Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-04-12
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED
New Christian Church Consecrated
to the Worship Of God,
SERVICES LARGELY ATTENDED

Inferior An Excursion From iagers-
town-The Collection Amounted
10 Nearly $500.
With interesting and largely attend
Ell services the new FIRST Christian
church. corner os Winchester avenue
aad stephen 3 street, vas Sunday
conseerated 10 the wcTship Of tfcd
Although not clear day. Tie "eIemo
MES were interesting nevertheless ane
during all of the services the church
was crowded. Al the morning service
the church comfortably seated at
present, hut IN Tie afternoon nna
evening as ANY were turned away
as sueces ded IN gaining entrance 1T
the church. winch will seat comfort
ably 300 people.
The auditorium of the church is
42x47 feet. 1t is built of brick and
has two stories and basement. The
pulpit is in the southeast corner, the
rows OF seats rundlng diagonally
across the church. The church Is
built so that when thu CONGREGATION
grows an addition the same size of
the present auditorium can be erected
Oh. the Stephen street side, for use as
q Sunday S school room ana so built
that it can lie combined with the
main auditorium into one large room.
The first service in the new church
began in tho morning az 10 80 O'Clock
with music and sermon by Rev.
P. A. Gave. of Richmond. Va, on
-eTha True Mission of the Church. !"
At tins service COLLECTION of 1912 was
taken up.
meeting. which began in the after
noon at O'Clock, was pres aed over
by Rev. W. 5. HOY. OF Beaver Greek,
Md. The hymn blessed be- the Tie
that Buds was sung, after whic h
the scripture lesson was read and
pray was offered by Rev. Il. W.
she editor. Of the Church Herald, the
new religious organ of the Disciples
of Christ Then an anthem was sung
b. the Hagerstown choir, after which
several c1ngIatulatory addresses were
delivered by Sc eral ot the ntulr eis
Of the city. Those wh spoke wee
ID - Z No
Baptist church, Rev 9 d Harris, at
the Methodist Episcopal chureh,
South. and Rev. Q. Trump. OF st.
John : Lutheran church. All of Il e
addresses were nf u very happy ana
congratulatory nature and gave he
members OF the Ohrlstian church
great encouragement IN their under
taking. Rev. Talmaga made few
remarks IN reply. Rev Cave also
spoke briefly IN reply and mad a II
appeal for an Offering which amount
ed to 1881 80. The afternoon meeting
closed with another nvmn and bene
diction by Rev. Q. 5. TRUMP.
Before the night service began Rev
Talmage occupied about ten minutes
time in introducing his paner ana So
IicIting subscriptions for t. Rev. II.
G. KeDdriek. Of Hagerstown, had
charge OF the service. which opened
with the hymn"I Love Thy XII gdom
l. ord 3" Mr.. Daniel n. Middlekautf
OF Hagerstown, read the scripture
lesson and Rev. ". 5. Hoy, of Bea
yer Greek. Nd offered PRAYER. Miss
Coleman. OF Kee Mar COLLEGE, Hag-
xstown, sang a solo, 1.-The Path of
Peace, which was greatly enioyed. "
Rev. Cave then made business
statement for the church. which is in
brief. The total valuation of the
property Sincluding building, furnish
ings and lot is 50 800. The cost of
the church and furnishings is 1886.
90 of tuis amount S2350 was raised
bv the Martinsburg congregation.
The H.gerstown Christian church
contributed $500 and the church al
Beaver Gre x, Md 1923. The colIec-
ton last night amounted to $500
making total offering on the dav OF
dedication Of &IiJS5. In addition to
this. through t.Ie efforts OF Mrs. AL
bert Dancer OF Hagerstown 500 was
raised IN the hagerAtowa congregation
for the pulpit chairs, the silyec com
munion set ami col ion plates. The
pulpit desk l. a uIesent from Mrs.
Dancer. the orRsu from Mr.. Roy Dan
ger. the portIeis an the baptistrv from
Mesdames Geo. f. and Edward NJ.
Cpdegraff of Hagerstown and the
communion table from Mr.. W. w
Hedges Of Tomahawk this county
The heating apparatus was presented
10 tine church by Mr.. Albert DauzCr
At the close of the business state
ment the HaRerstown choir rendered
an authem after which Rev. Cav
rendered the dedicat ny sermon TAX
ing for his subject" A Can Consecra