The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-02
THE OCCASION GRAClED BY A
LARGE CONFEDERATION.
SERMON BY REV. DR.. PlTTINGER
The Corner Stone Was Brought From Jerusalem
The Music by the Vested Choir
inspiring.


communion. lit has had only four rec
tors, all of whom are living and rejoicing
in it's growth and progress. Its member
ship lis large, composed Of working CHRIS
tians, who under the wise and forward
leadership of DIR. Pittinger are going to
build one of the finest churches III the
State.
Yesterday at noon the cornerstone of
the new church WAS laid with Empress
sive ceremonies. Rev. DIR. Brptton, rec
tor of ST. Mary's School. was master of
ceremonies, and Bishop Cheshire led in
the exercises and in laying the corner
stone. 1t was Il scene long to lie Te-
membered, The rain and clouds and
storm of the previous day had been sue
ceeded by Il lovely fall day and the sum
fell with its warmth and cheer upon the
great congregation, composed of all de
nominations, that had gathered to wit
ness the formal ceremonies. Prompt i
at noon, preceded by the large vested
choir of boys, young ladies and men, the
procession moved TO ii Ylace Arranged
for the ceremonies, Bishop Cheshire, in
the robes of the bishopric, followed D.
DIR. Pittinger and others of the Episco-
pal clergy, ministers of other denomina-
tions the State, county and city officials,
and the young ladies of st. Mary's.
AS they marched they sung:
''The Church's ONE foundation
Is Jesus Christ her lord;
She as His new creation Ie
by water and the word.
From Heaven he came and sought her,
To be His Holy Bride; p
With His own blood He bought hei
And for her life He died"
In the services Bishop Cheshire was
assisted by Rev. DIR. Rich, first rec1oa
Of the church, DIR. Pittinger and others
The stone was set in place by John
Whitelaw, and then DIR. Pittinger read
the hist of the articles deposited, as fol-
lows:
l. Holy Bible. q
,. Book of Common Prayer.
3. The Church Hymnal
A. The Living Church Annual, 1899
>. Journal of Diocesan Convention, !,
1899.
&. Brief History of the Church Of the
Good Shepherd
Z. List of Charter Members.
8. Roll of Departed Members
8. List of Practitioners, November ]
1899.
10. Roll of COMMITMENTS, November,
/. 1899
II. List of Sunday School, November
/, 1899
r. History of the Vestry.
IL. History of st. Mary's Guild.
IA. History Of tn cWoman's Auxiliary.
IL. Copies of Church Papers.
16 Copies of the city papers.
IL. Copy of Service for Laying Corner
stone.
1S. Copy of Services held at the Silver
Jubilee of the Church.
1t is am exceedingly beautiful piece OF
white marble. highly polished, and beas
ing om one side the following inscription:
Church of the Good Shepherd, 1874
1899. A Precious Corner Stone"
On the other side of the stone are en-
graved these words:
'sSent from Jerusalem at Easter tide,
1896. by the Rector of the Parish, as a
memorial Unto God u
The trowel used is the property of Mr..
A. j. Lyman, of Asheville, and is the
one lis father, the late Bishop Lymaa.
used in laying the CORNER stone of the
Cnurch of the Holy Spirit at Nice in
1887. The gayel was brought by DR..
Pittinger from Jerusalem and is made of
olive wood and of the oak of Bashan
and was given to DIR. Pittinger by the
mother lodge of Masons at Jerusalem.
,rhe entire service and exercises were
most impressive. When the bishop bad
finished the service, prescribed for such
occasions. the choir sung Onward Chris
tian Soldiers after which the rector
Dr. Pittinger, preached an excellent
short sermon. His text was from Sec
ond Corinthians, 4:1S, ''4she things which
are seen are temporal, alad the Things
which are not seen are ctsrnaL
DIR. PTTTdNGdGR,S SERMON.
DIR. Pittinger said in part:
These words of st. Paul indicate bet
ter than any other the dual nature of the
event in which we are engaged.
1.-THE outward act of laying this cor
ner stone would have but little signiG-
canoe if it were not for the unseen real-
ties of which it is the Outward expires
sion.
1.-THE things which are seen are tenn
poral; they will vanish away The
things which are most real and perma-
nent are those things not visible to hrl'
man sight
"These walls ON which we place this
corner stone will crunlble, and this stone
will decay, but the invisible things of
which they are the visible tokens shall
last forever. 1t is our faith i'm the I'M
visible which makes this act of ours APP
pear reasonable Our conviction of the
reality of the unseen lis as strong as our
assurance of these outward visible forms.
Some men would tell us that this IS UNI
reasonable. They would tell ats that only
the things that are seen, or handled, can
he known, and that everything beyond is
not only unknown, Int Emlnowable. !
wish to say to suoh men that some of us
know more about the alnsren things than
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