, 1875-07-04
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
Plymouth Church Dedication
1.-The New Building.
Modern Collegiate Education and
the Pulpit
Prot. Swings Reply to That
$4,000 cter.
A Letter to the Rev. Mr.. Pos
tlethWaite.
The Charities of a Year--A
Noble Enterprise.
Notes and Personals ut
Home and Abroad.
The Charities Of a Year---A
Noble Enterprise.
Notes and Personals nj
Home and Abroad.


nEDlcAroRY SERVICES rHrs MORNING.
The society and congregation Of Plymouth
Church will celebrate their Fourth Of July in N
appropriate manner by attending the dedication
services of their new church edifce, which has
Just been completed, on Michigan aveuue, be-
tween Twenty-ffth and Twenty-eixth streets.
The services will be held in the morning.
The edlflce now ready for occupancy is unique
In its plan, aud is understood to 10 realization
Of the plans developed BY the PASTOR the Rev.
William Alvin Bartlett and bis wife. The eide
and rear walls do not differ materially from the
old form, but in the front the idea
Of beauty u quite :: uniformly carried
Ike ike Taimsses, Of BROOKLYN. being OF " tho 70
tabernacle instead Of an ecclesiastical or churchy
order. The style OF the architecture is purely
classic. and. from the predominance OF the
acauthus }eaSes in the many columns, ie nearer
tue Corinthian than any other order. The front
3 distinctly and gracefully divided into the
body, On either side Of which are porticos which
are in ,u11 f.nked BY towers. The central por-
ton Is on line with the street, and ii about rs
teet IN length. It contains one large window
below which ia carved the word "Pi, mouth, II
and the date 1874. This window was put in by
MIR. Joseph Arman in memory Of his wife. The
design is very good The central light contains
the figures OF the three Christian graces, on
either side OF which are figures representing
Morning and Might Above the graccs ia q
smaller representation of the resurrection,
which has on its right brilliant cross and on the
left crown.
Tie two Bide towers ale similar in design,
They are square, aud rise 70 the height Of the
main portion Of the church. when it ls covered
by quadrilated dome On which is placed +
graceiul1v-carved pinnacle containing four deep
inches. Each tower has an entrance, marked
BY la-re CorinthlAn columns Of tighly-polished
Vermont maEha. which support single arch.
Iha small balconies beEN cen The towers are nleo
supported by columns OF the Same marble on
lures. The church has = crest French roof,
which is far from graceful and does not onhauce
the beauty Of the building, though it secures
good acoustic properties to the auditorium.
The NAM room ia 98x12o feet aad is the
largest auditorium in the city. It will have no
250o. It is finished in black walnut. The ar
raugemens Of the seats is peculiar. The floor
" diBhes" from Ill sides toward the pulpit in a
very marked manner. The seats are put up IN
citcles around the desk, and are lutersected by
aisles, which are not continuous. e1cep, IN two
CASES, where broad path leads from either
tower direct to the pulpit. The windows on the
sides do not extend from the tod to the floor,
but at q point little below half way. The op-
posite side Of the church is similarly arranged,
except that there are no exits. BY the arrange
ment Of ent1 aDces. AZ Ineat feet Of doorway is
obtained, through which the largest audience
that could assemble in the building would be
able to PASS in lees tLan three miuutes. stone
nainscoating about feet high runs a.ound the
entire room.
The organ loft reminds one Of the exterior OF
the chulch, aud will contain the instrument
v which was used by tho society Of the cid Plv-
mouth Church, on the, corner OF Wabash avenue
and Eldridgo court, increased in power By sddl~
tions costing 49, 600.
The ceiling will represent the ornament ct
f-ol1 fSt&1 t-fs