, 1869-09-08
THE SHIELDS MISSION.
Laying the Cornerstone Of the New
Building.


I 1nc eofncr-etope Of tho nev brick building nov
being erected On Twcnty-nlh street, near Went
! Fnfth AyeDne, fof the Ehicld5 Mission w23 lxi<
Yesterday =: o'clock ?. H. BY Roy. r. ". Etcrta
L. D., pastor Of the Fiat Baptist Church. tho cer
cnoniea being participated IN By Bevetal Bap.ts
pastors ol The city, End nnneronsiJ sstended b,
friends ot tie enterprise.
| The exer1ses began b5 singing "Tne Children
7e peuzs,"by the children Of tno Sunday School
afte1 which eeFcs11 appropriate pastages Of 9c1,p
turc we're read b. the pa4tor Of tho msafou, Ioser
T. DnRh. Then followed the reading Of the h!stn1
Q. TIC enterprise from the beginning In 1850 bJ
H. ne 81 sops.tasendsns. AlneFt u waltes, who gase
tnteeu ytars Of it, existence, and closed b1 bay.
lng tnat over Che hundred and 1fty soula had been
coaSeTea @ through 70 hs instrumentalty. Prayer
Mas oceftd b5 tha neT. o. T. WalEc,, Of fhn
NoHh baptist Church, after which II. q. +. IN
COLE tne nrat Superintendent Of the miastof, msde
EorH u, ~ TIE ens o1.eoy % the history Or INC
lay the Cornerstone Of their lives upot the rocf
Chstst Jesus, Other foundation than Which no man
A list Of articles 10 be deposited in the co,ncr.
gtV1e gt1e #x nov read. nrst among which Ess the
~ thb,e. r. E.et1B followed With sn address upon
rrrss'5E Inc hops iast lie m proo'sm % q uu,,lnT
rooma lor Bible clszsca and PRAYER md socsa1
segeites essass wfa asse Eor church
foistd n the building betnR erected The box
containing the documents and papess was now
Whnn ~ - - sHo lsa(S " tne eGpe1hte hdent,
~he ,ed;.es; ~ ~ o-eau MAs ta!u p5 ". EFeFtA
Tba mi h%oaln - .hs oe.tu!uA 70 tne service o! Goa
tni,e9 ihe~ 80 1cn ut saoK 1nete u ishd inst Is
WT wsfrcr ~; hGs pentdicNon Dy KeY4
nny,ea ni,.} s.ttt ea.HG.!aa MapcIsed 70 their
nr1.s nnea "'1o eu'uplasu 1os the new enter
~. en,..+,,s....
foi1nstnp pe..utsnaeat hAa lusnhhed rs with the
:inr ~ - s., Sam ~ ING enterprise and descItp-
nUn - - tre oul'uing lA detign is to furnish tlo
~ ~ soat popuora ana rapidly erpwtug por.
tn ~ .ue az win religious instruction aud tho
ra11I ns1Is os tsGctM improvement. To this end
ceE'aa,d, tseaEaing services VIII be held OF thd
ns.H n-.s, - ~ aaulloa 70 ING SUNDAY School ITSELF
rs III, ueetuEs M a,u olnef Social religious gather
Ho,k ~" +, !. H. aaI'og tas *eek 70 supplement- the
,ne r1n Eno utenusa 70 caa&ahh free tcad
yroioI.. nsn4.s snt m!tn ~ tae pcSt Secular and
S1,pa e. opea eFel! evening durlng tho year, cxcept
en,{}... nn
vii ~ gtIScn =: eti.1 an otnGt enteftanmcnts
ii INN, ian ~ ,Mn4x - ~ LII u " ahmsesiou
enter iho AZ e.+ 's, .susa u olueF !otfctJ 10
IN +hese sns 49, a,ta ~ asseu ~ securing taem.
,hn rrsi. eu .,t v4si Mnye II u proposed 70 give
'uT ~ lep!4u tea91ous nome
~ p!pt!u9 lo1 ~ Incae VARIOUS interests,
uuHu!tR ns9 pctn planned by the superintendent,
Aloea " shfecstlonA frun Ho1Dc Of tho best and
tTy, which Il u bctcTttl viii n,1Tn fu,lT n,Hnf fhn
Nsnts Of IN enterprise Of ine f!ad taa3 s;1y tthar
10 Amehca- lis Dimensions arg 10 hy 50 feet d
seftlbplo 10 feet NIde leatlnx Tho audience nam
nearly eqnaIh
Dfef ihe sesthu0 II The rnfIcrY for the nt{tnaty
uclaHntnt. ecmLclrrte tn torm, AMI having A cs.
naGitJ OF over tro hundred. IN each aldo Ii q 1