The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-08-26

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81 sa8Hg rear Oreanbff III, 1851.
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80 hsrh rhe urf W naall MI Pratt
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iIsas q ihe rites seHlng wears aw nol
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c..iehrAte his gelsisH year wiih al
During Dr. Pratt hug passsraie ~
8iIy years a. pAstaf aDa pa.turemef'
lus There Wnre additions 10 the Church
in4gn titue 20 tame Wuh searpHs ~
revival 10 isss. Toe Centennial 81 the
thaFeh Was rrishrated. ard Dr Prati
delivered Crnieuulal address, which
Is quite full IT historical reference 70
previous pAsi0raies. bot owing 70 his
natural rellceuce Be tells lis but little
y, bis 0gD personal experience wllh
his people It's tudiuus habits and
his mcthodieal ways lett has study full
81 the records % the community
There are items OF record connected
aith ali 81 the families oi toe parisb
stiil e1lanl among has papers My ogn
personal acquaintance With DR.. Pratt
aud my personal correspondence with
hlln gave my summer visits and life at
Dorset an Increased zest and pleasure.
There II e1tant letter written by
Simeon Pease Cheney to DR.. Pratt,
witch think was read NJ the centen.
niai services ia regard To has choir IA
tbs Church WHEN be first came 10
Dorset, in 1877. the Church then hay
ing Rev. Cyrus Hudson as pastor
There weto then galleries in the
Church. This letter gives the names
81 some of his Choir, aud says thai they
about sixty. There are
thuse living who remember this time.
Later the Dorset choir invited the sing
crs OF adjoining towns and at their
gathering they numbered two humid
red,
Increasing years, after am active
past1rate OF forty years aud six months,
led DE-. Pratt to offer his reslgna
lion June 30th. 1896, aud the same was
accepted aud he was made
pastor emerltus. He died April Sth,
1906, aud is buried here at Dorset
where be SO long iabored.
The following memoranda were
found among DR.. Pralt's papers.
Sept. 9th, lS15-Ihe new school
house. Dorset village, opened to-day.
FIST-C hurch edltice extended aud
in rear. Work begun Mon.
day April 9th. Audience room reopen
ed Sunday. June 10th.
ts'lS7--,lanuary 9th. The old Method
stGhurch demolished"
II stood on the opposite side Of the
street. a few rods east. and was built
about the time of the rebuilding OF the |
congregational Church. Had not been
ia condition to use for several years, |
A list Of pastors aud their terms of |
service from records and traditions
Rev, Elijah Sill; 1854 1859.
= Dan Kent; l1SJ-l190.
. Seth Nillston, l1gtl796.
William jackson; l7J6-lSi2.
Ezra Jones; 1885 1871.
j. J. Gilbert
Rowan; 1874 1915 q TO 8 months.
!" Moses G.. SearIe: lS4J-lS46.
/" Cyrus Hudson; lS47-lS5j.
Z" Parsons 5. Pratt; 1886 1896
/" William >. Walker; 1896 1900.
CHas l.. Carhurt; 1900.
Rev William 5. Walker succeeded
)r. Pratt as pastor, Tile call being
lated July 18th, 1876, and he began
us ministry here August 9Th, 1896, and
with the Church until Oct
Der 1900.
la December, 1900, Rev. Chas. l..
'arhart came 10 the pastorate aud
till remains with US, with the record
[ his services yet TO be written.
.arly ia the morning of Sunday, Nov
mber 24tb, 1907, the Church was
urned 10 tire ground and all It's con /
.nts we're destroyed. When the fire
ms discovered IL was too late to save
lythlng. Happily there was little II
ny wind so that the tire was confined
the Church building. Since the
lrnlng OF the Church the congrega-
on has ,worshlhped IN the school
all with "A usual good attendance. )
tter some delay in deciding upon "a
an for new church edllice, build
x similar 10 the old wooden church {
as decided upon, TO be constructed T
marble, aud this building IL now un
r construction by contract with the
LIBERATED firm of Norcross Bros. Co., a
Worcester, Mass. The Church !,
ulldlng Committee consists OF DIR. +.
Liddle, chairman; u. Nj Sykes, II.
Gilbert, John Lille and A. w, i
leioh, with Mr.. Gordon Green, OF h
ew York, as architect. ),
The property upon which the Church
teiy stood was IN part owned by Mr..
iarles Field aud was called IN the /,
eds Tue Meeting House Shed Lot. !
hen MIR. Field moved the sheds I
ross the street from where they y
rmerly stood, he decided individuals
ch a shed with certain restrictions.
hen the Church was burned ii =
come necessary TO obtain for the |
ciet, the little 10 the property and on
count OF the several heirs of Mr.
lArles Field being widely separated Y
required much tact 10 Obtain midi v
dual deeds. This has been done by
+. +. G. Liddle, who has this day /,
igust 18th, 1893, received the last y
cessary papers so that the title j. q
w. ii the Society OF Dorset and East N
ipert. Ii
We have followed the years of this
lurch with desire that the story be
I SO long as to weary the hearers. IL
stately ediiice IN stone has been Il
gun, strong foundation is beneath, !,
4 let Us build spiritual temple, =
ode without hands, Jesus Christ
ing the Chief Corner Stone. ~
Compiled by i;
ALLAN BOURN. -
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