The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-05-04
CORNER STONE LAYING.
AN Important Event in the History
of Plymouth.

The laying of the corner stone OF
the new St. Thomas Episcopal church
which occurred Sunday, April 80, was
very impressive ceremony and an
-eventful and momentous occasion in
the church history of Plymouth. A
large multitude of people of all de-
nominations witnessed the laying OF
the corner stone which was done ac-
.cording to the beautiful, and impress
sive form prescribed in the church
ritual under the direction of the Rt.
Rev. Hazen White, Bishop of the di-
ocese of northern Indiana, and Rev.
Howard of the ST. Thomas parish of
this CITY
Upon the corner stone was engra-
we'd the motto of the church "Ad glo-
rian Del" To the Glory of God,
the date of the erection, 1905, and
the name of the church, St. Thomas
Church. Within the metallic box
placed in the corner stone were the
following articles, A Bible, picture
and plans OF the new church, picture
of the old church, short history of
Plymouth, the church paper, prayer
book and hymnal, copy of the Chi
cago Tribune, and of tile Plymouth
Tribune and Independent, fifty cent
piece and several other articles that
would interest individuals only.
The Plymouth Band assisted the
church choir in renderin. sacred
concert. Joy to the World" Songs
of the South" and four hymns were
rendered
The address of the occasion was
given by the Bishop but several other
addresses were given representing the
different professions and fraternities
of the city. Samuel Parker represent
ing the legal fraternity of the city, IN
a ten minutes address emphasized the
fact that the law of a nation was
merely auxiliary to the church. In
a way equity was the complement of
the church. DR.. Borton represented
the medical fraternity. He said that
he had been an eye witness to the
construction and completion of most
all the churches in the city and was
pleased to note that the good feeling
in the community was as great now
If not greater than ever before. S.
n. Stevens, representing the eduea-
tional interests of the city and county,
gave an interesting address upon the
two great factors in human develop
ment,-the church and the school,
that profession which each speaker
represented was shown to the church
"a relation which was good, invigor-
ating and helpful to both church and
profession. The ministers of the diff
ferent denominations were nearly all
present and they made short address
ses which were interesting and full OF
goodwill from themselves and res
pective congregations to Rev How
ard and his congregation. Rev. Plug
of the Presbyterian. Rev. Sheppard of
of the Christian, Rev. Cleaver of the
United Brethren, and Rev. Crowder
of the Methodist spoke and letters of
regret at not being able to be present
were read from Rev. Keppel of the
Reformed and Father Yenn of the
Catholic church. In the evening a
class OF over forty members including
both young and old were confirmed.
Yesterday ended the third year of
Rev Howard's rectorship of St.
Thomas Parish Today Bishop
White and Rev. Howard went to Lii
ma, Ind, to participate in the COM
memoration services being held at
that place in honor of the Bishop S
twelve years of service as bishop of
fhe dfoceSe Of Northern Indiana