The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-24
Impressive Ceremonies Take
Place When Foundations OF
New Church Laid.
MAS0NS AND KNIGHTS
TEMPLARS PARTICIPATE
W. c. Orem Delivers Address OF
Welcome to all Exceedingly
Large Audience.

With appropriate ceremonies the cor
ncrstonc OF the new Emmanuel Baptist
church, at Fourth East and Second south
streets. was laid Sunday afternoon at
$50 o'clock The stone was placed In
position under the auspices OF tho grand
lodge Of the Free and Accepted MaSons
OF Utah. decorated by commandcry TO.
1, knights Tcmplars, with j. Z. Breckon,
eminent commander. The lodge rcpresen-
tativcs formed in front OK tho Masonic
temple on First South street and. headed
by the Montgomery Military band,
marched 10 tho site Of the new cdilcc.
All knights were In uniform, with
high Dlumcd hats.
Among the Masons from the grand
lodge who assisted in carrying out the
ancient customs of their order were O..
3. Pfouta. grand master: T. L. Williams,
deputy grand master. y. l., Chapman,
senior grand warden; George V. schramm,
junior grand warden; G. S. VarIan. grand
lain. E. j. Goshen. grand orator; X. H..
Conley, grand ma rslIal, B. l.. Blackburn,
senior grand deacon; w. j. Shealey,
junior grand deacon; II. NJ Atkinson,
senior grand steward; L. Hewitt. junior
grand steward
Lay the Cornerstone.
The attendance was large. The formal
opening of the services began when the
Emmanuel choir rendered a hymn. Fol-
| lowing this the invocation was pronounced
| by the Rev. K. G. McNicco. ID. ID. W, e.
| Orem In his address and invitation spoke
! forcibly and to the point about the oc-
casion which was then being commcn-
Grated
The granite stone was lowered slowly
! into the groove, which had been pre-
pared. by huge derrick, from which 1T
| had hung suspended. a master Mason
with several deft movements put on the
mortar after the stone had been swung
| into position
Rev. Elmer |. Goshen in the course OF
| bis address said: 'AS we look back to-
day into the years which have gone by,
we tlnd that history has repeated Itself.
Here we are this Sunday afternoon laying
| the cornerstone of this cdiflce Many
years ago the Egyptians Followed out
| this custom, a custom which will be
| handed down by generation after eancr-
alton"
w. C. Orcm then delivered the address
| OF welcome and invitation.
Rev. Louis 5. Bowcrman, pastor OF tho
| Immanual Baptist church, also dcliv-
theme "Voicefu Stones" Mr.. Bowerman
said that 1t was appropriate upon an
occasion Of that kind TO give thanks
to the Lord under whose guidance the
foundations OF the new church had been
! laid. He spoke Of the early existence
! OF believers In God and declared that
| Inc truth Is spreading all over the land
| The stones Of the new Emmanuel church.
| he said, were declar-itory OF the fact that
the wisdom OF God is TO be preached
| there.
Special Musical Programme.
! special musical programme was rem
| dered. including tho anthem "Praisc Ye
| the Father, by Gounod. by the Emmanuel
! chorus; quartette selection. ooh, Lord,
| Our Trust Is in Thy Strength" by
Schneider, the members of the quartctte
being being Mrs v. c; Cutler; Mrs; w. c.
| Ebaugh. DR.. J. w. Davis and A. II.
! Peabody Other hymns, "The Church
| One Foundation "TJow Firm a Founda-
tion. 'Ye Saints OF the Lord" were also
| sung.
Marshals at the grounds were ]. Il.
Berkiey and n. y. Corscr. NJ +. Nc
Intyre and III. T. McGregor were ushers.
| The building committee OF the Immanuel
Baptist church consists OF w. c. Orem,
Chairman: j. j. Corum. n. ID. Corser, 10
Ben Brown, G. ]. Badertscher Y. 3.
Cutler. j: W. Purcfoy. Alex Hail. J. II.
Matson, H. ]. Fitzgerald c. j. McNiIt,
| j. d. Berkeley. n. p Williams secretary:
Ben j.. Corum, Ebcr w. Hall. Fred Il
Jones. l.. d. Hammond, W. II. Frazee.
Mrs. Fred 3. Jones and A. r Bong who
Is the chairman of the construction com
mittee. j: A. Headlund is the architect
and ]. L. BerkIey prepared the records.