The herald., 1897-05-24
The University Methodists
Dedicatory Service
SUNDAYS PULPIT DISC0URSES
REVIVAL MEETINGS AT THE PA
WILLOW WELL ATTENDED
Angel Ministration in Christ's Life.
Jesus Way of Teaching--As 1t
Was in the Days of Noah

Yesterday morning at II o'clock the
dedication services were held in the new
University Methodist Episcopal church
near the corner of Jefferson and McClin-
tock streets. The walls and ceilings OF
the auditorium, which are tinted warm
buff, are in perfect harmony with the
woodwork. Long branches of the date
palm were effectively placed about the
interior of the edifice, and the choir rail-
ing was decorated with roses and other
cut flowers. Every seat in the main
body of the church and in the adjoin-
ing Sunday school room as we'll, was oc-
cupied, and the pastor of the church,
the Rev. +. NJ. Larkin, and others Who
took part in the order of exercises, were
seated on the platform.
The services were opened with an Or
gan voluntary, followed with an intro
ductory reading from the ritual by the
pastor, a hymn sung by the congregation
and the repetition of the Apostles creed
The Rev. G. w. White offered prayer
and the choir sang the anthem, I'm
fold, Ye Portals" which was followed,
in turn, by responsive reading from tho
Seyenty-second Psalm, the Gloria Pss
tri. The Rev. NJ E. Phillips read the
scripture lesson from II Chronicles
and Miss Williams sang Fear Ye Not,
O Israel" very charmingly during the
giving and receiving of the morning Of
ferng.
The Rev. r. S. Cantine of San Jose
preached the dedication sermon from the
text, Goodness is profitable unto al
things, having promise of the life that
now is and of that which is to come. -
DIR. Cantine made a forcible appeal FOR
right living, and told his hearers that
unless they know God they cannot be
godly; they grope in darkness. seeking
him. but only in revelation is God to be
found He eXhorted the people not TO
violate the laws, but on the contrary TO
study how they might follow them, be-
cause spiritual laws unloose the hands
that they may be free to perform; un-
shackle the feet that they may walk in
the right direction; unbind the eyes that
they may see; unstop the ears that they
NAV hear DR. Cantine referred. with
illustrations, to the spirit of investiga-
tion that now controls the world in all
departments, medicine, machinery, sci
ence and art, and said that the same
spirit also invaded the religious and
Christ is godliness. He said, You must
believe to be saved" and that while it is
well to understand all that is capable
of being understood there is more that
must be believed. That faith and i
constant desire to do right must win in
the end; for it has been done in the past
and what has been done may be and vii.
be done in the present and future.
At the conclusion of the sermon, Mr..
B. T. Tilden gave, in items, the cost of
the church and the amount that had
been received by donation and subscrip-
ton, and stated that it was imperative
to raise $4,000 more before the indebted
ness could be entirely eliminated or the
church formally presented to the trus-
tees Whereupon a blackboard was
placed on the platform to register
amounts, and the Rev. Mr.. Cantine and
the pastor expressed their desire to see
the requisite sum forthcoming then and
there.
Ingeniously and with somewhat plain
language by turn. DIR. Cantine invited
subscriptions of various amounts. from
5000 down. Until las this process was
continued, when the $4,000 mark not hav-
ing been reached, the benediction was
spoken and those that were left in the
church dispersed. The trustees of the
church are: D. NJ Welsh (the parshion-
er who donated 5000 towards its erec-
tion), T. w. Brown, B. T. Tilden, H.
Luke, z. 7. DClley and r. M. Doyle.