Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-24
FIRST TN THE LAND.
Dedication ola Hungarian Reformed
Protestant Church.
THE LESSONS OF COLUMBUS DAY.
Gods Hand in the Discovery and Settlement
of america.
TOPICS DISCUSSED BY CITY PASTORS.

The first Hungarian Reformed Protestant
Church ever built in the United States was
dedicated yesterday on Bates street, near
Second avenue Not Slav put iu an ap-
pearance, and if the views expressed by
many of the new congregation were meant
as given, no members of the Slavonic tribes
were wanted there. Pastor Kovacs was
very emphatic in his recital of the fact that
his congregation was purely Hungarian.
Three-fourths of the 800 present were men,
the oother quarter mostly young girls and
children. All the male members are mill
hands.
The new edifce is a plain one-story frame
building, with low polished wood ceiling,
few religious pictures on the wall,
square nave filled with chairs allowing
only q center aisle, but with we'll ap-
pointed chancel and place of communion.
A Handsome Little Parsonage.
At the back of the church stands the par
sonage, practically portion of the main
building. 1t is neatly furnished and has,
besides a kitchen, dining and conference
rooms a rather uniquely fitted parlor and
four bedrooms. The whole building cost
S6O0O The money was raised by the men,
bers of the Grace Reformed Church, OF the
East End.
Rev. John kovacs is missionary and or
dained minister who came to America year
and half ago Already he has organized
eight congregations in Western Pennsyl-
vania New York and Brooklyn. He is
graduate OF the University of Buda- Pesth.
The services differ only in the use of the
Hungarian language, from that of the
United States, German and Swiss Reformed
a1Npr.S Dr tha dypicr
hOssuk Benevolent Societies, of Johnstown,
Mckeesport, Duquesne and Homestead, were
present in uniforms OF gray and yellow, and
carried swords,
In speaking of the new flock, Rev. Mr..
Jurany, of Cleveland, who took part IN the
services, said that the poor Hungarian did
as much in religious way as could be cx-
pected. The average wages paid to the Ia
borer in Hungary was Is cents and the very
highest 40 cents per day.
Anxious 70 Become Educated.
The race was becoming partially enlight-
ened here, he said, and seemed to possess a
desire to be educated. He was sure that the
work of evangelization would greatly
benefit the Hungarian and the people with
whom he works and assccia tes.
Yesterdays services were in no way i'm
pressive. Only those who had already been
baptised and confirmed in the faith were
allowed to partake of communion. The
prayers were especially arranged for the
occasion by Mr.. kovacs. The One Hundred
and Thirty-second Psalm was taken for the
text as a whole and the subject dealt with
by Rev. Mr.. Jurany included the eighth,
ninth and tenth ana IRON the thirteenth to
the eighteentfiverses The morning services
lasted until noon. the afternoon services
until 5 o'clock and the evening services
until 1880 P. N. The little church
crowded all day.
Tie next Hungarian Protestant institu-
tion of the United States will be erected in
Cleveland. where a large number of Huns
are engaged in tailoring and shoemaking.