The daily gazette., 1882-11-27
NEWS SINCE SATURDAY
HAPPENINGS OF NOTE IN BUSY
WILMINGTON.
TIE CHANGES AT ST. PAUEs.
Tho aRe-Opening of st. Paul'sM. f. Churoii
THE Improvements and the Services
Hestsrday.

st. PauIs M. 4. Church was reopenDd
| yesterday morning with religious services
after haviog been closed for several months
during which extensive alterations and re-
are very marked. The front doorway is
slightly changed by being arched and the
doors placed on q new inside wall and made
TO swing outwardlv, ard making two neat
outer vestibules. The ceiling of the lower
vestibule inside has been elevated eight
feet, taking in a part of the front windows
and constituting at the same time floor
for a low gallery in the audience room.
Double doors are placed at the landing OF
each side stairway making entrances at the
corners of the room, INSTEAD ofcentre as before
The pews are arranged In three blocks, max
ing two center and two wall aisles. The
pews are reshaped and upholstered and are
AS comfortable as If entirely new. The
pulpit platform and altar rail are rebuilt at
proper height, and a small, rich, black,
walnut pulpit is placed on one corner of the
platform, and reading desk on the other,
leaving the center of the platform open and
the minister unobstructed from the view of
the congregation. The old side and front
galleries are all removed. The side wall
between gallery and floor windows have been
cut out and new, full-length frames, sash
and stained glass windows have been put In,
covers the vestibu,e floor and stairways, and
new ingram carpet of rare figure
in green, black and crimson colors, made
to order, covers the audience room floor and
gallery. The pulpit platform and altar
have rich body Brussels, harmonizing and
vet contrasting with the floor with pleasing
effect. The irescoing by Philadelphia
contractor, is handsomely done with skill
in the fine art never before equalled in Will
mington. 1t is combination of Greek,
Egyptian and East lake work, agreeable to
The architecture of the building, and 40
blending it's soft, rich colOrs that the lovers
of simplicity and elaborateness can admire
It alike.
The hanging chandeliers are removed from
the ceiling, so that those seated in the gal.
lery have easy view of the speaker. The
church is lighted rom the side by brackets
placed In each wall panel between the win
lows The brackets are of polished brass
having six burners each. The large pipe
organ has been placed in an alcove made for
it in the end wall beside the pulpit, with
choir platform In front. A door for use OF
the minister and choir, and for fire escape.
is placed in the corner by the organ. Five
hund~td and fifty sttings of eighteen inch
measure is the buildings capacity, with aisle
room for one or two hundred more persons
| II need be.
THE OPENING SERVICE
yesterday was largely attended. 1t opened
| with excellent music by the choir, followed
| by prayer by Rev. DIR. Edmund B. Snyder,
of the Spring Garden NJ. Z. Church OF
| Philadelphia. After more music DR.. Snyder
| delivered an impressive and appropriate
sermon, taking as his text, Luke XIV :7-"l
| say unto you that likewise Joy shall be In
| Heaven over one sinner that repenteth than
over ninety-uine just persons which
| need no repentance" The sermon was a
\ mastery review af the grand plan of saliva
ton, and the Importance of persuading
others to become christians, and the need
of regeneration as an adjunct to purity of
heart were dwelt upon at length.
| In warm terms of praise the parson. Rev.
| NJ. A. Richards, spoke of the work which
had been done by the people Of tho church
| in securing the beautiful changes which had
been made to the church edif1ce. The work
of taking up Il collection was then com
menced, and the appeal made was liberallv
responded to. BY financial statement
| made bv Messrs. Pyle and Finley 1t was
shown that when the improvement was de
cided upon subscription of $4,000 was
! asked fer, of which $1,000 was TO make a
payment on property adjoining the church,
81 800 for church improvements, and $4,000
| to pay off the mortgage on the parsonage.
| When the subscriptions were posted up il
was found that 351 Sl2 shares from the
church and 32 from the Sunday school had
been taken up, netting in all S4,596, which
with cash subscriptions, SAL, gave
a total of S4.637, making a
deficit on amount required of 81 1858. The
actual costs of the improvements exceeds
the amount OF appropriation by 81 ,92O.5S,
from which is to be deducted private sub
scriptions, S6il, leaving a deficit on the i'm
proyement OF 81 ,279.5S. To this is TO be
added the amount short on original sub
scriptions ST ,3d3, giving total amount re.
quired of S2,6i2.2S, the amount collected
| Yesterday morning was 81 ,203,2S, viz: Cash,
S222 2S eight shares at Sl2 each, S96; sub
ecriptions, $685. of which fifteen were In
amounts of $50 and upwards.
Special services will be held during this
week.
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