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I must not forget that I rose to speak for the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society. The last year has been one of un- equalled disaster. After eighty-three years of honorable dealing with the churches, it has been made the victim of a dishonest treasurer. The disaster was appalling and shook the hearts of our stoutest friends, but I am here to say, after the wreck is cleared, that the old society is not dead and can not afford yet to die. The whole effect of the calamity is measured by the fall- ing off of a few thousand dollars in the first ten months of the year, as compared with the corresponding months of 1878, and that waste is already stopped. No stronger proof could be given of the firm hold of the cause of this society upon the Christian hearts of this Commonwealth. Let no friend waver in his confi- dence, nor borrow fear or trouble on our account. Dark days and narrow straits beset the history of both churches and benevolent societies. But the plans of God and the march of Ilis kingdom are always forward.
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· I thank you, brethren, for the privilege of saying these words. Fifty years hence, we shall not be here to celebrate the centennial of this church - not many of ns. But two things will be repre- sented here. I believe it, because I believe the truth of this Word and its assured triumph. One thing will be the Old Har- bor church and parish, that will be here fifty years hence. The other will be the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society - the one a hundred years old, the other one hundred and thirty-three. God bless them both !
EVENING.
ADDRESS, REV. F. BARROWS MAKEPEACE.
Mr. Makepeace said he esteemed it a very kind providence that had made it possible for him to come back to Gloucester twice during the three years that had passed since he was dismissed from this pastorate. It had been delightful to him to look into the old faces and renew friendships so precious to him. He en- joyed seeing the face of the grand old ocean again ; meeting with friends belonging to the other churches, - Mr. Corliss, Deacon Garland, and others whom he saw present, and seeing many who had no distinct religious belief, but who sympathized with all earnest work. He congratulated the pastor on being called to this city, founded on a rock, washed by the daily tides, a city that if it once loves a man, loves him forever ; on being called to the pastorate of what might fairly be considered the leading church of Gloucester, as shown by the test of disinterested benevolence. What church on Cape Ann, said he, has done more for humanity, at home and abroad? Not any one church, not any two churches on Cape Ann.
The speaker alluded briefly to the thoughts suggested by the flight of time, the changes effected during the past fifty years, the harvest summers passed by, the heads turnod white, and the march of progress. As a citizen of this great land, where so much has
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been wrought, he could not regret the flight of time, nor is there any reason to regret it as we look at this church, grown from seven to something like two hundred.
In closing, Mr. Makepeace spoke of the pleasant relations exist- ing between himself and his people during his pastorate here ; of the friendships he formed in the community ; of the generosity of the people and the many manifestations of their love, - the wel- come they gave their young pastor, the kindness with which they received his bride, their gifts when they commenced housekeeping, and the presents which greeted the advent of their first-born. Ile alluded to the exciting scenes of the "red ribbon days ;" to the union of effort in that labor of love ; to the establishment of a memorial service for lost fishermen, which he thought onght to be continued ; to his pastoral labors here, and to the importance of the preached word. My love for you and yours for me, he said, have led me to hold you in precious remembrance, though I have seen blessings many since I left here. Fifty years hence, when you meet to celebrate your centennial, it may be true that Deacon Bacon and Brother Thacher have gone up yonder to look down on you from a better and purer stand-point, but I shall not. I shall be here, and I will come. And if for any reason in the world I cannot come, I will send Walter. And if Walter can- not come, I will send Walter's Walter.
ADDRESS, REV. FRANCIS PARKER.
Mr. Parker was introduced as a grandson of our late Deacon Parker, and a son of. this church. There are two tendencies, he said, in the mind of man ; one is to look on things around us which we behold by the natural eye, and to rise from that to some- thing higher. We are animals ; we feed like animals ; we have all the passions of . animals. But we do not stop there ; we have the power to analyze and rearrange and combine facts around us, and reason from the lower to the higher. The other tendency is to take the mind, elevated above matter, and bring it down to matter, as the musician and artist put their ideas into tangible forms. But there is a tendency by which we rise above mere
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facts to that which is ideal, more real than mere faets. This faculty which makes real to us that which cannot be touched or seen is the power of faith. I speak of this for this simple reason. My dear old grandfather loved this church. It will be unnecessary for me to repeat the history your pastor has so ably presented. I used to talk with him very often about the inward motives that led him to come ont with the six others and form this church. Now I say it was the reality, the vividness of that power in him, that led him to do it ; that inspired him and gave him the power. I know he had his faults, as you have yours, and I have mine. But he had this inward power. Those who stand here to-day as the repre- sentatives of the cause and the truths embodied in this church need the same positive conception and conviction of the truths which armed and strengthened its founders.
Mr. Parker closed by indulging in reminiscences connected with his childhood's connection with the church and Sabbath school, and said he hoped his grandfather's God would be his God, his grandfather's Saviour his Saviour, and that he might prove true to Him till he should be called away, as his grandfather had been before him.
ADDRESS, CHARLES E. SWETT, ESQ.
Mr. Swett indulged in some reminiscences appropriate to the occasion, which were greeted with frequent applause. He spoke of the reasons which made the church especially dear to him ; and of his pleasant relations with the High School and the community generally. ITis relations with the church, he said, were varied and always pleasant, from the pastor and people, the Sabbath school and choir, down to the janitor. It does me good, he said, to look up toward the source of the beautiful music we have listened to to-night. In imagination, I have looked up there a great many times. We used to have some jolly times in that choir. One secret of the harmony of the choir was that one man had been the leader for over twenty-five years - one of the no- blest specimens of manhood I ever met. Mr. Poole always stood by the choir, and the choir stood by him nobly. I can see the
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array that used ever to be there. Miss Rebecca was always with us, ready to aid us, till some one appreciated her more highly than we did, she thought, and took her away. There used to be Jo Jo, and Miss Ella, and Miss Lucy, and some others whom I do not see now. And Capt. Cunningham, one of the grandest of men, always ready to stand by the choir. When at rehearsals things used to seem to go wrong, and we were disposed to be dis- heartened, he would say, "Brother Swett, to-morrow morning this is going to go just right," and it always did go ust right.
Another broad-shouldered fellow, large enough to fill two chairs, was there. Sometimes he would nod a little in sermon time, but he was always awake when it came to singing ; always ready with his person, there was enough of that with a little to spare, always ready with his voice. Then there came in with us a ruddy-faced, merry-eyed, laughing, genial young man, I tell you we all liked him, always so ready - well, you have him still, and I know you appreciate him. Another one used to come in once in a while in the evening. John, his name was ; he did not sing very much, but he always had an opinion. He had another purpose in com- ing ; he had some friends he liked to see safely home. He knew what fine sidewalks you used to have in those days. I hear you have got some better ones now, but they are not in the vicinity of the depot. When I landed from the cars to-night, I mistrusted the new depot was built where it was low tide, and if a fellow stepped off, his first thought was that there was no bottom to it.
Mr. Swett alluded to his pleasant remembrances of the Sabbath school, and the invariable petition of the Superintendent that God would bless those absent, walking up and down the earth, who had gone out from the school, and said we need always to keep in our minds and prayers those who have gone out from us.
ADDRESS, JJOSIAH H. HUNT, A. M.
Mr. Hunt said he spoke as an adopted son of the church. However untrue and unfaithful he might have been to the church, the church had been true and faithful to him. The day when he
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· came to Gloucester to take up his residence, a stormy Saturday in March, 1872, he was met at the depot by a good brother who asked him if he was the gentleman who was going to preach at the Con- gregational church the next day. The following day he attended the services here. He went into the prayer meeting, and was warmly welcomed. He remembered the cordial grasp of the hand, the words of comfort and cheer, which made him feel at home. The charge had been brought against Congregationalists that they were unsocial and unsympathetic, but his experience with this church had shown just the opposite to be true here. One thing in particular, he said, had impressed him in connection with this church - the large-hearted benevolence which characterized it. If he were called upon to write a motto to correctly interpret the mo- tives of the men and women belonging to this church, he would write upon the walls, " We live not for ourselves alone." Wen- dell Phillips has said, when half a dozen earnest, devoted men meet together, devoted to a great principle, there is the beginning of a revolution. From what our eyes have seen and our ears heard, we know that when seven devoted men and women come together, devoted to the service of God, there is the beginning of a church, not in name merely, but in fact. As we look up to those names written there and consider what they did, we must feel that they builded better than they knew. It is for us, the men and women of this church, to consecrate ourselves anew to carry on the work they so nobly began.
Mr. Hunt closed with an earnest appeal for faithful and united efforts to bring into the house of God those who know not God, and advance the cause of righteousness in this place.
ADDRESS, REV. JOHN M. ENGLISHI.
Mr. English said it was with exceeding appropriateness that he had been invited to represent the sister churches in these exercises. He claimed in two lines historical connection with Congregational- ism - as represented in this church. The historical address showed that Brown University, that grand old Baptist institution, has for-
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nished two pastors to this church, and he was a graduate of Brown. This was one connection. And when he came to Gloucester, an inexperienced young man, he used to walk a good deal, and on one of his tramps was recognized and accosted at the Head of the Harbor by Deacon Parker, from whom he afterwards received many a word of encouragement. But he had a still more vital connection with Congregationalism in Gloucester. Mention was made in the morning of a house on Elm street that was a home of great hospitality to ministerial supplies. When he came to Glou- . cester, he was not exactly a supply, yet he needed some place where hospitality was tendered, and he stopped nearly two years at the Harraden house on Elm street. They were good Congregation- alists, and he did not believe they were any worse for having him there. There having entered into the spirit of hospitality, fragrant and abundant, I assure you, said the speaker, that I can bring you from my heart, a word of congratulation from your sister churches. I feel, of course, that you would rather hear from those more inti- mately connected with you than I am, yet I can say with the utmost sincerity, you have had no speaker who can say from the depths of his heart any more truthfully than I can, God speed to this church.
Mr. English spoke eloquently of the unwritten history of the church, the deep currents of spiritual force that can never be put by pen upon paper, the elements that after all are the elements of power in Christian organization. He also spoke of the mother as the character-forming element in the family, and of woman and her power in church work. The church of Christ that is true to God, he said in conclusion, shall be fairer than the moon, shall be clearer than the sun, and more terrible than an army with banners. Let us be true to the church and to Christ, and God will give us victory and glory and salvation at last.
ADDRESS, REV. DAVID N. BEACH.
Mr. Beach was introduced as a son-in-law of the church. He said the day had been a day of retrospection, of looking into the past. The value of history, and its power in taking the conceit
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out of a man, had been shown with rare power, and the fact demonstrated that truth is the thing worthy to be followed. He had proposed, if the time had allowed, to speak upon a line of kindred thought, and show how the Bible filled out that thought ; how God had been with his people in all ages. Our doctrine is a doctrine of facts. Now these sainted ones who have been in our minds to-day, came out not because they believed in ideas or opin- ions, but because they believed in facts and principles running . through history. There was nothing greater and nothing less back of it than - " My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." Nothing has given me abounding zeal for my Master like the history of the church of God.
When Bismark was lately in correspondence with the late Pope, the latter was able to refer to a precedent in the history of the church a thousand years ago. " My predecessor of a thousand years ago " did thus and so. What government, what history, what power can go back to such a precedent? And yet a thou- sand years, it is nothing. The history of the church of God goes back three and four thousand years. And it has a history back even beyond that. And these churches, the body of Jesus Christ, are going down through all the ages. How can you help giving of your time and money and prayers and influence, as these sainted ones of blessed memory did, for the Everlasting Father, the Savior and Sanctifier. Religion, a history of facts, God that worketh hitherto, and the Son that works, and we who are to work, this is the sentiment I would bring to you.
LETTERS.
FITCHBURG, November, 1879.
REV. MR. CLARK : Dear Brother, -I have received invita- tions from yourself and others to be present at the semi-centennial celebration of the church of which you are pastor, and to participate , in the exercises thereof. On many accounts I desire to be with you on the occasion ; but such is the state of my health that this desire cannot be gratified.
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It may be expected that I write, giving some account of the church during the period of my pastorate; for this also I am incapacitated. I can only assure the people of your charge of my abiding interest in them. Hoping that the approaching celebra- tion may prove both interesting and profitable to all concerned, I subscribe myself, Fraternally yours,
J. AIKEN.
BOSTON HIGHLANDS, Nov. 15, 1879.
My Dear Mr. Clark : - I find, unexpectedly, that necessary preparations for leaving on a journey Wednesday morning will deprive me of the pleasure of being with you Tuesday afternoon. I am sure you will have an inspiring and joyful celebration of the great anniversary. May the Lord Himself, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, who walks in the midst of the golden candlesticks, manifest His presence while you are commemorating His mercies in the past, and grant you greater mercies in the years to come.
With best wishes to the dear friends at Gloucester, and with many prayers for your own suecess as the minister of the Lord Jesus, Very truly yours,
J. O. MEANS. -
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, Nov. 12, 1879.
Dear Brethren :- It would afford me very great pleasure to comply with your kind invitation to be present at the approaching celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of your church. It will, however, be impossible for me to be with you, and I must content myself with this brief expression of my desire to be remembered on the oeeasion as having still a sineere and ten- der interest in the beloved church to which it was my privilege to minister for a short period twenty-two years ago. Your letter awakened delightful recollections of friendships formed then with dear brethren and sisters, of whom some have since gone to their rest, but others of whom remain to still serve the eanse to which they were so faithful at that time. No church was ever blessed with more earnest, self-sacrificing and devoted members than were many whom we so well remember as aetive then in its support. 9
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I trust that the same spirit of fidelity characterizes it now as then, and will increasingly distinguish its second half century of existence ; that it will ever remain strong in the defence of the gospel of our Lord ; and that it may always enjoy great spiritual prosperity.
Again regretting that I cannot join with your people in so inter- esting and delightful a reunion as this promises to be, and thank- ing you for your kind invitation, I remain, with the warmest fraternal esteem and love, Yours in Christ,
WM. C. DICKINSON.
EASTHAMPTON, MASS., October, 1879.
REV. F. G. CLARK,
Dear Sir :- I am pleased to know that you are proposing to observe the semi-centennial of the Congregational church at Glou- cester, believing that it will be interesting and useful to many. Every true church of Christ is an institution of paramount value. He has placed it as a seal on His heart and a seal on His arm. To it He says, as he said to His first disciples, " Ye are the salt of the earth," "Ye are the light of the world." Special interest attaches to the church now under our notice, because of the moral and religious state of things where and when it was formed, and on account of its subsequent history. During the fifty years of its existence, it has been a blessing, not only to many individuals, but to the community where it is located. It has been a benefit to all the other churches with which it has been in fellowship. It has helped the friends of morality and religion in their aims and efforts to restrain intemperance and other prevailing vices, and to pro- mote " whatever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report." By its prayers and influence, it has done not a little to benefit many in their temporal as well as their spiritual interests. Beyond all doubt, hundreds of persons, perhaps thousands, have in some way come under the influence of which I speak, and have thereby been made wiser, better and happier in all the relations and conditions of life. Never till the great Revealing Day can any of us know how much good has been accomplished or will yet be accomplished for individuals, or for society at large, through
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influences emanating from the church now under our particular notice. God grant that it may be blessed and prospered in the fu- ture more than it has been in the past. For many years to come, may it stand as a lighthouse on our Atlantic coast, to cheer, guide and save bewildered seamen, who but for it would be lost. Happy they who shall have any part in the accomplishment of such bene- ficial results. From considerations like those above alluded to, I have ever felt an interest in this church, and this interest has been increased by the fact that so many members of the church of which I was pastor at Rockport, became, from time to time, members of this. Some of these persons I now have distinctly in mind. They were active, consistent and useful Christians, both before and after they left us. They were also my supporters and personal friends. As such, they will not soon be forgotten by me.
You ask if I had any acquaintance with Deacon Babson or Deacon Parker. My acquaintance with the first named of these men was very limited, and not very great with the latter. But from what I did know of them personally, and from what I learned of them through others, I ever had the impression that they were loved and respected by the church and were deemed worthy of the office they held in it, that they conformed in a pleasing degree to what is required of deacons in the third chapter of Paul's First Epistle to Timothy, and in other parts of the New Testament scriptures.
I have quite a pleasant recollection of some other members of the same church, both of men and of women. They will not soon be forgotten by their Christian friends and associates. Some of them, perhaps most of them, have already gone to be with and like their glorified Redeemer forever. Others still remain a little longer in this world, to labor and pray for the upbuilding of His kingdom and the salvation of their fellow men ; and then, if they are faithful to the end, they will pass away, to be recognized as God's precious jewels, and to shine as stars in the firmament of heaven through all the period of their immortal existence. May the number be greatly multiplied who shall possess the character and share largely in the happiness of those to whom I have now referred.
Respectfully and truly yours,
WAKEFIELD GALE.
SKETCH OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
JOIIN CUNNINGHAM.
This school was organized in 1829, in. " Union Hall," then lo- cated on High street, and now standing on Commercial street, and used by Maddocks & Co. as a sail-loft and store-house. The first teachers were Miss Mary Holmes, Miss Sarah Cushing and Miss Abigail Webber, and there were twenty-five scholars. The school met at noon. In 1831, the school reported thirty-six scholars ; in 1832, fifty scholars ; in 1835, seventy ; and in 1838, including Bible class and mission schools at Fresh Water Cove and Apple Row, 275. The mission schools were sustained by Deacon Bacon, Squire Nash and Mrs. G. P. Low.
The first man to have charge of the school was Rev. Charles S. Porter, the first pastor of the church. During his pastorate, a Sunday school concert was held in Miss Judith Parsons' house on Middle street. Mr. Porter wrote a hymn and made some re- marks for the occasion.
Miss Parsons kept a day school, and all her scholars were taught the " Shorter Catechism " Friday afternoons. Some of her pupils are now living, and bear testimony to her vigorous manner of conducting the school. She was evidently a firm be- liever in the "heroic method of treatment" of offenders for sins committed. The culprit was likely to realize to the fullest extent that " the way of the transgressor is hard." She always kept in store a supply of pepper sauce, for the benefit of those unfor- tunates who let slip from their lips the unguarded lie or word of profanity.
After Mr. Porter, came Jonathan Wheeler, and he was fol- lowed by Deacon Bacon in 1836.
During Mr. Nickels' pastorate, Sunday school concerts were
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held in the Lancaster building, now standing on the corner of Short and Main streets, then standing where Deacon Garland's house now stands on Middle street.
Dr. Joseph Reynolds and Judge Joshua P. Trask served as superintendents for a short time, and Deacon Bacon again took charge of the school, which post he held in all twenty-five years.
In 1856, the school was saddened by the loss at sea of two young men who had been connected with it, Samuel, son of Dea- con Bacon, and Charles E., son of Mr. Stephen Low Davis, who were, during the month of June, lost overboard from the ship " John Gilpin," on a voyage to San Francisco. It was Samuel Bacon's first voyage, and Charles E. Davis was third officer of the ship. Both were young men, well known in the community, and the local papers of that day speak of them as young men of fine promise.
In 1861, came the " War of the Rebellion," and this school, like all others in the North, had its representatives in the army, some of whom never returned, but gave their lives for their coun- try. Among these were two young men who had been active and zealous workers in the school and its missions, George H. Crock- ett and Asaph S. Haskell, both members of the 23d Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. Young Crockett died of fever at Newbern, N. C., April 21, 1862, and Haskell at Morehead City, Sept. 29, 1864, of yellow fever, having served his country faithfully three years. They were young men of more than ordi- nary promise, and their early death carried sorrow to many hearts in the entire community. Theirs were lives worthy of imi- tation, and they have entered into their reward.
In 1870, the school, by vote of the church granting them power to make choice of their own officers, organized with the election of Joseph O. Procter as superintendent ; N. HI. Phil- lips, assistant superintendent ; Jolin Cunningham, secretary and treasurer ; Nathaniel Babson, librarian ; David L. Davis, Syl- vester Cunningham, Fred. E. Ford and Charles M. Thacher, assistant librarians.
Deacon Bacon, who now retired from the superintendency which he had held so long, was one of the most faithful and devoted superintendents the school has ever had, and left it
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in good condition when he withdrew. The church and school ' manifested their appreciation of his services by presentinghim with a suitable testimonial.
Mr. Procter was superintendent in 1871, 1873, 1874 and 1875, having previously served the school as secretary and treasurer eight years, and librarian for two years. He was the first to keep a record of the school. His administration was marked with energy and thoroughness, and he left the school stronger than he found it.
Mr. N. H. Phillips was superintendent in 1872, and although he served but one year, he gave his earnest and hearty service, and the collections of the school for this year for library books and expenses were the largest in its history. Declining to serve anoth- er year, he was succeeded by Mr. Procter.
Deacon Peter D. Smith was chosen superintendent in 1876, Mr. Procter being relieved at his own request. Deacon Smith served for one year in a faithful and acceptable manner, but declined a re-election on account of his absence from the city during the summer months.
In 1877, the present superintendent began his duties.
In December of the same year, the school by vote asked the church to take it back under its direct charge, which request was granted, and it is now, as it should be, in care of the church.
Singing has always been an important part of the service in Sunday school. Among the organists and choristers who have served the school are Rebecca J. Poole, Mrs. C. E. Swett, Eva Tappan, Lucy Tappan, Willie Poole, S. O. Saville, Win. Darton, and our present chorister, Miss Ella L. Procter. The first librarian of record is Mr. J. O. Procter, followed by Isaac R. Trask, John H. Munsey, Win. H. Jordan, David L. Davis, Gustavus Babson, Jr., Nathaniel Babson, J. O. Procter, Jr., and Fred. Pearce. The library is in good condition and contains about 900 volumes.
The total collections from 1863 to January 1, 1879, have been $2122.00. Of this amount, there has been paid out for charity, $758.26 ; for library books and papers, $1069.73 ; and for other expenses, $256.05.
The membership of the school is 320. It has not grown largely
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in the last twenty years, but there has been a great and good work done in all this time. There have been additions to the church from the school from time to time, the largest at any one time being twenty-five, in 1870. It has sent out two ministers, Rev. J. L. R. Trask, of Holyoke, Mass., and Rev. Francis Parker, of Enfield, N. H.
Of the 299 members of the school when Mr. Procter began his record in 1862, but 17 are now members. Fifty years ago, there were but few Sunday schools in Massachusetts ; now in this state there are 360,000 scholars and 60,000 teachers.
We have now reached the end of the first fifty years of this school's work, and you may ask what has been done. The written record is indeed short, but who can say what its un- written history may reveal in that "morning of the resurrection " when they shall come from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South, and shall sit down in the Kingdom.
Evangelical Congregational Church, 1879.
Pastor - Rev. Frank G. Clark.
Deacons - Jacob Bacon, Peter D. Smith, John J. Pew, Alex- ander Pettigrew.
Deaconesses - Mrs. Laura R. Hunt, Mrs. Mary P. Tucker. Mrs. Betsey Pearce, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Allen.
Church Clerk - Joseph O. Procter.
Church Treasurer - John K. Dustin, Jr.
Chorister - S. Oliver Saville.
Organists - Bessie F. Dolliver, Wm. H. Alles.
PARISH OFFICERS.
Parish Clerk - John Cunningham.
Parish Collector and Treasurer - John Gott.
Parish Committee - Nathaniel Babson, Solomon Poole, N. D. Cunningham, Wm. H. Haskell, Albert Dodge.
Auditing Committee - James T. Seaver, David L. Davis.
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Superintendent - John Cunningham.
Secretary and Treasurer - David L. Davis. Chorister and Organist - Miss Ella L. Procter.
Librarian and Assistants - Fred. A. Pearce, Wm. T. Cun- ningham, Theodore Overbeck, Lewis Duclow, Charles Overbeck.
Membership, Nov. 19, 1879.
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
Mrs. Hannah Parsons
Mrs. Ann M. Low
" Sarah Tarr
" Louisa Tarr Judith P. Saville
Mrs. Ann R. Davis
Mrs. Martha Hodgkins
Mary Low
" Helen Menezes
Caroline Nash
Jacob Bacon
Elizabeth Nash
John Parker
Mrs. Mary Swift
" Emily Nash
" Susan S. Babson Sarah W. Harraden
Mrs. Mary P. Tucker
" Martha A. Blanchard
Rachel Davis
" Lydia Hawson
Lonson D. Nash
Mrs. Emily Bacon " Eliza Brown
Joseph O. Procter Abby A. Watkins John A. Winning
Nehemiah D. Cunningham Mrs. Mary Winning
Catherine Stacy
Mrs. Mary Haskell
" Mary J. Parkhurst
Sally Stanwood " Hannah M. Tappan
Solomon Poole Mrs. Rebecca Poole " Louisa Wilson " Sarah Hodgkins
" Mary E. Branch " Mary (Card) Shaw
Samuel Hodgkins
" Eliza (Somes) Leach Sally Low Mrs. Lydia A. Sanborn
Mary Pearson
Mary A. Harraden
Abby B. Brown
" Mary E. Marshall
Lucy A. Procter Stephen P. Andrews Mrs. Lydia D. Andrews Maria R. Babson
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Mrs. Angaretta Crowell " Elizabeth D. Smith " Elizabeth D. Seaver William J. Tarr
Jurgen C. Overbeck Mrs. Maria Overbeck " Almira Pushee " Sarah Ellery
" Ann E. Walen
" Emeline T. Duclow
" Sarah J. Tarr
Georgiana Parsons Humphrey L. Calder Mrs. Joanna Eldridge " Maria L. Phillips Frederic Allen Mrs. Elizabeth D. Allen
" Clara Haskins
" Bertha V. Faunk Peter D. Smith
Mrs. Abby J. Smith
Lucy A. Andrews
Epes P. Pulcifer
Mrs. Mary A. F. Pulcifer " Ellen F. Babson Ella L. Procter George A. Upton Mrs. Ellen Marlin " Judith D. Lane
" Sarah (Lane) Heath Susan Lane Lucy J. Cunningham John Cunningham Mrs. Ella Gardner
Frederic E. Ford Stephen Oliver Saville Elijah D. Blanchard Mrs. Lydia T. Elwell
Frederic White Lewis E. Nickerson
Mrs. Bessie M. Nickerson Eliza Dodge
John J. Pew
Mrs. Lucy C. Pew " Frances M. Ward Joseph O. Procter, Jr. Nathaniel Babson .
Gorham P. Low
Lucy Low Simeon Merchant, Jr.
Mrs. Lydia E. Merchant
Michael Walen
Nathan II. Phillips
Samuel Curtis
Mrs. Hannah A. Curtis " Hannah E. Davis David HI. Ellery David L. Davis Susie Shackelford
Mrs. Marilla F. Ford
" Betsey Pearce
" Eleanor F. Parker Mira Davis John H. Rust
Charles C. Knights
Mrs. Mary E. Knights " Susie Merchant
" Nellie H. Fears
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Ida Tappan Lucy Tappan
Alexander Pettigrew
Mrs. Isabella Pettigrew
John K. Dustin, Jr. Mrs. Lucy L. Dustin
" Mary E. Butler
" Edward Walters
" Hannah S. Parker " Mary A. Abbott " Lucy Smith
" Ann E. Knowlton
" Ella HI. Cunningham Mary Overbeck
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Margaret McCloud Albert Dodge Mrs. Abby L. Dodge
John Hawson
Mrs. Lucy A. Smith " Jessie Hunter Lewis Duclow Josiah II. Hunt
Mrs. Laura R. Hunt
Rev. F. B. Makepeace " Susan Reed Mrs. Helen M. Makepeace Rev. Frank G. Clark
" Laura P. Clark
" Joan L. Cunningham
" Elizabeth A. Hull
" Carrie M. Higgins Caroline A. Webber Mrs. Luella S. Sayward
Mrs. Mary Gwinn
Mrs. Abigail Clement
Sarah A. Hoyt
Total, 188. Resident, 161.
Silas Deering Mrs. Elizabeth A. Deering " John Cameron " Jane Marsters Charles Marsters Mrs. Jane McCloud
Eunice E. McCloud Mrs. Emma Joseph " Ella C. Farwell John Gott Mrs. Sarah JJ. Mansfield " Ann C. Lewis
Mrs. Catherine Partridge " Flora Ruckley Robert J. Moore
Mrs. Sarah McKinnon
Annie L. Clements
Mrs. Mary HI. Pettigrew " Hannah F. Lynn Nellie F. Lynn Hattie E. Atkinson Mrs. Ann Patience
Mrs. Charlotte M. Clark " Eliza T. Nickerson Edward M. Martin
Mrs. Sarah M. Fisher Clara Fisher
Austin P. Cary Miranda Steele
Mrs. Mary E. Scammon " Hannah D. Phelps
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