Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-21
TAFTS CHURCH TO
BUILD new HOME
President and Wife Contribute
Literally to the Fund of All
Souls Unitarian.
EDlFlcE TO COST 100000
Members of Lower House Know Lords
Prayer-Plans for Making Their
Hall Smailer-Officia Report
ers' Troubles in New
Congress.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington-The Inembe of All
Souls Unitarian church, which is at
tended by President Taft, intend to
build a new home for the congrega-
tien. The church structure which
has been planned will cost probably
100000 and 1t is said that Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft have made large
contribution toward the purchase of
the new site.
all Souls church had a large mem
bership and was in a prosperous con-
dition before Mr.. Taft, as president.
| Joined the congregation. OF course
his presence every Sunday In a pew
In the church brings many strangers
to the service, and it is hard matter
/ to ind seats for all who come because
the church was practically filed with
Its own worshippers before it had
chief executive for member.
Roosevelt and DR.. Schick's Church.
1t was different story with the
German Reformed church which Theo-
dore Roosevelt attended when he was
president. When Mr.. Roosevelt was
elected vice-president of the United
States DR.. John Shick, the pastor of
little church on 18th street, wrote
letter to him saying that the church
was the only one in Washington
which was akin in it's creed and OBJ
servance to the one of which the
vice-president was a member Mr..
Roosevelt wrote back and caid he
would attend DIR. Schick's church.
At that time the church edifiue was
little more thar a chapel in size.
When Mr.. Roosevelt became president
the place was packed every Sunday
and crowds stood on the street trying
to get in. Members of the German
Reformed faith all over the United
States contributed money to help the
members of the congregation build a
new edifice. A beautiful structure
was erected, not very large one. it
Is true, but much larger than the orig
lnal. 1t was not big enough to hold
the crowds which came every Sun
day. To the satisfaction of DR.. Schick
and his congregation it may be said
that the church has held its own won
derfully since Mr.. Roosevelt retired to
private life. Many of the people who
went to the services, possibly out of
curiosity, became interested and to-
day are church pillars.
House Knew the Lords PRAYER.
A story recently was printed in
Washington, and of course elsewhere
In the country, to the effect that the
chaplain of the Kansas state senate
found that only eight senators in that
body knew the Lords prayer YER
bayin. Due allowance must be made
for understatement or oYerstatement,
whichever it was in this case but the
story had its Washington interest
| nevertheless.
Representatives in congress recall
| eG the time when q substitute chap
lain was taking the place of the regu-
lar chaplain, DR. Couden, who was i'll.
1t happened that the substitute clergy
man was there on a day of two ses.
! sisns, for an extra session had been
! 2Slled and there was an opening
prayer for the last session of one
congress and an opening prayer for
| The first session of the new.
This state of affairs was unknown
to the visiting clergyman who ap-
pcSently had prepared his prayer
! thinking he was to offer only one
When he was called upon to offer the
senond he was taken by surprise and
could hardly collect his thoughts. The
result was that after hesitating a
! moment he started directly into the
.Grd's prayer, asking the representa-
! tees to join with him AS far as
| could be determined from the press
GO tlery, all the men in the house were
| Letter perfect in the petition, and they
| Joined audibly in the prayer and with
tefvor, the chaplain leading 1t NAV
be that some state senators do not
| kEow the Lords prayer but there are
| at least one hundred and twenty-five
r'ambers of the present house of rep
| regentatiyes who we're members of
| tie house when it showed that 4
ki7ew the prayer of prayers verbatim.
/ Nii0iaANOi W iiNhoC W DC OHldttCFs
If President Taft does not call
az extra session to meet in March,
/ the hall of the house of repre-
| sEntatives will be remodeled, the
work to begin as soon as the present
session of congress adjourns. Elliott
| Woods, superintendent of the capitol,
| bps the plans all made and has his
fo-ce of workmen ready to go ahead
with the work of dismantling the
| pr esent chamber.
The chamber of meeting proper will
BE- made much smaller The cloak
ROBINS and lounging rooms for the
nj smbers, which are in the rear of the
present hall under the galleries. will
be very much enlarged, while the
house itself will be contracted in d.
mansions. The desks viii be taken
| ott and the members will be provided
with STRAIGHTFORWARD chairs with a lit
tis swinging arrangement in front of
them uDOn which thew can write let