The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-11-20
PINE STREET CHURCH.
Completion and Dedication of the vestry.

The main audience room of the church is yet
incomplete and will not be dedicated until
next May. This room is Y feet by 65, and only
has gallery in the rear. This room is lighted
by four large windows of Cathedral glass. The
rose window in the front of the church is a
great ornament to the edfce. 1t is about
thirty feet in diameter and the engravings are
OF the MEDIEVAL style of ornament. In the CEN
Ter there is white dove with out-spread wings,
and on the four sides, cross and crown, open
bible, balances and anchor respectively. The
glass is from the firm of Otto f. FacL & Co =,
Boston, and a member of the firm superiotends
the work In the rear of the church there is a
recess for the speakers desk. The lack of gal
leries will make the appearance of this room
rather odd, but it will make it much lighter, as
there will be nothing to keep out the light
The vestry dedicated yesterday is Que of the
ranged with special attention to the wants of
the society. The main vestry room is II by As
feet and will seat upwards of 700 persons The
entrance to the vestry is from the front of the
church. A hall way leads from the front doors
to the vestry itself. There are three doors
opening from this hail. one in front ard one on
each side. The side doors lead to small rooms
which are connected to the vestry proper by
rising doors. They are used for regular class
them for dining hall. Adjoining this hall
there is a kitchen we'll furnished There are
also other rooms, one Of which is used for the
trustees. The building is supplied with a
number of water closets.
The speakers desk is in the rear If the YES
try and is upon slightly raised floor The
wood work Of the vestry is very pleasing
shade of pink. Eight windows of whole ground
glass light the room. Near the desk is a fine
organ from the factory of W. P. Hastings. In
the rear of the desk the library is situated.
This room is large and very conveniently ar
ranged for one hundred volumes. On the OPP
poste side of the desk there is a small waiting
room for the use of the pastor. The new set
tees painted by S. Morse Of Athol, Mass, are
in use, and they give good satisfaction.
Beneath the vestry there is a large cellar,
which contains one of Winslow's steam boilers
which is to heat the building. The stone foun-
dation and the brick work have been very well
executed by Messrs. Carl & Snow. The car
pCuOCI WOIh was uOuo ny MT IN w ulUucys
The plastering by r. X Galley. The painting
by Mr.. David G. Drinkwater; plumbing and
piping by W. c. Clark; gas fixtures by John
Kinsman; the glass by G. II. Farley of this
city; the boiler and steam heating apparatus by
Daniel Wnslow & Co.
Mr.. W. f. Melcher, the very efficient sexton
who has been acting in this capacity for the
last eight years, is still at his post, and it is
hoped he will continue in this capacity for
years to come.
THE SERVICES
The regular dedicatory services were not held
until last evening, but yesterday afternoon
there was very interesting service of con-
gratulatory nature. Presiding Elder Luce pre-
sided, and at the opening of the meeting made
a few remarks. He said that we are assembled
to dedicate this church to God, but at the same
time we recognize the fact that all belongs to
God We also recognize Gods hand in the
work Of bringing this church to its present state
of completion. Therefore let us lift our hearts
to God for His goodness to US.
The pastor then read the 969th hymn, which
was sung by choir selected for the occasion.
Rev. s. F. Wetherbee, of Lewiston, then Of
f+red very earnest prayer. 1t referred to the
attempt that had been made in other places to
rid the schools of the bible, and prayed that
this city might be spared from any such dis
graceful affair.
Rev. Mr.. Munger of South Berwick, and
Rev. Mr.. Wooybury of Ferry Village. read the
scriptures The choir followed with the anthem
zone thing desired of the Lord" which was
very finely rendered.
The Presiding Elder then made few remarks
in regard to the congratulations which they
would receive from their many friends, and said
that one of the best things about the Methodist
church is that all is free; the rich and poor can
worship in one pew. He then introduced Rev.
D. B. Randall of Saccarappa, former pastor,
who spoke with much fervor of beon cling to
The same family as the rest of the Christians
present. He then spoke of the struggles that
the church passed through in the old church,
and of their hard toll to build the present one
which cannot fail to be of great advantage to
the church in more ways than one. The com
mercial interests of the City depends upon the
Christian church for support. He closed his
interesting remarks by referring to the good
feeling prevailing among Christians of differ
ent denominations at Saccarappa, where there
is great revival in progress.
Rev. James McWhinnie of Free street church.
said that he could congratulate the society on
their progress with his whole heart. He had
been among the Methodists before, and had
enjoyed their songs and exhortations many
times, and could not see how Christian could
help enjoying their meetings. He was glad
that they had built just such church, and
hoped that the spirit of God would rest on
them His remarks were very interesting and
were listened to with marked attention. The
hymn commencing "Jesus, thine all victorious
love-" was then sung.
Rev. S. f. Jones of Chestnut street church,
was the next speaker. He referred to the hymn
that had just been sung, and said that it should
be the song of all Christians. This house must
be filled with the spirit of God. or else the vast
audiences which gather here will be in vain.
The responsibility of this matter rests with the
members of this church. Every Christian is
the bearer of the spirit of God There are
things which Christians know that are past
understanding to- the world at large You are
all the temple for the Holy Ghost.
When the Presiding Elder announced that
mp-Meetipg John Allen was to be the next
speaker every one was all attention. The old
gentleman appeared as fresh and active as in
his palmiest days, aud as one clergyman re-
marked, he was the youngest minister present.
He said, 1 thank God to see you, friends, again
on this side of the river. am raised up, and
to-day find myself quite we'll. Since my ILL
ness have had the pleasure to attend two ded-
ications, and have preached at each of them.
When 1 was quite low L began to despond,
when all at once the thought came to me, where
is my faith. Then I found that God would
stand by in the hour of need. I had preached
this for many years, but never experienced it
before The remarks followed in this strain for
some time, and he closed by saying that per-
son asked him recently if he wasn't afraid he
should have another attack. His answer was
''Not bit of it"
The hymn commencing, Lord of hosts, to
Thee we raise" was then sung by the whole
audience. The pastor then announced that
Rev. Mr.. Kinks Of State street church, was un-
able to be present. This was much regretted,
as the State street church have been very kind
in loaDiug this society the use of their church