Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-08-19
ADVENT CHRISTIAN
CHURCH TO OPEN
Handsome New Edifice Will be Chris.
tened Next Sunday by Special
Services and Picnic Dinner

Next Sunday will be red letter
day for the Advent Christian church
in Boone. On that day at ten O'Clock
the members of this church will meet
in their new stone edifice for Sunday
School services.
Elder Chas. G. Hodges is Super.
intepdent of the Sunday School and
he has under his direction and lea
dership five well trained teachers
whose one and only aim is to teach
those who come into the church the
knowledge and wisdom that the Bible
holds in store for those who seek to
find it there The names of the
teachers in the Sunday School are
as follows: Mrs. C. G. Hodges, pri-
mary; Mrs. |. L. Smith, beginners
Miss Bertha Sutphin, earnest Work
ers; Miss Pearl Hodges, Light Bear
ers; Elder R. N. Baldwin, adults
These teachers are anxious to see
in their classes next Sunday every
person who has been a member of
their classes or who mas even been
a visitor there.
Elder Downs Before Noon
The morning sermon will be preach
ed at eleven o'clock by Elder J. A.
Downs, pastor of the Advent Chris
tian Church. Charlotte. Ed. Downs
is president of the Piedmont confer
ence and did the pioneering and
constructive work in Boone about
four years ago that led up to the
organization of the local church.
Picnic Dinner
The services will last all day and
many people are coming from the
different sections of the country to
be present ut the opening service. 1t
is understood that the local church
has invited practically all the Advent
Christians in Western North Caro-
lima to be present at this all day
service and it is also understood that
a number of Sunday Schools are COM
ing in a body and will bring with
them many well-filled baskets of food
which will be served in picnic style
on tables prepared by the local church
There is no objection to anyone who
may wish to bring baskets and add
them to the picnic supply and make
thereby the biggest religious rally
Boone has ever had.
Afternoon Service
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Ed.
R. N. Baldwin, pastor of the Boone
Advent Church will preach on the
subject. Baking Gods Cake First.
Ed. Baldwin has been successful as
a pastor in LenOir, N. c. and in
Aueu~ a, Ga, in both of which places
undel his leadership the Sunday
Schools more than doubled their at
tendance and in both Of which places
the church membership was practi-
cally doubled,
The Church Building
The new church home of the Ad-
netists is thing of beauty and a
JOY 20 everybody in Boone. 1t rep
resents the devotion, loyalty, strug-
gle and sacrifice of the 20 members
of the local church.
The building is a two-story struc-
ture including the basement. 1t is
practically fire proof and it would
take mighty flood or storm to de-
stroy it. It's walls are built from ma
tive gray granite brought here from
the vicinity of Hodges Gap. From the
foundation up to the bottom of the
windows the walls are "a inches thick
From the bottom of the windows to
the top the walls are 21 inches thick.
The roof is of gray concrete slab
shingle, and weighs 2S,800 pounds.
The windows are as good as the best
and in the front in the gable is a
new design in church windows. This is
a new picture representing the second
coming of Christ in the clouds of hea-
ven. 1t is circle nine feet in dia-
meter and it is understood to be the
only figure of this kind in existence.
The pews are of the very latest model
and are in keeping with the rest of
the church The lighting is the last
word in that line. The walls are plas-
tered on the inside with delightful
shade of light gray and it harmonizes
with everything to be seen in the
church.
Thousand of tourists have stopped
to admire this church and have asked
innumerable questions concerning it,
many of which as yet have not been
answered But everybody asks four
questions in common with the inter-
negatives of everybody else. These
four questions stated in the order in
which they are usually asked are:
/. What kind of church is this
or rather what denomination is put
ting it up?
2. How much did this church cost
8. How many membersthave they
in Boone?
A. What do they believe that
makes them different denomination
from all others?
The answers to these four ques-
tions are always as follows:
1. Advent Christian.