Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-05

a great opportunity; let me have a
part in this Investment; / wish to be
able to say, it is partly mine
Many hands make light work and
the very difficulty of the undertaking
may, by being bravely met, in the
spirit of sacrifice, be the means of
welding the membership more closely
together and of kindling greater zeal
for the cause.
"A new building should mean to
borrow commercial expressions, a bet
ter tool, better appliances, better
equipment; better plant, to do the
work of the church. better rooms in
which to assemble, better acoustics,
better light, better music, more COM
fort, more brightness and cheer for
the down. hearted and for the stranger
and better work rooms for the school.
where the younger lives are to be
started right and kept right
May this building mean to US, that
we have taken a step forward, that
We will fill more important posi-
ton, that we see greater opportuni-
ties, that we accept added RESPONSE
bilities and that with Gods help we
will not fail Him"
Services at the New Building.
After a sacred hymn was sung, the
| assemblage adjourned to the new
building. The opening number on the
program was a hymn, How Firm a
Foundation" which was followed by
a prayer by DR.. A. q. Craig. After
the deposits Were made in the stone,
the pastor of the church. Rev. f. G..
Davies, laid the stone with the fol-
lowing short address:
Rev. Davies Address.
1T is with thanksgiving to AL
mighty God that we, His people, rear
this house for His worship. 1t is a
! pledge of our belief in, and love to our
heavenly Father. The service of this
hour finds it's elimination in the plac-
| ing of the corner stone and it's con-
tents in it's appointed position in this
| building. To this end, those who
have been designated to contribute
deposits to the box that is to be placed
within the stone, will pass as called
upon and make such deposit.
Dear friends, brethren, citizens
| representing the membership of the
First Baptist church and it's friends,
/ lay this corner stone which points
to the one who is declared to be the
corner stone of the spiritual building
and of whom someone writes:
Christ is our corner stone,
I On Him alone we build,
/ With His true saints above,
/ The courts of heaven are filed.
\ On His great love Our hopes we place,
! OF present grace and joys above,
O then. with hymns of praise,
1 These hallowed courts shall ring,
4 Our voices we will raise,
| The three in one to sing,
And thus proclaim in joyous song,
| Both loud and long that glorious name
Here, gracious Lord, do Thou,
Forever more draw nigh,
Accept each faithful vow,
! And make each suppliant sigh,
In copious shower on all who pray,
Each holy day. Thy blessings pour
Il declare the corner stone of the
church of worship of the First Bap-
| fist church of Ottumwa, Iowa, lain. in
the name of the Father, Son and Holy
/ Ghost, Amen"
| DoXology followed and the cere-
mony closed with benediction by Rev.
j. M. Bailey.
/ Contents of Corner Stone.
The following articles We're sealed
in a tin box and placed in the corner
stone:
Three newspapers, two church pa
pers, the church register, historical
sketch given rim the paper yesterday
list of officers of the church, Sunday
| school, 3. W p. u, Junior and La
4 dies societies. list of teachers and
classes in the Sunday school. and list
of subscribers, to the building fund tt
Y. M. c. a. and Y. w. c. A.. piece
of stone from the original building al
4 the corner of Court and Fifth
streets, and piece of stone from the
late building, together with cut OF
4 that structure. The name of the ar
! chitect, the names of the contractors
i and the names of all the worl1mer
building Were also enclosed in the
fin bpy