New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-27
FIRST SERVICE ON SUNDAY
St. Peters Congregation in ItsNew
Home.
New Building Will be Occupied
First Time Sunday.
Structure. is Gem in Architec-
tural Design and Plan.

For beauty of design and harmony
Of parts it is doubtful if there can be
found in the state anOtherchurchb build
ing of the size and limited membership
of the Episcopal church in this city
that will compare with the new build
ing just finished by the congregation
of St. Peters church.
1t stands on a corner lot and faces
the south so that the rays of the morn
ing sun as they fall on the stained
glass windows light the interior with a
peculiar, soft light that is at once at
tractive and resting.
The building is now complete. 1t is
gothic both in it's structure and in the
furnishings, and is finished in the in
terror in the natural wood, simply oil
ed, the ceiling being the exposed raft
ers of the roof in their skeleton form
but finished off so as to appear in ex-
cellent harmony with all other parts of
the building.
The nave or main part of the build
ing is 25x25 feet. This is the part of
the building in which the audience will
be confined. It is furnished with seats
of quartered black oak, handsome in
design and comfortable to sit in. The
seats are arranged on each side of the
room with a fve-fOOt aisle running
down the center to the Litanv altar. In
the rear Of this and to the right stands
the Lecturn altar.
This is a beautiful piece of carved
work representing a full-sized Ameri-
can eagle. 1t is arranged to hold the
manuscript or books Of the rector, and
is the, place from which the lections or
scripture lessons are chanted or read.
Back of this is the chancel which is
15x25 feet and is arranged so as to ac-
commodate very large choir. 1t is
the intention of the people of the church
to have vested choir as soon as it
can be arranged and the service of the
church will be chanted.
A splendid organ, the contribution
of the members of the ladies guild to
the church, is placed in the chancel
which is also built with the idea that
if the time should come that the people
should want pipe organ an opening
can be made for it in the chancel.
The sanctuary is at the extreme end
of the church and is, as is the case in
al the churches, the most beautiful
part of the interior. Here is the altar
and its accompaniment and the chairs
fer the bishop and the clergymen.
1t will be seen that there are three
sections to the building the nave, the
shancel and the sanctuary and each of
these are divided by the arches that
support the roof and from these arches
aroiect the electric fixtures that light
tke building. Concealed in the rear
Of the arch of the sanctuary are the
lights which illuminate the altar.
Opening from the chancel on the
south side are two doors into the YES
try room, one for the use of the clergy
and the other for the choir. This room
is arranged for the convenience Of the
rector and for keeping the church pro-
perty.
The basement is arranged so that as
1t becomes necessary, Sunday school
Can be accommodated in it. At present
there will be nothing there but the fur
mace which heats the building. From
the outside the structure has the ap-
Rearance of being low but once inside
it is rem arka BILE how different the walls
appear.
Rev. e. N. Schmuck, the rector, is
very proud of his new home and he
has reason to be for it certainly is
without peer in the city, with the
single exception of the church of the
NDly Trinity which in magnifcence
and size is superior to anything in
this part of the state.
The time of the dedication of the
church has not been set but when it is
it is expected that there will be num-
Der Of the clergy of the state here as
we'll as the highest officials, and the
ceremony wild be all that the Episco-
pal service is able to make it.
The work of the construction of the
building is that of Tape & Gronau
and is demonstration of their ability
to carry out the plans of an architect
to perfection. The finishing of the in
terior is excellent and appears to lack
nothing, and is satisfactory to the
trustee of the church in all details.