Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-30
AFTER FoRTY.Two YEARS.

l
a Handsome New Church Kdifice,
Built at a Cost of 81 10000 Seating
Capacity of 45O.
It is now forty-two years since the lay
ing of the corner stone Of the first church
of the Methodist Episcopal society in
Westville, and yesterday the second cere-
mony of this kind was performed on the
site. The old church was destroyedlon the
nineteenth of last February, and now the
society is replacing its loss with an elegant
new structure, which will be one of the
finest church edifces in this vicinity.
Tbs exercises yesterday afternoon were
very interesting, and were. attended by |
about 300 people, Notwithstanding the |
gloomy weather. Before the ceremony wasf
over, however, the sun came out bright and
cheerful.
The exercises opened with singing by the |
church choir, after which Rev. @. B. Ford,
pastor of the Howard avenue Methodist
Episcopal church, offered prayer. Rev.
William T. Hill of this city then followed
with the reading of the scripture after
which hymn no was sung Rev: Dr. James
L. u
gregational church, then followed with an
earnest and enthusiastic address in which
he advocated the existence of peace, har-
mony and union between the different de-
nominations. Cali churches" he said,
''are working toward essentially the same
end and they should all strive to work to-
gether and keep their relations with each
other in accordance with the spirit of
Christ. A new church Is the best thing
that can come to town and it should be
heartily welcomed by all good people,"
Rev. Edward M. Poteat, pastor Of the
Calvary Baptist church, then made a very
interesting address. He congratulated the
Methodist society on the prospect of their
having such an elegant new church. The
laying of corner stone of q new church
was always a most interesting ceremony.
power for good in community, which a
church always carries with it, recommends
| it to all people who have the best interests
Of their town at heart
After bs had finished speaking, hymn
| S57 was sung by the choir, and Rev. Gran
| dali J. North, the presiding elder, made All
| excellent address, In which he said that
| while he recognized the good which all the
| other denominations were doing in a COM
raunity, it was his opinion that
! Methodist church wac alsu needed.
| It has Its line of work, as we'll ~
| the others. All churches should bind
their hearts together against the common
enemy and stand shoulder to shoulder for
truth and righteousness.
| A collection was then taken, after which
the corner stone was laid by the presiding
| elder.
In closing, the doxology was sung and
the benediction was pronounced by Rev.
| Frank A. Scofeld of Grace NJ e. church.
Among the other clergymen present
| were Rev. A. ]. Smith, pastor of St. An
drews' (east side) 81. E. church, Rev Mr..
Tolles of the Summerfeld M. E. church
and Rev. Mr.. Gilbert of the West Haven
Methodist church.
The new corner stone ia of light gray
granite and was given to the, society by
Thomas Robertson, proprietor OF the steam
marble and granite works at $50 Whalley
avenue. The inscription on the g. one is:
IN. E. Church, 1898 1894"
| Near the new corner stone Ia the corner
stone which was taken from the founda-
ton of the old church, which was burned
last February. The original inscription on
this was: "Erected A. D., 1851" To this
has now been added: destroyed by Fire,
February 10, 1898"
The following documents and papers
were found in the corner stone of the old
church: The names of the contractors, toe
list of the officers and members of the
church and of the leading business places
in Westville in 1851, copies of the Christ.
ian Advocate and Journal, Zion's Herald,
the Fountain and Son of Temperance
the Sunday School Advocate, the
Missionary Advocate and the New Haven
HERALD AND JOURNAL.
The corner stone of the new church will
contain all these, which are In an excellent
state Of preservation, together with the
following publications: The Methodist Re
, view, The New York Christian Advocate
The Epworth Herald, The Gospel in AL
Lands, The Christian Educator, Chris
l tianity In Earnest, Divine Life, the las
edition of the Discipline of the Methods
| Episcopal church, full set of the schoo
publications of the Methodist book room
New York Voice, New York Tribune. New
: Haven JOURNAL AND COURIER, New
Haven Register and history of the
church. Also a list of the business
firms and factories of the village of West
Vile, the names Of the professional men
the names of the churches and their pas
tors, the public school and name of prin
cipal, the name of the presiding elder Of
the New Haven district, the pastor of the
church and the Sunday school superin.end
emit and secretary, the treasurer and secre
, try of the Epworth league, the names Of
the steward, trustees and building commit
| Tee, b 1ul llSG OF tQo m0LuOor1 anu prOUa
TONERS, the names of the contract tors, 6
{ Columbian half dollar, a brief and origina
history of the Chicago fair. the population
of Westville, and picture of the church
The new church, when completed, viii
be one of the most elegant and finely
Q equipped church ediices In this vicinity
Its architecture will be modern and en-
tirely original. 1t will resemble the Ep
worth church more than any other, but i
3 is going to be unique in its construction
1t Is to be built at cost of $4,000. Th'
[ | front of the building as far up as the TOT
, | of the main entrance will be of stone
while the sides and other portions of thu
walls will be of brick. The tower will b.
100 feet high. The roof of the church viii
be built in the form of CROSS, and there
will be four arches in the interior. Thu
seating capacity will be 450. There will
he no gallery. The architect is D. R
, Brown of this city. The contractors fol
the mason work are ]. N. Leonard & Co.
and for the carpenter work, McWilliams
Arthur.
AT NEW HAVEN FACTORIES.
The Busy Hour Of Neutrality-suspicious.