The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-01
Beautiful Edifce Coneecrat-
ed to Gods Service.
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
Over $12, 900 Donated at the
Three Services Held.
Edifce Costs Over SIS, 900 -ElO-
quent Addresses by Local and
Visiting Pastors-The Churches.

At each of the three services Sun
day at the Free Baptist church the
new edifce was filled ITO the doors
and difficulty was experienced in ac-
tcommouating the numbers, who came
to attend the dediCatory services OF
the day. Sunday morning the main
Auditorium was filled to it's entire
seating capadity and many of the
Iadjoining rooms were occupied.
There were many comments con-
cerning the beauty of the new
church and seemingly ii was the
opinion of those present that the
new church ranks we'll as one OF
1.-THE most beautiful of Marions sane
tuaries. In complete attire for the
dedicatory services Sunday morning
the church put on a most pleasing
appearance with its framework of
oak, its walls appearing as granite
/ and its great organ, the brilliancy
of which flames out I'm contrast In
the evening, in the opinion OF many,
/ the church is even more beautiful, Il
being exceptionally we'll lighted Al
| his time, however, the beauty OF
| the windows Is lost and these add
much to the wholesome beauty of the
edifice.
Rev. w J. Fulton Of Rio Grande,
Ohio, preached the dedicatory SER
mon Sunday morning. his address be.
ing one Of inspiration aud worth lie
was heard with much interest. After
taking his text from Joshua 4-6,
What mean We by these stones" he
spoke as follows:
"The stulggle I'm the Wilderness
was over. Moses had ccDmplisheG
his work and had gone away for his
reward. The IsIaeli7es had now been
led by that great leader, Joshua, anu
he was n splendid leaGe" They were
about to cross the Jordan and
Joshua was commanded to gather
twelve stones and that these stones
shCIld he erefed as "A memorial 20
the people of Israel in that land for
ever Following this ihey crossed the
Jordan, III heirg divided so that they
could rgss.
Continuing the speaker took up the
text. asking what these stones, which
had been erected as a memorial, may
mean. "What do these stones in this
building mean7' he asked
Rev Mr. Fulton was of the opinion
that foremost in 0the hearts Of the
Christian people was the bclief that
sin is about MS aud that it Is our
duty to overc2me II.
"If this were not so then the
church would ha useless, We are
erecting ehis church in order thq,
81. ,,,,t l.. p,-o,.,,na L1,,.tI,arr tha
erection Of this church and the
bringing together Of these stones
with other materials means that we
believe That sin Is about MS and is
formidable. II means that the mem
hers of the concentration who erected
II are convinced OF the work Of sin
| in the world snd realize the need of
something which will assist in over
coming it.
"In the second place, these stones
mean that the members of the con-
gregaHon and those building this
edtfice know that Christ Is the REM
edy for the needs OF the world. Jesus
| is able to overcome all sin and II
Ipurpose other than for the dispensa-
| tion OF the gospel OF Christ IL were
better had II never been erected.
Christ and his reli9ion will solve
all problems and will meet all needs
and they believe this else they would
not erect this church. The religion
Of Christ in the souls OF men once
and there will be no more strikes
and social difid1lties. All that is
needed Is more Christ and less
theology and with these on the part