St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-10-14
CHURCH RE-OPENED.


Rev. Thomas lyric of Stafford Springs,
Conn.,, the preacher at first service in
Grace church.
On Sunday morning Grace Methodist
church was re-opened, having been closed
since April q, when it was badly dam
aged by fire and water. AT that time
the roof was burned necessitating new
roof which is of slate and one of the I'm
est in town. All the rooms in the vestry
except one have been re-decorated, but
the greatest change is in the audience
room which has been entirely done
over. All the woodwork has been fresh
ly vanished and even the electroliers
have been FURNISHED The design of
walls and ceiling in soft greens is beauti-
full and the effect is both restful and har-
monious The decorating was done by
lanes S. Wingate & Son of Boston, one
of the best known firms in New England.
With a new carpet on the floor the
church is now as attractive as anyone
could ask and the congregation feels re-
paid for their long period of waiting.
The committee which had the repairs in
charge, Messrs. A. l.. Bailey, II. n. Tur-
ner and Z, X. Jenkins is certainly to be
congratulated in the results of their
efforts
Although there was no reference made
to the fact, this is the 50th anniversary
of the building OF the first church here
and the 25th OF the remodeling and
enlarging OF the house of worship. Only
two OF the charter members Of the
church are now living, Mr.. and Mrs.
Caleb H. Marshall. and Mrs. Marshall
was present at the service Sunday
morning. There was special music for
the occasion, the regular musicians being
assisted by Miss Helen A. Boynton, yIo-
llnist, and Miss Glenn Robinson, pianist.
The preacher for the occasion was Rev.
/ Thomas TYRE Of Stafford Springs, Ct,
who was pastor Of the church just before
/ Rev. NJ. Frost came here nine years
ago. Mr. Tyrie spoke pleasant words
| TO the congregation, referring to the
occasion as a home coming for him
self and Mrs. lyric. He preached from
the text, Ephcsians 4, lib, And
he gave some apostles; and some,
| prophets; and some, evangelists and
some, pastors and teachers tor the
perlecting of the saints, for the work Of
the ministry, tor the edilying of the body
OF Christ: till we all come in the unity OF
the faith, and OF the knowledge of the
/ Son of God, unto perfect man, unto the
measure OF the stature of the tulness OF
Christ His subject was the perfect
man and he said in part
1t is the business of the church to make
men and Christs ministry was to make
men, This is a fitting thought as we 20
into new house of worship that the
church is organized to make men
christian men. We must take Christ as
a standard if we would come up 10 our
text We must have a great purpose
and behind that a great motive, love.
Not only must we do the things we
| ought to do but we must offer service
| that costs us something, must give our
selves. We must have strong will,
strong selfcontrol, urage, both moral
and spiritual, must suffer, and last of all
we must have faith Only so can we
attain unto a perfect man unto the
measure OF the stature of the tulness OF
/ Christ
In the evening Rev. J. NJ. Frost
preached on The Power of Apprecia-
ton" to a large audience, and there was
special music, including violin solo by
Miss Boynton.