Cañon City record., 1906-05-17

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ton of the First Methodist Episcopal
church in this city is comparable in
importance with the dedication last
Sunday of its recently enlarged place
OF worship, which is now the most
capacious structure in the community
devoted to religious purposes.
Fitted with every useful appliance
that experience could suggest, the
new home of the congregation is one
of the most adaptable, as well as one
of the most beautiful, buildings of its
kind 10 be found anywhere in the Ar
kansas valley. Its larger capacity
and increased conveniences will slim
ulate the growth of the congregation
and give an added zest to the work of
those engaged in carrying on the vari-
GUS enterprises of the church The
Sunday school, which has hitherto
been cramped by insufficient quarters
will now have ample room for all pur-
poses without impressing into service
the main auditorium, which possesses
an exceptionally handsome and rest
ful interior
The auditorium proper will seat
more than six hundred worshipers in
the regular pews without crowding,
and, by utilizing the reserved space
along the walls and aisles, could be
made TO accommodate an audience of
perhaps eight hundred if the neces-
sity arose for doing so. Separated
from the auditorium by rolling parti-
tions is the principal Sunday school
room, having on its main floor and in
lis gallery, a superficial area nearly
equal to the church proper, and, when
ever the exigencies of the occasion re-
Quire il, an auditorium can be created
by raising the partitions that will seat
an assemblage of twelve hundred peo-
pie.
There is gracefulness and harmo-
ny in the lines and the proportions of
the auditorium, which, combined with
the beautiful stained glass windows
and tinted walls and ceiling, render
ii at once restful and attractive
fitting place in which to offer praise
and alteration to the Almighty. The
lighting, whether by day or night. is
about as perfect as skill and ingendi-
ty can make it. condition of affairs
that will be greatly appreciated by the
congregation. The sunlight suffuses
the auditorium from a dome in the
center of the church, set with Tiffany
glass, or finds lis way through high
arched windows along the walls. The
illumination at night is by both cleo
tricity and gas, the former being used
in the chandeliers and the latter in
groups and as individual lights where
gas could not be employed. A double
row of electric bulbs is used for the
illumination of the arch over the ros-
trum, and is a most artistic arrange
ment
The choir box at the rear of the
pulpit is the largest in the city and
contains chairs for sixty people. The
platform which the choir occupies
during the services is semi-circular,
the pipe organ filling the central
space. Immediately back of the speak
ers stand The choir, which is under
the direction of Prof. l.. d. Eichhorn,
is most efficient organization and
received many compliments from
those who attended the dedicatory
services last Sunday. The organist
is Miss Katerine Coolbough-
Every available space within the
church was occupied by an expectant
auditor at both the morning and eve
ming services last Sunday, in fact,
many people were turned away from
its doors. being unable TO find accom-
modations The order of the morning
service was as follows:
Organ voluntary - March Sole
nellie"
Hymn 2l
Apostles Creed
PRAYER. Rev. w. d. Phifer. d. D.
Anthem-"o, How Amiable are Thy
Dwellings West.
Psalter
Gloria Patri,
Notices
Offertory
Solo-"He That Soweth Little
Shepperd.-Prof, L. D. Eichhorn.
Hymn 2l2.
L. d.
Dedicatory Offering.
Hymn 2oS.
Benediction.
Postlude - March Pontifcale." -
Lemmens.
Bishop Warner, who is most
scholarly and eloquent speaker, pre-
dicated his discourse on part of the
sixteenth verse of the first chapter of
Romans, The gospel is the power of
God unto salvation" He said in part
My text is too long for the occasion
and shall attempt to shorten it
without destroying its value so far
as mans salvation is concerned. 1t
is great thing to be able to define
the meaning of words so that their
full import and significance may be