NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MANCHESTER RE-DEDICATED. 
Splendid Program Carried Out the last Week. Re-Dedication Ceremony Sunday, Special Exercises 
Monday Evening, 
The First Baptist church has been 
the center of interest in Manchester 
the last week, and the re-dedication 
exercises held on Sunday, followed 
by special services Monday, a ban- 
quest Tuesday and organ recital on 
Wednesday evening, will long be re- 
Banquet Tuesday and Organ Recital Wednesday. 
due much praise for the grand suc- 
cess to which he has earried this 
work. He succeeded in raising by 
pledges $8,000 of the $10,000 needed 
for the improvements, and of this 
$8,000 about $4,000 was given or 
pledged by the Baptist church peo- 
INTERIOR VIEW OF BAPTIST CHURCH, MANCHESTER 
Showing the Pulpit and New Estey Organ 
membered by the hundreds of peo- 
ple who have participated in the 
-events. 
It is a splendid new church home 
which is now provided for the soci- 
ety, and the enlarged quarters offer 
facilities for enlarged church ac- 
tivity. 
A description of the improvements 
has already been printed in this 
paper, as well as a complete pro- 
gram of the exercises held the last 
week. The program as planned was 
carried out to the letter, with the ex- 
ception of Monday evening, when 
one of the speakers, Rev. Dr. W. E. 
Witter of Cambridge, was detained 
from attending because of illness. 
Much eredit is due the architect, 
George F. Newton, of 6 Beacon 
street, Boston, for the complete 
change made in the edifice, and yet, 
not so complete, but the general fea- 
tures of the old church remain. 
To the pastor, Rev. Theodore Ly- 
man Frost, who took up his work 
here only a year and a half ago, is 
ple. The church is very grateful to 
Andrew Carnegie, the well-known 
philanthropist, who so kindly donat- 
ed one-half the cost of the new Estey 
organ, 
The most pronounced change, of 
course, is the removal of the organ 
and choir, from the rear of the 
church to the front, behind the pul- 
pit. The eight beautiful memorial 
windows, too, are pronounced fea- 
tures. These windows were especi- 
ally designed for the chureh by Har. 
ry Eldridge Goodhue Co., of Cam- 
bridge. They are in memory of the 
following individuals: 
Thomas H. Kitfield, 
Harriet C. Kitfield, 1816-1895. Giv- 
en by Mrs. Daniel Allen, the daugh- 
ter: 
Ira Baker, 1803-1881; Mary Baker, 
1803-1904. Given by their daughter, 
Mary A. Baker. 
Dea. John Baker, 1803-1877. Giv- 
en by the widow, Mrs. Nancy Baker. 
Dea. Jacob Wilmonton, 1812-1892 ; 
Lucy B. Wilmonton, 1801-1882; 
1818-1882; | 
Lo wall 
Eliza C. Wilmonton, 1814-1853. Giv- ~ 
en by George KE. Wilmonton, the 
grandson. 
Rev. Samuel Cheever, 1814-1892. 
Given by Mrs. O. 8. M. Haskell, a 
niece. 
Henry T. Bingham, 1805-1881; 
Mary J. Bingham, 1816-1903. Given 
by the children, Henry Bingham, 
and Mrs. H. F. Perkins. 
Rev. Darius F. Lamson, 1832; 
Martha S. Lamson, 1833-1907; Flor- 
ence G. Lamson, 1864-1906. Given 
by the Bible School. 
William Fitz, 1808-1879; Eliza- 
beth Fitz, 1818-1900. 
son, Charles W. Fitz. 
* Names on the Memorial Plate on 
the organ: Anna Allen, given by 
Mrs. Daniel Allen and Miss Mary A. 
Baker, nieces; George Henry Mar- 
tin, given by the widow, Mrs. Augus- 
ta Martin, and the son, Frederick 
Martin; Josephine Kitfield Swett, 
given by the four children; Joanna 
Elizabeth Lueas, given by the hus- 
band, John G. Lueas; A. H. Trowt, 
given by the members of the family. 
The memorial pulpit and Bible 
stand by the members of the family. 
Given as a memorial to the Rey. 
Philemon R. Russell, pastor, 1848- 
1851, under whom the chureh was 
organized into a regular Baptist 
ehurch. 
Given by the 
THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH. 
Subject of Rev. T. L. Frost’s Re- 
Dedication Sermon at the Bap- 
Church, Manchester. 
Rev. Theodore Lyman _ Frost 
preached the re-dedication sermon 
at the Baptist church, Manchester, 
Sunday morning on the subject: 
‘“The Mission of the Church.”’ Text: 
‘‘Ror the son of man came to seek 
that which was lost,’’ (Luke 19:10) ; 
‘“As the Father hath sent me, even 
so send I You,’’ (John 20:21). He 
said in part: 
‘“‘There are two divine institu- 
tions in this world today: the family 
and the ehureh. To the question, 
‘Who say ye that I am?’ Jesus re- 
ceived a prompt answer, ‘Thou art 
the Christ; the Son of the Living 
God.’ Then Jesus said, ‘Thou 
art Peter, and upon this rock 
build my church.’ The 
rock Jesus meant was the  re- 
ligion embodied and manifest- 
ed in Peter. Whatever else Peter 
