The Press., 1885-05-07
Issued Every Thursday Evening.

years to come.
 It requires no stretch of the imagina
 ton, and no yielding to a blind and sense
 less superstition, that in the progress o
 our Sunday school from the time of its or
 ganlzatlon down to the present hour it ha,
 been guided by the hand of kind Father
 and that as he moved the heart of his ser
 vant David to collect material for temple at jerusalem and raised up Soloman te
 complete the woak, so his guidance lee the people to commence this work whicl has cnlminated in this house of worship in which we meet to-day.
 n our departed friends still look mon
 the Scenes of earth-life from which they are now removed, then will the history oI
 sunday school which we are now relating pc dear to them and tribute to thei1
 memories, far better than long ipscrip. l tlons on costly monuments.
 Houses sacred to different Deities are l or very ancient origin. Long beforegthe Jews erected the grand temple at Jerusa. 1 lem, ldolatrous nations had temples de-
 voted to the worship of imaginary divini.
 ties. Greece and Rome in their. days of
 splendor had magnificent atheneums com
 pared with which our modest and unas-
 suming chapel would sink into insionii-
 canoe, but those heathen temples were de-
 voted only to the propagation and promul-
 gation of superstition.
 Yet m the porches of Athena's hall And in the shadows of her stately walls Lurked the sad bondsman with his tears of woe. Wet the cold marble with unheeded flow, And fetters clanked beneath the silver dome O the proud Pantheon of imperious Rome. :" And very many of the fashionable churches In this and other lands, "whose spires point Heavenward, are devoted to particular creeds The walls of the Ro- man Catholic churches, covered with eym- Dofs of christianity, echo only with the teachings of Catholicism The pulpits of other churches can only be occupied by those who beelive ill a certain plan of sal. vaytion. " But we who dedicate this little edifice believe III the common origin of the whole human family, and receive every man as q brother, for we believe in the Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man.
 As Tn the past we extend the hand of feilowsiilp and the heart of sympathy to all who love the Lord Jesus. So we in- tend this pulpit to he free to all christians to proclaim here the truths of the gospel, without regard to sect or creed. 'sFor while creed and rite may differ. faith and hope shall still be one.'
 Although am incapable to express the grateful feelings entertained by our people toward those who have been most active in rearing this chapel and though we have had no regular meeting to pass formal resolutions, l have been requested by members of ourSunday school to thank our dear working friends. Prominent among these stands MT. Barber, whom we have long regarded as the especial friend of his employees, seeking at all times their high est welfare. We realize that in providing thls chapel he has been the one instrument la the hand of a kind Providence. without which we should have had no new house m winch to meet in many long years to come, and 1t IS our hearts desire and pIay- CT that we may so improve our privileges and opportunities that in the history of onward and upward march in the eventful years of 1884 'S5 may be recounted with pleasant emotions to many eager listeners.
 After the presentation of Bible by Benjamin Ward Dix of New York, the fol lowing response was made:
 Kind sir, you,' by your timely gift of Bible for our chapel, have awakened feel ings of gratitude which I am chosen to ex- press ill behalf of this community. We attend the Sabbath school that we may learn the truths that book contains, and if under the guidance of the spirit of God some of us shall be lead to understand the deep meaning of those truths by personal exper1ence, you may indeed feel that the book you have given has accomplished its mi ,sion.
 From it's pages good men and true may choose passages as texts to preach the doc- l trlnes of God for our salvation, and thro' them you may feel that good is being done by means of that you contributed.
 And not only to you for this gift are we grateful, but to-day our hearts are also l full of gratitude to all of us who have | helped us reach the occasion for which | we are Gathered to-day.
 When we determined to have chapel l as a house for our Sunday school we were | bound to succeed, but the desired result scene q far ill>the future. We knew that | by little and little, contributed as our means would allow, would bring sncc4ss. and ill due seuson we should reap if we fainted not, /" but kind friends said. "Why | not arise and build now?' and one said. | ''I will give building to remove to your others said, eve will give mon ey, {" and others still, 'sWe will lab r with | our hands, aud so, al making our need | their opportunity, by their gifts brought nigh the day that seemed so far off, when our school should have house it might call its own. To that house we have in vited you to-day, that you may help us dedicate that house to the service of God, and also that we may tell you how truly we thank you, one and all, for your kind as- sistance
 Many givers are here to-day some are absent; but whether or not they ever see the spire of this building pointing heaven ward, may we and they so live that when they have gained the heavenly home we may join with them in thanking Him rom whom "cometh every good and per- lect gift," for the opportunities he has ed you to give ps here in this house you nave helped to build So shall we make ,he best use of your gifts, and show best our appreciation of what you have done to aelp us in the good old way. May you De blessed more in your giving than we in 'eceiving, in proportion, as it is .more blessed to give than to receive
 The following Is from a. sketch of the village of Talcottville, ill the Holland Coun- y Leader
 The public buildings consist of brick ,hurch, library and school-house..all which were constructed by the Talcotts. and are