In 1878, Pastor Horner established three parish churches throughout the Crystal River Valley. All of the congregations held fund raisers to build a manse in Marble Springs. The Pastor held services in the Marble Edifice on the first and third Sundays of each month and travelled to Carbondale and Redstone for the other Sundays. The church closed its doors in 1931. In addition to the traditional words on the church door1, the church embraced the inscriptions on the Marble Edifice for their own:
Inscribed on the pillars of the Marble Edifice are:
Text 1:
We look to you, ladies, to uphold the sanctity of the Lord.
Ladies, the purity you instill in your sons forms the foundation of the church; the charities you foster in your homes build the walls of the church; and the love, honor, and obedience you freely give your husbands forms the pillars that hold the walls of this church upright.
Text 2:
We, the lesser sex, mold the
morals of the greater world.
We, the weaker sex, fight on
for temperance and peace.
We, the fairer sex, fashion our young
into upright pillars of the community.
Let us then petition the stronger sex
to grant us the tools we need for these allotted tasks.
Rachel Cole's address to the Ladies Aid Society,Why Ladies Require the Vote,
September 7th, 1889.
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It's Marriage
Pastor Horner and his wife
Jordan Harmon and Leah Cole
Fred Keeperly and Laura Harmon
Joe Cattering and Billie Rose Murphy
Michael Nolan and miriam-nolan
Bart Morrison and Ruby Mateson
Bart Morrison and Lizzie Morrison
It's Family
Pastor Horner and his wife had Ephraim Horner, Josiah Horner, Saul Horner, Lottie Horner, and Mariah Horner.
It's Hatred
Taints
Dancing
White Owl Saloon
It's Friends
Coles
Coopers
Grangers
Harmons
Millers
Smiths
It's Business
Graveyard
Pastor Horner
Davidsons
Old Joe
It's Complicated
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Caroline Croft
Victoria Green
Turners
Stoners
Penny and Ida
White Owl
Jensons
Matesons
It’s a secret tearing at the soul
It’s a secret growing in the soul
It's outside the wall
Billie Rose
Old Joe
Bridget
Sarah
Miss Sing
Ilsa
Hatsuki
Rubensteins
Missy
Hezekiah
Ivy
Charity
Kevin
Catriona
The Washerwoman