Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan- June 1896) . hat church, now the oldestProtestant church west of the was as pleasant to think of Timothy Hillpreaching to people-in Kansas City, seated onthe same benches on which audiences in had listened to Giddings and Potts andWisner and Bullard, as it is now to knowthat that little chapel was so soon supercededby the large and costly edifice in which crowdshave sat under the eloquent preaching ofCharles L. Thompson and George P. Hays. The Board of Church Erection can nowfurnish any number of opportunities for in-vestment of smal
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan- June 1896) . hat church, now the oldestProtestant church west of the was as pleasant to think of Timothy Hillpreaching to people-in Kansas City, seated onthe same benches on which audiences in had listened to Giddings and Potts andWisner and Bullard, as it is now to knowthat that little chapel was so soon supercededby the large and costly edifice in which crowdshave sat under the eloquent preaching ofCharles L. Thompson and George P. Hays. The Board of Church Erection can nowfurnish any number of opportunities for in-vestment of small sums or large where theywill give shelter to infant congregations,some of which—and who knows whichones?—will grow strong and wealthy andbeneficient. If only a few of such self-denying gifts may be brought to earthlynotice by some pastors reminiscences in themiddle of Century XX, none of them will failof their reward after all centuries of earthlyhistory are numbered and passed. H. A. N. 10 THE PRESBYTERIAtf HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA. ,. THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA. Our picture represents the new Presby-terian House as it is to be. It is to be builtby the Presbyterian Board of Publicationand Sabbath-school Work on the lot recentlypurchased and held by that Board in trustfor the Presbyterian Church in the UnitedStates of America. It is to have threefronts—one looking south upon Walnutstreet, one lookiDg east upon Juniper street,one looking north upon Sansom street. TheWalnut Street front measures 75 feet; theJuniper Street front, 325 feet. The SansomStreet front is of less width than that onWalnut Street by an open way for cartageextending about half way to Walnut this drive-way, securely placed, willbe the engines for heating and lighting thebuilding and lifting its elevators. Of thesethere will be three near the Juniper Street en-trance, and one near that from Sansom basement is to be principally occupied forpacking and storing. Th
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