The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
HARDY ARG0NAUT
TROWFL WIELDER
Transition From Wooden Shed
TO Stately Edif7ce Graphical
Iy Told by Pioneer
Portland Divine Who Secured
Rebuilding Gift Declares
Need OF Church

The corner. tone OF the new First
Rsntsst cburcA bearing on its granite
face the legend, Christ jesus himself
The CHIEF. corneE stone" was lard with
song and prayer yesterday at octaVla
ana Naarle, srrecA 5 Edwin +. JOY, a
arax haired piSneez. welded the trowel
and recalled the small, wooden sided,
canvas rooted housse of worship erected
in Washington street by the six hardy
argonauts Of 40 th.Nt' in the rush for
gold had carried the Religious teach
ings Of their fathers WIN them.
Rev. c. A Woody o. 4'ortland' su-
perintendent Of the Amen can bapLls |
home mission society fer tte racine
coast, through whose efforts eiie fA'v'-
600 church reha bilitati0 fuf9A was Sc
cured from John u. RockefsA ief' was
the principal speaker
CHURCH 4 NECESSITY
lie devoted his address to ara 'wer-
ing the question, is the Church d Ne
cessity or Merely Supernumers1Y
Certain needs" said Doctor Woo,SAiy'
mot only exist but persist We ha's
need Of the sltruistic MESA ge- IiN
common SeIfsbness Of men has wrecked
or made unsuccessful every organiza-
tion that has sought TO spread the doc
trine Of the brotherhood of man with
out Christ Christ is necessary. and
the church is therefore not side issue
but vital factor in our lives
The service was presided over by
the church's pastor, Rev. Dr. George r.
Burlingane. who lowered into the cor
nerstone a metal box containing letters
Of conEra tulstion from 43 editors OF
Baptist journals and presidents Of Bap-
tist seminaries and colleges, the cur
rent Issue OF "a Baptist periodicals from
y states. the bible. covenant of the
church: list Of church members and So
cieties, directory Of San Francisco Bap-
list churches. address of President Eliot
on The Religion Of the Future; pho
r6Eraph or Mrs. Malvina Pope. who
Joined the church in 1919 and is still q
member story Of earthqua xe and fre
ezQd reconstruction of city. and various
weekly and daily periodicals and news
papers
Following the impressive ceremony
Edwin JOY. layer OF, the cornerstone.
presented the silver and steel trowel
10 Doctor Burlingame.
Jesse Cook chief Of police. who was
10 have been an honored guest, was
unable 10 be present, owing TO inn
portant department business in Fresno.
we expected to have with US the
game before reading Chief Cooks mes
sa &c Of regret. "a man whom We have
learned TO love and respect for his in
corruptible fidelity TO his office"
Among the ministers who took part
in the program were Rev. c. W. Brin-
Stad. Rev. L. J. Sawyer. President c.
n. HiI Of the Baptist seminary. DIR. H
!. NOsburgh Of Oakland and Rev. c. NJ
Hin of Berkeley
~ N rk-.FN rsE-nHe xu-frTs
Overton Pope. who was present at
the laying Of the church cornerstone in
1857, was introduced by Doctor Bur-
lingame. The hymn sung by the con-
gregation at that time was repeated at
yesterdays services.
After its foundation in Washington
street near Stockton the church in 1857
was compelled by the encroachment of
Chinatown to seek a new location. and
an edIdce was erected in Eddy street
near Jones. This was destroyed by fire
in 1889 and rebuilt The fire OF 1906
gain wiped it out, and the church has
since had only temporary quarters.