Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-06
REOPENING AT
GRACE CHURCH
Special Program Arranged
For Presentation During
Week; Visitors Here

Grace Methodist EplScopal
Church will be the scene this week
of the re-opening and dedication
services, held in connection with the
improvements and the gift of the
magnificent organ and bronze mem
orial tablet to the church, by William
P. Starkey, trustee ofsGrace Church.
and prominent Harrisburg business
man.
The first of these services will be
held Sunday morning, December l.
at 1920 o'clock, with the following
program: Prelude in Major,
Verdi; professional hymn, No. 81;
The Apostles Creed; prayer, the
Rev. George Preston Mains, ID. d.
LII. D.; anthem: Prepare 1e the
Wav of the Lord" Garrett, chorus;
responsive reading, forty-pinth sun
day. Psalter. page II; Gloria Patri;
scripture lesson; offertory: prayer
op. "a, Guilmant; anthem: Draw
Me to Thee" quartet, Nevin; hymn
No. SCI; sermon, Bishop Joseph r.
Berry, DID,, L. L. D.; prayerffi; bene-
diction; recessional hymn, No. 2lo;
postlude, "Festal March," Calkin.
This morning service will inaugu-
rate not only the use of the new
organ, but also the first appearance
of the new vested choir, under the
leadership of Bernard r. Mausert'
organist and choir master OF Grace
Church, with a formal professional
and recessional.
Immediately after church, the
Sunday school will hold its An
nual Rally Day Service, following
an intensive canvass of all the mem
hers of the church during the past
week, 1t is anticipated that the
program will not only be eNtraor-
dinarily fine, with Bishop Berry
making the principal address, put
that the attendance at this Rally
Day service will break all previous
records. ,-
In the evening at 7.S0 o'clock,
Bishop Joseph +. Berry VIII preac1
the sermon. and DR.. George EDWARD
Reed, STD, LII. D., will otfer the
prayer, with the chorus choir sing
ing the anthem, 80 Lord, Our Lord,
How Excellent Is Thy Name" by
Rogers, and the quartet, consisting
of Mrs. Arthur H. Hull, soprano;
Mrs. Carl Cross, contralto; VIM
Raw Chapman, tenor; William
Bower, baritone; will sing the an
them, THE Shadows of the Evening
Hours" by Nichol, and the organist
will play Prelude in F Major, by
I,efebure- -Wely, and the Postlude,
"Grand Choeur," Op. 6S, by Salome'
On Monday evening at O'CLOCK,
Mr.. William P. Starkey Will presentt
the organ to the church, whlch VIII
be accepted by Harry G. ROSS presls5
dent of the board of trustees, anu iSi
also the memorial tablet, which VIII
he unveiled by Samuel Starkey'
1,ounpest son of the donor. the
Service Flag will also be demoblilZea
of this special service by a squad
Of Grace Church service men COM
nanded by Major l.. V. Rausch' anu
+bo ouest of honor and speaker Oh
+bo evening will be Hon. JosephuS
Daniels. Secretary of the Navy anu
,.ron,inent Methodist LayInah.
larry c. Ross, president OF tne
hoard of trustees of Grace u Sit'
will preside at this meetlns,e % ~
DIR. Robert Bagnell, pastor oL e
church, will introduce Secre''li'
Daniels. ... +tere will
J., snecinl service of Congrega-
tional Fellowship, at 1880 o cloGk.
thursday evening, at o'cloSh,
+ha Grace Church banquet uluei
tbe auspices of the Grace oociai
I1r;on Which will be the most lilt-
infant social feature of the reopen
- week Mr.. William ). Shyuei
veil known attorney and trustee u
Crace Church, will act as toaSt-
,,astar and several prominent lds
.oen will make brlet auuIe@s 60
Tickets at one dollar and tWehIS -. -,
cents a piece are on sale anu M; =
he obtained from Il. treu nV"0,
O. Shaffner, Charles w; bolI, -, GO,
yUno Ray Chapman, and as ohlS
,,,nited humber can be taken care
nf reservations will not be mace
a fter Monday evening, December o.
Tbe organ will not be entlreiy
comnleted, as far as the tuning 10
concerned, but will be iar enoueh II
ooronIeted so that on Friday eve
oSng the Grace Church chorus
nbnir under the leadership OF
barnard r. Mausert, will be aple 70
render a concert program "A oen-
nite date for the organ reclCal cs'h
not he announced at TINS tllne' pu1
inst as soon as Mr.. Franh SS'
oXnert yoicer of the Austin organ
onnunces the organ complete IN
every detail, the announcement of
the date of this much looked for
ward to recital will be announced.
Sunday, December a. VIII ciose
nm the big week with Blshop
William F. Mcdowell, preaching. at
the morning service, and dedicating
the organ at the afternoon service
which will be held at $50 o'clock:
and DIR. Edgar r. Hickman dlstrlct
district, preaching at the evening
service. There will be special fea-
lures the week of the fifteenth,
which will be announced at later
date.
A cordial invitation is extended
to nnv who desire to attend these
meetings, and especially the services
of Sunday 7th and 14th, and the
most unusual meeting of Monday
December 8.