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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1890)
WEST SHORE. GRACE M. E. CHURCH, PORTLAND. u ITHIN the past year three large and handsome church odificea have been erected on Tenth street, Portland, and that thoroughfare, pos pecking also the Talwrnacle, hag lecoinc the chief church street of the city. Two of these, the First Presbyterian and the Jewish Synagogue, have been illustrated in Wkst Siiohe, and on the last page of thin issue is presented a fine engraving of tho tWrd, the elegant structure recently dedicated an Grace M. E. Church, standing on the northwest corner of Tenth and Taylor streets. Grace church is an outgrowth of the Taylor street church, the leading organization in this conference and for years the only Methodist church in Portland. From it had sprung Centenary church, of East Tort land, and St. Paul's, formerly known as Hall street church, before Grace was organized. The growth of the denomination Wing so large and continuous, it was decided in to organize a new society, and at the conference at Salem that year Grace church was oflicially organized and Kcv. E. W. Caswell assigned to the pastorate by 15ishop Fowler. A neat chajel was built on the corner of Eleventh and Taylor, and under Mr. Caswell's ministration the society grew rapidly in numbers and inlltience. In 1K7 Kcv. Koss C. Hough ton succeeded to the pastorate, and under his charge Grace church has made remarkable progress. It soon became evident that a more commodious and pernio nent edifice was required to fully equip the society for its work and to accommodate its growth, and plans were laid for building such a structure. The adjoining quarter block was purchased and plans were drawn for a building to cott f 10,0(10, which figure, however, has been somewhat exceeded. The entire structure and fittings cot f.Vi.OOO, including a large and 'excellent pijo organ which cost f.1,000 and was the gift of Mrs. Mary A. Smith. The entire church projrrty is worth I'.MMXK), and upon it is a debt of only f 10,(JO, so that Grace church stands in a mt excellent financial con dition. Work was legunon the building August 22. IMS, and the corner stone wa laid February M, IHVJ, with the asfiftance of Pinhop Warren. It was completed early in Hm-mlrr, and on the fifteenth was formally dedicated, the pulpit platform bring occupied by Iter. IUss C. Houghton, the pastor, Iter. E. W. Cam t il, Iter. I. I). Hrivcr, Key. M. C. Wire, prrsidirg tllr, Iter. G. W. In r and Ilev. W. S. Harrington. The ded icatory ad 1mm was delivered by the pastor. The structure U of combination stone and wood, of a general colonial style of arihitnture, and prrsrnt a pleading and substantial aparar.ce. The lower tory is of vol id sUne. and tlic large tower on the cor ner is principally of the same material. The remain der of the edifice is finished in wood in a style to give the general appearance of a stone building throughout. Tho lower lloor contains the lecture room, church par lors, Sunday school room and kitchen, ami in the cel lar below are tho heating apparatus, fuel, etc. The entrance to the main auditorium is through a mnssive stone archway on Taylor stm t, and by a short (light of stairs to the second lloor. The audience room is square, CIxOI feet, the main lloor seating MO jx-ople and the gallery 2.V). At the dedicatory services the full seating capacity was used, including chairs in all available spaces, and many were compiled to stand. Tho finishing of the interior is artistic and pleasing, and in every particular the church is one In which tho essentials of use and comfort are most happily com bined. .-.-awB pib . ......... A SNOWSTORM ON THE RANGE. THE large engraving in tho center of this number Is a most realistic and striking picture of one phase of life on tho great cattle ranges of the west. The cow liy comes in for much ahuie at tho hand of tho comic artist, and in opular estimation he is a blustering, roistering half outlaw, but one degree U tter than a stage robler or wild Indian. This is a snout unjust and erroneous estimate of tho characterises of a class of men whose business calls for the exhibition of courage, steadiness and fidelity unsurpassed by any other known, not even by the locomotive engineer. A glance at tho engraving r f rr l to will convince one of this fact. It shows a man riding the rang" during onu of those- relentless blizzards s frequent on the wind swept plains of the west, literally taking his lif in his hands at the cull of duty. When them storms oerur, and it U comes necessary to !k after the rattb? to k p them stirring, the cow boy form th? pitiless storm with as much courage as ever soldier faced a lattery and with more actual sum-ring. No greater exhibition of daring has ever ln mad? than is calbd for from th cow boy when there is a stamjd of cattle under bis chargr, and more than one has lt hi I if" in h!s f-tith fulness to his trust in such an rm-rg-n y. That there are wild and re kbss cow lys and that their mod of life girei an oj.jortunity for th development of such traits is tru", but it is aU true that th ir calling dm), oj courage drrotin to duty, uncomplaining rndur sure of hardship and a spirit of mutual confld m e and reliance In times of danger. TlVro are, of course, among them men who ar of a naturally brutal and bullying disposition, but all riders of the range should not jf tlad with lhe any more than every villajrrr should U placrd on a 1ml with the town bully, or twy resident of a tity with th toughs of his ward.