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 My Church 
 
 Dedicated to the First Tresbyterian Church of Chicago 
 
 'Before I was bom My Church gave to my parents ideals of life and 
 love that made my home a 'place of strength and beauty. 
 
 In helpless infancy My Church joined my parents in consecrating 
 me to Christ and in baptizing me in His name. 
 
 My Church enriched my childhood with the Romance of Religion 
 and the lessons of life that have been woven into the texture of 
 my soul. Sometimes I seem to have forgotten and then, when else 
 I might surrender to foolish and futile ideals of life, the truths 
 My Church taught become radiant, insistent and inescapable. 
 
 In the stress and storm of adolescence My Church heard the surge 
 of my soul and She guided my footsteps by lifting my eyes 
 toward the stars. 
 
 When first my heart knew the strange awakenings of love My 
 Church taught me to chasten and spiritualize my affections; 
 She sanctified my marriage and blessed my home. 
 
 When my heart was seamed with sorrow, and I thought the sun 
 could never shine again, My Church drew me to the Friend of 
 all the Weary and whispered to me the hope of another morning, 
 eternal and tearless. 
 
 When my steps have slipped and I have known the bitterness of sin, 
 My Church has believed in me and wooingly She has called me 
 back to live within the heights of myself. 
 
 D^pw have come the children dearer to me than life itself and My 
 Church is helping me to train them for all joyous and clean 
 and Christly living. 
 
 My Church calls me to Her heart. She asks my service and my 
 loyalty. She has a right to ask it! I will help Her to do for others 
 what She has done for me. In this City in which I live, I will 
 help Her keep aloft and aflame the torch of a living faith. 
 
 — William Henry Boddv 
 
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 William Henry 'Bodily, D. D. 
 
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 "Through the Years" 
 
 "By William Henry Buddy, D. D. 
 
 he First Presbyterian Church of Chicago was 
 founded in Fort Dearborn on June 26, 1833, in 
 a carpenter's shop; twelve officers and men and 
 four women of the Fort composed the congregation. 
 On January 4, 1834, the first house of worship was 
 dedicated at the southwest corner of Clark and 
 Lake Streets. An interesting bit of history has been furnished us 
 by the Chicago Historical Society: A quilt pieced by the ladies in 
 Fort Dearborn and raffled by them for the building fund of the 
 First Presbyterian Church in 1833 has been placed on exhibition in 
 the museum of the Chicago Historical Society. This quilt was 
 donated by Mrs. George Gregory and was won by Mrs. James 
 Gregory, nee Miss Frances Campbell. 
 
 The Reverend Jeremiah Porter was acting pastor from 1833 
 to 1835. The son of the Reverend Jeremiah Porter, Mr. James 
 W. Porter, is a member of the First Church, living at La Mesa, 
 California. 
 
 After the retirement of Jeremiah Porter the Reverend John 
 Blatchford was called, in 1837, and remained with the little church 
 until 1839. From 1840 until 1849 tne Reverend Flavel Bascom 
 was minister. The next minister was within the memory of many 
 of us. The Reverend Harvey Curtis, who was installed in 1850, 
 continued his ministry for eight years. His daughter-in-law is a 
 member of the church which he served so faithfully. It is interest- 
 ing to note that the son of the Reverend Harvey Curtis, the Rev- 
 erend Edward Harvey Curtis, was for twenty-two years pastor of 
 Woodlawn Park Presbyterian Church. After the completion of 
 Dr. Curtis' ministry at First Church the Reverend Arthur Mitchell 
 
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 Old Fort 'Dearborn 
 
 took up the work and continued in the administration of the 
 church's affairs for twelve years. He was succeeded by one of the 
 noted preachers of America, Dr. John Henry Barrows, who was 
 minister from 1 8 8 1 until 1896, when he was succeeded by the 
 Reverend William J. Chichester, whose ministry began in 1897 
 and closed in 1903. The Reverend John Archibald Morrison came 
 in 1904 and ministered until 19 10. In 19 10 the Reverend John 
 Newton Freeman was asked to act as minister in charge until the 
 merger with the Forty-First Street Presbyterian Church in 191 3. 
 The Reverend William Chalmers Covert, at that time pastor of 
 the Forty-First Street Presbyterian Church, was called as pastor of 
 the First Presbyterian Church, which was located at the site of 
 
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 the Forty-First Street Church. Dr. Covert remained pastor until 
 1924, when he was called as General Secretary of the Board of 
 Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United 
 States. He was succeeded by the Reverend Charles Benjamin 
 Swartz, who came in 1924 and was pastor until the merger with 
 the Woodlawn Park. Presbyterian Church, October 20, 1926, when 
 he was continued as associate pastor on leave of absence until Jan- 
 uary 1, 1927. 
 
 The Woodlawn Park. Presbyterian Church was organized on 
 January 1 9, 1 885, with a charter membership of thirty-nine. Three 
 important decisions were made by the little group of men and 
 women who organized the Woodlawn Church: First, the policy of 
 the church should be that of a union church. Second, the organiza- 
 tion should be upon Presbyterian basis. Third, the financial policy 
 should be full self support from the date of organization. 
 
 At first it seemed that a non-denominational union church 
 should be organized, but after some discussion it was decided that 
 the church should be organized as a Presbyterian Church, but that 
 it should be in spirit a "house of prayer for all people." 
 
 The entire history of the Woodlawn Church has been influenced 
 by this early decision of its founders. In all its activities, while 
 thoroughly loyal to Presbyterianism, it has been in fact a union 
 church, giving very largely of its benevolences to worthy institu- 
 tions that are not under Presbyterian auspices. 
 
 Since its organization the church has had five pastors: the 
 Reverend Edward P. Johnson served from March, 1886, to De- 
 cember, 1890. He was succeeded by Reverend James G. Inglis, 
 whose pastorate extended from May, 1 89 1 , to February, 1 895. The 
 third pastor of the church was the Reverend Edward Harvey Curtis, 
 whose pastorate extended from June, 1895, to March, 19 17. His 
 was a ministry of fifty years, of which twenty-two were spent in 
 
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 this church. After his resignation he was continued as Minister 
 Emeritus until the time of his death. Dr. Curtis was succeeded by 
 the Reverend Harold Leonard Bowman, whose ministry extended 
 from 19 17 to 1920. When he resigned to accept a call to the First 
 Presbyterian Church of Portland, Oregon, he was succeeded by the 
 Reverend Charles T. Shaw, who after three years of service ac- 
 cepted a call to the Westminster Church of Seattle, Washington. In 
 April, 1924, the church extended the Reverend William Henry 
 Boddy of the Riverside Community Church of Hood River, 
 Oregon, a call to become its minister. Dr. Boddy continued in the 
 pastorate of the Woodlawn Park Presbyterian Church until it 
 merged with the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, when he 
 accepted a call to the pastorate of the combined churches. 
 
 During the erection of the new structure at Sixty-Fourth Street 
 and Kimbark Avenue the congregation worshipped in Wadsworth 
 School at Sixty-Fourth and University Avenue. Mid-week services 
 were held in union with the Woodlawn Park Methodist-Episcopal 
 Church. For a time vesper services were held in the Immanuel 
 Lutheran Church. 
 
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 he new home of the First Presbyterian Church is 
 Gothic. This is evidenced from without by its great 
 tower, its traceried windows, its pointed arches and 
 its leaded glass. Within, the carved oak and "the 
 long drawn fretted aisle" speak no less eloquently of 
 i the glory of the Gothic. The cathedral-like church 
 has been designed by the architects, Thomas Tallmadge and Vernon 
 Watson as part of their contribution to the significant Gothic revival 
 which has been in progress in America for the last thirty years. For 
 its effect it depends on the contrast of richly decorated spots with 
 great unbroken surfaces. In the ornamentation, the grape, the elm 
 and wild rose yield their tender forms to the embrace of oak and 
 stone. At the top of the tower, one hundred and twenty feet above 
 the city's roar the four archangels stand on watchful and bene- 
 volent guard. 
 
 Of the new building Mr. Tallmadge says: "Your church, per- 
 haps I will be permitted to say our church, is Gothic in style, not 
 by any means an archaeological Gothic — but Gothic in ancestry 
 adapted to American climate, American building materials and 
 American Christian purposes. Gothic architecture has a hallowed 
 lineage of over seven hundred years and is as appropriate today for 
 its purpose as it was when the great cathedrals in France and Eng- 
 land first reared their heads. 
 
 "The building in its entirety is dominated by a great tower, one 
 hundred twenty-five feet in height. This is echoed or complemented 
 by the minor accents of the gables of the parish house to the south 
 and of the transept to the north. The material is all of variegated 
 Indiana limestone. The massiveness and plainness of the walls is bro- 
 ken up by buttresses, heavy and powerful on the church and light and 
 graceful on the parish house; by pointed windows, some open, some 
 elaborately traceried by canopied niches, by carving such as the 
 
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 flowered capitals of the cloister, the heads of the children in the 
 north portal or the stony figures of the archangels crowning the 
 tower. None of the ornament is meaningless. All of it has obvious 
 or symbolic significance. Of great aid to the architecture are the 
 interesting memorial stones built into the walls of the cloister which 
 are, in this brochure, separately described." 
 
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 he Church auditorium, with the exception of the 
 chapel, is the only room for which there is space 
 for description. In size it is sixty-two feet wide, 
 ninety-five feet long and forty-nine feet high. 
 Aside from its carefully studied proportions it 
 depends for beauty on its Gothic detail in stone and 
 plaster, its carven oak, its great trusses, its emblazoned ceiling and 
 its stained and leaded windows. These, of which a portion only 
 have been installed, cannot be described here for each itself is a 
 story and a picture. The climax of the nave, the focus to which the 
 eye is drawn by all the lines of the architecture is the chancel with 
 its great reredos. It rises forty feet and more and is enriched 
 with three beautiful windows showing our Lord in Glory with 
 Mary and John, and below with painted panels of the angels, 
 Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. At the foot of the reredos is the 
 altar and communion table carved with supporting angels and with 
 the symbols of the Eucharist grapes and wheat sheaves. The oak 
 pulpit bears carved symbols of the ministry and the screen and 
 lectern with flowers and fruits symbols of inspiration and service. 
 The Nave windows are by R. Toland Wright of Cleveland, the 
 Medallions of the windows already installed include such subjects as 
 The Annunciation, The Nativity, The Presentation in the Temple, 
 The Descent into Hell, and The Walk to Emmaus. 
 
 The beautiful reredos window is by the Willett Studios of Phil- 
 adelphia, and depicts our Lord in Glory as revealed to St. John. In 
 the central lancet is shown the Son of Man bearing in His hands the 
 Book of Life with seven seals on which are engraved Alpha and 
 Omega. At our Lord's feet is the rainbow and beneath, the lion, the 
 calf, the eagle and man. The flanking lancets show Mary the mother 
 of Jesus and The Beloved Disciple. 
 
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 |he Chapel is given in loving memory of Lafayette 
 Blr^ ~ J MpS McWilliams and Mary Goodman McWilliams by 
 lH jf^* mi their children. The room is panelled its entire 
 H "% Jp m height with quarter sawed oak. This wainscoting 
 ~^^ *^g|J is crowned with a continuous canopy, elaborately 
 m =^ l ~ carved. Within the canopy occur the symbols of 
 victory and courage, the crown and the shield. Carved angels guard 
 the chancel and in the rail, the lectern and the altar, occur again 
 the symbols of the communion. The ceiling is of plaster richly 
 beamed and modelled. Here occur the rose, symbol of Divine love, 
 and the pomegranate, symbol of Resurrection. Unusually beautiful 
 lead lanterns carrying the pelican, symbol of parental sacrifice, hang 
 from the ceiling. At the back of the room gilded grilles cover the 
 organ case, and opposite, illuminating the room with "stains and 
 splendid dyes" are the beautiful windows by the Willett Studios. 
 The five lancet windows over the chapel altar represent the 
 invitation of Jesus "Suffer the little children to come unto me and 
 forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." Especially 
 interesting is the figure of Our Lord shown as a beardless young man 
 after the conception of Christ on the celebrated chalice of Antioch. 
 This is held by many scholars to be the earliest extant likeness of 
 Jesus. The panels adjacent depict the mothers bringing their chil- 
 dren to Christ while on the extreme left panel is shown the dissent- 
 ing disciples. At the far right is shown an angel symbolizing the 
 Heavenly protection and guidance with which little children are 
 blest. The four west windows depict Daniel, Amos, Isaiah and 
 Gideon. The mediaeval slate floor, the cathedral chairs and the 
 "dim religious light" add to that which has been described in 
 making the chapel an intimate place of worship and meditation. 
 
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 mong the memorial gifts is the beautiful set of 
 Deagan Tower Chimes which have been installed 
 in our tower by a friend in affectionate memory of 
 Ina Law Robertson, a loyal member of the Wood- 
 lawn Park Presbyterian Church and the founder of 
 the Eleanor Clubs. Tower Chimes, such as those 
 made for us by J. C. Deagan, Inc., are becoming more and more 
 widely used in the better churches of America. They are played 
 from the organ console and from an individual electric keyboard 
 in the church office. The tones of "Abide With Me" or "Nearer My 
 God to Thee" falling from the church tower upon the hurrying 
 crowds in the street below, are in themselves a constant and beautiful 
 call to worship. Many a heart will be cheered and many a burden 
 lightened by this ministry of music. There could be no more appro- 
 priate memorial to a beautiful soul and a serviceable life. 
 
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 [he Woman's Parlor, which in fact is the social center 
 of the church, is a commodious room forty-two by 
 twenty-two feet, situated on the second floor above 
 the chapel. Beside the large bay window looking 
 out over Sixty-Fourth Street, its principle feature 
 is a great fireplace of carved stone. The entire 
 room carries out the Gothic design of the whole church. All the 
 furnishings, which were chosen by a committee of the women, were 
 carefully selected so as to enhance the English feeling of the room. 
 Blue, the "Gothic color," which predominates in the Nave and 
 chapel windows, also finds a large place in the furnishings of the 
 parlor. The hangings are of English design and fabric and alto- 
 gether the parlor suggests the ecclesiastical beauty of a cathedral 
 rectory. The adjoining kitchenette adds to the hospitable atmosphere 
 of the room. 
 
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 he minister's study is a spacious room on the second 
 floor. The leaded glass windows and the high 
 carved oak bookcases give a quiet Gothic atmos- 
 phere to the room. The study suggests the library 
 rather than the business office. Its predominating 
 features are a great fireplace of rough brick, a large 
 bay window in five sections overlooking the greenery of the garth, 
 and a great expanse of finely grained oak panelling. The beautiful 
 William and Mary furnishings were in part provided by the 
 Building Committee and in part by special gifts. 
 
 Adjoining the study is the secretary's office and across the hall 
 the general business office making a complete and accessible suite 
 of administrative offices. 
 
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 jjHE great hall of the church which is forty feet by 
 sixty-five feet and seats five hundred people has 
 been called John Knox Hall after the militant 
 saint of Presbyterianism. This room with its pointed 
 windows, its shields, its carved oak and graceful 
 pilasters also carries out the dominating effect 
 of the Gothic. The room is designed as a general social and lecture 
 hall and also as a school assembly room. Its principal feature is a 
 fully equipped stage in front of which hangs a great velour curtain 
 of rich ruby red. John Knox Hall is so located in reference to the 
 kitchen that it may be used as a dining hall for larger church dinners. 
 
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 The Chancel 
 
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 he altar and the cross, the symbol of the mystic 
 meaning of the Christian faith, stand in the center 
 of the chancel. Behind the altar rise the graceful 
 yet massive lines of the reredos with its mural 
 paintings all culminating in the richly colored 
 window, "Christ Enthroned." The altar is flanked 
 by the lectern and the pulpit, both of deeply carved oak rich in 
 symbolism of the Word and its Ministry. 
 
 Far back in the chancel to the left of the altar is the great 
 Moller Organ composed of six units having three thousand three 
 hundred pipes varying from three inches to sixteen feet in length. 
 The organ is rich in Diapasons thus insuring the incomparable 
 "organ tone." The instrument contains seventy stops including 
 chimes and harp. The variety of stops makes possible the orchestral 
 tones and adds generally to the color, sweetness and brilliancy of 
 the organ. The echo organ is located in the southwest corner of 
 the balcony. 
 
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 Historic Stones 
 
 ur collection of historic stones was begun in order to 
 preserve the memory of four former church homes, 
 at one time housing four separate churches, whose 
 congregations all became a part of First Church. 
 We hope that about these stones will cling the 
 affections of generations of worshippers and the 
 rich traditions which are the heritage of First Church. The earliest 
 of these stones is from the First Church building at the northeast 
 corner of Indiana Avenue and Twenty-First Street, which served 
 the church from 1871 to 19 12. Another is from the building 
 erected by the Forty-First Street Presbyterian Church in 1889, at 
 the southwest corner of Grand Boulevard (now South Parkway) 
 and Forty-First Street, which was the home of First Church from 
 19 1 2 to 1926. Another is from the building erected by the Wood- 
 lawn Park Presbyterian Church in 1900 on our present site, and 
 occupied by First Church for a few months following our union 
 with Woodlawn Church. The fourth is from the Sixth Church 
 building, erected in 1880 at the southwest corner of Vincennes 
 Avenue and Thirty-Sixth Street and used by that church until 1 9 1 8 
 when its congregation joined First Church. The Chicago Historical 
 Society has given us a beam from old Fort Dearborn commemorat- 
 ing the fact that First Church was founded in the Fort in 1 83 3. This 
 beam has been placed in the ceiling of our cloister. 
 
 We next sought stones from historic churches beyond our 
 borders. Many friends, old and new, have cooperated most gener- 
 ously in securing for us the stones here listed. In fact there is a 
 story connected with the securing of every stone, and we regret that 
 we cannot here tell of the zeal and devotion displayed by friends in 
 
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 other lands who seized upon this opportunity to show their good will 
 to America. The stones already in place are: 
 
 First Church (Indiana Avenue). 
 
 Forty-First Street Church. 
 
 Woodlawn Park Church. 
 
 Sixth Church. 
 
 Old Rehoboth, Maryland (Oldest Presbyterian Church in 
 America Founded in 1683, Building Erected in 1706). 
 
 St. Andrews (Oldest Presbyterian Church in Toronto). 
 
 Chester Cathedral (A Beautiful Carved Stone Placed in the 
 Cathedral Wall About 1 200 A. D.). 
 
 St. Olave's Church, London. 
 
 Reims Cathedral. 
 
 Stones From Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Solomon's Quarries 
 (Jerusalem). 
 
 Temple of Karnak, Egypt (Carved Image of King Seti I About 
 1 300 B.C.). 
 
 Several stones are in transit, others are promised and plans for 
 still others are developing. Additions are always possible, if suffi- 
 ciently ancient and noteworthy. A mosaic of marbles forming part 
 of the floor of St. Peter's in Rome for four hundred years will soon 
 be in the floor of our chancel. The consistory of St. Peter's in Geneva 
 has inscribed for us and is sending a stone which was in its wall 
 when John Calvin's preaching first made that church famous. 
 
 We hope these stones will promote our fellowship with all who 
 sincerely worship God: that they will help to broaden our vision 
 and our sympathies until they shall reach beyond all bounds and 
 barriers of nation, race or creed and bind us to all mankind in a 
 common human aspiration. These stones are an altar at which we 
 daily ask the Father to make our church indeed, "A house of prayer 
 for all nations." 
 
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 {Mr. Oscar E. eAles/iire 
 
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 William E. Conrow 
 George K. Hollingsworth 
 George W. McKenna 
 J. Stuart Morrison 
 Donald S. McWilliams 
 Claude I. Palmer 
 
 The Session 
 
 William Henry Boddy, [Moderator 
 Francis H. Clark, Vice [Moderator 
 
 Harry V. King Nial L. Brainard 
 
 Russell Middaugh John F. Burhorn 
 
 E. C. Rosseter H. H. Cox 
 
 J. G. Reid H. J. Graham 
 
 James L. Sayler John H. Hospers 
 
 Robert W. Martin 
 
 Deacons 
 
 Thomas H. Keough 
 Russell Middaugh 
 Emlyn R. Richards 
 William R. Ruminer 
 E. G. Throckmorton 
 Henry E. Blake 
 
 Samuel R. Shambaugh, Tresident 
 
 A. A. Chichester 
 Walter J. Evans 
 George P. Lewis 
 Wirt F. Smith 
 Parke Whitmore 
 
 Trustees 
 
 Harry L. Carpenter 
 R. H. Harrison 
 W. F. Henderson 
 Edward H. Morris 
 E. C. Shedd 
 H. C. Venable 
 
 Oscar E. Aleshire 
 H. A. Cuthbertson 
 J. Howard Denny 
 Maxwell S. Green 
 J. E. Slocum 
 Charles H. Spencer 
 
 D. M. Compton, Chairman 
 
 Alexander S. Dale 
 Sheridan E. Fry 
 Emory A. Stedman 
 O. K. Thomson 
 W. J. Davies 
 
 J. H. Beggs 
 J. B. Cornish 
 Fred A. Dow 
 Robert L. Gear 
 Ralph Kennedy 
 J. T. Daniel 
 Henry Spencer Smith, Ex Officio Treasurer 
 
 W. C. Adams 
 
 Miss Alberta Baxter 
 
 J. H. Beggs 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Brink 
 
 Mrs. Charles Burr 
 
 Francis H. Clark 
 
 D. M. Compton 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln M. Coy 
 
 Alexander S. Dale 
 
 J. T. Daniel 
 
 J. Howard Denny 
 
 Miss Ena Douglas 
 
 Frederick A. Dow 
 
 Building Committee 
 
 Oscar E. Aleshire, Chairman 
 
 Sheridan E. Fry 
 Maxwell S. Green 
 
 F. C. Harper 
 
 G. K. Hollingsworth 
 Mrs. L. E. Herrick 
 J. H. Hospers 
 
 Miss Jessica Jenks 
 B. G. Leake 
 Robert W. Martin 
 R. B. Middaugh 
 J. Stuart Morrison 
 Mrs. G. W. McKenna 
 Donald S. McWilliams 
 Mrs. Eugene Wendnagel 
 
 C. I. Palmer 
 Miss Bertha Pirn 
 John S. Reid 
 J. G. Reid 
 Miss Ada Smith 
 J. E. Slocum 
 Henry S. Smith 
 Rowland M. Smith 
 Mrs. W. W. Seymour 
 E. A. Stedman 
 Mrs. O. K. Thomson 
 H. L. Wetherbee 
 W. W. White 
 
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 In ^hCemoriam 
 
 The {M cW illiams (Memorial Chafel 
 
 In memory of Lafayette {M cW illiams and {Mary Goodman {M cW illiams 
 Given by their children 
 
 The Ina Law Robertson {M emorial Tower Chimes 
 
 Erected in memory of Ina Law Robertson by a friend 
 
 The Edward Harvey Curtis {Memorial 'Pulpit 
 Erected by "Circle Ten" 
 
 The Choir Stall 
 
 In memory of Frank J. Smith 
 
 Given by Mrs. Frank J. Smith and family 
 
 The Choir Stall 
 
 In memory of {Mr. and {Mrs. 3 esse G. King 
 Given by {Mr. and {Airs. Harry V . King 
 
 The Jones Educational Room 
 
 In memory of {Mr. and {\4rs. Daniel Jones 
 
 The Wadszvorth Educational Room 
 
 In memory of James Wadszvorth and Emily Whittlesey Wadszvorth 
 Given by their daughter, {Miss <Alice Wadsworth 
 
 The 'Patterson Recreation Hall 
 
 In memory of Harry C. Patterson 
 
 Given by {Mrs. H. C. Patterson and family 
 
 The Patterson Window 
 
 In memory of his friend, Harry C. Patterson 
 Given by Mr. Charles V. McErlean 
 
 The Partridge Window 
 
 In memory of Charles Sumner Partridge 
 
 Given by members of his family 
 The Clark Window 
 
 In memory of cAlice Fiske Clark 
 
 Given by her husband, Francis H. Clark 
 The Parmly Window 
 
 In memory of Samuel P. Parmly 
 
 Given by his zvife, Clara S. Parmly 
 The Pachman-tA dams Window 
 
 Given in memory of their mothers, 
 
 {Mrs. {Mina Pachman and {I4rs. Sallie Dryden Adams 
 
 Py {Mr. and {Mrs. William Carleton .Adams 
 
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 Ministering Memories 
 
 U J 
 
 is we who make our dead so dead." This is the 
 discovery of a bereft father who had learned the 
 secret of keeping vivid the spiritual presence of his 
 loved one through the power of memory and 
 imagination. Some of the most beautiful of the 
 possible memorials in our new First Church have 
 not yet been reserved. There is the great East Window, the Transept 
 Window, the Organ, a number of rooms and other features of the 
 building which would lend themselves most appropriately to keeping 
 fresh and fragrant the memory of some departed one, forever dear. 
 The committee on memorials, Messrs. Boddy, McWilliams and 
 Aleshire, will be glad to talk to anyone interested in the reservation 
 of a memorial. 
 
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 Gracious Gifts 
 
 The following is a list of special gifts which friends have given in addition to their 
 subscriptions to the Church 'Building Fund: 
 
 The Reredos and Window 
 
 Given by £Mr. and -Mrs. William Jlshley Magie 
 
 The Lectern 
 
 Given by "The Quilters ,> 
 
 The Mtar 
 
 Given by The Diakonia Class 
 
 The Cross and Jiltar Vases 
 
 Given b\ The Mizpah Circle 
 
 The zAcousticon 
 
 Given by Mrs. F. H. Wright 
 
 The T)esk and Two Chairs for Pastor's Study 
 Given by The South Shore Circle 
 
 The Library Table for "Pastor's Study 
 
 Given by The Young Women's Bible Class 
 
 The Funds for Decorating the 'Beginners' and Primary Rooms and 
 Providing Curtains for the Windows 
 Given by Mrs. D. M. Compton, Mrs. John Beeks, 
 Mrs. Emma R. Beeks and Mrs. Sarah Trees 
 
 The Electric Clock 
 
 Given by Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Compton 
 
 The Electric Refrigerator 
 
 Given by M.r. and 34rs. William C . Gibson 
 
 The Steam Table 
 
 Given by The 'Dorcas Circle 
 
 The Stage Curtain 
 
 Given by <Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Compton 
 
 The Hagan Window 
 
 Given by Mr. Oscar Hagan, 
 
 an Elder of the Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago 
 
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 The Artists and Craftsmen 
 
 who have contributed most largely to the erecting 
 
 of the building are: 
 
 Tallmadge and Watson, Chicago, ^Architects 
 
 Willett Stained Glass and Decorating Studios, Philadelphia 
 
 Wright Stained Glass Studios, Cleveland 
 
 Moller Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland, Pipe Organ 'Builders 
 
 Mrs. Percival Myall, Evanston, Designer of {Mural "Paintings 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Eberle, Chicago, Designer of ^Models for Stone Work 
 
 Ossit Brothers, Incorporated, Milwaukee, Chancel and Peivs 
 
 American Seating Company, Chicago, Chapel Woodwork 
 
 Conrad Schmitt Studios, Milwaukee, Lighting Fixtures 
 
 H. R. Bonnewitz, Van Wert, Ohio, Lead Chandeliers in Chapel 
 
 J. C. Deagan, Chicago, ^Memorial Tower Chimes 
 
 American Heating and Plumbing Company, Chicago 
 
 John J. Kratz, Chicago, Sanitary Engineering Plumbing 
 
 Kalteaux and Brown, Chicago, Plasterers 
 
 Casey Electric Company, Chicago 
 
 Stedman Products Company, Chicago, Rubber Tile Flooring Contractors 
 
 R. C. Wiebold Company, Chicago, General Contractors 
 
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