The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-10
Services Were Held There on Sunday
and at Least 900 People Were in
Attendance at the
Exercises.
ADDRESS BY DR.. HYNEs
Reverend J. F. Sanders Of Keokuk
Preached the Dedication Ser
mon In the Ev.
enIng.

CARTHAGE, Ill. Oct. 10.-The dedi-
cation of the Baptist church was sol
emnized Sunday 1t was an ideal day
for the event and approximately 800
people attended. The services were
conducted as per program.
DR.. M. w. Hynes made fine ad
dress in his plea for subscriptions to
finish paying off the remainder of the
church debt that was not pledged.
The amount pledged was s19, 400; cost
$24, 800; raised at morning session
$3.50, making total Of $4,000. 1t
was understood that there was three
years in which to pay the amount In
three yearly payments, or one-third
each year. The largest subscription
was $500, there being ten at this fig
ure. and the lowest was SIS. At 1
p. m, the amount was raised and
great was the applause.
The evening services followed the
program outlined, and included a
solo by Miss Davidson. One thousand
dollars was raised for new pipe or
gan, assuring the installation of that
instrument and the building clear of
debt. Rev. j. F. Sanders, d. D., of
Keokuk, Iowa, preached the dedica-
ton sermon, his text being Matthew
1918: And I say also unto thee
thou are a rock and upon this rock
will / build my church, and the gates
! of hell shall not prevail against It,"
There was large attendance,
probably 1900, at both services. The
evening pledges ranged from $3.50 by
the Ladies Aid Society, to $500 on
the pipe organ.
Description of New Baptist Church.
The new edifice is built on the CO
lonial style of architecture and is Of
] light colored pressed brick and Bed
ford stone. 1t has large columns al
the south and west entrances. The
building is so by 80 by 30 feet, and
in the center is large dome.
The interior shows excellent archi
lecture and taste The arrangement
is the very best. There Is not sea
in the whole church but what is 81
situated that the rostrum and tn
1 speaker is always visible and thu
acoustics are such that should a PHI
be dropped on the rostrum 1t coul'
be heard all over the entire building
The main floor has a slope OF pos
sibly 80 degrees back from the ros
! trum about 35 feet, and then tn
floor is level or almost level for 2
feet. The last Is feet around tn
north and east sides are for the Sur
day school.
Above is balcony, the came width
which is for Sunday school classes
and can be partitioned off 80 as t
make class rooms.
In the southwest corner is the roI
trum and just back of the rostrum
the baptistry, and at the back OF thi
is the dressing room, and just abov
is the choir loft. All these face tn
audience at all times and from an
!, place in the church.
There is also the pastors stud
and a waiting room. In fact, tn
church Is up-to-date, and cost a nea
9 sum of money-in the neighborhoo
, of 25,000-but 1t is a credit to an
/ city many times the size of Carthag'
and the members may well feel prou
OF it. 1t has, when thrown open,
!. seating capacity of 1000.
The following committees ha
charge of erecting the new church:
. Building committee: Rev. I.
) Boggess, chairman; Mrs. s. r. Parl
Ter. secretary; J. w. HARVEST trea'