The Portland daily press., 1897-07-26
LAYING CORNER STONE.
Continued from First Page.

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Nellie Wingate, Joseph Ridlon, John S.
l4eavitt, George S. Adams, e. A. Soule,
John A. Waterman Mrs Caroline Hunt,
Miss Martha e. Cressey, Mrs. Edward
Harding, in the place of the late Mrs.
Caroline Hunt, deceased.
The Rev. S. N. Adams of Westbrook
was then introduced and he spoke for
nearly half an hour in most interest
ing and eloquent manner. He said in
part: "It is one of the pleasantest occa.
sions of my life to be allowed to be here
with you today and give you greetings
for I know full we'll from the experience
of my own people the benefits which are
| to be derived by you from this new
chapel. In fact when this building is
finally completed you will find it to be
greater blessing than you think. The
highest aspirations Of men is to build
something that shall endure, something
that future generations may look upon
and behold ,uninjured by the storms Of
centuries or the wear of years. 1t is
with this object in view that great men
whose names are written on the pages of
history have worked and in doing it they
had to first of all build up their own
characters so that they might be looked
upon as great men and leaders. Car
lyle has said, blessed is the man who
has found his 1ife's work. He is indeed
blessed who shall build somthing that
will endure, something that shall benefit
his fellow men and lift them up to a
higher life. Alas for the desolation in
this world because men have not been
able to discover their life's work. If we
do not find the niche which God has CIV
en- us to fill in this world our life is vast
ed. In order to work successfully we must
come into touch with the Greatest Master
Workman Of them all and in following
out the course that he has mapped out
for us we shall not have lived in vain.
When God built His kingdom He built
therein little niche for each and
every one of us, and when we find it we
shall be able to build something that
shall endure for all time.
"As we come to lay this corner stone it
behooves us to look up and see the larger
relationships and work which He has pre-
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shall see in it the growth of Gods truth,
invisible at first yet becoming visible
and stronger and larger with every, day. /"
The speaker compared the building Of
this temple with the building of person
al character and showed how necessary
it is for each and every one of us to SO
build the char acter that it shall endure
and magnify Gods truth and love. He
spoke of the characters which Christ and
Washington had built up. one for the
world and the other for the beloved coun-
try. These characters will shine down
the pathway of centuries for all time and
throw light upon future generations
as long as the world endures. The speak
er closed by showing how the building of
this chapel would also prove beacon Of
light for the coming generations and they
would look back upon this day as one
which had been flied with blessings for
them.
The next speaker was the Rev. W. g..
Mann of Cumberland Mills. His remarks
were along the same line as those of the
former speaker.
He showed what great influence for
good this chapel would be, how its in
fuence would spread throughout all the
how future generations would be blessed
by it.
| After singing by the quartette COM
posed of Miss Lee Barker, Mrs. G. W.
Reynolds, Messrs. Ia. Paine and Charl es
Alden, the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Reynolds,
read the contents of the box which was
to be placed beneath the corner stone Of
the new chapel The articles placed in
the box were as follows: List of the
church members of the Congregational
church of the First Parish of Gorham,
names of the officers, teachers and pupils
of the Sunday school, list Of officers of
the ladies' home and foreign missionary
societies, list of the Y. P. S. G. E., list
of the Kings Daughters and Helping
Hand societies, list of subscribers and the
amounts subscribed to tho chapel fund,
report of ex-Gov. Frederick ROBBIE in be-
half of the committee of Is, church man.
ual, the Thanksgiving sermon by the pas
tor, Rev. Mr.. Reynolds, on the electric
road, list of members of the Methodist
church of Gorham and the societies of
that church, lists of members Of the
Masonic. Odd Fellows. Knights of Pythi-
as, Eastern Star, j. r. Adams Post, G..
A. R., Sons of Veterans, Oranges. Relief
Corps of the j. R. Adams Post,G A. r.,
list Of the voters Of the town, list of the
business men of the Village, catalogue of
the Gorham High School, names of Off
GERS and teachers of the Gorham Normal
school, order of the services of the cere-
monies attending the laying of the COR
ner stone, memorial of the late Hon. Tap.
pan Robbie, discourse by the late Rev. e.
q. Parker, historical sketch of Gorham
by the late Hon. John A. Waterman,
list of officers of the town of Gorham.
The pastor made some very pleasing
and appropriate remarks concerning the
new chapel, the objects for which 1t was
| to be built and the effect if will have nm