The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
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o9tuE0sy- > Datlss
To-day will WItDess the compilation Of
the little church edilice, which since the
9th Of May has been in process Of cree
ton for the spiritual home Of that earn
est little body OF believers known as the
Evangelical church. For some time
they have been meeting from place 70
place where the hospitality and fratern-
al IOYe OF sister churches has offered
them the shelter and protection OF their
roots. bat nov they are rejoicing in q
building Of their own, and "be it ever %
humble there's no place like home"
Bishop Dubs, d. D., of
Cleveland. Ohio. arrived this
afternoon from the east TO conduct
the cedicsiOry services Of the church to-
morrow morning, when at the hour OF
ten that ceremonial will be performed
and the services conducted In the Ger.
man tongue. Mr.. Dubs is said 20 be 9
very able pulpit orator, and his personal
magnetism and power a. a speaker will
no doubt inspire this little land of CO
workers tn Tedoubled and more earnest
efforts for the conscientious Iulhllment
of their mission here In the afternoon
at $50. and in the evening at O'Clock
the bishop will speak in English
The church sdifice was contracted for
on the 9th of last May by G w. MeIgs.
of this city and IN justice to Mr.. Meigs
1t can be said that be has performed
faithfully and well every minutIa per-
tanning t. the structure, and he feels
amply repaid for his care and trouble by
the appearance of his pretty little Gre
alton and the thanks ana we'll wishes of
the church society.
The church contains q chapel
and lecture room divided by folding
and Gliding doors, making It possible
t. throw the whole into one large room.
The sealing Capacity of the church Is
about one hundr, d and twenty FIVE each,
admitting, on an occasion re-
quiring il, two bundnd and
fifty with Ease. The chapel has an
arched ceiling Of yellow pine and in
fact all the inside woodwork of the
building -finr. windows, WainscOatIng.
etc, are constructed Of the hard AIkan-
sas yellow pine aud trimmed in black
walnut There are two entities to the
building one in a wing ON each side
The church is frame one and on the
outside as ~ell as insid", 1t pr sents q
very pretty appearance. The cost OF
nh nd 1sN d 80. 4 - an
$1,000.
At the last session of the Kansas con-
f,r,nce of the Evangelical church in
March, they voted tn establish an Evan
gelIcal mission 10 EnpoTii. They re
solved also that q church should be
built sometime during the year and that
church will be completed to-day and
dedicated, tomorrow. Rev. E. j. TToYer
has been and will continue e. perform
the duties of the church.
The Evangelical church differs from
the NJ. Z. church ORly in a few points
that they have no Office of bishop, he
being elected every uryears, not or
dained. They have no probationary
DcINu lBC CIuICh WG6
tornitd IN 1918, in Union county. Pa .
by Jacob Albright Thy lave about
one Thousand iiin rant and as many To-
cal preachers. with about $50. 0OOs mem
bcTs all told. ThtTe are twenty xix an
nual COnit rcnces IN the United States.
one in Canada with fifty ministers one
ia Germany with about thirty ministers
ami seven thousand members; one in
Switzerland with eighteen ministers and
three Thousand members There are six
missionaries Ia Japan and five native
helpers and two hundred members.
There are fOrtY.six ministers in the Kan
sas conference with three Thousand and
seYen hundred members. In the church
here there Is already a membership of
twenty with an average attendance of
from forty to fifty, aud 1t Is growing
II is hoped this little organization will
meet with the future success it merits
and deserves.