The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-03
IS NEARING COMPLETION
NEW CHRIsTIAN CHURCH TO BE
DEDICATED NOV. 10.

advertiser Bureau.

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At the southwest corner of Govern
nent and Dearborn Streets. now rapidly
nearing completion. is house OF
worship, to be the property Of the First
Christian Church Of Mobile, Rev.
Claude r. Hill. pastor. The morning OF
November is. this building viii be ap-
proprfately dedicated to the purpose
for which 1t was erected The dedi-
catory sermon will be preached by Rev.
r. M. Rains of Cincinnati. He VIII pc
assisted by B. L. Smith OF Cincinnati,
Secretary of the American Christian
Missionary Society. The services VIII
be appropriate to the occasion.
In the afternoon will be held a con-
gratulatory service, in which members
Of the cloth OF all denominations In the
city will participate. The song SER
vice for this feature will be under the
direction of c. c. Mechem, a musician
and vocalist of note. On that night
Rev. Claude E. Hill. the pastor. will
inaugurate a protracted meeting, to be
presided over by Rev. ]. l. Haddock.
one of the most noted evangelists in
the South The musical features will
be in the hands of Talmadge Stanley.
The new church Is 50x7s feet two
stories, built OF wood. with white sand
lime brick veneer. The architecture
Is of the Grecian type. While not of
a gorgeous character, the building Is
of handsome appearance and the in
terror of more than ordinarily neat
design, not only for looks. but comfort,
as well. The main entrance Is on
Government Street, although a spacious
entrance is on the Dearborn Street
side. The front Is ornamented with
magnificent window 14x19 feet In d.
mansions. the design Jesus in Geth-
semane" All of the windows in the
church are of opalescent glass. Two
flights of stairs lead from the main en-
trance to the upper floor
The following information as to the
church, the denomination and other
data was given by Rev. Claude Z. Hill,
the pastor. to The Advertiser:
The first floor Is covered with con-
crete. Here is located the Sunday
school room, with a seating capacity
of 800: also q library. reception room.
kitchen, two class rooms and the fur
mace room, the machinery of which
will heat the building.
The church, or upper floor, has a
bowled flooring, with quarter-sawed
oak pews for $50 people.
A gallery extends around this audi.
forum, provided with opera chairs to
the number of 1853. On this floor is
located also an open baptistry, two
lavatory rooms and the pastors study.
The gallery is a beautiful piece Of
work, being artistic in trimmings and
design. The ceiling on the upper floor
runs in three half circles, finished in
pressed steel, with concealed lights.
the lighting apparatus being furnished
by the Electric Lighting Company OF
Mobile The color scheme throughout
on the interior Is white enamel
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to the rear of the pulpit, the choir stand
being to the right of the pulpit. opera
chairs to be used by the choristers
Handsome velvet Brussels carpet will
be placed on the floor of the church
room. There are six memorial windows
in this room. The total cost of the
building, when completed. will be about
$4,000. The lot was purchased several
years ago. when real estate was at
low figure. costing only $4,000 1t is
now estimated that the building and
lot, when the church Is dedicated, VIII
be valued at $4,000. AGO.
The First Christian Church of Mobile
was organized and incorporated some
thing over four years ago. but had no
pastor. Rev. Claude e. Hill, through
the American Christian Missionary So
ciety, with headquarters in Cincinnati,
was sent here to take charge of the
then very young and weak church. he
came to Mobile two years ago the list
of June The American. Christian Mis-
sionary Society has been and Is con-
tributor to the Church. The original
building, on which now stands beau
tiful structure. was of wood and de-
cidedly modest. Rev Claude e. Hill
decided that his congregation was en-
titled to a finer building, and. through
his efforts. and the unstinted aid and
assistance of the building committee,
the church now has handsome house
of worship The location and city
were the tentative motives which
prompted Rev. Claude E. Hill to have
the new structure erected.