The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25

Grace Root; act OF dedication, "Nearer
Ny God to Thee;' pastor, "Gfve unto the
Lord the glory due His namc;'' ieople
20 worship the Lord in the beauty Of
boliness;" pastor and psor'e, God is
Worship n Him n'i Ia 'pHs spirit 0ssa nna 10 trnth
We devote and dec icnte this house to the
worship Of God, our Father. and to the
service df man, our brot ey. Ia tho name
and as the disciples II our l. I'd Jesus
Christ. Ane Let the spirit OF the
Lord our God be upon Us and establ ish
Thou the work OF our hands upon us, yea,
the work Of our h NOS establish Thou 1t.
Amen. Prayer Of Il dicition, Rev.
Charles j. .waita; cho r, "Zion. City OF Our
Gcd:" lynn. 20. Fatber! take the New
Built Shrine;' sermon. Hsv. George L..
Perrin. ID. d., pastor OF Every Day
church. Bosom choir, "It Is Cool
Thing to Civ Thanks" offeriBg hymn,
Stsnfs;" bsne lclion.
Hev. Mr.. Cushmau said his frat words
to tie conRreKati,n. TO the representa-
tives OF the conveI tion and to the pastor
must be words of consratulaiion for the
WORK that had teen done for Christ. As
president of the kbods Island Universal
ist Convention. tie speaker said he was
church In the work, and 10 would ask
what broa1 vindication there was OF the
b9ilaipR- of q unixersalist church on
Capitol hilli There were other churches
there, and some OF them were not perhaps
all hIlef, and room minht DO
Rev. Mr.. Cushman believed in church
unity not " in iheory, but In practice.
TIE Ideal thing would he the gathering
of all the peop e worshipping in churches
on the hill Into one beautiful edflce,
with different clsgymeD, but this ideal
state had not yet been reached. nor would
IL be possible until men and women be-
came broad hearted enough to unite
though they did not agree In all things.
The vindication OF this work IL that here
ore can cherish the broadest hope with
out icing brnndsd as heretic. You
would no doubt te welcomed 90 other
chutcl es-Dore IL them. nt least would
be 81 at against ycu-but II you indu lged
in the san large hopes as you do here
yon would be branded as heretics. Tnis
statement 10 maue after some thought
ana II ether churches wish 20 stop TIE
building OF Universalist churches, let
them stop calling Universalists hereties.
/ wish to emphasize tho fact continued
Rev. Mr. Cushnsn, that frs OF all, this
is Christi n Oh urch, and that there IL
u it er la 'his citv or elsewhere a church
having n greater al i'm 20 being a Christ
Ian church than this church. There are
psorle who a ust work and worship In an
htmospt ere Of optImi I'M or theory on nnot
work and worship az all Soms can keep
very quiet In reg srd IN this (, cling. and
SO q ere are Uriyersslists In nearly every
churcn, tut others cannot do so. Surely
your Christian work hero will make this
part Ct the city richer, aud you will who
teliese In the brad spirit OF this ehurcn,
whether members or not help to support
10.
MIR. Charles Il. Carpenter gave interest
Ing details of the vork of builiing the
church, ~ which he had supervision rs
chairman OF the Univers list convention
committees on rsissions. "a. next referred
to 8 me stater.snts M hod Heard about
the eonerfpaiioh wlshiug II pay OFT the
cnnr,h debt, out ~ uii not tbiak this
wist, az after paving fer II tie chtreh
orsnnizsiibn would probably dead the
church hack % fhs tonyen ion. Bs vas he
eeterai custom nov, ns snch s'tion en-.
suied the same Gosie 81 ieng preached.
whereas IN q society osned 10 there misht
be cnanve ia the ptrfcaisg. mr. Car.
Icnter after y1ficg the utnsv advsn,e1
tho aOf ietv was taken from the cupyei
tion : PERMANENT Investment, clossi MIS-
address sith cougrstui~tyry words ana
the expression Of tie bore tnat the work