Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01
NEW TENTH STREET CHURCH
Methodist Bdi6ce About Completed and
Will Be Dedicated Sunday, April 8.
SEATS FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Splendid Specimen OF Architecture
and f. Furnished and Equipped
In Keeping with It's Design
and Construction.

The South Tenth Street Methodist Epls-
copal church people are making elaborate
arrangements for the formal dedication Of
their new ediice at Tenth and Pierce
streets to take place Sunday, April S.
The new church. of which Rev. d. w.
McGregor is pastor, is practically COM
pleted, though a considerable force of
workmen is now engaged finishing up the
details and completing the interior deco.
rations. The building is OF the octagon
pattern of architecture and in general APP
pearance somewhat resembles the new
First Baptist church., though not on so
large a scale. II is built OF cement stone
and occupies an area of S0x75 feet. with
dome roof and pillared portico at the
Tenth street front which is reached by
broad flight Of stone steps.
The interior finish is in polished oak,
bowl floor and cathedral windows. The
main auditorium has a floor space of 5sx5s
feet, is connected on the south with the
Epworth league room, which is 2sx4 feet,
and divided by a rolling partition. The
Young Peoples league room and pastors
study are southwest of the auditorium and
south of the choir. The north window,
l2x16 feet, is donated by the Epworth
league. 1t is in three sections. the main
central window representing 1.-The Guar
dian Angel" the colors being violet, gold,
green, white and blue
Handsome Memorial windows.
Adjacent this window on the west is a
handsome memorial window. representing
THE Good Shepherd" donated by DR.. s.
II. Smith and brother. To the right of
the main north window is a portrait win
dow of John Wesley" The southwest
window to the right of the pulpit repre-
sents Christ in the Garden" This win
dow is donated by the Ladies' Aid society.
The large triple south window represents
Christ Knocking at the Door" This win
dow is the donation of the entire church,
and is of the same dimensions as the
north window.
The furniture, seats and pulpit set are of
handsomely polished oak and the dona-
| ton of Guy Barton of Omaha.
1t is intended to install a pipe organ
later on in the year.
Spacious WOmen's ParIOr.
The women's parlor comprises a spacious
room over the vestibule and can be thrown
into a gallery for the main auditorium by
a rolling partition. The window in the YES
! Thule is donated by Miss Millman's Sum
day school class, and the two windows in
| the Sunday school room are donations
from the Willing Workers. The south YES
| tibule window is donated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. L. King.
Down stairs is the main Sunday school
room 5Sx5s feet, with rolling partitions
| dividing of the four large class rooms.
West of the Sunday school room is the
kitchen and toilet rooms, which may also
be reached by stairs from the rear of the
choir back of the pulpit.
| A six-foot cement walk will be built
around the entire church.
The church will be heated by the hot air
| and water combination process. The ac.
coustic properties are of the best. The
depth of the auditorium from the floor to
the colored window surrounding the dome
rangement is made in strict conformity
with every modern improvement
The total seating capacity of the mair
auditorium is $50, and that of the ohoil
thirty.
The cost of the structure is s15,153 eXclu
sive of the furniture, which will reacl
81, 900 additional. The work of construction
began about the middle of September.
The church has membership of 125
Sunday school, 210; Ladies' Aid society, Sc
Brotherhood OF st. Paul. 60; Epwortl
League, 10. and Junior League. 65.
At the dedication service Rev. DIR. Mich
olson, president of the University of Soutl
Dakota, will preach at 1880 a. M. and Rev
Joseph w. Powell of Buffalo, n. Y. will
preach in the evening. a detailed program
OF the dedication services will be publishe,
during the coming week.