El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-15

church, Mr.. Potter was active in its
! behalf and prior to his death gave his
! services at times to the construction
! OF the new building. In his last illness
! he received much comfort from the
, $50 psalm, and in five panels compos-
/ ing the lower part OF the window are
! designs carrying out the idea Of the
! psalm. The upper portion Of the VIM
dow shows Christ. the shepherd
The west window, Of equal size, rep
resents incidents in the life of Christ in
the lower panels and the recording
angel above.
On the Montana side is a beautiful
window. showing the ascension Of
Christ in the upper portion. and in the
five panels below the parable of the
sower, A small memorial window.
showing the children gathered around
Christ, is set in the lobby on the north
side. This window was placed by Mr.
and Mrs u. f. Mold In memory of their
daughter, Lenora Grace Mold. Another
small memorial window set near the
southeast corner Of the auditorium was
taken from the old church. It was
placed by Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Fink in
memory Of an infant son. Several 9TH
er small art glass windows have been
placed.
basement Light and Large.
The basement where services have
been held for some time, is light and
CHEEKY. The large room will hereafter
be used as Sunday school quarters and
as a social room for various entertain
ments. As many as $50 have been
seated at a banquet in this room. There
is a smaller room in the basement that
is used by the primary department, and
in the rear is the kitchen and heating
plant. the latter being built under
ground and back OF the building, being
covered with a cOncrete roof. over
this is to be built the choir room and
h.. he 4rnrt 70,
cover the vacant area lying south of
the church.
There is one room in the tower which
has been turned over to the Knights Of
MethOdism, an organization OF boys
within the church. This room will also
be used for Sunday school purposes.
The church, which is Tudor Gothic,
was designed by A. NJ. Worthington, an
architect of Springfield, Mass, and a
brother OF J. c. WOrthington of this
city. J. c. Worthington superintendent
the construction of the building.
Funds Raised Here.
With the exception Uf the site, which
was bought by the board of home mis-
sions and church extension for $4,000,
all funds for the building of the church
were raised in FL Paso. Rev. Herman
G.. Porter, the pastor. was sent here
from PusblO three and one-half years
ago to take up the work OF building
the church. With the cooperation of
his congregation he was able to finance
the structure.
The organ has not yet been installed,
although it is hoped before many
to have a handsome instrument
in the church. In the rear of the |
church is to be built the parsonage and |
In connection with il a choir room |
that will communicate with the choir /
oft. These improvements it is hoped, |
AN be started soon.
In order that Sundays dedication |
services may take on the aspect of a |
'ity affair, several Of the churches of /
he city will hold no services. among /
hem being the First Presbyterian /
church. Trinity Methodist Episcopal /
'hurch, Westminster Presbyterian
hurch and Highland Park church.
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