Smyrna times., 1912-12-11
HANDSOME NEW ORGAN IS
DEDICATED At ST. PETERS
NOTABLE AND HAPPY OCCASION
IN THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH
Bishop Kinsman Receives and Dedi-
Gates the Organ and instrument
Used for the First Time in Service

Bishop Kinsman Receives and Dedi-
Gates the Organ and instrument
Used for the First Time in Service
Sunday was a notable day at St.
Peters Church and one that will long
be remembered as an important
epoch in the history of the parish.
The handsome new pipe organ which
was purchased through the aid of An
drew Carnagie the great philanthro-
pist, was dedicated by the Bishop of
the Diocese and used for the first
times in service. The dedication took
place at the 1870 O'Clock morning
service The professional was with
out the use of the organ and after the
choir had taken its place, Bishop
Kinsman in a short service blessed
the new organ and dedicated it to the
worship of God and the church. At
this instance Miss Julia HUM, the
talented organist, struck the chords
of gloria which were sung with a
heartiness that resounded throughout
the church. A large congregation
was present to witness the ceremony.
The regular morning service then fol-
lowed, the sermon being preached by
Bishop Kinsman who gave an inter-
esting discourse in harmony with the
occasion taking the life of David, the
sweet singer of Israel, to show how
the power of music to uplift and
soothe the human heart. had worked
not only in his time, but through all
ages in the worship of God. During
the offertory, Rev. Thomas Getz Hill,
the rector and Mr.. Thomas S. Start
sang a duet, 'The Lord is my Shep-
herd, l Shall Not Want.
New Organ Greatly Admired
At the close of the service, many
took the opportunity to inspect and
admire the new organ which occupies
the entire width of the south trans
cept of the church. Its gilded pipes
and fine hardwood finish, adds to the
beautiful interior of the church and
classes it as not only one of the fin
est instruments in town but in the
Diocese. 1t is thoroughly up-tO-date
with all the latest devices which go
with a two-manual instrument. The
organ has SOC speaking pipes divided
into three stops of 81 pipes each ano
one stop of 49 pipes each in the swell
organ; four stops of 81 pipes each il
the great organ and one pedal stop Of
80 pipes. 1t has six couplers as fol
lows: swell-to-great; great-to-pedal
swell pedal; subjective; super-Oc
tive and the great-to-pedalreversi
BILE. The mechanical accessories tina
go with the organ are: piano pedal
forte pedal, swell pedal, automatic
crescendo and de crescendo pedal
wind guage, crescendo indicator anC
engine starter. The power used fo
the organ is a modern Ross waite
motor of 25-pound minimum pressure
The A. B. Felgemaker Company o
Erie, Pa, are makers of the orgai
and it was erected in the church b,
Mr.. J. H. Hunter of Philadelphia.
Evening Service Also Largely Attended,
Many turned out at the eveninl
service when during the offertory
Miss Julia HUM organist delighte
all with a rendition that brought ou
the beautiful tone of the instrument
Being Bible Day according to th
church calendar. Bishop Kinsman. VIII
remained over for the evening service
gave fine sermon on the bible tn
keynote being that back of all wa
the personality and divinity of Jesu
Christ. The Bishop left at the cor
clusion of the evening service fc
Dover where he is making his heac
quarters until after the first of tn
year. The offerings at st. Peter
Church during the day were for tn
organ fund and to the joy and plea
sure of Rector Hill and his parishor
ers. the vestry is able to report I'll
entire debt liquidated with the exceI
tion of about $1OO. The organ, wit
other necessary expenses to max
ready for it, cost total of ST., 49,
In liouidating this debt, Andrew Ca.
magic pays $875, the sale of the o
organ to the M. F.. Chruch at S
Michael's, Md, netted $3.50 and Il
Vestry has raised by subscriptic
1856. leaving balance of 500.
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