The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-01-19
The New Presbyterian
Church Dedicated.
A Beautiful Edifice aud an Excellent
Sunday Service.

and Baptist congregations uniting in
the service,
The Church was built fifty years ago
ana served its day and generation we'll +,
but the Improvements of the age and
the progress of the times caused the
Presbyterians to feel that they must
keep pace, and give to their worship
pers a church in all its conveniences
and comforts and attractiveness house
worthy OF this splendid denomination,
How well they have succeeded, only
those who have seen this beautiful and
magnificent edifce can fully appreci-
ate and tell.
Explanations of "Beautifull' was
heard on all sides as people gazed upon
the interior of this elegant church.
The choir loft is in The rear of the pull
pit, elevated, the grand organ in a re-
cess of the arched wall the overhead
is steel ceiling cream tinted the
walls are colored brown partaking of
mahogany and the window facings,
doors, wainscoting and seats are old
ivory with mahogany trimming, highly
polished cathedral glass are in the
windows; double door at the center
entrance side doors open into vesti-
bules and to one stairway on left as
cending to gallery. A very beautiful
green velvet carpet covers the floor of
the auditorium; upright chandeliers,
sixty electric lights with globes beauti-
fysand furnish the building with lights.
The building throughout is steam heat
ed.
The exterior is frouted with massive
columns, with galvanized cornice work
and cupola. A slate roof makes perma-
nent the protection against the beating
rain.
A study for the pastor adjoins the
Sunday School chapel. built with all
modern conveniences,
The services Sunday were opened by
song by the choirs of the Presby-
terrain, Methodist and Baptist Churches,
composed of Messrs f. l.. Faw, Oscar
Keller, j, w. Legg, Roy Jones, Mr..
Beyerle and Mr.. Duvant, Mrs. Patton,
Mrs. j. w. Legg, Mrs. S. H. Hall, Mrs.
Grist, Miss Addie Setz and Miss Louise
Anderson. Miss Dykers presided at the
organ in her usual skillful style. DR.
Patton made very feeling prayer.
DR.. W. ?. Lovejoy, a the Methodist
Church, read the scripture lesson from
Psalms, and Dr. G. Il. w. Dobbs offered
prayer.
A report of the Building Committee,
composed OF Judge ]. M. Stone, chair
man; S. K. Dick M. G. Whitlock, J.
Wilder Glover, J. T. Anderson, j. w,
Legg and Judge Geo f. Gober, was
made by the Chairman; showing that
the building had cost over SIC, 900, and
there was due about 5000. The ladies
OF the Church had contributed 81 900
TO the building fund and paid 81 900 for
the handsome carpet and cushions.
There has been paid out $S,287.54, but
$500, with $500 interest, had been
borrowed at the bank. 1t would take
about $4,000 to pay all Indebtedness.
Col. Everett complimented the COM
mittee on the work done, and moved
vote of thanks to the committee for it's
efficient labors, which was taken and
accorded by rising vote.
DR.. ]. H. Patton, the beloved pastor,
who has served the church for the past
thirteen years, preached a magnificent
and very appropriate sermon on this
occasion from the text: Josiah was
eight years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned in Jerusalem one and
thirty years" 1st verse, 34th chapter
and I'd Chronicles.
The sermon was in three divisions
Early piety, personal religion and use
ful religion Josiah's early piety dis
PEELED the fallacy that il was necessary
to serve sin to gather Experience to
serve the Lord in maturer years, and
that personal religion was the only kind
that was acceptable to the Lord. and
that Josiah's work in repairing the
temple of Solomon, 800 years after its
construction, was brought about by
necessity the old Jew loved his religi-
Gus temple. which was sacred to him
and his people.
The application to the repairing of
the Presbyterian Church was pathetic
and beautiful.
At the conclusion of the sermon, DR..
Patton asked for subscriptions to elk"
the sum of IS 900, payable in two years.
Mr.. S. K. Dick, being absent on ac
count of Sickness sent the following
letter, which DR.. Patton read:
Dear Mr.. Patton Pardon me for
wanting to he your first subscriber to
the fund to pay US out of debt; but. as
you are aware, have been active in
spending, so will be liberal in giving
all that l can afford, and / do hope
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