New-York tribune., 1890-07-01
THEIR CORNERSTONE LAID.
SERVICES OF THE JUDSON MEMORIAL
BAPTIST CHURCH.
WHAT THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE Llht-Ili
MAN WHOSE MEMORY IT HoNoRs'

MAN WHOSE MEMORY IT HONORS'
Nearly thousand persons braved the scorching heat
NJ Yesterday afternoon TO witness the services OF NS
the cornerstone of the Judson Memorial Baptist Church.
al Fourth and Thompson sts 1he Kew Au"'I"n
Judson 10 whose memory the church is n be erected
was the first American foreign missionary lIc "ds
born on August >. 1888. in the STAT" Of New ORR ana
was graduated from Brown University IN 1-o" Dur
ing a missionary career Of nearly forty years I'e
planted Christianity in Burmah, translated ue cH''e
Scr;p,urcs into tc Burmese and e~tAb she'd mission
which lris served a, model 70 all thrlst stldn msNi""
.rie. Tor rwcuty-ouo months he was confined III tie
prison at Alya and in thaJ never 70 'I"rS''''' I
Oupc pcn-la For a great part of that time o. ne lay
ppon his back in the sitting dungeon nIoh 'He "N'
thin roof of which the oriental sun poured i> Ho' W "
his limbs were confined by I'VE paws oi H"I'' """ ''
WAS suspended from bamboo pole III Su'" 90"
strained and painful position that o wore '' '''l W
his imprisonment ior the rest OF hi~ lie. lie uIed
whilo missionary voyage anu ""' "
Indian ocean. ~,
The site upon which the church is 10 be erected j.
13oxloO feet The 1uiidns Will face Washington SHHN
and the Washington Memorial Toh, the ucsi-" VI
which harmonizcs with tie character "l t'e WIN
There viii DO q public fountain al the corner "i '.c
church and a clock IN the tower I"o '"'"'
contain a memorial window 10 each Of the three ME-
1udsons and also a memorial 10 the sanity Boardma'''
The first mi. sonary TO the karcns-pTobabl} beau4'
r,arhle baptistcrv There viii be memorial Nh"'"7
also 10 Dr. Hague, Dowlng, Gillette and DINERS
whoa INs were ideutAod with the foreign missionary
.ntern,dse seven windows have already boch pro-
yided for-siX at 81 900 each and one al 500. In
this way is proposoi gather and preserve for the
instruction and iusp alton OF generations to come
heritage OF missionary memories.
The church binding also 70 be perfectly adap'd u"
christian worship and aggressive missionary WORK al
home The site for the new church Is a strategic
po,itjon II Is close to large tenement house ropUi@
lion and also yet within reach Of most rc-pc"bio
and arstocratic nelghborh0Od. from "ch II j. A"Po"
many will como 20 engage personally IN mission "ofh'
Besides the church proper there VIII be 'hllGNh
Home and Young Mem Building. dI thfcc % %nul.'lii
Icing entirely distinct, but with tlc sane ~
frcufaga on Washington square. lie CMluI'n li'H'
viii he a memorial to III" late Hiram leal-. II J.
propo-ed To provide in the Young Nous lulllHg iIi
nis6cd rO0ms and board, aud also 10 proNde Tor NoI
men library and re0ding room a sizing room WIZ
A wide nreplaGS and gy mnaNini. Inc i'iNc"U' :"
me church. enabling # b. engage lr ucliohd ih
ihropfc, eYangcsJO and missionary Wm... I"' me
,nor,l s,I-l0es legan with Invocation by Ia" l'F
Horace r. Brace. The bcrean Bapu't church 'ADi q"
twenty vol.o, followed with Aj nm, under -; If4
er-hjp of the Rev. Horace J. Baruce Psalms Wr'f
Trv Henri b. Stecn4n rad from ~" ~c.pur'7 ~ ne
New Testament. III" Rry. DT. Oc1. - I'a,l Il''.N
r,a, dcjjyo,y>d a short address. Ihen f'H0"fd ii'
laying OF the cog.csJ0ne by me NoV riV Vtn :iH'"i
illc people standing with uncOycird n't'-. t -'i
v'cc5 c1ded vim tho hymn III" Morning Llrhj ls
Tic total cost OF the church will bo S32o.5oo Of
,vlch al,gut $50 900 still remains 20 bH n 81 N''N
,r srb.crpf.on5 viii b. received by the Rev. Ed"dF
Iudson, 10. IOG West Scvcnty-ninth Il.