The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-06


and that was not for the pulpit but for
City hall address. High street church
was prominently church of families,
with all the high and holy influences
which pertain to family life.
ana hnally. the people Of the church
looked confidently to the future. Things
though evil are coming to good. God is
not asleep, the church prospers, and the
future will be WELL This is the feeling
of this church.
During the service little child was
baptized under the name of Francis
Lindsey.
IN THE EVENING.
The handsome church held splendid
congregation at 130, who listened to the
delightful music and greatly enjoyed
the appropriate music and heard with
much pleasure the remarks of the pas
tors of many of the Portland churches;
30 interesting to the congregation, so
appropriate to the occasion and so heart
felt in their praise of the n ester of their
ranks, DR.. Fem.
The services opened with voluntary
by MI. Rankin and Given,s orchestral
club and was very effective.
Makers great anthem "Praise the
Lord" was rendered with fine shading
and spirit by the choir and anthem.
Rev. +. Southworth read the selection
from the Scriptures and the choir sang
the hymn "Materna.'
Raw n C,ro
prayer to which the choir sung Schill-
ings exquisite response, ''Softly Now the
Light of Day.
Ihen Or. Fem. after very brief pre-
Hminary remarks, called upon the Rev.
Dr. Parsons of Chestnut street. to speak
Tor the Methodist denomination. Dr..
Parsons alluded to the happiness it gave
him to be able to be here and express
both his admiration for DR.. Fem and
his splendid work in High. street and
congratulate the parish for the splen-
dlo relations between pastor and church
they had maintained SO long. We are
coming nearer together every year, we
denominations, and it is an occasion
like this that doee so much toward getting
us together on one footing.
REV. MR.. HACK
brought the cordial fluctuations of the
Second Parish and said he might be said
Co speak in the nature of father or
mother or perhaps, more correctly speak
ing, a grandfather. He recalled the cir
cumstances which led to the birth of
the High street parish from out the loins
of the old Second Parish. 1t began al
most when the city was falling before
the terrible han d of the fearful fire fiend.
The ministry of DR.. Fem which began
in fire, has certainly not ended in smoke.
He paid a touching tribute to Mrs. Fem.
REV. DIR. JENKINS
of State street was introduced by DR..
Fem as the pastor of the State street
par.sd, a child OF High street. DR.. Fem
recalled how DIR. jenkins and himself
had been lifelong friends, had gone to
school and college together, and were
now where age had silvered their hair,
it was a peculiar pleasure and satisfac-
ton to him to have such dear. friend
resent to bring the greeting of a most
loved sister parish.
DR.. jenkins facetio usly alluded to the
length of DR.. Fenn's service at High
street, saying thu Portland was a very
hard place to gt6 away from, and the
only reason why his mmmm and some
of his brother olergymen had not exceed
ed in the length of their pastorates that
of DIR. Fenn's, was that they were unfor-
t1nate in not getting here soon enough
in the beginning. He seriously and
earnestly congratulated both pastor and
parish on the magnificent record of such
a passionate, of such pastor, with its
record for Christ and his
church for three score years. He believed
it the most important requisite for
a good man to have true mother. To
have had the right sort of mother is
the sweetest thing on earth. Such a
mother had State street parish in High
street and it is little wonder that with
such a glorious ancestry it is what it is.
DIR. Jenkins spoke of the grand and
noble missions of the clergy and feel
ingly pointed out many things in which
DR.. Fem furnished glorious exampl.
of what is bost in the Christian minis
try.
Rev. D. M. Pratts was called upon to
speak for another 'youngster, "Williston,
and eloquently paid tribute to DR.. Fem
and to the kindness and consideration with
which High street had always cared for,
and met the appeals of her younger sis
ter in the battle for Zion.
Rev. A. H. Wight made speech
of the man and joyfully
that this was an opportunity
afforded him to pay back with loving
some OF the goodness
he had been ever thrusting upon US.
REV. DIR. DALTON
was presented as one of the best and |
broadcast, of the Episcopalian brethren.
The Doctor spoke of the changes of the
past three score years in Portland, paid |
glowing tribute to the sweet Christian |