Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-09-24
SECOND CHURCH $50 YEARS old.
Anniversary Will Be Celebrated Sunday With Special
Services, Morning and Evening and Reunion Monday
Evening.

The one hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of the Second Congregational
church fell on July "a, but because of
the warm weather it was decided to
hold the celebration September % and
70, and the committee in charge of
the affair, including Joseph d. Havi-
land. Mrs. J. M. Huntington, Mrs. Lucy
A. Forbes, w. S. Allis and Henry D.
Johnson, have perfected all the details
and arranged a programme for the
TWO days The programme for the
Organ Observation-Disclosures Dubois
Call to Worship
Chant-Jubilate Dec.
Invocation and the Lords Prayer.
Responsive Reading.
Anthem-The Lord Hath Done Great
Things, Murphy
Prayer.
Offertory and Prayer of Conservation.
Anthem-Faith Supreme, Shelley
Scripture lesson = Selections from
Psalms A and rs.
Hymn No. As
Sermon-theme The Epic of the
Church; text Psalms 127:1.
Anniversary Hymn-tune, Duke Street.
The Doxology.
Benediction.
Organ poStlude, Paul Sachs
The anniversary hymn, which is to
NC odliS1 dt ILLS SeIS lCe WAS WIlIltll
especially for the occasion by John
Troland, member of the church.
Evening Programme.
The programme for the evening SER
vice is as follows:
Organ prelude-La Priere, Thayer
Invocation.
Anthem-O Pray for the Peace of
Jerusalem Knox
Scripture lesson-Isaiah 67:1O, 62:12.
y Jo5. II
Hymn-No. 1893.
Greetings from the Elder Daughter
The Broadway Congregational
Church, Rev Edward S. Worcester
Greeting from the Younger Daughter
The Park Congregational Church,
Rev. Samuel H. Howe, DID.
Solo-A Thousand Shall Fall at Thy
Side, Coombs
Walter F. Lester
Greeting from the City
Rev. Charles H. Ricketts,
Greeting from the Town
Rev. George H. Ewing
Prayer Rev. Leyellyn Pratt, DID.
Hymn-No. 1874.
Benediction
Organ postlude in d, Harris
The evening service will be a union
one for all the Congregational church.
es of the city and town and all the
pastors will take part.
At noon the Sunday school will de-
vote the hour to exercises appropriate
to the anniversary, with short adj
dresses by former superintendent and
special music.
At $50 the Y. p. S. C. r. has ar
ranged as a special feature to have
brief sketches, illustrated by photo
graphs of present and past members
of the Second church who have en-
listed in missionary effort outside of
Norwich.
For Monday evening the Church
Improvement society has assisted the
anniversary committee and arranged
for a reunion of all the members and
friends of the church in the church
parlors from eight to ten o'clock.
There will be attractive music. a mod
est exhibit of some of the interesting
antiques of the church and abundant
opportunity for the renewing of old
acquaintance and deepening new
friendships.
An outline of the history of the
church, which was organized as the
Church of Christ in Chelsea. follows:
The sixth or Chelsea Ecclesiastical
society was organized November 29
1851. Hired ministers conducted the
services, but there was no churcf
building. The supplies were Elijah
Lathrop 1851: John Curtis, 1752-1154;
Ebenezer Cleaveland, 1855.
The Church of Christ in Chelsea was
organized July "a, 1850, with six char
ter members, and Traps tavern III
Shetucket street was used, after which