The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1903, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISECO CALL MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1903 Dr. Jordan Voices ideal 1 Staniord | E = grea uch i | D4 1D STARR JORDAN. ! Many Sects Ar Represented by Clergy. % dedica- Church at lier than rs, crowds of the e organ, pl was heard in tted to at- were seat- | in the | in the east athrop Stanford 1ds were in the der the great others who, re invited to d places. The to wait volunt Iver pi n of those who were a pron t part in the exer- | fon was le Jordan when the to take Zp! there were several d by their robes dress were distin- All others were When the organ vol- away ex. _— Chaplain e scripture verse John Hemphill, pastor yterian Church of San Francisco, led the a: the Lord's Prayer. of Every Blessing me Thou Fount was sung by the ! ERESWEN 2~ ZEERDD SRR T, s, MEMORIAL CHURCH AT STAMECID — Wil iyl } FRESIPENT D Wz %m NN A7 " Educators Join in| [ the Impressive | Ceremony. | | regation to the music of | ttleton. The R F. L. Hosmer of keley Uni an church and the n read, responsively, from the | and cor seripture STUDENT CHOIR SINGS. When this was done the organ began a prelude to an anthem by Haydn, “The Marvelous Work Behold,” and a sweet and girlish voice took up the words of the solo. The soloist was Miss Qer- aldine Brown. The choir, consisting of 100 Stanford students, sustained the great volume of the Haydn harmony. Then the Rev. Jacob Voorsanger rgad the scrip- tures from the Second Chronicles, chap- ter 6—Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple. “Now it was in the heart of David, my father, to bufld a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel,” he read. ‘Then hear thou from the heavens, even from th, dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the carth may know thy name and fear thee, s doth thy people, Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by,thy name." Choir and auMience sang a hymn of Manoah about the forests that gave their oak and pine to make the stemple. Then the Rev. C. R. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Oakland, read the scriptures, beginning with the verse, “‘Solomon Built Him a House.” Prayer offered by the Rev. Dr. E. R. Dille, or of the First Methodist Church of Oakland. With a splendid volume of melody the choir sang the Handel anthem, “And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” The dedication prayer and sermon were delivered by the Rev. R. Heber Newton. The speaker had for his theme the text, *I have built an house of habitation for thee and a place for my TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 25— With eloquent words spoken by eminent di- vines, with earnest prayers and the voices of a student choir raised in anthems, the Me- morial Church was dedicated to-day to the 2 worship of God. In the devotional exercises various religious denominations were represented. The Christian and the Jew sat side by side and partici- pated in consecrating the splendid sanctuary. Edu- cators representing universities and colleges in this State and in Nevada were in the numerous throng. Surrounded by lady friends Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford sat in the body of the church that she has been very largely instrumental in bringing into ex- istence. Allusion was made to her in the sermons as the surviving fourlder of the great Stanford Univer- sity. Earnest, t.houghtiul. reminiscent, half-tearful, Mrs. Stanford listened to the eulogy pronounced on the deeds of her dead husband, Leland Stanford. Mingled with the mellow sound of the words of the speakers there broke in at intervals the music of the bells above that counted time as it flew. The en- tire student body of the university, the faculty and many alumni were present and attentive to the exer- cises. The sky over the church was gray and threat- ened rain. Consequently the women students and the other ladies in the auditorium were soberly gowned as befitted the weather and there were few touches of bright hues in the pews. The student ushers alone ‘wore the Stanford colors. A small bow of bright ribbon served as a badge for each. _ Above, in the great dome, huge clusters of elec- tric lights shone like miniature suns, casting a bright glow upward to the pictured firmament in which the moon and the stars were represented as rolling in their appointed courses, watched by the “all-seeing eye. and then the sunlight came in through the stained windows and emblazoned the pictures of Christ and bestowed a transient gleam upon the view of the Last Supper. Generally the light was Subdued and soft. lilies stood. With this exception there were no signs of attempt to decorate additionally the splendid inte- rior. this church should religion be unfettered and uncir- cumscribed by creeds oi doctrinal distinctions, was insistently emphasized throughout the proceedings. The presence of representatives of diverse denomi- nations pointed out this intent clearly and lent great significance to the occasion. definite statement concerning this liberal design. morning and at the afternoon services. During the forenoon services there were within the space set apart by the altar rail the following: vid Starr Jordan, the Revs. R. Heber Newton, D. D., Charles Gardner, John Hemphill of Calvary Presby- terian Church, San Francisco; F. L. Hosmer of the Berkeley Unitarian Church, Jacob Voorsanger of Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco; C. R. Brown of the First Congregational Church, Oakland; E. R. Dille of the First Methodist Church, Oakland; C. M. Hill of the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church, Oakland; R. C. Foute of Grace Church, San Francisco; F. W. Clampett of Trinity Church, San Francisco; E. S. ‘Williams of San Jose, Eli McClish, president of the University of the Pacific; E. L. Parsons of San Ma- teo and J. B. Wakefield of San Jose. also in the inclosure President Fuller of Aintab Col- lege, Turkey; President Stubbs of the University of Nevada and President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California. \ Occasionally the clouds broke for an instant- At the altar two silver vases of pure white The idea of the founders of the university that in There was no lack of Nearly or quite 3000 persons were present at the | President Da- There were Mrs. C. T.Mills of Mills College, W. F. Reed of Belmont and Dr. Brew:r of San Mateo were among the prominent educators who sat in the auditorium. Of the trustees of Stanford University there were present C. G. Lathrop, George T. Gray, Justice Mc- Farland, Horace Davis, Leon Sloss, J. D. Grant and George Crothers. —_— L % | goodly fellowship of temp | tended the progress of man through the | centuries and said that the earliest works | T BENIAMIN TPE. AIPEFEZER — AMORILM Beautitul Mdemorial Church - OAIVERSITY CRLIFORN T s | UNIVER:ITY ALD SOME CF TEE PRCHMINENT PERSONS WHO WERE CCNSPICUQUS IN INTERESTING SERVICES OF DEDICATION HELD YESTERDAY. | +|Eloquent Divines Commend Work of University Founders. * dwelling forever.” He spoke of the that had at- of architecture preserved ar irches of humanity '‘a chaln of impressive t § the whole world round the feet of God. How they lift themselves up from every land of earth in mute attesta- tion of man’s trusts and aspirations!” ADDRESS BY DR. NEWTON. temples. form he ngs, The speaker's voice was melodfous and | and eloquently | impressive. He spoke I of the history of church building. He contrasted the first church erected by the Puritans on the New England shore and the mighty pile in which his hearers were assembled. ““The contrast which we find in the body of sacred architecture, the church build- ing,” he sald, “we find in the soul of sacred architecture, the religious thought and feeling inspiring these creations—a growth from the simplest beginnings to the noblest unfoldings of faith.” Speaking of the Memorial Church the Rev. Dr. Newton said that it was no afterthought of the founding of the | Stanford University. It w part of the original plan of He said that it was but natural that the | church should have b was, considering the h versity. And of that en planned as it id: “Born out of a deep sorrow—out of a deep sorrow transformed into the hollest and divinest of all joys, born out of the faith, made living and real, that there is no death, that the life -uprooted from earth is but transplanted to the skies, and that the child in whom the home cen- | tered is still the center of the home—this university is thus born of the very spirit of religion.” Farther on the speaker defined the broad scope of the religious teaching that was to be the programme in the — Memorial Church. On this point he spoke as follows: “In the large and luminous planning of the founders he university it was ¢ | cided that its church should minister to the spiritual life of the university after a fashion worthy of a university. The charter ordered that the church should be rever free from any ecclesiastical re- lationship; that the teachings from its pulpit should be non-sectarfan, and that its worship should be such that in it all might freely uniie. This proviston ecom- mands the unhesitating acquiescence of who are now placed In charge of urch. Whatever their ecclesiastical relationship have been In the past, what- ever these relationships may. be in the | future, should they hereafter turn from this ministry to return to their old de- | nominational ministries, while they are | here they will be faithful to this char- tered requirement.” PRAYER AND BENEDICTION. Some words were spoken in memory of Senator Leland Stanford and the dedic | tion prayer followed. The choir and con- | gregation sang a hymn, in which were the words, “O Father, deign these walls to T was offered by the Rev. . pastor of the Tenth-avenue ch of Oakland, and benedic- prenounced by the Rev., R. C. D., rector of Grace C ne . The exercises c t 0 5 concluded with the singing of | “My Country, 'Tis of Thee,” and an or- | gan selection played by Scott Brook. The afterncon exercises consisted of an organ prelude, reeital of the Lord's | brayer, an address by the Rev. . R, { Brown of the First Congregationa: | Church of Oakland, an organ offertory by | Batiste, anthem sung by the choir, from | Haydn, “Achieved s the Glorious Work:" an the Rev. D, address by ! Continued on i;g' 7, Column 3,