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new CHURCH Open.
Congregation of St. Paul's Metho-
dist Protestant Church WOr-
ships in Fine New Home.

| Last Sunday morning, for the frs
time, the congregation of St.Pauls
Methodist Protestant Church wor.
SHIPPED in the beautiful new home
which they have been erecting or
Maryland avenue during the past
nine months. 1t had been conf
IDENTIFY expected that they would
| be able to occupy at least portion
of the church building before this
time, but on account of delay in
getting the chairs they were unable
| to do so.
The first service held was a
class meeting, which was led by
Mr.. L. Wilson Merrick; this SER
vice was followed by the regular
morning preaching services, con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. ]. l..
Ward, who preached from the sub
ject, "Not Triumph, But Consecra-
ton" At the close of the sermon
one of the largest communion SER
vices in the history of the congre-
cation was held. In the afternoon
Sunday School was held, and in the
evening there was another largely
attended service. The annual re-
vival was started at this service, and
will probably be continued for two
or three weeks.
While the congregation of the
church had recognized for several
years the need of new church
building, the handsome new struc-
ture which has been erected was
the result of a meeting which was
held on the 18th day of February,
1912, which was presided over by
Rev. J. M. Sheridan, D. D., then
President of the Maryland Confer
ence. At that time it was decided
to build a brick church, the cost of
which was not to exceed $4,000.
Later, at the suggestion of Rev. j.
M. Bowers, D. D., who succeeded
Rev. DR.. Sheridan as President of
the Conference, on the occasion of
his official visit in May, 1912, it
was decided to build of stone, in
stead of brick.
After this meeting, the Building
Committee Immediately set to work
to complete plans for the construc-
ton of building of stone, and in
June work was started on the new
edifice, and on the 18th of August
the cornerstone was laid, with ap-
propriate exercises. In it was
placed a copy of the Church discip-
line, copies of the county newspa-
pers, and many other items Of in
terest in connection with the new
church.
The new building is ninety feet
by fifty, and is constructed of Port
Deposit granite, trimmed with In
diana limestone. The design is
gothic and the building is said to
be one of the prettiest church struc-
ture on the Eastern Shore of Mary
land. The woodwork is of chest
nut, with mission finish. The
church will have a total seating ca
pacity of six hundred when COM
pleted, three hundred being in the
main auditorium and three hundred
in the class rooms of the Sunday
School. The windows, which were
furnished by Mr.. James Smith, of
this city, are of loaded opalescent
glass, and were especially designed
for this church.
At the laying of the cornerstone
last summer, addresses were made
by Rev. G.. w. Haddaway, pastor of
Starr Church, Baltimore; Comptrol-
Ter Emerson c. Harrington land the
pastor, Rev. J. L. Ward.
With the completion of the
church, there will be three new
churches in Cambridge. The Bap-
tist Church, which replaced the
frame structure which was destroyed
by fire; the new Zion Church, which
replaced the old church which was
burned in the big conflagration in
1910, and st. Paul's, which replaces
the old frame building which had
become inadequate to the needs of
the congregation.