Evening journal., 1913-10-31
TO LAY STONE
FOR SUNDAY
SCHOOL HALL
Bishop KinSman to OffiCiate
at Ceremony at Emmanuel
Church, New Castle
GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
TO BE AMONG GUESTS


All IS in readiness for the corner
stone laying OF the new building, which /
is to be added to the old historic par
ish house OF Emmanuel Protestant Eps- I
copsl Church, New Castle The whole /
building will be used as Sunday
school hall. the new part containing a
gymnasium lecture room and class /
rooms Instituted more than three CEN 4
turtles ago, Emmanuel Church has ex'
pericnced not a great many changes.
and the small Sunday school building, /
stands in the church yard, in which /
the different generations of the church 4
members have received their first in-
struction in church matters. has like
wise experienced few changes.
The Re, Floyd W 1omkins of phila- !
deilphia viii be the speaker. Governor
Charles r. Miller and Mayor Harrison
" Howell viii be present among the
guests OF honor.
At the close of the exercises re-
ception in honor OF the guests will be
held at the rcctory.
Mrs. Edwin !. Atlee and Miss Wagner
Of Germantown. will preside at the
table and the Misses Richey. Mrs a.
a. T. George Mrs Thomas Hocomb.
Mrs. J II. Lambson, Mrs Laussat Rog-
prs and Mrs l.. r. Eliason. wives of
mcmhefs Of the vestry. will assis; Mrs.
+ Rictry IN receiving. Members Uf tine
reception committee OF the cornerstone
. ceremonies will be Mayor Richard S..
Rodney, A. " Leslie Ccofgc, Austin Me
Cam and l.. y. Eliason
The marshals for The three divi-
aions will be Hairy Smith. Francis
McFarlan and Francis ID. Buck.
At 2.30 o'clock the members Of the
church and Sunday school, the clergy
and other guests. will assemble at the
Sunday school building and from
there march to the parish house. In
case of stormy weather, provision has
been made for shelter. The clergy
men in the procession viii bo the Rev
John Rigg. of Riverton n. J.;Rer, I
Floyd w. Tomkins, of Philadelphia |
Rev. r. G. Hill Of Smyrna; Rev. DR. |
johnson. Rev n. b. Phelps, OF New /
ark. and Rev. r. l.. Wolven, Of VIII |
mington. who will carry the STAFF OF !
the officiating officers. The Rt Rev,
Frederick j. Kinsman will be assisted |
hy Dr. Richey
The procession will be divided into
three sections. each in charge Of a |
marshal. The first section, led by the |
New Castle City Cornet Band, the
members Of which have volunteered
ttheir, services Tor the affair, will con-
tsisk OF the members of the choir and
the Sunday school.
f* In the second section will be the
invited guests. members of City Coun-
ell. the Commissioners of the Court
House. Sduare and School Green,
B-.Board Of Education and the trustees
,of the Common.
The third section will comprise the
building committee J. r. Lambson. l..
SR. Rogers, the builders. architects,
visiting clergy and the rector Rev
AIban Richey. d. ID. with RI Rev
Bishop Frederick J. kinsman, the
Bishop of the Diocese Of Delaware,
As n processional the hymn. Onward
Christian Soldiers viii be sung. and
there will be appropriate prayers and |
hymns upon arrival at the parish house: 1
The HYMN "How Firm a Foundation. /
will precede the address by Or. Tom
kins. which will be followed by the [
hymn ~Clorous Things Of Thee Are
Spoken" The closing hymn; "Our |
Fathers God to Thee will precede the |
benediction pronounced by Bishop kins- |
man The corner stone, which viii be
laid by Bishop Ninsman. is about - by
Is inches and is m-Ae of white marble.
The face of the stone bears a cross, and
the inscription: "Al Sains' Day, Nov. l,
1918"
In box under the stone viii be pre-
served q roll bearing the names OF the
subscribers. a history of Emmanuel P. 4.
Church, as prepared by Thomas Hol-
comb. a photograph of the church and
the new Sunday school building as com.
uleted. a brief account OF the raising Of
the building fund, copies of Every Even
ing. Wilmington Morning News and
THE EVENING JOURNAL, The Living
Church. Diocesan Journal. annual report
Of the treasurer, list Of the parish Off
GERS, copy Of the program and the days
proceedings.
The hymn STAND Up, Stand Up for
Jesus" will be sung as a process
sional on the return march 10 the
Sunday school from where the guests
will 90 to the rectory for the re-
ception.
The money raised for the new
building has been by general sub
scription. The list OF subscribers
numbers about 1o5 and the sub
scriptions have ranged from 81 up
with one generous amount Of $500.
This contract for heating the build
Ing with steam heat has been given TO
william J. Robelen, of Wilmington,
and the old as we'll as the new
building will be heated throughout.
improvements recently made in the
old building include a kitchen sink
and lavatory on the second floor:
the large rear room has been recall
somined and made ready for use.
When the work is completed the
Mems Club will have comfortable
quarters for their own use, for bust
ness and social purposes. and already