South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-25
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CHURCH THROWN
OPEN To PUBLIC
Dedication Services Are Held
in Morning When Bishop
Mcdowell Tells of Problems
Facing Church.

5000 with the five lOaves and the two
fishes"
This was the statement made by
Bishop William Frasier Mcdowell IN
the dedicatOry sermon at the new
First Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday morning. He pointed to the
enormous task of world evangelism
faced by the Christian church and
said the problem must be solved II
the Christian organization wins.
Bishop Mcdowell was the princi-
pal speaker at the dedication service
which took place in the morning. 1t
is estimated that more than loo
people attended the service in the
morning. probably the largest church
service ever held in South Bend.
Every pew was filled; chairs were
/ placed in the aisles. and the galleries
! and Sunday school rooms at the rear
/ of the church auditorium were pack
/ ed to capacity.
Marvin Campbell, secretary Of the
| building committee that had charge
/ of erecting the edifice, performed the
/ duty Of giving the key of the church
/ TO Bishop Mcdowell. All the mem
/ bers Of the committee. the trustees of
\ the church, and the official board,
\ gathered at the altar during the
/ dedicatory ceremony. over which the
/ bishop Officiated. All the surviving
/ pastors. except Rev. 5. b. Towne.
/ who is i'll, were present at the ser
/ vice.
Sunday school Parades.
A Sunday school parade opened
! the services. The members OF the
/ school met at the old building, where
! TIN last prayer was made. and began
the march TO the new church. The
/ procession stretched from one church
! TO the other. A contest in member
! ship among the classes decided which
I should march at the head of the
I parade. Herman Tuhulka's class was
leader, carrying the church banner.
The mems Bible class followed, car
rying the Sunday school motto,
Down With the Saloon" rhis class
is taught by Dan Pyle. attorney
AT the chuIeh a large number of
public officials Ofiiciated a. ushers.
Among them were Mayor Keller and
| Judge Warner For the first time
the choir of the church was vested.
The chorus consisted of 40 voices and
with the opening of the service they
marched in to their places. Rev.
Henry L. Davis, the pastor, made the
first and last prayer at the service.
DIR. +. ID. Hager rendered beauti-
/ ful solo. Jesus Bids Me Come" Rev.
| w. II. Hickman, pastor of the church
| between 1883 and 1856. led in reading
the Psalter. The dedication hymn
was composed by Rev. NJ H. Apple
by, superintendent of the South Bend
district.
Services for Tonight.
In the evening Rev. George r.
Crosse, president of DePauw univers-
ity. delivered the address. The even
ing service was attended by nearly
as large a congregation as that in the
morning. Several OF the city churches
dismissed services to give members an
opportunity TO attend. Rev. Mr..
Hickman will deliver 7 sermon to-
night at the meeting. Auesday night
Will be Reminiscent , ut Marvin
Campbell will preside a reminiscent
talks will be given by DR.. G. A
Brooke. DR.. II. NJ. Middleton, O. II.
Palmer ROllo Pifer and others who
have returned 10 attend the weeks
services
Rev. r. p. Bennett of the First NJ
+. church of Saginaw, will deliver the
sermon Wednesday night. and Thurs
day night the meeting Will be i'm
charge of Rev. Mr. Appleby, who will
call on local ministers for talks. Or.
y. j. Corey of Detroit, Mich. and
Prof. Frederic Bergman will furnish
an organ recital Friday night
1t was announced that the beauti-
full baptismal font was the gift of
Mrs. j. NJ. Studebaker. given in mem-
DRY Of Mrs. Rebecca Stull. her mother
who was an active member of the
church and Sunday school The font
is of fine Carrara marble and very
old. having been taken from an old
church at Sienna. Italy.
Window is Memorial.
The organ chimes. 20 in all. were
announced as having been given By
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Bowsher. One of
the elegant windows in the Sunday
school room. Christ Blessing the
Little Children" is memorial to
John Brownfield. in whose kitchen
the first church was organized and
who was an active superintendent for
so years. The window is a gift of
Mrs. Marvin Campbell. daughter of
Mr.. Brownfield.
'Methodism as a whole is most fit
tingly and efficiently housed in South
Bend" vas the declaration of Bishop
Mcdowell in his opening remarks in
the morning. He chose his text from
ST. John. SO. taking the story of the
feeding OF the multitude with the
fishes and loaves for his subject
He likened the church organization
TO the fishes and lOaves, asserting
that the Christian organization is
physically as weak for accomplishing
its task as the food was for the multi
tude. He first set forth the problem
came and the vast multitude became
angered because they were hungry.
He pictured the church as facing
similar hard problem. that OF evange-
liZing the world.
Church is Limited.
Z The food for feeding the angry
people. he said. was especially limited
there being but five loaNes and two
fishes which might as we'll have been,
he said. five fat biscuits and two
sardines" The church is also limited
i by its physical strength for reaching
I the people.
As a solution the disciples would
+ have turned the people TO their
/ homes and 10 the town where many
\ would have been hungry" ne de
+ clared. This same solution is too
\ often used by the church. which
/ rather than solve the problems push
I them aside where they cannot be seen.
+ Christ alone is the true solution. The
T disciples knew that he could save the
people. yet they did not turn 10 Him.
I He solved the difficulty and He alone