Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-14
RALLY
IN DEDICATION Of
BAPTIST CHURCH
$4,000 Emmanuel Edifice to Be
Opened to Divine Worship
Tomorrow.

The pastor, Rev. Edwin O.. Wilson
and the official board of the Emmanue
Baptist Church, as told in last Satur
days Evening STAR, have arranged
an attractive program for the formaI
series of special services which will
mark the dedication of the new $4,000
edifce just completed at Montelair AND
Clifton avenues, this city. beginning
tomorrow morning.
At 10:45 q. m. DIR. Wilson will deliver
a commemorative sermon At 2:3l
o'clock the Sabbath school. under the
direction of the superintendent, H. M
Eddy, will conduct a rally exercise
program consisting of carol singing and
recitations.
At 6:45. the Young Peoples Union will
hold a service of song, interpreted
with a series of short talks. At the
regular church session at 7;45 a union
service will be held and a flag pres .
entation will take place. The congre-
cations of Christ Reformed, Summer
field Methodist Episcopal and Forest
Hill Presbyterian churches will join
the Baptist flock in a n%eighborly re-
ligious rally, and Rev. DR.. Davis W.
Lusk, superintendent of the extension
work of the Newark P~resbytery. will
make the principal address. The clos
ing feature of the service will be the
presentation of a flag to DR.. Wilson
and the church by the members of
Colonel S. l.. Buck Council, Jr. O.. u.
A. M.
On Monday evening the formal dedi-
cation of the church will take place at
7:45 o'clock. Rev. DR.. Thomas e. Vas
sar. of Elizabeth. will preside at the
ceremony, and Rev. DR.. Curtis Lee
Laws, of Brooklyn, will deliver the
~dedicative discourse.
A special musical program. under the
direction of Organist William H. Cook,
will be rendered at both the Sunday
and Monday services.
On Wednesday evening, at 7:45, the
congregation of the local Baptist
churches and the various denomina-
tional folks in Woodside and Forest
Hill will join the Emmanuel Church
congregation in a union service. Among
those who win take part in the serv-
ice will be Revs. DIR. Thomas C. VIII
lers, George f. Lombard, Clark T.
Brownell, I. Mckay Knipe, Frederick
W. Lewis. Julius F. Maschman, Henry
Merle Mellen, Henry H. Hoops, James
A. Solandt and Rev. John Mcdowell.
On Thursday evening at 8 o'clock an
organ recital will be given by william
II. Cook, the %organist, and on Friday
evening the series of services will close
with a general fellowship and social
session of the congregation.
DR.. Wilson is closing his eleventh
as pastor, his entire term being
marked with a steadily increased
membership and most cordial relations
with his flock.
Recently several memorial gifts
were made to the church, including a
table, presented by the
Rittenhouse family in memory of the
late Deacon Elisha Rittenhouse; a pull
pit stand by J. T. Bird, in memory of
daughter Beatrice, and a book
stand by w. A. Pearson, in memory
of his daughter Daisy.
The members of the building COM
are G. w. De Lisser. treasurer:
George w. Vernet, L. C. Harris. DR..
c, w. Tillou, H. M. Eddy, Thomas M.
Watson, jr.. James Robinson, F.. S.
J.. d. Hanson. H. V. Tucker,
John r. Bird and John Simmonds.