The Greeley tribune., 1910-04-28
oohNER STONE OF BAPTIST
CHURCH LAID ON SUNDAY


Marked by solmen ritual the corner.
.uae OF the First Baptist church was
hn u Yesterday. Probably the most
.b ve"u'liui feature of the service was
.ne presentation OF copy Of the new
testament by Master John Weaver to
pr; s. X. Thompson.
me addresses OF both DR.. z. x.
SNYDER and Dean Shattuck Of Denver
oreathed OF sound advice and beauti.
lui sentiment, founded on the occasion
OF the day.
foilowing are the articles which
were placed in the corner stone:
Early records OF the church: pic.
lures OF the church-old and new:
seherai Vests picture; Sunday
school records; Womans Society rec
ords; Young Peoples records; records
OF church action for new building;
photograph of the Reverend and Mrs.
u. ID. Forward; choir fund; list of
contributors; treasurer's items; offl.
GERS or the church; the Thompson res.
oiutlons; program of the corner stone
laying; the Standard; tho Greeley
Daily tribune; The Greeley Daily Re-
49," iNStdIlleul
The program in full was carried out
yesterday as follows:
Music, Judge Emil Hatch, Leader.
invocation, Deacon W. w. Tinker.
Hymn-S22.
Address, President Snyder, intro
duced by DR.. |. h. Miner
Scripture Reading, ID. d. Forward
Address, Dean Shattuck, introduced
by M. a. Lyons.
Presenting Box, Mr. Pitts Smith.
Presenting Papers, Mr.. George Jack.
son.
Attesting Papers and Placing Box,
Dr. S. X. Thompson.
Placing Stone, Mr.. |. o. Glazier.
Hymn-627.
Prayer, W. A. Philips, Pres. Min.
Association.
DoXology
For the Building Committee.
Mr.. Charles f. Mason, President.
MIR. p w. Goodrich, Secretary and
Treasurer.
$. X. Thompson, surviving charter
member of the church, presented the
following resolutions, viz:
RESOLVED, First, That for the
kindliness and for the generosity of
the Greeley public, rom the earliest
days of the Union Colony to the pres.
ent hour, the First Baptist church of
Greeley Colorado, in called meeting
assembled does hereby express it's
gratefulness.
RESOLVED, Secondly, That in the
Corner Stone of our Meeting House,
now in process of erection, there shall
hn Ianncitnl ,f 4
good will
Done by order of the church
Greeley, Colorado,
II a. m, April "a. 1910.
Dewitt d. Forward, Moderator.
II. H. Harbaugh, Church Clerk
Officers Of the First Baptist Church for
the Year 1910:
Dewitt Dariel Forward. Pastor.
Deacons-S. X. Thompson, NJ. A.
Lyons. w. w. Tinker. E. c. knight,
l.. L. Twist, Enos Meredith. S. S.
DaZell.
Trustees-C. F. Mason, P w. Good.
irch. /, o. Glazier, George A. jackson
Pitts Smith.
Clerk-H. II. Harbaugh.
Treasurer-M. II. Lowe.
SOLICITOR. General Expense. Mrs. S
Chappelow.
Solicitor. Building Fund, Mrs. f'ervie
Arbuckle.
Sunday School Superintendent, Enos
Meredith.
President b. Y. p. L., Gertrude
Meredith.
Chief Usher, f. A. Gates.
The Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor was organized in the prayer
room of the First Baptist church Feb
ruary eighteen hundred and ninety
during the pastorate of Charles Fl. DE
Wolf. William Driver was president
and Lewis Coggins, secretary and
treasurer for the six months.
At business meeting held at the
home of Mr. Nichols, December, n.ne-
teen hundred and five. with the ap.
proval of the pastor, Frank Barnett
and without disbanding. the organiza
tion was changed to the Baptist Young
Peoples Union, with William Nichols,
president; Joe Meyers. vice president :
Howard H. Annett, treausrer; May
Cobb, secretary; and Louise e. Seel-
bach. corresponding secretary.