St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-03
CHRISTMAS AT TWO CHURCHES
At the North Church.

sermon by the pastor was upon the
passing of time from the text i'll the
Goth Psalm, verses 16 and II The
sermon which was filled with helpful
thoughts closed with a brief review
of the year In the evening the Sun
day school gave their annual Christ
mas concert. Here, too, music played
a prominent part and included Dud-
ley Bucks anthem by the choir, with
a Se 10 by Mrs. J. II. Humphrey, solos
! Mrs p. F. Hazen and E. A. Silsby,
oe by the little girls and the
4 lg by 10 voices of the hymn
est and hest of the sons ofthe
After n few remarks by
= untendent, Col. F. Fair
| hoF &c pastor entertained the
Il. n'l the old folks as well,
! MI ~' 5inal story about Father
TIM, j., lie Chr1st-cEi'1. Then fol-
lowed tin annual distr-i ltiou of
books to 20 of the members OF tie
! juvenile tn, ut who had "j
ed churcl, ga rrly through
except II eofsickrrs The oI-
said tb /
special + /, II
recordin lie t.
| Herbert WI,
May Russell, L ;.cle4 SN ,:
Wellington Tinker. Selim Ne,-
son of DR.. H. c. Newell, had ,
been absent from church service twice
in five years. The paste. sid the
one dearest to the late Gov. Fair
banks would redeem the pledge made
by him one year ago. Seventy beau
tiful gift books were then given out,
each containing the child's name and
date and these scriptures, He
yet speaketh,' Let us go into
the house of the Lord" After the
distribution, Rev Mr.. Lamson told
the children that last year Gov. Fair
banks wanted it distinctly stated
that the books were not rewards of
church attendance but given to en-
courage the habit of regular attend
ance. This was just as true now as
then. In conclusion the pastor said
Mrs. Horace Fairbanks had renewed
tho offer for the coming year. The
exercises closed with the distribution
of candy to the Juvenile department
and oranges to the whole school; a
Gift from the superintendent.
At the Free Baptist Church.
The concert by the Sunday school
on Sunday evening was one of the
best ever given at this church and the
attendance was unusually large.
Thcconcert opened with the exercise,
Star of the East" given i'll the form
of scripture readings and singing by
the children and the choir. Recita-
tions by the children and older mem
bers of the school followed which
were all well rendered. The concert
closed with a fine rendering of one of
Rossiter Raymond's tales by Mrs. c.
T. Walter. Supt. S. |. Sprague
made the children very happy by pre-
senting all with Christmas cards.
ORR RECORD OF THE YEAR.
The Caledonian again presents its
readers with an exhaustive review of
the local events of the year, believing
that the readers cannot fail to appre
ciate the value as well as the great
labor of presenting snch q COmpila-
ton. In reading it over the large
number of deaths, especially among
the aged, is a startling reminder of
the solemn fact that eve spend our
years as n tale that is told" There
have been II between the ages of so
and 60, 81 deaths between 60 and
70, A deaths between 20 and 80, 80
deaths between 80 and 90, and six
deaths between 90 and 90. Above
this age there was one each at 90.
96, 90 and 100, the last being our
county centenarian, James Works,
who died at the remarkable age of
100 years and 4 months.
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