Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-02
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH DEDICATION
Seven Thousand Dollar Obligation Provided For and the Large
New Edhee Dedicated by DR.. J. F. Harris Of Denver

sink. tables and china closet. The
plumbing includes the usual toilet and
laya,oFy eonvfnienees. for which =
room Is provided. a fuel room and
the furnace room take up the remain
der Of the basement space. The heat
ing Is with hot air furnaces. there
being one for the church and another
for the school room. The ladies'
parlOr has provision for Independents
heating when used alone Tor commit
tee meetings and the like.
The Items OF Cost.
The total cost OF the new edihec
will be in the ne:ghborhood OF Si7.s 500
OF this. SI4.s was the contract price
for the main structure work. The ia
terror finish required over $1,000. The
windows COS, about 5000. The re-
mainicr involve the items OF heating
plumbing and furniture.
Tie congregation. under the capable
leadership oi Rev. Hollenbaef. have
accomplished large things and have
jus, reason TO feel proud OF their
new and handsome place OF worship.
THE DEDICATION.
The opening services OF the new
church took place on Sunday last.
The cdi.ice was filed TO its utmost
eapaei,y-7so people. probably. being
present at the morning exercises. A
large choir furnished the musical par:
oi the service. The Festival Te
Dsum" was finely rendered. a dust
by Mrs. Bowman and Mr.. Elser.
Love Divine. All Love EScelling."
was a devou,iy uplifting feature OF
the morning service. Miss Barkley
and Mr.. Elses were the instrumental.
lists.
The opening prayer was made by
Rev. II. N. Mayo. former pastor
Of the church. Rev. r. A.. Chase.
presiding elder Of this district. and
Rev. w. !. Davenport OF the local
Presbyterian body. were also on the
platform with Pastor Hollcnback.
A very tasteful grouping of bou..
quets Of cut flowers and OF potted
plants added much to the pleasing
effect OF ths artistic interior. The
members Of the choir and the numes-
|b0usoanierss of red rose buds.. =
The 8sfmon.
The dedication sermon was preach
ed by Rev. James r. Harris. d. D..
pastor OF Asbdry church. Denver. He
took his text <rom First Corinthians:
I'VE are iaborcrs together with God"
He said there were two important
problems confronting all men born
into this world: Labor and the atti-
tudc VIC entertained toward Il. The
latter determined all that men think
and feel and say and do in this world.
The labor of man tells all that man
has been in the past and what man
will be in the time to come. What
ever our calling or work in life we
cannot be alone: we are inevitably as
sociatcd with others in some form or
rclation. The impulses, the whis-
perings. the visions that VIC all have
and that arc often so incxplainablc,
are not as some would have us be-
licvc. mere imaginings. They are
divine lcadings and guidings and they
force us on contrary to our own will
and compel us to do things we are
not disposed to do. This shows
with God. Success is nothing more
than having plan and then bending
all our energies to the carrying out
of it. Failure is nothing but the fail
ure to execute Our plans and men often
go to the desperate length of suicide
because their plans miscarry. And
our plans do miscarry whenever we
stubbornly refuse to follow Gods
plan and to be cotrollcd by His will.
The greatest of all failures is lost
soul. To. save man from this God
has had His plan. 1t was laid from
the very foundations of the world.
From the time Noah left the Ark and
erected an altar on which to offer
thanks to God for his salvation it has
been part of the plan and purpose
of God that man should erect affairs
for His worship. So Abraham built
an altar and offered to make his son
a sacrifice to God. Moses erected an
altar in the wilderness. David built the
tabernacle. Solomon built the tenn
pie. All these were a, part OF Gods
plan. and this church, erected in
to God, was part of Gods plan
,, and was in the mind of God even
when Noah erected his altar. 1t was
a great thing to be laborer together
with God Men counted it an honor
TO be associated with the great men
of the world. with Socrates. with Ar
/ istotlc, but how much greater honor
TO be associated in work with God.
I The speaker had often contemplated
nature and the stupendous work of
| creating this universe. and had
! thought how grand a thing it would
have been to stand beside the Al
mighty while he was engaged in call
| ing ont of chaos this great world Of
matter will, all its marvellous di-
versities of power and beauty and
sublimity. But greater than all this
| was the rrc-.irr arI ea'jir- Of ifu-
man soul; and to the doing of this
great work man had been called as
a co-laborer with God. He did not
need the help of man in the creation
of this universe of matter, but He did
need him in the moltling of mans
character. the development of his
spiritual nature. This was grand.
indeed the grandest of all work. and