Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-02
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
THE HANDSOME EDIFICE

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VIII be Rededicated, and Several
Visiting Ministers VIII be Present.
Music Will be a Feature of the
Occasion-Other News Items Con-
corning the Pulpit and the Pew.
! For the past two or three months ex-
| tensive improvements have been in
! progress at st. Johns church and it is
now one of the handsomest houses of
worship in the city. The interior Of
the church has been remodeled so as
to more adequately meet this influen-
tial and rapidly growing congregation.
The old organ has been removed from
the gallery to the front of the building
and the gallery for the choir has been
placed in front of the organ. The
church has been furnished with new
pews and new pulpit and altar and
the walls and ceiling have been very
beautifully frescoed.
/ The edifice, which is now modern in
every respect, will be re-dedicated with
elaborate and interesting ceremonies
on Sunday of the coming week and the
event will be one of much Importance
to the members. There will be SER
vices in the morning and evening and
it is expected that number of promi-
nent ministers of the denomination
from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pittsburg,
Pa, will be present to deliver appro-
pirate sermons in honor of the occa-
sion, vocal and instrumental music will
also be one of the features of the SER
vices. Both in the morning and eve
ming number of rare and pleasing Sc
iections will be sung by choir of
forty-two voices and the accompanying
music will be furnished by Meisters'
orchestra of twelve pieces, and DR.. H.
P. Linsz, the .organist of the church
The services will, no doubt, be attend
ed by very large congregations. Prof.
Blumenberg will direct the choir, which
is composed of some of the most talent
ed vocalists in the city.
At the Fourth Street Methodist Epis-
copal church Rev. g. Bleakley will
preach at 1890 a. m and Rev. C. B.
Graham at 7:45 p. m.
Rev. DR.. Sooy will be absent from
the city over Sunday He is to dedi-
cate the new Methodist Episcopal
church at Green Bottom, w. Va.
At the Vance Memorial church. SER
vices will be held at II a. m. and 7:45
p. m. Evening subject, "a Plea for
Public Morals" Young men and wom-
en- specially invited.
Services will be conducted to-mor-
row morning and evening at the Third
Presbyterian Church by the pastor,
Rev. R. R. Bigger. Sunday school will
be held at the usual hour.
The Rev. John McCue will hold open
air services Sunday at p m. at the
corner of Sixteenth and Market streets
Subject, Thy Sin Hath Destroyed
Thee" text, jeremiah 2:19.
Simpson M. E. church, Rev. J. w.
Waters, pastor. Preaching at 10: 80 a.
m. and p. m. Sunday school will
meet at 8 a. m. during the summer
months, H. B. Clemans, superinten-
dent.
Rev. J. H. Littell will conduct SER
vices at the United Presbyterian
Church tomorrow at 10:30 a. M and
7:45 p. m. Sunday school will be held
at p. m. and the Christian Endeavor
Union VIII meet at p. m. All are
| cordially invited to attend the SER
vices.
At the First Christian church, the
Rev. c. NJ. Oliphant has returned home
and will occupy the pulpit tomorrow
Subject, The Book of All Time" On
Sunday, June 10th, will be the annual
Children's Day exercises. An excellent
programme has been arranged. The
Y. P. S. c. E. will meet as usual Sunday
evening at G: as O'Clock.
Divine services will be conducted in
the A 0. L. w hall tomorrow by the
congregation of the Second English
Lutheran church There will be
preaching by the pastor, the Rev. W.
H. Hartman, at the morning service
at Ills and the evening service at
1880. During the summer Sunday
school will be conducted at 1915 a. m.
The services of the First English
theran church will be conducted by
the pastor. Rev Samuel Schwarm. The
subjects are 1.-The New Tongues" and
Some Moral Lessons from the Ec-
lipse" S. S. at 2 p. m; Y. P. S. c. E.
on Monday at 7:45; prayer service on
Wednesday at 7:45; Ch.ldren's Day
will be observed June 10th. The Of
fering for that day will be for orphans.
Tomorrow morning, at st. Pauls
Church, the pastor, Rev Herman Haas,
viii preach and the sacrament of the
Lords supper will be administered.
Sunday school will be held in the
morning commencing with tomorrow
and continuing throughout the sum-
mer. The LADIES society will meet at
three o'clock in the afternoon.
At Chapline Street NJ. E. Church the
pastor, Rev. w. j. Hardness, will con-
duct services as usual in the morning
and evening. His evening sermon will
be illustrated by means OF blackboard
drawings. sunday school will con-
vene in the afternoon. The congrega-