The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-03
PARAMOUNT CHURCH'S
NEW EOIF|CE OPENED
Four Interesting Seryic Held Dur
Ing Day and Are Well Attended
and Appreciated.
GET TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
That Amount Raised to Pay on Debt.
Rev. J. j. Bradford. of Park Place
Methodist Church, Makes the Chief
Address.

Paramount Methodist Church. a
handsome edifice recently erected at
Paramount Avenue and Twentieth
Street, was formally opened yesterday
afternoon and turned over to the
board of trustees and building COM
mittee.
Rev. ]. J. Bradford. pastor of the
Park Place Methodist Church and
one OF the most able members in the
Virginia Methodist Conference, dellv-
cred the principal address yesterday
afternoon. He was free with his
words of praise and congratulated the
members of the Sunday school and
church upon having such handsome
building in which to worship. Dr.
Bradford asserted that the church has
made remarkable strides since Its or
ganization in 1889, and urged the
members to keep up their interes. and
to exert every available effort to help
the church gain q much larger MEM
bership. other remarks of interest
were made by other pastors present,
all OF them bestowing their congrat-
ulations upon the pastor and members
of the congregation for their untiring
efforts in getting such handsome
ediffce erected.
ROstrum DECORATED.
The rostrum was decorated in palms
and cut flowers, which gave the COM
modious auditorium a pretty appear
ance. An excellent musical program
was rendered by the Junior and senior
choirs, and both Director Charles w.
Pollard and Miss Lane. the organist,
deserve much praise for the credita BILE
showing.
There were four services in the
church yesterday, including those al
the formal opening. The Sunday
school services were featured by brief
addresses from DR. George E. Booker
of Danville. and the Rev. ]. o. Bah
cock, both of whom are former pas
tors of the church and are well known
to the majority of the older members
of the congregation.
The regular IL o'clock services,
which were conducted by DR.. Booker,
were attended by Governor Henry c.
Stuart, who not only displayed q
marked interest in the sermon. but
contributed something toward paying
off the church debt Contributions to
the amount of s1.7e0 were received
at the morning service, and the $4,000
which was to have bene raised during
the various services was easily Sc
cured before night. DR.. Babcock
preached at the regular 8 O'Clock
service.
All of the meetings in the church
yesterday were well attended. and
seventy-seven per cent OF the Sunday
school scholars were on hand yes
terday morning. Every officer and
teacher was at his post. The main
auditorium was taxed to its capacity
at the other services.
Handsome Building
Paramount Church Is a handsome
building, being of brick with stone
trimmings. The windows are beauti-
full and were given to the church by
one member of the congregation. II
In modern and convenient and every
detail. and will meet the requirements
of the growing congregation.
The present Paramount Church was
organized in the year 1889, with Rev.
l.. J. Phaup serving as the first pas
tor. The pastorate of the church Is
now being filled by Rev. e. v. Car
son, who assumed charge of the con-
gregation three years ago. To him
lis due much credit. He has worked
hard in behalf OF the church. and II
was largely due to his untiring efforts
that the members now have this beau
tiful church. He has endeared him.
self to the congregation, and 1t is very
probable that he will serve the full
four years as the church's pastor.
: Since he has nsen in charge the con-
gregation has largely Increased. III
new members having been added tc
the roll books.