Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-12

ems As such we dedicate it to the
use of the true church, and as an in
strument for the advancement and
perpetuation of our religion of Truth
and Love, the healing of the sick and
the redemption and regeneration of the
sinner. To make it an effective aid
to these, purposes we must consecrate
and dedicate ourselves to the great
work that is before us as a spiritual,
Christian church.
80 we should consider, seriously and
pfayerfully what use we are going to
make of this building that divine Love
has provided for us. We should re-
solve, on this day of dedication, to
endeavor to make it q veritable temple
of God devoted to His service.
ASPIRATIONS SHOULD BE HOLY
This beautiful temple should be
filled with good and loving thoughts
and holy aspirations, 1t should be
made sacred by the exclusion from 1t
of every evil or unworthy thought and
desire. Malice, hatred, covetousness,
ambition, pride, selfishness, and all the
many evil suggestions of mortal mind
should find no place within these
walls. We dedicate this church by
right thinking about it, right resolves,
and righteous conduct as church and
as individuals.
"In order to realize and appreciate
the possibilities and the responsibilities
of the future it may be well to look for
a moment at the achievements of the
past, of the work already accomplished
as a church, by which we have been
brought to this occasion, not to pride
ourselves upon what we have done, but
to bring us to n realization of the fact
that better things may be wrought
in the future, and to impress upon the
minds of this people the obligation. the
duty to live nearer to God, to follow
in the footsteps of the Master, an1 to
profit by the teachings of our beloved
Leader, and make ourselves more
worthy of those teachings.
"This church was organized as
society on the 18th day of January,
1898, at the home of Mrs. L. j. Rose.
1t held it's services thereafter at Ebell
hall, small building on Broadway
in this city. 1t was organized and in
corporated as church June 90, 1898,
with twenty-five charter members, all
of whom were members of the Mother
Church 1t continued to hold it's SER
vices in Ebell hall until January 81,
1900 when it removed to the Woman's
Club house on Figueroa street having
a seating capacity of about five hun
dred.
MEMBERSHIP OUTGREW HALL
"The membership and congregation
soon outgrew this hall, and the church
leased, while it was under construction,
what was then known as Dobinson's
hall, now the Gamut club, with a seat
ing capacity of about 800 and occupied
it in May, 1904. That hall very soon
became too small to accommodate the
people, and in July, 1904 only two
months later it removed to Simpson
auditorium, with a seating capacity
of something like 100. 1t soon became
apparent that even this large audito-
rum would be inadequate to our needs.
IT. too, soon overhowed and many pee
pie desiring to attend the services had
to be turned away. To avoid this,
overflow meetings were held for q time
in the Sunday school room of the same
building. and later in the Gamut club
auditorium.
THE Sunday school had grown so
that 1t had to be divided i'm the same
way. This brought the church 10
realization of the fact that its mem
bershfp and congregation had grown
too large to be properly accommodated
in one place to be cared for by one
church organization. Therefore, in
April, 1909. a division of territory was
made between Second and Third
churches, and Third church was formed
OF the members of Second church re-
siding in the territory assigned to
Third church.
"Simpson auditorium was in the ter
ritory of Third church, therefore that
church was left in possession of ,hat
auditorium, which 1t has since FUR