The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-06
CHURCH DEDICATION

nouncement to all that is best in
the hearts and lives of its citizens
1t was more than two years ago
that the movement for new
church was started and the site
secured. This lot at that time had
on it one of the worst Of those old
weather beaten ramshackle novels
that frequently decorate good
corners in towns the size of Yale
and sometime found in cities of
much larger size. Today that same
site is practically covered with
one Of the finest churches ever
built in city of Yale's size.-
finest from many points of view,
architecturally it is pronounced
by those competent to judge to be
the best that the well-known
architect Wells Butterfield, has
designed. The tower is just the
right height with other proper
tions entirely symmetrical, the
beautiful green tint of the roof,
the fine cut stone arches, toget-
her with the beautiful and i'm
preston windows produce gen.
eral effect of beauty, harmony
and delight.
The windows are in no sense
snowy or gaudy but their beauty
mad harmony in color effects pro-
= in one a reverential feeling
"a, impresses him with the
thought that there is no room for
Improvement. The window pre-
sented by Mrs. Lena Andrae is es-
pecially worthy of mention. 1t
portrays the scene at Christs
blessing little children, is all
hand work and is beautiful be-
yond description. When, some
months ago, we learned that Mrs.
Andrae was putting in this ex-
pensive window, we feared for the
effect it might have upon the
cheaper windows near it. But we
had failed to take into account
the skill of the artist. While this
window stands out a thing of won
derful beauty, yet the blending
and harmonizing of colors is such
that it adds to rather than SUBJ
tracts from the beauty of ad-
joining windows
The interior of the building is
beautifully finished in polished
oak including the floors. The
main auditorium will seat about
200, while the Sunday school
room at the rear, separated from
auditorium by a lifting curtain
partition, will seat fully as many
more. To the left, this is the pri-
mary room with plenty of room for
all the little folks. The choir loft
in direct connection with a choir
rom in the basement will accomo-
date 40 singers.
The electric lighting scheme is
one of the most pleasing we have
ever seen in any church. While
the church seems in every corner
as light as day there is absolute
ly no glare of lights anywhere.
the trusses centering in the mid
die of the ceiling of the auditor
ium carry about 80 incandescent
lights each covered with small
white globes. From the centre of
trusses, in choir loft, and from
ceiling of Sunday School room are
suspended from large, beautifully
chased white bowls giving the in
direct lighting effect. We believe
that the lighting scheme was
largely worked out by the Rev.
Geach and the fixtures were all
selected by him, the last time he
was in Chicago.
The basemnt which consists of
large parlors, dining room,
kitchen, two fully equipped toilet
rooms, two vestibules, choir room,
and furnace and coal rooms, is
certainly a model of complete
ness and perfection. The ladies
and the young people of the
church are simply Delighted" as
they anticipate their opportuni-
ties for pleasure, profit and best
of all, efficient community service
The pastor, the choir, and the
church have been making their
plans for many weeks for the
crowning event of all their
thought their labors and their
sacrifices, the dedication of the
building to the worship of God
and the service of their fellowmen
The day was first set for early
November but for various reasons
not the least being the convenient
ed to December End.