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Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-4 A. M. and 3 P. M. in winter, and in summer the second service is at 6 P. M .; every second Sunday evening in the month, the meet- ing is a service of praise. Sabbath-school, 11 3-4 A. M. Prayer-meetings, Sunday and Thursday evenings, in the chapel; young people's meeting, Wednesday evening. Social meetings on alternate Friday evenings. Teachers' meeting, every fortnight, Wednesday evening, in pastor's study.
North of the Boston and Albany Railroad, there was a large population, but no house of worship, nor regular preaching, when this church was formed. It has done a missionary work here. Many of its members were from the North Church; some came also from other religious societies. The help of the children was assured when Scatter- good Sunday-school came in. The lat- ter had been started in 1861 by a Meth- odist lady, and largely sustained by the Pynchon Street Church.
The membership is about 200; the average congregation, 600; and the Sun- day-school numbers about 500. The sum raised for church purposes the past year was $13,000.
The house of worship was built of Monson granite, in the gothic style, cost- ing about $120,000.
CHURCH OF THE UNITY, UNITARIAN (See Illustration) - East State street, above Maple street. Founded in 1819. Rev. Charles A. Humphreys, pastor; settled, November 29, 1865; salary, $3,600. Superintendent of Sunday- school, F. S. Bailey.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 7 1 .. P. M. Strangers are shown to seats fi: minutes before the morning service, an ten minutes before the evening servic. Sunday-school immediately after th. morning service.
This church was formed of a number (! members who left the First Church be. cause they held more liberal views that. the pastor. They were incorporated a- the "Third Congregational Society (! Springfield." Jonathan Dwight, one of their number, gave to the society a meet- ing-house, built at his own expense, and of such dimensions and elegance as they directed. Other members subscribed six- teen thousand dollars, as a permanent fund for the support of preaching. The pastors preceding the present one were: Rev. William B. O. Peabody, Rev. Geo. F. Simmons, and Rev. Francis Tiffany.
The society is represented by 200 families and over 700 parishioners. The church membership is about 100; aver- age .congregation, 400. The Sunday- school has 130 pupils.
The present house of worship was completed and dedicated early in 1860, and cost $150,000. It is of the Italian- Grecian style of architecture, and built of brown stone from the Longmeadow quarries. The audience room is 120 feet long and 56 feet wide, with walls 30 feet high on the inside; back of this is the chapel or Sunday-school room, 55 feet long and 24 feet wide. A tower rises from the north-west corner, terminating in a spire, whose point is 144 feet from the ground, and all of stone. For situation, style of finish and general appearance, this church edifice ranks among the finest in the country.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State street, near junction of Chestnut and Maple streets. Founded in 1838. Alex- ander Burgess, D. D., rector; instituted, November 28, 1869; salary, 83,000 and use of rectory. Wardens, J. B. Steb- bins and R. B. Hildreth; Vestrymen, J. D. Brewer, E. S. Allin, A. J. McIntosh, William Patton, Francis Norton, R. G.
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Shumway and Thomas Warner, Jr. ; Clerk, J. H. Morton; Treasurer, J. D. Safford.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 7 1-2 P. M. On the first Sabbath after- noon of every month, the three mission Sunday-schools assemble at the church with the home school there, for catechis- ing. Meetings are held in the chapel, Wednesday at 10 A. M., Friday at 7 1-2 P. M .; and on Monday evening after the first Sunday in the month, there is one for teachers.
Meetings held in the chapel at the United States Armory, and afterwards at the Town Hall, resulted in the organ- ization of this church. The rectors, prior to the installation of Dr. Burgess, were: Rev. Henry W. Lee, now 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 nearly 275 communicants, and 200 families in the parish. Four Sunday-schools are sustained; one at the church, with 250 members, R. B. Hildreth, superintendent; St. James mis- sion Sunday-school, meeting at Oak street school-house, John Thonger, su- perintendent; St. Peters, meeting at Central street school-house, J. Louis Stebbins, superintendent; St. Johns, meeting at Charles street school-house, J. E. Shipman, superintendent. The mission Sunday-schools number 175 members. The sum raised for church purposes, the past year, was $14,500; $3,000 being for the payment of a debt for the rectory, and $2,500 charitable offerings.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Corner Main street and Harrison avenue. Founded in 1811. George B. Ide, D. D., pastor; settled, October, 1852; sal- ary, $2,500. Deacons, Harvey Foster, John E. Taylor, Isaac E. Williams, H. C. Martin, George A. Lawrence. Sun- day-school superintendent, George P. Geer.
7 1-2 P. M .; Sunday-school, immediately after the morning service. Thursday evening, prayer-meeting, 7 1-2 P. M. in winter, 7 3-4 P. M. in summer.
This church was organized with 19 members, at the Water Shops, and strug- gled for years in poverty and feebleness, without pastor or house of worship. Its first church edifice, built in 1821, was near the Water Shops; the sec- ond, built ten years later, was at the corner of Maple and Mulberry streets; the present house was completed in 1847. The church has since greatly prospered, and a colony of 143 members was dis- missed from it in 1864 to form the State Street Baptist Church.
The membership of the First Baptist is 433; average congregation, 450; total contributions the past year, $5,900, of which $1,700 was for benevolent pur- poses; $1,075 of the latter sum was for the aid of poor churches in the county. The Sunday-school numbers 300.
The mission Sunday-school in Car- lisle district, connected with this church, numbers 40; average attendence, 25.
STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH -- State street, opposite Dwight street. Organized in 1864. Rev. A. K. Potter, pastor; installed, January, 1865; salary, $2,500. Deacons, Nathan.G. Corning, John H. Lawton, Alpheus Hawkes, Jonas H. Hastings, David M. Chapin, Andrew Titus. Sunday-school super- intendent, D. H. Brigham.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., 2 . 1-4 P. M., with preaching; 7 P. M., prayer meeting; Sunday-school imme- diately after morning service. Monday night, young people's prayer-meeting; Wednesday night, teachers' meeting ; Thursday night, church prayer-meeting. There is also a prayer-meeting on Tues- day night at Central street ward room. The hour for week-day meetings is 7 1-2 P. M. in winter, and 7 3-4 P. M. in sum- mer.
This church was formed of a colony from the First Baptist. In the begin-
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M., ning, its motto was "work," and it
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made the Sunday-school a prominent feature. In six years, it has had a mar- velous growth, and the Sunday-school is very large. The church membership is 452; average congregation, 600; num- ber in the Sunday-school, 811, average attendance over 500; total raised for church purposes the past year, $7,985.
The " State Street Annual " is pub- lished early in each year, and contains the pastor's New Year's sermon, reports of the church and Sunday-school work, notices, suggestions, etc.
The house of worship is new, and cost nearly $50,000. It is built of brick, conveniently arranged internally, with nearly 1,000 sittings in the audience- room. There are two towers, the one in front being 164 feet high.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH-Corner Florence and Hancock streets. Founded in 1815. Rev. C. D. Hills, pastor; ap- pointed, 1870; salary, not yet deter- mined. Sunday-school superintendent, James Brierly.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-4 A. M., 2 1-4 P. M., with preaching. Sunday and Tuesday evenings, prayer-meetings. The society worshiping here is the par- ent of the others of its denomination in the city. Asbury Chapel, its former house of worship, was built in 1821, and occupied in two weeks after work was commenced on it; it cost $300. The present house of worship was built in 1866, and cost nearly $15,000.
The church membership is 90; aver- age congregation, 250; contributions the past year, $1,345; number in the Sunday- school, 190.
UNION STREET METHODIST CHURCH -Corner Union and Mulberry streets. Founded in 1823. Rev. J. H. Mansfield, pastor; salary, $1,250. Sunday-school superintendent, Charles E. Evans.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-4 A. M., and 2 1-4 P. M. ' Prayer-meetings are held Sunday evening, 7 P. M., Monday evening (young people's meeting), 7 1-2 P. M., and Thursday evening, 7 1-2 P. M.
The seats here are free, a custo: which only two or three of our church .. . have adopted; but in all, a hearty w. . come and seats are given to all who conu
The membership is 180; and there are 63 probationers; average congregation .. 240. The contributions last year were 83,800. The house of worship has been repaired at a cost of $1,200.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH (See Illustration)-East Bridge street, near Main street. Founded 1844. Rev. J. Oramel Peck, pastor; appointed April, 1870; salary, $2,000.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-4 A. M., and 2 1-4 P. M., preaching; Sunday- school, 12 M. Church prayer-meetings, Sunday and Thursday evenings; young people's prayer-meeting, Monday even- ing; class-meetings, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Friday evenings, all at the church, 7 1-2 P. M.
This church was formerly on Pynchon street. Though a colony left it to form the Central Methodist Church, its old house was too small for the congregation. Soon after its removal to the new house, late in the fall of 1869, a revival com- menced in connection with the labors of Mrs. Van Cott and the Troy Praying Band. Full meetings were held every evening, and many also during week- days, and there were many conversions.
The membership is 300, and there are 150 probationers; average congregation, 750; Sunday-school, 432. The annual current expenditure is about $3,500.
The Trinity church edifice was com- menced in April, 1868, and completed so as to be dedicated December 1, 1869. But it was not entirely finished until the spring of 1870. The character of the design throughout is that of a plain, sym- metrical treatment of round-arched ar- chitecture-technically "Romanesque." In general plan, the building is rectan- gular, the tower projecting six feet from the front, and the chancel four feet in the rear. The extreme length of the main building is 122 feet, and the extreme width 74 feet. The tower is 22 feet
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TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, EAST BRIDGE STREET, NEAR MAIN STREET.
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square, rising in that form 100 feet, and the spire above the tower is 85 feet to the top of the gilt cross, making a total hight of 185 feet from the sidewalk. The materials are brick, laid in cement and black mortar, with trimmings of Longmeadow free-stone. The walls are very thick, and vaulted to insure dry- ness. In the basement is a vestibule ex- tending the whole width of the church; a vestry, 68 by 70 feet, and 15 feet high; a juvenile Sunday-school room, 30 by 24 feet, opening into the vestry by mam- moth sliding-doors; on one side of the latter, a ladies' room, with kitchen below, and on the other side, a gentlemen's room,-all beautifully carpeted and fur- nished. The audience-room is reached by two broad flights of stairs, and is 96 by 70 feet clear on the floor, exclusive of ample space for the large organ and choir, and the speaker's platform; and the walls are 24 feet high, the extreme hight of the room being 36 feet. Over the upper vestibule are the pastor's study and a committee-room, both hand- somely furnished. For light, ventilation, solidity of construction, and appropriate adaptation to its various uses, the new church edifice is a model. Its entire cost, including land, was $73,000. The archi- tect was Samuel J. F. Thayer of Boston. The building committee were: Willis Phelps, (president,) Horace Smith, C. A. Winchester, Dr. Horace Jacobs, James Abbe, George B. Treadwell, C. D. Hol- lister, Milton Bradley, and L. E. Ladd, (clerk and treasurer.) Contractors,- for wood-work, Clement & Creesy of Lawrence; for brick and stone-work, B. F. Farrar of this city; for fresco decora- tions, P. A. Butler of Boston.
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH-Main street, opposite Bliss street. Founded 1867. Rev. Charles T. Johnson, pastor ; appointed 1870; salary, $1,300.
Meetings-Sabbath, with preaching, 10 1-4 A. M and 2 1-1 P. M. Sunday- school immediately after morning ser- vice. Church prayer-meetings, Sunday evening at 7 P. M. and Thursday eve- 7
ning at 7 1-2 P. M .; young people's prayer-meeting, Monday evening at 7 1-2 P. M.
This church was organized with a few members from the Pynchon Street Church. There are now 90 members, 30 probationers, about 150 in the con- gregation, and 200 in the Sunday- school. The society own a parsonage, and hold meetings in the house of wor- ship formerly occupied by the Univer- salist church.
UNION AMERICAN METHODIST (col- ored)-Rev. George Bailey, pastor; set- tled, 1866. Sunday-school superinten- dent, Edward Williams. Meetings, with preaching on the Sabbath, at 10 1-2 A. M. and 2 1-2 P. M. in winter; in sum- mer, the afternoon service is at 3 P. M. Sunday-school at 12 M. Prayer-meet- ing, Sunday evening at 7 1-2 P. M. in winter and 7 P. M. in summer, and Tuesday evening at 8 P. M. Class- meeting, Thursday evening at 8 P. M. The membership is 56; congregation about 150; Sunday-school, 20.
The congregation is largely made up of people from the South. Their chapel was formerly familiar as the Soldier's Rest, near the depot, and was removed here and neatly fitted up. The fence on each side nearly as high 'as the eaves, shutting out the daylight, and painted black, was not built by the society.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, UNIVERSALIST -Chestnut street, corner of East Bridge street. Founded in 1827. Rev. H. R. Nye, pastor ; settled, June, 1867 ; sal- ary, $3,000. Deacons, Ethan N. Lewis, J. G. Sampson. Sunday-school super- intendent, Dr. W. W. Gardner.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 1-2 A. M. and 7 1-2 P. M. in summer; 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. in winter. Sunday-school im- mediately after morning service. Thurs- day evening, conference meeting at 7 1-2 P. M.
The former pastors of this church were: Rev. D. J. Mandell, Rev. A. A Folsom, Rev. R. P. Ambler, Rev. J. W.
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Ford, Rev. J. J. Twiss and Rev. Josiah Marvin. The society did not erect a house of worship until 1844. This was a plain brick edifice, on Main street op- posite Bliss street, with stores in the basement, and was occupied by the church until it removed to its present location in May, 1869. The member- ship is now about 100; average congre- gation, 400; Sunday-school, 250; raised for church purposes the past year, $7,000.
The present house of worship was dedicated June 2, 1869. It is built of brick, with free-stone trimmings, and cost, with the site, nearly $50,000. It is 92 feet long, 65 wide, and 42 high from basement to roof apex in rear, with a tower 100 feet high. The au- dience-room contains 900 sittings, and below is a Sunday-school room which will accommodate 700 scholars, and a ladies' parlor and a sociable room, each 35 by 21 feet.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner of State and Elliott streets. Founded in 1861. Rev. P. Healy, pastor; salary, $800. Sabbath services, 8, 8 1-2, 9 A. M., and 3 P. M .; the 9 A. M. service is for the children. Services are also held every week-day at 7 and 7 1-2 A. M. The church mem- bership is over 8,000. The Sunday- school, which meets at 1 1-2 P. M., num- bers 800; Hugh Donnelly, superintend- ent. A new church is to be built on Linden street, this year, to accommo- date a portion of the large congrega- tion. It is expected that a bishop will soon be appointed to reside here. St. Michael's church edifice occupies a sightly position, with ample grounds around it, and was built, when labor and material were low, for about $60,000.
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Corner Worcester and Pine streets, Indian Orchard. Founded in 1863. Under the pastoral care of Rev. P. Healy. Services every Sabbath morning; Sabbath-school at 1 P. M.
The church and congregation number about 400; Sunday-school, 100.
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, ROMAN CATII. OLIC- Montague's Hall, East Bridge street. Founded in October, 1869. Rev. F. M. Turcott, pastor. Meetings on the Sabbath at 10 1-2 A. M. and 3 P. M.
The members of this church are mostly Canada French people, and number about 500. It is proposed to unite them with a similar organization at Mittin- eaque, and build a house of worship there.
SECOND ADVENTISTS, or the Associa- tion of Believers in the Pre-Millennial Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ- Chapel on Vernon street. Rev. William N. Pile, pastor; settled, July, 1869; sal- ary, $1,000. Deacons, James M. Currier, Charles E. Caldwell, J. K. Winter, James Towle. Sabbath-school superintendent, B. F. Thompson.
Meetings-Sabbath, with preaching, 10 1-2 A. M., and 2 1-4 P. M. Prayer- meetings, Sunday evening at 7 P. M., Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 1-2 P. M.
The membership is about 250; congre- gation, 300; Sunday-school, 100. With free seats and congregational singing, the contributions during the past year amounted to $2,000.
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, OR SWEDENBORGIANS - Founded in 1853. Meet for divine worship Sabbath afternoons at their chapel, No. 3 Maple street.
FREE CONFERENCE SOCIETY, SPIRIT- UALISTS-Hold meetings in Barnes' Block, Main street, every Sabbath after- noon at 2 o'clock.
MANY OF OUR CHURCHES are associ- ated with the others of their denomina- tion in the county for Christian work and culture. The Westfield Baptist Association gathers in convention, the third Wednesday in September each
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year, representatives of each church of that denomination in the county; their total membership, as reported at the last convention, is 2,473; Sabbath-school scholars, 2,504; total contributions for the year, $34,938.
The Hampden Conference and Benev- olent Association represents the Congre- gational churches of the county, in an- nual convention. Besides their own support, twenty-seven of the churches, at the last meeting, reported benevolent contributions for the year amounting to 821,114. Under the auspices of the Association, the different towns have been canvassed to ascertain their relig- ious condition, and the Bible supplied to destitute families. The anuual meeting this year is with the Third Church in Chicopee, the last Tuesday in October.
City Choirs.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Director, Amos Whiting ; Organist, Miss Miranda Chapin; Sopranos, Mrs. C. S. Newell of Longmeadow, Miss Louisa T. Griffin, Mrs. C. L. Chapin, Miss Eunice Filley, Miss Carrie Moseley, Miss E. S. Haywood, Mrs. Carrie Pratt; Altos, Miss S. J. Goodman, Miss Mary E. Fisher, Mrs. Charles Joslyn, Mrs. M. P. Scrimgeour, Miss Nellie B. Moseley; Tenors, Amos Whiting, Oliver Perry, H. J. Chandler, A. Nutting, L. F. Carr ; Basses, S. R. Newell, C. B. J. Root, C. L. Chapin, A. J. Plumer, J. C. Colton, H. M. Newell, W. C. Johnson. The organ in this church was erected in the fall of 1849 by E. & G. G. Hook of Bos- ton. It has two manuals, each of five octaves, two combination pedals, and 34 stops ; and its cost was $3,000.
with an organ concert on the 25th of February, 1870. The organ has 28 stops, two manuals and two combina- tion pedals, and cost $3,800.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Director, Charles O. Chapin; Organist, Edward Morris; Soprano, Miss Mary Morris; Alto, Miss Nettie Newell; Tenor, Charles O. Chapin ; Bass, Charles Marsh. The organ has two manuals, 29 regis- ters, and two combination pedals. It was built by E. & G. G. Hook of Bos- ton, at a cost of about $3,000, in the summer of 1855.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Director, Dr. T. W. Meekins of North- ampton; Organist, William C. Lombard; Soprano, Mrs. T. W. Meekins of North- ampton; Alto, Mrs. George Fowler ; Tenor, H. W. Royce; Bass, Dr. T. W. Meekins. The organ was erected by William A. Johnson of Westfield in 1855 at the very low price of $1,400. It has two manuals and 24 registers.
MEMORIAL CHURCH - Director, E. C. Gardner; Organist, Henry Woods; Sopranos, Mrs. L. Z. Cutler, Miss Nora E. Prince, Miss Hattie Foster, Mrs. A. L. Bradley; Altos, Miss Emma Haven, Miss Celia Adams, Miss Flora E. Hood; Tenors, E. C. Gardner, S. A. Prince, George P. Greenleaf ; Basses, O. D. Adams, Dwight Clarke, D. B. Monta- gue, Frank E. King. This church has the first large Johnson organ erected in Springfield. It has 1519 pipes, 33 stops, two manuals and two combination ped- als. It cost $3,850, and was placed in the church in December, 1868.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT IN- DIAN ORCHARD-Director, Wilbur F. Miller; Organist, Mrs. H. K. Wight; Sopranos, Miss Fidelia M.Warriner, Miss Cora Elliott; Altos, Miss Louisa Bliss, Miss Eliza Elliott; Tenor, Wilbur F. Miller; Basses, J. M. Harvey, Herbert Hitchcock. The organ is a reed instru- ment, made by Estey of Brattleboro, Vt.
OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -Organist and director, Edward H. Phelps; Soprano, Mrs. Fanny Pratt; Alto, Mrs. E. C. Wheeler; Tenor, H. W. Royce ; Bass, Wilson Spear. The organ was constructed by Steer & Turner FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Singing congregational. of .Westfield, and is the first one erected in the city by that firm. It was placed in the church and formally "opened " and Director, William B. McClallan;
CHURCH OF THE UNITY-Organist -
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Soprano, Mrs. William B. McClallan; Alto, Mrs. William T. Orchard; Tenor, C. H. Blackmer of Chicopee; Bass, Penn Tyler of North Brookfield. The organ in this church is the costliest in the city, the price, including the front, which is very elaborate, being nearly $8,000. It was built by the Hooks of Boston, and set up in the church in January, 1869. There are two manuals, 33 registers, 1623 pipes, and five combination pedals. This is the only organ in the city blown by water.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-Direc- tor, Louis Coenen. Arrangements-at this time (May, 1870) incomplete-are making for introducing a boy choir. The organ at Christ Church was one of the earliest built by the Hooks of Boston, and dates back to 1835, when it was con- structed for a church in Providence, R. I., of which the parish in this city pur- chased it in 1852. It has two manuals and 24 registers.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Director, J. B. T. Chase; Organist, Mrs. Jennie A. Crawford; Soprano, Mrs. Fanny Pratt; Alto, Miss Amy Blake; Tenor, William H. Hawkes; Bass, J. B. T. Chase. This church has the first John- son organ erected in Springfield. It has 36 registers and two banks of keys, and was built in 1853 at a cost to the church of $2,500.
STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH- Director, Charles S. Newell of Long- meadow; Organist, S. E. Packard; So- prano, Mrs. W. P. Taylor; Alto, Miss Kate Ceiley; Tenor, Charles S. Newell; Bass, James F. Chamberlin. This church boasts the newest, largest and finest organ in Springfield. It has three manuals, each of 58 keys, a pedal organ of 27 keys, 40 registers, and 1882 pipes. There are also four combi- nation pedals, besides two other mechan- ical pedals. The organ was built in the spring of 1870, and was "opened " with an organ concert, April 20. Its cost was $5,000. This is the only three- banked organ in Springfield, and was built by Wm. A. Johnson of Westfield.
FLORENCE ST. METHODIST CHURCH -Director, Walter Bates, Jr .; Organ- ist, Miss Hattie A. Silcox; Soprano, Mrs. Angelina Fisher; Altos, Mrs. Charles Prince, Mrs. Martha Smith ; Tenors, Alpheus W. Rice, David Lanck- ton ; Bass, Walter Bates, Jr. A cabinet organ is used in this church.
UNION STREET CHURCH-Director, J. Q. A. Sexton; Organist, E. N. Wood; Soprano, Miss Emma Pratt; Alto, Mrs. K. B. Webster; Tenor, T. H. Stock; Bass, J. Q. A. Sexton. The organ, which has one manual and ten stops, was made by an amateur in Connecticut, and placed in the church in 1857.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH-Di- rector, T. M. Dewey; Organist, P. H. Crowell; Sopranos, Miss Eva M. Collins, Miss Eliza A. Snow, Miss Marie D. Ladd; Altos, Mrs. Rosa Lathrop, Mrs. Marion B. Rust; Tenors, Stephen Maslin, Dr. N. Morgan, George F. Farmer; Basses, T. M. Dewey, Osman N. Houston, L. E. Ladd. The organ was built by William A. Johnson of Westfield in 1869, and was first erected in the City Hall for the use of the musical festival, held there in the first week in September of that year. The work of setting it up in the church was completed, September 20, 1869, and it was dedicated by an organ concert, November 30, 1869. It has two manu- als, 34 registers and two combination pedals, and cost $4,000.
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH-Di- rector, E. H. Wheelock; Organist, Mrs. J. E. Porter; Sopranos, Mrs. Augusta. Coomes, Mrs. A. J. Pease, Mrs. D. L. Pike; Altos, Miss Hattie Hollister, Miss Myrtie Hollister, Miss Sarah Stebbins; Tenors, E. H. Wheelock, S. M. Dennen; Basses, Jason Hatch, D. L. Pike, G. L. Warriner. An Estey's cabinet organ, with six stops, is used instead of the pipe organ, left in the church by the Univer- salists on their removal to St. Paul's Church, and which was made by the Gemunders, formerly of Springfield.
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