The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-08
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED
THE CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION Ex-
TENDS ITS INFLUENCE.
Services mt the Morris-Street Chris
tian Church I'm West Indianapo-
us-Other Services.

The dedicatory services at Morris-street
Christian Church yesterday were well at
tended not only by the citizens of West IN
dianopolis, but by the members OF all the
Christian churches In the city proper Ine
church was organized in January, 1881, In
hall on River avenue, with about forty
members. Later a tabernacle was erecteo
on a lot on Shepherd street. and the new
CONGREGATION met there for period OF
about two years Since that time serv-
ices have been held I'm halls. the last loca-
ton being Druids' Hall. on Morris street
Through the efforts of Rev. c. G.. Cam
trell, field agent for the Standard Publish
ing Company, who took charge or the
church as a mission work. and Wallace
Turpin, who was president of the Christian
Endeavor Society, and superintendent of
the Sunday-school, two lots were pur-
chased in December, 1899, at the northeast
corner Of Morris street and Blaine avenue,
and on these the church which has just
been completed was erected at total cost
of $500
The building committee which had charge
of the work and has done much towards
its success is composed Of c. G.. Cantrell.
F.. F. Tremor, James Lee, Piety Jacobs
and W. W. Turpin. The auditorium of the
church will seat $50, and is conveniently
connected with the Sunday school. or lee
ture room, which will seat 200. There are
two primary rooms on the first floor and In
the basement are large kitchen and
dining room.
The Rev. z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus,
morning and had charge of the congratuia-
tory service in the afternoon. Mr..
Sweeney, who in manner resembles Bishop
McCabe, is very successful as a money
somely rewarded. Altogether he succeeded
in getting subscriptions to the amount OF
nearly $1,000. About $1,000 of the money
was raised at the morning service and
the remainder in the afternoon. In the
morning Mr.. Sweeney preached from the
text: For / am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ for ii is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first and also to the Greek
Romans l. xvi.
POWER OF THE GOSPEL
He discussed the power of the gospel un-
der three seperate heads-the physical. in
tellectual and moral. He said the gospel
was the greatest moral force that was ever
projected into the world. 1t carries with 1T.
he said, a civilizing power, unitizing
power and saving power. Civilization,
said Mr.. Sweeney. travels along many diff
ferent pathways and is to be seen shining
in the home. on society, civil government
| and along the path of education. He said
the gospel was the most potent power in
developing civil liberty and In furtherance
of his statement compared the status of
| the Anglo-Saxon race with that of the
less enlightened races which have refused
the gospel of Jesus Christ. At the con-
clusion of his sermon. Mr.. Sweeney made
| an eloquent plea to his hearers on behalf
| of the finance committee of the church.
His appeal was not in vain, the congrega-
| ton contributing nearly two thousand dol
lars toward the payment OF the church
debt.
| In the afternoon a congratulatory serv-
ice in which the majority of the Christian
ministers of Indianapolis took part. was
| held. Those who spoke were: Rev. G.. G.
| Cantrell, pastor OF the Morris-street
| Church; Rev. r. I. Sweeney. OF Columbus;
| Rev. A. b. Philputt, pastor of the Central
Christian Church; Rev. c. c. Rowlison,
| pastor of the Third Christian Church, Rev.
| Q. w: McGaughey.n pastor OF the Sixth
| Christian Church; Rev. n. w. Shepherd,
pastor of the Seventh Christian Church:
Rev. J. p. Meyer, pastor of the North Park
| Christian Church. Prof. G. p. Coleman, Of
Butler College, and others. Rev. T. T.
| Sweeney delivered the sermon at the night
| service. and will deliver a lecture on the
Golden Age this evening. Tomorrow
| evening protracted meetings will be be-
| gun by the Rev. Robert Sellers.