The First Curate Of Harris Hall

BUILDS A FINE NEW CHURCH IN ELKHART, INDIANA

The Success That Has Crowned the Labors of Rev. William Galpin, a Native of This County

Rev. William Galpin, who was born in Superior, and who was the first curate at Harris hall, is meeting with great success in his rectorate of St. John's church, Elkhart, Ind. In 1895 he began a project for the erection of a new church and it has just been completed, with furnishings, at a cost of $33,000. It is one of the most beautiful and artistic church edifices in Indiana. It is constructed of native field stone, while its interior is rich with memorial gifts and symbols of the faith. All the furnishings of chancel and sanctuary are memorials, as are also the Windows of the nave and chanced. Since Rev. Mr. Galpin became rector of the church the communicant list has grown from 50 to 225.