eleven o'clock
The singing had in it the spontaneous rhythm of hearts transported by resistless feeling . For half an hour they stood and sang the old familiar hymns whose sentences were wet with the tears and winged with the hopes and mysteries of their lives . Instead of a sermon , Gordon read his resignation as pastor of the Pilgrim Church . And then , folding his hands behind him , in trumpet tones he cried : `` Next Sunday morning will be the last service I will ever conduct in this church ; the Sunday morning following , at eleven o'clock , the first services of the ` Church of the Son of Man ' will be held in the old Grand Opera House . It will seat four thousand people . All who wish to join this independent society are cordially invited to be present and bring your friends . The work of building the ` Temple of Man ' will begin at once .