Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-29

TWO OBJECTS, one No own upDuuOln8, L
the other the upbuilding OF Lewiston,
the citizens OF the place have one OBJ
ject, the permanent upbuilding Of Lew
iston; these objects will certainly APP
peal to all.
There ought to be 5000 givers here,
but we expect 1000 at least. The
church life can never come to what |
1t should attain unto. spiritually and
socially. without this. An object great |
enough must be held before the church.
II it is ever to become great.
Let the three others places where |
we erected the largest churches speak |
about this. All Of them have now
from 500 to 600 enrolled In Sabbath |
school, all of them have $500 preach |
ers and with well furnished parson. |
ages. they can compete with any
church before any conference and get |
what they want in selection OF preach. |
ers. Ia not that worth lighting for?
1T takes a man at least ten years |
The Moscow church IL rated by most |
travelling men as a $4,000 edifice, but |
the building outside Of the land did not
cost one-half OF that. You can build
a $4,000 church here at any time. II
you know how. for half that amount.
There Is In Evanston a stone church
which cost $4,000 and 1t il not a. fine
an edifce as the one at Moscow.
Church Building 10 IN Ar.
Church building il an art. The
trouble with most enterprises of this
nature Is that ministers who know
nothing about the matter and boards
who know less, just give the whole
! thing to any architect and any con-
tractor who happens to make foolish
bid and the result Is that II costs twice
what 1t was expected to at first, and
then 1t Ia only half done.
How many churches are ruined in
this land by incompetent architects
and builders? The poorest kind Of
work Is placed In our churches, and
this Is true universally. as the very
poorest kind OF ability il evident in
church building. 1t Is easy to get a
magnificent church for a small amount
comparatively and 1t is much easier
to spend three times what 1t should
cost and get nothing for your money.
No man should every try to put up a
stone church who has not gone through
from three tn six propositions Of a
large nature before.
Now East Lewiston will have 1900
people within two years. It takes
nearly that time to build fine church
from the time ground Is broken. there
are those In that portion who Will do
nate the ground. do all the grading
and donate work which will enable the
church to give the old building which
can be reprinted and reshingled. and
then it can do service for years as the
East Lewiston NJ. f. church, and the
people already say they would fill 1t
for services out there.
TT will be a crime and disgrace
to Methcdism here not to prepare for
the future in sabbath school work and
for the people who will TEEN here soon
and especially out there.
Must Build for the Future.
I'VE all know that the present loca :
ton Is unfit entirely for the future OF
Lewiston. but where 1t shall go should
be decided entirely upon fitness for
beneftting the largest number OF all
the people in every part for all the flu
ture The men who located the high
school for the future Of Lewiston had
plenty of grey matter In their brains
1t would never do to build a very fine
church now and then In ten years be
forced to build another and have two
instead Of one for the residence part
There will be enough noise and con-
: fusion and dirt soon where we now
are to forever ruin this as permanent
location for a fine church.
Then a good church must be seer
be people who come into the place OF
the railroads. 1t must be a leadins
landmark. We have never had tn.
least trouble in securing the best loca
> ton. Anaconda, Great Falls and Mos
cow have ideal locations because tn,
only principle allowed was the great
Il
the future. Then I believe that thi
4 truth is taking hold on the people. tina
! the time Is coming sooner then W
srnoose when Christianity will b
4 manned as was the early church.
'Thev had church OF Rome. O
0 Jerusalem. Of Antioch. Of Alexandra
I and OF other places. The time wi
A. come when there will be church G
:. Snokene, of Portland. or Lewiston
u. end all denominations and all sect
h viii belong to the past forever Thi
g will eliminate all waste and all unhol
o competition and all jealousies and
e will mean the winning of the world |
t, few years. A great central churc
with the best preaching the best mu
sic. the best work possible and for a
n the people while other buildings q
=, they are found necessary will be q,