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BEVERLY, MASS., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904 
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MAGNIFICENT GIFT. 
Crowell. Memorial Chapel Dedicated and 
Turned Over to Town of Manchester. 
Despite the inclement 
Thursday afternoon, the exercises in 
connection with the dedication of the 
Crowell Memorial Chapel were well 
attended. Every seat in the little 
structure was filled’) An audience 
such as only an occasion ot this nature 
could bring out listened to the pro- 
ceedings with intense interest. 
Rev. Thomas ‘Van Ness of the 
Second Church, Boston, delivered the 
address. With remarks well adapted 
to the occasion, he told of the appro- 
priateness of the exercises, of the 
rightness and fitness of such a struc- 
ture as a memorial for dear ones 
passed beyond, and of the spirit in 
which such a gift should be received. 
“‘Veneration,’’ said Dr. Van Ness, 
“comes only as we realize the debt to 
those who have passed beyond, The 
memorial virtue is immortal. We 
owe to the good old Puritan stock 
who founded this town such a debt as 
It is here 
we shall come in the future to say the 
last good-bye to our dear ones before 
they shall pass from our eyes forever. 
“Tt is right and fitting that this 
building should be a building of beauty 
—a building of sincerity. It is also 
fitting that it should be built of granite 
blocks—good and firm. 
“We hail with delight the rising 
sun in the east because it brings to us 
the joy and happiness of the day. 
Why should we not hail it with as 
much delight when it sets in the 
western hills? The power that pre- 
sides over the rising sun presides also 
over the setting sun. The power that 
gives to us the young life of the child 
is the same power that takes the last 
breath away from our dear one. 
‘Whether we are in life or in death, 
that same everlasting power surrounds 
us. Death must be equally good with 
life. Heitis that gives the one as 
the other. 
weather. 
‘« This building has been constructed 
not because of any commercial spirit, 
but because of the loving heart ot the 
sister who desires to openly express 
her belief to the memory ot a loving 
brother.” 
Dr. Van Ness went on to say that 
many men of wealth prefer to spend 
their money in some other way than 
by benefiting others; but the man for 
whom the memorial is named always 
had a desire to do some such act as 
this for the town where he was born. 
After Dr.Van Ness’ remarks, James 
T. Kelley of Boston, the architect of 
the building, read the deed of gift 
from Miss Susan E. Crowell, which 
stated that the building was presented 
to the town in memory of her brother, 
Benjamin Franklin Crowell, 
The gift, however, was subject to 
these conditions: that the town shall 
provide suitable and perpetual care, 
that the building shail be properly 
heated, that it shall be insured and 
kept in proper condition, that there 
shall be no changes made in the build- 
ing, that it shal] be used exclusively 
for mortuary purposes, and that it 
shall be available for al] people and all 
creeds. 
Mr. Kelley then presented the key 
of the building to Oliver T. Roberts, 
who represented the town as chair- 
man of the board of cemetery trustees. 
Mr. Roberts replied with fitting re- 
marks. 
At the opening of the exercises 
“Old Hundred”’ was sung by a choir 
consisting of Mrs. Frank G. Cheever, 
Mrs. A. E. Hersey, Misses Eva Hoyt 
and Edith. Swett, Fred J. Merrill, 
A. L. Saben and Abbott Hoare. 
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Crowell Memorial Chapel, Manchester. 
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