, 1876-09-19
RELIGIOUS.
Laying the Cornerstone Of Grace
M. E. Church.
Description of the New Ediace..-A Con.
gregation Out Of Debt.
The Noon rrayer.Mcetlng Yesterday-..
Meeting of Methodist Ministers.
GRACE CHURCH.
LAYING THE coINER-sToNH.

AAGa u N4AtH N4EtNOAl6t AploiApAA SAAtt4l
were held yesterday afternoon at the church.
building, corner Of Lasalle and White streets,
In the prcscnce Of about 800 people.
Prcsldlng-Ellcr jutkins, Of this district,
opened the services by reading TIC invocation
contained In tho form Of tho Church provided
for LAYING corner-stoncs. Tic Rev. John Atkin.
ron, pastor Of The church, then gavo out the
hymn commencing
The place Of Thine abods,
and the audience Joined heartily In the singing.
Elder Jutktns then read the appropriate prayer
from tho 1.ttany, aud the pastor announced that
addresses would bo made by former pastors Of
Tho church, who Ind known the members better
than he lad.
Elder Jutkins said TINT It had become COM
mon idea that tho church structures built by
congregations Of tho Protestant faith amounted
TO very little, and that In fact, no other class Of
worshipcrs hu1 built such poor buildings as had
tc r. r1otsst1nt cn5ches To- review tho ruins
tries was tt prove this fact. But tho purpose OF
the builders was clearly illustrated In the com.
mon cdi6ce; It was TO make prominent the idea
that tho Church oi God was within Ills wor-
ehipcrs; that the polish was not to be on the
stone, but upon tic souls and minds Of tho per-
kOns who wCrc to h0 instructed In tho church.
LII closiug, the speaker said hc was glad to he
with them. and to see 80 many children present.
1A% @AAS wa VIZ 0At~Soo bASj
had met with.
THE REV. n. N. pAnKnunsr
was introduced as tho pastor who had been in
charge q The church At tho time of the burning
time when It was 80 hard for lin to cay any
thing. lie wns nble to sec tho past more Clearly
than the present. Yet he would suggest few
thoughts profitable to bc considered q the time.
Tllc first Of these WIS tho great difference be-
|. tween tho athelstic tc.nplc and the Christian
Church The first was In ancient times COIN
monty open like grove on oil sides, and In MI
other class tlo common people were cut OIL
only tho select few could hope to come. But
since Christ lad rtvcn tho vcf( OF the temple In
twain every person IN modern church could
havc access 70 the holy Of holics. The second
growth everywhere manifest in the Christian
Church, mud tho decay and dissolution
which characterized tic heather coun-
tries o. Il e h,h wora EoTsqe .p,os W. a., to b.
this country, where OIL every hand churches arc
growing up, and the social and general statuB Of
their membership vas being Improved. The
spS1fSr r. eGSSa 9cd y hSPGS PP Gtes S s "
saving the world
Elder JutkIns then read as tho lesson I. Corin-
thians, Chap. T., 3-9o, and tho stone was then
The pastor Of the Church accompanied the
lowering Of the stone with tho announcement
tJlNt Tim rhItrft, at of ,fhl,t
ha fa;e n1osnncss @ for ftnr y ~ ucT rcs III
t"e I;,p .oTE, ,,rnsn.ne, no ~ III.
nnye III hHnc,rtto,, nhirI, enIoI ia rnr..t M
o t,fes 'ne 0eA''''''o" "'''eN s"ueo 'A' e'fel'o-
Thc bor ,loco1 In tro ,t,,o ,ort ,,no,. ,r.,,,r
thc contenta rcor1e ~ ~, toton srta,,, t @
fnnnd af.nr IN ro T. ~ nrnartna nv ~
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ntnrcd in I'm zto,'c . etntnnnnt ~ thn ro,,,.t
md 1ii,h,rscmcnts ~ tha Meth,iist Gh,,l"i,
sncc In fIrc shnwnr tknt s11S IN had nen hnen
lf.hnracd ~. natv h,,TidtnnsS s,y ~
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co,". ~ so,, ~ ,ni;,m,s ara nu
md Tires scculnr da!iy morning ' papcrs. 't'f@'
of which t1,c corncr.stnnc 1vos INN rce.orao,.
sr,S cn-nmnucoi T., 1p71 o,n ~ ,,ots;oa, .1 19
1s7a II "a 1o6 foot iaa nud Io. 10y II
a1}tfon ~ aoni m f' fegt nra m naS Tho tonn *
fcct wisc md tito Ict@ht ~ to rIoio H. - taot
Tin m"tGr;si ,,soi ~ III cnstrott, ~.
frnnt ~ ~ I,,;,,tnr ~ w .,,o..t H., "a sae
tho ron,,tnSor T. ~ srt.s H. ntosat,eI,
IL ~ Tia cnthin nriar a'I T. ,.n.,,
rIegont m tho Mar II .rns n,onno, hv Ed,re.3 ~.
Hc,rnr an, iii i,oro "n nnsa~" ,,,oorance
Il aa ~ tn~cr INV r,t ~ stnen,o I'm fpo iarn,,an
mounting tho large main entrance and q large
ltOHHH tTobS towering above tnGfIt At 4 IClEtIt