The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-12-20
Of the Congregational

Dedication Of the Congregations
Church.
This long looked for event tool
place last Sunday, with appropriate
ceremony. The society, composed
of earnest, faithful workers, though
comparatively few in number, wer,
successful in erecting a most taste.
ful and convenient house of public
worship, and have the great salts
faction of knowing that it is entirely
free from the incumbrance of debt
The morning exercises were open
ed by a voluntary by the choir, fol
lowed by the invocation by Rev
Ingersoll The sermon, delivered by
, Rev Twitchell was one Of the finest
to which we have listened in a long
time, and appeared to make a deep
impression on the large and attentive
audience. a5nz&EZ
At the close of the discourse, Rev
Geo. Candee made the dedication
prayer, in a most i'm pressive manner.
At the close of the service. proper,
an opportunity was given for all who
desired, to exercise their liberality
toward liquidating the Indebtedness
of the society. In answer, subscrip-
tions were offered amounting in the
aggregate to s3.132.10.
The evening service was conducted
by reading scriptural lesson and
prayer by Rev. Kelso, followed by a
most eloquent sermon by Rev Inger-
soil, after which an other opportunity
was offered for those who, unfortun-
ately, were absent in the morning,
to subscribe, resulting in raising the
sum of s1,994, go, making a sum to-
tai for the day of IS, 5,l27,00, which is
amply sufficient to relieve the church
of all Indebtedness.
The main building is ninety feet
in length with seven feet in rear for
organ loft. and three feet front en-
trance, making one hundred feet in
length, and forty-five feet in width.
The spire, a marvel of good taste, is
121 feet'in hight from the ground.
The audience room is 43x63 and
is capable OF comfortably seating five
h0ndred people. The ceiling is
twenty five feet high and the ventila-
ton is perfect. The walls were fin
ished plain, but are to be frescoed
next season. The orchestra is intend
ed to accommodate a choir of sixty
members. 1t is the intention of the
society to put up an organ the COM
ing season costing $1,000.
In this connection we would do
justice to the choir connected with
this church. Under the leadership Of
of Mr.. Woodwork it has attained to
a degree of almost perfection. The
selections on this occasion we're very
fine, and were well rendered, with
but few exceptions.
The pulpit and surroundings are
most complete, both in style and
convenience for the speaker.
The pastors study and the infants
each fifteen feet square are
entered from the large hall or yesti-
buie. Between these rooms and the
audience room are the furnace rooms
each 9x15 feet. Above these small
rooms is the Sabbath school or lee
ture room 24x43 feet, accommodating
about two hundred and fifty persons.
The wood work of the interior of
the building is ash and pine and Is
finished in oil and varnish, showing a
job of granting of. Natures work, far
superior to the limitations made by
workmen, skillful as they
are.
The masonry was done by Messrs.
Bender & Bruner, and the wood work
was done under the supervision of
Mr.. Jesse Guise. zg-ss-
The entire cost foots up as follows:
Site, $4,000.
Building, 1900.
Furniture, 800.
Total, S15, 400.
The society may well feel proud of
the res ult of their labors as the beau
tiful edifice is an ornament and an
honor to the town. t4.5a-
Everybody be prepared to go to
the Band Fair at Wheeler's hall next
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. 7.-f.s
Suicide. fs d1 rsl -a-
Mrs. Lydia Lenhart, an old lady
living in Webster, Putnam county,
Hancock, committed suis
eide on Saturday last.
From what we can learn, the cir
of the sad affair were as
follows: On that day number of
relatives were visiting Mrs. L., and
we're to stay 4or dinner. Towards
noon the old lady told her daughter
% get dinner and she would feed the
hogs, q chore she usually did. She
was absent for longer time than US