The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-03
AMONG THE CHURCHES
RELIGIOUS NOTES AND NeWe GATH.
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sisn Aissionary. Adenifan Judson-His
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|. Il = Proposed 70 srset memorial
church and tower IN hiucr Of the hrst Il
AmsEiaan foreign miaidnasy, Adoniram 4
Judsca, and oe Tie three nohls Christian
women who assisted him In his mission
AZ career. Among ths results cf his
work were the introducing d Christian
ity In Burmah, the tzanslation into Bur
mess Of the entire Scriptures, and the !
establishing Of . mission whose methods
Of work have furnished the model for
subsequent labor among The hesthen In
other lands he was also. ssys his son,
The Rev. Edward Judson, Of the Bsrean
Baptist church Of New York city, saf.
ferer for the good cause. Twenty-oue
months he was confined In the prison at
Ava, and In that never-to-be-forgotten
place, Oung-penla. For great part Of
that time, as he lay upon his back in the
sitting dungeon, upon the low, thin roof
Of which the Oriental sun poured its hot
rays, his limbs were confined by five
pain Of irons, and suspended from q
bamboo pole in such q constrained and
painful position that he wore the scars
Of his imprisonment until his dying day.
As he was buried in the Indian ocean.
no material monument has yet been
erected to his memory.
T. The memorial which II IL proposed to
erect in honor Of the pioneer American
missionary will be in the main massive
church ediAce. The Rev. Edward Jud.
son, says The Christian Union, who has
the matter in charge, rightly believes
that this church should be In New York
city, and should be in CLOVER New York.
where the foreign nationalities, a. they
jostle against each other, when they ask.
What mean these stonesy may be in.
formed that they commemorate the first
American who carried the message Of the
gospel to the heather. It should be on
the borderland between the rich and the
p,or, expressive Of the truth which makes
us one in Christ Jesus The seats should
be perpetually free. II should be owned
in such way that It could never be
mortgaged."
A circular recently issued to friends Of
the enterprise says:
1--WE have secured exactly the proper
site for such an edifce. II Is On the
southwest corner Of Washington square
and Thompson street, being 105 feet wide
and 100 feet deep. The edifice would
fronto the square and face Fifth avenue,
all Of which would harmonic with the
monumental character Of tho work. ]
propose that this churda eDifice shall en-
airline many Of the mostt aer and sacred
memories connected wlkkykhe early his
, tory Of missions. IT VIII tkself be me
mortal to our FIRST missionary. It vii
. contain memorial window to each o.
the rshree Nh Judsons. Funds have a
ready been. raised to place within it ,
beautiful marble baptistery as memoria
to the sanity Boardman, our first mis-
sionlry to the Karens. There will b.
MEMORIALS also to Drs. Hague, Bowling
Gillette and others whose lives were iden
tilted with the foreign missionary enter
prisel In this way we propose to gathe
up and preserve, for the instruction ant
/ inspiration OF the generations to come,
hefitageof precious missionary memories
~ PROPOSE" says Mr.. Judson. "tha
a the front Of the church proper shout
occupy only about seventy feet. The
8 we shall have next to the church youn
mems building thirty feet wide and .fou
D or five stories high, under the same roc
with the church proper, and with tn
same ecclesiastical frontage on Washing
ton square. In the basement of tn
: young mems building we shall hav
; in the front a sitting room, provide
q with a wide fireplace, and as attractiv
!. q possible at the entrance. Back {
i this there will be library and reat
I ing room, and then, perhaps, srna
i gymnasium; the whole arranged in sue
= way. that the sitting room, as well 9
|, the library and reading room, may /
!. thrown into the basement Of the churc
g for Sunday school and evangelistic pul
o poses. Then there will be furnishe
e rooms on the other floors Of the youn
D mems building. That part Of the cit
v swarms with young men from otht
i. cities and from the country, who. free
/, from the restraint Of home and fndin
n il difficult to form social relations, 81
>, peculiarly liable to temptations durin
the evening. Now, q young man Of tn
class will have in our beautiful buildin
= . small, clean. tidily furnished, We
warmed, well ventilated, well lights
4. room. within walking distance Of h
!. place Of business, and on the fine
square in New York, except Centr
Park. When night comes he win ha'
under the same roof, II he II socially /
se clined, 4 sitting room Of his own whe,
a. he may meet his frieLds; II he IL
It more Mudious habits, he H. . libra
d and reading room; Il he needs physic
n exercise after>ths coufnsment Of d
a q day. he has the gymns kum; and, il
, Is Inclined to worship, there win
= y next door delightful social end religio
Of service every night The cost Il &
Il location is Sill 900, and the complet
!: building win cost 1928, 500. We ha
S Ss over $4,000, viz, $S5,000 in chur
to property, one subscriber Of $40, 900, t,