Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-04
The New Second Baptist Church
Dedicated.
MANY FINE ADDRESSES MADE.
A Considerable Amount of Money
Contributed.
IMPRESSIVE SERVO ES

upon the pulpit Palms frightened the bal
cony and platform. Regular Sunday schooi
services were held at 0:3O o'clock. They
were conducted by Mr.. r. Milton Hender-
son, assistant superintendent. He spoke or
the past, the present, and the future OF the
school, and talked tenderly to those who
had labored by their side in the cause ana
who were not now able to rejoice win
them. At IL o'clock there were prayers by
Deacon Dulin, Deacon Lacy, MIR. Charles
Proctor, William Cohill, William A. Cooper
and r. NJ. Henderson. Maggie Annandale'
the first woman admitted by letter, was
given the right hand of fellowship. Rev.
Edgar Y. Mullins of the Lee Street Baptist
Church of Baltimore preached the dedl-
catory sermon. 1t was from two texts:
Genesis, xxi. %; and Second Corinthians.
vii, g. 1t was an able discourse. He COM
pared the church to a sopious and clear
spring, from which only what was pure and
beneficial flowed. He reviewed the history
of the church, substantially printed in
The Star of Saturday. and spoke in a
congratulatory way of its progress. The
greatest service Of the series was held in
the afternoon. 1t was a union service. The
church was crowded. All the Baptist
churches in the District, and many out
side of the District, and many that were
not Baptist We're represented. The follow
ing-narned reverend gentlemen had seats
on the platform: Revs. Meador, Smith,
Bowman, Outwater, Stevenson, MUIR,
Stakely and Naylor, and Rawlnson. The
pastor, Rev. h. Hez Sven, opened the pro-
ceedings by announcing the hymn, Praise
God From Whom All blessings Flow" Rev.
DIR. Bowman, late pastor of the First Bap
list Church of Anacostia, delivered the in
vocation. He asked that Gods grace &C.
company them in their service, and called
for ha of .nh in a N hQir
They not only dedicated the church, but
themselves. He prayed that the Holy Spirit
should dwell with them and give them pros
perity in all the years to come He asked
that their prayers be heard, and hoped that
some sinner might be led to consecrate him
self to Christ. This was followed by the
singing of hymn No. 2O4. Rev. DIR. Out
water of Kendall Chapel read the Scrip
ture lesson from the 122d Psalm. Il was
glad when they said unto me- Let us go
into the house of the Lord" Pastor Nay
lor then offered prayer. He asked that they
lift up their hearts to God that He might
hear their cry. They must purify them
selves, for if there was iniquity in their
hearts, those prayers would not be heard.
They wanted to be washed and cleansed.
He prayed for Divine blessing on the
church, pastor and the people. May many
who sit in sin in this part of the city be
led TO Christ through this church, and may
glad news go up to the Father of His re-
deemed children" is how Mr.. Naylor put it.
Dedication Prayer.
Rev. j. d. Smith announced the Goth hymn,
Il Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" Rev DR.
Meador of the Fifth Baptist Church fol-
lowed with prayer of dedication. He
gave thanks for permission to invoke the
Divine blessing on the labor of the church
which they were defeating He made sey-
eral affectionate illusions to the old church
that had stood on the site of the present
structure for three-Quarters of a century.
He gave thanks for the increased useful
ness OF the church, of its mor,e comnlete
manifestation of the power and the love of
God. He hoped that they might be quick
ened into greater activity. Generation af-
er generation. the Word had gone forth,
and would go forth from this sacred spot
he hoped for greater conversion of i'm
mortal souls. He asked the Almighty n
abide with them and make this church His
dwelling place. He urged greater spiritual
activity and referred to the special adanfa
bility OF the building for the purposes for
which intended.
DIR. StakeIy's Address.
Rev. DR.. Stakely pastor of the First
Baptist Church, made a brief address He
was sure that Ii was one of the happiest
days or his life and one of the harJpiest of
days with all Baptists of the District He
brought the congratulations of the First
Church, and they rejoiced with the pastor
and the people of the Second in the outcome
of their labor and the completion of this
monument of their sacrifice and devotion
he spoke of 1.-The long and glorious history
OF the Church organization" They should
remember that when they reared an edifce
OF this kind it was not only a structure
of brick, lumber and mortar, but there was
spiritual body in the church, which, let
| them hope, would dwell there forever II
was truly the house of God He used 10
dwell in the tabernacle but now He dwell
| IN the hearts OF the people. God was in
contact with the world through the Church:
| as God had influenced the world from the
| tabernacle. so He did from the Church
God taught them that in church organiza-
| ton they were to do their best work The
best work OF God was through the local
Church. Its character was not all IL had
mission of charity, of salvation and of
grace. They were not to isolate themselves
| from the world. They were not to go into
GorS or Ths place in the
Their mission was to the world. 1t was a
mission of salvation. The Church rested on
the truth and it was their duty To exhibit
and publish and eXtol the truth. 1t was the
business of the local Church to take up the
truth and give it to the people, that the
blessings which they enjoyed might be en-
joyed by others. They should carry out His
word. Mr.. Stakely closed by saving "may
the seal of the Divine sanction be upon this
work and may God lead us out into fields
of greater usefulness"
Churches Cost Money.
Pastor Sven then stated that 1t was n
very strange thing that churches cost mon
ey to build. 1t would be a pleasant thought
If they could think that it was only neces-
sary to plant seed and grow a church but
this could not be They wanted to raise
$4,000. This was the balance due on the
new structure He had turned the duty of
collecting this amount over to Rev DR.
MUIR. The latter gentleman also had
word of Congratulation for the congregation
because OF their thrift and progress He
said that he wanted Sl3.OO0 and he hoped
that some did not feel that they would like
to have the old church back. DR. MUIR
then began to work the audience up into
contributive humor. by saying several face
tious things. At first he wanted somebody
to subscribe $500.
He hung onto this figure for some time
but without success. Then he dropped to $500
without avail then to $500 without response
and it began to look as though there was
a lack of financial enthusiasm. Then he
dropped to $3.50 to 5000 and finally got down
to 800. The check of Buckingham Swope
& Company of Baltimore was presented for
800. Mr.. Whitney gave a like sum. Mr.
MUIR inserted a good deal of speech be-
tween donations He said that David had
said he would not offer to the Lord that
which mad cost him nothing. From 800
he fell to S15, without effect. Then to so
Here Mrs. John Russell made a contribu-
ton. Mr.. Henderson then arose in the
audience, interrupted Mr.. Muir and walked