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Show IT'S A COBBLESTONE CHURCH. H An Unusual Edifice Put Up by the H Baptists of Elmhurst, L. I. HH Built of cobblestones and on linos BH suggostod by au old monastery of BH feudal tlmos tho new Baptist Church HH at Elmhurst, L. I., ls ono of tho most H novol bits of church architecture on Long Island. Tho church stands on BS Whltnoy avonuo and over sinco Its ' picturosque walls began to tako shape B it has attracted attention. Thousands H of passengers travollng to and fro by M trolley and railroad havo wondorcd at JB tho quaint structure, BB il ls fifty years slnco a Baptist con- M grcgatlon existed ln tho vicinity of B Elmhurst, which waB formerly tho old vlllago of Nowtown. Following tlio ! closp ot tho civil war tho Baptist So- fl doty In that vlllago dissolved and B two years ago tho Itov. William J. B r- i . Noblo, a graduato of Brown unlver- 'BB slty organized n now socloty and ect BV about the erection ot ' tho proscnt Bjf church. Now York Sun. B |