The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-09
REV. J. T. MCQUEEN
 ATTENDS DEDICATION
 OF ABERDEEN CHURCH
He Will Leave Portland Next Fri day on His Way to Columbus, Ohio, For National
 Convention

Rev J. T. Mcqueen, of the Juneau Methodist church, writes from Tac- oma, Wash, under date of June 5, that he will leave Portland June 6. for Columbus, o. He attended the dedication of the NJ. E. church at Aberdeen, and the Aberdeen Daily World gave a long account of the dedication, from which the following l is clipped:
 | Dedication of the First Methodist church by Bishop Matthew $. Hughes yesterday, and the exercises connect ed herewith at three distinct ser vices, with reception to Bishop | Hughes Saturday night, marked | new epoch in the history Of local I! Methodism. It was the biggest day in the annals of the organization It was the culmination of years ol 1 hard work on the part of the mem bers, the pastor Rev E. M. Hill, and previous pastor, Rev. J. T. Me | Queen, in the building of a temple | regarded as a credit to Aberdeen md to Southwest Washington, if no' he state at large.
 l In addition to the dedicatory ser vices there were two splendid ser mons by Bishop Hughes, fine pro l gram of solos, duets and chorus singing, morning and evening, short l talks by pastors of local and county churches in the afternoon, at fel l lowship service, and childrens re ] ception, following the sermon Of the morning, at which Bishop Hughes l spoke briefly to the little ones l Decoration of the church was flea l ture Baskets of flowers and green | cry were suspended from the gallery l lrch, the front of the speakers plat | form was a mass of bloom, the choil l railing was hidden in a bank of train
 ng vines, and at the back of the rus trum was a pretty arrangement o 1 greenery and blossoms.
 Each service was attended by great crowd, every seat in the ga
 lery and on the lower floor being oc
 cupied. Of interest was an incider
 worthy of special mention. Althoug
 he church has cost upwards of $50 | 100, and there is small debt c
 about $6,000 remaining no effort wa
 made yesterday to raise any part C
 the obligation. It has been take care of by the board of trustees
 The sermons of Bishop Hughc
 were the chief magnets for tn
 crowds. In his evening discours Bishop Hughes discussed the churc
 IS a faction in the great war declal ing that through the church's 1T
 fuence for right and justice and hr nanity was the conflict won. N other organization in the worlds his
 tory, he said had stood the assault
 that had been made upon it ali
 came out conquerer. In every CT deavor of the war whether thI oIgl
 the Red Cross, the Salvation Arm
 he Knights of Columbus, the I. M c. A. the Liberty loan drives, or tn
 service of the American soldiers there was through all of these organ izations the belief in Got and tn
 influence of the church ard rel gious sentiment that culminated il the winning of the war for Chris and humanity.
 Bishop Hughes declared that th war had male the world better, an that there would come out of higher ideals and a greater Amer cansm and a greater love and It spect between the nations of th world
 Incidentally he said he favored til selective draft which brought int service every young man whether h was a poor mans son or of a ricl mans son. He praised Secretar, Daniels for his famous order denying the use of liquor in the Navy. !