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CHICOPEE NATIONAL BANK - Corner Main and Elm streets-Capital, $400,000. President, Henry Fuller, Jr. ; cashier, Thos. Warner, Jr .; teller, A. B. West; book- keeper C. H. Churchill; assistant book- keeper, A. W. Rice; clerk, H. P. Porter ; directors, Henry Fuller, Jr., J. D. Brewer, Horace Smith, H. S. Lee, E. Dickinson, G. L. Wright, H. W. Hallett.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK-Barnes' block, No. 394 Main street - Capital, '$500,000. President, Joseph C. Parsons ; cashier, FIRST NATIONAL BANK-NO. 455 Main street, opposite Court Square-Capital, $400,000. President, James Kirkham ; cashier, D. A. Folsom ; teller, F. L. Safford ; book-keeper, J. W. Kirkham; assistant book-keeper, Charles P. Johnson; clerk, James L. Richards ; directors, James Kirk- ham, Henry Morris, O. H. Greenleaf, Frederick H. Harris; assistant cashier, Frederick Harris; teller, E. W. Seeger ; book-keeper, W. J. Cooper ; clerk, Ed- ward P. Bagg; directors, George Walker, James H. Newton, Edmund Freeman, Clark W. Bryan, H. A. Gould, Joseph Carew, J. C. Parsons, Aaron Bagg, James H. Morton. An imposing iron front building George E. Howard, J. H. Appleton, E. | is now being erected on the corner of Main
Trask, W. H. Wesson, John Olmstead, Tim Henry.
JOHN HANCOCK NATIONAL BANK-NO. 288 Main street, Fort block, corner Main and Fort streets-Capital, $150,000. Presi- dent, R. S. Moore ; cashier, Edmund D. Chapin ; teller, George K. Tapley ; book- keeper, Paul D. Chase ; clerk, Willis E. Frost; directors, R. S. Moore, Elisha Gunn, A. L. Soule, Abijah W. Chapin, W. H Wil- kinson, John Kimberly, James M. Thomp- son.
PYNCHON NATIONAL BANK - No. 486 Main street-Capital, $200,000. President, H. N. Case ; cashier, Charles Marsh ; teller, William C. Simons ; book-keeper, Leonard Greene ; clerk, George R. Bond ; directors, H. N. Case, Homer Foot, E. W. Bond, Wil- lis Phelps, Benjamin K. Bliss, N. W. Tal- cott, R. M. Cooley, James Abbe.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK - (formerly Springfield Bank)-No. 405 Main street- Capital, $300,000. President, Henry Alex- ander, Jr. ; cashier, Lewis Warriner ; teller, Frederick O. Wells ; book-keeper, G. W. Hubbard ; assistant book-keeper, Harry P. Piper ; clerk, F. R. Shedd ; directors, Hen- ry Alexander, Jr., William Gunn, Alfred Rowe, Horace Kibbe, Gurdon Bill, Hinsdale Smith, A. D. Briggs, A. T. Folsom, H. M. Phillips.
and Hillman streets, which is expected to be ready for occupancy by this bank in the early spring of 1876.
SPRINGFIELD CLEARING HOUSE-Organ- ized March 25, 1873. All the banks of Springfield members. Officers-President, H. S. Hyde, president of Agawam National Bank ; secretary, Charles Marsh, cashier of Pynchon National Bank ; manager, T. War- ner, Jr., cashier of Chicopee National Bank. Clearings, daily, at Chicopee National Bank at 11 A. M.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-New granite block, corner Main and Lyman streets. President, Eliphalet Trask; vice-presidents, Chester W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, H. S. Hyde, F. S. Bailey ; trustees, Marvin Cha- pin, Lewis J. Powers, O. H. Greenleaf, C. O. Russell, W. F. Sturtevant, W. K. Baker, John M. Stebbins, T. M. Brown, R. F. Hawkins, J. A. Rumrill, Arthur I. Bemis, William Melcher ; secretary and treasurer, P. S. Bailey ; clerk, Ralph W. Kirkham. Deposits $1,600,000. Business hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Interest commences on deposits the fifteenth day of each month. Deposits draw interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK - Hampden House Block, No. 10 Court street. President, John C. Pynchon ; vice-presidents, Willis Phelps, Aaron Bagg, A. W. Chapin ; trustees, Ephraim W. Bond, H. Fuller, T. Warner, Jr., William Rice, Charles Marsh, William H. Smith, Wm. L. Smith, James E. Russell; secretary, E. W. Bond ; treasurer, D. J. Marsh ; book-keeper, C. H. Booth; clerk, W. Hetherington. Deposits, $1,100,000. Business hours, from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 3 P. M. Deposits received from Five Cents to One Thousand Dollars ; interest commences the fifteenth of each month. An elegant build- ing is now in course of construction on the site of the old Hampden Hall, corner of Main and Court streets, which will be occupied by the bank as soon as completed.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS -New building, corner of Main and State streets. Incorporated 1,827. President James M. Thompson ; vice-president, John B. Stebbins; board of managers, James M. Thompson, J. B. Stebbins, William Gunn, Henry Morris, George Dwight, Charles Marsh and Henry S. Lee; auditors, Homer
Foot, Edmund Freeman and J. D. Brewer ; secretary, William S. Shurtleff; treasurer Henry S. Lee; receiving teller, W. H. Hawkes ; paying teller, Henry H. Bowman ; book-keeper, Wm. F. Ferry ; clerks, W. N. Caldwell, J. C. Booth, J. W. White. De- posits, $5,800,000. Business hours, from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Receives deposits and pays interest on all sums from One to One Thousand Dollars. Deposits commence in- terest the first day of each month.
Insurance Companies.
MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY- Incorporated 1827. Cash assets, January, 1874, $92,000. President, W. C. Sturte- vant ; secretary, Frank R. Young; directors, W. C. Sturtevant, Henry Fuller, Henry S. Lee, Elijah Blake, Eliphalet Trask, Henry Morris, Charles L. Shaw, Alfred Rowe, James Kirkham. Office over Chicopee Na- tional Bank, 470 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1849-Cash capital, $600,000. President, Dwight R. Smith ; secretary, Sanford J. Hall; treasu- rer, Andrew J. Wright ; clerks, T. W. Co- burn, George R. Harrington, Henry M. Gates, Loyal L. Rogers, W. D. Bigelow, E. Bigelow, Jr., A. A. Chapin ; directors, Ed- mund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Chapin, George S. C. Southworth, William Birnie, James Brewer, George Walker, Lombard Dale, A. D. Briggs, Henry E. Russell, C. L. Covell, George A. Hull, F. H. Harris, Dwight R. Smith. Office in Fort block, 292 Main street.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1851. As- sets, exceeding $5,500,000. President, E. W. Bond ; vice-president, Henry Fuller, Jr .; secretary, Avery J. Smith; actuary, Oscar B. Ireland ; medical examiner, David P. Smith, M. D .; assistant medical exami- ner, Charles P. Kemp, M. D .; clerks, E. D. Capron, C. T. Merrill, John A. Schlesinger, N. A. Winans, H. H. Leonard, Charles T. Safford, W. C. Robinson, C. H. Lang, Geo. P. Hammett, Thomas T. Davee, George W. Bates, E. S. Whittemore, George D. Lang, E. H. Beach ; directors, Ephraim W. Bond, Henry Fuller, Jr., Edmund Freeman, W.
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C. Sturtevant, Samuel Bowles, James Kirk- ham, Clark W. Bryan, David P. Smith, M. D., Homer Foot, Dwight R. Smith, Julius H. Appleton, Lewis J. Powers, Henry S. Lee, Avery J. Smith, Springfield; Otis Childs, Newton; J. Arthur Burr, New York; A. I. Benyon, William B. Sears, Boston ; William Bross, Chicago, Ill .; J. L. Erringer, Benjamin B. Comegys, Philadel- phia, Pa .; John W. Newton, St. Albans, Vt .; John S. Kidder, C. W. Stanley, Man- chester, N. H .; Charles P. Kimball, New York; George C. Kimball, St. Joseph, Mich .; Robert L. Johnson, Albany, N. Y .; Merritt Burt, Cleveland, O .; James M. Whaling, Milwaukee, Wis .; L. W. Hall, Syracuse, N. Y. Office in Company's new building, 413 Main street.
John A. Hall, general agent for Western Massachusetts. Office in Company's build- ing, 413 Main street.
HAMPDEN COUNTY BOARD OF UNDER- WRITERS-Organized May, 1872. Officers -President, Dwight R. Smith; Secretary and Treasurer, E. Dudley Chapin. There are about 25 members.
Churches.
Location - Pastors - Time of Meetings- Membership-Historical Facts.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST-Court square, between Elm and Court streets. Founded 1637. Rev. E. A. Reed, pastor; settled June, 1871; salary, $4,000. Residence, 97 Spring street. Deacons, Benjamin Eldridge, (retired,) John R. Hixon, Roderick Burt, Charles H. Smith, Samuel R. Newell, Henry Morris, Austin L. Leonard. Superintend- ent of Bible service, the Pastor with Austin L. Leonard, J. L. Shipley and Amos Whit- ing as assistants.
Meetings-Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., with preaching. Bible service and Sunday school at 2.30 P. M. in Winter, and 3 P. M. in Sum- mer, evening service in Winter at 7 P. M., and in Summer at 7.30 P. M. Monday evening, young people's prayer meeting at 7.30 P. M., in Winter, and 7.45 P. M. in Summer. Wednesday, female prayer meet- ing at 3 P. M. Thursday evening, regular church prayer meeting at the chapel at 7.30 P. M. in Winter, and 7.45 P. M. in Summer. Neighborhood prayer meetings are held in Wards One and Three, Wednesday evenings.
The former pastors of this church were : Rev. George Moxon (1637-1652), Rev. Peletiah Grover (1661-1692), Rev. Daniel Brewer (1693-1733), Rev. Robert Breck (1736-1785), Rev. Bezaleel Howard, D. D. (1785-1809), Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D. (1809-1862), Rev. Henry M. Parsons (1854- 1870).
The number of members is 696, of whom perhaps 70 are non-resident, and there are twenty-five over eighty years of age. The average attendance at Sunday morning ser- vice is 600; benevolent contributions for the year 1874 about $7,024.73, of which amount $690 was from the Sunday school, and $2,754 by the women of the parish ; raised for church purposes about $8,000. The Sunday school numbers 592 with an average attendance of 370.
This society has recently built at a cost of $32,000, a chapel containing class-rooms on the first floor with a seating capacity of 700. On the second floor are rooms for Bible service, parlors, pastor's study and kitchen.
A new feature is noticeable in regard to all the larger churches of the city. People realize somewhat, that while their busy pastor visits at once the sick whenever in- formed of such, and in other cases of need, he can not call on everybody who may ex- pect him. Yet, that he may know of the welfare of all in his charge, and that new- comers especially may have kindly welcome and help, the parish is divided into districts, (for the First Congregational church there are thirty), and ladies appointed for each, who visit quarterly or oftener every family in the congregation.
Parish Committee-N. C. Newell, F. A. Brewer, Emerson Wight; Sexton, Oliver H. Perry. For seats, apply to H. E. Mose- ley, No. 10 Barnes' block.
OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- State street, opposite Armory grounds. Founded in 1833. Rev. L. H. Cone, pastor ; settled in 1867; salary, $2,500; residence, 82 Walnut street. Deacons, William A. Spooner, B. F. Quinby, George Dillingham, George B. Kilbon, George S. Savage; Sun- day school superintendents, B. F. Quinby ; assistant superintendents, F. W. Anderson and A. B. Forbes. Clerk, George B. Kilbon.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10.30 A. M., (Bible service and Sunday school;) 2.15 P. M.,
(preaching ;) 7 P. M. in Winter, 7.30 P. M. in Summer, (prayer.) Monday evening, young people's prayer-meeting at 7.30 P. M. in Winter and 7.45 P. M. in Summer. Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 7.30 P. M. in Winter, and 7.45 P. M. in Summer.
This church is the second in age of its de- nomination in the city. Of the nineteen original members, but five are living, and three still connected with it. The member- ship is 295, average congregation, 400.
The Sabbath forenoon is given to the Bible service, (Sunday-school,) in which the pastor takes an active part. This is well attended, especially by the young, number- ing 345.
Parish Committee-J. W. Hitchcock, E. D. Stock, Levi Moody, Orlando Chapin, Edward R. Lee; George S. Savage, clerk ; Charles A. Ford, sexton ; J. W. Hitchcock, treasurer and collector, 447 State street, to whom apply for seats. Committee on Mu- sic, E. D. Stock, J. W. Hitchcock.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Cor- ner Maple and High streets. Founded in 1843. Rev. S. G. Buckingham, D. D., pas- tor; settled, June, 1847; salary, $3,000. Residence, 30 Howard street. Deacons, A. F. Cowles, O. W. Wilcox, E. H. Patch and Charles Marsh. Sunday-school superin- tendent, Edward P. Chapin; assistant su- perintendents, A. H. Kirkham, Mrs. E. H. Barnes, Miss H. T. Buckingham.
Meetings-Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., with preaching ; 3 P. M., Sunday-school ; 7.30 P. M., in Winter, and 7.30 P. M. in Summer, missionary concert first Sunday of the month, Sunday-school concert every third Sunday of the month, and preaching on other Sunday evenings. Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 7.30 P. M. in Winter, 7.45 P. M. in Summer. This church had but one pastor before the present one, Rev. Noah Porter, who was dismissed in 1847 to accept a professorship in Yale College, of which he is now President. The member- ship is 399, average attendance on the Sab- bath, 400. The Sunday-school and mission schools number 663, with an average attend- ance of 439.
The mission Sunday-school, gathered by members of this church, near corner of Union street and Eastern avenue, occupies
the new Hope Chapel there, and meets on Sunday at 1 P. M. The membership is 300, with an average attendance of 210, none being received who also attend Sunday- school elsewhere, for want of room. There is a library of 800 volumes, and papers are supplied every week. A. H. Kirkham is superintendent; George R. Bond, secretary ; Frank Kendall and Sanford Lawton, Jr., li- brarians. Regular preaching is sustained here on the Sabbath at 10.30 A. M. and 6 P. M., and well attended. The second Sunday evening of the month is usually given to the Sunday-school concert. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening at 7.30 at Hope Chapel.
Long Hill Sunday-school meets in Faith Chapel, corner Fort Pleasant avenue and the "X" road, at 2 P. M., Sunday. It has 105 members. S. D. Burbank, its superin- tendent, and most of the teachers, are from the South Church. There is preaching in this chapel every Sunday evening at 7.30. Rev. S. P. Wilder, a graduate of the Yale Theological Seminary is to be located there and have charge of the enterprise for the coming year.
Parish Committee-Daniel L. Harris, W. L. Wilcox, J. Brewer, and H. S. Lee. Clerk, C. E. Booth. Treasurer, Charles Marsh. Sexton, J. N. Howard. Apply for seats to H. & J. Brewer, 463 Main street.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Sa- lem street, opposite Elliott street. Founded in 1846. Rev. Washington Gladden, pastor elect; salary, $3,500; residence, 33 Mat- toon street. Deacons, Ephraim G. Norton, Oliver D. Morse, L. Sterns Stowe, Samuel K. Foster. Sunday-school superintendent, Oliver D. Morse.
Meetings-Sunday, 10.30 A. M., 7 P. M., from October to March inclusive, and 7.30 P. M. from April to September inclusive-with preaching. Social worship in chapel Thurs- day night at 7.30 P. M. from October 1 to April 1, and at 7.45 P. M. from April 1 to October 1. Young people's prayer-meeting Monday evening at same hours. Sunday- school at 12 M., at close of morning service ; Sunday-school teachers' class at close of Thursday evening prayer-meeting. The communion service takes the place of morn- ing service, on the first Sundays of Janu- ary, March, May, July, September and No- vember.
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This church was organized in 1846 with 22 members, and held meetings at first in Frost's Hall, on Sanford street. The pas- tors preceding the present were : Rev. Ray. mond H. Seeley, D. D., 1849; dismissed 1853, to take charge of the American Chapel at Paris, France ; Rev. James Drum- mond, 1858, removed by death, 1861; Rev. L. Clarke Seelye, 1863, dismissed to accept a professorship in Amherst College, 1865 ; Rev. Richard Gleason Greene, 1866, dis- missed 1874. A colony of fifty-five mem- bers from this church, was organized into the Memorial Church, October 27, 1865.
The membership of the North Church, May 1, 1875, was 365. The number of sep- arate families represented in the parish is 200; parishioners, regular or irregular in at- tendance, about 800; usual congregation, about 500. The Sunday-school numbers 250. The annual expenditure is not far from $7,500.
The North Church Social Union was or- ganized to promote the social interests of the church, by literary and musical enter- tainments. It is officered as follows : Pres- ident, Dr. G. S. Stebbins; vice-president, C. H. Churchill; secretary and treasurer, John Norton ; directors, Mrs. William War- ren, Mrs. L. T. Peck, Miss Kate Johnson. Meetings every four weeks from October to June.
The mission Sunday-school, on York street, has its superintendent, James M. Cowan, from the North Church, and some of its teachers, with others from the First and the State Street Baptist. It meets at 2.15 P. M., Sunday, and numbers about 100.
Parish Committee-W. S. Marsh, C. J. Blackstone, W. M. Pomeroy, P. P. Kellogg, Henry Keyes; sexton, Francis Miller.
SANFORD STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (colored)-Sanford street. Found- ed in 1849. Pulpit vacant. Preaching every Sabbath at 3 and 7.30 P. M. The deacons are Isaiah J. Baptist and Charles Purvis, and the Sunday-school superin- tendent is Isaiah J. Baptist. There are 51 church members ; average congregation, over 100. The Sunday-school numbers 70 scholars and nine teachers ; average attend- ance 50. It meets at 2 P. M. There is also a prayer-meeting Thursday evening ; ladies' prayer-meeting Tuesday evening, 7.30.
This church was originally Methodist, and the pastors, while it was connected with that denomination, were Revs. Leon- ard Collins, John N. Mars, George Spiwood, Daniel Vandever, John A. Williams, Samuel Gray, Robert R. Morris, William Butler and James A. Jones. In 1864, the church re- organized as Congregational, and Revs. W. W. Mallory and Samuel Harrison have been the subsequent pastors.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT INDIAN ORCHARD-Rev. William Hamilton pastor in charge from May 1, 1874. Deacon, Jacob S. Eaton. Sunday-school superin- tendent, Alexander Richmond.
Meetings-Sunday, 10.45 A. M., with preaching ; Sunday-school at 12 M. Prayer- meeting Thursday evening.
The church membership is 43, of whom 18 are non-resident. The average attend- ance at church and Sunday-school is about 80. The house of worship is pleasantly situated upon a hill overlooking the village, and back of it and on either side is a fine grove, where outdoor services have been held in summer.
Parish Committee-C. J. Goodwin, H. K. Wight, Jason Giles. A. S. Howland, clerk.
MEMORIAL CHURCH, UNION EVANGELI- CAL-Round Hill, Junction of Main, North Main, Bradford and Plainfield streets. Or- ganized October 29, 1865. Rev. W. T. Eustis, pastor ; settled June 2, 1869 ; salary, $4,000; residence north side of Round Hill. Deacons, J. D. Stratton, Joshua Grant, D. J. Bartlett, A. F. Niles. Sunday-school su- perintendent, C. S. Hurlbut.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10.30 A. M. and 3 P. M. in Winter, and in Summer the second service is at 6 P. M. ; every second Sunday in the month the second service is one of praise. Seats free at afternoon service on the Sabbath. Sabbath-school at 11.45 A. M. Prayer-meetings, Sunday and Thursday evenings, in the chapel ; young people's meeting, every alternate Wednesday even- ing.
The membership is over 250; the aver- age congregation 600; and the Sabbath- school numbers about 450, with an average attendance of 300. The whole district north of the railroad is visited twice a year by the Sunday-school teachers, and all children not
connected with any other Sunday-school in- vited to attend. The contributions of the Sunday school average about $4 a session.
Memorial Young People's Society hold meetings every two weeks, from October till July, alternating literary and social en- tertainments. President, N. W. Fisk; vice- president, E. P. Piper ; treasurer, William H. Miller ; secretary, Clara Worthington.
The house of worship was built of Mon- son granite, in the gothic style, costing about $120,000.
Parish Committee-George M. Atwater, C. L. Covell, J. C. McIntosh, John Olm- stead, E. W. Shattuck. Clerk, A. E. Smith, of whom seats may be obtained. Sexton, Charles E. Cooley.
CHURCH OF THE UNITY, UNITARIAN- State street, above Maple. Founded in 1819. Pastor, Rev. A. D. Mayo, formerly of Cincinnati; salary, $3,600; pastor, boards at Haynes' Hotel, and has his study at 812 Foot's block. Sunday-school super- intendent, F. S. Bailey.
Meetings-Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., ves- per service, 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school immediately after morning service. Vaca- tion for minister, six weeks in July and August. An efficient benevolent organiza- tion is connected with the church, which holds fortnightly afternoon meetings for charitable work, with evening social recep- tions during the Winter months.
This church was formed of a number of members who left the First Church because they held more liberal views than the pastor. They were incorporated as the " Third Con- gregational Society of Springfield." Jona- than Dwight, one of their number, gave to the society a meeting-house, built at his own expense, and of such dimensions and ele- gance as they directed. Other members subscribed $16,000 as a permanent fund for the support of preaching. The pastors have been Rev. William B. O. Peabody, Rev. George F. Simmons, Rev. Francis Tiffany and Rev. Charles A. Humphreys.
The society is represented by 225 families and over 700 parishioners. The church membership is about 100; average congre- gation, 400. The Sunday-school has 140 pupils.
Parish Committee-James M. Thompson, George Dwight, John R. Smith, Oscar B.
Ireland, Homer Foot, Jr. Clerk, James A. Rumrill. Treasurer, George E. Frink.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State st., near junction of Chestnut and Maple streets. Founded in 1838. Alexander Burgess, D. D., rector from November 28, 1869; salary, $3,000 and use of rectory, at 25 Chestnut street. Rev. John L. Egbert, assistant priest, term of service commencing July 1, 1874; residence at Mr. William White's, Park street, West Springfield. Wardens, J. B. Stebbins and James D. Brewer; ves- trymen, George W. Winchester, E. S. Al- lin, Francis Norton, A. J. McIntosh, James D. Safford, J. H. Baldwin and Horatio W. Southworth ; clerk, J. H. Morton; treasu- rer, Francis Norton.
Services-Sunday, 10.30 A. M., 7.30 P. M. The four mission Sunday-schools assemble at the church with the home school, for a children's service, at Christmas, Easter, and October 1st. Services are held also on all Saints' days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 A. M, and with lecture on Friday even- ings at 7.45. During Lent and at some other periods of the year, services are held twice each day. Pews are had by applica- tion to the rector or treasurer.
Meetings held in the chapel at the United States Armory, and afterwards at the Town Hall, resulted in the organization of this church. The rectors, prior to the settle- ment of Dr. Burgess, were: Rev. Henry W. Lee, late Bishop of Iowa; Rev. Henry W. Adams ; Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn, now Bishop of Long Island ; Rev. William S. Child ; Rev. George H. McKnight.
There are about 380 communicants, and 220 families in the parish. Five Sunday- schools are sustained ; one at the church, with 270 members, Horatio W. Southworth, superintendent, and Bible classes ; St. James' mission Sunday-school, meeting at Oak street school-house, John Thonger, superin- tendent; St. Peter's, meeting at Central street school-house, J. Louis Stebbins, super- intendent ; St. John's, meeting at Auburn street school-house, J. E. Shipman, superin- tendent ; and one at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, West Springfield, Charles Ely, superintendent. The mission Sunday- schools number 250 members. Two flourish- ing sewing-schools are connected with the missions. One of these has ninety scholars.
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A new stone church to accommodate a thousand persons is in progress. The cor- ner stone was laid on November 10th, 1874, and the walls at the 1st of May were laid to about twenty feet above the surface of the ground. The cost of the edifice complete will be about $65,000, nearly the whole of which is subscribed. The new rectory is already completed and is occupied by the rector and family.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Corner of Main street and Harrison avenue. Founded in 1811. Rev. George E. Merrill, pastor; in- stalled October 3, 1872; residence, 60 High street ; salary, $3,000. Deacons, Harvey Foster, John E. Taylor, Isaac E. Williams, H. C. Martin. Sunday-school superinten- dent, H. H. Bowman.
Meetings-Sunday, 10.30 A. M., with preaching. Sunday-school at 12 M .; prayer-meeting at 7 P. M., in lecture-room, with address by the pastor. The pastor gives frequent lectures on Sunday evenings in the large audience room ; such lectures are always duly announced in the daily pa- pers. Monday evening young people's meeting, and Thursday evening prayer- meeting. The two last at 7.30 P. M., in Winter, and 7.45 P. M. in Summer.
The membership of the First Baptist church is 462. The Sunday-school num- bers about 275. The mission Sunday-school in Carlisle district (S. F. Merritt, superin- tendent) has 30 pupils and teachers from this church ; and the Sunday-school in Em- ery street school-house (O. B. Douglas, su- perintendent) numbering about 80, meets at 3.30 P. M., and is supplied with library and papers. A chapel for the accommodation of this latter school is soon to be erected.
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