtatio. made the downtown trip imprac• ikIlleUa lMu PIIaUI •• ...t.__ cutd gomblixg 11.0", •• tical Minor doctrinal differences IN THE ROBI~~ RO:OM fa'.her " ton don 'heir lownl before the IUvic~. (One of) tAo.. urrutid gQ,ve Ail The church .'.(,\,Sted IItell WIth the ConJrel"ioll.\ dmominslio. in 1924. a _m, oa RolpA A re.sdia. • • • • n.tunl &!ep, IlDce the church had .l-.,.. had ,imil... autonomous lovernm ent. r.u Btn.u:nN INDEX, Sept_bllT 10, 1942 I "-=--~. L=:$, • _2..2 .. ~ _ , , - ' -.• . -. " . iebuhr: 20th Ceritury Prophet dents. ministers, labor leaden, teachers, - .-- aod forum audiences everywhere are .- ' ."" ...... gaptiv3ted, often stunned . Pan of Niebuhr's elrecth'eness can MOST ',COI\OUS AND BRJL­ lx:: traced to his distinctive ability as a UAl\"T TKE01.OCIAN of cantem­ theologian, He is sup\'e of Aquinas 3nd Augustine at their best-the former, 1:por:u)' American Protestantism , .giving the Council Lectures at Grand because Niebuhr, like Aquinas, uses . Rapids this moruh. His name is Rein­ reason to tbe utmost and has an un­ bold Niebuhr. .-\1though be comes usual ability of sustained reBect.ion, al­ &mn our sisu:r denomination-the though he never falls prey to the ex­ Enngdical Refonned chuTch-he is cessh'C rationalism of neo-Tbonmu; and .'ell known 10 Congregational Chris- the lauer, because Niebuhr rccogni:zes, 1ivIs .. 1I on!! the country. as did Augustine, the SUprem3CY and Many fuIl O\,'CJS or the Jl:lgrim faith demonic power of the buman will lI'OUld like a pro6.1c of this amazing per­ Thus he speaks :as the prime theologian -.