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Dedication OF the First Presbyterian Church at
Plaftsburgh.

Dedication OF the First Presbyterian Church a
Plattsburgh.
The services at the dedication OF the FRS
, Presbyterian Church, Plattsburgh, N. Y.
on Tuesday last, are said to have been pc
culiarly interesting. The large audience
room was well filed, and the pastors of the
Methodist and Baptist churches in the town
F joined with the Presbyterians in the dcdi-
catory services The following was the
ORDER or SERVICES.
/ Organ Voluntary. Miss NJ Smith
Anthem. .Oh be Joyful in the Lord -. Choir
Invocation ..--.--.--.-.---..--. +. y. Hale.
sfrPtuFse se 9i ,nd = so key. + b Hale
.-;.....-..-..-....Ch and Congregation
Scripture Lesson Rev. S. Baily. Bapts-.
Prayer..-.Rev. c r. lIawley, Methodist Episcopal.
Chant, from Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God OF
Sermon, Eph. 1 3, Rev. Dr. Epson, Of Albany. Y.
ylhh iuil- -----.----------------." All SAINTS.
The historical statement by the board of
trustees and building committee was then
read by Judge Beckwith, president of
the board Of trustees, and the different
steps in the progress of the erection
and completion of the building briefly re-
counted. The value of the site and the cost
OF the building, with its furniture and ap-
pointmentS, was said to he sixty thousand
dollars, nearly all which has been paid by
members of the congregation. \ very small
debt only remains unpaid and that is mostly
| provided for. At the close of this statement
John II. Myers, Esd, Of the Building Com
mittee, presented the keys of the now com
pleted ediiice to the session of the church.
who, upon receiving them, rendered them
to the pastor with arequest that the church
be now dedicated to the service Of Almighty
God, and be received by the Presbytery
of Champlain as a place Of public worship
in accordance with the usages Of the Pres
hyterian Church throughout the United
States.
The keys Of the edifce were then laid
upon the altar of the church and the dedi-
catory act read by the pastor, all the CON
gregation standing. The retiring modera-
tor of the Presbytery in few well chosen
words received the offering and declared
the church now dedicated complete. and
called upon Rev. c. H. \ Bulkley of
Malone to offer the dedicatory prayer
Hymn IOl7, Songs Of the Sanctuary, was
then sung all the congregational joining with
the choir in the notes praise and thanks
giving. The benediction was then pro-
nounced by the moderator of the Prcsbytcry
and the services Of the day were over.
This church edifce Is believed to be as
elegant and substantial as any church in
northern New York, and is the especial
pride of the pastor who has been indeiatig-
able in bringing about its construction.
The Lambda Io;a Society had an owl
ish season Tuesday evening, characterized by
their ancient reSpectability and sociality
The literary exercises consisted of the read
ing IAN Grafton by Lucius Bigelow. of
Washington, d. c. of the class of 81 (who
was unable to leave his duties at the Capt.
tai to come on to Commencement. which
was vigorous protest against the cxces-
>iyc utilitariani>m of the age. John T.
SAKE. Of West Troy, y. Y. of the class of
'd2,and the eldest son ofthe poet. read some
excellent verses happily conceived and full
of humorous passages and capital puns.
The supper which was most elegantly
gotten up by Mcssrs. Barber and Ferguson
of the Van Ness House. was a. stylish a
banquet as We ever sat down to in Burlng-
ton. After the cloth had been removed the
fun waged fariously, songs were sung ed
hla'Hn, toasts We're proposed. and
speeches bearing mostly on the in
side relations Of the Mystic Krewe,
were made, until after a m, when the
jolly birds flew to their nests to snatch a
brief season Of repose. George Mason,
Esq, of Washington, d. c., of the class Of
lsjS, took the chair at the banquet. and
speeches followed in rapid succession by
y. G. Stafford and NJ. b. Carpenter of St.
Adams, VIM II. Clarke Of Chicago. John
7. SAKE Of West Troy, y. Y, Col. Alfred
II. Keith of New York. Geo. II. Bigelow,
DR.. Chas. p Thayer. DR.. Chas. W. Petty,
Daniel Kern,Jr Leslie NJ. Platt and Elihu
B. Taft of this city. and Frank H. Parker
Of the University Many interesting re-
miniscences were related of the late Hon.
William Collamer Of Woodstock. Of the
class of lsH,who was distinguished mem
Der of the fraternity.
Judge Smalley has sold to Lawrence
Barnes, the land owned by him, lying he
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