The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-11
NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH..
Review of the Work Previous to Its
Formal Dedication.

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The new Presbyterian church edi-
ice, the corner stone of which was
laid in 1893, is just about completed.
and nearly all details for the dedica-
tion arranged for. The dedicatory
services will extend over five days,
from Thursday evening, Sept. oath, to
Monday, the 18th, inclusive.
On Thursday, the 18th, reminis-
cent service will occur in the lecture
room, led by the pastor and partici-
pated in by number of the members
who have been connected with the
church from it's inception. On Friday
evening Rev.. B. Little, of Shenandoah,
Iowa, for twelve years pastor of the
church, will preach. On Sunday, the
9th, the dedicatory services proper
will occur in the morning with a SER
mon by some eminent divine from
abroad. At $3.50 p. M, Holy Commun-
ion with public reception of members.
followed by vesper baptismal SER
vice for infants. At $50 p. m. the Y.
2. S. G. E. will hold conservation
service in which the other Endeayor
societies in the city are invited to
unite. At 1870 there VIII be union
service of all the churches in the CITY
who will join with them, in which
the several local pastors will be in
vited to participate. A sermon will
be preached by Rev. Thomas Mar
shall, D. d., of Chicago, the first pas
tor Of the church. On Monday even
ing a grand reception will be rendered
in the church parlors by the ladies.
Former pastors and their wives will
be present and all friends of the church
are invited. 1t is expected that Rev.
Geo. G. Pollock D. D., of Litchfield,
Mimi, and Rev. John Barbour, of
Birmingham, Ala, former pastors,
will also be present and participate in
the exercises, though positive infor-
nation to that effect has not yet been
received. When the carpet now being
made, and the pews already here but
not set up. are in place, the church
will be completed.
The music for the occasion is in
charge of Mesdames Fl. A. Patterson
and FL. l. Parry, which gives assur-
ance of being the very best.
While the Presbyterian society has
reason for being exceedingly grateful
for the privilege of possessing such a
magnificent church home, the entire
city should rejoice with them in the
fact that such a fine structure has
been added to their other creditable
public buildings, and in the increased
influence thus afforded the city for
righteousness.
Excavations for this building were
begun in 1892; the corner stone was
laid in 1893, when the financial
panic caused suspension of work.
In the autumn of this year, Rev. Lee
w. Beattie, the present pastor, was
called to the church, and in the fol-
lowing spring work was resumed, I'M
der the untiring and persistent energy
OF the pastor, backed by a loyal and
self-sacrificing congregation, so that
late in the autumn of '94 the lecture
room was finished off and made ready
for occupancy, special thanks being
due to Mrs. Elizabeth Jones' magnif-
cent gift of $4,000, and the
ladies untiring zeal in raising over
$500 for furnishing the chapel and
completing the basement with it's per-
feet equipment of dining hall, kitchen,
range, sewing room, and toilet rooms.
The congregation have occupied this
lecture room, that will seat over 450
people, as place of holding their SER
vices. And now that the completion
of the building is at hand, all inter-
ested in the religious and moral life
of our city should seek to make these
dedicatory services success in every
way, and rejoice with this the first
church organization of our city in
this advanced step in the religious
work of the CITY