St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-13
ONE MORE CHURCH,
The Manchester Presbyterians
Dedicate a New House
Of Worship.
A Neat Structure Added to
st. Paul's List Of
Churches.
The Dedieatory Sermon Con-
tains Some Very Good
Advice.
use Your Edifiee for De-
votional Purposes
Solely"

Yesterday afternoon the Presbyterians
of Manchester Park soemniZed the dedi-
cation ceremonies of their new chapel
on Summit avenue. The church organi-
cation was perfected early in 1887, and
q year ago the lot upon which the pre-
sent building stands was purchased at
cost of 1850. Last July the board of
trustees was authorized to erect house
of worship. Ground was broken for the
new building OH September 20, 1888,
and 1t was completed on the 10th of
December. The architect, C.. A. Wall
ingford, gave his services gratuitousIy,
and the plan and workmanship of the
structure are models of beauty and
convenience. The board of trustees
consists of Ii. A. Brewster, E. A. Hold
ridge, +. B. Pierson, Rev. q. G. Her
riott, NJ. Gordon Craig and G. A. Hunt.
The elders of the church are Curtiss NJ.
Churchill, II. A. Brewster. Charles
Forbes, NJ. d., Thomas II. Dick III, p.
t. jackson, clerk. DR.. William r.
Kirkwood is the minister in charge, the
pulpit in his absence being filed by
Rev. E. d. NeIlland and Rev. c. c.
Herriott. The Presbyterian services
have heretofore been held in the col
lcSc CidpSi' Uut tHlS WAS 1Ouiiu 100
small to accommodate the increasing
membership, and the financial condi-
ton was such that a new building
could be paid fer in part. and the pres
ent structure was accordingly begun.
1t is comm0dius edifce, yet modest
and artistic, erected at cost of So, 200.
On the interior it is elegantly furnished,
and on this occasion was beautifully
decorated with feStoons and notices of
evergreen.
THE AFTERNOON SERVICES
were opened by the DoXOlogy, sung by
choir and congregation. This was fol-
lowed by an eloquent invocation by
Rev. M. ID. Edwards, of Dayton Avenue
the choir and reading from the Script
ures, Rev. NJ. d. Edwards delivered the
dedieatory sermon, full of encourage
ment and admonitiOn to the members,
spoken kindly, forcibly and earnestly,
taking his text from the second verse
from the Eighty-first Psalm, Glow
amiable are Thy He be-
gan his discourse by pIcturing the sor-
row of the Jews at their destroyed tenn
pie and the hope existing even among
the present generation of Jewish people
that it would be reconstructed. He
said: ''Around the temple always
clustered the most pleasant associa-
lions. Itwas the hope of their life, the
JOY of their hearts; it represented the
glory of the past, the inspiration of the
present, and the hope of the future. 1t
stood as the embodiment of all that was
sacred to them, the repository of their
faith, the voice of the oracle of God.
The same love and reverence for the
house of God is manifest throughout the
Old Testament. 1t was loved not for
its richness or magDificence, but be-
cause God dwelt therein. Every sane
tuary sincerely dedicated to Almighty
God becomes. l believe. the abode OF
God; it is Gods house not by right of
ownership, but by right of occup ancy.
Church architecture and surroundings
should harmonic with its sacred uses.
Hotels, business houses and manufact-
cries should conform to the purposes
for which they were constructed, and
this is especially true in the case of a
sanctuary" The speaker distinguished
between the real church and the church
where the idea of home was lacking and
where there was nothing to suggest the
presence of Jehovah, calling the latter
an auditorium simply, and saying that
only stage and drop curtain were
lacking to make it an opera house.
He earnestly admonished the mem
bers to allow their church to be occu-
pied for
NONE BUT DEVOTIONAL PURPOSES,
and protested against the use of the
church for secular purposes of what
ever character, saying: ut is Gods
house, and we have no right to use it in
the interest of the world. If you suf-
fer this sanctuary to be used for secular
purposes, as you come here to worship
secular memories will crowd, out of
your mind sacred thoughts, and this is
the struggle of life-to keep the world
on its own territory" In speaking of
the value of the home element in the
church he said: 'In the world we must
be diplomatic; it is u sphere of tension
and activity. Here we unburden our
hearts for q season, we need not
stem the stream here, we cannot
and renew our strength" OF church
music" the speaker said, sit should be
such as to please God and not the crit
les. In conclusion, he said ''these walls
typi fly the strength OF your Christian
character, this spire which crowns the
whole speaks of your aspiration toward
heaven. May the spirit of God abide
here as in the temple of Bethel, the
synagogue at Capernaum and the upper
room at Jerusalem"
After Mr.. Edwards concluded.
81. A. Brewster, president of the board
of trustees, gave financial report of
scriptions were received for diminish
ing the Indebtedness Of the church,
which is about $4,000. After an anthem
by the choir, prayer of dedication was
offered by DR.. Thomas A. McCurdy,
preSi dent of the college, and the serv-
ices were closed with the dedication
hymn composed by Prof. T. B. Pearson,