Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-12
Sunday Morning Dedication Service

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Turner avenue.
Sunday Morning Dedication Service
Sunday morning as the winter
sunshine was flooding the newly
decorated interior of the Federated
church, coming in through the beau
tiful new Memorial windows, a large
number OF people of the parishes Of
the Federated church and the other
two Protestant churches, the Cen
tcnary Methodist and the Bethany
Baptist, who were guests gathered
at the church to the number Of four
hundred and ninety four. The SER
vice in which the following program
was carried out was most impress
sive and much enjoyed by all at
tending. Organ prelude. Mrs. Nil
dred w. Weston; doxology, congre-
cation; invocation, President George
f. Horr; anthem, choir: responsive
reading lead by Rev. Herbert l..
Nichols of the Centenary church;
vocal solo, Miss Violet Allen; scrip
ture reading, Rev. George Merriam,
pastor of the Bethany Baptist
church; anthem by choir with solo
by Miss Allen: offertory, piano and
organ duet, Mrs. Mildred Weston and
Miss Agnes Cockburn: hymns Dun
dec" dedication address, president,
George i. Herr OF Newton Theo-
logical Institution, Newton, Mass:
bencdictiOn, Mr.. Thurlow.
Mr. vvb,1rjovr avpraccoI bic ,p.,ro
citation to the other pastors and their
people for uniting with his church
during this service. President Horr
spoke from the text 1--WE Know that
Thou Art the Teachers which come
from God" He likened the life of
Christ to a day saying that the
births was the beautiful sunrise of a
perfect day, the hours of the day
represented the life and work of Je-
sus and the glorious sunset the death
and ascension Of Jesus. He spoke
Of phrophecy Of Voltaire who said
that the Bible would be an unknown
book and the churches turned into
museums and he said that it seemed
a coincidence that the very cottage
where Neltaire resided was occupied
by the British Bible Society and
filled with Bibles and that it seemed
the sarcasm of Providence 4 Mr..
Horn told of men being lost in. the
northern Maine woods and thai at
last they heard the sound Of woods
men axes and when they came to
the Canadian who was chopping
wood they could not understand one
word he spoke but at last he made
them understand that if they would
follow him he would lead them to
safety and he applied this story to
our relation to Jesus, saying that is
not for us to understand but to be-
lieve and have faith just as the lost
| men did in the Canadian, who in his
| way told them that he was the way,
as Jesus told his followers that he
was the way and the life, it is for
us to believe as did the lost men
President said that the Bible is
the way to Christ and as an illus
tration he said that as the telescope
shows us the star and leads one to
see the star, SO the Bible is the way
| to Jesus and through it we are
| dpiC " hllOW OSouS anu dl lIlc tdS l
| day when he stood on the brink of
| the river, he said he wanted to see
| only Jesus himself and to be taken
by Him by the hand and lead across
| into the Life eternal.
The church was filled to its capa-
city and everyone listened to the
wonderful sermon by President Horr,
which was presented SO simply and
III such q logical manner that all
| were able to understand and apnre-
ciate it and many helpful thoughts
will long be remembered and treas
| ured by those hearing it.
The following are the list of the
officers of the Federated church,
| which on Sunday morning closed the
| re-dedicatory services, of which the
pastor is Rev. George Loring Thur
low; moderator, Hon. Lyman L. Wal
| ton; clerk, William A. Bailey; treas
| urer, Miss Elizabeth Webb; deacons,
! Willis A. Bailey. Thomas G. Lord, w.
B. Woodbury., Philo Steward, Elmer
E. Greenwood and Fred A. Williams:
| finance committee, Hon. Lyman L.
/ Walton, chairman, Edward F. Mer-
| rill, Thomas Grcenway, Willard II.
! Cummings, Elmer +. Greenwood,
| Leslie Fl. Goldsmith. Willis Z. Porter,
Louise A. Dow, Willis A. Bailey.
Philo Steward. Gerald c. Marble,
| Walter II. Hight. DR.. Stanley M.
Cover, Thomas G. Lord. and ]. Her
| vey White: music committee. r. E.
Atwood, chairman: Sunday school
officers: superintendent. w. B. Wood
bury; director of Religious Educa-
ton, Mrs. James Stenhouse: Super
I intendent of Cradle Roll, Mrs. Ed
ward +. Merrill; superintendent OF
| kindergarten, Mrs. Edward F. Mer-
rill: superintendent of the primary
and intermediate departments. Mrs.
Elizabeth Marble: superintendent of
the boys work l.. II. Whitney; other
| organizations, president of the Mis-
sionary Society. Mrs. George Loring
Thurlow: president Of the working
! league, Mrs. Herbert S. Hopkins:
! president of the First Philathea class,