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VOL. IV. RICHMO
Sketch of Lutchfr Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
Orange, Texas.
On January the twenty eighth the Lutcliei
Memorial Presbyterian church at Orange, Texas,
was dedicated with impressive ceremony. The
pastor, Rev. E. T. Drake, presided, Rev. T. A.
Wharton, D. D., of the First Presbyterian church
of Sherman, Texas, preached the sermon, choosing
as the subject of a mo-t able discourse, "The
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C4A*V4 ito me uuuiuaiui) prayer
was offered by Rev. T. R.
Sampson, D. D., Professor ?-? g?
of Church History and
Polity at the Austin Theological
Seminary.
This church, built at a :
cost of over three hundred V: ..-V--,
thousand dollars, with suf- ; T - ' |-r
ficient endowment to care
for the extraordinary ex- '? i.Ov, *
penses attached to its maintenance,
stands as a distinct
advance of the build- . S iF
ing of churches in the
The material used for
the exterior of the church
is Texas granite, quarried
irum vjrrarme mountain, SjHMHf''v'l*88r^iaili
is along the most modern
ideas of proper equipment. :
On the first floor ii the HHJ
Sunday school room, divid- FH
provided with cloak rooms;
back of this are the dining
rooms, kitchen and pantry.
auditorium, back of which
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are the ladies' parlors, pastor's
study and bath room.
with its own plant for H
lighting, heating and cool- '
ing purposes.
As to the interior decoration,
being as it is, the idea of a single artist,
the schemes of subject and color form a most
harmonious whole. The mural color is green,
shaded into cream. The wood work is mahogany.
Entering the vestibule an imposing double
stairway of Italian marble leads up to the audi
lorium. Along this on either side is a procession
of angels in stained glass. Occupying the middle
of the upper landing are three great windows,
embodying the central thought of the artist's
decorative conception. The symbolic figure of
\ Religion, with the Church Militant on one hand,
and the Church Triumphant on the other.
Inside the auditorium, the windows, three on
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either side, are adaptations of masterpieces and
are placed in logical sequence; The Annunciation,
The Holy Night, Christ Among the Doctors,
The Good Shepherd, Pilate's Wife's Dream and
The Ascension. On either side of the organ loft
are two panels of angelic singers, in relief, their
robes, as well as those of two figures bearing a
crown, placed immediately above the pulpit, are
richly decorated with Mosaic. The communion
table, the desk and the baptismal font are also inlaid,
with appropriate inscriptions.
Over the center of the auditorium is th#? HnmA
thirty-two feet in diameter, containing sixteen
angels, each bearing an ecclestical symbol. Their
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wings are thrown upward to a central point.
This is the largest and most beautiful figure dome
ever undertaken in this country.
In the Sunday school room are four more
splendid windows of especial interest to children
being: The Flight Into Egypt, The Infant
Jesus and Little St. John, Life in the Carpenter
Shop and Christ Blessing the Children.
This church, erected by a single individual,
Mrs. H. J. JjUtcher, stands before men a proof of
Christian piety, a recognition of God's bounty,
an attest to a personal love for the Master, demanding
something more than a lip service for
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The American Press.
Dr. Juan Orts Gonzalez
III.
No one today can overestimate the tremendous
power and controlling influence of the press.
It is one of the most potent factors, if not the
most potent of all factors, in creating and moulding
national character. It can not be substituted,
it is true, either for the family or the
Church or the school, but it can easily undo the
best work of the most workgg,........
?TT-i thy mother or the most
gBKp; zealous minister or the
most learned teacher. It
rules as master over society
UJ" loaay ,n a manner more
tyrannical than emperors,
kings, presidents, parliaJ.prc
:. ments and universities.
Millions of citizens have,
HHr^^TTT'*'^^Bni for years, no crher mould.
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inS influence in their
homes than the reading ot
their daily papers; others
will have no school teachcrs
to listen to but their
weekly reviews. Not a few
' will ever get any religious
WLinformation except by
j|| |Hr picking up, now and then,
k| 9l some religious topics
? & ?
Hiuiuugu meir montniy
magazines.
And if everywhere
throughout the world the
enormous influence of the
public pres3 is taken as a
matter ?f course, its influence
is yet more important
and tremendous in America
where about half of the
present inhabitants are of
foreign birth, have no
homes of their own and
constitute a floating population.
Every one deeply concerned
in the welfare of
the country ought to watch and study carefully
the issues of the public press and ought to help
to the best of his skill and ability to create a
sound, enlightened, truthful, liberal and impartial
press.
To have this kind of public press is, to me,
one of the greatest blessings that can be granted
to any nation, and one of the greatest achievements
of a ripe civilization founded on truth
and justice. On the contrary, to have a narrow,
selfish, untruthful, sensational and partial press
is one of the most disastrous calamities which
can befall a nation, and like a devilish curse,
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