St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-12-07

fred Rice, Sutton ]. d. White, T. N.
harrington, Walden Niles G.. johnson.
D. H. Morton, Waterford: Jesse G..
Gray, Wheelock.
No. Sc. 4. d III. Thomas Us. Toacn o,
StannGrd. Action on the case for in
jury to the plff. and his wife on the
highway of defts. The defts. demurred
to plff.s declaration, and plff. struck
out such part as related to his own in
jury. The case is a long one, and any
comments and statements are not proper
at this time. Particulars next week.
On trial. Lamson and G.. w. Cahoon
for plff. Belden and Ide for deft.
Dedication of the Free Baptist Church.
The new Free Baptist Church in this
place was dedicated on Tuesday, the
4th inst. The following is the order of
the exercises:
l. Anthem by choir.
2. The Lords prayer in concert.
3. Singing-hymn.
a. Reading of scriptures, by Rev. O.
Roys.
5. Prayer, by Rev. W. L. Noyes.
6. Singing
z. Sermon, by Rev. j. S. Burgess.
8. Dedicatory prayer, by Rev. M. c..
Henderson.
9. Singing.
10. Benediction.
The sermon was by Rev. J. S. Bur-
CESS, pastor of the church, who took his
text from Gen. %: II: 'sHow dreadful
is this place! this is none other but the
house of God, and this is the gate of
heaven" The preacher gave a brief
account of the circumstances under
which Jacob gave expression to these
words; how, weary and homesick he
had camped in the wilderness with only
stone for pillow how God here met
him and told him of his posterity, even
the Messiah. Jacob saw in the stone
on which he laid, Jesus-the stone cut
out of the mountains without hands
that was to fill the earth. The speaker
then defined what the house of God was
"a place consecrated to God. 1t may
be stone, field, ship, or a temple
but it must be place where the true
God is wOrshiped. The preacher then
told how God should not be worshiped !;
how Christ must be presented in his
Wilderness, and closed with his view of
character in both. worship and the
worshiper.
Very fine music was rendered by
select choir of fourteen voices, and the
exercises throughout were interesting,
and were listened to by large audi
ence, filling the house to its utmost
capacity.
The building itself is handsome in
appearance and attractive and con-
venient in arrangement. From the
doors of entrance to the pulpit, which
is on the opposite side of the room, is
an easy grade, giving an unobstructed
view of the speaker from every seat in
the house. The slips are built on the
arc of circle, all facing the pulpit.
The choir gallery is directly behind be-
hind the desk, and elevated but trifle
above it. The walls of the room are of
a yellowish tint, soft and pleasing to
the eye. A magenta border about two
feet wide runs around the room little
higher than the pews. The room is
finished into the roof, in panel work,
and these panels are painted blue and
figured, and striped with yellow. The
capitals of the pillars are also orna-
mated in tasty manner. The room is
lighted in the day time by three large
windows of colored glass which contain
few emblems; at night by gas chan
delier in the centre, and also wall lights.
The building with lot and parsonage,
cost about SIS, 200, on which there is a
debt of about $500, with $500 unpaid
pledges. The church membership num-
bers 1876.