Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-17
PRESBYTERIANS
IN NEW CHURCH.
Say Farewell TO the Old and
March in Body to Their
Future Home.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES HELD.
Exercises luclude Original Poem, Fare.
Well Greetings and Spirited
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The First Presbyterlans celebrated
yesterday, one Of the most notable days
In the history Of the denomination In
this city, when they held farewell SER
vices IN the old church at the corner Of
Second East and Second South streets,
and then marched en- masse up Second
East street to First South, thence to
state and east South Temple, and
thence east to Q street where they took
formal possession Of the Sunday school
annex to the fine new church erected
there.
The auditorium OF the old building
was packed solid, and farewell services
We're held for % minutes. Rev. f, H.
arnold, pastor emeritus, offered the
farewell prayer, ana Mrs, Thomas Weir
read the following original poem.
We are leaving the old church home
From It's 'shcItcrIng root we are going
away
with rs cIingius memories sweet ana
Which have stronger grown with each
passing year.
place, '''' "'''
In t6e hours Of need. to the throne Of
Prayers have been answered. fun and
BY our Father who glych willingly,
Hero has baptigmal ,y.t.r sI,I
lis 6leSsI6gs' On m many TS'J5 Childish head
10 learn the way to the R,a GS'IIy'hI m nU"'
n ave i entered Si'f The ' SSs 93I o5oby rod
Lovers og s, have Pightod their VOWS for hfe
'''N Wa via '''' NO p'' '''S as '''" ana
Here, on many u morning fair.
Lilies have .swocntpngd the Easter air.
Ana year by year have It's Christmas
80 '''' ''''' o' '''' b'''' anu uoJs'
Here have the blessed words roan road.
From the holy book DER our sainled dead.
And the world has wcpt with our sorrow
sore ....,...,
today " ''''' " .'''' ''''''"
Tho place from which We are goirg away
This Is the Old. We go forth o. thc new;
AousyIo'H "i IhIth Whlch Us tried ana
""'
Pastor ana pooplo whose bor,s ,rs ono.
Where we arc led. we are following on
From our tent IN the wldnoss today
We pass TO ahothcr-God leads the way
mo ,r,, 90 mi, ...,,.,,,,., ......, ,
i,s, 'uNN,o"rr,' 'in TIIEi,".,lt SUI must resi-
~ best '' '''' "'7'''' IT ''''''.''
The harvest Ia white which We co N
claim
Nith courage ana strength In our Mas.
Ter 8 halno.
FAREWELL GpEETrN-c
ar'WeH greetings were read by Dr.
iaden from other ministers and absent
members Of the congregation, the 12lst
Psalm was read responsibility, and then
of the congregaton ana ' me ''I sm,Tl,.
school, took mp the line Of march to
,1r we new ana beautiful house of worship.
me curry morning had been very rainy,
uul the shles We're now cleared and the
,TSn t8'he out beautiful ana warm, SO
'""' U'e walk was pleasant one.
4 SCENE OF DrAr-ry
AS the people filed into the new au-
ulence room OF the annex, they found a
spacious, well lighted apartment specl-
ally adapted to sunday school work
coIored IN tints OF light green and olive
ana with the stand well filed with large
potted plants and flowers Prof George
~ Skelton had his sunday school or
ches'ra playing as the newcomers ape
peared ana Dr, Paden, Supt. Weir, Rev.
), {, Lincoln and Rev r. II. Arnold
took the Mat form Tho r.nr .YI ala,
Of the ground tloor ana the balcony are
divided off into compartments for the
various Sunday school classes. and The
latter at once took their proper sta
tons the congregation occupying the
center OF the house. Rev Or. Paden of.
iered the opening prayer, and a regular
program was carried out. the orchestra
ana organ furnishing the Instrumental
music
norp rp,r,r, ,,,r
''i' '''.''i'H N'lL'
Mrs. T.. H. Shepherd gave an interest
ing talk ON Cur Cradle Roll" In which
she said:
81 can safely say that we have tna
largest primary department I'm Utah.
t rms Is due to the faithful work Of the
the Cradle Roll until of late, although
Ii has long been established. This ron
has the names Of AN Infants under three
years of age. We should have about
100 names OF babies. but we have mot.
We should have the names of AN Inc
baby brothers ana sisters Of members
of the congregation. we should have
all children who .Hu hpra b4pifznl yyo
should have the n. .ag of AN those Won
know who DO NOT mig In any pariir.
ular church. ana 81, y those Who never
go To church II win GET ma the
babies we can 60. .. parrnts We oI-
ways have room for INC children Never
mind If your child Re only tbree yoars
old. Send that child. we can take
care of IT,
I'VE classify all children who enter
here after they leave the kindergartan