The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-12-17

attentlOn. The speaker dealt with
every day incidents, in the home in the
school, in the street. His lecture
abounded with realistic gems, and his
stories are full of humor and always
gotten off in a way that takes. The
world is full of one-sided people. They
can only see their own side of life, and
the Doctors discourse was a plea for
the broader and more intelligent way
of living with all men. The doctor is
the strongest lecturer that has ever
appeared on a platform in Oakes and
he can come any time and be assured
of q hearty welcome and full house.
A Peep Around the Building.
The building is of Hebron pressed
brick with Portage Entry red sandstone
trimmings. There are two entrances,
one in the north side of the tower, and
! the other in the west side and running
into the lecture room as we'll as the
main BODY of the church. In the. farther
corner from the main entrance is
the pulpit platform and around the
corner of the pulpit and choir vestibule
{ is the choir loft capable Of holding
about twenty. To the left of the pull
pit is the la,ge lecture room, capable
Of seating $50. This has four class
rooms and large room for the primary
class, and to the east is the pastor
study, a room IL x IL. The pews in
the main body of the church will seat
265. The pews are made to face the
pulpit and the bowled floor makes one
seat in the auditorium as good as the
other. The walls are finished in terra
Gotta and the ceiling is of cream color,
while the woodwork and the pews are
of golden oak. dull finish. The windows
are of loaded glass and very handsome.
In the large window to the west is the
beautiful picture of Hofflnan's, "Christ
in the Garden Of Gethsemane." and in
the north window is Reuben's Good
Shepherd" this window being dedi-
Gated in remembrance of the late Mrs.
Hester Marsh, long worker in the
Sunday school of the church. One of
windows in the lecture room was
donated by the Junior Epworth League.
The building is heated by a hot air
furnace and the light is reflected from
the gas jets of a system put in by the
American Gas Machine Company. The
seating capacity of the entire church is
about 600.
Church Data.
Rev. Chas. S. Lane, the first minister,
was appointed to Oakes circuit in 1887.
He was succeeded in 1889 by Rev. Fred
j. Giddings; in 1890 by Rev. ]. B. Mon
roe; in 1891 by Rev. A. T. Nichols; in
1892 by Rev. w. A. Robbins; in 1893 by
Rev. ]. c. Pike; in 1894 by Rev. Geo.
E. Bailey, who died in Cakes; in 1896
by Rev. J. M. Taylor; in 1898 by Rev.
A. T. Bishop; in 1900, Rev. ]. .arboro,
who remained only few months and
was succeeded by Rev. E. Duden. In
1901 Rev. j. N. Loach who remained
five years and was followed by Rev.
]. S. DeLong. In 1907 Oakes was made
a pastorate and Rev. James Opie, the
present pastor was appointe /.
Former church built in 1891, dedicated
in 1893, was sold to Norwegian and
Hauge's Lutheran churches of this city
last July. The board of trustees with
immediate promptness engaged Downs
& Eads of Minneapolis as architects,
purchased present site and broke
ground for this edifice August 5th
Contract let to Ritterbush & Son, wht
have done speedy and splendid work ii
quick completion of this structure
Cornerstone laid Sept. 10, 1908. Cost
of building SIS, 1000.