The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-18
FREE METHODIST
Church At deer
FLAT DEDICATED
Free Methodist Church Dedicated.

The new Free Methodist church a
Deer Flat, five miles south of Cald
well, was dedicated yesterday b!
Bishop Wilson T. Hogue, of Evans
ton, Illinois, and the occasion made
1t red letter day for the Free Meth
odist people of what is known as the
Boise District of the Columbia River
Conference.
The church, which is a model OF
simplicity, neatness, convenience and
substantial workmanship, cost, in
Guiding value of an acre lot which
was donated by Mr.. T. Dobson, about
$1,000. All day services were held
in connection with the dedication ex-
ercises. The following regular
preachers of the denomination were
present, besides the presiding bishop
and the Rev. Paul Stewart, pastor;
Cyrus Cook, of Beresford, South Da-
kota; James Goode, pastor at Parma,
Idaho; Guy Denney, pastor of the
Boise society; Rev. Mr.. Dilly, pastor
of the NaZarene church of Boise; and
Rev. Mr.. Cox, pastor of the Quaker
church at Pleasant Ridge, four miles
west from Deer Flat. Several local
preachers from various parts of the
Boise district were also in attendance
and the various circuits were we'll
represented by lay members, who
took a deep and practical interest in
the work.
The services of the day began with
an old-fashioned love feast, which
was led by Rev. Cyrus Cook This
was a thoroly enthusiastic service,
and was greatly enjoyed by all.
At 10 a. m, Bishop Hogue preach
ed full salvation sermon on Mans
Ruin mad Gods Remedy" from |
John little blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanseth us from all
SIM" At its close twenty-five or
thirty persons expressed their desire
for that cleansing from sin which
had been presented by the preacher,
and requested prayers to the end that
they might enter upon the experience
of the same.
The dedicatory service proper be-
gan at 2.30 p. M, in charge of Bish-
op Hogue, Reverends Stewart, Den
ny, and billy, assisted in the services.
The dedicatory sermon by the Bishop
was preached from Exodus So
And the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him In a flame of fire out of
the midst of bush; and he looked,
and, behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not con-
sumed."
The Bishop remarked that "this
Phenomenon occurred in connection
with the call of Moses, the man of
God, to deliver the Hebrew people
from their bondage in Egypt" The
narrative of Isreal's four hundred
years of bondage in Egypt, their
grievous oppression under the des-
potism of the king which arose after
Joseph's death, Pharoh's repeated eff
forts to prevent their rapid numeri-
cal growth and to crush them with
his tyranny, and of the birth and
remarkable preservation of Moses,
as also his adoption by Pharoh's
daughter, his life for forty years at
the court of Egypt, and his subse-
quent flight to indian, where finally
occurred the event recorded In the
text. were briefly sketched, after
which the speaker proceeded to
dwell upon the following lessons i'm
piled In the text:
1. The burning OF the brush a
symbol of God in nature
III. The burning bush as repre-
senting the indestructability of truth,
particularly of Gods word.
III. The burning bush typical of |
the church's perpetuity.
Nv. The burning bush as repre-
senting the attractive power of a
Spirit-filled church.
V. The burning bush a place of
extraordinary endowment and of
spiritual equipment and investure.
Following the sermon brief
statement of the cost of the building
and of the financial condition. was
made by the pastor, after which the
Bishop proceeded to raise the $3.50
needed, and then, with appropriate
ceremony, to dedicate the church to
the service and worship of God. Then
with becoming words he formally
gave it over to the custody and
charge of the trustees.
At the dedicatory service a much
larger crowd assembled than could
be accommodated within the huild |