The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12
SUNDRIES.

partition which rolls up, when
not needed, that the apartment
can be made into two more class rooms
| for Sunday school or conference work.
| In the rear Of the church there are
several small rooms for attiring and
similar purposes, and for the use of the
| pastor.
| The basement Of the church has also
been fitted up TO largely increase the
accommodations of the edifice. A JAM
tors apartment Is at the foot of the new
| stairway which has been built from the
left hand front entry way. Next to this
room there are perfectly arranged toilet
rooms, two in number, together with a
very finely equipped kitchen, pantry,
and system of dumb walters which lead
| to the upstairs regions.
The major portion OF the basement
has not as yet been finished off and
| is devoted to the heating apparatus,
water motor for the organ, and
other necessary appurtenances. The
steam heating system has been installed
to take the place of the old hot air fur
naCes which were used before. Under
the old regime it took two Of them to
heat the church to moderate degree OF
comfort, but the present system has
thus far been found to heat the church
altogether too hot for comfort and the
janitor has had to be instructed to run
the thing on short time for fear OF max
ing the temperature of the church rise
to a point unseemly for an institution
Of its sacred character.
The radiators that have supplanted
the old apparatus are of a very hand
some and attractive appearance and In
their bright new coats of gilt make the
contrast between themselves and the
dark wood finish Of the church very
effective one, especially in the sombre
light that pervades the interior OF the
church.
The edifioe has also been equipped
with new lighting apparatus and the
gas fixtures that have been put in are
in keeping with the other decorations,
substantial and extremely tasteful in
design.
The church has been furnished with
new interior furnishings except for the
pews which are the same as were used
in the old structure except for the fact
that they have been renovated along
with the rest of the interior. They have
been treated to new coats of varnish
and have been embellished with new
mouldings Of handsome pattern so that
they would hardly be recognized as the
original articles. The walls Of the
church are frescoed very effectively in
shades of brown and yellow, the ground
tint being a strikngly rich one with a
tendency towards ochre, the borders,
cornices and other trimmings being OF
darker shades merging into deep
browns here and there livening up a
bit with varied hues, blue predominant
ing, judiciously used so as to break the
continuity of tine basic color scheme.
The sanctuary of the church has been
completely renodelled. The furnish
ings are now in quaTtered oak, with
wall and altar rail finishings in the
same material. A very handsome bap-
tistry has been placed inside the rail.
The mechanical accessories and gen
eral structure of this portion Of the
church furnishing are perhaps the
most complete and up to date of any
that can be found in a Worcester
church.
The church has been fitted complete
with new carpets which are in har
mony with the general color plan of
the wall decorations. New hymnals and
other devotional books have been fur
nished, and in every way the most de-
sirable of the modern accessories of
church worship have been secured. The
new song book is the Praise Hymn
nal" published by the Fillmores Of New
York city, which is one Of the latest
and most satisfactory volumes of
hymns for use in public worship that
have been gotten out in recent years.
The building Of the gallery and Of the
prayer meeting room has increased the
seating capacity of the church nearly
100 making It at the present time in
the neighborhood Of $50.
The entire cost of tho remodelling Of
the church has been something like
$1,000, and the people Of the church feel
that it has been well expended, for they
have now certainly one Of the most
satisfactory houses Of worship that
could be built and one that compares
favorably with almost any church of
the denomination in the country.
The browning glory Of the newly re-
modelled church, however, is the new
organ which has been installed, and
will be used for the first time at the
services this morning. This organ was