The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-04
Handsome Structure Which Stands as Monument
to Toll Of Congregat on Formally Open
ed by Impressive Services.
PASTOR GAN we'll BE PROUD OF CHURCH
Services Were Held in Morning, Afternoon and
Evening and Largely Attended Force
full Sermons Were Delivered.

/ several striking lessons of the power
OF the church. Rev. Anthony took for
! his text, That he Might Present it
to Himself glorious Church, not
having Spot OF Wrinkle. or any such
Thing" and in part said:
Men put different values on differ
ent things of life; what one man
thinks sweet, another man thinks bit
ter; what one man thinks bad another
man thinks good. But there are such
things as sweet and bitter and good
ness and badness.
A mans conceptions differ from
man, so does Gods conceptions diff
fer from man.
The church has not yet reached the
glory on the human side that God in
tended it should reach Man thinks Of
the limitations of the church. God
thinks of it's possibilities.
Glory Of the Church.
Rev. Anthony discussed the differ
ent ways in which the church was
glorious and gave as the first way
unity. IF all who believe in God, the
Father Almighty, Maker of heaven
and earth and in Jesus Christ, our
only Son. our Lord, who is conceived
of the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius PLATE,
was crucified and was buried and in
the holy Catholic church, the commun-
ion of saints, the forgiveness of sins.
and. life everlasting and the resurrec-
ton If all who believe thus were to
meet together on some vast plane
their voices in unison would indeed
be like the sound of many waters
He gave as second way in which
the church was glorious as through
Its missions. To reveal God to man;
to bring man back to Cod, First he
revealed God to man in doctrine say
ing: The doctrine of the church
teaches man that God is. 1t is only
as the world sees love and pity and
sympathy in life of the church that it
can know of Gods infinite love, pity
and sympathy
In speaking of the church's mission
of bringing man back to God Rev. An
thony pictured striking example.
The young man starts out in life with
fond dreams, but he falls among
thieves. They rob him, first of his
moral vigor, then his physical vigor;
but when he would resist he finds he
has no strength of will, for evil habits
have bound him; society thrusts him
out; his father takes his picture from
the parlor walls and puts it in the gar
ret. Even the mother loses some of
the faith and fears for the destiny of
her boy There is but one institution
left in the world that dare not lose
hope. The church works and prays
until the young man is brought back
to fathers house.
A Tribute.
The church is glorious because of
her nature. The fact that the church
is imperfect is no argument that she
need be as imperfect as she is. God
has placed within man marvellous pos
sibilities of character. True man calls
himself worm of the dust, and he
excuses himself for so saying with
the words, Il was shapen in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive
me-" But God thinks more of the
possibilities within man. God talks of
mis- holiness and of his righteousness.
Rev. Anthony paid tribute to the
Catholic church in the following
words: All who own Jesus as mas.
ter of their lives have great deal in
common, Our Catholic friends whom
many Of you think to be SO different
from their protestant brethren OWE
Jesus as Lord of all. Surely they
too, are of the household of faith
In his sermon Rev. Anthony did not
fail to touch upon the great POSSIBLE
tiles before the church being dedicat-
ed, boosting Keoluk as the water pow
er city and what the future would
bring.
Platform Meeting.
In the afternoon at O'Clock the
platform meeting was held and various
speakers took part and music was
rendered. Short addresses were made
by Rev c. S. Queen, D. d., and by the
ministers of Keokuk: Rev.
F. A. McGaw, Rev Cory, Rev. Taylor
and Rev Conoran.
There was special music in the af-
ternoon as we'll as in the morning and
evening. Miss Lettie M. Farley, in
in vocal music in Adrain col
lege, rendered solos and there was
music by large chorus directed by