Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-07

recently erected and conp!& ~ MIA,
dletown, DEL, was appOprf. f.iv dsdi.
Gated on Sunday, . laEe Ry ~
persons being present o wiSss the
Impressive ceremonies whiS vare
conducted by Bishop boxer, ,staS
by Fathers Bradford, Kelly, Favss
and Gafany. High mts was sS
10 O'Clock BY the Bish4, after T,cn
he preached an able sdmon from NJ
thew 80: "Thy sih are forei%,
thee" The discourse n both elo9uek
and instructive. Durhg tAe mornine
service . collection amounting to SI20
was taken up. The Rtv. Father Kelly
delivered lecture In he evsAinR, OF,
the " necessity Of Investigation and
particularly where the churdh was
concerned, during which he tooA occa
sion to advise every one TO thoroughly
investigate the sOundness, as weV as
the genuine principles of the Catholic
organization.
A portion Of st. Peters church clbir.
of this city, under the direction OF
Professor Rhoads, furnished excellht
music Tor the occasion, which received
favorable comment from all lovers o,
good music who were present to beal
them. Mass was celebrated on Monday
morning, both At and 7 80 o'clock. Ii
the future services will be held in tn,
church on the fonrth Sunday of eacf
month, with the Rev. Father GaffAny
in charge.
The church is an attractive fran,
structure, built after the Roman styl,
Of architecture, and Is 32x64 feet il
size, with . capacity for comfortably
seating about 800 persons. Stevens
Miller & Co., Of Middletown. were th'
main contractors. A Mr.. Green. O
Baltimore. did the painting Greer
& Son, Of Middletown, the plas
tering, and Green b Co., Of Balti
moro, the decorating. which 10 +,
handsome piece Of work. The interio
woodwork Is finished in asl
and walnut, while the seats are O
oak and cherry, and the altar finishet
In white and gilt. The large Pill
lars supporting the gallery are I
fine imitation Of granite, the Who'll,
interior forming quite an imposing ap
pearance.
GLAsGOw's NEW CHURCH.
A large delegation Of people from
Gla sgow and the surrounding country
90 WOAA 80 q huhhuCA VI VlbttOTo ITOk1
Philadelphia and Wilmington, attep
ded the dedicatory services Of the nev
M. E. church at Glasgow, which ha
just been completed, and is quite an or
nament to the town, while it will, n,
doubt, fill long felt want In that vi
cinity. The building 10 Of frame, ant
10 looked upon as handsome structure
1t will comfortably seat 800 persons
The structure Is divided off into al
audience room and Sunday school room
both of which are nicely furnished
while the pulpit and surroundings AT,
fitted up very tastily. The cost Of tn,
new edifice was between %, 600 and 81
600, of which sum 81 900 remains un
paid. The opening services were very
impressive, the Rev. Andrew Manship
of Philadelphia, preaching an eloquen
sermon in the morning, followed by tn,
Rev. W. L. s. Murray, of this city, il
the afternoon, who also spoke yer!
fiuently. In the evening Mr.. Manshij
preached another impressive sermon
Excellent music was rendered by tn
choir aud congregation ut each OF tn
services. The new church starts OF
under the most favorable auspices, ant
the members of the congregation ma.
we'll feel proud Of their new place o
worship.