Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-30
NEARLY COMPLETED
The Beautiful New Presbyterian
Church About Ready tor
Occupancy.
II is Hored That it Will be Dedicated
the First Week in January.
WILL COST NEARLY $1,000.

For the ra,t wear the masons, the
bricklavers the plumbers. the plastererS'
the timers. the decorators. the pastor
and the trustees have individually ana
collectively been laboring To complete
what will be the most beautiful ana
complete place of worship IN any town
IN Michigan with the same number oi
Inhabitants 1t i only short time
ovcr one wear since the site was pur-
chased and today the handsome eoliice
j. about completed and will be finished
bv the the first of the year and can DE
dedicated as twentieth century church.
That the pastor and trustees have Ia
bored as,iduously there can bc no doubt
Int they can well view the results OF
their efforts with pride To build Il
church costing nearly $1,000. nm "a
community the size of Alma. Is 40
small undertaking. but it has been done
and ma, been done well Furthermore
il i, hoped that when the church Is dcd-
Iicated in January that it viii be- free
from all indebtedness.
Last Saturday we were very courteous
Nv shown through the building and for
the first time we viewcdits inside beauty.
Very imposing is the structure from
without. but beautiful from within. At
present the floor j. Uttered with the car
renters. debris. but the walls IN their
white beauty and the woodwork IN ITS
Imirror-Hke finish with the Subdued
lHpht coming through the magnificent
stained glass windows shining over 1t
lall. gave us fair idea of what it would
be when the last nail had been driven
and the pcws arranged for occupancy.
What strikes an observer with the
greatest force upon entering the door
way is the convenient arrangements oi
the several rooms annexed 20 the audi
forum proper. The arrangement i
such that the pulpit Is in view from al
most any of the rooms above the base
mcut. I'm the basement are the cloal
room. reception room, dining room
kitchen and the furnace room, all large
and conveniently arranged Above. OF
from the large auditorium, Is Il elias
room with sliding doors 50 that It can b
used in connection with the main room
: I'm . little alcove to one side of this room
i j. a room to be used a. a pastors elias
room. The workmanship on the building
j. of the best throughout. The staine
glass windows strike one a. being partic
ularlv grand. The front window was pa
/, in bv the synod of Michigan in men
\ orv of DIR. Geo. f. Hunting, the tir'
- president OF Alma college while TN
, one ON the west was donated 10y th
| Endcavor societies of Alma. The on
ON the north. back Of the choirplatsorn
! i, the gift of Bcv. j. II. Plum of Indian
- apolis inmcmorv of Lucy Plum Mitchell
Thi, is the most beautiful window
the church and contains "a picture
Christ at Gethscmanc. which uiouc
valued at sloo
The entire building viii bee heated j
, furnace and lighted by clccuici
throughout.
The architects who drew the pla
for the church are Clark & Munger
Bay city while Keus & Spence of Sa
inaw are the builders The Grand Ra
ids Desk Co secured the contract f
IT the seating and Flanagan q BiedenW
"a the contract for furnishing the windo'
while j. +. schwartz of this place p
in the heating apparatus.