The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-01
DEDICATE A CHURCH.
SWEDISH LUTHERANS OPEN THEIR
NEW PLACE OF WORSHIP.
NOTED MINISTERS PRESENT
Church Valued at Nearly SIS, 900 is opened
With Only $1,000 Indebtedness on 1t
Impressive Services Are Held
During the Entire Day.


to the long list of places of worship. A
new altar was uncovered and a new
minister installed in the fight against
sin and unrighteousness in the city.
| This latest edifce dedicated to the
service of God was the new church
recently erected by the Swedish Evan
gelical Lutheran St. Paul's society at
the corner of Pearl and Third streets on
the west side.
From morning until night the church
was open and all day the%congregation
sang songs of praise and gave thanks
to God for the success they had met
with in the erection of the chuI ch.
| The church is situated right in the
heart of the Swedish population and is
very pretentious one for so young a
congregation to have erected. 1t is
one of the prettiest frame churches in
the city and in it's cOmmodious rooms
and magnificent arrangement the
members and the committee who have
so carefully watched over its cOnstruc
ton may we'll feel proud. Sunday it
was in festival attire. The charcel
was bedecked with a mixture of carna-
tions and chrysanthemums, while the
altar rail and the surroundings were
almost covered with wealth of ever
green and smilax Myrlads of electric
lights furnished Examinations, while
within the chancel seven candles cast
a mellow light over the scene. Back
of the altar we're Swedish letters in
gold making the WORDS Holy, Holy,
Holy.
Services were held in the morning,
! the afternoon and evening, and great
crowds filling the entire seating capac
ity OF the house were present at every
service. All the services were of an
exceedingly solemn nature and many
ministers and others prominent in the
church work in Illinois and Wisconsin
were present to assist in the ceremonies
of the dedication. Among the visiting
ministers were: Rev. A. W. Starke, a
brother of the pastor of the church and
| Vice President Of the Illinois Confer
ence; Rev. NJ. G. Ranseen, D. D., of
the Gethsemane church, Chicago; Rev.
Carl Salomonson, of Evanston; Rev. j.
n. Brandelle, of Austin, ILL.,, and Rev.
L. Bouander, former pastor of the
church, from Rock Island, III.
Special church music was rendered
Throughout the day by d choir consist
| ing of ladies and gentlemen of the
church. The morning service was a
conservation service, the sermon being
preached by Rev. A Z. Stark.
The most largely attended, as we'll as
the most interesting service Of the day
was the dedication service held in the
afternoon, which opened by reading
one of the Psalms of David, after which
the dedication sermon was preached
by Rev. A. K. Stark, who chose as his
text the first few passages of the 04th
Psalm, and he drew beautiful lesson
for the members of the new church
from the text, Blessed are they that
dwell in the house" After the sermon
Mrs. G.. K. Stark sang beautifully one
of the we'll known religious songs OF
Sweden, after which the church was
dedicated and consecrated to the divine
service according to the ritualistic form
by Rev A. K Stark, assisted by the
pastor and Re7s. Salomonson, Randeen
and Brandelle.
Rev. Carl Salomonson, of Evanston,
then preached a very eloquent sermon
in English, choosing for his theme the
subject of The Christians Reward, )"
and basing his remarks on the sayings
of Christ to the rich young man. After
the sermon Mrs. A. W. Thompson sang
in very beautiful manner Rock of
Ages, " and the services Of the dedica
ton closed by short address by the
pastor, in which he gave astatement OF
the condition of the finances of the
church. He said that only last March
the little congregation had decided to
erect a temple in which they could
worship their God, and it gave them
great pleasure to welcome their friends
to their beautiful new home. In a
| financial way our friends have been
very kind to US. z. G.. Simmons has
given $500 for the building fund and
other smaller subscriptions to the
amount of $4,000 have been received,
but a small Indebtedness still remains.
When we came to this country we
came here to make our home, to love
it's flag, the star spangled banner, but
it is necessary for a time that the
Swedish language be used, as many of
it's members had not yet mastered the
American tongue. In closing Mr..
Stark announced the dedication collec
ton which resulted in quite a sum of
money being raised toward paying the
church debt.
At the evening service sermons were
preached by DR.. Ranseen, of Chicago,
and Rev. Brandelle, of Austin, and the
day closed with a communion service.
We extend a hearty welcome to the