Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-08
Church Dedication.
THE BUILDING.

of this city having completed their beau
tiful new edi6ce, corner of Second anC
Walnut Streets, it was, on yesterday, de
dica;ed to the service of the Most High
God, with solemn and impressive ceremo
MES. This church edfice is undoubtedly
among tie finest if not the finest public
building in the State.
The building is of brick, finely plas-
tered in stuceo, laid off in blocks, and
colored in imitation of sandstone, and is
all admirable piece of work The style
of architecture is somewhat composite,
the Norman prevailing Its greatest
length is about one hundred feet, and its
breadth in front of the towers 67 feet and
back of the towers, 60 feet. The front
of the building is fanked by two towers,
one of which is surmounted by a belfry,
rising to the height of 80 feet, the other
by an elegant spire towering to the dizzy
height of 1870 feet herooliing and Gov
ering of the spires are of the best WEIGH
slate. The high arched windows in front
are of handsomely stained glass Of vari-
Gus colors and sizes, giving the whole
front an exceedingly noble appearance.
The building is enclosed by a neat iron,
palisade fence The basement is eleva-
ted some two feet above the level Of the
ground, with cellar under nearly the
whole building, making it perfectly dry.
The basement is divided into six rooms,
lecture room, which will accommodate
$50 persons, two Bible Glass rooms, an
Infapt school room, Parlor and Pas
tors study.
The main Audience Room, which is
reached by four flights of stairs, is 76 by
SO feet, and is designed to seat comfort
ably about 700 persons There are 40
pews, the seats and backs of which are
of white pine, the rail and Gaping of
black walnut, the ends of white oak with
black walnut rosettes-all implanted but
polished with oil and vanished, bringing
out the grain and color of the wood
Nearly all the pews are cushioned
with elegant crimson merino, and the
aisles and the floors of the pews are car
peted with neat, rich carpeting. The
music gallery is selfsustained, having
handsomely curved front of paneled
work of white oak, white pine and black
walnut.
The pulpit recess is a beautiful arch
surrounded by elaborate moulding The
platform is elevated only about two feet
from the floor, aud the pulpit itself is
composed of white and slightly shaded
marble, the base and crown being dark
est, and was the gift of Mr.. NJ. A. Law
renee, of this city. 1t is magnificent
piece of sculpture, valued at $500
The walls of the audience room are
finished in blocks of the palest lilac.
The ceiling is arched in panels, richly
moulded, and surrounded by massive
cornice, with heavy brackets pendant.
The center pieces are of papier nache,
exqnisitely moulded The main chan.
dalier has twenty-four burners, which
shed a rich halo of light
The arched windows are of the richest
stained glass, the prevailing colors of
which are ruby, purple and blue, which
give the whole room an exceedingly
gorgeous appearance.
The organ, which is one of the finest
in the West, we have already described.
1t was purchased of the celebrated manu-
facturers, W. B. Simmons & Co., of Bos
ton, and cost about eighteen hundred
dollars
The brick work of this Church Edifc
was done by Messrs Liant & Brother.
The heavy carpenter work by Mr. Lev
Clark.
She stating and covering Of the spir,
was done by Mr. VIM Bedford, who de
serves great credit, as there is nothing
superior to it in the country. Gs.7
The interior carpenter work was don
by Mr. Sanders SAMSON, the plasterin.
by Mr.. McQuirk, and the painting, warn
ishing, &c, by Mr. Chester Chubb, an
we have no hesitation in believing tina
, no mechanics ever did themselves great
! er credit or turned out a finer job.
THE DEDICATION.
T The large audience room, which W
= have so briefly and feebly describes
4 above, together with the music CALLER
was crowed to its utmost capacity, wit
. members of the congregation, with visi
ors from other churches and with stran;
ers sojourning in the city, to witness IL
. ceremonies attending the dedication
this magnificent temple of the Livir
= God. The services were opened BY Il
\ choir, accompanying the grand orga
10 presided over by Capt c. K. Drew, wi
the beautiful Doxology, Praise God fro
whom all blessings fow," after which t
m Invocation was made by the pastor, Re
Y. VIM. II. McCarer, who, after the Invoc
O. ton, read the 9th chapter, of the
of Book of Chronicles, which contains t
IS. account of the Dedication of Solomal
nd Temple and the grand prayer of II
re wisest of Kings. The Goth Psalm W
to then,sung after which most solemn a
impressive prayer was offered up by t
he Rev. DR.. Tuttle, President of Wsb:
tie. College.
nv The choir then sang, with great eff,
and in the most mastery mann
"GlOry be to God on High" from \
.on zart's Twelfth Mass, the well-cultiya
ng voices of the choir, and the fine org