BROOKLYN METHODISTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 8

BROOKLYN METHODISTS.

;.-;,., NEW ; CHURCH OPENED. • v The ■ opening • services in < connection with. the new,.Methodist Church-at Brooklyn Were heldyesterfay, tho .coijgiDgations being good-on each'occasion. Special music was rendered by ?;.phoir under the baton'.of Mr.O. Wilton, assistance being given by a good orchestra'.' Mr. lIV. Aston and Mrs.' Bnrnham ..officiated at the .otgan. , . ■,' . ••• ; "■"-."-.,. .':■• . •■■' , The dedication .service was hold in thb mbrn- /?£" President : . ,of . the. conference .(the.:.Eov. • T. Fee) '.preached an eloquent sermon from Psalm xhi., 1, "As the hart .panteth .after; the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, 0h. , . God." The 'opportunity was taken, to speak, of man's need for more than .the world can supply, and to 'show-how everything the world gives must break down in attempting to meet the whole wants of the soul. There was a thirst of tho soul as well as of,the body, a hunger of the soul as well as of tho body. That spiritual thirst could only, be quenched by drinking of the river thatflowod from the, throne of God. Man did not live by bread alone, bnt by every word that proceeded put of the mouth of God. • . ■ ■ . In the afternoon a young people's service was held, the' scholars repeating several of their anniversary hymns. Mr:' H. N. Holmes gave an interesting address. - -..-"■ ■■..-. ■-.At-the evening service the -church : iras crowded to the doors. : The Kev. J. E. Clark preached from the ,test Isaiah kl., i, "Every valley' shall be exalted, and every mountain and] hill'shall be'.made low." In society, prejudices and opinions separated men into classes and acted as mountains, preventing that synjr

p.athy which:was so desirable. As in.the material world the hille were being ■ levelled by the elements, 60. Christianity, exerted a levelline influence in the; epcial world. . We were .slow to-learn that conversion meant not only a return'to God, but also to our fellow.-, men. Christianity taught that-all,,.men had a common nature,.a common'obligation, and a common depravity, and it gave first place'to the oommand! to-love pur-neighbour as ourselves. The.Church had been built that these levelling doctrines might. be proclaimed. - D.uring the- evening a solo was rendered by Miss , Clark,, and a duet by ''Hiss'E. Honey and Masttr,\KellawaT,. -■■'.■•• ■'■"'"•.■'■ ■''.'■■' '..'::■' >The'!h'eW church' is constructed to ißcat.-; 150' worshippers, 1 and ■ has ■ :twb -. class rooms i at. the hack., The- building -is. of wood, , ' with. an.imposing front, and an .open principal roof affording.ample light.. ..Special attention has been given. to the ventilation.; The pulpit.and joinery work are of hard rimu. The seats in the nave are of .picked hard wood, of pleasing design, and very'comfortable. The approach is asphalted,'and the grounds in-front are laid out in garden plots. The building cost about .£BOO, and is provided with electric arid also with gas lighting;' Messrs." Meyer, and , lllingworth .were tin .contractors, and Mr. James 'Bennie architect. ■' ■•...;■•■ .-:.' ; -. ... ;v.■ /, ....'