The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-14

Carrying out the ideas OF the donor,
that of simplicity and appropriate
pess and favored by ideal weather,
Reid Memorial church was dedicated
to the service of God yesterday morn
ing.
With a pastor, whose kindly per-
sonality and breadth of thought have
endeared him to all church going peo-
pie of the city, with leading minds OF
the Presbyterian church taking part in
the services, and with a choir of the
city's choicest voices, the dedicatory
services We're entirely in keeping with
the grandeur of the structure which
Daniel G. Reid has erected to the
memory of his mother and father.
An Epoch in Church History.
The occasion marks an epoch In the
church history of Richmond. The !
finest church building in Richmond
perhaps, of it's size in the West, was
thrown open to the use of the public.
For in every feature of the services,
the fact was brought prominently be.
fore those assembled for the exercises,
that the place of worship was not
alone for the United Presbyterian con-
gregation, but for the entire city and
even broader than that, whoever
might enter therein.
Message from Mr.. Reid.
Mr.. Reid was not present at the
dedication although in the mind OF
every person there, his generosity and
great love for his parents, and Rich
mond secondarily, were uppermost.
A message was read from Mr.. Reid
shortly after the services began. It
was cablegram which he had sent
from London, England, to DR.. Lyons.
the pastor. The cablegram read:
THE Rev. DIR. Lyons, United Presby-
terian Church, Richmond. Ind:
Best wishes for a pleasant and
happy day.
DANIEL G. REID"
A singular thing, due to the differ
ence in time between this country and
| England and noted by DIR. Lyons as
| he delivered Mr.. Reid's message to
| the congregation was the fact that the /
message was sent from London Sun
day morning at SIS and arrived in
this city at 7:44 o'clock.
Flowers Only Decorations.
There were no decorations, other
| than three vases of flowers. The
vases filled with natures gifts, light
ed by the warm sun as it shone soft
| ly through the gorgeous windows add
| ed touch of color to the scene pre-
sented. In vase south of the pulpit
| there were Brides roses of pure
| white. The vase sitting north of the
| pulpit was filed with Golden Gate
roses of blush pink. On the pulpit
| proper, in a cut glass vase presented
to the church by Mrs. Oliver Bogue,
sister of Mr.. Reid were delicately and
| curiously shaped orchids from the
estate of Mr.. Reid on the Hudson
| river.
Those on the Platform.
| On the platform were seated be-
| sides DR.. S. r. Lyons, the pastor OF
| the church, three former pastors, the
Rev. n. E. Wade, of New Brighton,
| Pa, who was one of the earliest min
| listers at the old church, DIR. j. Med
Hervey, of Providence. r. l., and the
Rev. Dr. Alexander Gilchrist, of Pitts
burg, who was in the pulpit here for
several years.
Besides these were the Rev. DIR. ]. A.
Wilson of the Pittsburg Theological
Seminary at Allegheny. Pa, the Rev
Dr. Joseph Kyle of the xenia Theolo-
gical Seminary, the Rev. DIR. /. M.
Hughes, formerly pastor of the First
| Presbyterian church of this city, the
Rev. DR.. T. H. Hanna of Stueben-
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