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The minister is district chairman of the "Forward in Service" committee of Episcopal churches of New Hampshire.
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Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss inaugurated a primary church school so that parents might attend regular church services while chil- dren as young as two years of age were competently cared for.
The Rector has especially interested himself in the choir and musical portion of the Church services. He has organized S. Agnes' Choir, composed of Junior members of the Girls' Friendly Society. Vested in blue and white, G. F. S. colors, they assist at Evening Services, Lenten Services and in the monthly Parish Communion. He has instituted the traditional singing of Evening Prayer, or Evensong, augmented by the musical talent of our town. He instituted congregational repe- tition of "Our Parish Prayer." The Rector instituted a War Shrine for our parish in the south porch, and a Children's Corner by the font. He has tirelessly given of himself as priest, teacher and friend.
OUR PARISH PRAYER
Almighty and everlasting God, who dost gov- ern all things in heaven and earth, mercifully hear the supplications of us, thy servants, and grant unto our parish all things needful for its spiritual welfare. Strengthen and increase the faithful; visit and relieve the sick; turn and soften the wicked; arouse the care- less; restore the penitent; remove all hindrances to the advancement of Thy Truth, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within the fold of Thy Holy Church, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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Interior, Trinity Church, Prior to 1930
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DIOCESE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Organized 1802 Comprises the State of New Hampshire Area, 9,031 sq. miles Population (1940 Census), 491,524
THE SUCCESSION OF BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE
I. Alexander Viets Griswold, D.D., 1811-1843 II. Carlton Chase, D.D., 1844-1870
III. William Woodruff Niles, D.D., D.C.L., 1870-1914 IV. Edward Melville Parker, D.D., D.C.L., 1906-1925 V. John Thomson Dallas, D.D., LL.D., 1926
The Bishops of Trinity Parish
Bishops who have been connected with Trinity Parish and Bishops of the Diocese of New Hampshire:
The Rt. Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, Bishop of the Eastern Diocese from 1811-1843, was born in Simsbury, Con- necticut, April 22, 1766. He was ordained deacon June 3, 1795, in Stratford, Conn., and priest in Plymouth October 1, 1795. He was Rector of Saint Michael's Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, from 1804 to 1830 and S. Peter's Church from 1830 to 1835. He was made Bishop of the Eastern Diocese May 29, 1811, and served until 1843 when our Rector, the Rev. Carlton Chase became Bishop in 1844.
William Woodruff Niles, third Bishop of New Hamp- shire, was born of New England parents in the lovely farming country of Hattey, P. Q., in the Eastern Townships of Canada. There he lived through all his boyhood and youth.
At seventeen he began teaching a country school and at twenty-two entered Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Graduating in 1857, he taught two years in the Hartford Pub- lic High School, before completing his studies for the ministry at Berkeley Divinity School, then in Middletown, Connecticut.
The first years of his ministry were spent in charge of S. Philip's Church, Wiscasset, Maine, and there in 1862 he took his wife whom he had known as Miss Bertha Olmsted while a fellow-teacher in Hartford High School.
He was very happily established as Rector of a lovely country parish in Warehouse Point, Connecticut, and Professor of Latin in Trinity College, when elected Bishop of New Hamp- shire in 1870.
One method that proved very successful was the use of Parochial Missions. In these he gathered several young clergy- men about one parish priest, for several successive days of in- tensive teaching and exhortation, with the aim, as stated by Bishop Niles: "To set forth the glories of Christ; to search the heart; to stir the conscience; to arouse men to repentance; to
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quicken the soul's life; to bring men and women and children to be good and to do good."
His concern for the well-being of young people led him soon to undertake the establishment of a Diocesan School for Boys at Holderness; and a little later of S. Mary's School for Girls. Both schools were opened and carried on with great and self-sacrificing effort, but both today are doing admirable work, and stand as living memorials to his zeal for Christian education.
At the celebration, in 1910, of the 40th anniversary of Bishop Niles' consecration, the following statistics were cited:
In 1870 the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire had 1,173 communicants, in 1910, 5,066; churches had increased from 19 to 54; parish houses from none to 13; a Bishop's House had been built; and rectories from four had come to be 27.
The Rev. Lucius Waterman, for many years closely as- sociated with Bishop Niles in the work, testified in 1910: "This conquest has been a conquest of love. Our Bishop has loved New Hampshire. He has loved its very framework-its mountains and fields and lakes and streams; and he has loved its people with a full and yearning heart."
Bishop Edward Melville Parker of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, who died at New Orleans October 21, 1925, was consecrated in April, 1914, after serving as bishop coadjutor for eight years as our fourth Bishop. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., on July 11, 1855, and educated at S. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Oxford University. He was ordained a deacon in 1879 and a priest in 1881, and was a Master in S. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., from 1879 to 1906. His first wife died in 1888, and he was married in 1914 to Isabella Goodrich of Concord. He was the recipient of hon- orary degrees from Berkeley Divinity School, Bishop's College, Canada, and Dartmouth.
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JOHN THOMSON DALLAS, DD., LL.D.
Greetings from Our Bishop
Trinity Parish has for one hundred years ministered to the people of Claremont in all the crises of life. That is worthy of note. But it should be observed that such a record goes be- yond the limits of the town in which the parish exists. Every organization in The Church lives and works for something be- yond itself. Trinity Parish is part of the Diocese of New Hamp- shire, which in turn is part of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It does not stop there. This American Church is in association with the Anglican Com- munion, the world around. Trinity Parish is no small thing. It really ministers to New Hampshire, as well as throughout the land. May this work go on as long as there is a Clare- mont, New Hampshire.
John Thomson Dallas .
7 August, 1943.
John Thomson Dallas
by THE RIGHT REV. HENRY W. HOBSON, D. D., Bishop of Southern Ohio
It was almost twenty years ago that my family, with many misgivings, permitted me, a boy of sixteen, to set sail on board an Atlantic Transport liner bound for London. They feared that something might happen to me. Something did. A tall man with a serious look but a captivating smile adopted me as a friend. John Dallas had just been ordained a Deacon, and was going abroad for a vacation before beginning his work as curate at S. John's Church, Waterbury, Conn. He was twenty- eight years old, but in spite of his size and serious manner, he seemed like a big overgrown boy. I had never realized that anyone quite like this man ever went into the ministry. I asked him about it, and as he told me of his plans and hopes, I found myself wondering for the first time whether the call of the ministry was not one which I ought to consider.
John Dallas influenced me, as he has done many others, with his straightforward friendliness, his transparent Christian manliness, his ever present honesty and sincerity. The influ- ence continued and developed through many years of friend- ship, and was perhaps the chief factor in my decision to enter the ministry. Many others have had similar experiences, for few men have had more friends, or done more for them than John Dallas.
New Hampshire has Dr. Dallas to be fifth Bishop of that Diocese. He is still tall, serious in manner, joyous in spirit. Still in many ways an overgrown boy, who has that enthusiasm and devotion which has always enabled him to be so successful in his service of God and friendship with man.
Bishop Dallas was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1880. He attended the Waterbury public schools, and then went to Yale where he graduated in 1904. He was ordained a Deacon in 1908 after finishing the course at the Union Theo-
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logical Seminary. Returning to Waterbury he served as curate at S. John's Church until 1912 when he became Associate Head- master of the Taft School, Watertown. For seven years he remained at this school except for the time spent as a religious worker in training camps during the war. In 1919 he returned to S. John's, Waterbury, for a year, and then accepted a call to be Rector of S. Thomas' Church, Hanover, New Hampshire. In 1926 in the fall he went to Boston as Vicar at the Cathedral Church of S. Paul, and had just begun the important work there when his election as Bishop took place.
Everyone in New England who has any interest in the Church, or who is in touch with our colleges, knows of the splendid work which John Dallas did as student-pastor at Dart- mouth, probably the finest work ever done by our Church in a student community. His Church was crowded, but the men at Dartmouth did more than attend services. Students and faculty made a home of the rectory, and his friendship and spiritual strength were mighty factors in the life of many a man.
A year after John Dallas left Waterbury I went there to take his place as assistant at S. John's. It was a most humbling experience. Even though I realized, through the joys of a long friendship, the true worth of this man, yet I was constant- ly surprised by the extent of his influence, the power of his friendships, the vast number of people he had helped. Such an insight into his work makes one sure of his strength as a spirit- ual leader of men and women.
His friends rejoice that he is to be a Bishop because they know that he has those qualities which true Bishops most need -a humility of spirit, a manly yet gentle sympathy, a firm faith, a breadth of vision, a joyous consecration, a sincere love for his fellowmen. His Diocese will prosper. He will be a true shepherd of the flock, for to know John Dallas is to know Christ better.
Our Church
"Go home to thy friends and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee."-St. Mark 5: 19.
If the services and ministrations of our church mean any- thing to you, they are likely to be of value to others. But others, your friends and neighbors, can only know of these things by your telling them.
If your prayers have been answered here, if your burdens have been lightened, tell others about it; if you have received any inspiration, any guidance along life's way, tell others about it; if the preachers here have helped you, if your fellow wor- shippers have cheered you, tell others about it.
We are all missionaries together. God's Word to you is dead if it stops with you; your prayers are answered in vain if you fold them up for your own use alone; the inspiration of our Church is lost if it does not touch others just as it has gripped you. Remember the words of Christ to a man, "Go home to thy friends and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee."
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Church Directory, 1943
THE REV. WALTER MALCOLM HOTCHKISS, S. T. B., Rector MR. GEORGE OAKMAN MINARD, Layreader
VESTRY
MR. ANDREW HAUGE, Senior Warden
MR. ARTHUR HUTCHEON, Junior Warden
MR. ERNEST L. ELLIOTT, Treasurer
MR. JOHN BROOKS, Clerk
DR. FRED PHILLIPS, Vestryman
MR. CALVIN OAKES, Vestryman
MR. CHARLES SMITH, Vestryman
CHOIR
MR. ROBERT BAILEY, Organist and Director of Choristers
ALTAR GUILD
MRS. ROBERT BROOKS, Altar Guild Directress
CHURCH SCHOOL
MR. ALFRED CARR, Superintendent of Church School
MRS. GEORGE MOORE, Assistant Superintendent of Church School
MRS. JOHN YOUNG, Superintendent of Primary
MISS STELLA ANDERSON, Primary Secretary
MISS RUTH HOUGHTON, Senior Secretary
CHURCH SERVICE LEAGUE
MRS. FRANK HOLDEN, President MRS. ALBERT JEWETT, Treasurer MRS. MARTHA KING, Secretary
TRINITY CIRCLE
MRS. ARTHUR HUTCHEON, President MRS. C. B. ROGERS, Secretary MRS. HARRY LLOYD, Treasurer
TRINITY GUILD
MRS. HUGH DURWARD, President MISS KATHERINE MCCOMMONS, Vice President MRS. FRED PERRY, JR., Secretary-Treasurer
STEEPLE CLUB
DR. ROBERT BROOKS, President DR. HARMON NEWELL, Treasurer
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GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY
PATTY BENOIT, President
RUTH HOUGHTON, Secretary
MARY MEYETTE, Treasurer
JACKIE ROWE, Vice President
MRS. GUY HOWARD, Sponsor
MRS. GEORGE MOORE, Sponsor
NURSERY ROLL
MRS. IVEY DUNPHY, Director
SAINT VINCENT'S GUILD OF ACOLYTES
THE RECTOR, Warden
GEORGE O. MINARD, Assistant
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
MRS. HENRY HAWKINS, SR., President
MRS. JOHN YOUNG, Secretary
MISS EDNA FREIHOFER, Treasurer
YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUP
THE RECTOR, Adviser
GIRLS' FRIENDLY CHOIR
RUTH HOUGHTON, President
EVELYN MOORE, Secretary
PATTY BENOIT, Treasurer
TRINITY BOY SCOUTS, TROOP NO. 314
MR. HENRY HAWKINS, Scoutmaster
MR. EDWIN HUTCHEON, Assistant Scoutmaster MR. RICHARD EGBERT, Senior Patrol Leader Scout Troop Committee THE REV. WALTER HOTCHKISS, MR. ANDREAS HAUGE, MR. ARTHUR HUTCHEON
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Like the churches of old England, Trinity Church strives to express all that is best and highest in the aspirations of christian men. It was built to the glory of God for the offering of the Holy Sacrifice and the solemnizing of all the other Sacraments of Holy Church, and as a lasting memorial of those who have fallen asleep in Christ.
"You think no one cares for you. You think you are left alone and helpless: while the air is full of angels and heaven is full of prayers for you."-John Keble.
Early in the morning you go to God's House, up the steps, through the door. The door swings to behind you, it shuts out the cares and bustle of a world that always seems to be hunting for God, but never seems to find Him. For outside it is all rush and hurry, everything is feverish haste: but here in the House of God is quietness and peace.
You pause to bow your head in reverence toward His Altar before you enter your pew. A server moves quietly about the sanctuary. He is unhurried, dignified; he knows exactly what to do, unlike the many who hurry so outside. He takes the covering from the Holy Table, puts the book on, and lights the candles. Meanwhile you wait silently, for God says -""Be still; and know that I am God," and if we would hear Him we must be quiet.
The priest comes to the altar, the server kneels at his side; they begin the preparation: "I will go unto the altar of God, Even the God of my joy and gladness." It is plain that they both know exactly what they are about to do.
The Memorials
"If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church
What man or woman is there to whom the sound of church bells does not open the locked flood-gates of memory? Who can unmoved enter the church of childhood-or matur- ity? God is always so potently waiting there for His children -and so patiently. And in that sweet silence amid dim aisles crowd those unseen worshipers and ministrants long gone. One falls on one's knees, lifts one's eyes to God's Presence at the Altar, peace-even in the midst of alarms and wars-en- ters the soul. Thus man, for untold centuries, with his God; thus in our time in our Church, dedicated to the ever Blessed Trinity, ourselves continue.
We are listing memorial gifts to our Church on its 100th Birthday. It began as a Cathedral Church when it emerged as a full parish. So narrowly arched to the span of years it is, that one of those baptized by that first Bishop-Rector re- members it was from the gilded baptismal basin and in the Bishop's parlor across the park from whose windows that day this Gothic Church was seen a building. One remembers that a very little girl later, when the Church was done, was chided for piping up in a determined voice "turkey buzzard" as the Bishop preached, one presumes she would have shrilled "penguin" if her picture book had been of today. Our chain of Bishops is dear to us; it has been and is a great chain; each link is forged of great Faith. Also a line of rectors stretches across these years-how much they have builded-there are remembrances of unflagging zeal, missionary effort, here and there penetrating scholarship, again sweetness and light, patience, brotherhood, priesthood-for they all builded and build our Church. And one there is remembered who like Captain Eddie Rickenbacker shared in a like experience with like Faith. And the laity that have gone before us, what strong inspiriting persons they were! We still think of them as here, and we still see unseen angels! And the Laity go on; and the clergy, and the Church.
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Thus memorials may be wrought out of flesh and blood and echoing music and of sermons preached and offices said, and above all the Sacrament of the Altar whereby God truly takes us to Himself. But of the token memorials about us here in our dear Church, here is a listing-of those in wood, and stone, and glass, and fabrics, and metal:
Memorials in Trinity Church, Claremont, New Hampshire, to Former Rectors
LARGE WHITE STONE TABLET
"In Memory of The Rt. Rev. Carlton Chase, D.D. First Bishop of New Hampshire 1844-1870
And First Rector of Trinity Church, Claremont 1844-1863
Born February 20, 1794 Died January 18, 1870"
("Moreover also my Flesh shall rest in hope."-Holy Bible)
This memorial tablet to Bishop Chase was given by George L. Balcom.
HIGH ALTAR CROSS, a memorial to the first Bishop and his family inscribed:
1st step of pedestal-"In memoriam Carlton Chase, Fillii"
2nd-"Arthur and Garafelia D. Chase, Nati February 25 A.D. 1871, Obiti September 7 A.D. 1882"
3rd-"Puer-fortis-oboediens Castus verax et Dulcis Ecclesae cantor"
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GOTHIC BISHOP'S SEAT OF WOOD, apparently locally fashioned for the First Bishop, as it conforms with Church's de- sign. It could not have been used by Bishop Griswold of the Eastern Diocese (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu- setts, Rhode Island, Connecti- cut) as the preceding Church structure was of New England Federal design.
PORTABLE GILDED PORCELAIN BAPTISMAL BASIN used by Bishop Chase. 2 Federal COMMUNION CUPS of silver on copper.
1 Victorian FLAGON of silver on copper.
LECTERN, brass, Eagle of the Evangelist St. John supported by pillared pedestal.
"In Memory of the Rev. Isaac George Hubbard, D.D. Born April 13, 1818 Died November 30, 1879 For many years Rector of this Parish" Given by friends of the parish.
Missal Book on High Altar (red leather) ("To the loving memory of Leland Grover Chase Priest-Scholar-Friend 1926-1932") Given by parishioners in 1932.
MEMORIAL WINDOW to Rev. Wm. E. Patterson
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Memorials in Trinity Church, Claremont, New Hampshire, to the Laity
CHURCH BELL OF BRONZE, given by Simeon, Lemuel and George G. Ide, 1866; weight 1,057 pounds.
WHITE MARBLE OCTAGON FONT (From the children of the parish A.D. MDCCLXLV)
PROCESSIONAL CROSS of brass, inscribed: ("For the love of Isaac Hubbard Long 1841-1899 A playmate of children and a brother of the poor." "Beloved if God so loved us, we ought to love one another.") Given by Trinity Church Sunday School of which he was superintendent.
LECTERN BIBLE
(In memoriam Charles Hatch Long, Colonel U. S. A., 1834-1908)
ALMS BASINS OF BRASS
In memory of Lemuel Nichols Ide, 1825-1906 and Ann Daggett Ide, 1833-1901 Inscribed "Give alms of thy goods."-Holy Bible.
Two LARGE BRASS FLOWER VASES WITH SHIELD WITH SACRED MONOGRAM
("To the glory of God and in memory of Laura Frances, Aurelius, Ruth Dickinson")
Two LARGE BRASS GOTHIC EUCHARISTIC CANDLE- STICKS on High Altar
(In loving memory of Susan Amanda Judkins, 1837-1916) Given by Miss Fanny Judkins.
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Six smaller BRASS GOTHIC OFFICE LIGHTS
(In loving memory of Mary Windsor Dow, 1884-1916) Given by the Dow Family.
SILVER BREAD BOX, OR PYX, circular, surmounted by Cross Given by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houghton Foster.
PRIVATE SILVER COMMUNION SET
"In loving memory of Isabelle Deane Jones, 1849-1926"
Given by her daughters-Mrs. Katharine Fry and Mrs. Mabel Freeman.
INCENSE THURIBLE AND BOAT
"In loving memory of my father, Nathan Elgin Jarvis, 1929" Given by Mr. F. E. Jarvis of Meriden, New Hampshire.
CHAPEL ALTAR CROSS
"To glory of God and in loving memory of Charles E. Sterling" Presented by his daughter, Mrs. Francis Carter Wood, and her children.
CHAPEL ALTAR CANDLESTICKS-No data
ALTAR BOOK-Gift of a loyal communicant
CRUCIFIX of Brass in Sacristy
Given by the Rev. Leland Chase, Rector.
Two BRASS TAPERS-No data
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Four WOODEN PROCESSIONAL TORCHES-Thank offer- ing
Two WOODEN PROCESSIONAL TORCHES-with brass cups-Thank offering
Fair LINENS:
FESTIVAL decorated with Italian lace-Gift FESTAL with wheat design-Gift FESTAL with lily design-Gift SIMPLE FESTAL in memory of Edwin and Sarah Dalton "1943" SIMPLE FAIR LINEN-Gift
CORPORALS and PALLS-Gift
FUNERAL PALL of purple damask and gold trimming- Given through the efforts of the Trinity Guild
PURIFICATORS-Gift of Miss M. Augusta Cowles
OAK PULPIT
To the glory of God and in memory of Mary and Anna Balcom, A.D. 1883
LITANY DESK-Given during Dr. Waterman's Rectorship.
LITANY BOOK-From the G. F. S., 1930
GOTHIC SILVER CHALICE
"To Glory of God-A memorial offering from
Caroline T. W. Rice, Trinity Church, Claremont, N. H., 1886"
Trinity Church and Chapel
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SILVER PATEN
Presented to Trinity Church, Claremont, N. H., Easter, 1879 by Arthur and Garafelia D. Chase in memory of their children -Eleanor Morse, born November 11, 1869, died April 11, 1870, and Clara Fellowes, born February 21, 1875, died March 7, 1879-"Except ye become as little children."
WAR SHRINE OF CHRIST THE KING-(Located in South porch of the Church).
ALTAR DOSSAL, AND FRONTAL in blue and silver trimmed with gold braid-Gift.
BRANCH CANDLE STICKS-Thank offering.
CRUCIFIX OF CHRIST THE KING-"In loving memory of Mary Jane Hotchkiss and daughter."
PARISH SERVICE FLAG-"In loving memory of Lieut. Douglas H. Rawstron, died in action World War II."
FRAME AND PHOTO-(Same as parish Service Flag).
SHRINE BOOK-Gift.
PARISH SERVICE LIST AND FRAME-Gift of Duane Ban- ister.
HANGING LAMP-"In memory of Richard and Mary Jane Hazelhurst."
PICTURE FRAME-Gift of Elizabeth Hodge.
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CHASUABLES
WHITE damask Gothic Chasuable lined red silk given by Church Service League.
VIOLET silk Gothic Chasuable with gold orphrys-A thank offering.
RED damask Gothic Chasuable with red and gold orphrys-A gift.
GREEN damask Gothic Chasuable with gold, black and green orphrys-A thank offering.
STOLES
GREEN CORDED SILK STOLE and maniple with IHS mono- gram-A gift.
Red, purple, white corded silk STOLES.
SUPER FRONTALS, ETC.
White damask super-Frontal, design Rose of Sharon, Pulpit hangings, and markers.
Violet damask design Agnus Dei Super Frontal, pulpit fall and markers with embroideries symbolizing the Passion trans- ferred from the oldest set of vestments owned by the Church-A centenary gift.
Red felt set.
Green Rose of Sharon damask super-frontal, pulpit hanging and markers with gold fleur-de-lis embroidered by hand in memory of Elizabeth Upham Brooks, given by her father and sister. Executed by Cox Sons and Vining.
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EUCHARISTIC BURSES AND VEILS
White burse and veil of corded silk, with embroidery in yel- low and gold, a foliated Cross, embroidered by Miss Alice Sheldon.
Agnus Dei violet damask Burse and Veil with embroidered Maltese Cross-Gift.
Red Agnus Dei Damask Burse and Veil embroidered with Martyr's Crown set with stones (Italian coral)-A gift.
Red Agnus Dei Pentecostal damask Burse and Veil, embroidered Holy Dove.
G. F. BANNER-White and Gold silk banner with red cross, and G. F. S. monogram in blue and silver-Designed by Harry Lloyd.
FRAMED PICTURES-Scenes from Life of Our Lord-Hang- ing in Ladies' Parlor-Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Foster.
DIOCESAN COAT OF ARMS IN COLORS-Designed and framed by Harry Lloyd.
In the choir room, over the fireplace, hangs an oil painted copy of the coat of arms of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. It was painted by Harry Lloyd and given to the Parish.
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Clark Memorial Chapel of Trinity Church with Memorial Tablet
From Mr. and Mrs. John Farwell and the Girls' Friendly is the rich plaque commemorating the generous gift of Mrs. Wm. Clark of Trinity Church, which was a Chapel as a me- morial to her husband, Judge Clark, built in 1884 and dedi- cated by Bishop Niles on September 19, 1888. The plaque of polished walnut from a panel in a family side-board is of great beauty. It is inscribed as follows:
"Memorial Chapel Gift of a Loyal Parishioner A.D. 1887 Mrs. William Clark Tablet given by Girls' Friendly A.D. 1933"
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