The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-07-06
DEDICATION OF THE
BRIGHTON A. r. P. CHURCH

(By Earl Hill)
J Sabbath, July 2, 1922 was a great
day with the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian congregation Of Brigh-
ton. On that day their new church
was opened and dedicated. One must
needs have been there to appreciate
the great pleasure of the occasion.
The Baptist church, the only other
church IN town, was closed on that
DAY, and their people and people from
Salem, Clopton, Covington and other
4 places in the county Joined with the
Presbyterians in making a congrega-
ton that filled the church to its full
capacity. All were expecting a great
day, and no member and, as lar os we
are able to tell, no visitor was dis
appointed
The church is a brick yeneered, one
story and basement building. The
main part consists of. the auditorium
and balcony. The rear of the audi
forum is so arranged that two rooms
may, with folding doors, be cut off
and used as Sabbath school rooms. In
the basement are seven Sabbath
scohol rooms, nursery and a room
to be used as a kitchen and dining
room. The church has its own cleo
trio light plant and is to be heated
with hot air blast or steam. The win
dows were all put in by friends of the
church as memorials to loved ones
and are exceptionally pretty. The
light fixtures are as beautiful as YOU
will find in any church, and the entire
building inside and out is arranged
and finished in such way as to be
Tor generations to come a monument
to the consecrated efforts of the peo-
pie striving to honor the Great Archi-
tect OF the Universe and direct the
thoughts Of the people to the Savior
of Mankind.
Owing to the extra work for the
day, the superintendent of the Sab
bath school, Mr.. A. M. Moose, called |
the school to meet Is minutes earlier
than usual-9:45 a. m. The pastorl
opened with prayer. After a song by
the school and reading of the Scrip
ture by the superintendent, the classes
were assigned to their rooms. The
primary and junior pupils, including
Nos. 1 to 5, were assigned /
rooms in the basement. The officers
class was assigned to the session
room, which is also in the basement.
Classes Nos. 6 and s were placed in
the rooms in the rear end, Classes z
and 9 in the main auditorium, and
the Mems Bible Glass went to the bal
cony. The excitement of the day pre-
vented the teachers and pupils from
getting much out of the lesson, but
the school started off with a vim and
determination to do more than ever
N the Sabbath school work
Special song service began at 1890
4 M This consisted of a quartette.
shree anthems sung by double quar-
,ette and three songs by the choir.
After the first song, Mr.. J. M. Hill,
me oldest member of the church, and
ne only officer now living in the
'hurch who was an officer at the time
ne church was moved from Old
5lo0omIllngton, led in prayer.
On the pulpit with the pastor wers
Rev; Chesley Bowden, pastor of the
ocal Baptist church, Rev. E. E.
strong, Dean of Bryson College, Fay
'ttevllle, Tenn; and Rev. w. HI. Mil
en-, pastor Of Ebenezer, Miss. A. R.
:. church. Brother BoWden made the
invocation; Brother Millen preached
ne dedication sermon and Brother
strong made the dedicatory prayer.
Brother Millen's text was the Goth
'salm and 18th verse. He dealt most !
PARTICULARLY on the first part of the !
erse-"Let the beauty Of the Lord !
ur God be upon us"-and in a mas !
erly way impressed upon the congre- !
alton the Importance Of a beauty
nat comes from the Lord-beauty of
fe,. character and conduct, and how
specially Important these things are
the congregation expects to con- I
niue the success in Christian work
hat has followed their past efforts
Special mention needs to be made
the fine way in which the ushers
andled the large crowd. Without
heir help it would have been impos-
Ible, to have found seats for all the
eople.
Brother Boyd, the pastor, closed the
with few fitting remarks.
xpressing the feelings of all present
glth the new church finished,
day for the dedication, such
great congregation, the entire pro-
ram carried out so perfectly by those
lklng part "pood old time ,a14r.;,