The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-30

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ton is 10 feet high. The church as IT
stands is 81 by 80 feet in circumference.
The church is approached from Centre
street upon which il fronts. hy marble
steps from the sidewalk. the grounds in
front OF the church being built up several
| feet from the street. From the steps a
marble walk leads to the church steps Of
the same material. where entrance is gained
TO the lobby through heavy folding doors
The lobby is % n, and Is divided by
steps covered with mating, up which one
| i, ushcrcd 90 the plane of the audience
room itself. Au entrance 10 the latter is
effected by three separate doors which lead
up the center. and east and west aislcs.
| The Genital entrance is made through fold
| ing doors. the others of single pattern and
| all covered with ha2c Of a blush tint.
! The
AUDIENCE Room
| presents st the first view pleasant picture,
| handsome. yet subsidized in color. its entire
| appearance blending in noticeable har-
mOny Of effect, and the whole becoming
more satisfactory TO the eye rs its many
| good qualities are more closely observed.
This room is inns feet in dimcntions. and
is 81 feet from floor 10 ceiling The light
| rs il shines in IS condensed and bcautified
by the handsomely stained glass windows.
| shedding rich halo tint of sunshine
| 81 .I,,
tasty row Of cushioned seats, lighting up
the beauties of the ircsco-painting upon
the walls. and bringing ont the handsome
colors of the carpet and all of the lesser
combination. that surround and make up
the room. with pleasing effect and added
| lustre
The stained windows were secured from
the establishment Of Mcssrs. Cook of Bns-
ton, and measure Is feet in height by 3
feet in width. The seals were made by j.
". King Of Rutland and built in Il half
circular form. and number 81 in all II in
each row Mr. j. w. Stearns of Rutland
the uphOlsterer, furnished the customs.
which were covered by the patriotic ladies
of the society, in handsome red. The
fresco work has been finely executed by
Mr., II. krctschmcr, while the painting of
the woodwork in this room was done by
Mr.. Louis Martell of this village. The car
pet of ingram, and wrought in rich colors.
is from the house of Messrs Flagg. King
y Blakeman of Troy. and adds much to
the fine appearance Of the room.
The pulpit is situated at the further cX.
tremity OF the church, upon a raised plat
form which is ~ feet long. II feet wide,
and some three feet high. 1t is built back
from the wall and with the elaborate frcs-
Going on the wall, makes n fine feature of
the room. The pulpit is the workmanship
of j. c. Wilson of Poultncy. Over the
arch above the pulpit platform, are the
words in German text painted in different
colors, I'VE shall reverence my sanctuary"
The Baptistcry is located directly in front
of the desk, is l0i by A, and three feet
deep.
The gallery is directly over the lobby and
is entered by a stairway on each side from
below. II is spacious in dimensions, being
25yi0 feet and well appointed in every re-
spcct The organ is from the mandatory
of j j Marliloye OF Utica. n. Y. full
description of which was given some weeks
ago in Tnr GLOBE. This is on raised
platform above the singers seats while on
each side is a small gallery for the accom-
modation of people when the church is
crowded. The singers are provided with
easy chars and with ample space for the
chorus choir that furnishes the church
with music. On the wall in front and he
low the gallery are the words 'I.et all the
people praise Thee, o God"
The gas fixtures which form prominent
feature in the furnishing of the house were
provided by the house of p. $. Ryan Il
Son of Rutland, are OF beautiful style and
are layishly provided There are twelve
brackets on the walls of the audience room
lcsi lc two that are suspended in the rear of
the pulpit and -four in the gallery The
entire building is heated by steam from an
apparatus located in the cellar, from the
establishment of Nlcssrs. Clogston Il Co..
of Boston The heat is conveyed to the
audience room by means Of pipes which
run on either side of the room, and are COW
cred with "A wire screen in a tasty manner
TllE NEsrRY
IL entered from the outside. on the east side
OF the building, and also from the pulpit
platform by means of stairway on each
side of the pulpit, which lead to the dress
ing-rooms that adjoin the vestry proper
This portion Of the building was finished
in February, 1872, and the church have
held their meetings there from the first
Sunday in said month up to the present
time. The main room is the best of the
kind in Rutland, and is splcndidly arrang-
ed for meeting purposes in every respect.
Its dimensions are 40X47, furnished with
scttecs, fifty-two in number, the preachers
desk and sofa, and good Estey organ for
the use of the choir and Sunday school.
The room is well lighted by gas and heated
with steam from radiators, The walls are
hung with appropriate emblems, such as
"Fath, Hope ''Stand up for Jesus
"God Bless Our Sunday School, "One
Lord, one Faith, one Baptism" and Others
of like nature.
Opening wide from this room are, on
one side, two rooms for the purposes of
the Sunday school, and reception rooms in
connection with the main vestry on occa-