Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
CALVARY BAPTIST
CHURCH DEDICATED
NEW INSTITUTION OPENED IN
BOYLE HEIGHTS
Edlflce Decorated with Profusion of
Flowers-Pastor w. n. Walker
Assisted by Three other
Clergymen

The beautiful new Calvary Baptist
church that was dedicated yesterday al
the morning service at st. Louis and
Second streets, Boyle Heights, marked
another STEPPING stone in church pro-
gression in Los Angeles. Nearly -four
years ago Rev. w. II. Walker, jr., the
pastor, with his helpers, started in or
the fundamental work of building a
church which now stands as a monu-
ment of their perseverance and Chris
tian fortitude.
The pulpit was beautifully decorated
with cut flowers; the baptistry directly
at the rear of the pulpit contained a
profusion of Gala lilies with the ap-
pearance of being in the water. The
choir loft was elaborately decorated
with smilax and cut flowers.
The Baptist clergymen who assisted
Rev. Mr.. Walker in the dedicatory
service were Rev. j. Lewis Smith OF
Long Beach, Rev. ]. e. Wolford OF
Alhambra and Rev. w. o. Henderson
of Los Angeles.
Rev. j. Lewis Smith preached the
dedicatory sermon on the topic, "The
Towers and Bulwarks of Zion," taking
his text from Psalms 4S:12-13. He said
in part:
Zion is marked as an important city
with walls that were to stand the storms
of the enemies. There were towers full
of soldiers and on the outside were
high walls called bulwarks. Mark ye
well the bulwarks! To the enemies
Jerusalem was considered small. Men
of today say, What a poor little
church, They cannot understand why
it stands, for they know not that it is
on the Rock of Ages and wonder why
it does not go down. But Zion is still
here, and why? Because 1t Is a bull
wark. The church must be studied
walk around about 1t and mark it's bull
warks.
Let us consider some of the towers
and bulwarks. The first tower is our
God ON high as the ladder leading from
nected with the church is tower of
strength.
Man has often asked the question,
What is God?, Which has never been
fully answered by him. Jesus came
into the world to give us knowledge
and to organize us into family relations
with his love and precepts. There must
be a regeneration before we can be
children of God. He is the stronghold
of the church and knows how much we
need him to lead us over the rough
mountains of our lives and he is our
guide when crossing over these places.
1t is by his own sweet will that he
establishes these helps for us, and why
should they not be appreciated by us?
THE strength of the tower is that
it has a head with God as. the founder.
l always want to be a member of the
church that has these fundamental
principles.
II would not give up God. His words
confirm my belief that he is a Deity
when he proclaims so many ans,
such as L am from above I am not
of the world L am the bread of life,'
I am the light of the world I am
the door L am the good shepherd L
am the resurrection and the life
when a person gets shaky on the
Bible he becomes a weakling. There
are men who have their shrewd ideas
or theories regarding the Bible, and
strangely mix up inspirations of God
and man. Especially when a minister
gets shaky on Zion he will not have
many converts. The tower of the
church Is one unsurmountable source
of truth and the Bible cannot be de-
stroyed.
Walk about Zion and go around
about her; tell the towers thereof;
mark ye well her bulwarks; consider
her palaces that ye may tell it to the
generations following"
Following the sermon the dedicatory
ceremony was conducted. The choir
rendered special music.
The church cost about $4,000 1t has
seating capacity of about 800. The
church property is valued at about
800 900.