Evening star., 1926-05-16

uOWS, CIltllSl vi lUc
Memorial NJ. f. Church, the
Il Rambler told of the dedication of
the chime and steeple. He has
also told of the inception. of the
church and ended the story with the
statement that in 1866 Bishops Simp
son and Ames called on the Rev. DR.
+. S. DeHaas to undertake the build
ing of the church. Dedication serv-
ices were held Sunday, February 2S,
1862 and turning the files of The
Star ! find that We had an advance
story Of the dedication, description
of the churuh and other facts about
it in The Star, Thursday. February
%, 1869. There are many things in
that old story which may interest
you, and that being one of the aims
of the Rambler. and one of the means
by which he earns. or at least gets.
his thrice daily bread, he takes from
that old issue Of The Star the follow
ing:
1T was about Is years ago when
the idea of building a Metropolitan
Church in this city was conceived, and
collections were at once taken up;
but the war breaking out. the work
was suspended, there being at the
time large amounts subscribed at the
South which ii was impossible to col
lect. About three years since the
bishops took the enterprise in hand
and a new board of trustees having
been selected Rev. F. s. DeHaaS,
-. D.. was appointed general agent
and succeeded in raising over 100000.
There is at this time a debt of 100000
on the church, of which 5000 is
covered by unpaid subscriptions. To
finish the spire, with chime of bells,
etc. about S25 900 will be required,
in addition to its present cost ($225.-
n00l l.i1oC a total nf ~ or
of a million.
The church is of brown stone and
is in the Gothic style of architecture.
Including the buttresses. It covers the
lot on the southwest corner of c and
Four-and-a-half streets. fronting Is
feet on the former and 1l5 on the
latter street, and presents an impos-
ing appearance, even without the
tower. WHICH is vet to be erected to
n height of 240 feet above the pave
ment. The main entrance is on c
street and from a tiled floor com
moGlouS StairWayS with walnut bal
uaradeS and handrails rise on either
band to the yestibule. From the YES
tibule there are three doors to the
main entrance room, which taken al
together Is probably the handsomest
room in the District. The ceiling is
niChed and ribbed resting on six col
12 feet in width on both sides and
also a commOdious gallery at the end
for the Cholrs. In this gallery there
is superb organ made by Johnson
of WeStfield, Mass. At the south there
Is a recess behind the pulpit. beau
tifully frescoed, and in the center of
the arch above it is stone from the
ruins of Soomon's Temple with the
inscription We Trust in the Lord
Fha IY,i+ or aIooO md han Il
design is of walnut with panels made
from wood from the Garden of Geth-
semane and in the posts are inserted
pieces of cedar of Lebanon. On the
front is a beautifully carved cross
with wreath and twining ivy, in wal
mt, presented by friends in Boston.
The altar posts have inserted in them
pieces of wood from the Mount of
Olives.
I'm the front there is triple window
and on either side are eight long win
dQwS, each with stained glass. the
tower portions of each bearing inscrip-
ttonS TO the memory of some promi-
nent personages in the church.
The church is lighted with gas, there
being 16 burners over the capitals Of
the pillars and four on each side of
the chancel arch. and it Is said when
lighted the effect is very fine. This
IOOIIl 10 VI DS oO lccl anu Will lIlc
galleries will seat 1.200 persons On
the lower floor is the Sunday school
room or lecture room and on the east
side of the hall leading to the main
entrance is the infant class room and
on the opposite side a room for the
Bible class.
The Stonework was done by Mr. NJ
G.. Emery, bricklaying by n. G.. Reyn-
olds. carpentering by c. L. Walker,
pastering by John Keller. plaster or
naments by l.. D. Parker. painting by
y. L. Parker frescoing by H. Schut-
ter, stained glass furnished by Bleur
of New York. tiling laid by Mr.
French. There will be set apart pews
for each State and Territory, the
President and cabinet officers. etc, and
the others on the main floor will be
rented, leaving the seats in the gallery
free. a communion service costing
about 81 400 is about completed and
will he presented to the congregation
by Mr.. James Foster of New York,
and a fountain in bronze designed by
Clark Mills of this city, is being cast
in New York for Mr.. Foster, who
will present it to the church. The
trustees are u. S. Grant. S. P. Chase,
NJ. G.. Emery. S. Norment, S. Fowler
F. a. Lutz. f. Howard, T. L. Tullock
and d. A. Burr"
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THE Evening Star Monday, March
/, 1869, tol1 of the dedication of
the church. The Stars story follows
Yesterday the new church at the
corner of Four-and-a half and c
streets known as the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church, was dedi-
Gated in the presence of a very large
congregation, every portion of the
building being occupied and numbers
unable to obtain admission. The dedi-
catory services were read by Bishop
Simpson. Rev. Drs. De Haas, Hamilton,
kyrett and Goodman assisting. The
choir sang a dedicatory anthem under
the lead of Prof. Daniel, Mr.. Tasker
presiding at the organ. Bishop Simp-
son then preached most impressive
sermon. collection was taken up
and a very large sum of money was
realized. Among the contributors was
Mr.. Thomas Kelso of Baltimore, who
contributed 81 900 in addition to $4,000
previously contributed by him. An
effort was made to raise $25, 5000. but
the collections. fell considerably short
of that amount, only reaching about
$4,000. Speaker ColfaX contributed