Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-09-08
CELEBRATION
OF CHURCH NOTABLE EVENT

Sunday, Sept 4, closed the week
! in which perhaps the most notable
| celebration in church history of Nc
| Connelsyille occurred-the observ-
| ance of the Tooth anniversary of the
| First Presbyterian church. On that
day three great services were held.
At the morning service the speak
er was Rev. Chas. L. Zorbaugh of
| Columbus, who gave a sermon on
the subject "Is the Church Worth
While" 1t was mastery address,
one of the high spots in the many
good addresses that were given dur
ing the course of the anniversary
week The pastor Rev T. E. Leon
ard presided at the meeting, and
others taking part with scripture
lesson and prayer, were Rev. A. N.
Grove of Adams Mills and Dr. w.
0. Thompson of Columbus. A COM
prehensive sketch of the history of
the church was read by Mr.. Chas
A. Gaylord. Special music on this
occasion consisted of a fine anthem
by the choir, ''In Perfect Peace"
and a beautiful solo, most effec-
lively sung, by Mrs Nora Taylor
Chandler, of West Lebanon, In
diana.
On Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
a program of music was given ded-
icating the Wurlitzer pipe organ
which has been installed in the
church. Mrs. Frank E. Smith of
Lancaster, O., was the guest organ
| ist, presenting as the prelude, Fan
! fare" Cathedral Shadows" Gwen
song" and "Toccata in D Minor"
Mrs. Freeda Riley Doughty, also of
Lancaster, contralto, was guest
soloist, and sang a group of num-
| bers-"Art Thou Weary" BLESSED
| in Flanders" Each of these ladies
is prominent musically, in their
home town, and the splendid work
of each here was received with
| great pleasure, and was thoroughly
enjoyed by the audience. Mrs. A.
N. Kishler of New Lexington, O.,
capable, and popular in musical cir
cles, was another guest soloist, and
sang "Open the Gates of the Tenn
ple,'' a beautiful and always loved
number, singing it in her character
istieally pleasing manner. The 9TH
er guest soloist was Mr.. Chester
S. Hatton of Youngstown, o., bari
| tone, who had chosen as his solo
number To-day If Ye Will Hear His
, Voice" Mr.. Hatton is prominent in
musical circles in Youngstown
with church and other organiza
tions, and his presentation here was
{ very pleasing. Mrs. Kishler and Mr..
Hatton also assisted in the two
| splendid anthems rendered by the
large choir-"All the Earth Shall
Worship Thee" and "Send Out Thy
Light" In the first named anthem
was an incidental solo pleasingly
sung by Miss Mary Louise Dye.
Mrs. Frank f. Smith and Miss Lu-
ellie Gaylord were accompanies for
| ed in the course of the program
"Allegro" from First Sonata. AS an
offertory Miss Gaylord played ''Ve-
netian Love Song and as post
| lude ''Marche Legere.' Mr.. Fred s.
Mcdonald was director of the choic
At the evening worship, DR.. w. Q.
| Thompson, president emeritus of
| Ohio State University, was the
speaker, taking as his theme, "The
Ministry of the Church." and pre-
senting from his vast store house Of
knowledge, a great address which
held the rapt attention of his hear
ers throughout. A special musical
number was fine anthem by the
choir-"Make Joyful Noise Unto
the Lord,' with a splendid Incl
dental solo by Mr.. r. r. Bell.
At the morning and evening SER
vices congratulatory letters by per-
sons from a distance were read by
Rev. r. E. Leonard A large and
exquisitely beautiful floral piece, i'll
memory of the late Miss Isabel Boz
man, former member, and present
ed by relatives, occupied a place of
prominence in the front of the aud
itorium
Capacity audiences were in at
tendance Sunday throughout the day
particularly at the afternoon and
evening services, when the rear
rooms of the church were opened to
help accommodate those present.
In the Democrat of last week ap-
peared an account of the activities
of the week of the re-dedication
fn inc 1.,Hi
nesday night.
On Thursday night the anniver-
sary banquet, most delightful al
fair, preceded the community SER
vice of the evening. At this ban
quet 60 persons were served. Mr.. |
Fred Mcdonald presided as toast
master, and the response was made
by Rev. E. B. Townsend of Mariet-
ta, who gave a most interesting
address. Following came the CON-
munity service, one of the best of
the series. Rev. t. e. Leonard pre-
sided, and guest ministers present
ed greetings in the most happy and
appropriate manner. They were
Revs. c. w. Stoneburner, R. G. Os-
good. j. D. Keller and w. j. Nc
Garity.
On Friday night was presented a |
historical pageant ''Our Christian |
Heritage" under the direction of /!
Miss Charlotte Wilson. 1t was IN !
five scenes, depicting organization |
of the church in 1924, erection of
the present church building in 1882,