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*The new Church Edifice has since been built, beautiful and commodious, for which a fine new organ is now building. But this congregation was rent in twain in the spring of 1894. when more than half the members and a still larger part of the Sunday School withdrew, with Mr. George, and formed the Trinity Congrega- tional Church. The immediate cause was the attempt to put a limit to the services of Mr. George, who had not been installed, in the hope of securing a pastor in whom the parish might be fully united. He was succeeded by Rev. John Sheridan Zelie, of Plymouth, Conn., who began his work with the opening of the new Church, July, 1894. Under his gifted and spiritual ministry the Church has greatly prospered and draws nigh to an existence independent of the mother Church, for which she will be fully equipped.
tDr. Mitchell has since passed to his reward.
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what discouraged people rallied to their work and be- gan the most fruitful decade of its history, with the Old Stone and Calvary congregations in close affilia- tion. Dr. Smith, as we now call him, was a stirring, magnetic preacher, with very effective social and pas- toral gifts, seconded by a wife his equal in noble and winsome qualities. He was very soon beset to enter other fields, and within three and a half years he ac- cepted a call to the Central Presbyterian Church of New York city. Rev. Joseph H. Selden, of Erie, now of Elgin, Ill., succeeded him; and in the autumn of 1890, Rev. Burt E. Howard, of Bay City, now of Los Angeles, California, was called as a second asso. ciate pastor, and the Bolton Chapel congregation was taken under the wing of the First Church. These five unusual men have served the Church as associate pas- tors, of diverse gifts, but each strong in his way :- Ogden, Simpson, Smith, Selden, Howard. Each has gone hence to work in independent fields, and to each this associate pastorate has proved a good place to go from, whatever it may have been to stay in. The breaking up of the Collegiate system, by mutual con- sent, chiefly because of its largeness as one field and the consequent diffusion of pastoral influence, rather than from any special dissatisfaction, set these young- er brethern free for the noble fields they have since entered. Rev. Wm. Knight was then called to the associate pastorate of the Stone Church congregation, and another departure was made which contemplates a more distinctive effort for the down-town popula- tion. Mr. Knight was called to Saginaw, Mich., after two years service.
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During this period, 1884-1893, the senior pastor of this church was for three years President of the West- ern Reserve University. To make good the partial withdrawal from pastoral work, Rev. Giles H. Dun- ning was called from Buffalo. Under his direction a Sunday school of about 300 was gathered on the West Side, which resulted in the organization of Bethany Church of 59 members July 3, 1889. This took 22 from the Old First, about 30 in all, and Mr. Dunning became pastor of the West Side church. For the present they occupy rented quarters on Pearl street. One hundred and ninety-six have been re- ceived into fellowship and 159 are still members. The record of moneys raised is $4,081.02. It is still under the care of the Union, as are the South and Madison Avenue Churches. It has a lady missionary in China and a student preparing for the ministry .*
The South Side Church, just named, is a new en- terprise at the corner of Scranton avenue and Prame street, the outgrowth of a Sunday school started by the Union, organized by the late Mr Corwin, having a property worth $10,000, a membership of 63. With Mr. Roemer as pastor-elect the infant church hopes to be led on to strength. The cost of lot and chapel is being borne by churches of the Union, outside the First, Calvary and the North.
It will thus be seen that, from the first, the origi- nal fountain of Presbyterianism in our city began to give out, while as yet it was small, to replenish itself
* Bethany Church, removed to the corner of Gordon avenue and West Clinton st., is now housed in a beautiful stone and brick chapel, built at an expense of about $9,500 besides the lot, and dedicated July, 1895.
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and again give forth, and so on unto this very day. Its location, at first central to its constituency, has now for many years been in the heart of business, and central only when considered in reference to both sides of the river-in any event, ill-suited to receive any considerable portion of the resident newcomers. Its outlying membership has largely gone into new enterprises-in all about 750. There have been re- ceived from the beginning, to April 1, 1895, 3,991. The original founders long since all passed away, and very largely also the accessions of 1840 or thereabouts; but there has been slight disposition among the older families, at first rooted here, to leave save for very imperative reasons. For all this is so, the church still stands in the center of an immense population- within a half-mile of which live 15,000 souls, and still it has a mission as important as ever. This completes the proposed survey.
Standing where we now do, seventy-five years from the fountain head in the center of a strag- gling village, it is very difficult for us to compass such a period of history, covering the entire growth of our city, during which almost every building, of any sort, now in existence, and all our industries, our shipping, our railroads, our public schools, academies and colleges, our churches, asylums and hospitals, our beautiful avenues and populous streets, have sprung into being. Is it not well that we pause and consider what we owe to those few disciples of our Lord who, in their poverty, environed by the hardships of pioneer life and in the face of virulent opposition, laid the
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foundation of the church of Christ here, under several names and forms, almost simultaneously ? Does any- body suppose that our city could ever have become what it is now but for those churches? That any such body of people could have been drawn and held together, apart from the conserving and unifying spirit of the church of Christ ? If we can imagine the spirit of infidelity, rampant here in the first twenty years of this century, to have been continuously so, then we must also picture to ourselves a very different Cleveland from this. They who organized Trinity Church and those that followed in the next ten years did well for themselves and still better for posterity. Their saintly and sainted men and women, their Christian households, their devoted pastorates, their Sabbath services, their Christian training and nurture of the young, their sermons, prayers, impulses to every good cause-to reform, education, patriotism in the country's defense, in the country's desperate need, speak for themselves. We profoundly honor the memory of the founders of these churches, and we do well. It does not enter into my purpose to institute any invidious comparison of Presbyterians with others, but to claim for them some humble share in the great work that has been wrought by the churches of our city, both here and elsewhere. Of Cleveland Presbyterianism it may be said :
1. That it was, from the beginning, New Eng- landized and then recruited from New York rather than from Pennsylvania. It early got on to the anti- slavery side of the great national struggle, though not
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as speedily as some wished. In theology it also was reasonably liberal, and therefore ready to be exscind- ed in 1837 with all those that from that year till 1870 were honorably distinguished as New School Presby- terians. So much of one mind were they that, as we have seen, the attempt to establish an old school church here found but a meager support, and as years went on less maintenance, and the church with the weighty Westminster name has now for many years lived only in history. It is still of the same spirit in these controversial times of differing opinions, yet with one mind deprecating a resort to church courts to enforce uniformity of belief-loyal still to truth and the church; too loyal to see her rent again in twain without solemn, earnest protest.
2. Our Presbyterianism has always been evange- listic and fairly aggressive. This is to be inferred from the fact that it shared and welcomed with others the revivals of 1840, '57-8, '66, and the great Union movements of later years, centering here, in the old Tabernacle and in Music Hall. What vast assem- blies ! And how swayed betimes by Moody and Sankey, Hartzler, Mills and Greenwood, and others!
Aggressive, as seen in the network of churches, now-1896-numbering fifteen. Their aggregate membership is 6,381; they are, for the most part, housed in admirable shape, with modern chapels and parlors for the local activities of the church, their properties estimated at from $850,000 to $1,000,000 in value. They furnish sittings for about 10,000 wor- shipers ; they gather under their wing in Sunday
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Schools 6,220 ; women's work in its various forms is in organized shape in all of them ; children and youth are, in all of them, recognized among the working forces of the Church; their reported charities last year amounted to $342,754; their congregational ex- penses, in part for new buildings, amounted to $120,- 218-a total of $462,972! We have been character- ized, rightly or wrongly, with reference to our for- eign missionary spirit, "Mission-loving Cleveland."
The dates of our Church organizations are 1820, '44, '53, '65, '70, '72, '74, '85, '89, in 1892 three, in 1894 one, in 1896 one. Our six Churches of 1876 had then aggregate membership of 2,260 in a popu- lation of 130,000, now grown to fifteen with a mem- bership of 6,381 in a population of 330,000-nearly trebling while the population has been doubling.
And in those new and later movements of Christian Associations, Friendly Inns, Kindergartens and Nurseries, Hospital work, care of the needy and work of rescue, and newest of all-Boys' Clubs, what time and money have freely flowed into them from Presbyterian sources !* And how many times have our sister Churches, in their extension work and the exigencies of debt, gleaned the Presbyterian field ?
3. Nor have we been lacking in the spirit of re- form as this has swept over our community and our land. It has found a response in our hearts and lives just so far as commended by intelligence, and been advocated from our pulpits and platforms-
*The Home for Aged Women, the Children's Aid Society Farm, Home and Chapel, the Infants' Rest, the Lend-a-Hand Mission Building, and two day nurseries are exclusively the gifts of Presbyterians and their affiliations.
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fallen in with, sometimes, let it be said, as the lesser of two evils-and held to with such tenacity as is cur- rent in average good people, who are apt to have their ups and downs, their zeal, now hot, now cool, and alas ! sometimes cold.
4. In educational matters the record of Cleve- land Presbyterianism and her affiliated people is writ large. It is not claimed that Mr. Leonard Case was a Presbyterian, but he was the personal friend of Dr. Goodrich, and a pew-holder, to the day of his death, in the Old Stone Church. Mr. Amasa Stone was the trustee of the society who gave very much of per- sonal supervision to its affairs, and was greatly in- terested in its prosperity. Mr. J. L. Woods was, also, at one time, a trustee. Mr. James F. Clark was both a trustee and a member. Mr. George Mygatt was both elder and treasurer. Mrs. Mather, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. James F. Clark, Mrs. F. T. Backus are still members. Mr. John Hay is a pew-holder. Mr. W. S. Tyler is a trustee. These all, in one way and an- other affiliated with the Old First, are recognized as founders of institutions of learning, or their loyal and munificent patrons. They alone have put into education, chiefly in Cleveland, within the last seven- teen years, not less than $2,909,000.
Besides these, are Mr. H. B. Hurlbut, munificent patron of art, hospitals, education-in part realized to the public, in part a gift yet future-Mr. E. I. Baldwin, Mr. T. P. Handy, Mr. Dan P. Eells, Mr. T. D. Crocker, all of the Second Church ; and Mr. Joseph Perkins, Mr. H. R. Hatch and Miss Anna Walworth, of
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the Third Church, are recognized as among the large donors and life-long friends of liberal education. A host of others are worthy of honorable mention were we attempting a full roster of givers and gifts. Oberlin must have received from Cleveland Presby- terians about $150,000. Lane Seminary, Berea, Hampton and other Southern institutions have had generous remembrance. Surely, the indications are that many are mindful of the responsibility that goes with the accumulation and possession of wealth. Such giving is, in the best sense, monumental-more endur- ing than granite or brass.
5. The work of women in our Churches calls for a discourse on its own account. I can only touch it here. Suffice it to say, that from the first it has al- ways been untiring, intelligent, self-sacrificing. Nobly have they borne their part, and in the total outcome the fruit of their labors is richly seen.
It has never been true with us that the member- bership was mostly composed of women. From two- fifths to one-half have been men-it is believed to be so to-day-but doubtless it is true that, in devotion and consistency, the women have had and have the larger share. The story of it will, I trust some day be told.
6. It would be to some of us a joy to call up here the sainted ones who have gone out of these Churches; the earlier pastors of these flocks, gone home to God ; but if we begun, where should we end ? They are not forgotten. Dead they speak. Their works do follow them.
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Let me remind this sisterhood of Churches that, on the old site, the First Church still holds the fort, doing a work for the whole city, in the very throbbing heart of it, only limited therein by the resources at her command; fully able to employ a larger force and to do a greater work than can now be afforded. Drop us not out of your remembrance, out of your sympathies, out of your prayers. And if, sometimes, your thought runs upon the future needs of our city, ask yourselves how this still dense population is to be reached for years to come, if some adequate endow- ment is not provided for it by them who have drunk at this fountain and been refreshed.
And finally, it becomes us all to arise in the might of these garnered years with the noble outfit for larger movements in possession, to see to it that, in time to come, in the great work of holding this city for Christ, the Presbyterian army may be found not wanting ; that in the wider reach of our country's need, at this hour, we stand for light and liberty in Christ ; and that, in the still wider field of the world, we be missionary to the last race and the last man.
APPENDIX.
THE CHURCHES IN ORDER OF TIME, BROUGHT DOWN TO JANUARY, 1896.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized September 19, 1820, fourteen members ; April 1, 1895, 917.
No charter members living.
SUPPLIES :
REV. RANDOLPH STONE, 1820-1821.
REV. WM. MCLEAN, 1822.
REV. S. J. BRADSTREET, 1823-1830.
REV. JOHN SESSIONS, 1831, a part.
REV. SAMUEL HUTCHINS, 1832-1833.
REV. JOHN KEEP, 1833-1835.
PASTORS :
SILAS C. AIKEN, D. D., June 7, 1835-March 31, 1861.
WM. H. GOODRICH, D. D., August 12, 1858-July II, 1874.
HIRAM C. HAYDN, D. D., August, 1872-October 1, 1880.
Calvary, associated, July, 1880-July, 1892.
ARTHUR MITCHELL, D. D., October 1, 1880-Oc- tober 1, 1884.
HIRAM C. HAYDN, D. D., LL.D., 1884-
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ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT PASTORS :
MR. B. F. SHUART, Assistant, 1877-1880.
REV. ROLLO OGDEN, July 1, 1880-November, 1881.
REV. J. W. SIMPSON, 1882-1884.
REV. W. M. SMITH, October 1, 1884-April 1, 1887.
REV. GILES H. DUNNING, Assistant, 1887-July, 1889.
REV. JOSEPH H. SELDEN, 1887-1892.
REV. BURT E. HOWARD, October, 1890-July, 1892.
REV. WM. KNIGHT, July 1, 1892-July, 1894.
Bolton Chapel Associated, December, 1890.
REV. R. A. GEORGE, July 1, 1892-April, 1894.
REV. JOHN SHERIDAN ZELIE, July 1, 1894-
MILES PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized December 31, 1832, eleven members; April 1, 1895, 450.
SUPPLY :- REV. JOHN KEYS, 1835-(?)
PASTORS:
REV. MATTHEW Fox, June, 1839-August, 1845.
REV. MR. MCREYNOLDS-(?)
REV. JAMES SHAW, D. D., June, 1849-November, 1859.
REV. ERASTUS CHESTER, Supply one year.
REV. E. W. CHILDS, Supply two years.
REV. WM. C. TURNER, 1862-1867.
REV. ELEROY CURTIS, D. D., June 9, 1867-died 1886.
REV. ARTHUR C. LUDLOW, May 17, 1887-
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SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized June 12, 1844, 58 members; April 1, 1895, 779.
Of the fifty-eight original or charter members, twelve are known to be living:
Hon. Truman P. Handy, A. M.,
Samuel H. Mather, LL. D.,
Mrs. Emily W. (S. H.) Mather,
Jarvis Leonard,
Mrs. Frances E. Leonard,
Mrs. Dulcinea L. Sexton,
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk Hart.
Mrs. Martha Converse,
Erastus Freeman,
Mrs. Mary H. Severance,
Thomas N. Bond,
Mrs. Sarah G. DeForest.
Five of the first named six are still members of the Church. Mrs. Converse is a member of Calvary Church, Mr. Freeman of the Euclid Avenue Church, and Mrs. Severance of the Woodland Avenue Church. Mrs. Hart is in Bradford, Pa., Mr. Bond in Chicago, and Mrs. De Forest in Buffalo.
PASTORS:
REV. SHERMAN B. CANFIELD, D. D., September 3, 1844-April 23, 1854.
REV. JAMES EELLS, D. D., January 24, 1855-April 3, 1860.
REV. THERON H. HAWKS, D. D., April 24, 1861- April 7, 1868.
REV. JAMES EELLS, D. D., LL. D., December 16, 1869-June 21, 1873.
REV. CHARLES S. POMEROY, D. D., June 22, 1873 -September 10, 1894.
REV. P. F. SUTPHEN, October 1, 1895-
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EUCLID AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized January 25, 1853, thirteen members; April 1, 1895, 504.
PASTORS:
REV. JOSEPH B. BITTINGER, D. D., April 26, 1854 -October 16, 1862. Died in Sewickly, Pa., April 15, 1885, aged 63 years.
REV. JOSEPH MONTEITH, JR., June 10, 1863-Octo- ber 2, 1866.
REV. OSMAN A. LYMAN, D. D., May 19, 1868- Deceased January 19, 1872.
REV. CHARLES H. BALDWIN, April 20, 1873-De- cember 14, 1873.
REV. W. H. JEFFERS, D. D., May 9, 1875-May 14, 1877.
REV. JOHN L. ROBERTSON, December 26, 1877- November 13, 1881.
REV. WM. V. W. DAVIS, November 19, 1882-April 15, 1887.
REV. SAMUEL P. SPRECHER, D. D., May 29, 1887-
NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized September 19, 1870, 51 members; April 1, 1895, 825.
MISSION SUPPLIES:
REV. AARON PECK, JR., 1866-1867.
REV. B. P. JOHNSON, 1868.
REV. D. W. SHARTS, 1868-1870.
PASTORS:
REV. ANSON SMYTH, D. D., 1871.
REV. H. R. HOISINGTON, 1872-1880.
REV. WM. GASTON, 1880-
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CASE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized October 2, 1870, 33 members; April I, 1895, 241.
PASTORS.
REV. JAMES A. SKINNER, January, 1870-December 1873.
REV. FRANCIS A. HORTON, March 22, 1874-March 25, 1883.
REV. ROLLO OGDEN, April 29, 1883-April 1, 1887.
REV. P. E. KIPP, July 5, 1887-
REV. F. F. KENNEDY, April, 1895-
WOODLAND AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized April 18, 1872, 54 members; April 1, 1895, 1002.
PASTORS:
REV. E. P. GARDNER, June 30, 1872-April 2, 1876.
REV. S. L. BLAKE, December 12, 1877-March 14, 1880.
REV. G. L. SPINING, June 16, 1881-October 2, 1885.
REV. PAUL F. SUTPHEN, February 16, 1886-De- cember 11, 1892.
REV. CHARLES TOWNSEND, 1893-April, 1895.
REV. R. G. HUTCHINS, October 22, 1895-
WILSON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized March 21, 1882, 48 members; April 1, 1895, 320.
PASTORS:
REV. C. T. CHESTER, May 14, 1882-November, 1889.
REV. A. J. WAUGH, April 1, 1890-
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BECKWITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized June 17, 1885, 23 members; April 1, 1895, 264.
PASTORS:
REV. MATTOON M. CURTIS, January, 1885-April 1, 1888.
REV. JAMES D. WILLIAMSON, April 1, 1888-
BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized July 3, 1889, 59 members; April 1, 1895, 167.
PASTOR:
REV. GILES A DUNNING, July 3, 1889-
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized May 23, 1892, 306 members; April 1, 1895, 506.
PASTOR:
REV. D. O. MEARS, D. D., 1892-December II, 1895.
SOUTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized February, 1892, 35 Members; April 1895, 154.
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PASTORS:
REV. JAMES D. CORWIN, February, 1892-died October, 1892.
REV. JOHN L. ROEMER, April, 1893-
MADISON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized October 19, 1892, 90 members; April I, 1895, 205.
PASTOR :- REV. CHARLES L. CHALFANT, November 4, 1892-Chapel enlarged 1894, at cost of about $1,800.
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GLENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Organized June 10, 1894, with 36 charter members ; April 1, 1895, 46.
PASTOR:
REV. THEODORE Y. GARDNER, August 1, 1895-
WINDERMERE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, E. C.
To be organized January 5, 1896, with 26 charter members.
SUPPLY:
REV. CHARLES L. ZORBAUGH, May 15, 1894-
ONE PHASE OF MISSION WORK.
The women and girls of the Presbyterian
Churches of Cleveland have contributed to
Foreign Missions through the Presbyterial Society, since 1873, the date of that organ- ization $36,982 22
Sunday Schools, Mixed Bands and Young Peo- ple's Societies, for the same, through the same $11,438 39
$48,420 61
For Home Missions and Freedman, through the Presbyterial Society since 1884, the date of first report; from women and girls, . $19,270 47 From Sunday Schools, Mixed Bands and Young People's Societies, $ 6,318 46
$25,588 93
-This paragraph as printed in 1893.
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THE CHURCHES AND THE PRESBYTERIAN UNION.
First Church organized September 19, 1820
Miles Park
December
31,
1832
Second
organized June 12,
1844
Euclid Avenue
January 25,
1853
Presbyterian Union organized 1870.
North organized
September 19,
1870
Received from Presbyterian Union,
1870
-1889, ..
$ 8,634 18
Case Avenue organized
October 2, 1870
Received from Presbyterian Union, 1870 -1889, (much of this for chapel) $ 5,466 83
Woodland Avenue organized April 18, 1872
Wilson Avenue March 21, 1882
Received from Presbyterian Union, 1882 -1892, .. $ 2,537 50
Beckwith organized June 17, 1885
Bethany July 3, 1889
Received from Presbyterian Union, 1889
-1895, besides building fund. .$ 8,775 00
Calvary organized May 23, 1892
South Side " February 1892
Received from Presbyterian Union, 1891
$ 4,106 66 -1895,.
East Madison Avenue organized October 19, 1892. Received from Presbyterian Union, 1890-1895, $ 2,860 00
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Glenville organized June 10, 1894
Received from Presbyterian Union and individuals-for current expenses about $1000; for the beautiful stone Chapel about $4,000. No call upon the churches for chapel outside the First. Individuals of them gave, .$
1,120 00
Windermere to be organized January 5, 1896 occupies a chapel and lot, secured by au- thorization of the Presbyterian Union, at a total cost of $7,289 50. Services and a Sunday School have been held since May, 1894, by Rev. Z. L. Zorbaugh, still in charge.
Received from the Union and individuals for current expenses, $ 1,400 00
For Lot and Chapel, individuals in church- es other than the First, $1,200; Florence Harkness, $2, 100; Mr. J. H. Wade, $100; balance, First Church folks-
Total moneys paid to Churches by the Union, as such, (exclusive of South Side and Mad- ison Avenue for buildings, ) .$24,843 19
Besides these sums, used almost wholly for current expenses, the Union has authorized the circulation of subscriptions, which brought to Woodland Avenue, Case Avenue, North Church and Beckwith, in all, over $50,000.
For Calvary, Bolton Chapel and East Madison Aven- ue, aside from immediate neighborhood, no subscription was circulated outside the First Church, except in the North Church for the last named of the three.
CONTENTS.
ยท PAGE Sunday School Exercises 3 Committees 4
Invitation. 5 General Programme. 6 Report of the Outlook Committee. Read by Mr. Fenn I3
Extracts from Letters. 19 Sermons by the Pastor :
Abstract of a Discourse ( Anticipatory) 29 The Continuity of Life and Influence. 39 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Sermon, 1820-1895. 53 Then and Now-A Contrast-1820-1895. 71
The Cleveland Sisterhood of Presbyterian Churches,
Rev. S. P. Sprecher, D. D. 81 The Church and the Community ..... Rev. Chas. D. Williams 86 The Church and Religious Progress Rev. L. L. Taylor 91 The Church as a Witness to the Truth,
Rev. Levi Gilbert, D. D. 94 The Church in Her Fellowships. ... Rev. A. G. Upham, D. D. 98 The Founders of the First Church .. Hon. Truman P. Handy 101
Work for the Young. Mr. Charles L. Kimball 112
Our Young People. Mr. Giles R. Anderson 124
The Ladies' Society-1856-1895 Mrs. H. Kirk Cushing 129 The Outer Circle-Missions. Mrs. E. C. Higbee 143 Leaves from the Annals of the Goodrich Society,
Mrs. Samuel Mather 153
Personal Recollections of Bygone Times,
Mrs. Mary M. Fairbanks 167
Our Spiritual Leaders. Hon. Richard C. Parsons 178 Men of Mark in Church and Society,
Hon. Samuel E. Williamson 191 The History of Presbyterianism in Cleveland, Rev. Hiram C. Haydn 213 Appendix . 248
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