The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-06
OHIO HAS MANY
FAMOUS CHURCHES
First Mormon Temple Is There
and Is Still Used by the
Sect.

cleveland. Ohio, Feb. 6.-The sick,
the lame and the afflicted from all parts
Of the country have long made pilgrim
lage Of Carey, Ohio, to a Hhealmg
have been cured of their infrmities.
This church, known as Our Lady Of Con-
ISOLATION church, lis one of several
churches in the buckeye state which
The late Pope Leo recognized it as a
pilgrimage church, and, better still, he
sent to it an antependium and altar out
lit.
Many, testimonials are treasured from
those who have come from far and nea
from Sandusky testiies to having been
cured Of blindness: after she had lost the
entire sight of one eye. A paralytic
from western Pennsylvania tells of the
wonders accomplished by a weeks stay
at the shrine. The pilgrimages are
made up not only of those who come. to
be healed, but also those who desire to
give thanks for benefits which they
claim to have received in the past.
Beside the Blanchard river in Putnam
county, Ohio, is situated the little Ger
man village Of Glandorf-a place Of
less than 700 Observation-Disclosures both
the customs and the language Of the
f IA are adhered t.: In this
which cost more than $50 900 and which
equals in magnifcence many Of the fin
est churches OF. the largest cities in
America. It is built Of brick and or.
namented with white sandstone. Its
dimensions are 175x70. feet, while the
The pulpit alone, which is hand carved,
cost $1,000, or as much as some churches
in small towns. Within this church
there are wax figures brought from Ger
many: and upon the walls are life-size
paintings. ,.~
Among the churches Of great historic
interest in the United States is the
M MSicF eomm, e1meSAa a The G %ark n RsR'
John Heckewelder and which stands
near the site Of the British massacre of
the Christian Indians March 2, 1882.
Concerning this notable history-makine
period Of the revolutionary war William
Dean Howells has said: "The annals
Of the Msoravian church link. in the same
chain Of sorrowst- and. calamities the
burning of John Hus in 1415 at Con
stance and the murder Of the haplesl
Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten or
the Muskingum.' Rev. Nj. Heckewelde1
was a missionary among the Indians fol
more than fifty years, and was at one
time commissioned by Washington tt
MANI G!odClSo 'WlCu Cuou. 49,
st. Matthew's church in. Madison
township, Muskingum county, is oil
some national interest because: Of it,
size, especially if it is the smallest Prot
estan5 Episcopal church building in thu
United States, as it is believed to be
This church Is but 48x24 feet in dimen
sions, the nav is 3ox24 feet and tn,
chancel is 18x16 feet. The style Of thu
church Is also unique, it being claimed
that there is none like it in the United
States, unless possibly it be, one in Wiz
ginia. The walls are Of rubble work
built from glacial granite bowlderl
brought from the farms in the surround
ing territory, and the buttresses ar.
capped with dressed blocks of red sand
stone, quarried in the locality. Til
windows are Of stained glass. TIL
ltimbers used in~the constructions were o:
igiant Spropoftionsran the entire struc
ture is built to stand the test Of ages
a memorial to- the little congregation o.
some twenty-five earnest farmers VIII,
worship there. The entire cost Of. til,
churehzwas $4,000. ~
: g First Mormon Temple. .s%~t>
Another rural church building Of ma
tional reputation in the buckeye state i
the temple of Kirkland, Ohio, the frs
Mormon temple. in the, United States
and today used by the Reorganize'
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Da,
Saints. It was in 1881 that the earl.