The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-12
VOLUNTEERS ARE TO
BUILD TABERNACLE
Plan of Committee Is to Erect
House of Worship in
Two Days.
TO SEAT $500 PERSONS
Attempt to Secure Lot at
Eleventh and Main
Streets.
TO SEAT $500 PERSONS

With seating capacity of $500. the
tabernacle to accommodate the
crowds which the Ministerial associa-
ton believes will be attracted to the
Honeywell evangelistic campaign,
probably will be erected at Main and
Eleventh streets. Preliminary plans
were discussed last night by the exc
cutive committee at the Y. NJ c. A.
Volunteers will be called upon to as
sist in the erection of the tabernacle.
The plan used in other cities in CON
structing a building in which to hold
revival meetings will be adopted here.
ANYONE who can find a hammer is
invited and requested to give a part
or q whole of his time during the two
days which will be required to erect
the tabernacle" said a member of the
committee. "Other cities have con-
Quoted these campaigns in specially
constructed tabernacles and we believe
that we can put up such a building
in two or three days. 1t will also
stimulate interest in the matter
The building committee, headed by
Richard Sedgwick, was instructed to
select a site and report at once. A
survey of available locations with
heart of the city, leaves the Eleventh
is practically assured that the taber-
nacle will be erected there if arrange
ments can be made with the owner.
Report Next Sunday.
A committee of three, G. E. ThOma-
son, Timothy Nicholson, and Richard
Sedgwick, was appointed to nominate
q and their chnip q
at the meeting Of the committee of
100. Sunday afternoon.
Most of the time was taken up with
the appointment of committees on
building, finance PRAYER meetings, sec
retarial work, ushers, music, enter
tainment, publicity.
The following is complete list of
the committees:
Building Committee.
Richard Sedgwick, chairman; Ebon
Louck, John B. Dougan, Geo. W, Mans
field, NJ. G.. Henley.
{ Finance Committee.
w. H. Romey, First Eng. Lutheran
church, chairman; Oscar E. Fulghum,
West Richmond Friends; DR.. ]. E.
Blossom, Central Christian; VIM. H.
Quigg, South Eighth st. Friends;
Thos. Elleman, East Main ST. Friends.
o. F. Ward, Grace NJ. E.; D. S. Brown,
First M. E.; John NJ. Coate. First
Presbyterian; G.. Y. Miller, Reid Mem
orial; J. w. Ferguson, First Baptist;
A. L. Ellis, Whitewater Friends; E. P.
Rollman United Brethren; B. B. Duke,
Second English Lutheran!
Prayer Meeting Committee.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to district the city for neigh
bOrhOOd prayer meetings, to report at
the meeting Sunday Timothy NichOl-
son, chairman: Rev. E. G. Howard,
Rev. A. Trueblood.
Secretariai Committee.
l.. H. Bunyan, chairman, and VIM.
Z. Russell, First M. E.; w. o. Men
denhall, West Richmond Friends; An
drew Rausch and Mrs. VIM. Deite-
meyer. Second English Lutheran; :;
Ben. Deuker and Miss Virginia Thorn
as. First English Lutheran; Omar
Coffman and J. c. Thomas, Central
Christian; David A. Dennis and VIM.
]. Hiatt, South Eighth ST, Friends; :;
Mrs. j. Hornaday and Arthur l..
Smith, First Presbyterian; Robert
Wilson and Jessie McNiel, Reid Mem
orial: ]. II. Baker and Mrs. F. d.
Warner, Second Presbyterian; Miss
Kate w. Morgan and Miss Edna Nc
Mahan, First Baptist; Clarence Thorn
as and Edna Eye, Whitewater Friends; !;
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