Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-15
DEDICATE At CLIFTON HILL
Presbyterians Consecrate Their RemOdeled
Edifce on Grant Street.
PkTRIARcHS REclTE EARLY HISTORY
Pastors Make Remarks In Addition TO
Dedicntory sermon by Rev. jerks
Special Service Of Praise
T. Enjoyed.

The remodeled clifton Hill Presbyterian
church was dedicated Sunday afternoon at
it's new location, corner Forty-ffth and
Grant streets, a large number OF the Pres
byterian ministers Of the city participating
in the services.
The services opened with an invocation
by DR. D. r. Kerr OF Bellevue college, and
after the singing Of a hymn the dedicatory
sermon was preached by DR.. Edwin Hart
jerks Of the First Presbyterian church.
The preacher took as his theme christian
Character and Action" He said that In
the eight beatitudes Jesus had given an
analysis o: the parts Of Christian character,
but these parts were not to be found un-
combined in the model Christian. In the
sermon on the mount the Christian char
acter was passed, as 1t we're, through a
prism and resolved to its elements as light
is resolved through the prism, showing
hat the white light OF the sun is COM
posed Of many elements, which produce a
perfect light.
Must he strong.
Although Jesus said blessed are the poor
in spirit, for theirs Is the kingdom Of
heaven, and blessed are the meek. for they
shall inherit tho earth, he did not say
blessed are the poor spirited, nor blessed
are the weak, for Christian men must be
strong, must be brave and must be worthy
pillars Of the best faith the world has ever
known. The Christian is to inherit earth
and heaven and must conduct himself so
as to deserve, as far as possible, the high
gifts. The Christian must live a strenuous
life-not the strenuosity Of the ancient
Roman who dared all things for earthly
fame and glory. nor yet the strenuosity OF
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the greatest reward of man in the form
of wealth, but he must strive for better
things. While we hear so much Of the
power Of wealth in this age, yet the money
power is subordinate to the mental power,
and Rockefeller gives largely to schools,
Carnegie to Libraries and Armour to the
institute which bears his name, but in the
end both the money power and the mental
power are subject to the moral power OF
the country and this is greatest Of all
this is the power OF the true Christian.
Gods power on earth is represented by
man power. eye are the salt Of the earth
and a light set upon a high hill. Let your
light so shine that all men may see and
praise the Lord"
Its History Narrated.
After the sermon there was a song by
the Young Mems Christian Association
quartet, followed by a brief address by ].
A.. Dalzell, president OF the board OF trus-
tees, in which he related the events leading
up to the remodeling OF the church, show
ing the total cost to have been SO, 1926 81,
all OF which had been raised or pledged
before the day OF dedication. This narra-
tive was followed by a solo by Miss Berta
Wilson and an address on behalf Of the
session by G.. D.. McDill. Mr.. McDill re-
lated some Of the history Of the church
since its organization ten years ago last
June, when the congregation met in a car
penter shop west OF the Military road. He
said that of the officers all but one were
charter members OF the organization and
that OF the membership more than halt
came from the growth OF the families OF
the original founders, this being ~particu-
larly true Of the present Sunday school
workers.
other Features of the Program.
This address was followed by an anthem
by the choir, the recitation of the TeDeum
by minister and congregation, after which
the dedication scripture, Solomon's prayer
at the dedication Of the temple, was read
by Rev. A. G. Wilson. The keys OF the
church were then transferred from the
minister to the president Of the board Of
trustees.
The canon OF dedication was then read
by the minister and the congregation re-
sponsively. The dedication prayer was Of
fered by DR.. J. ]. Lampe, followed by
th~ree-minute talks by pastors Of the city
who congratulated the congregation upor
the new building and expressed hope fol
further Advancement, both spiritual and
material. The benedietion was pronounced
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