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

and is concerned with man: body,
mind and spirit in this life is much
as in the world to come,
Or, if contrasts are eliminat ed, the
affirmation of the Universalist is:
Back of all God, whose nature
is that of Father Man the
welcomed and loved child of this
Good God. This child endowed
by nature with divine qualities,
capable of and. when awakened,
desiring it's best, and having al
ways a universe into which to
travel, always a power of soul
able to go on as paths open, and
always a divine spirit near to re-
inforce the soul in its needs.
The congregation joined in the
singing of the doXology and the bene-
diction pronounced by Rev. Gould.
So was brought to conclusion one
OF the most joyous, hopeful and
prophetic experiences in the history
of the First Universalist church of
Wausau.
HISTORICAL.
Universalism commenced to take
root in Wausau the latter part of
the sixties, and as early as 1868 those
most interested commenced the agita-
tion of the question of building a
church in which those of this liberal
faith might congregate and worship.
The society was organized on the 10th
of December, 1870. The names of
those who were identified in the
work at that time were B. G. Plumer,
R. P. Manson, D. B. Willard, Mrs
Mary Scholfield, James McCrossen,
William Gouldsbury, Nathaniel T.
Kelly, William P Kelly and M. d.
Corey. There were others, but the
early records have been lost; but as
near as can be aScertained they were
the prime movers and through them
the congregation was enabled to have
a church edifice which was built on
the site now occupied by St. Stephens
church, corner of Fifth and Mcclellan
streets This church was a large
substantial one and built by August
Hett. Its first pastor was Rev. E.
Schultz who came here in 1872. He
was followed by Rev. j. S. Fall who
remained until 1879. The church
building and site were sold in 1881 to
St. Stephens Evangelical society and
in 1886 a new church building was
erected on site donated by Mrs.
Mary Scholtield, at the northwest COR
ner of Fifth and Mcclellan streets, and
was then considered very handsome,
modern church editice, fully adequate
to the wants of the congregation at
that time. The building committee
who supervised the construction, was
Harvey S. Haseltine, V. A. Anderson
and S. M. Quaw. Its architect and
builder was William LaSalle The
church was dedicated January 9th,
1887. The sermon of dedication be-
ing preached by Rev. DIR. Ryder, of
Chicago. The Rev. B. f. Rogers was
installed as its pastor and assisted in
the dedicatory services. One feature
of the occasion was the announcement
by II. S. Haseltine, chairman of the
, trustees, that the church was free
from debt and no call was made for
funds for any purpose.
The following reverend gentlemen
have followed Rev. Rogers:
Rev. ]. L. Andrews, 18SS-1891.
Rev. j. f. SCHNEIDER, 1892.
Rev. w. S. Williams, 1892-l894.
Rev. S. Baker, 1894
Rev. b. +. Shook, 1896-1S9S.
Rev. B. B. Gibbs, 1902-l907
Rev. Il. b. II. Fisher, 1907-1911.
Rev. w. HI. Gould, present pastor,
was installed on the LIST of January,
1912.
Throughout, the church has main
tanned vigorous and helpful life,
gradually increasing in membership
and strength.
The church property on the corner
of Fifth and Mcclellan streets was
sold to Mt. Sinai congregation on the
18th of April, 1914, and the double
lot on the northeast corner of Fifth
and Grant streets purchased from w. +.
Collins on the 18th day of April, 1914
As soon thereafter as possible, plans
were secured for the present church,
and A. g. Eschweiler, of Milwaukee,
selected as its architect. The founda-
tions were laid, and on Monday, Nov.
I'd, at 2 p m. The corner stone of the
new First Universalist church of
Wausau, was laid with full ritualistic
ceremonies by the Masonic Grand
Lodge of Wisconsin, VIM. w. Perry,
of Milwaukee, acting as Grand Master.
The pastors assisting Rev. W. H.
Gould. pastor of the First Universal
iSt church of Wausau, in the cere-
monies, were: Rev. James Duer, of
the First Presbyterian church of Wau-
sau; Rev. E. G. Grauer, of st. Paul's
Evangelical church of Wausau: Rev.
Richard Evans, of the First Metho-
dist church of Wausau: Rev. John
Lloyd, of ST. Johns church of Wausau.
Others taking part were Karl Mathie
and A. L. Kreutzer. The Masonic
Grand officers were
Grand Master-Wm. w. Perry.
CIR. Sr. DC. G. Yawkey.
CIR. Jr. DIV. B. Scholfield.
Or. Sec. A. Gooding.
OR. Treas.-A. II. Reid
Or Pursiyant-F Becker.
OR. 5. B-F. W. Burt.
Or. Tyler. B. Cromwell, Mil
waukee.
DESCRIPTIVE.
The walls of the church are built
OF solid stone masonry, of a fine
granite formation with the seam or
back sides of the stone being used /
most prominently, giving the build |
ings an aged appearance of a variety |
OF hues OF browns, puppies and red. |
making pleasing harmony Of coIors. |
The stones are laid with close Joint, |
Of raked nature, making each stone |