Historical sketch of Saint Anne's Church, Lowell, Mass, Part 10

Author: Waters, Wilson, 1855-1933
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified], [Courier-Citizen]
Number of Pages: 288


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Articles in the "Witness," and local newspapers; and con- tributions to the Old Residents' Historical Association.


The Journal of the Diocesan Convention for 1832, was pre- pared by Dr. Edson, who was secretary and treasurer. It was printed in Lowell by E. C. Purdy, Journal Press.


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CHAPTER XI. ST. ANNE'S FROM 1884 TO 1925


ALBERT ST. JOHN CHAMBRE, D. D.


Born in England in 1830, Dr. Chambre's first church-work was as a choir-boy in his father's church. The death of his parents made it necessary to come to America, where he had relatives, and as these relatives were Universalists, he was brought up in that faith.


Always possessed of deep reverence, and with an increasing desire to uplift his fellow men, Dr. Chambre was ordained as a Universalist minister in the late fifties, and at the beginning of the Civil War left his parish in Newark, N. J., to serve as chaplain of one of the New Jersey regiments, a part of General Sickles' 3rd Corps.


Through the Civil War he served in the capacity of chaplain, and commanded the respect and love of the men. One of the kindly deeds of the chaplain brought him into the presence of Abraham Lincoln as a petitioner for the life of a soldier sentenced to be shot, and it is a matter of record that the President pardoncd that soldier in consequence of Dr. Chambré's intercession.


At the close of the war, Dr. Chambre returned to Newark where he resumed his pastorate. Subsequently he accepted a call to Stoughton, Mass., and the older residents still remember him with the tenderest feeling.


Accepting a call to the Universalist Church in Franklin, Mass., Dr. Chambré renewed his activities with abundant results. For some time he was also Principal of Dean Academy. In his years of work and study he became impressed with the belief that he would have greater prestige and accomplish greater results as a minister of his original Church, the Episcopal, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop Paddock January 13, 1881, and in due time Priest by the same Bishop.


Dr. Chambre's first assignment was at St. Matthew's, South Boston, where he served as assistant. His second pastorate was in the Church of the Ascension, Fall River, and here he won recog-


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nition as an organizer and under his administration the church prospered greatly.


The rectorship of St. Anne's was offered to him on February 7, 1884, and he took charge May 18, of that year. His influence in the church-work of Lowell was felt from the first, and his activities in Lowell institutions, educational and charitable, are reflected today in many directions. Dr. Chambré had had some previous acquaintance with our city, as he had years before officiated in the old Second Universalist Church on Shattuck Street.


He was the first Archdeacon of Lowell, with the oversight of the counties of Middlesex and Essex and a part of Suffolk; trustee and one of the originators of the Lowell General Hospital; one of the founders of the Day Nursery Association, of which he was di- rector and president; president of the Battles Home; trustec for more than twenty years and president seventeen years of the Lowell Institution for Savings.


He was a trustee of the General Theological Seminary in New York City, one of the managing trustees and vice-president of St. Mark's School at Southborough, a trustee of Rogers Hall School, Dean of the Eastern Convocation, a member of the Stand- ing Committee of this Diocese and an examining chaplain.


As a veteran of the Civil War Dr. Chambre was for years one of the leading spirits of Post 42, and members of that organization remember many of the meetings which he attended and addressed. To his efforts in part was due the rapid growth and prestige of that Post during the eighties and nineties.


Dr. Chambre was a 33rd degree Mason. He was not a member of a Lowell lodge, but was past master of an army-lodge during the Civil War, past master of Newark Lodge of Newark, N. J., Dep- uty Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mass- achusetts, an army-member of the Council of the Scottish Rite, and received his 33rd degree in 1905.


He was also a member of the Loyal Legion, an organization made up of commissioned officers of the Civil War. As president of the Hooker Association he attained his most conspicuous position in Grand Army organizations.


He died December 11, 1911.


Fidelis arruus et prudens.


Early in the rectorate of Dr. Chambre the present chancel was built on plans by W. P. Wentworth, the interior of the church was


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decorated and cathedral glass substituted for plain glass in some of the windows. A new three-manual organ, built by Hook and Hastings, was erected at the side of the chancel, and the gallery at the west end of the church reduced to a small mediaeval "minstrel gallery." A vested choir now sang at all the services. Previously a mixed choir occupied the gallery on Sunday mornings, the vested choir singing in the evening.


Later the choir-room was enlarged, and parish-rooms and a cloister built.


The present marble altar and reredos with credence, altar rail and mosaic pavement in the sanctuary were given in 1893 by Mrs. J. B. Francis in memory of her husband. The altar and cre- dence placed in St. Anne's when the present chancel was built were removed to the chapel. These were given in memory of the chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Francis. Other gifts made to the church dur- ing the rectorate of Dr. Chambre are the Savory and Chancel windows in the church, also the transom window over the north entrance; the Burke window in the chapel, a brass eagle lecturn; two mural tablets; altar vases and book-rest, a brazen ewer, ser- vice books and vestments and other articles of use and beauty. Mrs. Eliza A. Davis and George Motley each gave $5,000 to endow a bed in the Lowell General Hospital. An endowment of $15,000 was given to the Orphanage.


The mission of St. Anne's at North Billerica was started by Dr. Chambre, and is now an organized and prosperous parish whose church was consecrated September 18, 1890.


The Sunday afternoon service was discontinued in 1882, and the nine o'clock session of the Sunday School in 1884.


Among the published writings of Dr. Chambré are:


"The Camp Fire," a tract, 1864.


"A Gospel Catechism for Sunday Schools," 1869.


"Out of the Depths, and The Lord our Shepherd," sermons, . 1872.


"Historical sermon delivered in St. Anne's, 1885."


"Ten Years in St. Anne's," 1894.


"Sermons on the Apostles' Creed," 1898.


"The Seventy-fifth Anniversary," 1899.


"Fifteen Years in St. Anne's," 1899.


"A Rest for the People of God," a sermon, 1901.


"Twenty Years in St. Anne's," 1904.


"Twenty-five Years in St. Anne's," 1909.


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The following are the bequests of Dr. Chambre to St. Anne's Church held in trust by the Rector, Wardens and Vestry, the income only to be used :


$5,000-The Chambre Benevolent fund.


1,000-The Altar and Altar Linen fund.


2,000-The Choir Vestment fund.


5,000-The Theodore Edson Orphanage. This fund to be known as the Harriet L. Chambre Orphanage Fund.


2,500-The Chambr' Memorial Window in the Chapel, in memory of Mrs. Harrict L. Chambre.


2,000-The Girls' Friendly Society. This fund to be known as the Harriet L. Chambre fund.


The residue of his estate after providing for all bequests was willed to St. Anne's church to be used for parish purposes, the fund to be known as The Chambre Endowment Fund of St. Anne's Church. This fund, of which the interest has accumulated for a number of years, now amounts to $12,384.


He also left his library to the Church.


In addition he left the following bequests:


$5,000-to the Battles Home for Old Men.


5,000-to St. Mark's School, Southborough.


1,000-to the Day Nursery Association of Lowell.


5,000-to the Lowell General Hospital which he was instru- mental in founding.


1,000-to the Massachusetts Diocesan Missionary Board.


1,000-to Almon P. Stevens, "faithful sexton of St. Anne's."


1,000-to the A. St. John Chambre Post No. 72, Grand Army of the Republic, Stoughton, Mass.


The Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of St. Anne's was commemorated on May 21, 22, 23, 1899. There were sermons and addresses by Bishop Lawrence, the Rev. A. E. Johnson, the Rev. Charles W. Homer, D. D., the Rev. Henry E. Hovey, the Rev. E. Winchester Donald, D. D., the Rev. William L. Cheney, the Rev. John S. Lindsay, D. D., and the Rector, Dr. Chambre. On the closing night of the Anniversary there was a largely-attended parish reunion.


Mrs. J. B. Francis, present at the Consecration of St. Anne's in 1825, was present also at this anniversary in 1899.


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THE REV. APPLETON GRANNIS


The Reverend Appleton Grannis, third rector of St. Anne's Church, began his pastorate on Easter Sunday, 1912. Mr. Grannis, the son of Charles K. and Annie Appleton Grannis, was born in Utica, N. Y. He comes of a long line of old New England ancestry, the first of the Grannis line having settled in New Haven, Conn., in 1640 and of the Appleton line, his mother's family, in Ipswich in 1635. After two years in the Utica Academy he completed his high-school work at St. John's School, Manlius, N. Y., of which his maternal grandfather was one of the founders. In the fall of 1889 he entered Columbia University, New York City, from which he graduated in 1893. That fall he matriculated at the General Theological Seminary in New York, from which he graduated three years later. In 1898, after a post-graduate course at Columbia, he received his degree of Master of Arts.


Mr. Grannis was ordained to the Diaconate on Trinity Sunday, 1896, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Starkey, D.D., Bishop of Newark, in Grace Church, Orange. He was presented by the Rev. Alexander Mann, then associate rector of Grace Church and now Bishop of Pittsburgh. He was ordained to the Priesthood on the Feast of the Annunciation in March, 1897, by Bishop Starkey. Immediately after his graduation from the theological seminary Mr. Grannis was appointed to the charge of St. Peter's Mission in Essex Falls, N. J., the congregation at that time, meeting in a hall. Within six months a beautiful Gothic church was completed and the first services were held on Christmas Day, 1896. While this church was in process of erection, the pastor organized a mission at Little Falls, N. J., and two years later there was dedicated the present St. Agnes' Church in that village.


In the fall of 1901 Mr. Grannis became senior assistant in St. Michael's Church, New York, where he served three years under the rectorship of Dr. John P. Peters. In February, 1905, he became senior assistant at Trinity Church, Boston, of which the Rev. Alexander Mann, D. D., was rector. In the spring of 1907 he was called to the rectorship of the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York City, to succecd the Rev. Robert L. Paddock, who had been made Bishop of Eastern Oregon.


Soon after assuming the rectorship of St. Anne's Church in Lowell, Mr. Grannis formulated plans for a Parish House, the corner-stone of which was laid in May, 1914, the building being


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THE RT. REV. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, D. D.


THE RT. REV. CHARLES LEWIS SLATTERY, D. D.


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The Rt. Rev. Samuel G. Babcock, D.D. Suffragan Bishop


completed and ready for occupation about six months later. The architect was F. W. Stickney of Lowell.


During the thirteen years of Mr. Grannis's rectorship, St. Anne's has seen a steady and substantial growth. During this period the burials have numbered 704, the marriages 416, the bap- tisms 694, and the confirmations 691. The total enrollment of communicants at present is 1,285, the Sunday School is large and flourishing, though handicapped by the long distances at which the pupils live from the Church. The Parish House has been com- pletely paid for, and the Church bears no outstanding obligations. Its endowments for all purposes total approximately $75,000. The value of buildings and grounds is more than $450,000. The grounds, in the very heart of the city, have a frontage of 250 feet and are about the same in depth.


Mr. Grannis has taken an active part in the life of Lowell. He is President of the Board of Trustees of Rogers Hall School, a trustee of the Lowell Institution for Savings, a trustee of the Battles Home for Old Men, a trustee of the Ministry at Large, a trustee of the Social Service League, which he was partly instrumental in founding, and Chaplain of Kilwinning Lodge of Masons. He has also taken an active part in diocesan affairs, as a member of the Diocesan Council since its formation, a member of the Dio- cesan Board of Religious Education and of the Diocesan Social Service Commission.


From the great past and promising present, the Rector feels that he may justifiably and will look forward to a wonderful fu- ture of fulfilment, usefulness and uplift for his parish and from its works-asking only that it may "stay up the hands" of him who serves.


Deus Incrementum Dabit.


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OFFICERS OF ST. ANNE'S


RECTORS


The Rev. Theodore Edson, D. D., 1824-1883.


The Rev. Albert St. John Chambre, D.D., 1884-1911.


The Rev. Appleton Grannis, Easter, 1912. CURATES


The Rev. William M. Willian 1849-1850


The Rev. Charles W. Homer 1859-1860


The Rev. Alfred E. Johnson


1877-1883


The Rev. David J. Ayers


1880-1888


The Rev. Francis Gilliat 1882-1884


The Rev. J. McGaw Foster


1885-1886


The Rev. Thomas Bakes


1887-1890


The Rev. Wilson Waters


1890-1892


The Rev. George S. Sinclair


1893-1897


The Rev. A. A. V. Binnington


1898-1900


The Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse


1901-1902


The Rev. William Jenkins. 1903-1907


The Rev. Samuel Henry Jobe 1912-1914


The Rev. John W. Suter, Jr


1914-1915


The Rev. Arthur Wynne Shaw


1915-1920


The Rev. John Joseph Callan


1922-1923


WARDENS


Warren Colburn 1825


Allan Pollock


1825


Joel Lewis 1827


John O. Green, M. D ..


1830


Elisha Huntington, M. D.


1833


Robert Means


1835


George Brownell.


1835


James Cook .


1838


George H. Carleton


1845


William A. Burke


1865


Samuel K. Hutchinson


1871


John M. Pevey 1871


1884 Frederick Taylor


Frederick A. Warner, M. D. 1887


James B. Francis


1890


Charles H. Conant 1892


Franklin Nourse


1903


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Edward N. Burke 1911 Charles F. Grover 1925


Nicholas G. Norcross


1925


TREASURERS


Nathaniel Goodwin . 1824


Thomas Billings 1828


Benjamin Mather 1829


George H. Carleton


1833


Charles Hovey 1846


Timothy G. Tweed. 1886


Frederick T. Fay


1892


Charles W. Eaton


1897


Charles B. Redway


1919


Arthur T. Safford


1921


Grover C. Morris.


1924


CLERKS


George B. Pollock 1824


Joel Lewis . 1828


Daniel Bixby 1835


Charles Hovey 1839


John O. Green, M. D


1843


Oliver E. Cushing


1857


Edward N. Burke. 1889


Major Frederick A. Estes.


1911


Charles F. Grover 1917


H. Paul Piper 1924


WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN-1925


Wardens: Charles F. Grover


Nicholas G. Norcross


Vestrymen : Grover C. Morris, Treasurer


H. Paul Piper, Clerk


George H. Pillsbury, M. D.


Charles E. Simpson, M. D.


Capt. William Porter White, U. S. N., Retired


Luther Faulkner


Harvey A. Lafleur


Charles N. Midwood


Morley Cook


H. Stanley Crysler


H. Hutchins Parker


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CENTENNIAL SERVICES


One Hundredth Anniversary of the Consecration of


ST. ANNE'S CHURCH LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS 1825-1925


SUNDAY, MAY 3


HOLY COMMUNION 7.30 A. M.


CORPORATE COMMUNION 10.45 A. M.


For all members of the parish. Historical Address by Rev. Wilson Waters, Rector of All Saints' Church, Chelmsford.


TUESDAY, MAY 5


PUBLIC AUDITORIUM MEETING


Musical Program from 7.30 to 8 p. m.


Lowell Masonic Choir, Choirs of the Episcopal Churches of greater Lowell, Swedish Lutheran Choir.


William C. Heller, director of St. Anne's Choir. Ferdinand Lehnert, Jr., director of Masonic Choir.


Speakers : HON. ALVIN T. FULLER, Governor of Massachu- setts.


ARTHUR D. PRINCE, EsQ., of Lowell.


RT. REV. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, D. D., Bishop of Massa- chusetts.


THURSDAY, MAY 7


PARISH RECEPTION AND HISTORICAL PAGEANT 7.45 P. M.


To be held in the Parish House. 100 young people of the parish will take part.


Directors : Carl Costello and Miss L. Blanche Perrin. All members of the parish and their friends are invited.


SUNDAY, MAY 10


HOLY COMMUNION 7.30 A. M. CONFIRMATION SERVICE 10.45 A. M. - RT. REV. CHARLES LEWIS SLATTERY, D. D. "St. Anne's in the Years to Come."


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CENTENNIAL EXERCISES


ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY; OF THE CONSECRATION OF


St. Anne's Church


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RECTORS OF ST. ANNE'S DURING THIS PERIOD:


REV. THEODORE EDSON 1825-1883


REV. A. ST. JOHN CHAMBRE 1884-1911


REV. APPLETON GRANNIS 1912-


LOWELL MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM TUESDAY, MAY FIFTH NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE


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ORDER OF SERVICE


OPENING HYMN-How Firm a Foundation Adeste Fideles


COMBINED CHOIRS


How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid on your faith in His excellent Word ! What more can He say than to you He hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled ?


Fear not, I am with thee ; O be not dismayed !


I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid ; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand. Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.


THE SHEPHERD'S SUNDAY SONG Kreutzer


LOWELL MASONIC CHOIR


ORGAN SELECTION


WILLIAM C. HELLER, ACCOMPANIED BY ARTHUR HELLER, Cornetist


PRAISE YE THE FATHER


Gounod ..


LOWELL MASONIC CHOIR


HYMN-There's a Wideness in God's Mercy Beecher


COMBINED CHOIRS


There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea ; There's a kindness in His justice Which is more than liberty. There is welcome for the sinner, And more graces for the good ; There is mercy with the Saviour ; There is healing in His blood.


There is no place where earth's sorrows Are more felt than up in heaven ; There is no place where earth's failings Have such kindly judgment given. There is plentiful redemption In the blood that has been shed ; There is joy for all the members In the sorrows of the Head.


GLORIA


Mozart


COMBINED CHOIRS


SOLO-The Pilgrim


Tchaikowsky


ERCEL TEESON


HALLELUJAH · CHORUS


Beethoven


LOWELL MASONIC CHOIR


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ORDER OF SERVICE


HYMN-Onward Christian Soldiers


COMBINED CHOIRS


Sullivan


Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the Cross of Jesus Going on before ! Christ, the royal Master, Leads against the foe ; Forward into battle, See, His banners go.


Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war,: With the Cross of Jesus Going on before !


Crowns and thrones may perish, Kingdoms rise and wane, But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain ; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that Church prevail ; We have Christ's own promise, And that cannot fail.


Onward, Christian soldiers, etc,


OPENING PRAYER


BISHOP LAWRENCE


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by the Rector of St. Anne's


GREETINGS OF THE CITY OF LOWELL HON. JOHN J. DONOVAN, MAYOR


ADDRESS-The Church and the State


HON. ALVIN T. FULLER Governor of Massachusetts


HYMN-God Bless Our Native Land . America


God bless our native land ; Firm may she ever stand Through storm and night : When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of wind and wave, Do Thou our country save . By Thy great might.


For her our prayers shall rise To God above the skies ; On Him we wait ; Thou Who art ever nigh, Guarding with watchful eye, To Thee aloud we cry, God save the state !


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ADDRESS -"The Church-The City"


ARTHUR D. PRINCE, OF LOWELL


HYMN -- The Church's One Foundation. Wesley


The Church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord ; She is His new creation By water and the word : From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy Bride; With His own Blood He bought her, And for her life He died.


Elect from every nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation, One Lord, one Faith, one Birth ; One holy name she blesses, Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued.


ADDRESS-"Retrospect" RT. REV. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, D. D., L.L.D. Bishop of Massachusetts


CLOSING HYMN-Rejoice, the Lord is King ! Parker


Rejoice, the Lord is King ! Your Lord and King adore ! Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore. Lift up your heart ! Lift up your voice ! Rejoice ! again I say, rejoice !


He sits at God's right hand, Till all His foes submit, And bow to His command, And fall beneath His feet. Lift up your heart ! Lift up your voice ! Rejoice ! again I say, rejoice !


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ST. ANNE'S CHURCH CENTENNIAL PAGEANT


THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS MAY 7th and 8th, 1925, AT 8 O'CLOCK


Yesterday and Today


EPISODE I.


SCENE 1. INDIAN CAMP ON THE MERRIMACK-AT DAWN. Invocation to the Great Spirit-The Sun. Indian Chief-Benjamin Taylor. Warriors-H. Crosby, F. Verloove, F. Beattie, P. Hall, E. Rowbotham W. Paulette. Indian Maidens-Jane Hall, Edna Morris.


SCENE 2. COMING OF THE SETTLERS.


Arnold Ryan, Evelyn Morris, Gladys Wotton. Indian Dance-Ruth Dainton. Symbol of Peace between the white man and the Indian.


EPISODE II.


SCENE 1. GAVOTTE OF 1800.


Belinda Bugler, F. Crosby, Ellen Heald, Mildred Johnston Frances Kennedy, Lillian Mooers, Ethel Rowbotham and Edith Walker.


Kirk Boott buys the site for St. Anne's Church. Kirk Boott -Arnold Ryan.


EPISODE III.


SCENE 1. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1825. THE FIRST SUNDAY MORNING. Quartette-Edith Maguire, Elizabeth Crawford, Ruth Dainton, Doris Ingalls.


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SCENE 2. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1865. CHRISTMAS. Solo - Benjamin Taylor.


SCENE 3. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1925. PALM SUNDAY. Soloist-Elizabeth Crossley. Palm Girls-Florence Covey, F. Haymen, Lillian Marsden and Marjorie MacInnes.


SCENE 4. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1925. EASTER SUNDAY.


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ST. ANNE'S CHURCH


CENTENNIAL PAGEANT


THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS MAY 7th and 8th, 1925, AT 8 O'CLOCK


Yesterday and Today


EPISODE I.


SCENE 1. INDIAN CAMP ON THE MERRIMACK-AT DAWN. Invocation to the Great Spirit-The Sun. Indian Chief-Benjamin Taylor. Warriors-H. Crosby, F. Verloove, F. Beattie, P. Hall, E. Rowbotham W. Paulette. Indian Maidens-Jane Hall, Edna Morris.


SCENE 2. COMING OF THE SETTLERS. Arnold Ryan, Evelyn Morris, Gladys Wotton. Indian Dance-Ruth Dainton. Symbol of Peace between the white man and the Indian.


EPISODE II.


SCENE 1. GAVOTTE OF 1800.


Belinda Bugler, F. Crosby, Ellen Heald, Mildred Johnston Frances Kennedy, Lillian Mooers, Ethel Rowbotham and Edith Walker.


Kirk Boott buys the site for St. Anne's Church. Kirk Boott -Arnold Ryan.


EPISODE III.


SCENE 1. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1825. THE FIRST SUNDAY MORNING. Quartette-Edith Maguire, Elizabeth Crawford, Ruth Dainton, Doris Ingalls.


SCENE 2. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1865. CHRISTMAS. Solo -Benjamin Taylor.


SCENE 3. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1925. PALM SUNDAY. Soloist-Elizabeth Crossley. Palm Girls-Florence Covey, F. Haymen, Lillian Marsden and Marjorie MacInnes.


SCENE 4. ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, 1925. EASTER SUNDAY. Soloist-Elizabeth Crossley. Easter Lillies-Eva Broadhurst, Lillian Bugler, Marion Crandall and Evelyn Davis.


EPISODE IV. DANCES OF THE SEASONS.


SCENE 1. SPRING- Doris Hanson, Doris Ingalls, Dorothy MacInnes, Aleta Smith, Gladys Wotton.


SCENE 2. SUMMER-Elizabeth Crawford, Elizabeth Crossley, Ruth Dainton and Edith Maguire.


SCENE 3. AUTUMN-Mabel Davis, Ann Denio, Arline MacInnes, Elsie Morris and Evelyn Morris.


SCENE 4. WINTER-Elizabeth Crossley.


SCENE 5. TABLEAU OF THE SEASONS.


SCENE 6. FINALE-The audience join in singing one verse of "The Star Span- gled Banner."


Pianist,-Miss Bernice M. Moulton. Dancing Numbers and Flowers by Miss L. Blanche Perrin. Old Fashioned Costumes by Mrs. Edward N. Burke. Chimes played by Mr. Harry Hopkins. Staged and produced by Carl W. Costello.


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The large window on the ground floor looks out from the room which was Dr. Edson's Study.


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Dr. Edson had a prayer for every occa- sion. Before the walls of All Saints' were built, the Rev. Edward L. Drown of New- buryport came with Dr. Edson to hold a service in Emmanuel chapel (in the parish house). They went to the site of the new church, and, standing upon the foundation, each said a prayer for the success of the undertaking.


He was a man of firm and enduring faith. In the last days of Dr. Edson Mr. Drown came to his bedside to visit him, and as he greeted him, Dr. Edson exclaimed : "Oh, it is all so true !" "What is so true?" asked Mr. Drown. "The blessed Gospel I have been preaching all these years: it is so true !"


On January 4, 1888, it was voted by the Wardens and Vestry of All Saints' "to build the tower as a memorial of the late Dr. Theodore Edson, the founder and bene- factor of this Church." The work was com- pleted in July of the same year.


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Notes by Fr. B. Goodwin in a copy of "Hist . Sketch you anne's , Fornell.


"My Waters was a man of great information , very self- contained , taciturn, and inclined not to converse with people whom he found minteresting or uncultured - he always listened to such courteously for making few replies. a " mane find"


" He made all Saints beautiful architecturally and almost unique as a new England country church with cloisters and delightful shindy and bits of detail of great charm.


His principal work in letter - literally a " Magnum Opus, was the "History of Chehurford .


" The was for years Librarian & the " Lowell Historical Society" and contributed many scholarly papers and much work"


Referring to Elisha Huntington's going to Marietta in 1816- " manetta returned the compliment by sending curate Waters back to St. anne's later. Hence This book"With Sketch & SV-Que's"


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In 1876, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Aug. 24, being the thelongford eighty-third anniversary of Dr. Edson's birth, the Sunday School, no doubt at his suggestion, were invited to spend the day on the grounds of Gov. Talbot in Billerica. A pulpit was improvised for Dr. Edson, who was there, and naturally he began to speak to the children about Nathanael (who is supposed to be the same as Bartholomew). "Now, children," he said, "what do you think Nathanael was doing under the fig tree?" "Hookin' figs," exclaimed one of the boys. There was a sparkle in Dr. Edson's genial eye as he proceeded to explain the character of the guileless Israelite.


I wish you had listened the sermon; Nathanael, the saint without guile, Was the text and the blessed example, And guileless as he was the style. - Bp. Core.


Dr. Edson's prayer at the laying of the corner-stone had been granted, and now he felt that his work in Chelmsford was done. As he talked with the people after the service, he said his farewell in the words of the Nunc Dimittis: "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace;"-the sweetest canticle, when a man has gained his worthy expectation, for


"Be the day weary, or never so long, At length it ringeth to evensong."


Dr. Edson died June 25, 1883, his funeral taking place on the 28th.


At the memorial service on the octave of All Saints following, the Wardens and Vestry of All Saints', Chelmsford, were assigned a place in the procession, and those who thus represented this parish partook of the Sacrament together.


What a remarkable man he was during his almost sixty years in Lowell, in "the daily beauty and sweetness of his unselfish Christian life," in his constant exertions for the glory of God and the salvation of souls, and in his influence throughout the Church at large. Those who knew him can see him now as he stood in discourse, his face aglow and eyes like fire, straightening his venerable form and bending slowly forward as he stated some convincing proposition; and as they speak of his "meek and unaffected grace;" and how "all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven," one cannot fail to understand how the influence of this "reverend champion" survives in other lives; and how sure we are today that God's "eternal sunshine settles on his head;" the light perpetual which 'shines upon the saints in Paradise, those who rest in His peace, that peace which the world cannot give, and which passeth all understanding.


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