Smyrna times., 1885-04-08

to the close of the Morning Prayer and
Ante Communion service, the worship
was not only hearty but impressive.
At II. 80 the rector, Rev. VIM. B. Cor
don, advanced to the pulpit and an
nounced for his text, "That l may
know him and the power of his resur-
rection "-Phillipians iii, 10. The SER
mon was one of theological force,
clothed in a diction that would have
! been attractive in itself if separated
from the grandeur of the theme which
it presented, the speaker claiming in
the nearly forty minutes occupied in
its delivery the close attention of his
entire audience as he unfOlded the res
direction of our Lord as the central,
the great fact in the Christians faith,
and linked it with our life in its broad
est purposes in every step from the
| cradle to the grave-the full signif-
canoe being the Immortality which
such a life with this in view, prepares
us for beyond the portals of eternity
At the close of the sermon the Holy
Communion was administered and
thus closed the services of the morn
ing. Rev. b. G.. Douglass, of Philadel-
| phia, assisted the rector in conducting
| the services of the morning, as he did
also at the Easter celebration of the
Sunday school in the evening. when
the house was packed with an audi
dience larger than could be seated.
The singing of the school was well
conducted, the missionary offerings
amounting to $545O.
The floral decorations were very
modest-only the font was filed with
calla lilies, geraniums and violets.
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHURCH.
The church, in its remodeled form,
was so changed as to be almost unrcc-
Ognizable in its interior appearance to
the audience who assembled in its
walls last for worship, before the work
vember last, the services during the
interim being held in the chapel adia-
cent The greatest change has been
at the rear end, where the chancel and
vcstry room were located, above these
being the loft where the organ rested
and the choir sat. They were con
tracted into a small place on which
there came no light except from the
distant parts of the house, the pent-up
condition having an embarrassing ef-
feet on those officiating, which was
more or less felt in a reflex manner
upon the congregation. Now there is
Il wide, open chanccl, a bright, semi
transparent, many colored background
through which rays Of light Of every
hue meet and blend in an affusion re-
marlable for its richness. The effect
on priest and people cannot but be
marked, where the very rays Of light !
that illuminate the church bear with
them, coming as they DO through The !
historic figures of the TRANSPORTATION
and the sacred symbols that surround |
them, an impress that IS hallowing to
the feelings, while it elevates the mind.
The organ that occupied the place
now filled by the upper part of the
memorial window rests at the |
right Of the chancel, the place in its
rear in the same wing being set apart |
for the vestry room. The organ. a
new one, used on this day for the first
time, is from the celebrated pipe organ
manutactory Of Jarline & Son, New |
York, and is pronounced by all who |
heard it a very superior Instrument
lis tones being rich, deep ana full. At
the other end of the chancel stands the
baptismal font, made of Caen stone |
the chanccl, which is made of ash. is |
Of excellent workmanship, and taken
all together the view that faces the au.
dience as seated in their pews, is one
not often surpassed in the best city
churches.
The delicacy and richness of color
that first strikes the visitor coming
from the head Of the church is in har-
mony with the finish Of the church
throughout. The walls have been fin
ished in French gray, while the cell
ing is tastefully tinted in a delicate
blue-a most decided contrast with the
Iigid, unattractivo walls of previous
years. The cornice is blue red, drab
and brown and the dado which is lG
inches wide, matches the frieze. which
is % inches wide, and beautiful
blending of blue, red and brown. The
pews, of ash, were newly upholstered,
the chandeliers rebumished-eve
thing putting ON the appearance of
newncss and brightness.