Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-14
PILGRIMS CHURCH
LAYS CORNER STONE
Chaplain Frazier, Retired,
Officiates at Ceremony for
Presbyterian Edifice.

The corner stone of the Church OF the
Pilgrims. Twenty-second and P streets,
which is being built with money given
by thousands of Presbyterisns In the
South. was laid yesterday with Chief
Chaplain John B. Frazier. u, S. NJ, re-
tired, minister of another faith. Of
floating
Chaplain Frazier conducted services at
the church of Rev. Andrew Reid Bird
while the pastor Of the new church
, toured the South raising money for the
project. The new church, when COM
pleted, will have cost $3.50, 900. and be A
national shrine of the denomination
Gifts Mostly Small Ones.
From the section bounded by Texas.
Florida. Missouri and Maryland have
come the gifts, most of them small.
which went to make up the sum with
which the church is being built On the
peWs and other church furniture and
equipment will be inscribed the names
of the towns which contributed them.
and into the corner stone yesterday aft
ernoon we're placed the names of all
those who gave, supplemented with the
names of their children and grandchil-
drcn.
DR.. Bird yesterday told of the strug-
gle it was to bring about his dream
OF a church for Presbyterians of the
Nation in the Capital We started"
he said, with nothing but small
wooden building and 100 folding seats.
to bring our teachings to cosmopolitan
washington. Then came the war and
we did manage to enlarge our building
and make 1t more imposing. Our con-
sregation at best, however, was mainlv
drifting one. We did as much as
we could for the soldiers and sailors
who flooded the city during the war
Chaplain Frazier noticed our work and
came to me one day and after a talk
we worked out the plan for a national
church He said he would conduct nv
services while 1 worked on nv plan
So ! packed my bag and took to the
road, swinging throughout the South
to get the money for the church that is
/ going up now"
| Program Is Varied.
| The program of the corner stone law
ing. which was held at S o'clock yester.
day afternoon. was as follows:
/ Professional hymn invocation by Rev
| Wallace Radcliffe. pastor emeritus of
/ the New York Avenue PRESBYTERIAN
! Church, representing the Presbyterian
! Church North. Scripture reading from
| the Old Testament by Rev. c. E. Haw.
/ thorne Of Wallace Memorial Presby-
terrain Church. representing the United
j Presbyterian Church; Scripture readine
! from the New Testament by Rev James
H. Taylor of Central Presbyterian
Church, representing the Presbyterian
Church South; solo. How Lovely Are
Thy Dwellings," by Mrs. Walter K
! Wilson; prayer. led by Rev. S. A. Nc
Murray, missionary to the Kongo; ad.
dress by Rev. Harris E. Kirk of Frank
lin Street Presbyterian Church, Balti-
/ more, moderator of the General AS
/ scmbly of the Presbyterian Church OF
! the United States: corner stone laying
! by DR.. Frazier; prayer of thanksgiving
and conservation by Rev Frank T. Nc
Faden of the First Presbyterian Church.
Winchester. Va. solo. open the Gates
of the Temple" by Mrs. Wilson, and
benediction by Rev. w. L. Darby, rep
resenting the Federation of Churches
OF the District.
The inscription on the corner stone
will be: Jesus, Christus. Via, Veri-
tas. Vita. Salvador. Dominus. AID.
MCMxXVIII."