The Press., 1890-11-20
". c. r. U. DEPARTMENT.
NC OF THE TEMPLE CORNERS sToN

The great stone is Tn it's place, grace, grace unto it. Never did Chicago witness such a scene, nor has it's like been seen in any city nor in any land. The date, Mo- vember l, was fixed for Saturday, that the children might participate, and most grandly did they come mp to their prlvl- lege. At one o'clock they commenced gathering, marshalled in bands and bat talions, several thousand strong, and were seated in the galleries surrounding the four sides of the great second regiment armory. There their bright faces shone, tier on tier; almost every child carried small flag, while the army of banners was thickly interepersed i'll the shining ranks. Time and again the children joined in the applause of their elders with voice and waving fags,-a billowy sea of red, white and blue.
 Meanwhile the main floor was fast filling up. And fill it did; every seat, every inch of standing room was taken; dense mass of humanity, through which it was impos- sible to wedge ones way. The stage, too, was crowded, and bright not only with grand faces, but with flowers and banners. 5 Mrs. Carse introduced Miss Willard, who, she said, would at her request pre- side. Miss Willard remarked that she was so accustomed to preside with gavel in hand that she did not know how to do it without None being within reach, workman's battered hammer was given her and, decorated with white ribbon, did ser- vice as gavel very appropriately in view of all the service that workmen's hammers must do in rearing the temple whose corn er-stone we laid that day.
 The exercises opened with ''Americt, chorus, and how those children did sing A slight, gracious girl, as Miss Willard called her, Miss Mary Hofer, acted as per- centor, and never did any pompous music al conductor so well do the part. Every movement was grace, and her face was an inspiration to others than the thousands of children who so faithfully followed her leading. The Crusade Psalm was then read by Rev. Florence Kollock, pastor Of Englewood Universslist church.
 Rev. E. P. Goodwin, D. D., pastor of the First Congregational church, Chicago. led in prayer, closing the Lords prayer in which the vast audience joined. Bishop Samuel Fallows, D. D., of the Reform d Episcopal church, then led in the respon- sive scripture reading.
 Miss Willard now introduced in her hap py fashion Mrs. Katherine Fisk, who sang Julia Ward Howe's stBattle Hymn of the
  once 1n lifetime, the children in the gal leries and the audience below joining in the chorus. I wish I could make each one of you feel the inspiration of that mo. ment, when from thousands of throats rolled out the refrain, ''For God is March ing On" How wonderful His marchings seemed, as we looked back over the quarter of century since those words were writ ten, and remembered that then the orga- nization which has made the erection of this temple possible, and which now encir- cles the globe, dld not exist, even in the imaginations of those who now are its leaders.
 So high was the pitch of enthusiasm that it seemed nothing could follow which would not produce a disastrous tumble but when Miss Ames, "our Yolande, , stepped to the front and commenced in her clear, mellow voice the reading of Mrs. Lathrap's poem, all felt that there was no fear of such catastrophe she took the audience up, right on the plane where the song had left them, carried them still high CT, and then gently brought them down to rest at Jesus feet. The culmination of the exercises at the armory seemed to me to be reached with her utterance of the closing lines,
 "Who knows but on this altar place May shine the glory of His face When Jesus comes."
 Miss Willard now introduced Rev. A. H. Delano, D. D., president of the Baptist Ministers Union of this city, who gave an address. At it's conclusion she introduced MT. Whitney Mockridge, who, Mrs. Carse says, has the finest tenor voice in the coun. | try l; he sang, Be Thou Faithful Unto Death, in manner to make all believe her. # #
 l Miss Willard now resigned the chair and gave her address, making many happy hits in her appeal to the children, which cold type fail to give you. Mrs. Carse follow ed with her historical paper, giving the "Inception of Plan and Present Status oi the Temple" and this closed the exerc;s es at the armory.
 Now came the most impressive part o1 the ceremony, those thousands of children with their banners, marching through the streets of Chicago, keeping step to the music of Saloons, saloons, saloons must go." Before them marched four sturdy policemen, clearing the way, then came the band, and after that the tramp, tramp tramp of those feet, whose march makes King Alcohol tremble. At the head of the CullOF6u PTOCeS6lOu WdlkSu two young girls, in white, carrying the beautiful tenn. pie banner. Behind them came, in close marching ranks, band after band of Loyal Temperance Legions, each bearing it's ban. ner, as we'll as some one of the many others which were sent from all over the land. ssTremble, King Alcohol, we shall grow up, "We'll Stand for the Right" Pro. hibition is Home Protection, ""God bless our Homes, ""We,n Work forTemperance, J "God is Helping" "Make Your Record Clean, were some of the significant mot toes those banners bore.
 Meanwhile dense crowds, largely com- posed of men, had gathered at the corner of Monroe and La Sale streets, where the great foundations rest. The north hali had been foored over. and this was guard ed by policemen to reserve it for the chil- dren; raised platform gave space for the officers and speakers, whiie>still: above it on another platform, rested the huge cornerstone, with tackle attached, ready to be lowered into place. This stone is of granite, finely polished on it's sides to re. ceive the inscriptions; it measures seven feet, nine inches on each face, and weighs over ten tons.
 Standing on this upper platform, g In every town where SAvENA is introduced the sale
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