SILVER TEAPOT BEARING THE ARMS OF SIR HENRY GIBBS. -Loaned by Mrs. William P. Gibbs, Cambridge. SILVER TANKARDS. - Loaned by Mrs. William P. Gibbs, Cambridge; made from silver sugar-box owned by Henry Gibbs, Esq., of Newton. FOOT-STONE OF CAPT. THOMAS PRENTICE, 1676-1730; from the old Burying-ground, Centre Street. REVOLUTIONARY SWORD. - Loaned by the Woodward fam ily, Newton Highlands; carried by Capt. John Woodward at the battle of Lexington. OLD VIOLIN. Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands; used by Dea. Elijah F. Woodward in the choir. VIOLONCELLO. - Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands; used by Mr. Eben Woodward in the choir; made and sold by Benjamin Crehor, in Milton, 1796. LUNCH BASKET. - Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands; used on the Sabbath by the Woodward family. OLD FOOT-stove. Loaned by the Woodward family, New ton Highlands; used in the Meeting-house, 1810 to 1847. Loaned by the Misses Loring, Newton WARMING-PAN. Centre; formerly owned by Dr. Homer. CURTAINS.Loaned by Mrs. S. A. Sylvester, Newton Cen tre; spun, woven, and embroidered by Hannah Greenwood Woodward, 1730. PETITION IN THE HANDWRITING OF THE APOSTLE ELIOT.— Loaned by Dr. Ellsworth Eliot, New York City; bearing the autographs of John Eliot, the Apostle, Gov. John Winthrop, and others. RECORD BOOK, 1708 to 1750.- Loaned by Mr. John Ward, Newton Centre; showing cost of bread and wine for Communion services. ORIGINAL REPORT OF THE MEETING WHICH VOTED TO SETTLE MR. JONATHAN HOMER AS MINISTER IN 1781. — Loaned by Col. I. F. Kingsbury. PARISH RECORD BOOKS, 1778 to 1805. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR BUILDING A NEW MEETING-HOUSE, 1805. ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR BUILDING NEW MEETING-HOUSE, 1805. LIST OF PEW-Holders in the New MEETING-house, 1805. LIST OF DR. HOMER'S TAXABLE Property, 1814. — Loaned by William T. Wardwell, Newton Centre. LETTER FROM JONATHAN HOMER TO DR. JAMES FREEMAN, Aug. 5, 1816. Loaned by Congregational Library, Boston. - HYMN WRITTEN FOR THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF DR. HOMER's Settlement, Feb. 21, 1836. LETTER FROM DR. HOMER TO MR. BURNHAM, 1840. – 1805. Loaned by Miss Sarah Freeman Clarke, Marietta, Ga.; drawn from memory by Miss Clarke in 1889. Her father, Dr. Samuel Clarke, was the architect of the building. Plan of the MEETING-HOUSE BUILT IN 1805. — Loaned by Mr. Samuel Clarke, Marietta, Ga.; drawn from memory by Mr. Clarke. SKETCH OF THE Meeting-houSE BUILT IN 1805. — Loaned by Woodward family, Newton Highlands; drawn from memory by Miss Harriet Woodward. SKETCH OF THE OLD VESTRY. - Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands; drawn from memory by Miss Harriet Woodward. SKETCH OF The Old VestRY. Loaned by Mr. John Ward, Newton Centre; drawn by O. F. Smith, Newton Centre, from description given by John Ward. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MEETING-HOUSE, ABOUT 1868. Loaned by Miss Harriet S. Cousens, Newton Centre. PIECE OF CARPETING FROM PULPIT STAIRS IN THE OLD MEETING-HOUSE. - Loaned by Miss Maria L. Brackett, Newton Centre. PIECE OF BROCADE FROM CURTAIN BACK OF THE PULPIT IN THE OLD MEETING-HOUSE. Loaned by Miss Maria L. Brackett, Newton Centre. PIECE OF THE PULPIT IN THE OLD CHURCH. - Loaned by Mrs. George F. Stone, Chestnut Hill. OLD TABLE. - Loaned by Mrs. John Kenrick, Newton; formerly owned by Rev. Jonas Meriam. TWO CHAIRS. - Loaned by the Misses Jackson, Newton; formerly owned by Dr. Homer. Two CHAIRS.-Loaned by the Misses Loring, Newton Centre; formerly owned by Dr. Homer. WRITING-STAND. - Loaned by the Misses Loring, Newton Centre; formerly owned by Dr. Homer. STUDY TABLE. - Loaned by the Misses Loring, Newton Centre; originally owned by Mr. John Thwing, afterwards by Dr. Homer. STUFFED CHAIR. - Loaned by Mrs. J. F. C. Hyde, Newton Centre: upholstered with one of the curtains from behind the pulpit in the old Meeting-house. SMALL BUREAU. Loaned by the Misses Loring, Newton Centre; formerly owned by Miss Eddy, the ward of Dr. Homer, and daughter of Mr. John Eddy, who once owned the old Rice House. BOOK OF ANCIENT HYMNS. Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands. BOOK OF SERMONS BY COTTтon Mather, March 26, 1686. Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands. "THE ABSENCE OF THE COMFORTER DESCRIBED AND LAMENTED." BY REV. Nehemiah Hobart. Loaned by the Congregational Library, Boston; published in 1717, after the death of the author. SERMONS BY REV. JOHN COTTON, A.M. — Loaned by the Congregational Library, Boston; delivered in Newton in 1741. SERMON BY DR. HOMER, upon the decease of Mr. Samuel Hammond, of Brookline, 1817. COLLECTION OF SERMONS AND TRACTS BY DR. HOMER. Loaned by Hon. J. F. C. Hyde, Newton Centre; presented by the author to Mr. James Hyde. BOOK OWNED BY MRS. HOMER. Loaned by the Misses Loring, Newton Centre; bequeathed by her to Mrs. Joshua Loring. THE BIBLE, IN TWO VOLUMES. Loaned by Hon. Robert R. Bishop, Newton Centre; given by Rev. Nehemiah Hobart to his daughter Abigail, on her marriage to Rev. John Fisk, settled as first minister of North Parish in Killingly, Conn.; taken by Mr. and Mrs. Fisk in saddle-bags from Newton to Killingly, and used in that pulpit for many years; now owned by their great-great-grandson, Hon. Robert R. Bishop. BIBLE OWNED BY MRS. HOMER, 1791. Loaned by the BIBLE. — Loaned by Mr. Samuel M. Jackson, Newton Cen- BOOKS OF TUNES. — Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands; pen copied by Dea. E. F. Woodward, and used in the choir, 1809. OLD COLONY COLLECTION OF ANTHEMS. Loaned by the Woodward family, Newton Highlands; used in the choir, 1821. A CHILD'S BOOK OF THE LAST CENTURY.-Loaned by Mr. Daniel Stone, Chestnut Hill. DESCRIPTION OF DECORATIONS. Over the main entrance to the church was a beautiful arrangement of flags, including the English, Royal, American, New England, and Bunker-Hill flags. Upon one side was the date, 1664, and upon the other, 1889, the figures cut from dark plush and mounted upon a background of white. All the arches in the interior were crowned with mountainlaurel, and under those on each side of the nave were suspended tablets, trimmed with evergreen, and bearing the names of the nine pastors, with their time of service, from Rev. John Eliot, Jr., 1664, to the present pastor, Rev. Theodore J. Holmes, 1883. - The gallery at the rear of the church was banked with spruce and festooned with laurel. A platform was erected in front of the pulpit for the speakers. On this, and about it, was a profusion of potted plants. The palm, emblem of constancy and victory, lined either side; from these to the curved front were massed cannas, ferns, geraniums, and fuchsias, with urns of salvia. High above the pulpit, in the central arch, hung a large cross, its rich, dark background of spruce studded with snowwhite dahlias. At the right of the pulpit, under the date of 1664, was the English flag. At the left, under the date of 1889, was the flag of the United States, the church having been, during half of its history under the English government, and during the other half under the stars and stripes. In the first arch at the left was the following: |