The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-15
As Part of the Dedication and
Three Splendid Addresses
Are Made.

Three excellent addresses were de-
livered at the church night" service
at the Stealey Heights Methodist
Episcopal church Thursday night as
part OF the week OF dedication OF
that church.
Although the rain kept many away
there was very Interested cOngre-
cation and the speakers received
many words OF congratulation on
their inspiring talks.
A. G.. Lamont. architect OF the new
church. spoke on Churches and How
They Should be Built" He followed
the progress OF church building and
| pointed out how architecture and the
historic churches had mutually bene-
I flied each other and progressed to-
gether.
DR.. S. X. Arbuthnot, OF Parkers-
burg, spoke on The Spirit OF Meth
odism" He dwelt upon the char
acteristics OF the church that had
made 1t great power for righteous
ness in the world.
/ The Rev. John l.. Norris. the ener-
getic pastor OF the Wallace church,
then spoke on "A New Church, Now
New Heart" This young evangel-
list brought soul-stirring message
upon the real work Of the church
saving souls.
Bishop Hamilton is expected TO ar
rive today and deliver his lecture to-
night at s o'clock. A large number
OF tickets have been sold and full
house is expected.
4 Mr. Lamont's address was as fol-
lows:
A church is place OF Worship
but in the more general acCeptation
OF the word-a building in which to
worship. All buildings cannot be
clsssed as architecture because they
have no architectural merit but we
assume that churches may rlghtfully
| be classed as such and endeavor TO
prove the assumption.
/ Architecture and religion have
borne rather peculiar relationship
since the very dawn Of creation. In
the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. creation
that man with all his superior knowl-
edge has not been able to comprehend.
We have arrived at a few funda-
mental principles, but who except
the Great Architect would attempt
anything so Infinite l do not be-
lieve God simply threw matter out
into space promlscuously. He worked
to n definite plan and purpose and
gave a distinction to each particular
OF His work, for are we not told that
there is one glory OF the sun, an
other OF the moon, and another glory
OF the stars, but all is glory. and
when he had finished particular
part OF It He saw 1t was good-and
only after he was satisfied and
pleased with this, the greatest pos
sible work of architecture, did He
turn 1t over to man to see II he could
appreciate and behold It's beauty.
Then after He made man and had
given him dominion over all that He
had created in the earth He said.
Thou shalt and thou shalt not"--a
form OF worship-the beginning of
all religion.
After man failed in his part OF the
contract he was cast out OF the Car
I den OF Eden, and was left pretty
much to his own ingenuity to pro-
vide for himself So we find archi-
lecture had Its origin in the efforts
of man to provide for himself a
means Of protection against the in
clemency of the weather At this
period OF the worlds, history man
kind was divided into three general
classes, hunters, shepherds, and agri-
lculturists. The hunters dwelt most
ly in rock cliffs or caves. while the
shepherd pitched his tent wherever
night might overtake him in his
wanderlngs with his flocks; but the
agriculturist became a permanent
resident, where he titled the soil,
sowed his seed and gathered his
crops.
Hence we find different forms OF
Ihabitation for different classes Of
people, which forms differ In different
climates and localities. In the agri-
culturists we find the nucleus OF
community and to this class we must
look for the founders of city and
the constructors OF permanent dwell
ings, tombs and temples and other
architecture which serve as monu-
ments Of instruction to future gen
eratIons.
But construction alone is not
architecture, for 1t may be found
among the most unclvillzed people;
only when 1t is governed by sys-
ltematic laws Of proportion, which are
based upon a refined conception Of
what is most suitable for the purpose
can construction be classed as archl-
lecture. 1t is for this reason that
we find no architectural advancement
in a nation until It's condition be-
tokens culture. wealth and prosperi-
ty. It may seem that am departing
from my subject, but as implied in
the beginning, we cannot have the
church without architecture.
Today tombs and temples form the
principal structures from which study
the architecture OF the Egyptians,
Persians, Greeks. Romans and all
the rest OF the ancients, both historic
and prehistoric, and the temple has
always held very conspicuous place
In his mind. It's development may
have been brought about by esthetic
ideas and superstition, be that as 1t
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