The Detroit times., 1915-04-10
NEWCHURCH
WILL COST
100000
Yet, Universalist Edi-
fee Will Seat
Only 500
CATHEDRAL IDEA
TO BE FOLLOWED
DR.. Moore Draws Les
SON From Laying of
Old Cornerstone

The new plant OF the Church OF
Our Father. Universaiist. az cass
and Torestayes.. win represent a
toeai. outlay In excess Of 100000
when Il is completed, next Decem-
ber. TINS win include the handsome
Gothic edifce being erected on the
eornos. the auditorium adjoining
the present church house at No. SIS
Cass~ye. purchased BY the congre
sation several months ago: s2o.-
900 organ. given by Miss Annie
Murphy In memory OF her father
ana mother. MT. and Mrs. Simon J.
Murphy. deceased. and the $4,000
Newcomb memorial window.
Yet Il viii be comparatively
small church. The seating capacity
= only 500. and n probably VIII be
taxed from the outset. There is
method In this-
I'VE are building . small church
- the hope and expectation that Il
viu promptly become overcrowded.- =
said the Rev. Willis A Moore. pas
tor of the church. we want 10
carry out the cathedral idea and es-
tablish missions In different sections
e the city. north. east. south and
west ~ fast as our growth war.
rauts. with the cathedral as the CEN
tral unit
The church WIN introduce an In
novation locally IN the way Of In
terror decorations. though the idea
- old In Europe. The inner walls
VII be done I'm four shades OF brick.
Rich. warm colors win be employed
and the effect. the architects prom
ise Instead OF being cold and gloomy
viii b quite the reverse.
The social. educational and recrez-
tional sides Of the church work win
be closely linked In the new plant.
The basement viii be given ovcf 70
3 boys' auditorium.
The fact that the cornerstone OF
the old church. which stood at Bag.
IeyAve. and Parkst. 80 many years.
u being built into the new, was
given = striking application by Dr.
Moore In his sermon, preceding the
dedication. He said In part:
@The cornerstone OF any new re
iigion must be beautiful with prayer
that puts the child's trusting hand
N that OF the Father. and imperish-
ably durable with the certainty OF
life everlasting.
-As man goes on TO build HIS re-
ligions, one after another. there
surely win come a Beyond Christian
Wy. just as there has already come
q Beyond semitism In Hebraism.
Beyond Hebraism in Judaism. and
q Beyond Judaism in Christianity.
But whatever the structure OF the
new religion shaIl be. n II 10 TO
stand. IL must build into its founda-
ton wall the old cornerstone OF es.
sential Christianity. Prayer. the
conscious linking OF the spirit OF
man with the spirit OF God
and the recognized fact OF per.
sonai immortality for every soul.
have been the impulse and vitality
that have caused Christianity TO en-
durc. New religions as man pro
GrcsseA but the same old corner.
rtonc OF permaIsnt spiritual reality.
New and move wonderful plans. an
man, the architect. dreams and lives
on and applies his growing knowl-
edge. but the same eternal message
Of the Eastertide. unchanged By
time or vicissitude!
And 30 II Is wondrously signi.
cant 20 us that the cornerstone OF
the new church Is the cornerstone
OF the old church. II Is more than
sentiment that calls us to strongly
cement the loved cornerstone OF the
old into the beautiful walls OF the
new. Let this act ever have It's big
spiritual meaning In our lives!
"As the children of our love bring
fragrAnt flowers and strew them in
triumph upon this secure rock OF our
faith may we utter prayer OF
Thanksgiving that their Iryes may
grow sweet and beautiful In the
knowledge OF the Easter Joy. And
- the generations come and 20, and
~ often az men shall pass this
way and chance to look upon this
old this cherished cornerstone. may
they be cheered and heartened by
~ potent symbolism, as Il muteiy
interprets It's mighty truth unto the
heort--the truth unchanging through
the changing years. which comes TO
80 this day OF days. serene and pure
an6 sweet AZ lilies breathing. that
Life II ever Lord of death.
And love can never lose its