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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 26, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 13.

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Church Dedication

By Emma S. Newcomer

The new Seventh-day Adventist church building at Wilmington, Del., was formally dedicated Sunday, Feb. 22, 1914. It was a season of great rejoicing to the church members at this place. This church was organized about twenty-two years ago, with fifteen charter members. There are now about one hundred members. They met for a number of years in halls in the city, and later in the Old Baptist church on King Street, which has recently been razed for the erection of municipal buildings. The need of a church home has long been felt, and the church has been working for a number of years to secure one. A lot, the one on which the present building stands, was purchased eleven years ago, for the sum of six hundred dollars. It is located on Howland Street, near Clayton Street. But nothing definite toward the erection of a building was done until last summer, when the contract for this building was awarded, after much praying and planning on the part of the pastor, Elder R. H. Martin, and the church officers.
The building, with its furnishings, cost about thirty-five hundred dollars. It is built of red brick and stone. It is lighted by electricity, and heated by steam. It is a plain but neat and substantial structure, and well represents the truths we hold. The conference workers present were Elder R. T. Baer and Elder and Mrs. F. W. Paap, of Baltimore, Md. Other workers were Elder A. G. Daniells, of the General Conference; Elder R. E. Harter, president of the District of Columbia Conference; Elders B. G. Wilkinson and S. B. Horton, of the union conference.
The dedicatory sermon was preached by Elder Daniells; Elder Wilkinson offered the dedicatory prayer. When a call for financial help was made, the people responded liberally, and seven hundred dollars in cash and pledges was received.
The three daily newspapers of the city gave us considerable publicity through their columns. This was much appreciated, and we believe will be the means of helping the cause in this place.
EMMA S. NEWCOMER.