The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-03

DEDICATION SUNDAY OF THE
NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REV LAYTON MAUI, D. D., OF HUNTINGTON WEST va, WILL
PREACH THE SERMON Defeating THE HANDSOME NEW
ED1FIcE AT THE CORNER OF FIFTH AND PLEASANT sTsN

The congregation of the First
Presbyterian church, of Paris, Ken
lucky, will dedicate it's new building,
Sunday, January 5, at 1880 a. m.
The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by Rev. J. Layton Mauze.
d. D., pastor of the First Presbyte.
rian church. Of Huntington, West Va.
The church doors will be opened
again in the evening at 7:15 O'Clock,
when Rev. Benjamin j. Bush, D. d.
pastor of the Second Presbyteria,s
church, Of Lexington, Kentucky, will
preach a sermon on Gospel Pride"
The new church has been erected
at cost of $4,000. 1t is of Gothic
design and is built of rough red
brick and cut stone. The building is
heated by steam and lighted by cleo
ITCHY.
The lower floor Is arranged for
Sunday School work and has a large
assembly room, adult and infant class
rooms. An important feature of this
floor is a modern, fully equipped
kitchen.
The main auditorium is entered by
passing through a beautiful vestf-
bule with marble steps, tile floor and
marble wainscoting. On both sides of
the vestibule are rest rooms, one for
gentlemen and one for ladies. The
main floor of the auditorium con-
tains pew sittings for four hundred
people and the balcony seats an ad-
ditional two hundred. All wood
work, grills, the organ consol and the
news are of walnut color. The cell
| ing is of dark wood and deliberately
pnneled with large dropbeams from
which are suspended Gothic electro
Tiers. The walls are decorated with
: Tiffany blend. The art glass is OF
green tint beautifully figured, and is
the gift of Mrs. e. F. Spears and
family in memory Of their father,
Captain e. F. Spears. The pipe organ
is in a deep arch, upon the sides OF
which are the pastors study and TN
choir room. The organ pipes are all
located in two rooms above the
jorean. The sound enters the audi
jtorium through four large gr1ils
THE organ is electrically driven ano
lis the gift of the member OF TINS
church in memory of the late Or
Frank Fithian. The pulpit 1urhl'
ture is solid walnut of Gothic DE
|sipn IT consists of three elaboratei.
hand carved chairs and a broad pun
nit and is the gift of Mrs. Cateso'
Woodford in memory of her mother
Mrs. Martha Clay Davenport. d.
the side of the pulpit is beautiIu
walnut flower pedestal which is tn'
|, Gift Of MFR. and Mrs. Wyatt Thomp
son. in memory of their dauehtei
Ethel Adair Thompson. lmmeola'el!
| in front of the pulpit STANDS yer
i. large communion table with wv
lchairs These are the handsome sii
of Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Dodge N
/ memory of Mr.. Dodge's rather an '
t mother. Mr.. and Mrs. DAVID Dous.
A large hand-carved baptismai ION
with a marble bowl is the munincen
, addition of Miss Belle Mitcneh' -
r memory of her sister, MIS-. "eoie
Keller. oh /,
The first Presbyterian Church q
r Paris was organized in the year 10
r lonly Ave years after the ceieorate
: battle of Blue Licks and flve yea
S before the adoption by the peopie
e Kentucky of the first Constitutlon -
E the state. and before Kenfucky es.
: became a state, and before BoulOo
a icounty had ever been oren, a.;on.
named. 1t is as old as the Na'ion'