Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-02
DEDICATION SERVICES.
Underwood Memorial Chapel, Sunday
Afternoon, June 80.

The dedication services of the IN
derwood Memorial Chapel were held
in the chapel at the corner of South
Fourth Avenue and Thomas street
on Sunday, June 30, 1912, at 4:3O
O'Clock p. m. The day was clear and
beautiful and just cool enough to be
very comfortable. The chapel, of
which the PILOT gave brief descrip-
ton a few weeks ago, was especially
attractive with its furnishings, flow
ers, palms and ferns, and in the rear
of the auditorium was large Ameri-
can flag which was awarded the
Sherman Street Mission, for having
the largest number of its members
present at the union Sunday
school meeting recently hello in the
First Presbyterian church. The seat
ing capacity of the chapel was taxed
to its utmost. majority beirg from
the vicinity in which the chapel is
located. Rev. James NJ. Duer, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, pre-
sided. Services were opened with
singing by the congregation "Won-
derful Works of Life;;" Scripture
reading and prayer by Rev. John
Gilbert Blue of the Presbyterian
church of Pasadena, Cal.
Rev. Joseph Brown, Sunday School
Missionary for Northern Wisconsin,
gave a brief address upon Mission
and Sunday school work, relating in
teresting experiences in his thirty
years of religious activities in and
adjacent to Marathon county. Rev.
Brown has devoted his ability and
energies, untiringly, all these years to
organizing institutions that have
planted in the hearts of thousands of
the rising generation, the love for
christianity. He has lived to see
thirty or more missions and Sunday
schools in this county alone, the
fruits of his splendid work, all thriv-
ing and growing stronger in member
ship as the years go by. 1t is no
wonder that he is so beloved and hon
ored, and it was particularly pleasing
to all that he was able to be present
at this dedication and to deliver an
address, though brief, which was so
replete with religious inspiration.
A duet sung by Miss Elizabeth
Montgomery and Miss Florence Crane,
added much to the pleasure OF the
services.
Rev. Duer then delivered the prin-
cipal address of the occasion, going
into the history of the missions, and
Sunday school work of the First
Presbyterian church; told of the
commencement and final completion
of the chapel by Mrs. Underwood
and family and paid very high
tribute to the late Mr.. Jarvis A.
Underwood to whose memory the
chapel is erected. He told of the in
stituting of the Sherman Street Mis-
sion in the neighborhood three years
ago, under the supervision of Mrs.
Fred Miller and Mrs. VIM. Nachtigal;
how it had prUspered beyond all ex
pectations and now that organization
had its home in the new chapel con-
.secrated to Christianity and whose
doors were opened wide to all with
out regard to religious beliefs.
The dedication services followed
and the keys of the chapel were trans
ferred by Arthur Underwood of
Evanston, Ill.,, to F. L. Hudson, pres
ident of the board of trustees of the
First Presbyterian church Of Wausau,
the presentation and acceptance re-
marks being very impressive.
The dedicatory prayer was offered
by Neil Campbell secretary of the
Y. NJ. c. A. The congregation sang
the closing hymn, "All Hail the
Power of Jesus Name" and the bene-
diction was pronounced by Rev. Duer.
Thus was dedicated to the work of
Christianity the beautiful Under wood
Memorial Chapel, which is destined
to become great force for good in
the future life of our city.
Mrs. j. A. Underwood, the Misses
Susan and Louise Underwood of this
city; Mr.. and Mis-. Arthur Under
wood of Chicago, Mrs. j. Shedd of
Evanston, ILL.,, and Mrs. Laurence
Williams of New York City, were
present at the services.