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RE-DEDICATION IN MANCHESTER. : 
First Baptist Church Organized April 10, 1843. The Church Home to be 
Re-dedicated on April 10, 1910. Sketch of the Improvements. 
The Program. 
Under the preaching of Elder 
Elam Burnham of Essex, Mass., con- 
siderable religious interest was 
aroused in Manchester, and on April 
10, 1843, 13 baptized believers, men 
and women, met and organized them- 
selves into a church. This marked 
the starting-point of the First Bap- 
tist church of Manchester, Mass. On 
April 10, 1910, the members of the 
church and friends will gather to- 
gether to re-dedicate the chureh 
building to the service of Christ. 
Although the interior of the 
church building has been somewhat 
altered and improved in the past, 
still for some years the building has 
been very meconvenient and unsuit- 
ed to the prominent work the Bap- 
tists are doing in the town. The 
baptistry was a mere tank in the 
low vestry platform, and there were 
no facilities for robing for baptism. 
Last June the pastor, Rey. Theo- 
dore Lyman Frost called the Pruden- 
tial committee of the church togeth- 
er and offered to do all he eould to 
secure money enough to make the 
church a modern one, suitab!s for its 
‘growing work. The committee was 
favorable to improvement and esti- 
mated that the cost of needed im- 
provements would be in the neigh- 
borhood of $10,000. The pastor 
started out to raise this sum. The 
cost of the improvements has not 
been far short of the sum originally 
deemed as necessary, and in the past 
ten months the pastor has raised 
somewhat over $8,000 by his person- 
al efforts. The remainder of the 
-amount needed to pay every bill, it 
is hoped, will be raised before many 
months have passed. 
The improvements on the church 
building are as follows: an addition 
built on the rear of the old strue- 
ture, containing on the second floor, 
space for organ and choir, entrance 
to baptistry, pastor’s room, choir 
cloak room, and a toilet. On the 
first floor of the addition there are 
the Sunday school library, kitchen 
(convenient for men’s robing room), 
ladies’ robing room and toilet, class- 
room. In the basement there is in- 
‘stalled the new steam boiler which 
heats the entire building. 
The old choir gallery in the main 
audience room has been removed and 
extra seating space provided for the 
church. The entire audience room 
has been refinished in soft green and 
colonial white, and the aisles carpet- 
ed with a bandsome red _ tapestry 
carpet. Six beautiful memorial win- 
dows, especially designed for the 
church, by the Harry Eldridge Good- 
hue Co. of Cambridge, the memorial 
pulpit set and the beautiful new 
memorial Estey organ, with its hand- 
some quartered oak case and plain 
gilt pipes, make the audience room 
one of the most beautiful to be found 
anywhere. The whole style is 
Georgian. 
The open baptistry extends out in- 
to the pulpit platform and in front 
of the choir rail. Entrance to the 
baptistry is from the rear of the 
choir rail. The front of the church 
has been greatly altered by a large 
palladian window, and by making 
the two front side windows memorial 
windows. The front and side doors 
have been replaced by new quarter- 
ed oak ones, and the entire build- 
ing has been painted white. The 
vestry has not been overlooked. It 
lias been refinished with ereai-col- 
ored walls with mahogany finish. 
The electric lighting system has been 
changed throughout the building 
and new fixtures put in or old ones 
renovated. 
The ¥re-dedication services begin 
on Sunday morning, April 10, and 
continues through Wednesday, ’April 
13. The program will be as follows: 
Sunday, April 10, 10.45 a. m., re- 
dedication sermon by the pastor, 
Rev. Theodore Lyman Frost; sub- 
ject: ““The Mission of the Chureh,’’ 
followed by the re-dedication cere- 
mony; 3.15 p. m., service with an 
address by Rev. James E. Noreross 
of Boston; 7.00 p. m., service with 
address by Rey. Prof. Henry K. 
Rowe, D. D., of Newton Theological 
Institution, professor of church his- 
tory. Choir assited by quartet from 
Gloucester. 
Monday, April 11, 7.30 p. ay ,, Ser- 
vice with addresses by Rev. TH. 
Spaulding, D. D., and Rey. A E. 
Witter, D. D. 
Tuesday, April 12, 6.45 p. m., ban- 
quet for all the friends of the chureh. 
Admission by ticket only. There 
will be a number of after-dinner 
speakers at the banquet, Rey. E. H. 
Brewster, Rev. Clarence S. Pond, 
Charles H. Fleming, W. W. Main. 
Hon. Charles H. Trowt. George Al- 
lyn Brown will be the pianist, and 
_ Roy Hern will be the reader, 
Howard A Doane of Beverly Farms — 
nieks and was well done. - 
Wednesday, April 13, grand rec ay 
al on the new Estey memorial organ © 
at 8 p. m., doors open at 7,00 p.m 
Claude E. ‘Saunier, masonic organist 
in Boston, also organist at one of the 
large Cambridge churches will } 
the recital organist; Mrs. Blanche | 
Heimburghe Kilduff, soloist at. the 
Harvard Congregational ° church in 
Brookline, will be the soprano solu- | 
ist: Miss Elinor Whittemore, a yery | 
talented young violinist, will als 
play. That all may feel ‘able xo 40, 
tickets have been placed at 24 eants, 
Those w who wish to procure_resery od ~ 
Se Rescrial ‘seats ave 2 cons 
extra. 
Rey. Theodore Lyman Frost has 
been pastor of the church just a 
year and a half. The Lord has “4 
derfully blessed his labors with the 
church. Not only have the improve- 
ments we have just noted been suec- — 
cessfully carried out -but 26 nom 
been received by baptism into the 
fellowship of the church, and others ie 
are awaiting baptism. The Bible — 
school has largely-increased its at- 
tendance. The Baptist chureh in ~ 
Manchester enters upon a new and 
bright epoch in its history. a 
Great eredit is due to the various — 
contractors for the painstaking” 
work they did on the new chureh. ~ 
was the general contractor. He did — 
the carpenter work. Mr. Doane) 
placed Edward F. Height of Man- 
chester in charge of the carpenter 
work and great credit is due to him 
for the skill with which he carried 
on and finished the work. John Scott. 
of Manchester was the painter. It is 
well known that Mr. Scott is an ar- 
tist. A look at the interior and the 
exterior of the Baptist church at- 
tests the same fact. Mr. Seott has 
done a beautiful piece of work. The 
masonry was done by George S. Sin- 
The fine, 
new btennt heating plant was install- 
ed by HE. S. Bradley, the practical 
plumber. The Shaw Furniture Co. 
of Boston furnished the pulpit set. 
The new pews come from the Amer- 
ican Seating Co., and the beautiful 
memorial window s were made by the 
Harry E. Goodhue Co. of Cambridge. — 
The new Memorial organ was made 
by the Estey Organ Co. of Brattle- 
boro, Vt. The handsome carpet was 
furnished by Geo. W. Jewett of Man- 
chester. The fine new lighting sys-— 
tem was installed by G. A. Knoer 
of Manchester. 
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