, 1869-08-20
NEW CHURCH.
Laying the Cornerstone OF the
New BAPTIST Church.
Description Of the Building.


The ooznas~tous OF the Dew church ssructns
II present eressing on Michigan avenue, By th
congregation noH occupying The Wabash Aseuu,
Baptist Church, corne. OF Eighteenth street, wa!
laid Yesterday, NTH Al the ceremonies usna1 OF
F! apch occaAons
| By the time tho Aour for the exercises had Ar
| f1red, there WIS = large aslenzhlage present
mostly composed OF ladies- The Exercises were
commenced by the choir alnstns the anthem,
"PTaise the Lord"
Rev. Ds. Rldde!l, OF the Iutfaon arc3oe psp:ts:
Church, then proceeded to read the 18Th chapter
Of Flint Corinthians.
4 paper wAs then read, detailing the history Of
The society, lA early atruRGles and rcxorsos, and
its present prosperous and thriving condition
#. Ehosbrongn. Chairman OF The Hu1ld.ug CON-
mittee, then read description Of tns church
building, as foiows:
y ,le sss Gr y M IT, s,,,,
e. p.n 4, w, l. !; a.; ~ 4 a,ia s.5!ss
81 I'd i nsaS shs m e 'ad In
Tie basement Is devoted TO dfc~ax rooms, furnace
- a &
c = i.s. IL Islths I'd d o. essis ss.
Eai:isk pst1ttionI p.ft;,ioos are raaS I'd
;1affa q II x,5n
sni u ne o. r. na ina & N rs1H t. n M o
il sddiHon t. tbe+.. ace.mrnodations IN the main
1R o s1f & H. sahbith Sls
4 b la T 1T FL. Il me @
tae u fess vide IN lie evutra part nd q soss
There four vts.l1ules ND .t.irw.se leading to
4; sse 1' S5s ;:s's;$; :'y t:y'
? L !sS"a sSt ., :f'eTs IT. {: ss -.5:s 5:
a 1nd dx M H.. ss9f. r., 4s.e T, sr 9 The front Of
lie y ee Il .;s There Aa Is5y ae5.
sss st ne sn st' ssa sas ss
Tie &c se"nd I'd .si1s "a rsss @ ~ e.s',, f
SstSi ..s 20 aIs.5y f ,hs dining RON OF bal. w'hu'
oss1 1.fion 4 ths re.r v,stiepo Is The pastor:
Il s;s 'hs y .S.sa i"sfas: s:i :si
nt,1n i dining ha!l for church purr'ses 51ss tees.
~ sssetf :tsts S is f es.ise f 4
Il: .tsildns 7ss.s 5osn. s,s " .ss:blf y ,wo
irs The 1al'cIy fren the front ~. -
tsrt erata95 FL ~ eose aae
ion o !l.os,s Aineso9s apa oho tF.esoas from, ths
ss,.Ied w,ih ny: Ie ,ass5or q IL eta;eh i i
isouldsnes iGne.th rulps ths bsp.Ily, md in
Sass m e ne shHii "a
Een audcnco roen In tho highest style u decorative
Thh building finished thso1xhons ;. above to coat,
e1einsi,e q r5f.n. ssoeoo A carly day il i *
*ote .dd shss ! c.il. xh.t ri 5.as VI tI5easS
m s ii tsoe sg, sssL T. T s ae
worlds eek Day tsfo1E k0d csrtx One feature Of The
"st s:5f ans ata sf?@: @ s5R
fit EG,ns i:i :o n.ay .ud R.'i.r 10 I'D w be i fsd
saaTs6 8 pfer;df tGf u ,;'s If
slsh III! : msss iisS . ii Wis dszzr aesr,s 70
Il sIu IT, hsie ~! s s g. n, M eHe e !n sSr
!sI,@.1t .boat e f ala.s .nd VIII In belief II
" in.c tEs ke.Itv e.o!r!*tloe If N who drsiFe
rec t'uff,tuy sasasaI.sa g .1ca y - VI.
TIE ADDRESS
WAS delivered BY The Rev. J. y. Thomas, pastor Of
found body, not only In words. bat Ia buildings
A. the one va, great, 80 VIC. the other. So the
e r. eta pn0s so fom ase en-
the sea, building up day BY day, uncousc.ously,
and apparently without Design, erected thelf
tse Iae hsos1ns TS Sss hut ssslet9na o.
ycaIed TO rs IN gazing At the awful rulns of Her
culaneum anu Fonpet. Paul Aared lor no de-
to zee thclF eies 70 behold ihesr s,ruc,area tneif
places Of lusiness and wofahlp. tntlr residences
They necded no sketches, 60 directory, no history,
pols Ihc elevators, the warehouses, the churches,
and the character Of the p!ace at once unmls-
takssly appeaIs. i benoosed people 70 think
we'll when they thought IN stone, For their
thoughts thus expressed were not only read OF al
men. but went down to BE- criticised By the latest
a city which had no architectural relies was
evidently the abode ct fools. ue sought to-day 70
speak one word OF God, ani the thought that IN
Epited tho rord they lhouzht IN stone. ~ the
darkly. The distance between the things that
syubolize Him and the people was very great
uo;,a: 1n9se symbols wore shrs In tho Holy q
~ Eo7hppeIs was graaser saaa that
between Dies and Lazarnz At this
dag men Sought 10 build but dwen!n1-placcs "a
ffAA m r1u thtlF
Of DID, with thtlr gloomy chambers and nurkJ re-
cesses, tllled With RTest columns, IKE oaks where
ghosts seemed TO glide: hut y dnellin9 '?l1ce,
where the people coud live and behold and
praise, God W'as manifested IN faith- There was
now ueen TO 90 10 Jerusalem TO view tho retics
s4e sSe1g ,ng msns aouse sTe9er hese S.s faith
The church ui God was no longer church o. VI.
self. 1t WAS 1n no honse. hut only IN the SOU! OF
church Of Cod was not built With hnpda. No
dwe!llng-plsce HaA 1T Tor God TIC hesvens
themselves we're uuilt for lllm. ,...., .-...
They came to build no heAthen temple, over
whose portals Dapa presided; but house for
man; q tabernacle for that God who called the
weary ones ubto Himself, plece to preach the
nI rest in Ills arms; beacon high atore the
temptations Of citiee-lor all OF the cniidrcn OF
Tns naads 81 a woaa emse and ,a de
word OF God abode forever. This wAs the word
10 be presched there.
= LAYING TIE coaNERsTosE ...-
The ceremony Of laying the cornerstone saon
took place. Dr.. L D. Boone reading the thirty
ninth chapter Of Corinthians and tue l9ad Paalu
As the txI WAS being lowered the asseMhlage
un!ttd In slbgtn1 the Uoxologv.
The box cont alned city papers Of the date Of yes
telday, aud also Of the dates OF August T. and TO-
descriptive Of the eclipse; also copies or the
Of the EspitAt Upion Theological Seminary. to-
RctheE with a condemned history Of the church and
The Sabbath schools connected with II, from isa
ong,n1l ergapizauon and ! list Of the onlcerz and
members belonging to the society, written Oh
parchment
prayer from Br- ". ". Everta. OF the F1rst Bap-
tst Church, who asked the blessing Of God that
the WORK might te brought to successful eon-
cluEion.
Dr. Walker, Of the North Baptist Church, lhen
dismissed the aSaemhlaSe With bencdlc.iop.