The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-31
MASSILLON NEWS.
The First M. Il. Church Dedicat-
cd With impressive Services.
MAssILLON. Jan. 20.

MAgsfLLoN. Jan, ~.
In spite OF the rainy weather In tho
morning aud the Dakota blizzard which
ragged Ia the evening, large congrega'
lions completely flied the now NJ, II,
church yesterday to talts part in tho
dedlcatory services. AT the morning
services, Bishop Andrews, Of New
York, II fine looking old gentlemen,
preached an eloquent sermon, His
subject was the growth Of Christianity,
especially within tho last hundred
years. lIe spoke Of missionary work
and compared tho Greek, Latin and
Protestant churches and their devel.
opponents. lie did not feel uneasy
about foreign emigration; for while
some Of 10, the Irish for instance, were
Catholic, others, llkOthe Scandinaylans,
were wholly Protestant. The Bishop
also dwolt upon tic growth Of the pub.
lie school system
After tho close Of the sermon DR.,
Baylisa, Of Cinclnuat!, superintended
the work Of raising subscriptions, The
church when completed will cost
S6O.6OO. The work that vet remains 10
loo done Is the building Of the steps and
the linishiug OF lhe front. or this
amount $1,000 had been pNid, leaving
% balance OF $500, $1,000 OF this was
raised by viva y0Ce subscriptions from
tho members present, the amounts
ranging from $500 down. In the even
iug Dr.. llyIigs preached n sermon full
OF profound thought, In u forClble man
ner, aud no was listened % with mark.
ed attention. HIS theme was the eter-
nifty Of truth; the Bible did not estab.
lish truth, but was simply u revealing
OF n number Of eternal principles,
which were not true because revealed
by the Bible, but which the Bible re.
yealed because they were eternally true.
Laying aside the question as to whether
the Bible was inspired or not, II still 10.
mained true. ll0 never knew u man to
become worse by praGtiolng any virtues
taughtin the Bible. The preacher illus.
trated some Of the doctrines OF Christi.
anity as the doctrines of IN infinitely
perfect God, of the bringing Of peace
by holiness from this latter followed
the doctrines OF regeneration, and OF
eternal punishment aud reward. These
wore e%lernNlly tru0 W%inclples, because
they were IN the nature Of things.
After the close Of the sermon about
$3.50 more wa raised by subscriptions.
THIS leaves the church wholly out OF
debt, with q small balance remaining In
the treasury.
Tho trustees Of the church, Messrs.
Joseph Corns, Il. Clarke Miller, >. G.
Bowman, q. Is. Altman, Joseph X,
Merwip, II. b, Lleghly, =, II. Wells, Il,
w. McCaughey and James A. llackett,
then assembled before the chanCel rail,
and the house being offered for dedica-
ton, Bishop Andrews impressively read
the sermon for the occasion, ano the
congregation dispersed after singing
Old Hundred with q will.
Those present from Il distance were
Rev. j. H. Mills, ID. d., Cambridge; Rev,
j. M. Carr, ID. d., Of Mt Union College;
Rev. Hiram Miller, ID d., Canton; Rev,
J.. w. Toland, ID. D., Presiding Elder.
The choir under the direction Of
chorister q. w. Balfour, and assisted
by Joseph Ess, on the cornet, sang some
excellent music In q finished manner,
Miss Matte Corns presided ut the or
gan.
William, Thomas and Charles Whit
worth, coal miners, were arrested In
Peter Wilhelm's saloon last Saturday
evening for lighting and disturbing
the peace. Thomas was fined Sl3,0O
and sentenced 10 Eve days In Jail on
bread and water, and Whitworth, q
mere boy II years old, was lined $500.
They were released yesterday upon
George Phillips going bail for the fines
The Independent is making some
mean 1inQs at the Y. M. ID. q. which
are appreciated. 1t il only necessary
TO say that its motives are understood,
and that Democrats here will hardly be
willing to accept It's Interpretation Of
their Intentions. The approach Of the
spring Nlection explains the extreme
anxiety cf this raoid Republican paper
to create dissension In the Democratic
ranks. The charge brOughtagainst the
club may be branded AZ d common lie,
for which there is not the slightest
foundation in fact.
WHEN Secretary Bayard opens his
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