Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-09

Tof domestic life. Here the religion.
and social life meet in the Sunda,
School and parish entertainment anC
in this building should be found the
dignity of the church and the pic
turesqueness of the dwelling, for il
partakeS OF the character of each.
And the entire group composed oil
the church, with the parish house
and rectory nestled by its side. under
the protection of its spire, should
typify that God, in whose honor this
church was built, is the strength and
refuge of the people and the home.
The church is Gods house, and if we
daily call Him Father, His house be-
comes our patrimOny, where we come
into our own"
Mr.. Mathie then responded to Mr..
Eschweiler's address on behalf of the
local church, as follows:
ut no doubt will be of interest, to
you after hearing the splendid address
OF our architect to hear how Mr..
kreutzer and L, as a committee to
select an architect, came to recon-
mend Mr.. Eschweiler. In the course
of our investigation we visited the
new Plymouth church in Milwaukee,
which was then in course of cOnStruc-
tion. We examined all the rooms, in
cluding the church auditorium, the
Sunday school rooms and the ladies'
| parlorS. In reciting to each other our
impressions, we found that the church
gave US the spirit of reverence and
that the Sunday school expressed hap
pinesS. The spirit of the other rooms
was little more elusive but later it
flashed upon US that they expressed
the repoSe and peace that comes to
those who have labOred long in the
vineyards of the Lord.
! We felt that If a church edifice can
impress casual visitors so clearly with
I its underlying spirit, its architect
must be rare man and just the arch
itect we should have to design the
new UniversaliSt church at Wausau.
After hearing the lofty, spiritual SEN
timents so reverently expressed by
our architect, we feel that he would
make an equally acceptable minister.
When the trustees OF our church
came to choose a site they were
guided by the thought that the
church should be located as near to
the heart of the city as practicable,
S1gnifying that we recognized no line
Va dOAOu OCDnCCu lIlG ll1cSSdOS Vi
our church and the needs of Wau-
Sau'S inmoSt life. We would have
been happy had we been able to Sc
cure part of the block diagonally
opposite, as it was formerly owned
by woman who did so much for our
church in its early days, but our sec
ond choice is altogether satisfactory.
After having selected the architect,
we expressed to him just what our
minister and our trustees and congre-
CATION had in mind. We told him
how much we wanted a church audi
tOrium that should express reverence
and peace; and be free from the con-
fusion and the hurly-burly of enter
tainments, church fairs and similar
events. We also wanted a parish
house that would look after the needs
of the Sunday school, the ladies' socie-
ties, the Mems club and the Boy
Scout troops. We wanted it also to
be place where the girls and the
women might come for their various
activities. We explained that Wau-
sau had a Y. NJ. g. A. for boys and
men, but no place for the women and
the girls. We also wanted a place
where young people and children
could meet for amusement. The
school and the home have too long
neglected the amuSements of the
young, in spite of the fact that it is