Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-11
BISHOP n. n. EOUT, OF INDIAN.
ApoLIs, breaches SERMON
SUNDAY EVENING.
PASTORS OF CITY UNITE
IN FELLOWSHIP SERVICE
Beautiful Mission Church Costing
$4,000, Dedicated With Small Debt
Sum Of $500 Raised at Services
sund ay-bescription of the Build.
ing.

i Another new church was dedicated
sunday When the keys of the new
Bethany United Brethren editice, cor
ner Seventh and State were formally
turned over TO the trustees by Bishop
II. H. F'ou;. Of Indianapolis. The bishop
preached the dedica tory sermon sun
sday evening
Altho mission church, and built
following a gigantic effort on the part
of its pastor. Rev. G. z. Pilgrim, and
other workers in the denomina ton, the
new building was dedicated with COM
/ para,ively small Indebtedness
/ The investment, including 1000 for
the site, stands a s31,0o0. Up to dedi-
cation day there was $4,000 indebted
ness. represented in a note held by d
local bank. The church was dedicated
sunday night with $1,000 standing
against it, $2,7o0 having been raised at
the three services of the day Had the
threatening weather not curtailed the
attendance at the dedication service
proper, the debt would have been even
smaller than il now stands.
nominati ton locally is represented by
mere handful OF people the task o.
providing a house Of Worship such as
now stands on the site Of the old
Swedish mission church, has been a
herculean ore, and one in which the
denomination in The state al large has
aided materially
Bishop breaches in Morning.
Bishop Fout gave the sermon in the
morning, when he preached on The
Mission Of the Church." An audience
that flied the church listened atten-
lively to the discourse. Mrs. A. NJ
Hewitt and Miss Lucia Mendenhall
sang as the offer-ory. How Sweet the
Name Of Jesus Sounds ti3rown.) and
4 quartet composed Of Mrs Hewitt,
Miss Mendenhall, and c. Durele and
H. T. Miller. sang Gounods Praise
Ye the Father" The church was
PRETTY decorated with carnations and
potted plants.
Afternoon Fellowship Service.
AZ 3 80 Sunday afternoon an inter-
church fellow ship service proved most
ms piring gathering. Nearly all of the
pastors Of The city were on the plat
form, and extended fraternal greet
ings. The audience was as large as
lNdt al tHc morning service.
Appearing in the fellowship service
We're I2evS J. J Fitzpatrick. Of St
Mary's Catholic church. James p. Linn
Presb ytertan: r. F Hdrlburt, Metho-
dist; H NJ Babin. ST Pauls Episco-
pal; p. +. Martin. CONGREGATIONAL: c.
H. Morris Central Church of Christ:
/ ~ Rich. Friends: and ". n Car
field. Of Bara BOO. Wis. acting for Rev
4. F Colver, Of the BAPTIST; H. e
! Wilson, secretary of the Y. NJ G. A.
and Miss Angelina Mckinley, secretary
Of he Y. ". G. A, also presented
fraternal greetings
Dedicatory Service Proper.
The dedicatory service proper in the
evening, was attended by an audience
that about half filed the auditorium.
Bishop F'out took as his theme he sub
feet pictured in the memorial window
Of the church, Jesus at Bethany, at the
home Of Mary, Martha. and Lazarus.
The theme had suggested itself 20 the
bishop as he gazed upon the window
al the morning service. The quartet
sang Spinneyis How Beautiful Upon
the Mountains" and Thy Life Was
Given For Ne" by Bracket.
3. F kemper, chairman Of the board
of trustees. received the keys of the
church in behalf of the board The
other members Of the board are J. D.
Plumb. w. f. Rupert. R. A Hill. and
r. l.. Cosgrove.
Rev W F Cronk. Of Des Moines.
state superintendent Of denominational
work, vas in attendance at the services
of the day from out of the city
Handsome and Comnodious Church.
Completed. except that the pews are
c. m IN Pat,
rem church is handsome and commod
ious church. and a very material and
substantial addition to the church prop
critics in the city. 1t is dignifed in re-
sign and It's interior is commodious
and well arranged.
The exterior has been practically
completed so long that the public is
familiar with its plan and appearance
The entrance that opens into the
| building under the portico. fanked By
its huge columns, leads into a long
vestibule.
VIII Seat 3Oo
Two pairs Of double doors lead from
the vestibule directly into the auditor.
iuu. which will seat 900. The east enc
Of the vestibule stairs rise to the gal
lerv Of the same size as the vestibu'e
The pulpit occupies the center Of tn
north end Of the building, and Is large
Back Of It Is the choir loft, built on
higher level and separated from tn
pulpit by low curtains on iron frames
At the west Of the pulpit is the pas
tors study, which has an outside en-
trance into Seventh street. A sin1ila
room to the east of the pulpit is 70
the choir.
Window Pleasing Feature.
One Of the pleasing features of tn
auditorium is the mosaic art glass win
dow back Of the pulpit. 1t is tn
scene Of Christ at the home Of Mary
Martin and Lazarus in Bethany. /
shows Mary sitting at the feet of Jesu!
and Martha busy at her housewor
near table in the background. TIL