The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-20
is DEDICATED TO GOD
The New German n. E. Church Il
Officially Dedicated Sunday.
MOST BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE
Erected at a Cost Of ss 900. Is E~ntlrel.
Free From Debt. Many From Abroad
~ Witness Dedfcatory Ceremonies. ~

~ CAAI i
The new. German M. E church of
this place vas formerly Dedicated to
the service of the Lord on last Sunday.
The church., which is located on the
corner of Main and Church streets, is
of very pleasing outward appearance
a modification of the Presbyterian
church Of this city.
The inside work is finished ia yellow
pine and the large loaded glass windows
designed by the Allward' Glass Co., of
Des Moines, are all OF equal, beautiful
color effect and tone, and were much
admired. by all. The main audience
room, seated with circular seating has
aicapacity of about 200 persons and a
lecture room set aside with sliding |
doors, can seat so to 80 more persons.
Beth rooms are we'll lighted by electric
lty. and the building is heated by a
large furnace-the donation of a friend
of the church. Back of the railing
stands a beautiful hand carved altar,
the handiwork and gift of a citizen of
Our. town..
The church stands but two blocks
from the business part of our town, is
readily seen by all, and is one of the
lasting monuments advertising the ill.,
erality and self sacrificing spirit of the
citizens of Denison, both German and
English. The lots and, Improvements
thereon cost something Owe SIS, 900 90.
The English Methodists, Presbyter-
ian and Baptist societies kindly omitted
their morning services and the minis
tiers of these denominations,wit a true
christian spirit. lent a helping hand in
the dedication. A double male quar-
tette selected from the Baptist, Presby-
terian and Methodist choirs, rendered
the music for. the morning.
The German M. E. society had Sc
cured the service of Rev. DR.. Curtis, of
Cincinnati, and of Rev. G., Colder, edi-
tor of Der Christliche Apologize, pub
lished a. Cincinnati. sfi.
Sunday morning dawned suspicious
ly for the event. a bright, clear day
throughout. The hourof service found
the church WELT filled with an attentive
audience Promptly on time the quar-.
tette began the opening service with a
l lovely anthem their we'll blended voices
filling the church with melody. Rev,
Bateson, of the Baptist church, leadi in
prayer, after which Rev. Martyr, of the
Presbyterian church, read the morning
scriptural lesson, following which the
: second selection of the double quartettt
: was given.
y Rev. DR.. Curtis then addressed the
audience. He is a forceful speaker 'and
: held the attention Of his hearers to the
: last. leaving an impression as to wha1
! is really the true measure of value Of
money, namely that of using itsinsdo
$ ing lasting good fer the uplifting oftoul
fellow men. Also directing the atteni
tion of his hearers that, so often we.fai
because 0 flittle faith, fearing to com
t mence a peeded good work because, We
doubling, fear that the same cannot bt
carried to a successful ending. These
thoughts were impressed more forcibly
by Illustrations of experiences coming
1 under his observations. a (
After the sermon the more serious
e part of the, service was undertaken
K By the statement of the trustees of TIT
/. church there was an indebtedness o,
g over So, 900 still! resting on the church
The task Of raising this amount was a
once undertaken. Rev. Harris, Of. 'th,
English M. 2. Church, was appointed
secretary, and F. o. lvens, g. L.. Vos
E. Gulick andaA. Helsley were appoint
0 ed solicitors. LII a short time 5000
was Observation-Disclosures and Engtisi
!. surprising all by their liberal giving
9 Members Of other churches freely Civ
ing sums from $50 to 800 each, which
again is preofofnthe diberals christian
spirit p%ervading the members of GU
different denominations. ~
To say that a buiden was rolled ava,
. from the hearts of the trustees ant
s members of the society is expressing il
4 lightly. On account of the lateness O
e the hour the morning service wa
e brought to a Close, In the Afternoon
s and evening Rev. G. Colder from Gin
t cinnati preached in German. The fur
4 Their sum of S400 was raised, mostl.
from Germans who were not presen'
s at the morning service. And thus clos
i ed another eventful day in the city o.
Denison. The members and trustees
are full of praise and thankfulness to
the liberality, help and encouragement
which the church has met from all and
= thank the different churches and citi-
!. zens of Denison for their aid, hoping
y that God will abundantly bless all.
The visiting ministers were Rev. W
j. Loecke, of Smaller, Rev. j. Lemke
. Presiding Elder Henke, of Ft. Dodge
!, We congratulate Rev. Claussen upor
y his success in carrying this good pro
iect through. Owing to his .uRtirine
onorov and nush tho ooO0 work wa,