, 1865-08-11
new EAllAhD CHURCH.
Sketch Of ths 1cH Edl1ee---Lsyiug the
Corner Same, Yesterday.

| IKE %V4uL4 fIuAG VI I've new GQ4QEe Gt tH8 New
England Congregational Church Society, come
Ct Dearborn ard White st.et,. yas isld yester
dry Afternoon, With approplate ceremoniea. II
presence Ct deeply tnte1estel audience, Tht
exe1cttes were presided over By Rev, s. c. Bart
lett, D.. Professor in the Chicago Theological
Sen ttsry, and former pastor Of the Church.
The e1.sctscs were opened BY singing,
Low t.m fouudAtion, Je Saints o{the Lord =
All perth ept selectic.s from the eiptu1es. read
~ Rev. J. s. Roy.
/ Rev Dr. Bartlett then delivered he addres.
After few Introductory remarks be aasdc brtei
stateMett Of The plan and kize Of &he hebuildfrr to
be .1tefed, aud then read the following list Of sr
tclsa to be deposited unce1 the cotne1 stone:
| The Bir1e, tho ttiions-of tho Maral of tho
\. z. thnrch, copy ot trims Of sRhs.rlphen Of
ibe editce. Paper ectrz1blh,ne the vs1t OF thp
Goog11esa,iona1 Council t. P!ymoth R.ek, June
olcar,on By lhe Council. Cats .o9ue oi Chtcsco
Thcolcctcal Seminary, 1s6i-s Minutes e Tnen-
ntsi Conye nt1on be q IN conheerton vita Ae Sem
An ippt ii Or Mtnistest, hy P4ot. Bartlett, 1865
Abraham Lincoln's 1sIese1l sadseea At s,ring
tton of 5sn. t 'ss sseoaa issacass s&4s: "a
d1tst 4 Waaatne on, March 4, 1855. Chicago aat!y
| Prof, Bartlett then remarked that ther Hsre
there to lsy the fcundst:on Of Ire New England
Church edfre, or e The fathtrs Wcn;d ray. Of the
'tnettiEg hopee, Tor tacf were ever cnrefu! to
|
ipe. The fopnaatton Of tho church proper vas
/ laid more thaD ten Jeafs sEo. wnen I few breth.
g<n entered into coEeAa1t TO malnsA u: oral.
chs e. hey vs.
j. OF their origin. OF the twenty one brothers
England ortg1u auu nearly sli Of New England
1atyIiy. SucteQus nj ntdlt1oEE were most Of them
| iron, the zane origin. When be became p1stor,
ID 1855, he found members from Portland, Boz
Hartford. "0fctEkCf. Providence.
now that the original twenty had crUHn 10 two
hundred, n he looked around. their nsues and
:. lhe namc New Eogsnd was a4eo snrgstrVe
Med fiom P,5racu!h Rock. Te!s church il 7sp.
MN who Rase The ehorttef md The bet dsnai-
tlon Of demecraey ever utte,ed. "sucn inst and
e. saq IL law" @ seea a. ss1 ,af .es TIT
i ae e'he. sey I PIT e. 5..ee nae 10 e!e.s s1s
Nan's hard and II dae time the bullet alto. They
man etactnenta. Their Governor <p.adfordl VIA
Fort 10 50 to .hetr rude csnteh nutid!cg With FL
staldish on the otsa o.de. aide. Fran e1th as men
have gone out q vide and mighty clrsle Of inau-
! enees tae1atlnQ weet L. h.old zone. With them
M,ssttpasy Societies Of this eouctsy. ta9 H9me
M,ts'oua'y soe,t.y, she E;Ausa,ien soc:ety. Trsct
socnty. md .he great Temp TRACE movement.
stood IN The forefront Of the great erI1c.
fle for equal rights. New Engsssd
nsd been 20 cua:picaous IN cur history that 1ne
| moon and panels to talk OF leaving out the sna.
+ Ths nsms tsht Was a'so suggestive q Christian
churches Ind already welcomed the Rodly OF 9th
er churches to their communion.
4. II tsnfEetted ARG airse church po.ity-.Thlet
tnov:edged no authority above It on earth. which
called 20 man master, which taught the equallt,
1ners bns 81 ieadsfs. Wh,le II s
1ts oRn frce choice, yet II clA,ms for Its oRr
cnu1th The h,eh pisfegaLEes Of eslfgose1n
aeperatcd men are not competent to govern
themselves, nobooy u competent 70 govern then
Iee Fl
advice and Persuasion and courillsuon+ which
suihor1ty-whien dot not imagine tazt disorder
sre cptrd when the Mes Of power has been p!aecs
upon lheIn. bat xhsn e1slng brethren haTs bsei
dce,1iacs. Tbs Essnee.,ca system, with Ia
noate es sss - Ss~ E!irss r. yans IT,
tSaa Efsaa seeIxt i Il III Se* Eosisaa H.
building 60 up, and theeo walls ecne these doc
TRIES. and :eI them ho perpstus'ed to The cd q
F1of. Bartlett closed By introducing Rev. Dr.
GulAses. & Norwich. Ct, t*ho Is pseaehina lor
lew Sabhaihs to the New Eugiana church, as
repreeeLt.tiye irtsh from New England.
Or. GullIyef remarked that he uat lust COM
up ,rum the p<we,s Of the earth, IRON unIes thl
great lake. and that hta friend Ch-sbosnngh, VII,
~hom he had ttsited shs tnnnel, h3d aay4ssd bic
ss tpF Z ~, 1as e esrhy % 3D. aepa n
LIE fsbltd Antens who Rs1ned new strength b,
ton,act With mother earth, his y1sit to the iunne
haa Increased his deslte to epeak. a. Il haa give,
hlrn Impressions Of the energy and enterprise o
the cutnHuLltg knch A. hr neyer had pe ore
Eve1y stsaueef Va. Ptufounaly Impressed vitl
question was Ehether. there w.s hsre ! parable
noral power. Tue laying OF enrh 1ornd4tioas 4
uSse helped to .nsxsf tee @ auesst,on. se ..x..
sctost II great events often bare lees clear per
fIteIda Away-es The cumbitauts Ia \ blt..
sometimes know less OF the mhRuitpde Of the II
icresn involved than others al a distance. "
look At gou ~ standing in the great Thetmopy.s
Of the moral conflict, and when VIC zee Juu e1hit
| lnrg III entElpTiee and industry IN eplutnal n1a
tera parallel to the businees energy OF your cit
With 61s 30 para1sel Il The Eft we ioof on wi
tntAnee interest. We congra,ulete yoa to-day o
LYING ,hs is91a.t,o1 Fl y2a1 religion. M hsea.
where from sabbath 10 Sabbath, md from ye,t
year you may wotsh,p Iopr God whe1
Goa's altar, how much mo.e ha1lowed It's A.socu
ttone. j may c'a4u 10 tpeak IN benalt Of all Cor
cr. gstoIallsts a. congratulate you.
+. 10 ee FORTRESS ncm which agere atra ~ NOV,
1 minis shall eo forth Dpon ths woId. Hefe T,
%. ef,on Is 70 BE- deciucd wnetherGesmane, Cell
t1,6 the admirable traits OF them al be combined
lie hsu fnu fa,th in he toni,on Of the prooieu
Mcause he hid full faith IN the poHef Of Ii
Bal sn speaking too long. One Of your men
be1e said he want*d short Western epeashe
hfre 10 dsy- 1hare been in the West only thrs
; ID need lot b. in has'e. He wsuid ii concl,
: On exhost the New Eoglaud Church to be TT
and tAithiul to lhrir 1n,snon.
TIE stoue xAs then iatd, after which Rev. D.
Patton led in ps,yet. The toxo:oRJ was sun
ara then the benedicnon pronounced BY FRO
Tie Church wss orctn,zea in June, 1853, twel,
ytars neo, with twenfy-o -one members, ii no
rrr bere two hundred on itA list OF memtetthl]
The nrst minister WIS Rev. ]. e. Aoinsook. ta'
Hamcr, % n. !. Tseif atst hous. q worship y
bnilt on the corcer OF Indiana and Wolcott stree
Since then they have TWICE enl1keed this edlnc
D Dearborn, not far from Washington Park, and
: r.ar ol,ne new bn1ldlnge now N eo1rse Of ere
| u6p.
D II the Go'hIc ttyle, In cross ehspe In uucoufs.
!. lock hced work; Tho e1treus leasth VIII
III ieet length of,tanseps 8 teet: height oEr1sl
III xtSs IS .s .1 ara tn Tss
t | ror II Will BE- finished with buttcrnut or blaI
a walnut, AId will have ! ,G70 eitunge; tempora
= arrangements for 4 hnnuscd more ssats in
. | hscan a1tlGa ean be easily made If ded.
u | vi thus be sce cf the lsrgeBt church edidces
x .be city. II IL believed t6at not more than o
ctkef row exceeds tB p IN fn capacity. Wh
a crn tltted It Ii expected to be one Of the nc
p!e.ttIg and ATTRACTIVE church edlAccs ia t
:. country. The architect IL E. 7. Potter. Eeq.,
n | New foik. 1he builder IL Wal1baun, Of ta1s cl,
a | The whole cCet. the tower Included, will
e xT3,t00. The hoty Of the church, witch l. TO
= finished this fall, will cost lbout Isl, 600.
The plan docs Eot contemplate damp b4eme
u | for Sabbath Schools md prayer meetings, but
space has been reserved on the lot IN the rear
II tnilt1tE tbove grouns for theke pofpoeet-
!. example worthy Of imitation whenever p1acnl
II biz.
o The New England Church fe ona Of the stron
. | 'houch not one Of 'he large, churches Of t
. city, For Intelligence, p1sty, pet etnn,asy ab.1l
| culture, foc Il postf1uu, nnion, llbefaltty u
: | ur1al influence vt scarcely Know It i church
$ rs t,ze 10 tqoal It. 0tssn, ~ Low, without
j! pas'br, lts }ntei1letnt and trained Iayuaen ha
:. ktrt sll The machinery Of the souety in s:goro
). operation.
A DnaoHEsr CLERk.-Ju1Ins Ggassenheid
VI: lsLufh& before Jnstica sturteyant Jesterd
: afternoon charged BY Frederick Butsie, his E
plcrer, with a4ea'iug, 1t vsrious times, tuEus
. money au,onntipg IN the total to $4Do. Mr.. b.
L. ~. Nrrt Wa