The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-22
CHRIST CHURCH NEAR COMPLETION
The Sunday School Room VIII Be
Ready For Christmas Services.

me sunday ScnOOl Room W HI re
Ready FOR Christmas Services.
The congregation of Christ church will
resume worship in it's own building
Christmas day. Work on the Sunday
school room in the basement will have
been completed by then, and it will be in
readiness for use.
A number of changes have been made in
the Sunday school room, and it now pre-
sents very attractive appearance. 1t is
also much more convenient for the pur-
poses for which it is intended than it was
before the fire. The apartment that was
used for the infant class has been done
away with, its space being added to that
of the long room. An inclined plane has
been built for the infant class at the
western end of the room. This will ac-
commodate with ease the fifty little ones
who will occupy it, The class, by reason
of the incline, will be in and have full
view of the rest of the school. The ar
rangement is regarded as somewhat novel,
but it is expected that it will prove highly
satisfactory
The walls have been colored in a yellow
tint that blends with the white of the
heavy ceiling. The window frames have
been painted in colors, and roughened
glass admits softened light, and, at the
same time, prevents those passing on the
streets from looking in.
The windows have been enlarged to
about twice their size before the fire. New
benches have been received and are to be
put in place. The seating capacity of the
room, as arranged, will be amply suff1-
cient, it is thought, for the accommodation
of the entire congregation.
The platform stands at the eastern end
as before the fire, though a chancel rail
has been built about it, This platform is
in a recess, though this is not deep enough
to hide the clergyman from view from any
part of the room. A carpet covers the
space within the railing.
Entrance to the room is by the door
opening from the Congress street side and
by two others on Drayton street, one near
either corner. These entrances lead into
anterooms, from which. in turn, stair
cases lead to the small rooms of the
church above. These stairways have
their landings turned in different direc-
tons on the main floor from what they
were before they We're burned.
The old furnace room, which was at the
western end of the basement, will be aban-
doned and the furnace will be placed in
the long, arched room, Immediately under
the steps. This is brick on all sides, and
the danger of fire from the furnace being
located there is minimized.
Work in the auditorium of the church
is progressing, and there are some who
hope to see it ready for services at Easter.
Others think this hope rash and that its
realization will not be had. To the casual
observer there would seem far more work
remaining than can possibly be accom-
plished with the present force of work.
men employed, by the time mentioned. A
false ceiling has been built within the
church, and, under the protection of this,
the work of remodeling and repairing is
going on nicely.
The large memorial window of Bishop
Elliott that is to be at the eastern end
of the church, has had its arched opening
cut and the frame is now being put in.
This window will cost more than $1,000,
and WILL it is said, be the finest in the
city.
The congregation has been worshipping
for some time past in the lecture room of
the Independent Presbyterian church. The
Sunday school has been meeting since the
fire at the Guards hall. This was rendered
by the battalion. A vote of thanks for its
use was made by the school last Sunday.
Hereafter it will meet in the basement of
the church.