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-REV. BENJAMIN COPELAND.
This reverent and inspiring hymn is a gracious tribute from the pastor of the Ontario Street Methodist Episcopal Church of this city.
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Bifts to the Church.
The Holland Land Company in 1820-The Church Lot bounded by Main, Niagara, Pearl, and Church Streets.
Mrs. Honor Gardner, in 1865-A marble font.
Mrs. Stephen G. Austin, in 1870-The collection plates now used in the Sunday School Room.
Elder Jabez Goodell gave the first Legacy to the church in 1853: "The Annual Income of $500.00, to wit, the in- terest thereon for the term of five years, being $35.00, for the purpose of promoting the distribution of Religious Tracts, by purchasing and distributing them in the City. Resolved that brother Kingsley be authorized to receive and receipt for it."
Other Legacies :
1901, Mrs. Harriette Curtiss, $50.00.
1897, Mrs. Clementine L. Forbes, $500.00.
1907, Mr. Andrew J. Holden, cash $3,700.00, Wheeler-Holden Stock, 24 shares Common, 57 Preferred.
1908, Mr. Frank H. Goodyear, $10,000.00 1911, Mrs. Elizabeth B. White, $10,000.00.
Mrs. J. B. Bailey, $200.00 to the Woman's Circle.
Gift-Mrs. Margaret Johnston, $300.00.
Gifts about the time the present church was built- Land upon which the church is built-Mrs. Delia Austin Avery, in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Austin.
CHAPEL-Miss Julia Sherman, Carving of the Porch, in memory of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Sherman.
Mr. Franklin D. Locke, The Mosaic above the Pulpit.
Mrs. Sidney Shepard, The Organ.
Miss Clara J. Heppner, The Light over the Pulpit.
Mrs. Peter Emslie, Window.
Friends of Dr. Mitchell, The Victor Mitchell Window.
Friends of Mrs. Thompson, The Mary Norton Thompson Window.
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CHURCH-Mr. George Foster Peabody, The Carved Pulpit and Chancel Rail.
The Glenny Family, The Carved Pulpit Seat and Cur- tains.
Mrs. William F. Miller and Mrs. Frank Hamlin, The Communion Table and Chairs.
Mrs. William Dana Forbes, The Reading Desk and Bible.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rohlfs, The Pulpit Bible.
Mr. Charles Sidney Shepard, The Chancel Light.
Mrs. William F. Osborne, The Font.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. White, Large Window.
Mrs. Richard J. Sherman, Three Windows.
Mr. Spencer S. Kingsley, Three Windows.
Friends of Rev. Dr. Clarke, Three Windows.
Mrs. Daniel N. Lockwood, Curtains at the rear of the church.
Mr. Josiah Letchworth, Lesson Boards in the church.
Children of Mrs. Charles Townsend, Bible for the Read- ing Desk.
Mr. George W. Maltby, The Carving on the Capitals of the Columns at the Front Entrance to the Church.
Sunday School Room-Mr. William C. Demarest, The large Wall Map.
Welcome Hall-Mr. John J. Albright, The Settlement House and Land.
Mrs. Sidney Shepard, The Cottage and Furnishing.
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CENTENNIAL GIFTS.
Mrs. Frank H. Goodyear, Linen and Dishes for the Din- ing Room.
Mrs. William A. Rogers, The renovation and furnishing of the basement.
Mrs. Mary Strong Willson, Window.
Mrs. Laura Strong Letchworth, Window.
Mrs. Harriet Hamlin Macneil, Three Windows.
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Pastors of the first Presbyterian Church.
THE REVEREND MILES P. SQUIER, 1815-1824
THE REVEREND GILBERT CRAWFORD, 1824-1828
THE REVEREND SYLVESTER EATON, 1829-1834
THE REVEREND ASA T. HOPKINS, D. D.,. 1835-1847
THE REVEREND M. L. R. P. THOMPSON, D. D.,. 1848-1860
THE REVEREND WALTER CLARKE, D. D.,.
1861-1871
THE REVEREND DAVID R. FRAZER, D. D., 1872-1880 THE REVEREND SAMUEL S. MITCHELL, D. D.,. .1880-1904 THE REV. ANDREW V. V. RAYMOND, D. D., LL., D., 1907-
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1812 AMOS CALLENDER CLERK OF THE SESSION FEB. 2, 1812, TO DEC. 28, 1830.
1912 HORACE BRIGGS CLERK OF THE SESSION FEB. 10, 1892, STILL IN OFFICE.
Clerks of the Session.
Amos Callender. February 16, 1812, to December 28, 1830
Moses Bristol. March 8, 1831, to October 5, 1835
James Crocker October 5, 1835, to July 4, 1842
Theodotus Burwell July 4, 1842, to March 31, 1849
James Crocker May 26, 1849, to September 16, 1861
Loring Danforth. September 16, 1861, to October 11, 1869
Silas Kingsley . October 12, 1869, to February 14, 1873
William D. Forbes. February 14, 1873 to April 1, 1885 Fred B. Curtiss April 1, 1885, to February 10, 1892 Horace Briggs February 10, 1892, to-
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Ruling Elders.
Jan. 1816
Amos Callender
Jan. 1, 1840
Jan. 1816 Jabez Goodell. Died Sept. 27, 1851
Jan. 1816 Jabez B. Hyde. .Feb. 1, 1822
Jan. 1816 Nathaniel Sill. Dec. 8, 1826
Jan. 1818 Samuel Bosworth Nov. 27, 1818
Dec. 1818
Joseph Stocking Died Sept. 4, 1835
Jan. 1823
Lemuel Johnson.
Nov. 24, 1841
July 1825
Moses Bristol.
Feb. 2, 1866
July 1825
Abner Bryant. April 1, 1847
April 1832 Dr. John E. Marshall Died Dec. 27, 1838
Oct. 1835
James Crocker. Died Feb.
4, 1861
Nov. 1841
Cyrus H. DeForest. Died March
7, 1889
Nov. 1841
Theodotus Burwell. . March 6, 1857
Nov. 1841
Thomas Farnham. Died Oct. 4, 1883
Nov. 1841 Sidney Shepard.
.Jan. 3, 1853
May 1846
Silas Kingsley.
Died April
5, 1886
May 1846
Noah H. Gardner
Died Dec. 15, 1872
Dec. 1853 Aaron Rumsey
Sept. 6, 1857
Dec. 1853 Loring Danforth. Died Oct. 11, 1869
Jan. 1873
Alexander P. Hodges Sept. 29, 1876
Jan. 1873 Martin H. Birge. April
6, 1887
Jan. 1873 William H. Gardner .Dec. 5, 1879
Jan. 1873 William D. Fobes Died June 2, 1891
Jan. 1873 Fred B. Curtiss Died July 22, 1902
April 1884 Horace Briggs.
April 1884 Richard J. Sherman Died Dec. 29. 1888
April 1885 Payson H. Miner Died Nov. 22, 1888
April 1885 Walter J. Shepard
April 1887 Josiah Letchworth.
April 1890 Spencer S. Kingsley April 22, 1908
April 1890 Charles Rohlfs. April 5, 1893
April 1892 William A. Rogers
April 1892 John B. Squire. Jan. 6, 1897
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April 1892 Joseph E. Ewell.
. April 6, 1904
April 1893 Edward C. Warner
Died Feb. 3, 1911
April 1894 Augustus F. Tripp Died Jan. 24, 1908
April 1898
Conway W. Ball.
April 1905
Herbert McK. Carson
. April 12, 1906
April 1906
Herbert E. Crouch
April 20, 1910
April 1908
William H. Gratwick.
April 1908
George S. Buck.
May 1908
Philos G. Cook.
May 1908 Daniel Upton
May 1908
Melville L. Wilkinson.
Feb. 8, 1911
April 1910
George W. Farnham
April 1911
C. Townsend Wilson
April 1911
William M. Wheeler
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Board of Deacons.
1816 Jabez B. Hyde. 1825
1818 Amos Callender 1841
1842 Benjamin Hodge. 1847
1842 Henry H. Bissell, M. D. .1847
1846 Albert S. Merrill. 1887
1846
James D. Sawyer. 1868
1846 Dennis Taylor 1876
1847 Elias A. Lewis 1856
1858
Joseph C. Barnes 1865
1858 Isaac D. White. 1869
1872
Charles S. Cutler 1876
1872 William L. French. 1887
1872 Edward Newell. 1880
1872 Ambrose D. Sumner 1882
1884
William C. Francis. 1889
1884 Ogden P. Letchworth. 1911
1884 Albert B. Neill. 1899
1884 William H. Prentice
1896
1884 Edmund D. Robbins
1909
1884
Walter T. Wilson
1885 Spencer S. Kingsley 1887
1890
1887 Charles W. Hamlin
1890
1887 Henry W. Watson
1888 Emory D. Angell. 1906
1889 Edwin P. Sears.
1908
1892 Philos G. Cook.
1892 Charles D. Holcomb. 1895
1892 Hiram P. Hopkins 1902
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1892 Charles J. North.
1906
1892 C. Townsend Wilson
1911
1900 1900
James McCormick Mitchell
Russell H. Potter.
1906
1905
Guilford W. Francis
1906
George S. Buck.
1908
1908
John A. Mann
1908
Allen N. MacNabb
1908 William M. Wheeler.
1911
1909 Clarence L. Potter
1911 James L. Crane.
1912
1911
Walter Aspinwall
1911
A. Burt Armstrong
1912 Albert S. Matthews
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1895 1895
Albert T. Brown.
George B. Weston.
The Trustees.
The trustees of the First Presbyterian Society of the Town of Buffalo have been uniformly chosen from among the leading business men of the city. As some of the Society records have been lost, a full list of the trustees cannot be given. At the organization of the Society in 1816, those first chosen were: Gen. Elijah Holt, President; Heman B. Potter, Treasurer; Nathaniel Sill, Frederick Miller, Jonas Harrison, Joseph Stocking. The Presidents of the Board of Trustees, so far as the list can be given, have been: Gen. Elijah Holt, Samuel Russell, George Palmer, William Ket- chum, Horatio Shumway, Elbridge G. Spaulding, Orlando Allen, Merwin S. Hawley, George R. Babcock, James D. Saw- yer, William H. Glenny, Guilford R. Wilson, Richard J. Sherman, Orsamus H. Marshall, Charles T. Coit, David R. Morse, Charles D. Marshall, G. Howard Lewis, Trueman G. Avery and Marcus M. Darr.
The Clerks of the Board have been: William Ketchum, Lewis F. Allen, Charles D. Norton, George Coit, Jr., Christ- ian Metz, Jr., William F. Miller, Roswell R. Buck, Adrian R. Root, Trueman G. Avery, Charles P. Norton, G. Reed Wilson, George W. Olmsted and W. Morse Wilson.
The Treasurers of the Board have been: Heman B. Pot- ter, Henry Root, Theodore Butler, Theodore H. Butler, S. S. Kingsley, W. D. Fobes, Robert W. Chisholm and Charles J. North.
The members of the Board of Trustees not already named have been: Amos Callender, Reuben B. Heacock, Jasper Corning, Judge Ebenezer Walden, Joseph Clary, Peter Cur- tiss, John Scott, Dr. John E. Marshall, Judge Charles Town- send, Hiram Pratt, Samuel F. Pratt, Aaron Rumsey, Lewis L. Hodges, Dr. Bryant Burwell, Nathaniel Wilgus, Dr. Charles W. Harvey, Nelson K. Hopkins, Daniel Burroughs, Lorenzo K. Haddock, Bronson C. Rumsey, Solomon S. Guthrie, Fred-
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erick Gridley, William H. Gardner, George R. Potter, Fred B. Curtiss, William H. Greene, George E. Mann, Benjamin F. Sherman, William King, Jr., James M. Ganson, Albert Sherwood, George R. Yaw, Peter Emslie, Franklin D. Locke, Joseph E. McWilliams, William H. Gardner, George R. Pot- ter, George Howard Lewis, William D. Fobes, James Frazer Gluck, J. J. Albright, Bryant B. Glenny, Walter J. Shepard, George B. Mathews, William H. Hotchkiss, Frank H. Good- year, Raymond K. Albright, Robert W. Pomeroy and Ogden P. Letchworth, Wm. H. Gratwick, H. E. Crouch, Marcus M. Darr, W. Morse Wilson, E. G. Felthousen, and J. McCormick Mitchell.
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1912 Church Services.
PUBLIC WORSHIP .- Sundays at 11.00 A. M. Vesper Service (from November 1st to May 1st) at 4.15 P. M.
SUNDAY SCHOOL .- 10.00 A. M.
SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER .- First Sunday in October, December and March; last Sunday in May.
PREPARATORY SERVICE .- The Wednesday evening preceding each Communion Service.
BAPTISM OF CHILDREN .- The First Sunday after each Communion Service, or after any Sunday morning service.
WEEK-DAY PUBLIC WORSHIP .- Wednesdays at 8.00 P. M.
Meetings.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY .- Last Monday evening in March, preceding April by at least six days.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHURCH .- First Wednesday evening in April.
THE WOMAN'S CIRCLE .- Monthly Business Meeting-The third Monday afternoon of each month from September to April, inclusive, at 3.00 o'clock. Sewing Meeting-Every Monday afternoon from October to April, inclusive, at 2.00 o'clock.
JUNIOR LEAGUE .- Meets every first Thursday afternoon of each month from October to June, at 3.00 o'clock.
THE MEN'S ASSOCIATION .- Meets at the call of the President.
THE MISSION BAND .- Meets at 10.00 A. M. on the second Saturday of each month, from October to May.
CHURCH CHOIR .- Meets at the call of the Director of Music.
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Organization.
PASTOR. REV. ANDREW VAN VRANKEN RAYMOND, D. D., LL. D. 268 North Street.
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, REV. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK, 70 Wadsworth Street. MISS JOSEPHINE L. GILBERT, Secretary, 39 St. John's Place.
DIRECTOR OF WELCOME HALL SETTLEMENT, REV. WILLIAM E. MCLENNAN, D. D., 404 Seneca Street. FOREIGN MISSIONARIES,
MISS JANET M. JOHNSTONE, Kanazawa, Japan. REV. AND MRS. C. H. YERKES, Yi H'sien, China. WILLIAM R. CUNNINGHAM, M. D., Yi H'sien, China. MISS MARGARETA FRANZ, Yi H'sien, China.
HOME MISSIONARIES.
MISS FLORENCE STEVENS, Sitka, Alaska. REV. HENRY CULLEN, D. D., Field Secretary, and Missionaries of Reserve Presbytery, South Dakota. FREEDMAN TEACHERS, MRS. A. J. JEFFERSON, MISS L. PRICE, Darlington, S. C.
The Session.
Moderator REV. ANDREW V. V. RAYMOND, PASTOR
Clerk. .HORACE BRIGGS
Treasurer
CHARLES J. NORTH
THE BOARD OF ELDERS.
Elected.
Term Expires.
1910. WILLIAM A. ROGERS.
.1913
1910. CONWAY W. BALL. 1913
1910. GEORGE W. FARNHAM 1913
1910. DANIEL UPTON. 1913
1911. JOSIAH LETCHWORTH 1914
1911. C. TOWNSEND WILSON 1914
19.11. WILLIAM H. GRATWICK. 1914
1911. PHILOS G. COOK. 1914
1912. HORACE BRIGGS. 1915
1912. WALTER J. SHEPARD
1915
1912. GEORGE S. BUCK.
1915
1912. WILLIAM M. WHEELER 1915
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Standing Committees of the Session.
PULPIT SUPPLY.
HORACE BRIGGS,
CONWAY W. BALL,
WALTER J. SHEPARD. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
WILLIAM A. ROGERS, WILLIAM M. WHEELER, C. TOWNSEND WILSON. FOREIGN MISSIONS.
WILLIAM H. GRATWICK,
GEORGE S. BUCK,
WILLIAM M. WHEELER. HOME MISSIONS.
JOSIAH LETCHWORTH, DANIEL UPTON,
PHILOS G. COOK.
GENERAL BENEFICENCE.
GEORGE W. FARNHAM, CONWAY W. BALL,
WALTER J. SHEPARD.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS.
C. TOWNSEND WILSON, GEORGE S. BUCK
WILLIAM A. ROGERS. PRAYER MEETING.
WILLIAM A. ROGERS, JOSIAH LETCHWORTH,
WILLIAM H. GRATWICK.
WELCOME HALL.
WILLIAM H. GRATWICK,
WILLIAM A. ROGERS.
CONWAY W. BALL.
PRESBYTERIAL.
HORACE BRIGGS, JOSIAH LETCHWORTH,
WILLIAM M. WHEELER. AUDITING.
WALTER J. SHEPARD, GEORGE W. FARNHAM, PHILOS G. COOK.
Meetings: The first Wednesday evening in each month.
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The Board of Deacons.
President.
. HENRY W. WATSON
Secretary and Treasurer GUILFORD W. FRANCIS
Elected.
Term Expires.
1912. ALBERT S. MATTHEWS 1913
1910. EDWIN P. SEARS. 1913
1910. ALBERT T. BROWN 1913
1910. ALLAN N. MACNABB 1913
1911. HENRY W. WATSON 1914
1911. GEORGE B. WESTON. 1914
1911. GUILFORD W. FRANCIS 1914
1911. JOHN A. MANN. 1914
1912.
CLARENCE L. POTTER 1915
1912. WALTER ASPINWALL.
1915
1912. J. MCCORMICK MITCHELL 1915
1912.
A. BURT ARMSTRONG.
1915
Meetings: At the call of the President.
The Board of Trustees.
President
MARCUS M. DARR
Secretary
. W. MORSE WILSON
Treasurer
CHARLES J. NORTH
745 Ellicott Square
TRUSTEES.
Elected.
Term Expires.
1910. RAYMOND K. ALBRIGHT
1913
1912. WILLIAM H. GRATWICK
1913
1910. W. MORSE WILSON.
1913
1911.
H. E. CROUCH.
1914
1911. E. G. FELTHOUSEN 1914
1911. MARCUS M. DARR 1914
1912. J. McC. MITCHELL. 1915
1912. WALTER J. SHEPARD
1915
1912. ROBERT W. POMEROY 1915
Meetings: At the call of the President.
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Standing Committees of the Trustees.
EXECUTIVE. ROBERT W. POMEROY, Chairman.
RAYMOND K. ALBRIGHT, WILLIAM H. GRATWICK.
HOUSE. W. MORSE WILSON, Chairman.
J. MOC. MITCHELL, HERBERT E. CROUCH.
PEWS. J. McC. MITCHELL, Chairman.
WALTER J. SHEPARD, EDWARD G. FELTHOUSEN.
AUDITING.
RAYMOND K. ALBRIGHT, Chairman.
EDWARD G. FELTHOUSEN, WALTER J. SHEPARD.
MUSIC.
WILLIAM H. GRATWICK, Chairman.
RAYMOND K. ALBRIGHT, HERBERT E. CROUCH,
ROBERT W. POMEROY, J. McC. MITCHELL.
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The Church School.
Supervising Committee of the Session,
WILLIAM A. ROGERS, DANIEL UPTON.
Director of Religious Education, REV. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK. consists of
I. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
II. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES. III .. ADULT CLASSES.
T. The Sunday School.
Aim-Instruction in Christian Knowledge.
GENERAL OFFICERS.
Superintendent. WILLIAM M. WHEELER
Assistant Superintendent. PLINY HAROLD HAYES Treasurer . OWEN B. AUGSPURGER Secretary. ALEXANDER B. MACNABB
Assistant Secretary STANLEY RUTHVEN
Pianist. WILLIAM S. WAITH
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS AND TEACHERS.
1. THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT (4-8 years).
A. CRADLE ROLL.
MRS. WILLIAM M. WHEELER, Superintendent.
B. THE KINDERGARTEN (4-5 years).
Kindergartners. ... MISS LOIS S. PALMER and MISS MAY C. ALLEN Assistant. MISS ELIZABETH LOONEY
C. THE PRIMARY GRADES (6-8 years).
Superintendent MRS. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK
Secretary. MISS HELEN STIMSON Pianist MISS JENNIE COTTLE
Assistant Pianist
MISS CORA TOWNSEND
Chorister MISS ALITHEA GULLIAN
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TEACHERS.
GRADE A. MRS. CHARLES S. BOARDMAN, MRS. CLARENCE U. CARRUTH. GRADE B. MRS. GEORGE S. BUCK, MRS. JOHN L. DANIELS.
GRADE C. MRS. DANIEL UPTON, MRS. WILLIAM M. WHEELER. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
MRS. PARK WRIGHT, MRS. J. FREDERICK SLOCUM MRS. ALBERT W. ZINK, MISS ADDIE WOOD.
2. THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT (9-12 years).
Superintendent of Department DR. PLINY HAROLD HAYES
TEACHERS AND COURSE OF STUDY.
GRADE A.
Course-Early Heroes and Heroines (Bible Study Union). Teachers-MISS HARRIET M. BUCK, MISS MARION B. MANN.
GRADE B.
Course-Kings and Prophets (Bible Study Union).
Teachers-MISS MARGARET VOLGER, MISS MABEL MATTHEWS.
GRADE C.
Course-Life and Words of Jesus (Bible Study Union).
Teachers-MRS. WILLIAM D. YOUNG, DR. PLINY H. HAYES.
GRADE D.
Course-Introduction to the Bible (Chamberlin and Kern). Teachers-MR. FRANK HAMILTON, MISS ANNA MACDONALD.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
MRS. H. COWLES WADSWORTH, MISS CLARA E. SACKETT, MR. JUDSON PARSONS.
3. THE INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT (13-16 years).
Superintendent of Department. MR. JOSEPH T. WRIGHT TEACHERS AND COURSE OF STUDY.
GRADE A.
Course-Leaders of Israel (International Course).
Teachers-MRS. JOHN A. MANN, MRS. WILLIAM A. ROGERS.
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GRADE B.
Course-Christian Leaders (International Course). Teacher-JOSEPH T. WRIGHT.
GRADE C.
Course-Life of Christ (Gates). Teacher-MRS. H. E. SWEZEY.
GRADE D.
Course-Christian Life and Conduct (Bible Study Union). Teachers-NORMAN M. PIERCE, MISS MIRIAM H. RAYMOND.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
MR. GEORGE W. FARNHAM. MRS. CHARLES H. WOOD,
4. THE SENIOR DEPARTMENT (17-20 years).
Not closely graded-Organized classes.
Course-"The Conquering Christ"' (Bible Study Union).
Teacher-MRS. WILLIAM S. WAITH.
Course-"The Life and Words of St. Paul."' Teacher-MISS MAY T. CHURCHILL.
Course-"The Ethical Teachings of Jesus" (Jenks). Teacher-MR. EDWARD P. LUPFER.
TT. The Doung People's Societies. Aim-Training for Service.
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1. PRIMARY SOCIETY-THE MISSION BAND (5-8 Years). (See under "The Woman's Circle.")
2. THE JUNIOR SOCIETY (9-12 Years). ADULT OFFICERS AND LEADERS. Superintendent-MRS. H. COWLES WADSWORTH. GRADE A. Adult Leader-MRS. H. C. WADSWORTH. GRADE B. Adult Leader-MRS. DANIEL UPTON.
GRADE C. Adult Leader-MRS. CHARLES H. WOOD.
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GRADE D. Adult Leader-MRS. J. FREDERICK SLOCUM. Time-The second Saturday in each month.
Course-Varied. Promoting service in the Home and Day School, Home and Schools of Children in Foreign Lands.
3. INTERMEDIATE SOCIETIES (13-16 Years). There should be two Intermediate Societies-one for Boys and one for Girls.
A. INTERMEDIATE BOYS' CLUB-THE BOY SCOUTS. In process of being formed.
B. INTERMEDIATE GIRLS' CLUB. Not yet organized.
4. SENIOR SOCIETY (17-21 years).
(Combining the classes in the Senior Department of the Sunday School.)
The Society is in process of organization.
TIT. The Adult Department. (21 years up).
1. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CLASS (20-30 years).
Time-Sunday Morning, 10.15 to 11.
Course-"The Kingdom of God" (F. Herbert Stead).
Leader-REV. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK.
2. THE MEN'S CLASS.
President. MR. WILLIAM H. HAMILTON
Vice-President MR. H. SHUMWAY LEE
Secretary and Treasurer MR. FRANK L. CHURCHILL Course of Study-"The Kingdom of God.
ยท "Its Historic and Theoretic Aspects." Leader-WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK.
"Its Present Day Aspects-The Newer Forces for Good."' Leader-WILLIAM E. McLENNAN.
3. THE TEACHER-TRAINING CLASS. Leader-WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK.
Time-First Wednesday evening in each month, 6.30 to 8. Course-"The Study of the Child."
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Members-All the teachers in the Church School.
Grade Teachers' Meetings-Occasional.
4. THE PARENTS' CLASS. Leader-WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK.
Time-Friday mornings, January to April, 10.30 to 11.30.
Course-"Child Nature and Child Nurture" (Edward P. St. John).
Members-Parents of children in Sunday School, and others.
5. LECTURE COURSE.
A Course on Bible Lands, Illustrated by Stereopticon, was given, November 16th to 21st, by REV. PUTNAM CADY, D. D.
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Men's Association.
During the year 1911-1912, the work of the Men's Asso- ciation has been organized under committees, and is going steadily forward.
The first meeting of the Association during the past year was held in October, and the following officers were duly elected :
President MR. ALLAN N. MACNABB
Secretary. MR. JAMES L. CRANE
Treasurer.
MR. CLINTON R. WYCKOFF
At this meeting a resolution was offered and passed pro- viding that the Association would thereafter hold four regu- lar meetings in each year, and after the transaction of other business before the meeting, Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie gave a very delightful address.
Shortly after the October meeting, an informal meeting of the officers and some of the men was called at the Manse, and Dr. Raymond suggested that the Men's Association of the First Church, as a body, take up the church work outlined by the Board of the Men and Religion Forward Movement. Approval of this suggestion was so prompt that heads of the following committees were named:
Church Attendance MR. HERBERT E. CROUCH
Bible Study. MESSRS. FARNHAM AND THOMPSON Boys' Work. MESSRS. CRANE AND WYCKOFF
Social Service MESSRS. SHEPARD AND MACNABB
Missions.
MR. GEORGE S. BUCK
Evangelism MR. WILLIAM M. WHEELER
The third meeting of the Association for the year was called for the purpose of asking for volunteer workers for the above committees, and at this meeting a large number of the members signed cards indicating their desire to take up the work of the committees, and specifying what committee they wished to work with. After this meeting all of the committees were duly organized and began their work, and have carried it steadily on during the balance of the year.
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As the Social Service Committee concluded to carry on its work entirely in the Welcome Hall District, Dr. McLen- nan was prevailed upon to take the chairmanship of that committee.
A social survey of the district has been made by an expert, and report and recommendations made to the committee, upon which they will base their work, and endeavor to carry out many reforms and improvements in the condition of the resi- dents of the district.
The fourth meeting of the Men's Association was held during the Centennial Celebration of the Church, and to this meeting the members of the Presbyterian Union and the men of the churches of the Presbytery of Buffalo were in- vited, to meet the Men's Association of the First Church, to commemorate the growth of Presbyterian interests in Buffalo and vicinity since the organization of the First Church on February 2, 1812.
This meeting was largely attended, and was addressed by the Rev. George Alexander, D. D., pastor of the University Place Presbyterian Church of New York City.
The committees above mentioned for carrying on the work recommended by the Men and Religion Forward Movement, are designed to be permanent committees, and continue their work from year to year.
By this method of organization, it is expected that the Men's Association of the First Church will accomplish valu- able results and make the influence of the Association felt in this community, and be an organized force of the church that can be used in many ways for the benefit of the First Church and the City of Buffalo.
C
ALLAN N. MACNABB,
President.
OFFICERS, 1912-1913.
President. MR. WILLIAM L. MARCY
First Vice-President. MR. JAMES L. CRANE
Second Vice-President . MR. FREDERICK C. SLEE
Secretary. MR. FRANK M. HAMILTON
Treasurer MR. CLINTON R. WYCKOFF
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Woman's Circle
OFFICERS.
President. MISS HARRIET M. BUCK
First Vice-President. .MRS. WILLIAM L. MARCY
Second Vice-President MRS. WILLIAM C. WARREN
Third Vice-President MRS. HENRY B. STIMSON
Fourth Vice-President MRS. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK
Secretary. . MRS. WILLIAM D. YOUNG
Treasurer MISS EMMA DUNBAR
Committees.
HOME MISSIONS.
MRS. WILLIAM F. EMERY, Chairman.
MRS. FRANK S. MCGRAW, MRS. WILLIAM G. BRYAN,
MRS. COWLES WADSWORTH,
MRS. DANIEL UPTON,
MRS. HENRY C. VAN ANDA, MRS. EDWARD C. FIELD,
MRS. SHIRLEY TAYLOR.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
MRS. WILLIAM M. WHEELER, Chairman.
MRS. P. HAROLD HAYES, MRS. GEORGE P. WARNER,
MRS. GEORGE S. BUCK, MRS. WILLIAM COLBURN.
LITERATURE.
MRS. CHARLES H. HUESTIS, Chairman.
MRS. AMBROSE BIXBY, MISS MABEL KURTZ,
MRS. CHARLES BOARDMAN, MISS ALICE SEARS.
HOSPITAL FREE BED.
MISS ALBERTINE SHERMAN, Chairman.
MRS. HENRY J. PIERCE, MRS. HENRY B. STIMSON,
MISS CORA TOWNSEND, MRS. CLINTON R. WYCKOFF,
MRS. THOMAS B. LOCKWOOD, DR. DEWITT SHERMAN.
JUNIOR LEAGUE.
MISS MABEL KURTZ. President MISS JULIA SCHABACKER Vice-President
MISS AGNES TUTTON . Secretary
MISS MILDRED MCDOUGALL . Treasurer
MISS EMILY MCCRAY. Chairman, Sewing Committee
MISS STELLA GULLIAN Chairman, Membership Committee MISS CLARA ENGLE. Chairman, Entertainment Committee
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MISSION BAND.
MRS. H. COWLES WADSWORTH. Chairman
MRS. WILLIAM H. FARNSWORTH Secretary
MISS GRACE E. MERRILL. . Treasurer MRS. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK Director of Missionary Study
MRS. JOHN L. DANIELS Director of Work
MRS. DANIEL UPTON Leader of Junior Class
MRS. FREDERICK SLOCUM Leader of Junior Class
MRS. CHARLES H. WOOD Leader of Junior Class
SEWING COMMITTEE.
MRS. FRANK A. PIERCE First Directress
MISS HELEN C. JONES. Second Directress
MRS. ARTHUR F. OLIVER Third Directress
MRS. JOSEPH F. BRADEN
Fourth Directress
MISS MINNIE J. NOBLE Secretary and Treasurer
MRS. F. C. SLEE. Chairman Reception Committee MRS. S. L. WATSON ..
MRS. HENRY T. MCDOUGALL
MRS. E. C. RUTHERFORD
.. Cutting Committee
MRS. E. M. KURTZ. .
MRS. S. C. PARTINGTON
RECEPTION.
MRS. CHARLES J. NORTH, Chairman,
MISS ADELAIDE BARTH,
MRS. W. D. OLMSTED,
MRS. J. R. BRODHEAD,
MRS. LUCY T. PLIMPTON,
MRS. WILLIAM H. BOOCOCK,
MRS. WILLIAM A. ROGERS,
MISS HELEN C. JONES,
MRS. WILLIAM C. WARREN,
MRS. WILLIAM F. OSBORNE,
MRS. ALBERT YOUNG.
PROGRAM.
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