Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-01
new PUBLISHING
HOUSE DEDICATED
BY u. E. CHURCH
Prominent Churchmen and
Laymen Attend impress
sive Ceremonies

Before q distinguished audience OF
ministers and laymen of the cnurSh
many of them coming from dliet en i
parts of The country, exercises Se, ~.
eating the splendid new puohsnlhs
house of The United ENansenca'
church at Third and Reilly streets
were held in that building at :
o'clock this afternoon. the Kew d
w, Thompson. president ol 'i'.
board of education, officiating Al
the conclusion of the ceremoh'eS
which formally threw open the uooiS
of this modern publication ptaut "
the United Evangelical constituents, ,
of the land as well as the sene,'l
public, an in ntormal Inspection OF tie
new building was made by those y!
tending the exercises under tne vi
rection of Il. H. Stetler. assistant
rublisher. Noteworthy among the
acts this afternoon that gave 'he
publishing house its first baptism OF
usefulness was the unVeillng, With
impressive ceremonies, of a DrotiZe
tablet commemorating the erection
of the cditice by the Rev. W. NJ:
stanford, ID. D.. editor OF SUNDAY anu
X. l.. of Z. l.. literature. rms eHec-
tive bronze piece, occupying prom :
inent place in the main entrance OF
the building. and bearing the names
of the building committee. board ot
publication, publisher archltecI ana
contractor. prior 10 its unNclilhs' was
draped in the national coiors'
The dedication of the building vas
held to-day despite the fact that it
is some few weeks away from eniire
completion. The arrangement 10
hold the exercises before the plant
was one hundred per cent nnlshe
was for the purpose of affordlng the
many church delegates who nave
come into the district to attend tne
uuadrennill conference of the united
Evangelical Church at York october
a-14. an opportunity to inspect the
new building.
The program of this afternoon
exercises were as follows:
Orchestral music, Gloria Patrl,r
(standing). Scripture reading, the
Rev. j. G. F'inkbinder, member of me
board of publication; prayer, EX-
Publisher the Rev. S. l.. West: mu-
sic. HMM No. 324. Introductory re-
marks. Bishop L. +. Swengel, d. D.;
music by Publishing House employees
address. The Publishing House IN
It's Relation &C the church." James
!. Nungesse:. publisher: music by
male chorus. unVeiling of bronze tab
let. the Rev. w. NJ. Stanford, d. D..
editor of Sunday school and X. h. OF
=. F.. literature: closing hymn, No
@92, benediction, the Rev. j. w
Domer, d. D., vice-president of the
board of publication; inspection OF
the house under the direction of r
". Stetler. assistant publisher.
Tonight, between 6.45 and 7.4i
o'clock. one of the most interesting
pTifh he
ton ceremonies takes place when the
exhibit. room of the Historical So.
ciety of the United Evangelical
Church and Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society is sepa.
rately dedicated and formerly open.
ed. Bishop L. +. Swengel. presi.
dent of the Historical Society viii
preside at these exercises, which
will be as follows:
Presidents opening remarks, Give
minutes). devotions. conducted b,
Bishop w, II. Fouke. d. D., Give
minutes): description and historical
data of relics, the Rev. J. d. Short.
ess, d. d., (twenty minutes): dedi.
twenty minutes); closing remark,
and benediction, Editor H. B. Hartz.
Ter. ID. D., Give minutes).
The principal session of the dedi
oatory ceremonies takes place thi.
evening IN the Harris Street United
Evangelical Church lat s o'clock t.
which the general public. inside ant
outside of the Evangelical Church
is invited. Following is the program
for this final service oratinl
the completion of the new publish
ing house:
Scripture reading, the Rev. ]. w
Hoover editor of Evangelical Men
hymn No. 394 (standing); invoca
ton, the Rev. w. E. Peffiey. assistan
editor of Sunday school literature
music; address, Bishop w. II. Fouke
ID. D.; anthem, by the combine,
choirs of Harrisburg and vicirit,
United Evangelical Churches; an his
torical sketch, ''The Progressiv,
History of the Publishing Interest
of the United Evangelical Church.
the Rev. J. d. Shirey, secretary o
the board of publication and III,
building committee; music, by th
combined choirs of Harrisburg ant
vicinity United Evangelical churches