The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-03
Pretty Little Chapel Of Swedish
Baptists Dedicated With
Songs of Praise.
ONLY A SMALL DEBT REMAINS
Leading Ministers of the Denomina-
ton Come From Other Cities to
Assist at the Opening.

With songs of praise and thanks
g1v1ng, with hearty congra tu1ations
from visiting pastors and church
friends, and with great crowds OF
worshiping people the new Swedish
Baptist church at the corner of Gar
den and Newell streets was formally
dedicated on Sunday afternoon. It
was q great day for the Baptists in
kenosha and one long to be remem-
bered by the members of the church
who still cling to the mother tongue
of Sweden.
The little chapel has just been com
pleted, and while it is not as elaborate
as some OF the temples of worship in
the city it is beautiful little chapel.
and will offer comfortable church
home for the members of the congre-
cation. It was the hope of the leaders
IN the church work to dedicate the
new chapel without debt but a small
debt of less than $500 still remains
and efforts are to be made to raise the
money to pay this debt during the
present week.
The completion of the new chapel
was the occasion for a whole day of
deeply religious ceremonies. Early
III the morning the members gathered
at the pretti1y decorated chapel for
the hrst service which was in the ma
ture of Bible school and which was
in charge of the student pastor, the
Rev. G. A. Engstrom. At the morn
ing service a powerful sermon was
preached by the Rev. Ne1s Nelson who
is IN charge of the missionary work of
the denomination in Wisconsin and
after the morning service the mem
bers of the congregation held little
family reunion in their new home
church.
The ded1catory service was held in
the afternoon and after a special
musical program the sermon of the
day was preached by the Rev. Edward
q. Kunkle who spoke on the topic
The Supreme Command"
After the dedicatory sermon by Mr..
Kunk1e the Rev. G. A. Hagstron1
spoke on the subject ga Proper Con
ception of Gods House."
Then came the report of the build
ing committee. The report showed
that the new church had been erected
at cost of S1400 and all save S476 of
this amount had been raised before
the close of the afternoon service.
The evening service was held at
the First Baptist church and all the
protestant churches of the city Joined
in union service as welcome to the
new church. At this meeting an adj
dress was delivered by the Rev. G. A.
Hagstrom who spoke on the subject,
'"The Wherefore of the Swedish
Gospel Work" After the regular
sermon short talks were made by
other ministers, and the report of the
building committee was read, this re-
port showed that during the afternoon
and evening more than $1OO had
been raised toward lifting the little
debt.
The service closed for the day with
the singing of the Doxo1ogy.
The new church has a membership
of about thirty and it's members are
decidedly enthusiastic. Evange1istic
work will be started in the church at
once and during the present week
special services will be held under
the direction of the state missionary.
At these special meetings efforts will
be made to increase the membership
of the church.
In the meantime an appeal will be
made to the business men of the CITY
for money to pay the small debt re-
naming on the church.