The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-05

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Rev. C. N. Sims is Pastor, was laid at |
Indianapolis on Thursday, with ap-
ceremonies. Rev. b. u.
Rawlins delivered the address. The
following is a description of the new
edifce as it will be -when-compieted-
The church will be known as the
- Meridian Street Methodist Episco-
nal Church, It viii be located on
the Southwest corner of Meridian and
New York Streets. It wift-be built
in the modern gothic style. Messrs.
Enos a Huebner are the architects.
.Tbe structure will be one hundred
and twenty-one feet long by seventy
three feet wide, with a ulpit9in the
rear of thirty eight feet width and
eight feet in depth. The center of
the building will be supported on
each sidesby towers, twoastorles vhighg
with windoYs IL each story.
The transition into . an Oeta-
gon Commences eighty.tWo feet
from the ground, and few feet below
the point of the gabfe.- The octagons
are about 20 feet high, with lower
window on each side. Each one of
the four corners will have ? turret.
The spires viii run up TO a lofty
height from the tops of the octagOns,
and are to be surrounded by finals.
From the grOundltO the plBaeles Of
the spires will be 100 feet. The large
door ways will form the entrance TO
the church, between the towers. built
10 sections and supported by cluster
columns, richly carved. Two-wlngs
! with extend each side of the main
gfront, witk small towers at each cor
ner. surmouqted with. Oetag0nala tur-
rets, seve"'g feet high
TT be sixteen small towers
In ali, four az each Garner OF the
i church,. On the New 4 York street
| side there are FIVE windows and door
on the ground floor, and six windows
1 above, opening into the main audi
ence room. This grand edifice will
! be constructed with Flat Rock stone
/ rock faced, with cut-stOne bits and
main facings The cornice and finish
will be of galvanized iron, aud the
roof of beautiful slate,oin eoloFs. The
| main audience room is 81 by 81 feet
and will seat about eight hundred
persons, which, with the gallery
holding two hundred, will accom-
modate one thousand In all. Iht
lecture room viii be 464 by 6Z feet
with two class rooms l63 BY, 70 feet
Also two parloTs for ladies, with Told
| ing doors, which may be thrown open
making a large and beautiful re9m
There will be pastors study room
aud class room of the same size II
the southwest corner.
The estimated cost of the building
is $50, 900. The foundation has
already been laid. and the WorkmeI
are now putting up the main walls
This will be one of the most substan
tial and stylish church edihces in oul
city when completed. 1t will have
all the modern improvements.
WORKING CHURCH Organs By
ELECTRICITY.-Tbe English are ap
plying electricity to the manipulation
of church organs, By which some ad
vantRges are gained. In many coun
try parishes the clergyman is the only
inhabitant capable of playing the in
strument. In a case specified the
| clergyman is having the key boarC
fitted up in the reading desk, so tina
he can himself preside over the mu
steal part of the service without an,
unseemly disturbance of his own more
strictly prescribed avocations.. In this
instance the organ itself is placed a
the other end of the building,
CIRoULAFToN OF THE BIBLE IN
SPAIN.-A Madrid correspondent o.
the London Star says the avidity witt
which religious information is sought
in that city is remarkable. In No
vember last year, the London Re
| ligiOus Society began operations by
establishing a stall for the dissemina
ton of religious literature, AT first
copies of the Gospels and the Bible
were given away, but the demand ex
ceeded the supply, and the concOuTsC
was so great it was found necessary
to sell the bOOks. As many as three
thousand copies of the Gospels were
sold in one day. Upwards of 5000,
600 of tracts have been given away
and on Good Friday the Puerta de
Sol resemble1 vast reading room
for almost every prOmenader had g
tract. 1t is estimated that .2O0,OO
Gospels have been disposed of, and an
edition of 1,000, 900 is now being print
ed. Besides ProtestantA igIOus ser
vices on the Sabbath, others are held
during the week, which are attended
by women in considerable numbers
There Is now an opening for the cir
culation of any number of tracts, and
many Roman Catholic priests are pre-
pared to profess Professionalism. Re
Hgious liberty is virtually settled
The clerical party feel they are de-
feated. I'D a1a eA44al 8A 1 HEiAs
A WOMAN in Niles hit hel
husband over the head with rollins
pin, after family prayers, one day las
week, because he prayed for his Chi
dren aud omitted hers. He should
for his own comfort, make no dis
elimination hereafter,
| That woman needed praying for
She evidently appreciated herterribl'
moral condition. wrnu
A PIOUs Scotch minister beini
asked by friend. during his las
Illness, wherher he thought himsel
dying replied, Really, friend, | car,
not whether | am or not; for if die
I shall be with God and if live, Goo
will be with me.heo 2e2W b'cJ go
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
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