FIRST ONGREGATIONAL Church RANDOLPH, MASS. sary 17^ 1--1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0000675^431 | ■'/Jf/^' o 0^ X :.^' \> . ^V ./ •^c.. .0^^ ■ 0' ..*i.<^._> / t i >• \ V 1 R ^ ■''; 1 ^ . ^ ,0- ,A v\^' '^/>. ^<>. V^^ "- ■-oo^ x-^ ^r. ■> >^^ ■"'^^ 't M ' ■/ ^ V '' O \' ^ ' - " r ' ^-^^ 'If o^ -v- -V .Oo x^'% A. ci-. ^0 S, o 0' A>'^. % ,^' o /■ .^.^^ ''y- V-' ,^-^ -^^ .xN^ a 0' xX^^- •^o 0^- ^ "t^- / ,^~^ ■"'''t, ^o °^. '"^r 1 '^^ ft , \.^- .0^ ^^ H \ * N " r > V' '^V. >-* A^^ \>' />. o'<- --. ,^^ o " / ^ \V^' ■>■- 0' K. ^ ^.(^■'■'' .,>c- :^^\0 -^^ c5 -*c. .#^ x^V'"* , ''h. 'y-0' \"- --' •^ 'V /■ '^>- / \0 O \ -< •^ .- 0- _N- a'^" ■^ -Jl .v &■ o 0^ V c^^ o5 -^.i. ^^o•^ x'?-' '^^ o ^^ ,• ? ^b."" -? ■-' ■^o 0^ ? '<^. .x^'^ .s^-^ .-V ^ ..^^ rO- ^ C' '>, "oo^ ■ ■, s v - ,./ "^^ . ^z, ON' \) ^ vO ,^ A ^ .0- ■' Ji ' ^ ° ' ' / >• A •^ -. fi^ .^ •■-'i. -^^ - (. <^ .•0' ■> *^ ■^; o ■■■ •, , -^ ^^- V / ' ,0 0^ ^ .^^ oV .0^ .-x^ (ry MCLlOTyft rWINTINO Fourth Meeting House.-and Parsonage. 1860. PROCEEDINGS One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST Congregational Church, RANDOLPH, MASS. Wednesday, June 8th, i88i BOSTON : BEACON PRESS: THOJVIAS TODD, PRINTER, No. I Somerset Street. 1881. r 5^rdiminarp. At a meeting of the First Congregational Church of Ran- dolph, held November i8, 1880, It was voted : That the approaching One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the organization of this Church be observed with appropriate exercises ; That Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D.D., be invited to deliver the Memorial Address ; That a Committee of Arrangements be appointed, into whose hands all further preparations shall be intrusted ; That the Parish connected with this Church be cordially invited to unite with us in the proposed celebration. The invitation at once extended to Dr. Alden he was obliged to decline, and a readjustment of the programme became necessary. At the Annual Meeting of the First Parish in April, i88r, a committee was appointed to cooperate with the existing committee of the Church. Cordial invitations to the celebration were extended to sur- viving absent, or past, members of the Church, Parish, and Congregation ; to the First Congregational Church and So- ciety in Braintree; the Winthrop Church and Society in Hol- brook ; the Baptist Church and Society in Randolph ; to Pastors and Clergymen in neighboring towns ; to the Honor- able Board of Selectmen, and the several School Committees of Randolph ; and to many others. 4 First Congregational Church, Randolph. The excellence of the singing by the regular choir was noticeable ; some of the music rendered was composed for the occasion by Mr. Lyman F. Brackett, Organist and Director. In addition to the services of the Church choir, a popular feature of the occasion was the impressive singing of ancient hymns by the chorus choir of one hundred voices, accom- panied by an old-time orchestra, organized for the occasion and directed by Mr. John Berry Thayer. The following was the <0rtier of oBjcercij^e^, afternoon, at ttoo o'clocfe. (©rgan i©oTuntarp. 3tnt{)em. iHeabtng of tfte .Scriptures. By Rev. F. P. Chapin, of the First Church, Weymouth. draper. By Rev. E. Russell, D. D., of Holbrook. .Smoino. "O God of Bethel, by whose hand" . . . . P. Doddridge, /7J7. I ^(^istoricaT ©iscburje. By Rev. J. C. Labaree. .SinginB. " Give me the wings of faith, to rise " ... Isaac IVat/s, ijog. I l^istorio of t^e .S^lbliatl) Scljool. By Rev. Ebenezer Alden, of Marshfield. One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary. 5 .Rinsing. " O Lord, our fathers oft have told," . . . Tate and Brady, rbgb. ](^istoi-ical .^fietcft of our/JFour jUaeetina-K^cusFES. By Benjamin Dickerman, Esq. .Ringing. " Praise ye the Lord ; exalt his name," . . . Isaac Watts, 17 rg. 123enebiction. By Rev. G. F. Stanton, of So. Weymouth. ffitenine, at €)etjen anti onesl)aIf o'cloc6« 3Cnttem. l^rapiT. By Rev. H. L. Kelsey, of Brockton. C^ifftorp of JBijisJc in tftis .§>ocii'tio. By Rev. Asa ^ann, of Braintree. During the reading of this Address, the music of different periods will be illustrated. dfte 2Cncimt " l^recinct," tfee jUaobcrn ^ari£f]&, ani) tfte (STottjn. By Hon. J. White Belcher. .5§)tnging. "O God, our help in ages past," Isaac Watts, iTig. ?t b tr r e s s E ^ . 59ovoKogp. ■^Beneliiction. (Committee^* General