The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-02

Not the empty service Of forms Of worship, is
commended where the true gospel is preached.
But the sincere worship of God is enioined-
flowing from intelligent views of God, and
from an earnest conviction Of his "eternal
power and godhead." A man of high, holy
conceptions; of honest soul; Of psnitent beIiev-
ing heart; Of pure life presents himself in Gods
house to offer to God hes ,shoIe self, to do
homage to his Maker, and learnt his will That
is my ideal Of gOdliness in its fountains. Ev-
cry such act of honest worship enriches and
ennobles the heart and lifts the man up to-
wards God. Such man presents my ideal of
n,aRlinsSs That real worship thus weaves
Gods high glory and mans utmost nobleness
into one glorious web, is simply suggestive of
the blessed harmony in which God has made
all things And by bringing to God, in his
earthly courts, our best and our all, we may
expect to be fitted to stand at last in the
"building of God, house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens, there to wor-
ship him that liveth forever and ever-to dcast
our crowns before the throne, and say, "Thou
art worthy o, Lord, to receive glory and hon
or and power" and "svery creature who is in
heaven and on the earth, and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea shall be heard say
ing, "Blessing and honor, and glory, and pow
er be unto him that sitteth on the throne, and
unto the Lamb forever and ever"
This house had grown out Of prayer. 1t has
cost money and time, and toll, self-denial, and
anxious care. By the blessing of God, it has
not cost injury to life or person of any. We
are about to bring it to God, as the tribute Of
our s0OrsAip to-day. Brethren, as you do this,
first "give yO1uselces unto the Lord and unto
US by the will of God," and az we "consider
one another to provoke unto love and to good
works, not forsaking the assembling of our
selves together" we may look for the glory of
God to descend, and fill this house with the
tokens of his loving grace. Nothing for our
selves but Gods great salVatienl everything
for the great God, in whom we live and movrs
and have our being. "For of him, ane
through him, and to him, are all things to
whom be glory forever" Amen.
After the sermon was concluded, the report |
Of the Building Committee was read by DR.. |
StillWeIl, and was as follows:
REPORT OF THE BUILDING coMAITTEK
To the members and Congregation of the Presby- |
terisn Church of Fremont:
Your Building Committee begs leave to I
make the following report Of the cost of this /
church edihee now about to be dedicated to |
the service of God. The building completed /
and furnished as you find it to-day has cost |
$35, ,98l 20. This has all been paid, except the /
heating furnace which are on trial. The cost |
of these We fully expect to be able TO meet by |
cash on hand and amount yet due on subscrip- |
tions. A small balance Of about $500 which /
the ladies' owe on cushions has been pIedgsd |
SO there is no debt. The ladies of the Church /
Aid Society have rendered the following sub
stantial assistance. They have furnished the |
windows, the carpets, mating
and cushions, at cost Of 81, $685. The Ladies' /
Church Helpers have aided US to the extent Of
furnishing the gas-chandeliers and the pulpit |
furniture at q cost OF 1856; making q total of
the amount raised by the ladies' Of the congre-
cation of $3,05S. Your committee would here
return thanks to the ladies Of the eongrega-
ton who have worked SO long and nobly in
this cause, for without their timely aid we
could not at this time present you this some
what elegant church edifiee. We need not 1
refer you to the time Of commanding this en-
terprise in the spring Of 1869, when with the /
marked indications Of Divine Providence it
seemed the time had fully come for US aa
church to move forward in providing better /
and larger place Of worship for the Lord our
God, not only for the good we might do the /
souls Of men in our day, bat for generations Of |
men that will in the future tread the same /
streets that we now tread, and will gather in
here, and in this spacious and comfortable |
church, through the spirit of the Lord, find /
their way to that heavenly home offered to ali |
mankind, who will seek after the kingdom.
We as a committee and you as q church |
and congregation have not arrived at this |
happy day and conclusion Of our labors in |
building temple to the worship Of God, |
which shall be q glory to Him, joy for US, |
and just pride to our ow-citizens, without |
many trials and some real sacrifices in giving |
Of our means, our time, our labors in which We |
trust we shall all be better in heart, and that |
this will be one cause Of our more earnest Ia |
bors in the future to build up the church spir-
itually. Providence has in many wonderful
ways aided US and through the spirit we have |
ever in faith looked forward with confding
trust to the joyful realizations Of this dedica-
ton day.
G.. G. CANFIELD,
+. w. FULLER,
J. p. THOMPSON,