Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-05
Impressive Service Marks The Occurrence
OF Ceremony at New Baptist Church.
REV. +. C. DAVIES APPLIES THE CEMENT
AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH AND ON THE STEPS NEW BUILDING YEsTER-
DAY AFTERNooN-DR. F. F. sToLTz E. T. EpeER.
AND T.. o. FOSTER DELIVER ADDRESSES.

Dear friends, brethren, citizens rep.
reSenting the membership of the First
4 Baptist church and its friends, I lay
this corner stone which points to the
one who is declared to be the corner
stone of the spiritual building" were
the words uttered by Rev. F. G. Da-
4 vies yesterday afternoon upon laying
the corner stone of the beautiful new
First Baptist church, which is being
constructed at a cost Of approximate
" $4,000 at the corner of Fifth and
Court streets. The services for the
occasion were held at the First Pres
byterian church and on the steps of
the new building. At 3 o'clock before
a large audience, the services COM
menced in the First Presbyterian
church, after which adjournment was
made to the new building, where with
impressive ceremony, the corner stone,
with its deposits, was laid by the pas
tor, Rev. F. G. Davies.
The singing of Gloria opened the SER
vices and Rev. R. l.. Patterson led
the Invocation. Responsive scripture
followed by Rev. P. A. Johnson. A
hymn, The Churchs One Founds-
! ton" was sung and Rev. D. c. Bevan
led III prayer. The choir of the
church sang an anthem and a scripture
lesson was given by Rev. w. H. Hor-
mel. Rock of Ages" was then sung.
John Peach followed next with his
I torical sketch of the church since it's
1856,
Address Of Or. StoItz.
Following the historical sketch DIR.
r F. Stoltz delivered an address on
Gods Pleasure in His People Who
Build for Him a House of Worship.
DR.. Stoltz spoke as follows:
when King Solomon had finished
I,he Temple, and had caused the ark
# the covenant of Jehovah to be
brought out of the city of David,
which is Zion, and had set 1t in the
place prepared for it, it came to pass
that the cloud filled the house of Je-
joval,, 20 that the priests could not
minister by reason of the cloud, for
he glory of Jehovah filled the house
II .Iehoyab'.
'"rrans did Jehovah reveal His pleas.
IRE 10 tho children of Israel, because
sher bad erected a building which
4 vas ia'he Gratifying center of the re-
st'ie Of the nation. And after Sol
orr e the head of the nation, had
!, cffn,s Two prayer of dedication, Je-
b 40, ri' INTO him: 4 have heard
8Ehs, r-rf'er end thy supplicaiion that
-she;t voc mode before me: ! have hal
4 Toy s, thi7i house, which thou hast
eiiiit To put my name there forever,
Z I. and mine eyes and my heart shall be
here perpctaa'lE'.
Early Places of Worship.
'In many ways did God manifest His
pleasure with His people because of
what they had done or wanted to do
for His house When they gave a
proper care of the Temple, there were
many marks of His favor, but when
they failed to do so, there were marks
of His displeasure. In the latter his
tory of the Hebrew people, the syna-
gogue has conspicuous part in their
religious education and life The syn
agoglle was found wherever the Jews
were found In any considerable num-
Der This was a providential arrange
ment looking toward the founding of
the Christian church. In every COM
munity where it was located, the syna-
gogue was the starting point for the
Christian preachers and missionaries.
But they did not remain the houses OF
worship Of the church. AS soon as a
congregation was formed and pc
culiar worship began to develop, the
Christians separated from the syna-
gogue and held their gatherings in pri-
vnte houses. When the times of per-
secution came. the believers met wher-
ever they could; in field, in desert
place, in ship, in inn, in jail, in tomb.
The catacombs OF Rome were for a
long period the meeting-place of the
Roman congregation. Not until the
third century do we mark the existence
of Independent church buildings, that
is, buildings erected and set apart for
the divine services of the congrega.
TONS
Must Be RaiIying Center.
But in Constantines day, Chris
tan architecture became an art The
art was somewhat crude at first, il
evidenced but little originality. Stud
tents of architecture, however, tell us
that with our Christian faith there
arose forms Of beauty utterly I'm
known to the pagan, which eliminated
in the glories of Lincoln and Canter
bury. Taken into the service of the
to The liturgical demands of Christian
worship, architecture burst into new
bloom and produced some of the
4 grandest fruits. The temple, the
church building. is a necessity of or
ganized religious work 1t has always
been SO among civilized peoples. There
must be rallying centre a place fol
Worship and teaching. and planning
and missionary activity. When Da
vid desired to build a house of Goo
and was given to gather the materials
for the same and when Solomon put i
up, they simply did what was absolute
ly necessary to! the religious well.be
ing of the. nation. -,
Houses Fitted for Worship.
IAN Jehovah. BY putting his nams
there forever. and by covenantin,
to watch over the temple as long al
the people would be faithful and b,
sending the cloud'which was the sym
Dol Of His manifested presence, thu,
evidenced His pleasure in king an,