Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-03
Church Dedication.

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The Congregational people of ELI
Point purchased Inst fall the Meth
dlist church building, and moved il
on to their lots bought for a church
site. They enlarged it and built it
over until a fine church building
has been completed for Worship.
The building is attractive in it's out
side appearance and is all that can
be desired in its inside arrangements.
The pulpit is located in the SOUTH
east corner Of the building. The
opera chairs with which it is seated
are 80 arranged us to face the pull
pit. A young gentleman of our viii
lage purchased and presented to the
church a neat set Of pulpit chairs.
The young ladies Of the society pur-
chased carpets for the pulpit plat
form, for the infant class aud choir
room and for the aisels Of the church.
One Of the ladies' presented a bible
cushion and ! elegant book marks
and carpeting for the hall. Mr..
Steckman made a neat pulpit and
Mr.. Morris painted it a dark cherry
to match the painting of the o
The ladies' assumed the payment for
the old church building, and have
paid more than th~ree-fourtls OF the
amount pledged. The expense Of
the change from the old to the new
building has been somewhere near
eighteen hundred dollars. Thirteen
hundred dollars Of this amount has
been rec'vd by subscription from our
people. They r anxiously look
ing for the balance Of five hundred
dollars. The work done which
made the building Of a church e
essary was commenced and carried
out by James NJ. Talcott and Mrs.
Judge Blair and Mrs. Mallahan.
The church purchase, moving and
carrying toward to completion, has
been done by Mr.. Talcott, with the
advice and help of Mr.. Steckman
and Mr.. Ericsson church trustees and
Mr.. Sabin pastor of the church.
Other members of the society have
aided by their sympathy and man
agenient. Special mention would
be made Of several connected with
this work but for the fact that we
feel such mention would be distaste-
full to those Of whom such mention
would be made. Sunday, March 81
was a beautiful day, and a large and
appreciatiye audience gathered to
the dedicatory services. Rev.
Father Hines, Of the Episcopal
church, Rev. Mr.. Rifenbark, of the
Methodist church and Rev. Mr..
Superintendent Of Sabbath
schools for South Dakota, were pres
ent and took part in the exercises.
Rev. Mr.. Wizard, of Mitchell, Home
Missionary Of South Dakota, preach
ed the Dedicatory sermon. He
first answered the question in a mas
terly manner "why the church had
q right to be-" He said its right was
in that it lifts man to a nobler and
purer life here and fits him for a
pure and holy lite in the world to
come. It's right IN its various forms
is, that men are constituted with
different choice and various forms
Of belief in the nonessentials OF
christianity, to reach all we must
go to them with the various forms
Of worship they will accept. The
world believes in aud practices
worldly things. There is something
Man gold, or worldly homes,
Or pleasures. and it is the work Of
the church TO educuate up to and
train in a holy life, made known in
the life and teachings Of the son of
God. VIZ cannot even give a out
line Of the sermon, hut it was one
to inspire thought which should
enkindle hope and faith in the
The audience listened with
deep and thrilling interest, and
many have said it was the ablest
sermon they had ever listened to in
our city.