Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-15
16 East Ave.
DEDICATED
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crafty his generous impulses.
The opening service of the dedication
exercises occurred in the new church
| on Sunday morning and was in COM
memoration of the life and work of the
Rev. Silas Ilsley. The organ prelude
was by the church organist, Frank S.
Foote. Following the invocation the
choir rendered the anthem, And 1t
Shall Come to Pass The scripture
lesson was read by Rev. c. E. Van
Schaick, colporteur of the Vermont
Baptist State Convention and Rev. VIM.
A. Dawson, D. D., offered prayer. "The
Holy City by the choir was followed
by the sermon by the pastor Rev. Geo.
r. Stair his text being from the 4th
verse of the 18th chapter of Hebrews,
'He being dead yet speaketh." The
influence of example and during his
entire discourse he lost no opportunity
to impress upon his audience the fact
that imam has an atmosphere"
the term influence and gave examples
of its component parts and paid high
compliment to the unconscious inf1u-
ence exerted over men by the Rev.
Silas Ilsley. Mr.. Stairs discourse was
delivered in a magnetic and energetic
manner and showed careful thought and
study in its preparation. The bene-
diction and an organ postlude closed
the services for the forenoon and the
evening service which began at 1880
o'clock took the form of a union meet
ing of the congregations Of the local
evangelical churches. The scripture
lesson was read by Rev. w. II. Wash
burne, d. D., pastor of the NJ, E. church
and double quartet sang the anthem,
Send Out Thy Light" Rev. Thomas
Simms, pastor of the Congregational
church offered prayer and Rev. VIM.
A. Dawson. superintendent of missions
of the Vermont Baptist State conven-
ton delivered the sermon, his theme
being 1.-The Ground and Pillar of Truth"
I'm the Cross of Christ We Glory" a
duet, was rendered by Mrs. Stanton S.
Eddy and Prof. j. L. Rodeheaver.
The dedication service occurred on
Wednesday evening and long before s
o'clock every seat was occupied and the
aisles were filled with chairs. The
organ recital by w. Lynnwood Farnam,
A. R. c. NJ, A. R. C. O., organist of
the church of St. James the Apostle,
Montreal was a magnificent display of
musical technique and the several selec-
tons rendered were masterpieces in
musical composition. The prayer of
invocation was by Rev. w. A. Howard.
Whiting. The anthem, MY Soul
Longeth" preceded the scripture lesson
which was read by Rev. VIM. Dawson
and prayer was offered by Rev. Silas
p. Perry. A solo was sung by Mrs.
A. D. Barter and the sermon was by
Rev. Robert S. Macarthur, ID. d.. L.
L. D., pastor of the Calvary Baptist
church of New York city. The subject
of DIR. MacArthur's sermon was 1.-The
Preeminency of Christ" his elaboration
being that Christ is preeminent in Gre
alton, Revelation, History and Redemp-
ton. The sermon although one hour in
length was listened to with undated in
terest and was remarkable in the pro-
fundity, breadth and acuteness of the
scholarship, eloquence and power dis
played in in its delivery.
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lly presented the keys of the building
to the society and Deacon Ransom S.
Benedict accepted the keys in behalf
of the church society and the formality
of dedicating the new church was end
ed.
On Thursday evening fellowship
service was held the following being
the order of service: Organ prelude;
anthem, 1.-The Worship of God in Ma
ture," Middebury College Male Glee
Club; scripture lesson; prayer, Rev. S. II.
Myers, Panton; address of welcome, the
pastor, Rev. Geo. r. Stair; addresses,
Rev. Thomas Simms. Middlebury, Rev.
George b. Ilsley, ID. D., Westbrook,
Me-; selection, Male Quartette; addresses,
Rev. Frank P. Morris, Bennington, Rev.
f. Dee Penney, Burlington; selection,
"Press Toward the Mark" Glee Club;
address, Rev. Eugene Haines, Rutland;
benediction and organ postlude.
Among those who furnished material,
fixtures and fuEpiture used in the con-
struction of the new church may be
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co. of Burlington,
the builders and the Brandon Italian
Marble Co. of this place who furnished
the marble. The organ is the product
of the Estey Organ Co. of Brattleboro
and the art glass windows were manu-
nactured by II. j. Norwood, Ogdensburg,
IN. Y. The American Seating Co. of
Boston, Mass, furnished the pews and
pulpit furniture. The electric fixtures