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THE OLD FIRST" AT F1FTKENTH AKD DAVETNPORT STREETS.
I of the First Baptist church marks
opment of this denomination In
Omaha and In the state. 1
Baptist work began In Omaha In 1836,
when Rev. Stephens opened a mission in
a small building at the southeast corner
of Capitol avenue and Fifteenth street, and
continued work until 1857. In 1858 the
First Baptist church was organized. Rev.
J." W. Daniels of Glenwood, la., preached
the recognition sermon, and Rev. O. W.
Barnes became the first pastor. He came
from New York state urder the appoint-
, ment of the Home Mission society and or-
' ganlsed churches also at Florence, Cum
ing City and Bellevue. He left Omaha the
following year, and during the period of
the civil war the church seems to have
made little or no progress. But in I860
the work was revived and services were
held In the court house, which then stood
upon the corner now occupied by the Pax
ton block. The following year Rev. W. J.
Kermott of Almond, N. Y., having com
west some years before aa a missionary
of the Home Mission society, became pas-
tor of thla church, and continued till 1870,
during which time the church made encour
aging -progress.
Shortly after Mr. Kermott began hla
work a lot was purchased on the corner
ef Davenport and Fifteenth streets, and a
foundation put In for a brick edifice. The
church being unable to go forward with
the enterprise, a temporary wooden struc
ture was built upon the foundation. After
having been occupied for several years, this
building was bought and removed by the
Swedish Baptist church. In 1870-71, during
the pastorate of Rev. J. W. Daniels, the
basement of the new building was com
pleted and occupied for church work. Sev
eral brief pastorates followed and the
church had little growth until In 1878, Rev.
H. B.- Jameson became pastor. He
served with marked efficiency till 1880.
During this time the membership showed
an encouraging increase, and good work
waa done in paying a? floating indebtedness.
Erection ot Old First.
Iwe pastorate of Rev. J. W. Harris, ex
tending from 1880 to 1886, covered an impor
tant period in the history of the church.
The work of completing the building waa
at onoe undertaken and It waa dedicated
In 1881. The property bad cost 143,000. Ten
thousand dollars of thla ameunt had been
secured from the Missionary society in
New York as a gift and J10.00Q aa a loan.
The latter, however, waa soon pain in full,
Mr. W. T. Seaman giving one-third of the
amount. The membership Increased dur
ing thla pastorate from 150 to 407. During
the last two years of this pastorate the
membership was greatly reduced by per
sons withdrawing to start four new enter
prises. Rev. A. W. Lamar, from South Carolina,
was the next pastor, serving from 1887 to
1891. Large congregations and encouraging
church growth marked this period. The
building at this time was repaired at a
cost of tE.OOO, and membership Increased
from 12$ to Stil.
, In 1893 Rev. W. P. Hellings became pas
tor and continued until 1K. Thla waa a
period of iniportant changes. December 4,
1894, the building at the corner of Daven
port and Fifteenth street, which had long
been the center of the life and activities
of the church, burned. After worshiping a
year in the Young Men'a Christian aaao-
' elation building a new site was secured at
Thirty-fifth and Farnam streets and a tem
porary building waa provided. After contin
uing work at the location for about a year
Dr.. Hellings resigned and waa succeeded by
Rev. T. L. Ketraan, who served till Sep
tember 1, 1898. Shortly afterward measures
were taken which led to the union of this
. church with the Beth Eden Baptist church.
Thla union will be referred to mora fully.,
further on.
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Branches Mpread Out.
It-la now necessary tu go back and not
the beginnings of other interests growing
out of the First church. There axe at pie
nt thre coloyrd Baptist churches, two
Swedish churches, one German church and
six Kngllsh speaking churchea in Omaha
and South Otiiaha, all directly or Indireo.ly
connected with the old First church. Also
a number of members were dlamlaeed to
aitsltit in forming a church In Council
Bluffs. In 180 this work ot going OJt icgan
when the Tabernacle church was organ
ised. But It became apparent that there
was not at that time a demand for an- '
other Baptist church and, soon thla .body
disbanded and went buck to the First
church. But aa Omaha grew It, in time,
became evidont that new Baptist churches
muat be organiaed.
March IS, 1SSA, Rev. F. A. Genius and
eleven others were given letter to orgauise
a German Baptist churc.
In 1&86 a mission chapel waa built on
Twenty-fourth, near Cuming street, at a
cost of 11.300, The work her developed
rapidly and on November XX 1884, latter
were granted to forty-eight persons to
form the Calvary Baptist church. The mla
alon property waa given to the new eoc ety.
This church now ha a membership f over
4 and occupies a fine new edlnce oa the
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streets. '
Several other ohurches were organized
largely "by members from the First church.
: ' Prosataeat !f.n la Memershlp.
The membership llat of this old church
has the names of many men and women
who have been intimately connected with
the life and growth of Omaha. Its board
of trustees la 1867 waa made up of Darius
Pearce, William H. Churchill, Thomas
Bonner and Watson B. Smith. The last
named was a colonel in the army, United
States commissioner and clerk of the fed
eral court, was shot at the door of his
office in the old custom house in 1SS1. a
martyr to the cause of civic righteousness.
A fearless defender of the law, he fell at
the hand of a cowardly assassin.
But the present First Baptist church, a
already suggested, Is a union of the old
First church and the Beth Eden church.
Thla sketch therefore calls for the nar
rating bf the history of this latter organ
ization. In the early '80s the rapid growth of
Omaha to the southwest and the rapid de-.
velopmant of the Hanscom park district
mad It apparent that a Baptist church
was needed In that portion ot the city. On
November 4, 1886, forty-eight persons hav
ing received letters from the old First
church organized a' new society, . to be
known aa the Beth Eden Baptist church.'
Of the -forty-eight constituent members
thirteen are still connected with the church.
The earlier meetings of this- new organiza
tion were held In the homsa of Mr. A. M.
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3yT. LOUIS, Oct. 2t (Correspondence
sf I o'f The Bee.) I give you today
1 A Via mritH Tip ThAOdOP Ta,M
the kaiser's commissioner genera-,
on the Twentieth Century Oer.
many. Dr. Lewald la one of the high offl-
clala ot the Oerman empire. He is con
nected with the interior department ' and
la one of the Imperial privy councillors.
He was commissioner from Germany to the
exposition at Paris, and he has had every
thing to do with the exhibit at St. Louis.
Before giving my talk with him I. would
say a word about the German exhibit. It
Is on of the finest and most complete of
all sent in from abroad. The emperor is
anxious to Inoreas the friendly relations
which obtain between the United States
and Germany, and he has don all in his
power for the BL Louis exposition. This
can b seen by visiting the imperial Ger
man pavilion, which 1 composed of rooms
copied after some of the most famous
apartments of the Imperial palaces. The
emperor has sent over his own paintings
and tapestry for these rooms, and in one
of them are cases containing his wedding
presents. Indeed, the pavilion vie In'
beauty with many of the palaoea of Europe,
showing what the Germane can do to re
produce the glories of their historic past.
The exhibits In the other buildings show
the live, up-to-date, aclentlflo, pushing. In
dustrious, thrifty Germany ot today. It
would take column to describe them,' and
I will only say tnat they indicate the won
derful advance that that nation Is mak
ing along educational. Industrial and so
cial lines. I am told that the German gov
ernment haa spent more than 31,000.000 oa
Its exhibit, outside the money spent by th
Individual exhibitors.
American, aad Genuaa, Workmen.
The first part of my talk with Dr. L
wald waa devoted to the American work
Ingman in comparison with the German.
Dr. Lewaid had to use the American 'mm
borer to put up hla great buildings and te
arrange hla exhibits. He don't think much
of him. Said hie:
"I can't understand how th . United
Statea can hold Its own In the markets of
the world it th labor conditions of St.
Louts are typical of those of th rest-of
th country. W have bad a terrible time
her whenever w have had to employ
American workmen, We used them la
erecting our buildings and the wages wer
outrageous We have paid tl an hour to
common mechanics who in Germany would
be considered second class workmen. The
would work only elifnt hours per day, and
it we found fault with their work or asked
them to remedy any defects in It they
would throw up th job and leave. They
seemed to have no desire to please us,
and their sole object was to put in th
time and get th money. On of our Oer
man mechanics, who came over with us,
thought the conditions outrageous. I don't
know that similar ones prevail through
out the United States, but if they do they
cannot but work to your industrial Injury.
"What I your situation as to labor mat
ters. Dr. Lewald?"
"We have our troubles, too, but we are
far better off than you are. Our people are
more willing to give a fair day's work for
a fair day's wag and they are yearly be
coming mora skil ful through our technical
schools, which are now to be found in
every Industrial center."
"What are yea doing In Insuring your
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John R. Webster.
Clarke and Mr. J. IL Dumont Later the
St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church
was secured for a Sunday afternoon, and
a Thursday evening moating. It was about
five months before the first pastor, Rev.
H. L. House, was secured.
Start of Beth Eden.
Immediately after organization steps were
taken to secure property and a loj was
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Germany of the
worklngmenT"
"More than almost any other country,"
was the reply. "The movement for work
men's lnsuranoe began with Emperor Wll
helm L He proposed It In a message In
1S81, and the sentiment in favor of it has
so grown since then that we have a regular
system of lnsurarico under the control of
th government, by which every German
workman receives financial assistance In
case of accident, sickness and invalidity or
old age. More than 3300,000 is dally spent
In this way upon the protection of our
worklngmen, and in a single year some
thing like 5,000,000 persons receive help of
on kind or another from this source. In
the seventeen years from 188S to 1901 60,000,
000 people were so benefited. They received
all told about 31.000,000,000.
"The money for this Insurance fund,"
continued Dr. Lewald, "is raised by a tax
of about 4 per cent on the wages of the
employes, two-thirds of which is borne by
th employes and one-third by the em
ployer. In addition to this there are wo k.
Ingmen's clubs wklch give benefits to their
members in sickness, and we have associa
tions providing for indemnities in case of
accident or death,
"The Insurance against Invalidity includes
o!d age. Every German workman over 70
geta a pension, and if one of the Insured
becomes an Invalid through accident he.
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BUILDINO COMMITTEE WHICH HAD CHARGE OF ERECTION OF NEW CHURCH.
purchased for 37,000 on Park avenue, Just
south of Leavenworth street . Upon this
lot a building was erected at a cost of
310.162.28 and dedicated March K, 1883. Dr.
H. C. Woods of St. Paul, Minn., preached
the dedication sermon. Mr. J. A. Sunder
land, chairman of the present building com
mittee, presented the report of a similar
committee on that occasion.
This church was self-supporting from the
also, la pensioned. There are now mor
than 13.000.000 persons insured as to In
validity. "In addition to this the insurance fund
has accumulated a reserve capital ot about
3375,000,000, which is being used for the
general benefit of the worklngmen. Through
it we are constructing worklngmen's
dwellings, hospitals, homes for traveling
men, public baths, systems of waterworks
and other sanitary improvements. Indeed,
it seems to me that our system of work
lngmen's insurance ia excellent."
Do Expositions Pay
The conversation here turned to the St.
Louis exposition, and I asked Dr. Lewald
whether he thought that it paid his gov
ernment and Its exhibitors to show their
wares at such places. He said:
"We cannot tell whether this exposition
will pay Germany for the trouble It is
spending uin iu That Ii a matter for the
future trade to determine. There is a
prejudice cgalrwn American exposl Ions
among our manufacturers, owing to your
high duties. They say: 'What Is tie use
of our trying to compete when we are
taxed 45 per cent by the customs house?
This tax makes It out of the question for
Germany to send many of Its products to
the United States, and the remit is that
our exhibit here does not adequattly rep
resent the Industries of th country, it is
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beginning and among Its earlier acts was
the adoption of a schedule for benevolent
collections. At Its first regular annual
business meeting January, 1887, Dr. E. E.
Womersley, J. L. Worley and J. 8. Rich
ardson were chosen deacons and J. H. Du
mont, A. M., Clarke and J. A. Sunderland
trustees. x
Mr. House's pastorate continued until
March 31, 1891. The church membership
Twentieth
fine In comparison with that of other mv
tions, but It Is limited to a few branches
of trade. We have, for instance, a good
drug and chemical d-splay and a fair ex
hibit of art works. Transportation is well
shown and the government exhibit U large.
I do not know that the cost -of, the indus
trial exhibit will be repaid by a p.opoitljn
ate Increase of orders of such goods as are
shown. Sometimes it pays; sometimes not.
We had a great difficulty to get our manu
facturers to exhibit at Par., but those
who did so gov a large busi,.eis. Take th
inventors and makers of Kalserzlnn, for
instance. They hod a big trade during th
fair and at the close they opened an es
tablishment In Paris near the opera and
they are doing business there still. One of
our piano factors made a . great deal of
money from the French through his dis
play at Paris, and this was the case with
many othera.
The Kaiser Oar Friend.
"The proflts of these expositions are not
only commercial," continued Dr. Lewald,
"they are political and social aa well. That
fair at Purls did much to wipe out the hard
feeling the French held as to th Germans.
We made many friends there, and as a re
sult the anil-German sentiment is dying
out Our exhibit here at tit. Louis is largely
a matter ot luieriwtlonul friendship. The
emperor and his people loot upon th
United Statea as their triend, and we want
t? take part In any International affair of
this nature fathered by you. At the pres
ent time the United States is much looked
up to In Germany and American goods are
very popular. Indeed, they are Quito the
mode."
"What does our trade with you amount
toT"
"In 1902 it was about 3340,030,000, or which
more titan 323O,OO0,uuu was made up of our
purchases from you and a little over 1112.
000,000 of what you bought from us. We
buy more than twice as much from the
United State as we sell to it. We buy
more from it than from any other nation,
and next to Great Britain we are your best
customer. It must be remembered, how
aver, that much of our purchases consist
of food and raw material, and that we soli
you chiefly manufactured articles."
Th American Shoe la Germany.
"How about the American shoe?" I asked.
"That is an anomaly which our people
cannot underslsnd. They say there is no
reason why shoes made here should be sold
In such quantities in Germany. We hav
th same leather that you have. W im
port our machinery and our workmen are
better than yours. Nevertheless, your shoes
continue to compete with ours In our home
msrketa I can only explsln it by the fact
that you make shoes In such large quanti
ties that you may be able to make them
Cheaper."
"How are your colonies doing, Dr. Le
wald?" I asked.
"Fairly well," was the reply. "W hope
they will psy us In time. We have a vest
territory In our colonial possesi ons. They
are altogether more than 1.000.000 square
miles, or mor than Ave times as large as
Germany Itself. Ws are developing some of
them and prospecting others. In German
East Africa we are raising cotton, and In
German Southwest Africa we are experi
menting with cattle. Bom of these lands
are so new that w do not know yet )ust
what they contain nor what they will produce.
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snore than doubled during thla time. In
creasing from 62 to 135.
Rev. E. N. Harris became pastor October
12, 1891, and after a succeseful pastorate of
nearly two years resigned his charge and
went as a missionary to Burma, Asia,
where he and his devoted wife are still
laboring.
Period of Steady Growth.
Mr. Harris had been gone from the
church less than two months, when Rev.
D. D. Odell, Ph.D., of Peoria, 111., waa se
cured to take up the work. Dr. Odell'a pas
torate continued two yeara and was char
acterized by great activity and aggressive
ness. Many were added to the church, the
membership increasing from 146 to 275. Au
gust 31, 1SS15, greatly to the regret of the
church, Dr. Odell closed his pastorate to
take up work at Lansing. Mich., where the
very existence of the church was imperiled
by a crushing debt. Dr. Odell believed that
however promising the work In W3maha he
must go to rescue the Michigan church,
which work he nobly performed.
The following November Rev. W. W.
Everta came from Haverhill, Mass., to the
pastorate of this church and remained two
years. While this period was not marked
by large additions to the church, it was
a time of careful organization and helpful
instruction. - Mr. Everts resigned to accept
a call to St. Paul, Minn. He waa suc
ceeded March 5, 1838, by Rev. C. B. Allen,
,D. D., whose pastorate continued for tnre
years.
Shortly after his entrance upon his work
negotiations were begun with the First
Baptist church, then located at Thirty
fifth and Farnam streets, looking toward
Century
Is not Germany overcrowded?"
"I do not think so," said th Imperial
German commissioner. "We hav a large
population In proportion to our area, but so
far we have plenty of room. We have now
almost 69,000.000 people. This is 20,000.000
less than the United States, and we are In
creasing at the rate of 2.000,000 or 3,000,000 a
year."
America German Nation.
"How about your emigration? Is It as
great as in th past?"
"No; business is now good, and everyone
has plenty to do. Our emigrants Inoreas
during hard times and fall off when times
are good. So far' you have bad the bulk of
the Germans who have gone abroad. It is
estimated that 5,000,000 of our people hav
como her since 1820, and that now one
sixth ot all your population have German
blood In their veins."
"What kind of Germans come to this
country?"
"A very good class. The lowest classes
have not the money to go away, and they
do not consider foreign emigration se-
rlously,' although they do move from one
part of Germany to another. We are now
having a considerable exodus from th
farms to the cities, but that la going on all
over Europe and to some extent here."
"Then the towns are growing at the ex
pense of the country?"
"Yes, the movement away from th farms
began shortly after 1871. Since then th
town population has gained 16.000,000."
"Give me the size of your biggest cities,
Dr. Lewald," said I.
"I will reply to that after the American
method, taking each city and it Immediate
suburbs. The Greater Berlin has now 2,634,
000; Hamburg, 988.000; Essen, 758,000; Dres
den, 63I.0C0; Lelpslg, 606,000; Munich, 626,000;
Barmen Elberfeld, 519,000; Cologne, 481.000;
Breslau, 475,000; Frankfort-on-the-Maln,
439.000, and six other cities over 300.000 each.
We have 1,000 towns ranging between 6,000
and 1C0.O0O and thirty-three of more than
100.000 each. Altogether more than one
vixth of our people now live in towns of
100.0CO or over."
The Germans as Maaafwetnrera.
"I suppose the Increase In the cities In
dicates the change of Germany from an
agricultural to a manufacturing nation?"
"Yes. At the time of the Franco-Prussian
war a great many of our people were en
gaged In farming. Today there are more
working at Industrial pursuits than upon
the farms, and th farm population stead
ily decreases. The tendency is to large fao-,
tortes rather than small ones. It used to
be that we had1 a vast number of workmen
who carried on their trades In tholr own
homes, and there were many small manu
facturers. These are decreasing, and es
tablishments managed with large, capital
are Increasing."
"How about your trusts?"
"We hav some, but not on such a scale
as your."
"Have you many rich people?"
"W hav many well-to-do from a Ger
man standpoint, but very few rich from
the American standpoint. We have, you
know, an Income tax, and we can tell Just
what everyone owns. According to the as
sessments in TrusHla. which country has
about three-fifths of our people, ther ar ,
a large numoer or millionaires, uui mill
ion marks is equal to only about 1:60 000,
so that they do not represent a very great
amount, after all."
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the uniting of th two Churches.'
Union of Two Churches.
This union was effected October 18, 1391,
and the following resolutions wer adopted
by the united church:
Resolved, First, That It Is a union of th
First Baptist church and the Beth Eden
Baptist church under the corporate or
ganization of the Beth Eden Baptist church
und under the corporate name of th First
Baptist church.
Second, That such union is not th ab
sorption of either church by the other, but
a voluntary union of the two for the better
upbuilding of the Master's cause.
The membership of the combined churches
amounted to 443. But many of these wer
nonresidents, and a thorough revision of
the list reduced the number to 845 on Jan
uary 1, 1902.
Shortly after the beginning of the pres
ent pastorate, February 1, 1902, steps wer
taken looking toward the ereotlon of a
new house of worship. The following
were appointed as a building committee:
J. A, Sunderland, H. H. Baldrlge, John It.
Webster, Amos Field, D. L. Shane and
E. E. Womersley. This committee began
at one to look tor a site, and on January
tS. 1903, the lot on the southeast corner of
Park avenue and Harney street was unani
mously selected by the church. This lot
faces 170 feet on Park avenue and 135 oa
Harney street snd cost about 39,000. On
Easter Sunday, April 12, 1903, pledges wer
taken for the new building amounting te
nearly 330,000. John McDonald of Omaha
was selected as architect and work would
have been, commenced at once had It not 1
been for th general strike at that time. . ,'
Laying; of the Cornerstone.
The building was begun October 29, 1903.
The cornerstone waa laid with appropriate
exercises January 14, 1904. Dr. W. M.
Walker of Des Moines, la., delivering th
principal address. D. L. Shane has been
Superintendent of construction and th
work haa been done with marked satisfac
tion to all concerned.
The building is a departure from ordi
nary church architecture and presents an
imposing appearance. The style f archl- ,
tecture Is Italian rennaissance. The length
is 112 feet, width 70, height 64.
All exterior
walls are pressed brick, with Bedford ston
trimmings. It Is cruciform In shape, with
an octagonal dome. The principal feature
of the front Is a portico thirty-three feet
In height, supported by six Ionic stone
columns twenty feet high snd two feet In
diameter. Under this portico ia the main
entrance, which Is reached by a flight of
stone steps twenty feet wide.
The features of th north and south sides
are the projection' of transepts, with pedi
ments, and rich art glass windows. In
fact, one of the striking features of th
building Is the beautiful art glass through
out the entire structure. A large base
ment, wholly above ground, on the Harney
side, is divided by rolling partitions Into
parlors and Sunday school rooms, with
all the modern appliances for church work.
Immediately back of the pulpit and under
the organ and choir is a Mezzonlne story,
where are located the pastor's study, choir
room- bln room, toilet and so forth.
Th main entrance leads Into a vesti
bule, twelv by thirty-eight feet, from
which broad oak stairs 'lead to th gal
lery above and also to the basement. Th
auditorium, occupying the main part et
the building, is sixty-six by sixty-six feet,
not Including the galleries. The vaulted
celling, forty feet high, Is finished In th
center with a skylight of art glass, twenty
feet in diameter.
Fine Interior Finish,
Th Interior wood work and furniture
are of quarter sawed white oak, with a
rich old English finish. The heating Is
direct steam and very special attsntlon has -been
given to a thorough system of ven
tilation. The organ, built by the Austin Organ
company of Hartford, Conn., Is an Instru
ment of great 'range and power. It is really
five organs In one. Great organ, swell or
gan, orchestral organ, pedal organ and
solo or "echo" organ.
The entire cost of the building and fur
nishings, including the organ, was about
361,000, making the cost of the entire prop
erty 300,000.
The work of the church Is prosperous.
The present memberehlp is 435, and It Is
confidently expected that the annual meet
ing r.ext Thursday evening will show all
current bills paid and the balance due on
the new building all covered with sutUfao
tory pledges. There will be no mortgage
placed on the property.
The dedicatory re'rvlces will be held Sun
day morning, October 23, at 10:30 o'clock.
Rev. M. W. llsynes, D. D of Chicago will
preach. In the evening there will be a
special organ Installation service.
On Monday at 8 p. m. there will be a re
ception and fellowship meeting, with greet
ings from other churchea.
Tuetday at I p. m. will be g'vn an orgtn
recital and concert, with Prof, J. Louis
Browne, the noted organist, and Pi of.
Hans Albert, the celcbiated violinist, g v
Ing th leading numbers on the program.
Wednesday evening will be given to his
torical sketches and rem'nlsornces.
Thursday evening, annual banquet, roll
call and bualnres.
Friday evening a rally of th Trt-Clty
and Omaha Association of th Baptist
Young Peoples' union. i. W. CONLk-f.
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