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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 custom which only two or three of our churches have adopted; but in all, a hearty wel- come and seats are given to all who come.
The membership is 180; and there are 63 probationers; average congregation, 240. The contributions last year were $3,800. 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
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.
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CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH-Main street, opposite Bliss street. Founded 1867. Rev. Charles T. Johnson, pastor ; appointed 1870; salary, $1,300.
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.
Meetings-Sabbath, with preaching, 10 1-4 A. M and 2 1-4 P. M. Sunday- school immediately after morning ser- The former pastors of this church were: Rev. D. J. Mandell, Rev. A. A vice. Church prayer-meetings, Sunday evening at 7 P. M. and Thursday eve- Folsom, Rev. R. P. Ambler, Rev. J. W. 7
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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 CATH- 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 $21,114. 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.
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 of Westfield, and is the first one erected in the city by that firm. It was placed in the church and formally " opened "
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.
FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- Singing congregational.
CHURCH OF THE UNITY-Organist and Director, William B. McClallan ;
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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.
UNION METHODIST-Singing congre- gational.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, UNIVERSALIST
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- Director, Henry F. Trask; Or- ganist, Edward H. Phelps; Soprano, Miss Laura Goodnow; Alto, Miss Josie M. Bannon ; Tenor, Henry F. Trask ; Bass, Charles Mulchahey. The organ was built by William A. Johnson of Westfield in 1869, at a cost of $3,300. It has two manuals, 31 registers, and two combination pedals.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Organist and director, J. J. Toomey; Sopranos, Miss Fanny G. Stack, Miss Eleanor Devereaux, Miss Maggie T. Murray, Miss Kate McKenna, Miss Maggie A. Hanrahan ; Altos, Miss Mary A. Freeman, Miss Kate Dorne, Miss Sarah Hart; Tenors, Frank Gor- man, John Byrnes, John B. Buckley, John Hart, James Grogan ; Basses, J. J. Devereaux, Thomas Ahern, John J. Brennan. The organ at St. Michael's is from the factory of the Hooks of Boston, and was erected in 1861. It has two manuals, 33 registers, 1,415 pipes, and two combination pedals, and cost $3,000.
ST. MATTHEW'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH-On the purchase of a new organ for the Catholic church at Chico- pee, the organ at present in that church will be moved to St. Matthew's, and a choir organized. At present (May, 1870) there are no musical services at St. Matthew's.
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH-Singing, congregational.
SECOND ADVENTISTS-Singing, con- gregational. R. E. Ladd, Leader.
FRENCH CATHOLIC CHURCH - Di- rector, Joseph Gadbois ; Organist, John Lajanier. A cabinet organ is used.
FREE CONFERENCE SOCIETY, SPIRIT- UALISTS-Singing, congregational.
Musical Organizations.
LORTZING EINTRACHT-Organized in 1856. President, Albert Benker; Vice- President, A. Schulze; Secretary, Ernst Schaefer; Cashier, Gustav Gruendler; Dramatic Director, Charles Spaet. Num- ber of members, 40; place of meeting,
Gruendler's Hall, corner of Bridge and Water streets.
MENDELSSOHN UNION-Organized in 1864. President, William B. Brinsmade ; Vice-President, Thomas Chubbuck ; Sec- retary, J. B. T. Chase ; Treasurer, Henry F. Trask; Trustees, Charles Mulchahey, J. J. F. Devereaux, Albert Holt; Musi- cal Director, Amos Whiting; Pianist, Mrs. Jennie A. Crawford. Number of members, 100; place of meeting, Amos Whiting's music room, 13 Barnes' Block.
SPRINGFIELD CHORAL UNION-Or- ganized in the spring of 1868. Presi- dent, Thomas N. Newton; Vice-Presi- dent, M. Weaver; Secretary, J. C. Tay- lor; Musical Director, Mrs. M. J. D. Hutchins. Number of members, about 50; place of meeting, piano rooms of Mrs. M. J. D. Hutchins in Shaw's Block.
THE MUSICAL CLUB-Organized in 1869. President, James A. Rumrill ; Vice-Presidents, Charles O. Chapin, Henry F. Trask, Miss Maria S. Foot ; Secretary and Treasurer, Edward Mor- ris; Musical Director, Louis Coenan; Librarian, Miss H. T. Buckingham ; Ex- ecutive Committee, James A. Rumrill, Edward Morris, Louis Coenan, Miss Emma F. Chapin, Miss Lily W. Mer- riam; Musical Committee, Louis Coe- nan, Mrs. James M. Thompson, Miss H. T. Buckingham. Number of active members, 25; number of honorary mem- bers, 40; places of meeting, at houses of members, by appointment.
THALBERG UNION - Organized in 1869. President, Davis Jennings; Sec- retary, J. D. Sampson; Treasurer, A. Jennings; Director, I. J. Baptist; Or- ganist, H. F. Woods. Number of mem- bers, 25; place of meeting, room in Old Post-office Block on Elm street.
MOZART SOCIETY-Organized No- vember 2, 1869. President, Edward Ingersoll; Vice-President, Walter Bates, Jr .; Secretary, Miss Mary Bodurtha; Treasurer, Mrs. William P. Taylor; Con- ductor, T. M. Dewey; Pianist, Miss Emily L. Pratt; Executive Committee, J. Q. A. Sexton, Dr. William B. Miller, M. M. Tracy. Number of members, 30.
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ARMORY CORNET BAND-Organized in May, 1860. President, J. H. Kimball; Musical Director, B. B. Dale; Clerk and Treasurer, B. S. Haskins; Standing Committee, George H. Hubbard, E. F. Dunbar, R. D. Carlton. Number of members, 18; place of meeting, band room on the Armory grounds.
CITY CORNET BAND-Organized in 1867. Leader, Emery Stebbins ; Clerk and Treasurer, Edwin Dodge. Number of members, 18; place of meeting, Gruendler's Hall.
ST. MICHAEL'S CORNET BAND-Or- ganized in 1867, chiefly through the ef- forts of the late Father Galligher. Musical Director, John P. Stack; Secre- tary and Treasurer, James A. Leonard. Number of members, 18; place of meet- ing, room on Market street.
SPRINGFIELD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (Established 1864)-Mrs. M. J. D. Hutchins, proprietor and instructor, assisted by an able corps of teachers. Rooms, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Shaw's Block, Main street. There are about 80 pupils. A piano-forte wareroom is connected with the institution.
Young Men's Christian Associa- tion.
Rooms, 211 Main street; open from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M., and free to all. Young men and strangers in the city are cordially invited to come in. The reading-room is large, well-lighted and comfortable, and supplied with some twenty-five of the leading daily and weekly papers and magazines. Short prayer-meetings are held at the rooms every week-day morning at 8 1-2 A. M., Thursday evening at 9 P. M., Saturday evening at 8 P. M., and Sunday eve- ning at 6 P. M. Social meeting, second Wednesday of each month. Annual meeting for election of officers, second Wednesday in November.
The Association was organized in 1864. Its members are from all the churches, and find many opportunities to do good. During the past year,
many ladies have joined, adding to the interest of the meetings, while they reach and benefit those of their sex who need aid, sympathy and counsel. There is a committee of five ladies and five gentlemen in each ward to visit the sick. There is also one on boarding- houses and employment, at the head of which are Mrs. J. F. Chapman (34 Pyn- chon street) for the ladies, and Charles S. Marsh (J. S. Marsh & Co.) for the gen- tlemen. Other committees are also raised, while all endeavor to promote Christian religion among the young men and women of the city. Out-door preaching has been found successful. Meetings were held in the Opera House during the winter, with sermons from different pastors. Prayer-meetings are maintained in outlying districts.
Young people coming to the city find that their subsequent standing and suc- cess are determined largely at the out- set, by their choice of good associates, care to improve leisure moments, and kind and helpful efforts for others in need.
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