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Seminary. But his tenure proved controversial because of his high-church style and traditionalist theological approach, which limited the role of girls and women in church services. A large number of congregants left the parish in the years following
Olmstead's appointment, including a substantial
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it stands it will be a coincidence." Wenzler's daughter writes that workmen on the building site were also terrified the roof would collapse, since its flexible shape meant it moved whenever someone walked on it.
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The original clear windows were designed to display the gardens outside as a work of God. They were later replaced with etched windows featuring Bible proverbs and images.
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