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Show CHICAGO CHURCH . PLAfJSTEMPLE Windy City MethodiaU Aik Bid on Loop .Structure fTHlCAOO, May 11 Flaag far Thl cago's City Temple,' as the col nana I atructure to be erected by the Methodist Metho-dist faith In tha heart af th city great loop la called, go ea apace. Thia bnusiual downtown plaoe af worahtp will he built on the mine of tha aid Flrat Mat hod let aCplecopal church, wrecking of which will beg I a aooa, It Is announced. Hlda for the erection of the it building, plans for which are now view at tha old rhurch, are betag taken, (leorge W. Dlaon, proa Idea t of the trustees says one hundred and eleven rontractora have already submitted bide. The church alma I cling to Its policy pol-icy of the paat hy keeping Ita doora open th year round for the vlattors la the loop, holding Ite regular eervlcee each Sunday aa formerly. Tt la expected ex-pected that the Sunday evhool. which for long has haen considered on of the moat Interesting In the land, will prove even more popular la th church's new home. While tba property will be held by one denomination, narrow sectarian lam will be forgotten. Ita service and mlnlatry will be Irrespective of creed or race, with contemplated humanitarian humanita-rian policies and social aervlc work day and night throughout tha year. Tha basic Ule of this downtowa temple tem-ple Is sat forth In tha "City Four-aquara, Four-aquara, a church periodical: "Kront ' tng the sky In this great buslneee can , ter, this temple will ba a constant reminder re-minder of the upper and eternal mean-i mean-i Ings of life, aa doea Trinity chuch 1 standing; at the head of Wall Street in I New York City. Tha market places of ; old England hava atone cross m tha I center. Ho In tha heart of Chicago's I commercial loop this flty Temple' 1 will speak to men of God, and of the I larger oatreaches and moral slgrnlfl-rance slgrnlfl-rance of life, and that the spiritual I t allies are ever paramount. While men ! are seeking; rold It will remind them l of God. It will be the moat significant signifi-cant foeua point tn tha loop." , |