The Bourbon news., 1911-06-09

OF the same construction LEADS into the
Sunday school rooms.
Entering this vestibule from the
street. stairway to the left, leads to
the primary class room, beautiful
room 2lx42 feet, finished in natural
hard pine. with property room and law
atory adjoining.
The building has been planned with
special view to take care of a modern,
up-to-date Sunday school. The class
rooms are well arranged, and are sepa-
rated from each other and the lecture
room by accordion doors.
A rising partition separates the main
room from the Sunday school or lecture
room, and is operated by windlass i'm
the basement.
The large audience room thus made
is circular in shape. and the perfect
acoustics permit the ordinary tones of
a speaker to be easily heard in every
part of the house.
The interior finish is in lich dark oak:
and the handsome pine organ, toward
which Andrew Carne Tie contributed
81 600, is Of the same finish, with gild-
ed pipes. The winGJws are of beauti-
full tinted art glass, and the church is
heated with the Moline Vapor system.
The light fixtures provide for both
electric light and gas
The pews are models of elegance and
comfort, and were made by the Vaught
Furniture Company, of Parker, Ind
The building which has been SO sub
substantially constructed, has seating
capacity of about 900, including the
two audience rooms.
Paris and Bourbon county people have
shown deep interest and Just pride in
the erection of this splendid house of
worship. which is an ornament to the
city. 1t has been built at great effort
and sacrifice upon the part of some of
the members. The church is indeed a
beautiful structure. built at a cost OF
about $50, 1000, and the Methodist con-
gregation and the pastor, Rev. o. B.
Crockett, are to be congratulated upon
its completion.
Too much praise cannot be given the
building committee, consisting of
Messrs. Henry A. Power, James Nc
Clure, James Smith, G.. A. Duncan.
George w. Chapman and E. B January,
for the careful and conscientious dis
charge of the trust imposed upon them
by the members of the church They
have spared neither time nor pains in
the fulfillment of their duty.
The good women and children of the
church, too, have added their share of
work and funds to the erection of this
handsome edifice, and by their efforts
have contributed about 800 toward
the furnishings.
A program has been arranged for the
dedication services, and Bishop H. c.
Morrison. of Leesburg, Florida. will
preach the dedicatory sermon at IL
o'clock Sunday morning, June IL.
Rev. j. l.. Clarke, a much beloved
former pastor, who was recently elect
ed President of Kentucky Wesleyan
College, will preach the evening SER
mon at 7:30.
All former pastors have been invited
to be present at the dedicatory services.
The music for the occa ion will be
| under the direction of Mrs. Henry A:
Power, an important feature of which
will be the congregational singing.
The choir, however, will be assisted by
Miss Mary, Dan Harbeson, soloist, of
Flemingsburg, and Miss Harriet Poyn-
ter, viOlinist, of Sheibyville.
Miss Harbeson will be remembered
as the vocalist who rendered such beau
tiful solos during the meeting which
was conducted last winter at the Sec
Ond PresbyterianChurch by Rev. Frank
Wright, the Indian evangelist.
Miss POynter is the talented daugh-
ter Of Rev. DR.. and Mrs. w. T. Poyn-
ter, formerly of Paris, where DIR.
POynter was pastor of the Methodist
Church., and did much by his practical
earnest efforts to upbuild and strength
J en- the church. Later he took charge
of Science Hill College, at Shelbyville,
of which, since his death, his wife, Mrs
POINTER, formerly Miss Clara Martin, of
Paris, has been the President.
| The Methodist Church in Paris was
organized more than a century ago, in
1907. For period of about ten years
the preaching was in private houses,
principally at the home of Morgan
Francis, later occupied by Squire DE
Flanagan, where the business house of
David Field now stands.
In the year 1917, mainly through the
Jealous energy of Peter Schwartweiler,
whese name has been and always will
be handed down in the annals of the
church history, neat brick church
was built on Pleasant street, adjoining
the lot upon which the present struct-
ure has been erected. The congrega-
ton being weak, the house was not en-.
tirely completed until 1920 =
| For some years the church was in
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