U S 1 2 3 7 7 17- 2 J 11 6145 ARVARD COLLE FEB 26 1891 LIBRARY. Bright Fund Stenographically reported by M. C. AYRES. CONTENTS. HISTORICAL DISCOURSE, BY REV. DR. DANIEL L. MEN WHOM THE CHURCH HAS SENT INTO THE MIN- USEFULNESS OF A LOCAL CHURCH HISTORICAL DISCOURSE, continued. 3. EFFICIENCY OF EARNEST LAYMEN 4. THE PULPIT ON FUTURE RETRIBUTION ADDRESS BY JUDGE ROBERT R. BISHOP ADDRESS BY REV. THEODORE J. HOLMES ADDRESS BY REV. LEMUEL C. BARNES ADDRESS BY REV. ERASTUS BLAKESLEE Monday Evening. INTRODUCTION. HE First Church in Newton would have celebrated ΤΗ its Two Hundredth Anniversary in 1864 had not the distractions of the Civil War prevented. At a meeting of the church, Jan. 25, 1889, it was voted to observe the Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary, and to invite the coöperation of the parish in so doing. A committee of three, consisting of Rev. Theodore J. Holmes, pastor of the church, Samuel Ward, and Arthur C. Walworth, were appointed to act jointly with a like number to be chosen by the parish for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements. The parish, at a meeting held April 25, 1889, concurred, and appointed Robert R. Bishop, Charles S. Davis, and William E. Webster as the members of the committee on its part. This general committee were authorized to make all plans for the celebration. The church was organized in July, but it was thought best to defer the observance until the autumn. The following invitation was sent to absent members of the congregation, to others identified with it in past years, and to a few special guests: 1664. 1889. The First Church in Newton cordially invites you to be present at the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Twenty Fifth Anniversary of its Foundation, to be observed on Sunday and Monday, the sirth and seventh days of Oct., 1889. Newton Centre, Mass. September, 1889. The following were the committees: |