The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-07
The READING NEws.
EDITED BIZ MARY DE zKAN
DEDIC ATED.
The Nev Msthodiat Church at Reading
Dedicated Full Provision Made
for the Debt

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Dedicated Full Provision Made
for the Debt
READIEe, Kas., Feb 4
EDITORS News: Sunday was day OF
wonderful interest 60 tue church going
people here. The Methodists gathered
At en- early hour in their new church.
The Congregational pastor and people
were invited TO lin in the service and
the house that will seat $50 people was
well fillei.
Hev. F, s. Beggs. of Kansas City,
Rvs. j. F. Culver. Goe. B. Norton. of
the n. e. church, and Rev. Henry
Smith, of the Congregational church.
were in the pulpit
At II O'Clock the choir, with Mics Mat
tie Hut as leader. sang the opening
piece.
Prsyer was ,ffered by Rsv Henry
Smith, and j. F. Culver read the Scrip
ture IessIn.
Rsv. s. r. Brggs read for his text.
"For the love Of Christ constraiaeth US,
and proceeded t. preach an excellent
sermon He took up : line Of thought
in this wise: The ambition TO do
something. 10 se,k fer fame-.s did
Alexander the great and Napoleon
BonapArt-, with thsir large armies and
forced marches. The object OF military
men aud kings has been largely
worldly honor. But not SO with Mar
tin Luiher, John Calvin or John Yves
ley. They labsred for the salvation of
men Paul, after his convs rsIon,
spent his life toiling for God.
Amid all his l.b,rs and sufferings
his ambitis v as to glorIiy his Maker,
aud he Was prom Dt,d TO continue, and
often IT pcsIcd For the love of Christ
consiraineth US" Paul was wonder
tul man. He melt ie opposing ell, ment
with courage, with love in his heart, with
all his power of learning and elo-
quence.
At the close of this excellent sermon
he, Rev. Beggs, read statement Of the
financial conci i'm Of the church as Civ
ca by the trustees, viz:
Lot. donated by r r company. 5 100 90
Amount from church aid 3D.
ciety. $4,000
Borrowed from church aid 50
ciety. oOO w
Subscriptions tor church. 800. 1,657OO
Paid by the Ladiee' social
circle. ......--...... 4olVO
Floating debt. ............-.... 5o54l
Tot.l. ga, 32I.41
Total Indebtedness. 80 1888 Al
Z e.. BIDDLE,
Secretary of Board of Trustees.
The speaker then asked the co1grega-
ton for subscriptions to tie amount of
$50 down TO 81. The forenoon service
closed and notice was given that s +.
Beggs would preach again at z p. m at
which time the house was crowded. and
to the surprise of everybody this same
Beggs, who is wonderful beggar, was
seen among the people talking quietly
and moving from one to another, with
paper and pencil in hand. At ten min
u,es pas, o'clUck he STEPPED into the
altar and said be had a feS words TO say
before going Into the pulpit
to preach and continued thus
That as the debt was only a little more
than half provided for, in the morning
he desired 10 raise the balance aud de IL
cate the house, that he had Ell Gee ded
and they proceeded to read the names
oil the persons who agreed to pay to. the
trustees OF the church, January LIST, 1856,
the amounts against their names II
was a surprise to the assembled peol l :,
the community and the church, too,
(only the few he Begged it irony. 1t
leaked out that j. F. Culver and w. Fl
Seyery started the project, ami 1t seems
Methodist Episcopal minist r is an
easy man to start out in This line.
After this, the evening service beg a..
The singing was good. The sermon of
Rev. Beggs, from the text: Thou shalt
guide me with Thy counsel and after
wards receive me to thy CORY" 1t was
a sermon that showed the study, thought
and power of the speaker. He brought
out out the desire of an TO seek after
knowledge an help to fit him for future
existence Some hope.to find satisfying
portion 10 human history; soms in geol-
ogy; others 10 as,r Dnomy, aud still 9th
ers in the study of an stomy or man.
kind. While all these works and books
are good, we have to go tn the Bible to
learn the way of life, aud eternal happi-
ness.
Atthe close Of she 'rmon the trustees
stepped forward and presented the
Building as a church for the service aud
worship of Almighty God" After this,
with singing And prayer, tn dedic ton
services closed
The pevs ars MT includ in the
amount but in fe y Setrs the p4nple
no De to b3 able t. have lhe,e and also q
furnace