St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-02-28
COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE.
Dedication of Ihe North Church OBJ
served last Sunday.

The Twenty-dfth Anniversary Of the
served last Sunday.
The 25th anniversary Of the dedication
Of the North church was observed Sun
day morning by special service which
was largely attended. Many were pres
ent who were at the dedication, Feb. "a,
1881, and the reminiscent sketch given
by the pastor was greatly enjoyed. Both
the organ and choir music were the same
as was used at the dedication. The SER
vice opened with Wely's "Festival Offer
tory" and closed with magnificent rem
dition by the organist, Miss Luella Mer-
rill, of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus"
from "The Messiah" The double quar-
tet sang at this service, Dykes "Te
Deum," Beethoven's Response" and
Wilson's 20 Come, Let Us Worship"
The pastor spoke from the words
found in Hebrews 3:4, "For every house
is builded by some man; but be that
built all things is Cod" He began by
speaking of the universal impulse for
building. The child with bis blocks and
the men building pyramids, ampitbea-
tres and temples express the same i'm.
pulse. A building always expresses
ideas and purposes, and men never build
aimlessly. In all this we have but in
herited the qualities and caught the spirit
of God. He is the great builder. He is
ever building through seasons with their
changes and through the ages of time.
After saying that this interchange of
the divine building and the human
building was never more appropriate,
DR.. Eaton briefly sketched the events
leading up to the dedication and the
occurrences OF that day. He paid fit
ting tribute to the architect, Lambert
Packard "whose judgment and taste is
displayed in various buildings in our
place. Today we think of him-then in
tuC RCt ~ ilnC VI itIC, uOW III HIS uSNltu'
ing strength" He also paid fitting
tribute to Coy. Horace and Col. Frank
lin Fairbanks tor their share in the build
ing, to their brother, Charles Fairbanks
for the organ, aud to the father OF the
three brothers, GOV. Erastus Fairbanks
some of whose money was also joined
with the gifts of the three sons to built
the structure.
He gave during his address brief ex
tracts from the address of Rev. Henry
w. Jones at the dedication and alsc
quoted from the sermon preached by th,
late DR.. c. l.. Goodell.
In closing DR.. Eaton said: "Thus al
we think OF the dedication OF this build
ing does it not help US to have an unfail
ing companionship with all those who
are buiders-not necessarily builders O
structures, but all who are build
ing in the world. Let each ash
himself, What is my share in this per
petual building of God. This church
cannot have glorious future unless each
one makes material and spiritua
sacrifices and throws himself into The
divine building of the years.
The concluding hymn, II Love thy
Kingdom Lord" was sung by the con.
gregation, this being the same hymn
sung 25 years ago.
At the Sunday School service the
wooden model of the church was ex.
hibited and the pastor made a strong
appeal to the children to be worthy o.
the church, to love it and honor it and to
build characters that would be as firm
and substantial as the church ITSELF