The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-07-19
NEW CHRISTIAN cHURcH 6PEk.
ED TO PUBLIC.
$4,000 RAISED DURING DAY
Whole Town Joins the Congregation
in Making Subscriptions and In
Paying for Elegant Property a..
and Equipment.

lcnurCn OF Wnlcn heV. w. M. Rooney
is pastor 1t was the occasion of the
dedication of the new church edifice
and a notable and remarkable pro-
gram was>carried out,
The sum of $4,000 was raised
during the day, and the church is up
on sound financial foundation, with
the new structure and home amply
financed and protected.
The property value of the church
holdings is estimated close to $4,000,
Including buildings and ground,
church and parsonage.
The actual cost of the new church,
building, exclusive of furnishings,
equipment and fixtures was $500.
contributions and donations make the
worth of the new structure in excess
o. this amount.
Seating capacity of the auditorium
proper is about Az but this number
can be increased under emergency by
the placing of chairs. ~"
The basement, large room "a by
so feet with a liz foot ceiling is to
be completed and made a civic CEN
ter for the community for the people
of this part of the county, for the
commercial club. for the young peo-
pie of the town, for basket ball, stc
1t will be equipped with shower baths
and win have many features of a
working Y. M. C. A. 1t will be open
10 he 10 alc GOT
ings, entertainments and all accas-
ions where shelter is desired.
The basement is not yet complete
but it is to be finished Immediately
and within few weeks another ded-
icatory service is to take place for
the formal giving of this department
of the church to the community.
j A Fine Years Record.
And all this has been brought about
within year. Two years ago, July
IL, 1915, the Christian church of New
Sharon found themselves without a
home. Their building collapsed in
course of moving since which time
the congregation has been housed
wherever convenience dictated or
courtesy allowed. The present &C
complishment, under the effort and
activity of the minister Rev, w. NJ
Rodney seems barely possible. 1t il
Illustrates the power Of united and
determined people under the direction
and guidance of competent and eff
ficient leadership.
New Sharon as a town has respond
ed nobly and aided materially in the
direction of ways and means. The
church organization has been assist
ed and aided by the whole people.
Individuals and business men have
contributed literally of their means
to make the new. structure possible
and the new building is the pride OF
the community as well as of the
congregation. other churches have
given assistance and the New Sharon
Commercial Club comes forward with
generous cash donation, represent
ing the voice If New Sharon's or
ganized business sentiment and
strength. -.
program CONTINUES lo-uaJ'
This is dedication week for the
church aside from the attractive Of
fering of Sunday in which the com.
events are scheduled for the church
during the week.
To-day, Monday is Fellowship and
Communion Day" Rev. M. e. Genge
d. D., of Nova Scotia, will deliver an
address The Church, Retrospective
and Prospective"
Tomorrow, TUESDAY evening, the
Rev. Genge will deliver popular
lecture "In Northern Latitudes," a
story of intense interest in which the
minister relates personal experiences
of being marooned four days and four
nights with companions on an ice
flow, without food and without shelf
err in temperature that registered 40
degrees below zero Rev. Genge was
one of two survivors.
| Thursday evening the Commercial
f, Club give sa banquet
Sunday Morning Services.
| Sundays services was made up OF
an all day program, morning, after
noon and evening. largely attended,
the accommodations OF the church be.
ing taxed. Thus was marked the open
ing of a new era for the church, ,ea
| Special music was furnished through
out the day. individual effort and
through the generous service of the
Christian church of Grinnell and the
Oskaloosa Christian church quartet
One of the numbers by the orchestrs
was medley of patriotic compost
tions and it was of character tc
bring the great congregation to Its
feet.
/, Aside from the usual deyotionali
preliminary program the feature o.
1.-The morning service was the dedica
tory address by Rev. A. c. Smithel
DID,. OF st. Louis. general manager o
the Christian church Publications AS
ISOLATION. one OF the big men OF th'
Church and known throughout IN,
United States by the character o
!. y.