The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-09-29
DEDICATION
OF New Baptist Church In
Louisa Last Sunday.
Debt Of $500 Wiped Out and the
Handsome Structure Was Form
ally CunsecTated.

The Baptist Church OF Louisa
and vicinity as people, is happy
in the completion and dedication OF
the handsome house which has aris-
en- on site of the building which
for q years served the congrega-
tion as place of worship. 1t seems
as only yesterday when the Rev.
Franklin Hardin. then the pastor OF
the church, concluded that his
people had borne long enough
IwIth the insufficient, ugly and un-
comfortable house they had used
so long, and that the time for ac-
ton and fitting edifice had
come So. In spite OF opposition
and dire prophecies of failure Mr.
Hardin gave the word, and today
there stands on Main street, near
ly opposite the NJ. Il. Church, a
handsome finished structure. COM
plete in all its details, within and
without, from the corner stone TO
the top of the corner, nothing
wanting. 1t was dedicated last Sun
day, and II was indeed day
of rejoicing to the comparatively
small body or faithful men and wo-
men who had toiled and planned
and planned and toiled SO long.
Just how many drops of sweat had
fallen from the faces OF volunteer
laborers and mechanics in
laying the foundation and
doing other necessary work on
"our church" will never be known.
Neither will the world ever know
how many stitches have been taxi
EN- by weary fingers in the making
of articles OF use and beauty, or.
how many gallons of ices, hundreds
OF cakes and the Lord only knows
what else the work of the Ladies'
Aid Society. as faithful a body of
Christian women as the world ev-
er saw-all done to help in the
rearing OF a fit temple for the
worship OF the living God
1t had been announced that the
Sunday service would begin at 1915
a. M. but long before that hour the
building was packed with an audi
ence composed of members of all
the churches in Louisa, with many
from the adjacent country. The
Rev. DR.. w. d. Powell of Louis
vile, Corresponding Secretary OF
the State Board of Foreign Mis-
sions, had been announced to preach
The good doctor was there, and he
preached a very touching" SER
mon. The choir did some good |
singing. DR.. Powell. offered an
invocation. After another hymn
DR.. Powell read some selections
from the old scriptures, making
running comment upon them. APP
propriate to the occasion. Nothing
could have been more fitting, moth
ing stronger than DIR. Powell's words
along this line. He was by turns
argumentatiye. witty serious, pa
thetic, humorous, sarcastic. but
always directly to the point, Then
he closed La Biblia' and told his
audience what he wanted. Here is
your church, he said and 1t will
be dedicated this afternoon but
there is debt of $4,000 hanging
over ii, and before II can be dedi-
Gated this debt must be wiped out
DR.. Powell went at the work in
systematic, business like way and
by the time he detected weariness
on part OF some of his congrega-
ton over on-ehalf the debt had
been wiped out. The subscriptions
ranged from a few dollars to one
dollars. At one o'clock the
benediction was pronounced, and
the congregation was asked to come
back at 3 that afternoon for the
dedicatory exercises. Knowing
that they would be asked for more
money 1t did not seem probable
that the attendance at the dedica-
ton would be large, but it was. DR.. '
Powell again made excellent use |
Of his persuasive eloquence. and in
a comparatively short time the
whole amount had been subscribed 4