Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-17
CHURCH DEDICATION.
The New Church of the Trinity.
Topics of the Ministers.

The New Church of the Trinity.
Topics of the Ministers.
The new building OF the Church OF the
Trinity was dedicated yesterday morn
ing. The edifice is situated at the cor
ner of Seventh and Fort streets, and,
while the exterior is not very imposing,
the interior is most conveniently ar
ranged and has very inviting appear
ance. At one end OF the auditorium is
the platform whereon the pulpit stand is
placed. Back of this, in recess, is the
loft for the organ and choir. 1t is raised
considerably above the pulpit platform.
At the right of the platform, in gilt let
ters, the following appears upon the
wall:
80 come, let US worship and bow
down, let us kneel before the Lord our
Maker, for He is our God and we are the
people of his pasture and the sheep Of
his hand God is our refuge and strength,
very pleasant help in trouble. Have
we not one father? Hath not "a God
created us? Yea, though l walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, will
fear no evil for God is with me; his rod
and his staff, they comfort me-"
At the left OF the pulpit the following
also appears upon the wall in gilt
letters:
"Hear, o Israel The Lord our God is
one Lord, and thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength. This is my first
commandment, and the second is like,
namely, this Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor as thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these. On
these two commandments hang ali the
law and the prophets"
Below the pulpit and extending to the
bow window in front are the seats for
the audience, enough to seat about 800
people. On the back portion of the
auditorium is balcony capable of seat
ing about $50, and from every part OF
the church the words Of the preacher can
be distinctly heard.
Yesterday morning the platform was
mass of flowers and foliage arranged in
various shapes and forms, and these
added to the brightness of the carpet,
frescoing and furniture gave the church
a very comfortable appearance. At ii
O'Clock every seat WAS taken, and the
service began with an organ voluntary,
after which Rev. DR.. Fay offered short
prayer. The choir sang sold Hundred"
and Rev. DR.. Deere led in prayer and
exhortation. The choir and audience
sang "Come Thou Almighty King" after
which Psalm No. 95 was read for the first
Scripture lesson. The choir sang NOW
unto the King Eternal" and l Kings,
viii, 1928, and John, iv, TIA, was
read from the second scripture lesson by
the Rev. E. S. Conger. An anthem by
the choir was followed by Rev. B. F.
Mcdaniel and then DR.. Fay preached
dedication sermon appropriate to the oc-
casion. The dedication sermon was read
responsively by DR.. Fay and the congre-
cation, and Rev. Oskar Clute offered
dedicatory prayer. A hymn written for
the occasion and sung to the tune of
"Old Hcndred" preceded the benedic.
ton.
At the First Baptist Church yesterday
evening, Children's Day services were
given by the children of the Sunday
school.
Relationship of Jesus" was Rev. R.
Mayne Irvine's subject at the morning
service in the East Los Angeles Presby-
terian Church.
At the First New Church Society, Rev.
ID. V. Bowen preached in the morning
on "Divine Providence, or the Lesson OF
the Johnstown Disaster"
Rev. w. A. Knighten, at Grace N. E.
Church, spoke on "Paul's Debts in the
morning, and "a Stayed Mind and a
Great Keeper" in the evening.
"Satan at Church" was the morning
topic of Rev. II. NJ. Du Bose at the
Trinity M. E. Church, and "The ne-
parted Christ" WAS his subject in the
evening.
Rev. ]. H. Phillips, OF the East Los
Angeles Congregational Church, chose
for his evening topic, "Did Providence
Destroy Johnstown"
Rev. r. G. Hutchins took for his topic
yesterday morning at the First Congre.
gational Church, Sacred Music" and
in the evening he preached on "A study
Of the resurrection of Jesus"
At the East Los Angeles M. f. Church
Rev. II. Cox preached in the morning on
"Littleness and greatness in man." and
in the evening on "The man who had
not on the wedding garment"
Rev. r. s. Cantine continued his lec-
| ture last evening at the Fort-street NJ. E.
| Church on 1.-The Doom of the Drunksrd."
Rev. VIM. Otmiston, d. D., of New
York, will address the ladies Of the mis-
sionary societies of Los Angeles, at 2 80
p. m. today in the First Presbyterian
Church. There is general invitation ex-
tended to this meeting Of ladies and gen.
tlemen outside the societies.
At the communion services yesterday
forenoon, in the Church OF Emmanuel,
76 new members were received. The at
tendance was very large and the exer-
cises were deeply interesting. DR.. W. j.
Chichester, the pastor, delivered an elo-
quent and impressive discourse on the
tender and spiritual character OF the
Apostle John, whose receptivity he lik-
ened to the fleece of Gideon, which alb
sorbed and was saturated with the dews
OF heaven. Yet, while he was thus ten.
der and spiritual and filled with the
divine love OF the Master, he was 30
strong and terrible in his spiritual i'm
pulses that he was called the Son of
Thunder, the Boanerges of the Apostolic
Twelve. The eloquent divine drew
graphic and striking picture of the soft
and beautiful characteristics OF the disci-
pie who had SO faithfully preserved and
transmitted to us the sublime teachings