Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-18


people when that congregation are pre-
pared. after weeks and months OF
united and persistent prayer and labor
to dedicate their first house of worship
to the service and glory of God.
Such an hour of thankfulness. dedi-
cation and praise came to the congre-
cation Of the Second United presby-
terrain church OF Wheeling last evening
when. with glad and thankful hearts,
they assembled in their neat and at
tractiye new building at Fourteenth
and Chapline streets and eonsecrated
it to the worship OF God.
The auditorium of the new church
was beautifully decorated with palms,
ferns, potted plants and vases of cut
flowers massed about the polished oaken
pulpit. and numerous inoandescent
lamps filled the interior with soft and
pleasing light. The sittings are polish
ed oak chairs, about $50 in number. The
pulpit chairs are also of polished oak
The choir and organ occupy a place
| arranged for them on the pulpit plat
form to the right of the preacher The
general effect of the interior is pleas
ing and the acoustic properties OF the
auditorium are excellent.
Every seat was occupied when the
choir. composed composed of the fol-
lowing members: w. S. Hill, tenor;
Miss Ruth Hall. soprano; Mrs. VIII
Hare and Miss Rena Garden, altos. and
Mr.. Charles Brand, basso-opened the
services by a beautiful Interpretation
of the 122d Psalm.
II joyed when to the house OF God
Go UP. they said to me.
Jerusalem, within thy gates
Our feet shall standing me-"
The pastor OF the congregation, Rev,
J. II. Littell, then invoked the divine
blessing In fervent dedicatory prayer.
most appropriate to the occasion, after
which the choir sang the Saith Psalm.
lord God of Hosts How lovely
The place where Thou dost dwell
Thy tabernacles holy
In oleasantness excel.
The building committee, consisting
of Messrs John b. Garden, John Beck
EFT and Frank T. Hare, were then
/ called upon by the pastor, and stated
through their chairman, that the cost
of the church building, exclusive OF
furniture, had been s1.675, OF which
! $500 had been paid, and that there was
still $500 cash of the building fund on
hand The offering was {. IN taken up,
the pastor simply stated that he hoped
1t would be as liberal as the circum-
stances demanded. The splendid sum
of s4l5 was realized.
The offertory, THE Good Shepherd"
was sung in a most artistic and pleas
, ing manner by Mrs. Nellie Sweeney
Palmer, from the Woman's College at
Richmond, Va, but formerly OF this
city.
The dedicatory sermon was then de-
livered by the Rev. DR.. Thomas Balph,
of st. Clairsville. o., his text being the
S7th Psalm. His theme was, "The
Church." and his able and eloquent ad-
dress had for its central truth. "Glor-
ious things are spoken OF thee, o city
of God" The speaker divided his
theme into the four following heads:
The stability of the church; the church
as the object of special divine favor; its
destiny is that of universally; and
lastly, in this universally the indi-
viduai is not overlooked-is not lost
in the mass. The learned and eloquent
speaker gave a very clear and power
full exposition of the Psalm, which We
regret our inability to give in full 7
The choir then gave an effective rem
dering of the Psalm, He Shall Come
Down Like RAIN" after which DR..
Balph offered the closing dedicatory
prayer and the pastor pronounced the
benedction.
The Second United Presbyterian
church was first organized in Novem-
Der, 1900, with Rev. J. II. Littell as
pastor, who had for seven years been
pastor OF the First church. The con-
gregation have been worshipping in the
A. o. U. W. hall on Market street, but
in May last began the construction Of
the building dedicated last night. The
lot on which the church stands was
purchased for $4,000. and in a few
years the present building will be re-
placed by an imposing edifice.
The ladies of the congregation sup
piled all the furniture and carpets for
the church.
The fine Kimball organ was the gift
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Keuren;
and Mrs. A. T. Garden gave the fine
pulpit chairs.
MARTINS FERRY.