Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-21
A CHURCH CORNER STONE.
Imposing Ceremonies on the site OF
the New south Park Church Yester-
DAY Afternoon.

Imposing Ceremonies on the site o
the New south Park Church Yester
day Afternoon.
The corner stone of the new South
Park Mission chapel on Elm street wal
laid with interesting and imposing cere-
monies yesterday afternoon, and large
cone curse Of people gathered to witness
the exercises. The little church, which il
being erected by the Broadway Pres
byteriAn congregation, is to occupy
J0x14 feet donated for the purpose by
tie South Park syndicate and facing on
Elm street. The plans have been de
scribed in the ARGUS and the contract for
the construction, which is in the hands of
Mr.. Schreiner, calls for a 81 400 sLruc
ture.
The exercises, which were conducted by
Rev. W. s, Marquis, of the Broadway
church. opened with hymn, fol-
lowed by scriptural reading by Mr.. S,
d. Cleland. after which Rev. A. B.
MeluIhu@ VI lue SCutihl IlSSoJ tuilah
church, offered prayer, and then made
some congratulatory remarks, not only to
the people of the Broadway church who
had undertaken this religious enterprise,
but to the people of the ueighborhOod
who were to have such an instrument of
far reaching good in their midst. Chris
tians build upon the foundation of Jesus
Christ, who is the Rock of Ages of
the church. which has stood nearly
1000 years, and it was II joy to him to
see the stone emblcmatic of this enduring
rock used in the foundation of such
structure.
He spoke of the growth and spread of
Christianity and its most f1ourishing CON
dition at this very time when the asseI~
ton had been made that the world was
growing more wicked. Indeed the dis
ciples of christianity never had more reaN
son for being of good cheer than now.
Rev. j. II. Brown, D. ID, of the United
Presbyterian church, spoke of the satis> |
faction and pleasure it gave him to par
tcpate in the ceremonies of an occasion |
so much. He congratulated |
the pastor and people of the Broadway |
church on the Inauguration of an enter
prise promising so much good, and the
people of South Park on the good for
tune which had come to them in this
way. The four foremost influences Of
leading to better and higher
Dr.. Brown said were the
the school, the Young Mems
Christian Association and the purified
press.
DR.. j. W. Stewart, superintendent of
he Broadway Sunday school, read
prepared and interesting sketch
If the enterprise. which, together with
copies of the DAILY ARGUS, Duly Union,
Br0adt0ag Visitor and Interior, were
placed in the stone.
The ceremonies of the laying of the
tone were then conducted by Mr.. Mar.
luis, who, after expressing his pleasure
It seeing 80 large an attendance, spoke
# his pleasure also in the fact that it
vas his church which was to undertake
his for the Master. He did not view
as a denominatlOnal church-not a
Presbyterian church--but II house of God
n which God would dwell and which
you'd be sanctifled to his glory. He
len took trowel and spread the mortar
n which the corner stone was placed,
nd then offered prayer, after which DR..
rown closed the exercises with the ben>
fiction. The corner stone bears the in>
,ription 1855" I