Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-06-15
MODELS.

A Model Church and Model Oongre-
gatton-The Rev. w. G. Brakeman
to Have Both-Description of the
Handsome Church to be Erected
Corner Orange and Edward Streets.
At the service yesterday morning at the
Summer Tabernacle of the Methodist 80
ciety which formerly worshipped in the
st. John street M. E stchureh, the pastor,
Rev. w. G. Brakeman, delivered very
appropriate sermon from the text in Acts
K, 33rd verse. CHOW therefore are we all
here present before God to hear all things
that are commanded thee of God" The
subject of the sermon was the model
church and congregation. The sermon
embodied the following: GIN the model
congregation every family should be rep
resented by as many of its members as
possible at the regular and special services
of tho church. Church attendants should
be prompt, attentive, reverent, unpreju-
diced and obedient to the truth. They
should not only hear, but their daily lives
should exemplify the lessons taught. The
pastors sermon illustrated the axiom. A
model church should have a model con-
gregation and model congregation should
have model church.
The pastor exhibited pasteboard model
of an ideal church. The model is a repre-
sentation of church at New Rochelle,
which edifiee has been visited and admired
by hundreds of visitors. This is the only
church Of the kind east of the Allegheny
mountains. The model is also a. repre-
sentation of the church edifce that is to
be erected by Rev. Mr.. Blakeman's flock at
the corner Of Orange and Edwards streets
The pastor gave a description of the pro-
posed church yesterday morning, in CON
nection with the service. The architects
Of the building are Weary and Kramer, Of
ing to cost from $50, 900 to $40, 900 when
finished The edifce, which will be
the most elaborate building in that
section of the city, is to be on the corner
of Orange and Edward streets, near the
present temporary structure. The church
is to be built Of brick with stone trim
mings, and is to front on Orange street.
On the corner of the building nearest the
corner of the two streets will be tower
that will add much to the attractiveness of
the structure.
The building is to be a combination
church and lecture room. The church is
to seat about 700 people. The lecture
room, which will adjoin the church, will
have seating capacity of 300. Between
the church proper and the lecture room
will be sliding doors, which can be easily
removed. When these are open there will
be one large auditorium with seating ca
pacity of 1 1000. The galleries are to be on
all sides of the auditorium. The gallery
on the Orange street side is to be occupied
| by the choir and organ.
On the front of the building will be two
entrances for the congregation, and a sep
arate entrance for members Of the choir.
| The pulpit is to be directly in front of the
| hoir gallery.
The pews are to be constructed on the
| amphitheater or sloping plan, the slope to
| extend through the lecture room.
| The location of all the seats is such that
the occupant of any seat in the auditorium
can obtain perfect view of the speaker in
the pulpit. =
The plans provide a cosy study room for
| the pastor, near the entrance to the
church. A reception room and hall are
also down on the plans. go. -
| One admirable feature of the plan is
the convenience of the class rooms for the
Sunday school. There are to be fourteen
| of these rooms, which open into the lee
ture room. One of these rooms is de-
signed for the Sunday school library. The
| school superintendent has been remem-
bered by the architects, who have made
| designs for a desk especially adapted to
| his work.
| Rooms to be used for church entertain
ments are to be in the basement, where a
kitchen and dining room are to be locat-
ed. A store room is to be near these rooms.
The ventilation and heating arrangements
are supposed to be quite perfect The
church is to be heated by steam and the
lecture room by hot water.
/ Tho hor avor,oiro1 hu h11i11
| ers, but the contracts have not been award
cd. When the church is completed a par
sonage is to be erected on the site of the
present tabernacle. This will not be at
tempted this year.
The location is on many accounts very
desirable, as it is in a section of the city in
which are many fine and very expensive
houses and large number of attractive
homes. Most of these homes are nearly
new and indicate thrift and prosperity
that is seldom equaled. If one is to judge
of the occupants by the neat appearance OF
the houses the people of that section of the
| city are to be classed with the best resi-
dents of New Haven.
1t does not require extremely acute OBJ.
| servation to see that the pastor is well
chosen to preside over a church society,
| especially one with building project on
| hand, where combination of talents is re-
quired. The appointment of the reverend
gentleman to the passionate of the society
was evidently made by those who are ia
miliar with his qualifications
The handsome Methodist church in Shell
ton was built through his fundamentally
and while he was pastor of the church.
| A NOTABLE INCREASE.
| The Sunday school of the Edwards
street NJ E. church has increased from
sixty-two, the first Sunday that services
we're held in the summer tabernacle, to
nearly 100, the number in attendance yes
terday.