Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-18
calvary HOMIE OPENED.

Il
Addresses Yesterday Afternoon at the
Formal Dedication-Large Crowds
OF visitors.
The Calvary Industrial Home at 40
Grown street was opened yesterday veEz4
auspiciouely. The services of dedication
and formal opening were held at 3 O'Clock.
The rooms at this time were filed to over
flowing.
Addresses were made by Rev. Mr.. Po-
teat of Calvary Baptist church, Rev. Rufus
T. Cooper Of Epworth N. E. church, Rev.
J. b. Mason Of the First Baptist church,
and the Rev. W. c. Meyer of the German
Baptist church. ..-...
W. 81. Douglass, chairman of the COM
mittee in charge of the home, read the
following paper in explanation of the
project:
ST have been told It is customary at
dedication services for the man who has
to do with the finances to explain the situ-
alton. Now, usually he shows by the
moneys received and the amount Ii was
necessary to expend that there is largo
deficit, which he hopes the friends of the
enterprise will immediately start In to
pay off.
Nv duty on this occasion is much
plessanter one as am not here to report \
deficit or to ask contributions, but to state
| that this institution starts free from debt
| and in fact with . fair balance to Its credit.
Three weeks ago at our Friday night
| meeting Brother Mansfield read q very in
| we're to be found in this city. The follow
| ing Sunday our pastor elaborated on that
statement and the Christian service we
might render If we should establish a
| Christian mission and lodging house. A
motion was Immediately made that q DOM
mittee be appointed to look into the mat
ter, with power to act, and you here see
| tbs result Of the committees action. With
in a week from the day the pastor ap
pointed the committee . thousand dol
lars was pledged. The money as
everything else you see here came to
us without solicitation. The Ladies'
pillow cases, night robes, ETC.. working
industriously until we are to-day furnished
with all that il necessary in that line.
Theirs muet have been willing hands in
deed, that did 30 much, so we'll and &C
quickly. The Boys' brigade furnished the
reading room, and In fact every depart.
ment in our church, and many friends out
side have been interested in starting oul
home Different friends have contributed
brushes and brooms, pals and baskets, 4
new boiler for our range, and indeed one
friend means to supply our -four for the
coming year, and so 1t goes. The Lord hal
sent us help by many friends and in many
different ways; and want to ask you, il
closing, not for money, but for prayer
that the Lord will give us great blessing
and use US in every possible way that W
can bs helpful to these poor unfortunate
of our city :"
Mr.. T. E Roberts of the Boston Indus
trial home was present and addle ,sed tn
meeting,
Rev. Mr.. Poteat in his address stste
that the home was in no senee PARTICULAR
identified with Calvary church, but wa
given by the church and other friends t
the community, the name Calvary bein
adopted by the committee chiefly becaus
it suggested their belief that the cross G
Christ becomes moro and more the law G
the conduct of the church of Christ.
II Fully 300 people visited the rooms dul
ing the day.