Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-09-12
IEsrAIIAffoN CoRr1NURD.
Concluding 1kercises at the First
Presbyterian Church = Historical
Papers Rsad-ResDonses 70 foasts-
IxsPALI.ATTOw oONTTNUKD.

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INSTALLATION oOSTINUED.
The First Presbyterian church was
again filled to OveiflJeing Tuesday
evening to witness the clssiBg iBstallA-
ton sxereises. All had not got IN by
eight O'Clock aud the ushers were kept
trOtting up and down the rsIsed floors,
which must be very severe and aTdu-
Gus On eorDs and buBions in going
down the grade.
THE SERVICES p. N.
After singing Of dedicatosy hS MIR,
Rev. WbitemaD, Of Turner. read the
65th Psalm. Rev. g. M. Irwin Cflefed
an ell quent prayer. Mrs. Mcdowell
and Miss Myra Albert sang "The Night
Of Rsst.n After this the pastor an
nounced that the self-denial fund
would be taken up. 1t took eight
ushers with silver piatters five minutes
To 90 the rounds Of the five or six hun
dred people while the organist ratified
away At some very pretty voluBtaries.
Rev. Hutchison expressed regrets at
not hearing from all If the furmer pas.
tors. Mr.. Jas. NJ. Martin was now in
troduced as an "old-comeI" who ar
rived thirsy-two years ago, and he
took the wise precaution to immedi-
ately become Presbyterian and has
been one ever since, as mach - any
man can be . good church member
and be superintendent Of water COM
pany. When he came there were
Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist and Con-
gregational churches at salem.
May 10, 1853, with twenty members,
Of these Mrs. Boothby and Mr.. Mar
tin alone survived Of those members.
Rev. Jas. Stewart added "a members.
Rev. Peck added 22 members In 1872.
Rev. r. II. Hill was the fourth pastor
aud 46 joined. He cleared the church.
Of debt. f. p. Berry was next in 1884.
He added some members. Next came
e. J. Thompson and he received $50
members. Rev. III. A. Newell resigned
July 1st, 1890. The church next had
Rev. +. II. Gwynne. He add .d twenty
members and the presbytery took him
away. The ninth pastor was the pres
ent. He came in March 1898 and
added 66 members. The First Presby.
terian church of SaleD since its organi-
zation has had 602 members, and only
25 have died, or one per year. The
church of Salem has now 264 living
members. Mr.. Martins historical paper
was very interesting and was listened
to with great deal of attention. Tt
charged cne pastor with having bad
no very high regard for the tenth COM
1t was valuable conpil-
alton of facts about the church history
and will no doubt be spread on the
church records.
Rev. DIR. Hill of Indian Territory
sent letter which was read by Bro
ther McCulloch, He came In an early
day with his bride around by Panama
from New York. He was entertained
by Capt. John w. Crawford and wife.
That settled IL. He located at Salem
In preference to Seattle and Portland.
He found weak church and q debt
of $500. He preached at Zeua where
Elder Walker arranged for services.
He also preached at Woodburn, Tur-
ner and other places.
Reys. Newell and Stewart did not
send letters but may yet be heard from.
THE FINANcIAL PROBLEM.
Since Sunday morning there had
been collected and subscribed in all the
sum of $6l8, $4S.70 Of which was given
evening. He closed the
service with brief prayer of thank
Choir and congregation sang "BIest
Be the Tie That Binds," aHd then the
''other exercises" were had. Elegant
were served to all who re-
Just before the "other exer-
cises" there were about ten FIVE min
ute speeches according to the following
program:
THE RESPONSES.
"The Old Guard" Mrs. r. Boothby
replied for the membership of 1869.
p. 8. knight spoke Of the 'Salem
churches Of Old Lang 6yne."
"The Church Militant" was spoken
'or by nearly all the pastors OF differ
INT Salem churches.
"Tbe Church Triumphant" response
by Rev. A. l.. Hutchinson.
"The Educational Interest Of the
Church" By Hon. @. M. Irwin. state
elect.
"The Ladies Aid Society" by Judge