Cañon City record., 1899-09-21
Exercises Consume Greater Part Of Sunday and
Are Witnessed by Immense Gatherings.
THE REV. COBURN AROUsEs ENTHUSIASM
Secures Contbaoas Amounting Over TwenyOne Hundred
Dollars. Thirtees Thousand Dollar Church. Thousand
Dollar Pipe Organ, and Parsonage al Clear.

Christian, ]. W.. Busard of the Luth
eran. and City Superintendent Of
Schools ]. H. Allen Special music
was furnished by the Epworth League
choir. while Miss Amy Ragsdale an.
Miss Virginia Selleck rendered charm
ing solos.
At 6;30 the Epworth League helt
. rally in which the Local Union Of
young peoples societies Joined. II
was largely attended and was ad-
dressed by Rev. II d. Hornbsck and
N. H. Lee.
The evening sermon was delivered
by Claudius B. Spencer, D. D. He
made = good, practical talk. taking
for the subject of his discourse the
hand Of man. He went deeply int
the subject, using many apt iIlustra.
ticns to show what q really important
member Of the body the hand ia, and
how utterly useless man would b
without his hands. The servant ol
every other faculty, the hand, be
figured. could not well be dispensed
with. The world would soon 70 tc
decay. From this Dr.. Spencer ar.
gued the necessity Of having clear
hands. that their chief duty the up.
building Of the world might b
carried o. 70 : commendabls end.
Tkis y Gods lAw and should BE- ths
chief object Of man.
At each meeting Sunday an appeal
was made for money. the result being
that total Of over $2l00 was sub.
scribed. some Of which was paid on
the spot This will clear the church
property Of all debt aud buy $1,000
pipe organ
Great credit is due Mr.. Chase for
the heroic effort made TO secure the
fine structure that was dedicated
Sunday. A new church had become
q necessity to meet the demands Of
q growth that would not be checked.
The winter Of 1897 witnessed . pow
erful revival and very decided in
crease in membership. In January Of
last year Mr.. Chase concluded that
the time was ripe and further delay
would be useless, 20 be started a
movement which resulted in $l700 in
cash being raised. Part Of this
amount was used for the purchase Of
the building site. at Eighth and Main
streets. The balance was added to
by the sale Of the old church property
at Fifth and Main. A few days later
ground was broken for the foundation
Of the new edihce. the work progress-
ing fsvorably and almost uninterupt-
edly to the end.
The building was planned by D. A.
Bradbury, Cahon's pioneer architect,
and the general contract for the con-
struction Of the building awarded ia
c. NJ. Ward. Ellis 4 Hood did the
plumbing and put in the heating ap-
paratus, Morgan & Wilson the paint.
ing and frescoeing, Watson & Ban.
croft the metal ceilings, and the Canon
City Ice. Light and Power company
furnished the electric fixtures and
light.
HISTORICAL.
rhe tirstMethodist Episcopal church
in Canon City was organized in Feb.
ruary, 1866. and a building in which
TO hold meetings was purchased in the
same year. In 1879 the building
which has just been vacated for the
new church was erected.
Rev. Geo. Murray was the frat pas.
tor and Rev. John L. Dyer the first
presiding elder. During the frst year
the church had three pastors, and
changes were frequent the nrst few
ysars Of its existence.
In 1892, under the pastorate Of N,
H. Leo, the handsome and commodiu,
parsonage. which occupies the loi
adjoining and sast Of ths church sits,
was begun. But It Wa not 6nished
until the following year. Evsn thsu
Il wai left sncumbsrsd. and the las,
$1,000 have bssn paid during ths
tArse ysazs just pass,
tn ineuier = dlvjasd into I naia
ap1iloxisn. Hsetay sehool roen, ~
IN pasle B: sssx ol>1g reeua
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