The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-03
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st. Louis, Oct. 2.-Swelling their re.
verberations from a softly Changing
opening note into a grand tonal har
mony, the bells of the Al churches Of
st. Louis will usher in at sunrise Sun
day a seven days celebration of tho
one hundredth anniversary of the in
corporation of the city.
Fitting indeed it is that the bells Of
the religious edifices which have had
SO important a place in the moulding
OF the character Of the city should an
nounce to the waking people that 100
years have passed since St. Louis, tbs
settlement and trading post, became
st. Louis. the city.
From the days of the earlier Spanish
settlers, who reared a modest Catho-
lie church, and sturdy pioneers wht
erected the first Baptist church, to the
present day when mammoth cathe-
dral Is in the course of construction
and the tall spires of religious edi
fees of many denominations pierce the
sky, church influence ever has been q
powerful factor in shaping and proper
ly directing the growth and expansion
of the city.
The mellow changing of the bells also
will open a general celebration of the
religious development of the city in
the century since it was incorporated
The day will be known as Church Day
While commemorative ceremonies
will be held in virtually all of the
churches of the city, there will be se7
eral gatherings of particular import
ance. These will include a song ser
vice in the afternoon at the new coli
scum. in which 10000 Sunday School
children, members of 40 Protestant
churches, including all Protestant de
nomintions, will participate.
The three most important Catholic
events of Church Day will be pom
tifical high mass at the old cathedral
Third and Walnut streets. relic OF
pioneer ST. Louis, erected almost a cen
fury ago on the site of the former edi-
flee of the Cathedral paris, which, hay-
ing been organized in 1910, is Older
than the city.
The children Of the parochial schools
of the city will gather in the afternoon
at the Statue of ST Louis, in Forest
Park, where there will be songs and an
address. concluding with the chanting
of the TIE Deum. The third notable
Catholic function of the day will be a
pilgrimage to Cahokia. ILL.,, where tha
oldest church of the West is located.
The Christian Scientist churches OF
the city will hold a mass meeting In
the afternoon at the Odeon, where A
lecture with Centennial features will
be delivered. Every Christian Scien'
tist within a radius of 100 miles of st.
Louis has been requested to attend.
The Jewish churches of the city will
begin their centennial celebration on
Saturday. the Jewish Sabbath.
Commemorative sermons and adj
dresses will be heard in virtually all of
the churches, armories and halls.
Religious and historical organiza-
tons will invade the downtown dis
tricts. where huge skyscrapers have re-
placed the churches of early days, and
tablets marking the sites of famous old
structures will be unveiled.
Among the sites thus to be marked
are:
Fort and Tower, near Fourth and
Walnut streets.
First Presbyterian Church, Fourth
street.
First Methodist Church, Fourth
First Unitarian Church. Fourth
street.
Christ Church, Broadway.
Second Presbyterian Church. Broad
way.
House in which Senator Thomas H
Benton lived.
House in which General Grant was
married. &
Judge William c. Carr's house.
st. Louis University. Ninth stree!
and Washington avenue.
Government House where the trans
fer of sovereignty took place. Main
and Walnut streets.
The following impressive list .,
churches shows the religious develop
ment of the city in century:
BAPTIST. %: Catholic. rs: Christian
*: Christian Scientist. 4: Congrega
tional. 21: English Evangelical Luther
an. =: German Evangelical, "a: Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran, -: He
brew. orthodox. o: Hebrew, reformed
4, Methodist Episcopal. %: Methodist
Episcopal South. 20: New Jerusalem
:: Presbyterian. -; Presbyterian. Cum
berland, I: Presbyterian. United. =
Protestant Episcopal. 20: Reformed
Episcopal, >; Unitarian >: Miscellane
Gus, 10: total, not including the Evan
gelical Alliance, consisting OF clergy
men of different denominations. 4i4
Among the first of the prominen!
churchmen to endorse the Church
Day" project was the Most Reverend
John ]. Glennon, Roman Catholic
Archbishop of ST. Louis. who will of
ficiate at the Old Cathedral mass. All
of the churches and religious organiza-
tions of the city have been invited to
take part in the observance of the day
and virtually all have accepted.
Church Day" will be preliminary
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