Evening star., 1896-10-31

fore. portions of the two sides and the
rear wall and a portion of the roof
The church Is located at the southwest
corner of 1-2 and l. streets southwest and
faces east The lot upon which it stands
Is forty feet wide and seventy-hye feet
deep. TIE contractor first went 10 work
on the foundations The upper walls were
shored up and foundations were laid. These
latter were rendered necessary because
the remodeled structure is not only ten
feet longer than the old one, but also has
cellar under it, f--.r
In the interior all the walls have teen
gone over and nearly all the wainscoting
and other portions of the woodwork thor
oughly repaired New pews of the latest
design have also teen put in place, and
the capacity of the auditorium has been
enlarged to about 80. The walls Ct the
In pleasing style. A furnace in the cellar
takes the place of the stoves formerly
used.
Description of the Exterior.
1t is. however, in the exterior that the
greatest change has taken place. The
principal feature Of the front of the s:rrc-
tu g is a tower at the northeast corner
which e2ds in an open turret urnnounted
by belfry. At the top of this belfry
there is final and the upper portions Of
both the belfry and tower have been COW
cred with Spanish tile. Midway be ween
the buttress at the other corner and the
tower there is a large stained glass WIN
cow seventeen feet high by eleven and
a half wide The lower portion of his
window is divided into three small Gothic
windows separated by columns with capi-
tails and having just above it, separa tins,
the upper and lower portions of the vim
dow. band Of woodwork ornameEted
with metal and having on it the words.
''GOrsuch NJ. Z. Church" The upper half
of the window has been arranged as to
provide three rose windows. one large and
two small ones. Immediately above tits
window and just below the roof there are
two small fancifdl openings for Tentila-
tion purposes.
other Gothic window, smaller in size. The
main entrance to the building is ;hro Ugh
two large double doors in the tower, one
on IL street and the other on J.. street.
Each of these doors has plate glass panels
with rose windows at the top. Cement
steps lead up to these entrances. On
the south side of the church quite rear
the front there Is also exit protected
from the weather by porch. The doors
open into a vestibule, which in turn opens
Into the auditorium.
Brick and stone.
The entire new front and other portions
of the ediffce are Of red brick trimmed
with stone Four Gothic windows
have been placed in each of the side walls
so that the light will be abundant The
doors open into a vestibule. which in turn
lead into the main auditorium A fine pipe
organ has been added TO the equipment Of
the church. and another new organ to that
OF the Sunday school. The Sunday school
Is loca ted in separate building in the rear
or the church. The architect who drew
the plans. and under whose supervision the
work was carried on. is Mr.. William j.
Palmer.
History of the Church.
The idea of starting a church in the
neienbOrhood of II. and l. streets south
west was first broached nearly fifty years
ago About the year 1870 Mr. George l.
Han was appointed class leader by the
Rev j. H. Gorsuch, who was then sta
toned at Ryland Church Mr. Hall held
his first class in the neighburhood of the
present church. in the home of one of the
members, Mrs. Gill. and here the class met
regularly for some time, but afterwards
moved 10 the residences of Messrs King
ana Prsther- After while II was though
adNlsdb!e 10 have a permanent place of
worship. and so the little class of mission
workers moved into the small frame school
house where now stands Greenleaf school
M george w. Gafret, assisted by SIR
man. organized Sabbath school. and the
thtTi prise was recognized as a mission of
Ry!ans- The pastors Of Ryland were ali
OF them deeply interested in the mission.
ana among those who thus We're connec ted
with the early GorsHch Church are the fol-
lowing: Revs. J. s Gorsuch. John Hedges
y G. Schlosson, Alfred Grifhth. w F.
spsake and w C. Steele Six years were
sufficient for the organization 10 grow int
separate church, SO in 1854; th,. ConpreDa-
tion withdrew from RyIand and became a
regularly organized station with Rev + III
Ryland as pastor
W hen the mission was first started n he.
came advisable to secure a building lot sr
ihe present site was purchased. In ISif a
brIck church was erected, and named after
the Rev. j. 5. GorsUch. the first pastor
The church now began an active existence
and in lSos Rev. Henry Sipes was appoint ed
pastor and was reappointed In 1SJS Dur
ing the war the Organization had a hare
sTuggle, and at one time their pastor re-
ured. leaving the church without a head
50 mat the offic ial body engaged Rev Geo
v Leech, who is the present pastor o
Grace Church OF this city. to take charg,
of Gorsuch. o.
The Different Pastorates,
GOrsuch has been served by a number n
ministers. some of whom are as follows
Reys- ]. s. Gorsuch. John Hedges. n
schlosson. Alfred Griffith. W. F. Speak
and W. C. Steele (as pastors of RyIand)
III. n. Sipes. ]. II. NJ Lemon, j. H. Cor
nelius. ]. w. Hoover. G. V. Leech. j. NJ
Davis. w. H. Laney. G. W. Hobbs, J. s
James. w c. Mullen, ]. W. Moore, A J
Bender. j. A McLaren, ]. c. Starr an,
w. NJ Osborn. During these successive