Daily Republican., 1878-10-31
NEW CmURCu AT MoUNTsALEM
A Bsanassms EA1nce Description
or tss 1nt3tlWr View from the
ToweP-The Dedicotery service On
sunday Next.

sunday Next.
The new Mount Salem NJ. X. Church
has at last been completed, and will IN
dedicated on Sunday next, with specia
services. The ediace being Of old Eng
lish gothic style, standing as 1t doei
upon hill, presents an imposing ap
pearanos. The corner stone was laid
on Saturday, June 22nd, and since tha,
time the work has gone steadily on u0
til the Mount Salem community have
completed church, ranking the hand.
soonest In the State outside Of the city
Of Wilmington. Unusual care has been
taken In the choice Of material and the
manner in which the work has been
done. Under the trained eye Of Mr..
John Malcolm, the masonry has been
laid with all possible nsatnsss and with
the view Of securing the greatest effect.
Ths new building which COVERS the
site Of the old structure.is divided into
compartments. The main audience
room which is IS by A feet, is capable
OF seating upwards Of 500 persons. The
chapel, to be used as Sabbath school
and class rooms, is partition.d of from
the audience room by folding doors.
On special occasions these doors can he
thrown back and seating capacity OBJ
tain.,l for upwards Of 1000 persons.
This peculiar feature In the c0nstruc-
ton of the church Is a desirable one as
It secures the greatest amount Of con
venisnce within the least possi bic space
The first thing which strikes the visi-
tor il the unique and substantial man
ner in which the church Is bnilt The
audience room is arched with great
timbers which rest on iron plating firm.
ly embedded in a cemented floor. The
ceiling is Of Georgia pine highly pol
ished. The walls are sand finished
and the wainscotting is of most beau
tiiul grain Of Virginia pine.
The seats ar arranged in the order
of half polygonal torn, and are com.
Portable. They were furnished by
Springer, Morley 4 Gause, OF this city.
The room is lighted by large arched
windows front and back, The pulpit,
which stands in the northern end Of the
church, il divided of from the body Of
the church by Gothic chancel rail.
The furniture for the pulpit is all new,
and consists Of three reception and four
wall chairs, of velvet plush, with wal
nut and French vene-red frames. The
aisIes and front Of the church will be
covered with three ply ingram carpet.
The chandeliers, which will arrive the
latter part OF this week from Philadel-
phia, are presented by Mr.. John II. Mil
Ter, Of Rising Sun, who is quite large
contributor to the church.
The chapel is 80 by 80 feet and has
class rooms. Its general appearance IL
mush the same as that OF the audience
room. The seats are reversible and
can be- thrown lack and forth as oc.
casion requires. The style Of reversi-
BILE seats mere used is quite an i'm
prov-meut over the old and uncou.h
patterns used in some Of our churches.
The design is original, being worked
out by the pastor Rev. c. +. Sheppard
who's. ingenuity is displayed in other
particulars in and around the new build
ing. o..
The whole church is heated by the
Bartlett heaters furnished by Mr.. Lewis
Ingram, member Of the congregation.
There are two of these, one for the
church and one for the chapel. When
there is no necessity for the chapel to
be heated, by simple contrivance the
warm air from the smaller Furnaces is
turned into the main portion of the
building, and the surplus is thus utiliz-
ed, making thorough heating of the
building matter Of small moment.
TO those viewing the church, the
tower is a spot that claims general
attention. Because of its altitude th-
view from its top is one of grandeur.
Below you is the cemetery. At the
ft Ut OF the hill lies the valley of the
Brandywlne, whose heavy growth Of
timber in archiug the waters in its
depths hides from view the historic
stream that gliles over the pehbly bot
tom. Away to the west can be seen
outlined against the smoky horizon
the hills of the Susquehanna. By a
mere sweep of the eye you can take in
the soil of three States of the Union
Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.
The broad expanse stretches out be-
fore your gaze like a great picture.
Hills rising behind each other in sue
cession are dressed in foliage, touched
ly the breath OF autumn. Away to the
east issuing from among the distant
hil s, like silver thread, comes the wa
ters 0 the Delaware and as you follow
its course it winds through most beau
t.ous landscape until it at last 1t emptips
$ tides into the bay that lies like u
great molten mass to the southwark.
When the air is clear the State of New
Jersey presents a pretty picture. Lik,
a great surf line it stretches its length
from as far south as the eye can reach,
up until its northern extremity is lost
in view behind the hills Of the Shrl llpot.
Church spires shoot heavenwad |
above villages hidden among great
groves of trees, and farm houses, clear
yet dimllke, stand outlined ike great
tombstones in distant graveyard. We
have fingered too long over this beau
tiful picture, so We turn from it unwil-
lingly and return TO our former theme
by way of the trap door, and conclude
with description of the outside of the
church.
The building is shaped like a Greek
cross or rather like an l., with the
tower rising from the ground where the
two wings join. Over the entrance,
which is by an archel doorway, is a
colored sand stone tablet bear