New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-14
American flag which nies from the stan above

American flag which flies from the stan above
the steeple on every national fete day.
The chandeliers. three IN number, OF excellent
design and splendid workmanship. are tho gift
or DIT Furman Clayton, OF Brooklyn, who has
taken great deal OF interest in DR.. Lockett's
energetic endeavor 10 have a house OF worship
Tor his congregation. An expert carpenter now
working at one OF the Ccney Island resorts has
80 caught the enthusiasm or the practical pastor
that he has volunteered this week to put In ven
tilators in the ceiling and registers IN the walls
the little temple.
Plans have already been drawn 20 Iengthen the
church by knocking out tho wall back OF the plat
form 10 secure an additional twenty feet OF space
not yet utilized. All this has been accomplished
Dy three men who had not penny's worth OF
assurance when they started that any would
help them but themselves.
DR. Lockett has a most interesting personality.
sick wife 10 Colorado She died before reaching
there. In May, 1893, he joined the Primitive
Methodist Conference then sitting at Lawrence,
Mass. After obtaining his first pastorate at West
I esGt2Ta near Boston he organized the Fourth
tlllltlFs Methodist church AZ Fan River: Then
ne preached al Providence a year. and while there
his eonSregatlon. The next two years he preached
The Conference in 1899 sent DR.. Lockett 10 Brook
lyn TO take charge OF the church at No. 152 Gas
sHn-1ve: When he arrived ne found the door
toF TWO years, amounting TO $4oO. 10 be raised
money TO meet these demands. This seems ike an
unusually long period. but not remarkable when
seven souls. In April 1903. their building which
mad been occupied by different tradesmen, was sold
10 machlnlstS TOR foundry site, and DIR. LoCkett
was forced TO find new lot and church.
lie preached FOR fifteen months in store at No.
90 Myrtie-aVe., place then recently vacated by
BARRIERS Meanwhile, by great perseverance. he
raised enough money to secure an option the
site now occupied by the pretty Little Church
Around the Corner
The seven people in his old congregation could
help him little. So he bought hammer and nails
and went 10 work. Through the entire winter
from september. 1893 to June. 1904. even in bliz-
zard weather, he mounted his ladder, hammered
and sawed, measured and trimmed, until finally on
Sunday, June g. at l0:t5 O'Clock dedication services
attended by friends who hlled every inch OF the
church, were held The Rev. James c. Cody, pas
tor OF Grace Methodist Protestant Church,
Canarsie. preached. All that day the church was
thrOnged with the very people who dis
couraged at the seemingly hopeless task then
cessfuly accomplished. In the evening the Rev.
John Mason secretary OF the General Conference,
and pastor OF Orchard Church. Brooklyn, preached
to another large congregation. The evening before
the church opened for these dedication services
Or. Lockett worked till midnight on the platform
from which he was congratulated by the visiting
pastor. The Conference expressed its pleasure by
giving $500 to the church Little by little as the
tors OF other Brooklyn churches. and men in pri-
vate life. have helped him in his work.
The Little Church Around the Corner has
established place in the hearts OF Brooklyn wOr
shippers One has only 10 hear the neighbOrs
speak of how the old hairpin factory has been
transformed into house OF God by a man with
means, working almost single handed. to realize the
vitality OF this practical form OF Christian evan
geiization.