The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-07-05
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Portland Begins Her Gen.
tenniaI Celebration.
The City Thronged with Wis.
tors from Abroad.
Appropriate Services in all
the Churches.

Yesterday Portland commenced the cele-
bration of her centennial The morning was
COOL and the fog rolled in from the ocean.
The sons and daughters of the Forest City,
| gathered from all sections of the country.
walked the STREETS which, to many of them,
had a strangeness born of the great fire,
shifted in the salt odor, and remarked how
/ good it seemed after the heat and dryness of
the West and South at this time of the year.
The trains of Saturday came in so loaded
with guests that on the Grand Trunk in the
evening, ladies had to sit in the baggage car,
/ the western trains were considerably de-
layed, the Maine Central night Pullman was
packed, and people standing in the aisles,
and at least 450 passengers came down by
the Boston boat, some of them, we are very
certain, strangers to Portland, for sons and
| daughters of Portland would not have acted
so rudely.
1t was peaceful, quiet Saturday night
welcome that was given to the visitors, but
it was hearty welcome for all thai. There
were few houses that did not contain one or
more old members or friends, who had left
the Forest City perhaps in childhood, per-
haps in youth, perhaps in mid-life, to seek
career in strange places, and who had now
returned, for the first time, to unite in the
centennial celebration, and after the stains
of travel had been removed, and the appetite
| satisfied, the most of them went out to stroll
and see if they could find any of the old
| familiar places. No wonder the streets were
thronged. No wonder the broad sidewalks
of Congress street always filed ON Saturday
night, were not half wide enough to contain
the multitude that surged along them, gazing
into the shop windows, husbands calling their
wives, or children's attention to the great
salmon or Holsters in the fish mongers' win
| dows, OF to the decorators busy at work OIL
the buildings, or to the fact, that they should
| never have known the board avenue with
! its elegant blocks, brilliant store windows
and electric lights.
| THE SUNDAY SERVICES.
Yesterday morning was devoted by the
churches to celebrating the centennial by
historical sermons. A full report of these
these sermons will be found in our supple
ment to-day. The sacred edifces were filed,
| and, in many cases, crowded by the regular
congregations, augmented by the centennial
visitors, number of whom were Of note.
AT the First Parish church the music was
particularly fine. The hymn .Let Children
Hear the Mighty Deeds"-which was sung
! in all the churches to the time of StMartin'S
| was announced by Dr. Hill, with the
statement that the composer of the music
| Mr.. Paine, formerly of Portland, was present
| in the audience The second hymn
written by the late Nathaniel Deering, and
| the 'sTe Deum," by Kotzschmar, the church
| organist, were finely sung.
| At State street church Rev. Hugh S. Car
| penter, lthe first ipastor, sat in the pulpit,
with Rev. Mr.. Bayley and preached at the
| church in the evening.
At High street church the congregation
| was large, many old parishioners and Rev.
| Dr. Chickering, former pastor, being
among those present The music by the
| choir was exceptionally fine.
At Williston church, there were beautiful
decorations composed of pond lilies, and
| large congregation was present During the
service seven children were baptised.
A very large audience filled the Second
Parish church. The pulpit was decorated
with evergreens and flowers. The music by
the morning choir was excellent. The
hymns were read from an old copy Of
WAITS Select, printed in old style, the
property of one of the members in DR.. Pay
sons day. Rev. Elijah Kellogg, son of the
first pastor of the church. assisted, making
the prayer and pronouncing the benediction.
Rev. William Carruthers, son of Rev. Dr.
Carruthers, read the Scripture lesson. A
Mrs Gardiner was present, who was with
DR.. Payson when he died. Mr.. Cram was
Sunday school scholar with Dr. Payson.
Visitors were noted from many parts OF our
State, among them Dea. E. f. Duren of,Ban-
gor, also from many other States, as far
away as Kansas. The sermon was deeply
impressive, aud increasingly so by the added
sketch of the Third Parish church.
A social conference of all the Young Peo-
pies Societies of Christian Endeavor was
held in Congress Street Methodist Church
last evening. The meeting was under the di-
rection of Mr. Fl. III. Burgess and short ad-
| dresses were made by Rev. Ezra Tinker, the
pastor, and many others. There was large
attendance, nearly every local society being
represented.
At Congress Street M. E. Church nine per-
sons were received, four by letter and five on
profession of faith. All the services were
| largely attended.
The exercises incident to Centennial Sun
| day at Chestnut street church in the after
noon were of much interest and enjoyment
| A fine programme, pleasingly diversified
| was rendered as follows: Organ voluntary
| by Mrs. Gosse; singing of the American
| Hymn; prayer; singing by the chorus OF the
| original Centennial Ode, written by Robert
| Rexdale; solo, Star Spangled Banner, by
| Mrs. Lucretia Baker; remarks by Rev. Nj.
| c. Beale; solo, Battle Hymn of the Repub-
| lie, by Mrs. G. o. Files; singing, Thanks be
| to God, by the chorus; remarks by Rev. Mr..
| Bashford; singing, MyCountry 'Tis OF Thee,
| bv the chorus. The chorus consisted of
| about rs voices, under the leadership of Mr..
| John S. Staples and rendered the music with
| fine effect.
| At Union Hall, occupied by the Second
| Advent church, Elder w. Fl. Mitchell of
| Kennebunk, delivered historical discourse,
| showing that William Miller of Lowhamp-
| ton, N. Y, delivered the first lecture on Ad-
ventism in Portland. Since then there have
been nine pastors, and the church is now
| fiourishing.
! AT Pine street church in the morning, Rev.
| Mr. Daniels of the Second Parish church,
| preached assisted by the pastor, DR.. G. j.
| Clark, and in the evening there was re-
union jubilee service.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
Among the distinguished guests who ar
| rived last night, or will be here this morning
are, at the Falmouth, Hon. ]. G. Blaine,
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Gov Robie, Hon. j.
r. Bodwell, Adjutant General Gallagher, DR..
A. C. Hamlin, Col. F. d. Pullen, w. T.King,
Calais, F. G. Knight of Rockland, W. F.
Boardman and wife of Calais, Col W. A r.
Boothby of Waterville, c. c. Barrett and
wife of Ellsworth, Mrs. Abba Goold Wool
son, Bishop Alex Burgess, Judge Carter,
Rev. H. S. Carpenter, Hon. Horatio King,
Hon. L. D. Pennell, Major Stevens, Judge
Springer of Iowa, Mayor DeVeber, of ST.
John.
l. Among those at other places are Rev. DR..
Chickering, Rev. DR.. Bolles, Rev. DR.. ]. F.
Elder. Charles P. Ilsley. Rev. Elijah Kellogg
Rev. Samuel Longfellow, Hon. John Lynch,
Prof. E. S. Morse, Rev. Phillips Brooks,
Moses Wool.on, Hon. j. w. Bradbury, DR..
MO. Fernald, Col. @. s. Edwards, Mayors
Williams of Rockland Wakefield of Bath,
Canaan of Lewiston, Haskell of Auburn,