The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-13

The Presbyterian congregation thirty
five years ago numbered ten members
Services we're held in Faust hall. which
was on the second floor of a Second
South street livery stable. The Pres
byterian congregation now numbers
several hundred. These followers will
gather In their new church today This
structure situated on the corner OF
Brigham and & street, is one of the
most beautiful in the city and cost
more than $4,000.
From u mere handful OF faithful!
Christians TO hundreds, from room
over livery stable To one OF the cost
est chuTChe IN Salt Lake, this is the
progress made by the PTesbyterians CT
salt Lake city
the brave handful remained hand
full for years Each Sunday ten faith
full members gathered in the hall above
the livery stable, or i'm a skating rink
or in any room opened to them. While
they prayed they worked. Work and
prayer built for the Presbyterians of
Salt Lake their home on Brigham and
: q streets. which they viii open today
with dedicatOry services.
Inc morning service will begin at u
o'clock Pastors of various churches i'm
the city viii participate. Congregations
or different churches will unite with
the Presbyterians in opening the rev
Morning Service.
Reading Of scriptures, Dr. r. C. Nc
Niece. former pastor of the First Pres
byterian church
Prayer. DR.. :. r. Wishard
DedlcatOry sermon. Rev. William NJ
Paden. pastor
Music, double qUartette. assisted by
orchestra of five pieces conducted by
Professor George 2. SHELTON
L
ton.
Evening Service.
Three-mtnute talk. Rev. Benjamin
Young. First Methodist.
Ihree-minute talk, Rev. Bruce Kin
neE. Baptist church.
Three-minute talk. DR.. s. E Wishard.
superintendent of missions
Three-minute talk. Rev. Elmer 7
Goshen, First Congregational church
Snort addresses of greeting and con-
graduation Will be delivered bv pas
tors of the Presbyterian churches of
salt Lake. Special music by the or
chestra and singing by a double quar-
tette will also be features of the even
ing session. Music will be furnished
during meetings and services in the fu-
ture by hVe-piece orchestra under the
direction of Professor George e SkeI-
ton \ pipe organ viii be installed at
some future date when the finances of
the church Will permit. Miss Maud
Thorn Is Organist and choir leader. She
Will be assisted in furnishing congre-
Eat onal music by Mrs Kate p. Ander-
son. Miss Daisy WOlfgang Miss Pearl
AllenbaUgh. A H. Hudson. F w. Deck
or. p G. Stevens and : 4. Abbott. The
choir gallery in the = cham street
church is TO the rear and eight feet
above the pulpit platform. This gal
lery is arranged TO accommodate A
choir or orchestra of twenty members. |
Pastor Extends InUi+.tior
Rev. DR.. Paden. in behalf Of the ses- !
sion of the church. has extended an in /
vitation to the people of the intermoun-
tain region 10 attend the first services
in the recently completed church. All
persons who have i'm any way aided I'm
the erection Of the home. the members
Of other congregations and the contrac-
tors and wOrkmen who have s<Derin-
tended or worked on the new building
are particularly invited.
Il want you to say in The Herald" |
said Rev. Paden a few days ago, that |
We invite all to attend who Iabored
from the day the ground was broken
until the day this week when the last
touch was put upon the new church |
home by the janitOr as he busted the /
pevs- We iT,Vite those who abored in /
eXcaVating for the founda tons all the /
PwOrkers, painters. furnishers and all /
Who worked with them. These men |
Who have had part n doing the real /
work Of putting the architects plans /
Nnt9 stone and glass and iron and wood |
are especially invited to attend these !
first meetings Is those who have spent /
time. money and energy in contributing |
toward the realization OF our fondest /
hope
Nearly four years have been required |
to construct the building. The site was |
selected in 1901. Plans were made dur |
ing that ye9r under Supervising Archi- |
tect w. +. Ware
The cornerstone was laid June 4, /
1903 The congregation ard Sunday |
school moved into the Sunday-schOpI |
rooms Of the new BUILDING, Sunday |
\ pril l6- 1905 On this date Rev. Pa |
den preached a farewell sermon in the |
old church on the corner of Second |