Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-15
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don, p. o. Wheaton and Israel Wood
The pastor, Rev. Dr.. Jackson, reaC
a historical paper entitled ga Cen
fury of Church Life," in which ht
gave clearly and concisely the stor,
of the church and it's work since it.
organization in 1893. The hstor,
was very exhaustive and gave evl.
dence of much panstaking research
AS many readers of the TELEGRAM
will wish to read and preserve Dr.
jackson S valuable article it has been
decided to publish the paper in full.
The first instalment will be given to-
morrow, and the remainder will be
printed the next day.
The observance of the centennial OF
the Congregational church, which has
been in progress since Sunday, came
to a successful close last evening.
The exercises opened with an organ
prelude and the singing of hymn No.
662, son God, Beneath Thy Guiding
Hand" Rev. A. Il. Atwater offered
prayer, The pastor, Rev. DR.. Jack
son, presided and introduced the sew
eral speakers.
Rev. DR.. lIazen of Mortified pre-
sented the greeting of the Washing
ton Conference and in so doing gave
some recollectiOnS of the Barre church
in it's early days and mentioned the
high place it has always held in the
sisterhood of churches.
Hon. John w. Gordon, the mayor,
made an able speech in which he COM
plmented the church ON it's success
and spoke of the debt the city owed
it. He Sld even the marvellous
growth of the United States in the
past century cannot compare with
that of Christianity. At this centen-
NAL there is one familiar face missing
that of "Uncle' Jacob Spaulding, the
grand old man and teacher.
OFollowing the singing of "Lead,
Kindly Light" by quartette COM
posed of Mrs. A. n. Field, Mrs. Will
lis Gale, Edmund Mitchell and Geo.
lngliS, President NJ. III. Buckham
of the University of Vermont gave an
address on the subject, "What can
and does the church do for the Civic
COMMUNITIES He said in part: The
church of Christ secures to men the
Christian Sunday. If it were not for
Christianity men would have to work
seven days in a week.
The church through it's services and
instructions is a means of culture. It's
moral value, too, is great. The good
results from the efforts of church
members overflow and form the I'M
earned increment of those who do not
attend church. Everyone owes much
to the church and should help to
maintain it. 81 once knew Barre
WE'LL" said he, "and since the influx
of business and prosperity here | have
been wondering what sort of Il COM
it has become. feel no fears
for the city, however, so long as it's
churches maintain the preeminence. "
During the course of his address, DR..
Buckham paid tributes to the memory
of DR.. Jacob S. Spaulding, "who," he
said, ''eXempliIied what Il Christian
teacher can be-"
Mrs. Willis Gale sang crest in the
Lord" by Mendelssohn, in good voice.
Rev. DR.. Dwight of Constantinople
described the progress of mission
work in Turkey in short speech.
The browning event Of the evening
came next in the report of Frank Nc
Whorter, chairman of the centennial
fund committee. He stated that he
had received cash and pledges amount
ing to $4,000, more than enough to
cancel the debt of $500 which has
been burdening the church for several
years. With the amount received,
$500 had already been paid on the
debt, he said. This announcement
was greeted with enthusiastic applause.
The members of the committee beside
Mr.. McWhortcr were Mrs. A. ID. Gil
ley, Miss Mabel Winch, Miss Lucy
Wells, w. G.. Parker, G. A. Speare,
DR.. O. G. Stickney and Alexander
Gordon.
The pastor expressed thanks to the
for it's noble efforts and to
all who had in any way aided in the
The congregation sang
Chistian Soldiers, Presi-
dent Buckham pronounced the bene-
diction and the centennial observance
was at an end. Rev. DR.. Jackson and |
his parishioners have reason to feel
proud both of the century their church
has just completed and of the very
fitting manner in which they marked |
it's Tooth birthday.
Celebrating the Millennium.