Author: First Religious Society

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781330538401

Excerpt from Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Meeting House of the First Religious Society in Newburyport: October 31, 1901 On Thursday morning, October 31, 1901, the meeting house of the First Religious Society in Newburyport was in a gala dress for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the edifice. The pulpit was adorned with autumn leaves and on the platform below were many potted plants and flowers, with tall rich ferns, and a large audience assembled to take part in the celebration. The choir consisted of the following well known vocalists: Messrs. G. E. L. Noyes, Wallace Adams, R. G. Adams, L. S. Choate, Mrs. H. A. Gillett, Miss E. C. Adams, Miss Jessie Junkins and Mrs. Horace Noyes. Mrs. E. H. Noyes was organist. The exercises opened with an organ voluntary by Mrs. Noyes, followed by an anthem by the choir, "I Will Sing of Thy Power, O God!" - Sullivan. The 145th psalm was read responsively, Rev. Charles Summer Holton of the First Church of Newbury, leading. The Choir next sang the Elijah chorus, "He Is Watching Over Israel," - Mendelssohn. Rev. William Henry Pearson of Somerville, a native of this city, led in prayer. The choir sang Mendelssohn's "I Waited for the Lord." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.