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WI T H I L L U ST R A T I O N S
C L A Y T O N F. S U M M Y C o . C H I C A G O 1 9 0 0
LIST O F I LLU ST RAT I N O S.
D REV . W . J . CHICHESTER , D . . , M M T B F B E ORIAL A LET , ORT DEAR ORN ,
B . D . REV . JOHN LATCHFORD , D , B ” RICK CHURCH , FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
B M E . WA ASH AVENUE . CHURCH , M M O R . JA ES TIS , FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
M G F. B R . EORGE ACON , F B I IRST PRES YTERIAN CHURCH ( NTERIOR ),
M A . R . CHARLES HAVENS , M E Y R . CLAREN CE DD , S BY ECOND PRES TERIAN CHURCH ,
M A . I R . CH RLES D RWIN , M N DR EI E R RS . CHRISTINE . i FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH“ CHOIR ( 1 892
M F S . M R . RANCIS OORE ,
M G . T M B RS . CLARA RI LE , M G H R . LENN ALL , CHOIR ( 1 899 M A M R . LFRED WILLIA S , FI RST P RESBYTERIA N CHURCH M G B R . HORACE . IRD ,
G . M . A R UGUSTUS DOWNS , M S M F RS . . . ASSETT , N M - O B A E PLATES OF RGAN UILDERS ,
. J M P . D . REV ERE IAH ORTER , D ,
FL AV E L B M . REV . ASCO , D D .
. H EY D D REV ARV CURTIS , .
Z M M Y . D . REV . . . HU PHRE , D ,
. M D . D REV ARTHUR ITCHELL ,
. Y B D . D REV JOHN HENR ARROWS,
NT EN C O T S.
PAGE . F S T AT ONS LIS T O I LLU R I , 1 P E L E R UD , 5 I S T O I L H R CA , 7 F B ORT DEAR ORN , 9
. E M D . . 1 ARRIVAL OF REV JER IAH PORTER , D , 0 O Z F RGANI ATION OF THE IRST CHURCH , 1 1 FI RST HOUSE OF WORSHIP , 1 2 M P C T o R . ORTER A CEPTS CALL PEORIA , 1 3 I S Y F B OF T 1 4 NCORPORATION OF OCIET AND IRST OARD RUSTEES ,
B D . D . REV . JOHN LATCHFORD , , 1 5
FL AV E L D . D . B M REV ASCO , 1 7 P W S R 1 8 URCHASE OF CORNER OF CLARK AND ASHINGTON T EETS , B ” DEDICATION OF RICK CHURCH , 1 8
. FL AV E L B M . 1 RESIGNATION OF REV ASCO , D D 2 D H Y . D . REV . ARVE CURTIS , , 21 S O Z S 23 LAVERY QUESTION AND RGANI ATION OF ECOND CHURCH , S “ B C ” 4 ALE OF RI K CHURCH , 2 L OT B 2 PURCHASE OF ON WA ASH AVENUE , 5 E NE W C B A 2 D DICATION OF CHUR H ON WA ASH VENUE , 5
DR . R RESIGNATION OF CU TIS , 26
C BY . M M Y . Z . D. D 2 ACCEPTAN E OF CALL REV HU PHRE , 8
Z . H D . D . M . M Y . 29 RESIGNATION OF REV U PHRE , ,
. A M C H D . D 3 CALL TO REV RTHUR IT ELL , 0 A LV A Y E SBY T E I N H H— O Z 32 C R PR R A C URC RGANI ATI O N , F G 3 REV . . W . RAVES , 5
. E A 36 REV DWARD NDERSON , PUR CHASE OF CORNER OF I NDIANA AVENUE AND T WENTY S SECOND TREET , T B I REV . J . H . ROW R DGE ,
A . E . R EV . PIERCE , C REV . W . . DICKINSON , L I D D . REV . DAN EL ORD , . , NE W E A Y DIFICE OF CALV R CHURCH , T H E G FI REAT RE , F Y UNION OF IRST AND CALVAR CHURCHES , Y CALVAR CHURCH CHOIR , V C ON TE I TS .
T HE UNI T E D CHURCHE S .
NE W O RGAN AND DEDICATION , S T RIAL OF REV . DAVID WING ,
T HE CHOIR J OU RNAL S .
— — — 1 879 E M MR . E 1 8 76 1 8 78 NGAGE ENT OF DDY , — 0 DR . M 1 88 RESIGNATION OF ITCHELL , — . . D To J B D . 1 881 CALL REV OHN H ARROWS , — — FI F’1‘ I E T H 1 882 1 88 3 ANNIVERSARY , - - 1 884 1 885 1 886 , — 1 88 7 1 888 1 889, — — 1 890 1 891 1 892. — DR . M 1 893 DEATH OF ITCHELL , — — E 1 894 1 895 RESIGNATION OF MR . DDY ; RESIGNATION OF B ARROWS , — — W T o . . . D 1 896 1 897 . D CALL REV J CHICHESTER , — 1 898 1 899,
A CHA P T E R O N CHO IR S .
T H E V ILLAGE CHOIR , E Y M F ARL USIC IN IRST CHURCH , F M M B IRST CHOIR E ERS , F O IRST RGAN IN CHICAGO , L F CHOIR EADERS OF IRST CHURCH , M M B 1 857 E ERS OF THE CHOIR IN , G E AT GANS OF T HE O L R O R W R D , S LM O Y T NE AND HYMN B OOKS P A D , U , V F L I E S OF PA S T O R S O FIR ST CHURCH . - . ER E MI AH P D . D . F REV J ORTER , , OUNDER , D B . D F P REV . JOHN LATCHFORD , IRST ASTOR ,
. FL AVE L B M D . D . S P REV ASCO , , ECOND ASTOR , D D . HA Y . T REV RVE CURTIS , HIRD PASTOR ,
R E D . F V Z M M Y D . . . . U P HU PHRE , , O RTH ASTOR , D F . A M D . REV RTHUR ITCHELL , . , IFTH PASTOR ,
. . B D . D. S X REV JOHN H ARROWS , , I TH PASTOR , O ST L E P UD , OFFI E S O F T HE H C R CHURC , E AT A AND A E N M RR DD DU , IN E X D ,
— SO r a n A A BBREVIATIONS . S p o ; B a s s ;
0 O r g a n i s t . P EL R U DE.
In presenting a history of th e First Presbyterian Church I shall consider 1 T h e . h istory of the church from its foundation in 1 8 33 to th e consolidation with the Calvary Presbyterian 1 Church in 1 8 7 .
2 . The history of th e Calvary Presbyterian Church from its fou n dation in 1 8 59 to the consolidation with the 1 8 First Church in 7 1 .
3 . The period from th e consolidation of the two 7 1 8 1 1 900 . church es in to th e p resent date , In preparing this volum e I have consulte d the record s o f 30 the Session of the First Church com mencing May , 1 8 33; th e files of newspapers in th e Historical Society and ’ Public Library ; Captain A . T . Andreas History of Chi cago ; the Historical Sketch of Re v . Zephaniah Moore
D. D. 1 8 67 Hu mphrey , ( ) and the Historical Sermons of Rev . D D 1 8 7 8 . Arthur Mitchell , . . ( ) and Re v John Henry Bar
D. D . rows ,
1 8 75 i n In January , , I becam e especially interested th e m usical part of th e service , and at that tim e started -of fi c i a l W a semi choir j ournal , in hich were recorde d e very
Sunday the names of the m embers of the choir present , ffi titles of choir and organ selections , name of the o ciating n minister , occasionally oting text or subj ect of sermon , as well as i mportant pulpit announcements . Funeral services of m embers of the ch urch and congregation , in which th e pastor and choir have taken part , are als o noted therein .
This book , therefore , is largely d e voted to the history of m usic in this church as a part of its service ; and , as , i to my knowledge , th ere exists no other work covering th s subj ect , I have attem pted to present a num ber of facts connected with church m usic With which I have becom e acquainted during my investigations , and which seem to m e to d eserve an authentic record in connection with a history of church life in Chicago . 6 P R E L UD E .
All the former pastors of the First Church exce pt
. D D. ing Re v John Henry Barrows , . , have passed away .
. D Re v William John Chichester , D . . , the se venth a n d
3 1 8 97 . R present pastor , began his labors October , e v . Edward And erson is the only sur viving pastor of Calvary
C h u r c h t h e . D D. h , Rev Daniel Lord , . , aving been called to 1 1 0 8 9 . his rest September , 9 My thanks are due to many friends who have assisted in
the preparation of this work , and especially to the follow ing
Mr . Eliphalet W . Blatchford , for the article on the life
D . . D. of his father , Rev John Blatchford , , the first pastor ; ’ Mr . George H . Fergus , author of Fergus Historical ” ” Series and Early Illinois ; Mr . Henry Eckford Seelye , 1 8 56 member of the Session ( and Rev . William
Willis Clark , for data pertaining to th e early history of the
t o . church and its members ; and Mrs William Saltonstall , la i n fi ld P e . J . . of , N , Mrs Margarette Clarkson Hoard , of
Y . Ogdensburg , N . , M rs . Oliver Kepler Johnson , Mr .
Edward C . Cleaver and Mr . Charles O . Bostwick , of Chicago ,
for information pertaining to the choirs of earlier days . u I also feel nder great obligations to M r . Edward n n Ja r di n e N Y k H Du c a e or . u h i n s w S. t c , of City , Mr George g , A d N . n r e w l H . s C a e n r of Boston , Mr George , of Oakland , . , y ’
K . v . . . Pilch er s Sons , of Louis ille , y , Mr W A Johnson , of
ld s e s fi e . W t , Mas , the late Mr Charles Rollin Larrabee and
Mr . Charles David Irwin , of Chicago , for their aid in col
l i n m a n e c t g data regarding th e organs of Chicago , and to v
other kind friends for valuable suggestions . “ If after th e manner of Old Mortality , who went about carving anew the h ead lines on th e tombstones of
the Covenanters , I have been able to place in clearer light
any facts regarding those who , in th e past , have given so
much tim e and labor to th e work of b uilding up this ch urch ,
then my task is done . We owe much to the founders and the pastors ; as much and perhaps more to the faithful W men and women by hose devotion , exertion and sacrifice the church has been maintained to this day ; and as we pass
from pulpit to congregation , it is but fitting to includ e the
influence of the choir loft . P . A . O . M EM ORIAL TAB LE T O N T H E SITE O F FORT D E ARB O RN .
' i s i n di tz n a o d ma tt r — P r a /m f l M h e a r t o e . s x/ y g g v: .
H I IST O R C A L .
- Little remains to day of early Chicago . The few his toric buildings which escaped the Goths of 1 856— 57 in their i crusad e for public improvement and extension of bus ness , n fl were consumed in the c o a g r a ti on of 1 8 7 1 . While Fort “ Dearborn lasted , it was , as so m e one has well said , the connecting link between us and the Indians and the wilder ” - T h n i 1 8 57 . e t ness . The block house held out until had to “ ” “ ” go , and the place thereof would know it no m ore , but for a marble tablet a ttached to the north wall of the building at th e intersection of Michigan A ve n u e and River
Street , facing Rush Street bridge . Let us stop and read , for our ecclesiastical records start with Fort Dearborn
T h s b n o e s th e s e of old Fo e a b o n w h h e x i uildi g ccupi it rt D r r , i c T h te n d e d a l ittl e a cr o s s a n d s o m e w h a t i n to th e rive r a s it n o w i s . e — o w a s b i n 1 8 03 4 o m n o u r o m os e e n s e . f rt u ilt , f r i g ut t d f H t w a s a a A u 1 5 1 8 1 2 a f f G n . r o e o e . I e e e By rd r ull v cu t d g , , t
It s s o e s a n d o s on s h a d b e e n s b e a m on th e In di a n s t r pr vi i di tr i ut d g ,
‘ V e s oon a e th e I n a n s a a e a n d m a s s a e a b o ry ft r , d i tt ck d cr d ut f th e oo s a n d a n m b e of e n s n n w om e n a n d fifty o tr p u r c itiz , i clud i g
h e n a n d n e x d a b n e th e o . c ildr , t y u r d f rt I n 1 8 1 6 w a s e b b u t a e th e a h a w w a r w e n it r u ilt , ft r Bl ck k it t
n o a a s s e a n d i n M 1 8 37 w a s a b a n on e b th e a m i t gr du l di u , a y , , d d y r y ,
w a s o e b a o s o e n m e n o e s n 1 857 w h e n b u t c cupi d y v r i u g v r t ffic r u til , it w a s o n o w n e x e n a s n e b n w h h s oo on h s t r d , c pt i g i gl uild i g i c t d up t i
th e e a fi r e of O c t . 9 1 871 . s ite ti ll gr t , A t th e s ugge s t i on of th e C h i c a go H i s to r ic a l S o c i e ty th i s t a b l e t
w a s e r e ct e d b y W . M . HOYT . v N o . , 1 88 0 . Why was this particular point on Lake Michigan s elected by our government as a position of “ outmost d efense 7 Why was th e fort placed at the mouth of th e n Chicago Riv er , the least important of all th e rivers flowi g
into the lake , an insignificant stream , with no harbor ? facilities , with few natural advantages And yet on the site of this fort has grown up one of the great cities of
the world .
A few historical data may here be permitted , though a full pres entat ion would be outside th e scope of the
present work . One hundred years ago th e great highway 8 A H I S TOR Y OF TIJE
from the Canadas to the lower Mississippi was up Lake
Michigan to the Chicago River , thence by the Illinois “ River into the Fath er of Waters . This was th e route 1 675 l 1 67 9 of Marquette in , of La Sa le in , and of the Jesuit fathers in th e eighteenth century in their mis s i on a r y j ourneys from Quebec and Montreal to New
Orleans . The agents of the trading companies having stations throughout th e northwest and along th e great lakes could send th eir goods to the Mississippi only by
m eans of the Chicago portage . Fort Dearborn was built for the protection of the
trading interests , to counteract th e influence of the British
on the Indian tribes scattere d along the lake , and to
control the gateway to th e Mississippi . 1 7 1 8 03 August , , a com pany of United States soldiers ,
under the command of Captain John Whistler , arri ved at the Chi cago Ri ver , and d uring that summer and autu mn built what has since been known as th e first Fort Dear
n y born , amed after;General Henr Dearborn , at that time
secretary of war . The fort was destroyed at the tim e of the massacre in 1 8 1 2 but was rebuilt in 1 8 1 6 on th e same
spot , after the plan adopted by the war d epartment for
most of its frontier posts , and consisted of quarters for the
of ficers , barracks for the soldiers , magazine and provision - storehouse and a block house at th e southwest corner ,
which served not only as a means of d efense , but as a tower from which a view could be had of th e surrounding ’ ofli c e r s territory . The quarters were on the west sid e , ’ a n d the soldiers on the east side . The entire premises covered an acre or more of ground and were enclosed
by a stockade , fourteen feet in height , made of pieces of timb er d riven into th e ground and firmly bound
together . It had two gates , one on th e north and the other
on the South sid e . Th e land to th e south of th e fort ,
reaching as far as Madison Street , was enclosed with a “ fence , and for a long tim e was known as Fort Dearborn ” 1 Reservation . Dearborn Park , now occupied by the
P ublic Library , was a part of this reservation , and
1 D D e b b b o E . K e e . . 1 8 . H s o a m on R e v. 2 76 i t ric l S r , y A tt ittr dg , , July , FI R S T P R E SB YTE I A N C 1 1 U H R R C . 9
Wabash and Michigan Avenues were laid out as a mili
tary garden and graveyard .
Mr . Addison Ballard , who has been identified with the
First Presbyterian Church for at least thirty years , writes of Fort D earborn as he first saw it F e b a 7 1 899. CHICAGO , ru ry , I n r e ply to yo ur l e tte r a s k i n g f or m y re c oll e c ti on s of Fo rt D e a r b o n I w s a h a I c a m e to C h a o s i n A 1 8 43 a w r , ill y t t i c g fi r t pr il , , e t
s n m u d e e w h e e . Fo e a b o n s oo on th e h h s n d pr i g , v ry r rt D r r t d ig e t a e s s o h a I ou s e e or fi n d a n d w a s o dr i t p t t t c ld , l c a te d a t a b ou t th e n on of w h a i s n o w h a n A e n e a n d R S A h ju cti t Mi c ig v u ive r tr e e t . t t a t m e th e a n w a s n ot s u b e a s w a s w h e n I a m e to C h a o ti l d d ivid d , it c i c g T h -h h to l ive i n 1 852 . e b lo ck o u s e w a s t e d i s ti n ctive fe a tur e of th e
o e m a n e on a e th e o h e b n s h a d s a e a e f rt ; it r i d l g ft r t r uild i g d i pp r d . w n n i 4 I t r n a n T h e s to ck a d e a s s till s t a d i g n 1 8 3 . a lo g th e w e s t li n e of Mi ch ig a n A ve n u e to th e pr e s e n t a ll e y b e tw e e n Mi ch ig a n A ve n u e
a n d R e S e e h e n e a on th e n e of h s a l e to R e S e . iv r tr t , t c l g li t i l y iv r tr e t T h e Op e n i n g of R ive r S tr e e t m a y h a ve r e m o v e d th e s to ck a de from th e h n f th o to t h 1 8 2 T h s a n o rt b ou d a ry o e fo rt pr i r e ye a r 5 . e to ck de 1 w a s m a e of n h e on s o to s i x n h e s h c e n n o th d pu c f u r i c t i k , dr iv i t e n T h h h s e s oo on th b a n f th gr ou d . e l ig t o u t d e k o e r ive r ju s t w e s t of
th e s o h e n d of R s h S e e b e a s n ow i s . ut u tr t r idg , it
I n 1 856 oh n S . h a m a n a e a n d e a e i n a J Wrig t , uf ctur r d l r gr i a m a h n e b o h t h e b o -h o s e a n d a ll h a e m a n e cultur l c i ry , ug t l ck u t t r i d of th e s o a e e m o n i n 1 8 57 to h i s n e w a o on th e n o h t ck d , r vi g it f ct ry rt b a n h of th e e a n d m a n a c n th e o ld m b e n o n e r c r iv r , uf tur i g ti r i t fur itur
a s s o e n s f or h m s e a n d e n s . T h e old o s w e e n a e o a k uv i r i lf fr i d l g r tiv , A h a m 6 I w m n n a n d a ll w e ll s e a s on e d . t t t ti e [1 85 ] a s a ufa ctur i g
s a s h b n s a n d oo s a t m a c o o n e of a e a n d C on e s s , li d d r y f t ry , c r r M rk t gr
S e e s . . h w s h e m e to s a w th e o s n o m b e b u t tr t Mr Wr ig t i d up l g i t lu r , n ot h a n m a c h n e a a e to s h w o I c o n ot a e th e vi g i ry d pt d uc rk , uld t k S o h n t e m o th b -h n d s o rd e r . e d id o r ve e l o ck ou s e a to c ka d e u n til
1 857 w h e n h e o e t h e n e e s s a m a h n e . , pr cur d c ry c i ry
1 833 Of Chicago in consisted of a collection log houses ,
or huts rather , built by th e traders and settlers , on both
i . sides of the r ver , for a mile or so from its mouth The l on y frame buildings were those occu pied by th e stores ,
of which there were three , standing about half a mile back
from th e lake . The first minister to preach the Gospel in Chicago was
an aged Methodist , Rev . Jesse Walker , who came in April , ” “ 1 8 33 . xli ve d . He in a log cabin , says Dr Mitchell , on
1 T h e h a e s of a s lo w h t h e f a c e s s m oo h e w h a n a z e or a x a r e lv plit g , it t d it d a ll d u o s e p n ch e n . 1 0 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
n th e west side of th e river , near the north bra ch , and ” 1 preached there on the Sabbath . t 1 8 33 Just at his time , the spring of , th e Indian War having terminated by th e surrender of Blackhawk to Gen 2 eral Scott , the troops at Fort Dear born were ordered elsewhere . Th ey were to b e relieved by two companies then at Fort Brady , Sault Ste . Marie , Michigan Territory , 3 under the command of Captain John Fowle , and Brevet 4 Maj or D e Lafayette Wilcox . Rev . Jeremiah Porter, who 1 831 had been at th e Sault since , doing missionary work at
f or a s this frontier post and preaching to the m en in th e t , w invited by Maj or Fowle to accompany th e expedition to
n . r e Fort D earbor He d ecid ed to go , as he had been quested by th e Missionary S ociety to explore the shores t of Lake Michigan , at hat time almost an unknown region , and see if th ere were a n v settlements where th e preaching of the Gospel would be recei ved . The trip from Fort “ ” “ D r . Brady was then , says Mitch ell , almost an ocean voyage . It took se ven days to com e from Mackinac . “ ‘ ’ ” The little schooner , the Mayflower of our history , at Off 1 1 833 last arrive d Chicago on Sunday morning , May 2 , , only to pass another dreary day waiting for the boisterous
f . waves to su bsid e , that a landing might be ef ected On 1 3th l f Monday , the , th e ake having calmed su fi ciently for the vessel to enter the river , Maj or Fowle landed his troops and passengers .
1 9 n n May , th e Sunday followi g the landi g of Maj or
Fowle and th e troops , Rev . Jeremiah Porter held the first religious services in th e history of the church , in the t h e w or d s carpenter shop of Fort Dearborn , preaching from 1 H h s o a e m on b R e v . h e l D . D . 1 878 . i t ric l S r , y Art ur Mitc l , , 2 In 1 832 m a n d a h e De a on P h l IO a m s of a n E e o n Oh o oo y gr f t r , c Ad , Mil , ri c u ty , i , t k ’ a o e of a t o n f or of n a l c o s m He e dr v c ttle F ort D e a rb or t h e s upply Ge e r S tt a r y . l ft a n M a 1 0 e h l n n d h m l 1 h h e e t e a e e 20 a a e o e . T e a e Mil , y , d liv r d c tt Ju , rriv d Ju y di ry
e on h s i s n ow i n t h e os s e s s on of m n le . J a d a m s of o e o Oh o. k pt t i trip p i y u c , Mr y A , T l d , i Wh e n a la d I o e n h e a m a n a h e S e a of e n e a o a n d o e a b o n . , ft rd y gr df t r p k G r l Sc tt F rt D r r He o m e h a t h e n a n s a lle h s a e C h i -C a -G u h t h e a s s l a b e S o e n a s a t ld t t I di c d t i pl c , l t y l l p k a a n d h n n - a h e n l a m s w n e of a s o a e . e a a n a e a s o guttur l Wit tr g cc t My gr t gr df t r, D i A d , ’ e n e a a s e e n o n a n o s a n d w a s e s e n a t t h e s e n e of o on G r l St rk Gr M u t i B y , pr t urr d r F rt Tic e o a . e a on h l o a m s w a s b o n e e m b e 1 2 1 786 a n d e l 1 5 1 864. d r g D c P i Ad r D c r , , di d Ju y , 3 a a n oh n Fow e w a s l e A r Il 25 1838 b a s e a m b oa e los on on t h e C pt i J l ki l d p , , y t t xp i ,
Oh i o R ive r . 4 a o WIIC OX s n u s h e h m s e i n t h e w a r of 181 2 a n d e a t a l a a Fla . M j r di ti g i d i lf di d P tk , , n 1 4 a a 3 8 . J u ry , 2
1 2 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
n building fund . In the mea time the Home Missionary
Society mad e proper p rovision for M r . Porter . The erection of the first house o f worship was quite “ an event in the little settlement . Nearly all the i n h a b i t a n t s aided in the construction of this building, and the und ertaking was so stu pendous that e very shoulder was ” 1 needed at the wheel . 2 “ t i n h u s u i l m e e o e b t . The g , by Mr Joseph Meeker , stood out in the open field , without any fence around it, on what is now the alley of the lot at th e south w est corner of Lake ” -fi ve 1 and Clark Streets , on the south twenty feet of lot 34 i i i in block the Original Town of Chicago . Th e Chicago “ D a i ly D e m oc r a t (1 8 34) says Th e First Presbyterian Church has purchas ed lot 1 in block The books of the
Title Guarantee and Trust Co . do not , howe ver , show any record of su ch a p urchase . We can only infer that for the two years or more th e Society was in possession of this lot it must have been by permission of t h e Trustees of th e Illinois and Michigan Canal , who held title to the land . 1 8 36 Th e lot was purchased at th e canal sale , June , , more than two years after the m eeting house was built , by James
Curtiss , secretary of the Illinois Hotel Co. The hotel 1 8 35— 37 schem e collapsed in the panic of , and thus th e c hurch was pr ovi d e n ti a llv permitte d to continue in posses sion another year , until a new location was procured farther 3 south on Clark Street , below Washington Street .
It was a fram e structure of the plainest character ,
-fi e about forty feet in length and twenty v in width , with plastered walls and bare puncheon floors . The cost was
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2 . os e h e e e w a s b o n i n E z a b e h ow n N . e e mb e a m e Mr J p M k r r li t t , J S pt r c t h a o e a l i n 1 833 w a s e e e n o t h e m e m b e s h of h s h u h e e m b e 8 o C ic g r y ; r c iv d i t r i p t i c rc S pt r , 1 33 b a a n i n t h e s o m a o a n z a on of t h e n a h oo a h 1 6 1 835 on e 8 ; li r ri fir t f r l rg i ti Su d y Sc l M rc , ; f t h e o n e s of t h e a v a e s b e a n h h n e 20 1 859 e i n h a o o f u d r C l ry Pr yt ri C urc , Ju , ; di d C ic g w m m f h i s u n a h oo l a s s a t t h e u h n e a a n u a 4 1 872. I i s a e b e o o o J ry , r S d y Sc l c S t C gr g t i on a l h h i n 1 857 a n d of t e n h e a h i m s e a of h i s e a e i n h a o . C urc , rd p k rly lif C ic g
3 D In s e a n of t h e e a l h h e s of h a o s a s h e e R e v . A . . e Fi ld , p ki g r y c urc C ic g , y T r w a s h s e a 1 836 a s m a a h o C h a e a b lo s o h of t h e e m on Ho s e a n d t i y r [ ] ll C t lic p l , ck ut Tr t u , t h e e s b e a n s h a d a h o s e a b o 20x30 s e a e w h s h oo b e n h e s w h h s e ve a s Pr yt ri u ut , t d it c l c , ic r d h h a n d s h oo h o s e s a e on a e e b e we e n R a n o h a n d a e e e s c urc c l u , itu t d Cl rk Str t , t d lp L k Str t , wh e e t h e e s e n w e e e e m a n of t h e e e m e n s of a n e a on a n d o e n s a t r pr t rit r r c iv d y l t duc ti , ft ” n h h n a h s e s h a o a n d He r h h es . with a ch i n g b o e s t roug t h e lo g S a b b t e rvic . C ic g C urc h i s P llip , FI S T P SB Y TE R I A R RE N CH UR CH . 1 3
$600 . The seating arrangem ents consisted of benches
made of ordinary pine boards , which would accomm o date
about 200 . The settlers and th e troops from the garrison “ ” filled the building comfortably every Sunday . In the
spring months , when th e water in the ditch in front of the
church mad e it almost inaccessible , the benches taken from the ch urch were th e ordinary means for bridging th e
slough . “ ” Several of the m embers of the church , says Dr . 1 “ Mitchell , lived on the West Side , where there were then
three houses , but one of those houses , though only m acco modated that winter seventeen p ersons . For them
u it was quite a circ mstance to reach the church . The river had to be crossed by a sort of floating bridge , near what is now Randolph Street , and they m ust then go skipping m fro one log to another , across the swamps and bogs of the mudd y prairies . Sometimes th ey were sadly bemired on th e way , and more than once ladies had to be picked up by strong arms and lifte d across the black and treacherous ” holes . Such was “ Chicago ’s first built Protestant meeting ’ ’ house , commonly called the Lord s House , and a useful building it was to the first settlers . It was d edicated
4 1 8 34 . January , , Mr Porter preaching a sermon from this text Yea , th e sparrow hath foun d a house , and th e swallow a nest for herself , where she may lay her young ; t even Thine al ars , O Lord of hosts ; my King and my
God . ( Psalm s lxxxiv : Mr . Porter was assisted in the dedicatory services by Rev . A . B . Freeman , pastor of th e
ff . First Baptist Ch urch , who o ered the consecration prayer From 1 8 33 to 1 8 35 the m em bership increased to about - t one hundred , and , as th e church was then self suppor ing ,
M r . Porter felt j ustifie d in accepting a call , in th e autumn 1 83 5 of , to th e Main Street Pre sbyterian Church , of Peoria , “ a place which had been settled som e fourteen years earlier than Chicago .
Mr . Porter was ve ry reluctant to sever his relations with th e work h e had found ed in Chicago, and did not go,
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as he wrote D r . Mitch ell many years later , without an ff i n earnest e ort to find his successor , the best minister in
the land . While a delegate to the General Assembly at
1 8 35 . w a s Pittsburg in May , , Mr Porter in hopes of finding so me one there who would believe in th e possibilities of a great city on the banks of Lake Michigan . Rev . Edward
. K . D D. . . Humphrey , , of Louisville , y , broth er of Rev Z D D. . . . . D D. M . Humphrey , ; Rev E N Kirk, . , of Albany ; D D Rev . J . W . Adams , . . , of Syracuse ; Rev . Joel Hawes ,
D. D. D. D. , of Hartford , and Rev . Derrick Lansing, , of “ ” Au burn , were besieged in vain . There was no great desire on th e part of any of these m en to leave their com fortable homes in the east for pioneer life in a place which was generally su pposed to be “ in a great swamp
back of Lake Michigan . The people had already taken the name of th e First
Presbyterian Church , but no steps had been taken for th e 4 purpose of incorporating the Society . November 2 , 1 8 35 , a m eeting of the m em bers was held , in pursuance of “ ” u an act entitled , An Act Concerning Religio s Societies , 6 1 8 35 approved February , , at which th e Society assume d th e name of “ Th e First P resbyterian Church and Society
of Chicago, and elected five trustees thereof , to hold their 1 f fi . : o ce for one year , viz Louis T . Jamison , Peter Bolles , 3 4 5 Wi lli m H B n Hi r m P a r n n d Wi lli m H T a l r a . r ow a e s o s a a . o , y ,
1 a a n o s s a m s on U . . A . a n a e of n a w a s on e of t h e C pt i L ui Titu J i , S , tiv V irgi i , M a 1 33 om o o fli oe r s of t h e a s on w h o a m e h . o e i n 8 a A t g rri c Wit Mr P rt r y , , fr F rt Br dy . h s m e 1 835 h e h a d h a e of t h e o e n m e n w o on t h e h a b o e i n O ob e 1 856 t i ti ( ) c rg g v r t rk r r ; di d ct r, , - n i n x h h e s W a e fif t o e a t R o a e T e . w e e e e a e t h e e a n a r . g d y . Gr d , , r r id d ft r M xic 2 Mr Pe te r B olle s w a s a m e m b e r of t h e com m itte e f or ob t a i n i n g a ch a rte r t o t h e h e e on i n 1 37 h e w a s h os e n h city of C h ica go. A t t e firs t city l cti 8 c a ld e rm a n from t e s ec on d w a s h oo n s e o i n 1 839 e i n N e w o s 1 9 1 839 a e o rd c l i p ct r ; di d Y rk City Augu t , , g d f rty
fi v e . 3 m w h i W l a H . o n a m e t o a o n 1835 a n d w s e n t h m m . a e e o e e Mr i li Br c C ic g , r c iv d i t h I n n e o f h f ollow m h h e rs h ip of t h e ch urch Nove m b e r 3 of t a t ye a r . Ju t e g ye a r e w a s h os e n a n e e a n of e h e on n e t o h o n 1842 wh e n h e h e w w h o h e s c ld r, fic c ti u d ld u til , Wit dr it t r n z h n h h He w a s a h a n h o s a n d a n n fl n n f t o org a i e t e Se co d C urc . p il t r pi t i ue ti a l frie d o n h n m 1 40 8 H s t h e h a o b S h oo s a a s s oo a e o 8 t o 1 53. e e e t h e e o C ic g pu lic c l , cti g c l g t fr rv d p
le s o a b i n h s a a h a ow n h oo b l i n 1 855 w a s n a m e f or h i m . T h e p ly t i c p city t t Br Sc l , ui t , d
h a o H s o a o e h os e h i m a s It s s e s e n i n 1 856. own e i n C ic g i t ric l S ci ty c fir t pr id t Mr. Br di d l n n 7 1 7 a n - w m s e a m Ho a e 1 86 e s e e t o. A t rd , l d , Ju , , g d v ty 4 H a m e a s on s a m e t o h a o b e o e 1 833 h Mr. ir P r c C ic g f r A t t e firs t city e le ction i n 1 837 h e w s h s n a s e a e w a a e m a n of t h e s h w H w a a c o e tre ur r ; ft r rd ld r ixt a rd . e a s a l rge - e a e s a e o e a o e a t a m e a C a l . s 1 1 1 868 a e fif t s e e n . r l t t p r t r ; di d Al d , , Augu t , , g d y v 5 W ll a m H a a o i s n ow li v m a t oo i n W i n h . e a s s . h e a o Mr i i rtt T yl r g Br kl , M il C ic g , h e w a s a s h oe m e h a n a n d e s e a t t h e s o h e a s o n e of Wa b a s h e n e a n d rc t , r id d ut t c r r Av u
C on gre s s Stre e t . FI S T P R SB YTE RI A N H R E C UR CH . 1 5 a certificate of whose election was made and recorded according to the provisions of the said act . During the two years which elapsed before a succes sor to Mr . Porter was secured , the pulpit was supplied H n l . . i t on partly by Rev Isaac T , pastor of the First Bap 2 M L e n 3 i . e a . t s t . . Church , Rev William and Rev J J Miter . “ Mr . Hinton becam e virtually the pastor of the Presby ” terian as well as the Baptist Church , says Dr . Mitchell ; “ ” both congregations were his auditors . Mr . Porter , in his pamphlet on “ The Earliest Religious History of Chicago ” (pages 59 and shows how intimate were the relations between the two ch urches . The First Baptist Church 1 9 1 833 was organized O ctober , , under the pastorship of
Rev . Allen B . Free man . Previou s to his coming , his prin
c i a l u . . p s pporters , Dr John T Temple and others , had i n attend ed our m eetings the fort and at Wolf Point , and until our church was built , Mr . Freeman and I preached ” alternately in a room on Franklin Street . 1 7 Mr . Freeman d ied of typhoid fever December , 1 8 34 - , aged twenty seven , and his funeral services were h eld in the First P resbyterian Church , Mr . Porter preaching
o the sermon . These cordial relations between th e tw
a churches continued during the pastorate of Rev . Isa c
T . Hinton , as th e ministers felt bound together by the ” warm est and strongest bonds . Th ere were at that time two men in the west who were a fterward to becom e devoted pastors of this church — Re v . John Blatchford and Rev . Flay el Bascom . Each
1 W n w o h i n a e e e e e M a 7 1 876 s a f H n n Hon . oh n e o . o J t rt , l ctur d liv r d y , , id Mr i t He w a s a m a n w h o n e ve r s e e m e d s o h a ppy a s w h e n im m e rs in g con ve rte d s in n e rs i n f h i n h n n f h m n ou r froz e n rive r or l a ke . I t w a s s a id o s co ve rts t a t o o e o t e w a s e ve r k own
I t i s a s o a m e f or . H n on h a n o o le h e m a e w a s t o b e a b a cks lide r . l cl i d Mr i t t t c up rri d n He w a n e H w a s s a s a e i n m a a s h e w a s i n b a z i n . e ve r divorc e d . e ju t c r ful rryi g pti g t d ” ’ ” H s o f h a V ol. I a e . n ob o t o a r om a e . n e a s o o dy f ll f gr c A dr i t ry C ic g , , p g Mr - H n on e of e ow e e i n Ne w O e a n s s 28 1 847 a e o e h . i t di d y ll f v r rl , Augu t , , g d f rty ig t
2 M n W l on e of t h e e a e a h e s i n h a o w o e of . c L e a s s a n e s L . a Mi Fr c i l rd , rly t c r C ic g , r t Mr i n a e e M a 25 1 836: He e a h e s w h e o e n e a n d i n a s e a m e n a l tt r, y , pr c it l qu c tudi d rgu t M c L e a n s a s h a t i n a ll h i s a e s h e w a s n e e i n a a e w h e e tive s tyle . Mr . y t tr v l v r pl c r T e n h o s a n ol a s i s n o h n " f h o s a n " on e m on e y w a s t a lke d of a s h e re . t u d d l r t i g fi ty t u d ” ’ “ ” H s of h i a o V ol. I a e h n e h o s a n on a r e n a m e . n e a s o u dr d t u d ly d ( A dr i t ry C c g , , p g Wi l m M L e a n w a s a e w a a s o om 1 837 t o 1 840 of t h e s e s b R e v . a c l i ft r rd p t r fr , Fir t Pr y - e a n h h of Wa s h n on D . C . w h e e h e e Fe b a 1 3 1 873 a e s s i x . t ri C urc i gt , , r di d ru ry , , g d ixty
3 1 9—40 of t h s b n h u h i n R e v . oh n . e w a s t h e s a e s 83 e e e a J J Mit r t t d upply , , Pr yt ri C rc
Kn o le I ll . xvil , 1 6 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
had Visited th e scene of his future labors , each appreciated
th e responsibilities of the work , each recognized the grow ing importance of th e young city and the great need there
for the preaching of the Gospel . 5 1 8 36 December 2 , , Miss Willard wrote to a friend
W h a e e os e c s of a m n s e a t a s . R e v. . a h o v p r p t i i t r l t Mr Bl tc f rd , om s om e ow n n e a N e w Y o C h a s e c e e a a h a s n ot fr t r rk ity , r iv d c ll ,
a e e b u t w e a h h h s w n . T h h o s a n d ol cc pt d it , ill pr c e re t i i t e r i rty t u d l a r s a r e s ub s cri b e d f or t h e e recti on Of a m e eti n g h ou s e w h i ch i s to b e b f m a b I t i s n ot a a e th e om m e h a w ui lt o r l e . c lcul t d b y c itt e t t it ill b e n s h i n h n w s 1 fi i e d l e s s t a t o y e a r . 1 8 36 Rev . John Blatch ford started west in , and
i . after a br ef stay in Chicago, went to Jacksonville , Ill , 1 — where h e spent the winter of 8 36 37 . There h e recei ved a c a ll from the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago , which 1 1 837 he accepted , and was installed as its first pastor July , . All thoughts th e people m a y have entertained as to the erection of a costly house of worship , to b e built of ” marble , were soon dispelled by the financial d epression of 1 837 . For a few years they had to content them selves with u their simple fram e m eeting house , altho gh som e d esired changes were e ffected in its condition and location . Th e u n form er sit atio had become undesirable , as th e adj acent property was in demand for business purposes , and the people were going to the southern part of the city for their “ ” homes , away out on the prairies below Van Buren Street . The building was moved in 1 8 37—38 from its original position on Clark Street , near Lake Street , to the corner of Clark
a s Street and the alley now known Calhoun Place , south of
Washington Street and facing Clark Street , being th e 1 56 south fifty feet of lot , in block , Original Town of Ch i cago . Duri n g the seven years following and prior to the purchase of th e land b y th e Society , the owners did not d emand any rental , as they regarded the presence of the ” ch urch a blessing to the whole community . After two ’ B la t c h f o r d s years of unceasing labor , Dr . health gave way and he was obliged to terminate his work in Chicago . 1 8 1 8 39 He was dismissed from the pastorate August , , at his own request .
1 ’ ” n e a s H s o of h a o V ol. I a e 301 . A dr i t ry C ic g , , p g R V B C D . D E . . JOHN LAT HFORD , m W h o a a f E a o . Fr d gue rre otype i n t h e pos s e s s ion o Mr . . . Bl tc f rd
1 8 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
Mr . Bascom accepted th e pastorate with the under standing that h e might do missionary work d uring the ” . 1 1 1 8 4 sum mer He was installed on Sunday , November , 0 . ’ Fla . ve l The nine years ministry of Rev Bascom , D m D. . m , covered a period of remarkable growth in the e f h ership and a fairs of th e ch urch . Th e old fram e m eeting house was again enlarged by increasing its width , and , as the Society was now in a condition to have a hom e of its own , plans were under consideration for a permanent building . 7 1 844 May , , the church p urchased from Samuel and
R u s s e ll a ll 1 56 f F . A . , of lot in block , Original Town O Chi “ ” cago , on the south end of which the Wooden Church was
then standing . Though th e trustees ac quire d a frontage of eighty feet on Washington Street and one hundred and f eigh ty feet on Clark Street , th e space was not su ficient to give proper light and ventilation for the buildi n g contem Ah n plated . agreem ent was thereupon e tered into with
Robert Freeman , wh ereby title was acquire d to th e east - 56 twenty seven feet of lot 2 in block , im m ediately west 1 of and adj oining lot . Th e deed from Freeman to the
1 9 1 849. church trustees was recorded December , This made a total frontage of one hundred and se ven feet “ on Washington Street . Th e foundations of the Brick ” 1 847 1 849 Church were laid in , and in September , , th e 1 th e fi n a n c e s o f t h e b u i ldi n g w a s dedicated . In th e meantime Society were in such a condition that it becam e necessary
for th e trustees to sell a portion of the lot , according to an ad vertisemen t which appeared in the D a i ly Tr i b u n e of July
VALUAB LE LOTS FOR SALE .
T h e s o h e e on n on C a S e e of ut fifty f t , fr ti g l rk tr t , lot 4 s h ou ld b e lot 1 — i n b o 56 b e n th e [ AUTHOR] , l ck , i g s a m e on w h i ch th e Old b uildi n g of th e Fi r s t P r e s b y
a n C h h n o w s a n s . T e m s of s a e c a s h . te r i urc t d r l ,
By o rd e r of th e b oa rd of tru s te e s . 2 S M Se c r e ta r . A UEL HOWE , y
1 T h f t h e b n w a s a b o s a s D r . h e a n d a s e o s e cos t o uildi g ut y Mitc ll , ri u ” e b w a s n e w h h e a e m b a a s s e t h e o e . d t i curr d , ic g r tly rr d S ci ty 2 b o n . a m e Howe a n e a m e mb e of t h e h a o oa of a e w a s Mr S u l , rly r C ic g B rd Tr d , r w n a t o P a . e e m b e 20 1 812. n h i s e of h e a s i n h a o h e a s a Y rk , , D c r , Duri g lif t irty y r C ic g a e w o e i n t h e n e e s s of a n m b e of e o s h a a b le a n d e a on a ctiv rk r i t r t u r r ligi u , c rit duc ti l i n s titution s ; a m on g th e m m a y b e n ote d t h e Pre s b yte ri a n T h e olog ica l Se m in a ry of t h e FI S T P R SB YT R I R E E A N CH UR CH . 1 9
This piece of ground , including the portion of the east - 2 twenty seven feet of lot , immediately in the rear th ereof , was p urchased by M r . Ph ilip F . W . Peck , November 23 , 1 8 48 1 , for the deed being signed by Sylvester Lind , z 3 4 B a r b e r Jabez , Sylvester Marsh , R . C . Bristol , and 5 Claudius B . Nelson , trustees . On or about the time of this sale i t i w a s discovered that the proceedings and certificates of election of the church trustees had not been mad e in all respects according to the law . A special act of th e legislature was passed February 8 1 8 49 d l , , legalizing all former acts of the Society , and e c a r ing Sylvester Lind , Jabez Barber , R . C . Bristol , Sylvester
Marsh and Sam u el Howe , who were elected trustees ‘ 1 8 48 o fli February 22 , , to be th e legal su ccessors in c e of any trustees of said ch urch and Society at any time here tofore elected , and that th e property of s a id First Presbyterian Ch urch of Chicago shall vest in the f fi ” above name d trustees and th eir successors in o ce , etc . Seven years later it becam e necessary for th e church 1 9 1 8 55 to move still farth er south , and on October , , the
No h w e s t h e H a l O h a n s m a n d t h e Howe m s s on . . Howe e i n Oa k rt t , f rp A ylu i i Mr di d
a M a 2 1 872. P rk y , 1 . e s e n a n a e of o a n a m e t o h i a o i n 1 837 a n d f or Mr Sylv t r Li d , tiv Sc tl d , c C c g , w n h m e s n He w a s m e m f a lon g tim e a s e ga ge d i n t e lu b r b u i e s s . a b e r o t h e Ses s ion
om M a 8 1 848 n a n a 7 1 856. He h a d h a e of t h e e b n of t h fr y , , u til J u ry , c rg r uildi g e “ ” W n h h on a e e a b o n t h e m n s of Fl oo de C urc Cl rk Str t ( ut duri g i i try R e v . a ve l
n n w a s n a m e f or h i m . . i n e F a s om . U e s a t a e o e s Ill B c Li d iv r ity d Mr L d di d L k r t , - F 1 9 a e e h o . e b a 6. 8 2 ru ry , g d ig ty f ur
2 n m a a b e z a b e . w a s i n t h e m b e a e a d a e a a e o n e . Mr . J B r r lu r tr d , ccu ul t d l rg f rtu
He w a s le of t h e e s s on om O ob e 24 1 848 n N o e m b e 29 1 849. I n 1 855 b e c rk S i fr ct r , , u til v r , , h h i s e a n d on e h i w e n t o E o e e m b a n on t h e e n o a e a t e Wit Wif c ld , t ur p , rki g r tur v y g Liv r ’ ” a n a 23 1 856 on t h e i ll- a e o l i n s n e s e a m e a wh i h w a s pool J u ry , , f t d C l Li t r P cific, c n e ve r h e a rd from
3 e s e a s h a m e t o h a o in 1 834. He w a s a on e e in t h e a n Mr . Sylv t r M r c C ic g pi r p cki g
h Wh e o n a n R . R . C o. e a t on o N . H . De s n e s s . He o a n z e t e b u i rg i d it M u t i Di d C c rd , , - c e m b e r 30 1 884 a e e h on e . , , g d ig ty
4 R h a a e s o w a s a n e a a e a a n a n n s a n e a e n i n 1 84 Mr . ic rd Cl rk Bri t l rly l k c pt i ; i ur c g t 2, e o e h a m e h e w a n i a n d a m e m b e r of t h e Boa rd of U n de rw rite rs . B f r t t ti s e ga ge d n t h e f n a n d om m s s on b s n e s s Wl t h . H b b a o e n e t h e fi r m n a m e O orw a rdi g c i i u i Mr i rd P rt r, u d r f - N Y . 1 0 1 a fi f s o e a t oo n . 866 e t e h . Bris tol Porte r . Mr . Bri t l di d Br kly , , July , , g d y ig t
5 l h a n a n Ne s on a m e t o h a o i n 1 842 a n d e n e e t h e h a w a e Mr C a udius Buc l c C ic g , t r d rd r
fi r m of a m s on a e w a n ow n a s W l a m a C o. a e h e b e a m e a Bl ir Sti , ft r rd k i li Bl ir L t r c
a n e a n d on i n e i h h s fi r m n l 1 881 w h e n h e h e w . . N e s on w a s p rt r, c t u d W t t i u ti , Wit dr Mr l t h m e m b e s h i of t h e h h s 5 1 844 b e e om t h e F s re ce ive d i n to e r p c urc Augu t , , y l tt r fr ir t He w a s on e of t h e o n e s of t h e a e Fo e s n i n h h of E e P a . U Pre s b yte ri a C urc ri , f u d r L k r t e s a n d a e o i n t h e e s b e a n h e o o a e m n a of t h e No h w e s e v r ity , dir ct r Pr yt ri T l gic l S i ry rt t ; di d - a t H e a a r h 29 1 885 a e s fi ve . yd P rk , M c , , g d ixty 20 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
trustees entered into a contract for th e sale of th e remain
ing portion of this ground , covering th e one hundred and seven feet frontage on Washington Street and the one h undred and thirty feet on Clark Street , with the brick 1 edifice , to Mr . Hugh Maher at a price of Mr .
Peck purchased this contract from Mr . Maher , and 1 8 55 received a deed , dated November 22, , signed by 2 3 Charles N . Henderson , Amzi Benedict , Claudiu s B . N el 4 son , Samuel P . Farrington and Augustus G . Downs , trustees . The heirs of the Peck estate have kindly given me the Opportunity of examining the two d eeds conveying th e
church property to Mr . Philip F . W . Peck , d ocu ments pre pared by Mr . Peck with great care . He wished to get a ll the title th e church had , and that h e migh t be sure he was d ealing with th e people calling themselves the First Pres b t e r i a n y Church , he name d the Society in the body of the d eed in four distinct ways
T h e F s P e s b e a n C h c h a n d So e o C h c a o o h i r t r yt r i ur ci ty f i g , t e r w i s e k n o w n a s
T h e P e s b e a n C h h a n d So e of C h a o o h e w s r yt r i urc ci ty i c g , t r i e kn ow n a s T h e P e s b e a n C h c h of C h i c a o o h e w s e n ow n r yt r i u r g , t r i k a s T h F s P e s b e a n C h h i n t h e C Of C h a e i r t r yt r i urc ity i c go . This property is now the site of the Chicago Opera
House building . After the Society moved to Wabash Ave nue in 1 8 57 the “ Brick Church ” was used for various pur 1 858 ’ poses . In it was occupied by th e M echanics Institute . About th e beginning of the war it was converted into a
1 . H u h a h e a n a e of e a n a m e t o h a o i n 1 837 . He w a Mr g M r, tiv Ir l d , c C ic g s on e of “ t h e b o e s s h e w e s e a e s a e o e a o s of h i s d a . A t on e m e h e own h ld t , r d t r l t t p r t r y ti e d t e e n t ire fron t a ge of b oth s ide s of t h e C h ica go R ive r from Sixte e n th Stre e t t o E igh te e n th ” - e e . He e i n H e a a n a 22 1 884 a e S s i x . Str t di d yd P rk , J u ry , , g d ixty
2 T h e n a m e of He n de rs on h a s b e e n a s s oci a te d With t h e b oot a n d s h oe i n dus try of h a e s Ne s on H n o th i s coun try f or n e a rly fifty ye a rs . Mr . C rl l e de rs n foun d e d t h e fi r m of
. N . He n e s on C o . i n 1 852 e h i s e a h a n a 4 1 859 t h e b u s m e s s w a s c a r C d r Aft r d t , J u ry , ,
e on b h i s n e h e w n e t h e n a m e of . . He n e s on C o ri d y p , u d r C M d r 2 . m z e n e on e of t h e e a r l m e r c h a n t s i n t h e oo s a e of h a o Mr A i B dict , y i dry g d tr d C ic g , w a s e e e n t h lo w h n m m n n o f h s h h o e e s a d o o e e m b e 1 7 1 849. . r c iv d i t f l ip c u i t i c urc S pt r , Mr
e n e n ow e s a t a on a Fla . B dict liv L t ,
4 ' . a m n F i n n w a b o n a t Ho e a m a o s in on N . H a n a 29 Mr S u l Put rr gt r pk t , J u ry ,
1 8 19. He a m e t o h a o i n 1 850 a n d o n e a w h ole s a e o e b s n e s s c on n n c C ic g , f u d d l gr c ry u i , ti ui g i n h a n n h n n a l e 1 884 w e n h e e m o e t o e o s n n . He w a s ec e e n o t t li u til , r v d Mi p i , Mi r iv d i t
t h e m e m b e s h of t h e h h 5 1 862. He e a t n n e a o i s Ma 7 1 897 . r ip c urc July , di d Mi p l y , C o r h te d 1 8 py g , 94 , b y D b b l e P Ub ll SI fl C om a n C l Ic a o R e r od u c e d b c o n s e n t o f D b b le P u b l s h n C o i i g p y , g p y i i i g
T H E F B C C 1 857 “ B C IRST PRES YTERIAN HUR H , ( THE RI K
FI S T P SB YT I N H R RE ER A C UR CH . 21
u music hall , known as Smith Nixon Hall , and was a p0 p
lar place for concerts and lectures . Th e “ Brick Church ” had been d edicated in Septem
D. 1 849 . Fla v e l D. ber , , and soon after , Re v Bascom , , se v
e red his connection with the ch urch . The Chicago We e kly 4 1 8 4 D e m oc r a t of December , 9, contains this paragraph
O n T u e s d a y e ve n i n g l a s t t h e S o ci e ty ( Fi r s t P r e s b yte r i a n
h h m e t a n d a e R e v . G e o e F . a o n of G a e n a 1 11 . . C u rc ) c ll d rg M g u , l , Mr M a gou n i s s a i d to b e a pr e a c h e r of e m i n e n t a b il ity a n d fi n e s oc i a l
m s h m e n s . I t w a s a s o e s o e to e to R e v . . a s om a c co pli t l r lv d giv D r B c , h a a s o a e n a a t h i s e s e n c e o n a s on t e l a t e p opul r p t r , fr i dly c ll r id M di ,
w n e s a n d F a n n S e e s on on a e e n n n e x . b e t e e W ll r kli tr t , M d y v i g t The Sessional record of the year 1 849 ends with this note :
T h a s e a r o f m e c e s a n d e s n to t h e o b e a n c e e p t y , full r i t tifyi g f r ar
n d n s u ff e n of o u r S a o L o h a s c o s e on th e h s o a lo g r i g vi u r rd , l d up i t ry I n a on t o th e n m e o s a a n e s m a e i n th e of th i s ch ur c h . dditi u r u v c ci d
h h o s b s m s s on s a n d e a h s e s e a b th e a w c urc r ll y d i i i d t , p c i lly y ful s a on of c h o e a th e c h c h h a s to e c o th e s e a a on b e w e e n vi it ti l r , ur r rd p r ti t
s s a n d h e e s e e m e a s o R e v . Fl a ve l a s om w h o w a s th e m e lve t i r t d p t r , B c ,
m s e a t h i s o w n e e s on th e 4th of e e m b e a e a b o n d i s i s d r q u t D c r , ft r l r i g n O n th m d a m on g th e m w ith m uch a cc e pt a n c e f or t e y e a r s . e s a e a y
w a s o w a e to t h e R e v . G e o e F. a o n of th e S e on a c a ll f r rd d rg M g u , c d a n C h h a t G a e n a to a e on h m s e th e a s o a P r e s b yt e ri u r c l , t k up i lf p t r l
f h s c h h a n d R e v. . a e a e a s o of th e T h O ffi c e o t i urc ; Mr W lk r , l t p t r i rd ’ a n C h h of h s c w a s n e to th e i a o P r e s b yt e r i u rc t i ity , i vit d fill pulp t ’ n S M B C . i n r i m . S e e te ( ig d ) A L ROOKES , l rk
The invitation to Mr . Magoun was followed by the a p pointm ent of delegates to V isit him and urge his accept 1 6 1 850 ance . On March , , another invitation was sent to
Mr . Magoun
T h e h h a n d S e s s on h a n e s o e t o s e n a s e on i n vi c urc i , vi g r lv d d c d o m a r a a a n d i n th R v . G e o e F . a o n t o b e c e s o c t a t o to e e r g M g u p t , ll T h e n om e l e tte r to t h e ch ur c h a t G a l e n a w e r e fo r w a rd e d p e r m a i l . i c to b e fourt e e n h u n dr e d d oll a r s .
’ Ma o u n s As Mr . g nam e does not appear again in the m record , the call fro the First Church of Chicago must have been declined . Of Re v . Har vey Curtis was called to the pastorate th e 1 1 8 50 c hurch at a m eeting h eld Monday , July ,
m e a m n of t h e c h c h a n d c on e a on S e s s i on t fte r a full e e ti g ur gr g ti , a t w h c h a o e w a s a e n w h b u t on e s s e n e n oi e to c a th e i v t t k , it di ti t v c , ll 22 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
R e v . H . C s of a s on I n a n a to a e on h m s e th e a s urti , M d i , di , t k up i lf p
fi o f h s h h i h r a n n o a o e w a s a a of e m . t r l f c t i c urc , t l ry p u
. t 6 1 8 50 a c Mr C urtis began his pas orate August 2 , , cording to th e record of a Session m eeting held that day .
The installation services of Mr . Curtis are th us noted
O n S a b b a h Da r 7 1 85 R v H C s w ob e 0 t h e e . . a s i n t y , Oct , , urti s h s h h n h s a e a s a o T h R e v . . P a e s o e a e t ll d p to r v e r t i C u rc . e Mr tt r p r c d m on h R v th e s e t e e . . G os s a e th e h a e to th e a s o . th e R e v . r , Mr g v c rg p t r
. a s om a e th e h a e t o t h e e o e a n d t h e R e v . . e e Mr B c g v c rg p pl , Mr W d off e e th e a e r d pr y r .
’ The first part of Dr . Curtis ministry was a period of trial and anxiety , but he conducted the church through “ those perilous times with consum mate wisd om . He began his labors under difficulties . An embarrassing d ebt
d i ii e r n c e s was on th e church . There were painful e among - th e m embers a s to the best m ethods of anti sla very work . The aff airs of th e Society were in such a state at this tim e that at a meeting on Thursday e vening , September 1 1 1 8 51 “ , , the question of separation and division of church ” property was seriously entertained . At a j oint m eeting of the Session , trustees and pastor , on Monday evening , “ Septem ber 22, th e matter was finally left in the hand s of 7 “ the Session , who resolved , on October 2 , that a se para ” tion of th e church was not desirable at the present time . The members of th e ch urch had v ery d ecid ed views on the subj ect of slavery , as m ay b e seen from the record 3 1 8 53 of a m eeting on January ,
T h e fi r s t Mon d a y i n t h e N e w Y e a r w a s s pe n t b y t h e ch u rch i n ’ r e l igi o u s e xe rci s e s a n d r e vi e w of Go d s de a l i n g w ith it duri n g th e p a s t ye a r .
T h e fo llow i n g d e cl a r a ti on of s e n ti m e n t i n r e l a ti on to s o m e o f th e m o a e s o n s of th e d a i n w h h C h s a n e e n i s e e r l qu ti y , i c r i ti f l i g d ply
n e e s e w a s a o e . i t r t d , d pt d
Passing over the preamble , which declares that , the will of God as revealed in th e Holy Scriptures is the only authoritative a n d infallible rule of duty to all mankind , and article I , which sets forth th e duty of Christians and h “ all p ilanthropists , to abstain from and discountenance in others all violations of the Sabbath as a heaven appointed ” day of rest , we com e to the remaining portion of the
24 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
subj ect . On these accounts th e pastor and the church were b - denounced from the eginning as pro slavery , and it was openly claim ed that all the piety remained in th e mother ” church . Then came the rupture between Congregationalism and Presbyterianism , resulting in the with drawal in 1 852 of forty-eight mem bers from the First Church for the “ organization of Plymouth Congregational Ch urch . At ” “ . w a s c fi that critical epoch , said Dr Patterson , it on d e n tly predicted that in ten years there would n ot be a B u P resbyterian Church left in Chicago . t this intense denominational feeling soon abated , and Christian comity prevailed , as it has continued to do ever since . The withdrawals from the First Church continued 456 until the m embership had declined from to 254 . May “ ” 3 1 853 not the declaration of sentiment of January , , be regarded as a shout of victory from the survivors , who , having routed all their opponents , were now in undisputed pos session of th e field ? u Relieved of all disturbing elements , th e ch rch entered n once more on a seaso of prosp erity , and was greatly blessed d uring the remaining years of the pastorate of Dr .
Curtis . The membership , which had been d epleted fully “ ” - a n d i n on e half by this period of strife rebuke , was creased i a the winter and spring of 1 8 52 by a gentle but precious season of spiritual refreshing . The “ Brick Church was sold because it was ” 1 “ found , say s Dr . Hum phrey , that th e location was not n good , the surrou ding population being d riven away by the encroach ments of business , and the place becoming con s ta n tly more and more dusty and noisy . At the sam e time an increase of church sittings was needed to supply the ” wants of the rapidly increasing population . It was d ecided , after paying th e outstanding indebted ness , to d ivid e the proceed s i n such a manner as to secure the speedy erec tion of three church buildings in the three divisions of our city . This plan was carried out with the generous hope that th e m embers on the West Sid e would unite with the
1 H m h r e D . D . 1867 a e 5 a e h b R e v . Z. . His toric l Sk tc , y M u p y , , , p g I R S T P R E SB TE R I A N C H UR C H F Y . 25
Third Presbyterian Church , and those on the North Side with the Westminster , now th e Fourth Church . 6 1 8 55 — Novem ber , , the trustees Charles N . Hender son , Claudius B . N elson , Samuel P . Farrington , Augustus — Gould Downs and Amzi Benedict purchased from Mr . Carl 8 1 0 ton Drake th e north half of lot in block , in Fractional
1 5 . Section , Ad dition to Chicago Six months later to a day ,
6 1 8 56 . May , , Mr Austin Goodrich conveyed to the sam e 8 m n trustees the south half of said lot , aki g a total front 1 age of eighty feet on Wabash Avenue . The cost of the entire property was about n e w c 1 856 Th e edifi e was com menced in , and com
le t e d 1 8 57 ~ p in O ctob er , , under th e supervision of Boying 2 . D a i l P r e s s ton Wheelock , architects The Chicago y 1 6 1 857 of Friday , O ctober , , gives th e following account of th e the dedicatory services , which took place on previous e vening
T h e e w a s n m e s e m n th a s D r a e s s o b e o . C s . r i pr iv r y p t r , u rti Mr . ’ . H . C e th e a c om s h e o a n s of S t . P a s b o h ou t W urr i , c pli d rg i t ul , r ug t th e o w e of th e fi n e o a n i n a s n m a n n A h o h t h p r rg tr iki g e r . lt ug e
w e a h e w a s n a o b e h e e w a s a a e a e n e e s e n . T t r u f v ra l , t r l rg udi c pr t h e h ou s e i s fi n e ly ligh t e d b y d a y th ro ugh th e r i c h s t a i n e d gl a s s w i n dow s i n t h e c e n a n d th e e ff e of a s h on th e n e o a t n h i ili g , ct g l ig t i t r i r ig t s n s th e fi e s t po s i b l e . 1 9 The sam e paper in their issue of Monday , October , 1 8 57 l , gi ves further detai s of th e interior finish T h e pulpit i s l o c a t e d i n fron t of th e o rg a n g a ll e ry ( a t th e w e s t e n d of th e h h s e m -oc a on i n o m a n d i s a n e i n m a on c ur c ) , i t g f r , gr i d i it ti
1 — W h s o e i s n ow n ow n a s t h e e m s e s Nos . 307 31 3 a b a s h a e n e I n T i pr p rty k pr i v u . 1872 t h e h h h a d t h e o o n of s e i n h s a n a t a s h b u t e n e t h e c urc pp rtu ity ll g t i l d c , d cli d off e t o a c e on e of of w h h w a s 1 1] a s h a n d in e e e a r, c pt ic c d f rr d p y I t w as t h e e a n a t t h m e 1 7 h a t h e o e e s of t h e s a e of h s m e n ts . e xp ct tio e ti ( 8 2) t t pr c d l t i prope rty w oul d p a y t h e cos t of t h e n e w e difice a t t h e corn e r of I n di a n a Ave n ue a n d we n -fi r s t e B u t t h e h a s e o n ot e e n a t h e n e e s on t h e e e e T ty Stre t . purc r c uld v p y i t r t d f rr d
a m e n s a n d t h e o e a e s om e e a s e e e t o t h e o e . I n t h e m e a n p y t , pr p rty , ft r y r , r v rt d S ci ty tim e a m ortga ge of $7 h a d t o b e ra i s e d on t h e I n di a n a Ave n ue e di fice f or i t s com ple
T h W a a h 1 8 0 a t a b o 400 e r on oo . A s tion . e b s Ave n ue lot w a s fin a lly s old i n 8 ut $ p fr t f t e e n e a s a n e vide n ce of t h e e n orm ous grow th i n re a l e s t a te v a lue s With i n t h e la s t. fift y r - t h e o e e on e h a l of t h e old h h lot o ve e b i t h e b l in s 307 a n d 309 Wa b a s h f rty f t ( f c urc ) , c r d y ui d g e n e w e i e s ol i n 1 897 f or Av u , d 9 W W 1 1 82 i n o h w a s s . a m e t o . . . o n on w a s b o n 8 2 Mr B yi gt r July , , S ut ick, M , c - h a o i n 1 853 a n d e a t H h a n a Ill O ob e 1 6 1 898 a e s e e n s i x . C ic g , di d ig l d P rk , , ct r , , g d v ty ’ He l h e a l s n e a s h h s e s b e a n h h b ui t t St . P u U iv rs li t C urc Fir t Pr yt ri C urc W n t h e oa of a e E x os i a b a s h e e . E h h a n d i n a e e a s Av u M . C urc l t r y r B rd Tr d , p ’ on b l n o m b s e m o a a n d o h e m o a n b n s . He w a s h a o s ti ui di g , C lu u M ri l t r i p rt t uildi g C ic g s n fir t profe s s io a l a rch ite ct . - O s e on a Wh e e o e a t Sa n os e C a l a n a 23 1 893 a e s e e n s e e n . ti L rd l ck di d J . J u ry , , g d v ty v 26 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
f n s h o a k . T h e o a n i s a s le n d i d n s m e n . T h e a s e or o E gl i rg p i tru t c , s e e n i s e x e e i n th e s a m e s e of a h e e a s th e o h e cr , cut d tyl rc it ctur t r f th e h o s e a n d w a s e s n e b th e a h e to t h e p a rt s o u , d ig d y rc it ct fi ll
r It i s a e m o . T h e n s m e n i s n pl a c e a rr a n ge d f o it . p rfe ct d e l i tru t o e of th e l a rge s t fi r s t -cl a s s o rg a n s m a d e b y th e w e ll k n ow n fi r m of H a ll N w Y o C T h a f th n L a b a h of e . e s e o e o a h a s b e e n g , rk ity c rg n h h gr a i n e d to c o r r e s po d w it t e pulpit a n d p e w s . The D a i ly P r e s s closes its articles on the d escription of th e church with this notice from the trustees , regard ing th e sale of pews to be h eld on th e eveni n g of October 1 9
I n vi e w of th e f a vo r a b l e ci rcu m s t a n c e s of th e So ci e ty a n d th e
s n s n e n i n m o n e a a f a s a n d w s n to a e pr e e t tr i g cy t ry f i r , i hi g pl c it w h n th e m e a n s of e e m e m b e o f th e So e to h a s e a s e a it i v ry r ci ty purc t ,
h s e e s a r e n e t o off e th e m os a o a b e e m s . : T e n t e tru t i duc d r t f v r l t r , viz r e n c a s h t e n e r e n i n h e e m on h s fi ve e r e n i n s i x p e c t , p c t t r t , p c t
n h s a n d th e b a a n e i n on e t w o a n d h e e e a s om d a of s a e m o t , l c , t r y r fr y l , n n T h f w ith i n t e r e s t a t t e p e r c e t . e pr i c e s o p e w s r a n ge fr om $25 to
$800 .
The total cost of the land , building , organ and furnish ings was about 1 8 Early in th e year 8 5 Dr . Curtis was elected pres ident of Knox College at Galesburg , Ill . , and on the e ven ing of June 8 his resignation as pastor was laid before a A m eeting of the church and congregation . r e s olu ti on of f e r e d by Mr . E . S . Wells was unanimously adopted
R e s olve d T h a i n e e w n th e a s e h e a s of C h s , t r vi i g p t ig t y r r i ti a n
a b o c o n s e a n d e ow s h n e th e e a e s h of D r . C s w l r , u l f ll ip u d r l d r ip urti e a n s e e h ow n h a e b e e n th e e a n s of G od w h u s i n c ki dly v d l i g it , givi n g u s on e s o r e -e m n e n a e a s a n e x o n e of th e b e p i tly qu l i fi d p u d r Bi l , a n d a ff e on a e a s o a n d s m a h e n f a ith ful a cti t p t r y p t ti c fr i e d . The members of the ch urch and congregation met on g 1 1 8 58 Monday evenin , July 2, , the late pastor , Rev . Har
D. D. v ey Curtis , , acting as moderator , and Mr . J . H .
Brown as secretary , and unanimously adopted a resolution off ered by Mr . S . H . Pierson
T h a t t h e S e s s i on b e a n d a r e h e r e b y a uth o rize d to e x te n d a n
n a n m o s a to R e v. T h e o o e L . C e of N e w Y o C to b u i u c ll d r uyl r , rk ity , e com e p a s to r of th i s ch urch . Th e Session and trustees m et on th e following even
1 3 . . . ing , July , and appointed Mr E S Wells and Mr . Henry
E . Seelye a committee to visit the Rev . Theodore L .
Cuyler and tender him the call . At the next meeting T H E R R E E R N H U R H 1 859 FI ST P SBYT IA C C , W H E N U E N E R O N R E ABAS AV , A C G SS R E ST E T . m h n f a n W m h Fro t e colle cti o o Mr . Fr k S it
— 1 859 N . w . OR N E R W H E N E . E . H R H ABAS AV U M C U C , C W H T H E R R E E R N H A R R ISO N STR E E T . IT FI ST P SBYT IA ’ N I VE R SAL I S ’ I‘ HU R H E A N D ST . PAU L S U C C S E I N T H E DISTA N C .
W m h . f n . From t h e colle ction o Mr . Fra k S it
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6 r Monday evening , September , th e com mittee made a e i t port that was doubtful if Mr . Cuyler would accept the invitation to becom e pastor of this ch urch , whereupon a
resolution offere d by Dr . R . C . Hamill was adopted
R v T h e o o e L . C e b f T h a t e . d r uyl r e a dvi s e d o th e un a n i m ity of h s c h h i n t h e on n a n e o f th e a a n d h a a om m e e of t i urc c ti u c c ll , t t c itt fi ve b e a ppo i n te d t o dr a ft a s e r i e s of r e s ol u ti on s e x pr e s s ive of th e
s e n s e of th i s m e e ti n g .
A com mittee was thereupon appointed , consisting of 1 H . T . Wilson , Dr . R . Ludlam , J . W . Smith , J . M . Mather
and George W . Perkins , who brought in a report before
th e close of the evening , which was in substance
h th o m m e h e n n w h T a t e c itt e e r tofo r e a ppo i t e d to co fe r it Mr . C e b e on n e a n d h a h e a r e h e e b a h o e to on e uyl r c ti u d , t t t y r y ut riz d c v y to h i m th e n a n m o s t h e n a e a n d e a n e s a s s a n e Of h s u i u , u qu li fi d r t ur c t i ch u rch a n d c on gr e g a ti on th a t it i s th e i r s i n c e r e a n d fe rv e n t d e s i r e to a n ob t a i n e a rly a cc e pt a n c e of th e i r c a ll . R e s olve d T h a i t i s s th e n a n m o s on on of h s h c h , t till u i u c vi cti t i c ur H h h a G d i n i s P n e h a e s n t h R v T e o o e L . t t o r ovid e c s d ig e d e e . d r
C uyl e r to b e i t s p a s to r . In the meantim e it was necessary that som e one should
act as pastor of th e church . The Session , accordingly , at
0 n . . . a meeting September 2 , i vited the Rev S S Smith to
serve as temporary supply for three months or less , com
m e n c i n 1 g October , with a salary at th e rate of per
annum . 7 Monday e vening , September 2 , the original committee
who were appointed to wait upon Mr . Cuyler appeared before the ch urch and congregation and reported
We h a e e e e a e e om . C e i n w h h h e s a e s v r c iv d l tt r fr Mr uyl r , ic t t h a h a n a a n a e n t h e m a e n o a e on s e a on a n d t t , vi g g i t k tt r i t pr y rful c i d r ti , a e w e h e t h e m o a n e o f th e t w o e s h e w a s s of c r fully ig d i p rt c fi ld , till ’ th e Op i n i on th a t t h e i n t e r e s t s of C h r i s t s ki n gdom a t l a rge c ould a n d
w o b e b e e m o e w h o a h a n e of e a n d h a h e uld tt r pr o t d it ut c g fi ld , t t
m s h e e o e e n e th e c a w h c h h a d b e e n e x e n e to h i m . u t , t r f r , d cli ll i t d d R e v . . The name of John G Atterbury , of New Albany ,
Ind . , was then presented by Mr . G . H . Hazelton as one in
every way qualified to becom e pastor of the church .
Mr . S . H . Pierson suggested the name of Re v . D r . Bur
chard , of New York City , as a candidate for th e pastorate .
1 D H h n m a n n o e e a n d on e of t h e b e s r . R e b e n a m . e s e n of a e u Ludl , Sr , pr id t C ll g , t n own s e on s a n d h om h on e s i n m e a e A i 9 1 899 b o n k urg e op a t ic pra ctiti r A ric , di d pr l 2 , ; r
a t a m e n N J i n 1 h n s of e n n s l a n a . . 1 83 a a te of t e U e C d , . , ; gr du iv r ity P y v i 28 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
n - A ballot was then taken , resulti g in eighty seven votes - being cast , of which thirty thre e were for Rev . J . G . Atter fi f t - bury , and y four were blanks . f A resolution o fered by Mr . C . A . Norton shows that the people had hopes of yet securing Mr . Cuyler
R e s olve d T h a th e o i n a om m b e s e to a a n , t r gi l c itte e e r qu e t d g i c on e w h . C e a n d h e m o e h a h e e a n e s y e n f r it Mr uyl r , , furt r r , t t t y r tl a C tr e t Mr . uyl e r to vi s it th e c h ur c h b e fo r e th e m a tte r i s e n ti r e ly s m s s e o m h i s m n a n d to s e e f or h m s e w h a a r e th e w a n s d i i d fr i d , i lf t t f h h o t e c urch .
Early in th e month of October , says Mr . Henry M . “ Curtis , Mr . Cuyler cam e out from Brooklyn and preached ” for us . The church was crowd ed at each service . Th e com mittee reported October 1 8 T h a h e h a d on e e w h . C e a n d h h e e w a s t t y c f rr d it Mr uyl r , t at t r n o h O f h pe o i s a c c e pti n g th e p a s to r a te of th e ch u r c h .
A resolution offered by Mr . J . W . Smith was then adopted We do s till b e l i e ve th a t G od h a s s om e goo d m a n i n r e s e rve f or h s c h c h a n d th a t th e n w a to s e a e m a n e n a s o i s t i ur , o ly y cur e p r t p t r to r e f e r th e m a tte r to th e S e s s i on ; th a t th e S e s s i on c a r e fully loo k n o th e a c a on s of th e ff n m n w h o a r e n ow b e o e h e m i t qu l i fi ti d i e r e t e f r t , o r w h o m a b e s e s e to h e m a n d w h e n h e a r e a b e to r e c om y ugg t d t , t y l m e n d th e n a m e of on e w h o w i ll -n o t o n ly b e a c c e pta b l e to ou r w h ol e c h h b u t w h o a s o m a n e s s -a w n n e s s to a c e th e c a h a urc , l if t illi g c pt ll , t t th e n e h i m n a n y i vit to pr e a c h b e fo r e th e co gr e g ti o .
n 4 1 859 . . . Monday e ve ing, April , , Mr F V Chamber on lain , behalf of th e Session , reported that th ey had con
ferred with Rev . Z. M . Hum phrey , of Milwaukee ; that as
a committee they had heard him preach , and that they were of the Opinion that the best interests of the chu rch and the cause of Christ would b e consulted by sending a
call to Mr . Humphrey .
l . An informal bal ot was then taken , resulting in Mr
Hu mphrey receiving all but seven votes . On th e regular
ballot which followed , he was unanimously chosen pastor “ an d his salary fi x ed at per annum . He began his
1 5 1 8 59 . labors May ,
D u ring the ministry of Dr . Hum phrey the towers of
the ch urch building on Wabash Av enue were completed . 7 1 8 64 March 2 , , a new brick and stone building for the use
30 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
Robbins 1 and Walker were appointed a committee to act with the Session , in selecting som e one to present to the church as a candidate for the pastorship . Se veral names
f f b e were o ered for consideration , prominent among them N J ing that of Rev . Arth ur Mitchell , of Morristown , . . The committee visited Morristown , heard Mr . Mitchell preach , and , after careful consideration of his qualifications , agreed in recomm ending him as their choice . An unani mous call was accordingly extended to Mr . Mitchell by s a la r the church , to becom e its pastor , at a v of per year , with an annual vacation of six weeks and an allow x ance of to defray his e penses in removal .
Mr . Mitchell visited Chicago before coming to a d eci 4 sion , and on August 2 wrote his letter of acceptance . He 5 1 8 68 began his labors October 2 , , th e installation ser vices 1 taking place on November 0 following . He came to Chi cago at a time when all branch es of th e church work were in a p rosperous condition . Greater interest was taken in the Sunday School and missions during the three years h i 1 68 which followed s arrival than at any tim e since . In 8 — s u or t e d e fi v e the church pp mission schools the Railroad ,
Foster , Sands , Indiana Street and Archer Avenue Missions — all of which , except the Railroad Mission , have since been transferred to th e care of other churches . Th e 1 8 68 3 5 Church School in , or th ereabout , num bered from 2 375 to in regular attendance , and the Railroad Chapel School from 1 8 68 to th e tim e of the fire had an average attendance of about If the interest in the Church School and Railroad Chapel is not now what it was 1 8 68 ff in , it is not from any ind i erence on the part of th e members of the church . It is d ue entirely to the changes caused by the invasion of business , rapid transit and th e development of attractive suburbs . The records of the Session contain this note regarding th e d estr u ction of th e church on Wabash Avenu e in the 1 8 7 1 great fire of O ctober ,
- o s e e n . T h e a l b e a e s a t h i s n e a on n e 30 w e e D r H h o s on f rty v p l r r fu r l Ju r . itc c ck , Addi
W . W s m n A . m h a n d oh n . o e . a a D . I r w m F a n . e o o o B ll rd , , r k C ll , S l S it , J C D r
1 M e i n n n n a r e m e m b e s of M r . a n d E w a F d r s . . V . R ob b n s n o s e S a s o a i r id r ci c , r
a a es b y e a n h h o f h a C . C lv ry Pr t ri C urc , t t ity FI R S T P R E SB TE R Y I A N C H UR C H . 31
n S n a ob e 8 a o e on w a s a e n i n th e c h h O u d y , Oct r , c ll cti t k urc f or th e b e n e fit of th e s uffe r e r s from a s e ve r e c on fi a g r a t i on w h i c h h a d on S a a h I t w a s C m m n n vi s it e d th e W e s t S id e turd y n ig t . o u i o S u n
n n e a e h a i t w a s th e a s on e i n th e old h h a o n d a y ; o e r l iz d t t l t c urc , r u d T h a n w h i ch s o m a n y pr e ci o u s m e m o r i e s clu s te r e d . t igh t a fi r e
u t i n th e e s s on c os s e to th e So h S e a n d h e n b r oke o W t D ivi i , r d ut id , t h s o n a a o on of th e E n M th No e e . a o on to e rt , d tr yi g l rg p rti city rly
m n n ou r b e a c h h h om e a s w e a s i t s b e a day o r i g utiful urc , ll utiful
n d th e R a o a s s on c h a e w a s e s o e . No h n c h a pe l a il r d Mi i p l , d tr y d t i g
u t th e e o s of th e c h c h th e C om m n on s e a n d w a s s a ve d b r c rd u r , u i rvi c e a th e S e xton l ib r ry . 32 A H I S TOR Y OF
R B R A U R CALVA RY P E S YTE I N C H C H .
When Mr . James Otis , father of the author , came to 1 8 57 Chicago with his family , in , they attended for the first
year the South Congregational Church , th en at the north east corner of Calum et Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street
in the district then known as Carville . Th e car works of th e Illinois Central Railroad were at the foot of Twenty-sixth
Street , between the street now known as South Park
Avenue and th e lake . The little settlement of homes ,
stores and churches which grew u p about the works , was
called Carv ille . In th e following year my father made th e 1 Am b r s e Wi h t . o acquaintance of Rev . J g , pastor of th e Olivet
Pre sbyterian Chu rch , then at th e northwest corner of
Wabash Avenu e and Twelfth Street . My father had a pew v t h e in Oli et Church for a year or more , until proj ect of forming a n e w Presbyterian Church ( Calvary) began to
ta ke d efinite shape , an enterprise in which my parents took a great interest . n The records of Calvary ch urch , now in my possessio , show that the first meeting for th e purpose of organization was held at the Protestant Orphan Asylum on Michigan
0 1 859. . Avenue , on th e evening of June 2 , Mr Ebenezer
Jenkins was called to th e chair, and Mr . James Otis was appointed secretary . The m eeting adopted a resolution to this e ff ect T h a t i n vi e w of th e r a pi d i n c r e a s e of t h e popul a ti on ; i n vi e w of h n m e of o e s s n C h s a n s a n d of h os e w h o a r e n ot w h o t e u b r pr f i g r i ti t , h a ve a ll e x p r e s s e d a w i s h th a t a P r e s b yte r i a n C h ur c h s h ou ld b e o a n e i n h s a of th e c to th e He a of t h e c h r c h rg iz d t i p rt ity ; duty d u , o s e e s o u r a m e s a n d th e m a n a o n u s e m a n s th e o a n ur lv , f il i y r u d , d d rg i m z a ti on of th i s ch urch a t th e e a rli e s t pr a cti c a b l e mo e n t .
On motion , Rev . F . W . Graves , Mr . Joseph Meeker and Mr . Ebenezer Jenkins were appointed a committee to ascertain th e names of all who were d esirous of uniting in this organization , whether as m embers of oth er churches or on profession of their faith .
1 R W h m e om h a o t B h . i n 1 864 e v . . m b os e e o o a J A r ig t r v d fr C ic g y City , Mic , , - a n d e h e e No e m b e 1 4 1 889 a e s e e n e h e a s . di d t r , v r , , g d v ty ig t y r R E O . M . JAM S TIS
C A L VA R P R E SB TE R I A N H Y Y C UR C H . 33
On July 1 5 another meeting was h eld for the purpose of preparing a petition to the P resbytery for authority to o rganize the church . At this meeting Messrs . Ebenezer
Jenkins , Bennett B . Cham bers and James Otis were elected elders .
At a special m eeting of the Presbytery , h eld in the 1 9 Protestant Orphan Asylum , July , a petition was pre — . t sented , signed by Mr Jam es O is and thirty four other persons , asking that th e new P resbyterian Church be organized under the nam e of the Calvary P r e sbyterian
Church . A nu mber of persons presented letters of dis missal and recom mendation from other churches , as wor thy of membership in the new church
R O T HE O E R E E R N HUR H H F M LIV T P SBYT IA C C , C ICAG O . t MR E N N E . C H R . A ND AM B E R . M S. B TT B S
M . E H E E A N D R S O E R . MR . J S P M K
M . E A N D R S . MR . JAM S OTIS
MISS MA R Y C LAR K .
R O T H E OU H R E E R N H U R H H O . F M S T P SBYT IA C C , C ICAG
MR . E H MR . A N D S O O H N N J S P J SO .
MISS MA R IA J OH N SO N .
R O T H E R R E E R N H UR H H O . F M FI ST P SBYT IA C C , C ICAG
MR S. E E N S O N LL L A ,
E E R . MISS MAR IA L . LM S
FR M T H E E ON R E E R N H UR H H O . S C D P SBYT IA C C , C ICAGO H MR S . C H E R N E N AT I AMLI .
R O T H E N O R H R E E R N HUR H U O N F M T P SBYT IA C C , B FFAL , . Y . M MR . A N D R S. P . S N WILLIAM LOA .
N H R H H R O T HE R R E E R U O R NE L L SV I L L E N . F M FI ST P SBYT IA C C , , Y .
MR . N E . G R E S SU SA AV S .
R R E E R N H R G R O T H E H U H H O . F M T I D P SBYT IA C C , C ICA 2 A N D MR . E E N E ZE R E N K MR . S N B J I S .
R O T H E OU H ON R E ON H UR H H O F M S T C G GATI AL C C , C ICAG .
MR . E E . L N N MR . A N D G S J SS B A DO .
1 . m e i n h h Mr s . . e n n e h a b e s a o a 29 1 868 . a E z Mr B tt B C r di d C ic g M rc , M ry li a h a m b e s e i n h a o l 28 1 894 C r di d C ic g Apri ,
2 E e E b e n e z e e n k i n s w a s t h e a n s on of a a n Eb e n ez e e n n s of C ol. ld r r J g r d C pt i r J ki , ’ F e e m a n s a e C od e m e n on e of t h e m e m b e s of t h e s e s a e of t h e C om r C p r g i t , r fir t l g i l tur m on w e a lt h of a s s a h s e s . He w a s t h e h E b e n e z e i n h i s a m e s c e n e om M c u tt fift r t f ily , d d d fr h w i n 1 4 He w a s a m a n of m o n e n i n s h o s e e i n m o h a s s . 63 . a e e J J k , ttl d Ply ut , M , rk d pi ty ,
a n d om a m in e . E e e n n s e i n h a o O ob e 9 1 873. hi s n m fr Pilgri l ld r J ki di d C ic g ct r , T i for a
on i s f n s h e b h i s n e h e w R e v . H . D . e n k n s D . D . a s o of t h e e on e s b ti ur i d y p , J i , , p t r S c d Pr y
e a n h h f Ka n s a s M o . t ri C urc o City , 34 A H I S TOR Y OF
Among those who afterward becam e identified with the church were 4 Mr . George G . Allen ( d ied November 2 , Mr .
and Mrs . John Ailing , Dr . and Mrs . George K . Am erman .
( Dr . Am erman was an elder ; died in June ,
M r . William M . Baker , M r . and Mrs . Joseph N . Bar
ker , Mr . and Mrs . George F . Bacon , Mrs . Ann Eliza
. . u i l i n . B o v . Bowers , Mrs Harriet M B ell , Mrs Betsy
. . 1 9 1 8 95 Mr George A Chambers (d ied October , )
Mr . and Mrs . George K . Clark , Mr . and Mrs . John W .
Carrington .
Mr . and Mrs . Henry C . Durand , Mr . and Mrs . Charles
Durand , M r . and Mrs . Calvin D urand .
Mr . and Mrs . James M . Gilchrist ( Mr . Gilchrist died
1 0 . . Octob er , Mr and Mrs George Gilbert , Mr . and
. w . Mrs . J . W Griswold , Mr . Ed ard P Griswold (died
1 8 . . . January , Mr William O Goodman
M rs . Nancy B . Hawes , Mr . and Mrs . Jam es Hollings 1 worth , Mr . and Mrs . George M . Howe , Mrs . Jane A . Hurl
but .
Mr . and Mrs . David W . Irwin . A Mr . and Mrs . Daniel . Jones , Miss Harriet G . Jones l (now Mrs . N . Henry Sabin , of Wil iam stown , Mass . )
Mrs . Jane Lancaster , M r . and Mrs . Thomas Lord .
M u n . a c C o . Mr . Townsend , Mr and Mrs Willard F .
Myrick .
Mr . and Mrs . O . S . Newell , Miss Har riet Newell , Mrs .
Julia A . N ewell , Mr . and Mrs . C . F . Nickson , Hon . and
Mrs . Jesse O . Norton , D r . and M rs . A . B . Newkirk .
M r . and Mrs . Frederick R . Otis , Miss Lorena B . Otis
( afterward Mrs . C . H . Starkweather ) , Miss Adella Otis P h il Mr . o (now Mrs . Henry H . Deming), Adams Otis , Mr .
Charles Tillinghast Otis .
Mr . and Mrs . Henry E . Phillips .
w n O W l m n n l e a m e s Ho n s wo h a s b o ob e 3 1 8 1 1 a t o De . a m e J lli g rt r ct r , , i i gt , ; c e w a s e e e a n e l e i n t h F h F t o h a o in e e m b e 1 849. H e s h e b a C ic g S pt r, l ct d d r ir t C urc ru ry w h h e s b e a n h h a n d w a s 1 853. a e h e h e t o t e e e c e a n 22, L t r Wit dr T ird Pr yt ri C urc , l t d
Mr . n s w e e i n h a o e 27 1 859. . a n d s Ho o h w e e s m s s e b ld r t t S ci ty July , Mr lli g rt r di i d , y e e om t h e h h h l 30 1 869 a n d a m e t o t h e m e m b e s h of t h e l tt r, fr T ird C urc Ju y , , d itt d r ip t h e on s o a on f h h C a lva ry Pre s b yte ri a n C h urch . Afte r c lid ti o th i s c urch w it t h e Fi rs t h ll h w a a n e e e a n e e c on n n i n ffi n h i h . Ho n s wo a s o e s C urc , Mr i g rt g i l ct d ld r, ti ui g c u til
e a h a n a 5 1 889. d t , J u ry 2 ,
36 A H I S TOR Y OF
it his duty to leave Alton . In th e following year h e r e turned east , wh ere many churches and m inisters were i n greatly h elped by him promoting revivals of religion . Thus he labored for som e nine weeks in th e Fourth
Presbyterian Church of Albany , an d afterward with ff church es in Bu alo , Elmira , Corning and Philadelphia . For a year he traveled over the greater part of the state of New
York lecturing in the interest of th e temperance reform . h After leaving Ch icago , w ere he was pastor of Calvary 1 8 59 1 8 60 Church from June , , to June , , Mr . Graves accepted h a position with the Christian Com mission , doing muc good in th e hospitals during the war . He died of consumption Y . . 8 1 8 64 at Canandaigua , N , December , , and was buried 1 8 34 at Corning , where , in , h e had married Miss Susan
d . Hayt , aughter of th e late Dr John C . Hayt , of that city . ’
. . . m Mr Graves son , Maj or E P Graves , of Co ing , has kindly furnished many of the foregoing particulars . During th e summ er of 1 8 60 a lot had been purchased m on the west side of Ind iana Avenue , idway between Ring gold and Palo Alto Places (now Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets ) on which th e Society began th e erection of a fram e church , under the charge of Messrs .
James Otis and Ebenezer Jenkins , building committee .
a s The new building w about completed when Rev . Edward
Anderson , th e second pastor , began his labors , in the autumn of 1 8 60 . The record s of the Session m eeting held 7 1 8 60 : October 2 , , speak of the dedication of this building O n m oti on it w a s r e s olve d to h old t h e d e di c a to ry s e rvi c e s i n ou r n e w h ou s e of w o r s h ip on th e e l e ve n th d a y of Nove m b e r n e x t a t H m h D D n P . M . a n d h a R e v. Z . . e . . b e e to e e r , t t M u p r y , , i vit d d l iv
th e e i a o s e m on R e v. A h S w a e to a c t a s a e n a e . d d c t ry r , rt ur z y lt r t 1 7 Rev . Edward Anderson , in a letter date d Novem ber ,
1 8 98 . , at his present home in Quincy , Mass , gives a few
s . B fact regarding his life work He was born in oston, D D. . 1 9 1 8 33 . November , , his father , Rev Rufus Anderson , ,
LL . D . , being for many years foreign secretary of the
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions .
u . Mr . Ander s on was educated in and abo t Boston When only twenty years of age , he went to Kansas with th e
Massachusetts men , and was in every important engagement L VA R Y P R E B C A S YTE R I A N C H UR C H . 37
“ ” there with John Brown and General Jim Lane . 1 8 58 After his ordination as a minister in , h e was called in 1 8 60 to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church in St .
Joseph , Mich . , from whence he removed to Chicago in O ctober of that year to take the pastorate of Calvary
. i 1 8 61 Church He res gned in July , , to accep t the chap - la i n c y of the Thirty seventh regiment of the Illinois V olu n
teer Infantry . Later Mr . Anderson raised three regiments
in Indiana , in one of which , the Twelfth Cavalry , h e served In as colonel until the end of the war . recent years M r . Anderson is better known as the author of a collection of “ ” short sketches entitled Cam p Fire Stories , in which are
r u a s et forth in a pi c t u e s q e w a y the various scenes of r m v li f e .
h n A n on A fte r C i c a go a d o u r old ch u rch [s a y s Mr . d e r s ]
m n a a s o a e s w e e a m e s ow n N . Y . n I ll y pri cip l p t r t r J t , ; Qu i cy , e s m n s e P e s b e a n C h h T o e o h o C o m b s h o W t i t r r yt r i urc , l d , O i ; lu u , O i ;
N o w a a n d a n e s o n C on n . I h a e n o w a c a e e om r lk D i l , v pr cti lly r ti r d fr a s o a w o h o h I a m e a h n a t th e a s h n on S e e p t r l rk , t ug pr c i g W i gt tr t
C h h h e e n to b . I a m e n a e i n e a w o . urc r , tryi g u ild it up g g d lit r ry rk
After Mr . And erson went away the pulpit of Calvary
Church was supplied by different ministers . It was not
uncom mon when Sunday morning cam e , and no m inister
h a d been secured , for one of the elders to conduct the
services . A mem ber of th e pastoral committee would often visit the hotels on Saturdays to look over the regis
ters an d th us s ecure a minister , if possible . During the year 1 8 62 th e society p urchased at th e north east corner of Indiana Avenue and Ringgold Place (now - h Twenty second Street) , a lot aving a frontage of ninety eigh t feet on Indiana Avenue and one hundred and seventy - eight and one half feet on Ringgold Place , for a consider ation of The east seventy-eight feet of this lot d was subsequently sol , leaving a frontage of one hundred - and three and one half feet on Ringgold Place . Th e l church building was moved to the new location , its ength
increased and a brick basement constructed , thus giving
accom modation for the Sunday School , prayer meeting and ’ pastor s study . He w i t In the meantim e Rev . James Trowbridge had
com menced his labors as third pastor . Mr . Trowbridge 38 A H I S TOR Y OF
Y . 7 8 0 . was born at Plattsburgh , N . , May 2 , 1 2 He was 1 847 grad uated from Middlebury College , Vermont , in , and then studied theology at Union Seminary and in N e w
. . . 1 8 v 50 . Ha en under Dr W W Taylor , graduating in From
1 8 50 to 1 854 Mr . Trowbridge preached in North Haver Y 1 8 4 . . 5 1 856 shaw, N ; from to , in Marshall , M ich
1 8 56 1 8 6 a from to 2 , in Dubu que , Iowa . He accepted call to the pastorate of Calvary P resbyterian Church , of Chi
1 8 61 a u cago , in the autumn of , beginning his duties J n ary 1 5 1 8 6 , 2, the installation services taking place in March ,
1 863 . h i s 1 8 65 He tendered resignation in March , , and was appointe d district secretary of the New School
Comm ittee on Home Missions , and continued in this work 1 8 7 0 f until , when the o fice was abolished at th e reunion of th e Old and New School Churches . His old friend Rev . “ D D. George C . N oyes , . , says of his further work Mr . Trowbridge was one of the chief workers in organizing the Presbyterian League . He was for a time editor of the
te r i or In , a paper which h e , more than any other man , was w instru mental in establishing, and to hich he gave th e th e 1 87 3 name . He was pastor of church in Riversid e from to 1 8 8 5 . The last work of his life was in the Reunion
Churc h ( now the Ninth P resbyterian) . At th e request of the Home Missions Committee he undertook with energ y the difficult task of building up this church , which was discou raged by its long struggle with d ebt and dis of aster . In the midst these labors he was arrested by ” the messenger which summoned him to his reward . Mr .
9 1 8 87 . Trowbridge died at Riverside , Ill . , January , His widow, Mrs . Alice L . M . Trowbridge , a daughter of the i . n late Hon . R B . Mason , now resides Chicago . It will always be a source of much regret to me that
I ne ver had the Opportunity of meeting Re v . Edward
al Arth ur Pierce , who was th e fourth pastor of C vary a b Church . D uring the two years of his pastorate I was s ent from Chicago , and did not return until some tim e after his death . Mr . Pierce was born at Woodbury , Conn m 1 1 835 Septe ber 5, . Two years later the family removed to Tallmadge , Summit County , Ohio . He entered the C A L VA R Y P R E SB Y TE R I A N C H UR C H . 39
1 8 55 sophomore class of Williams College in , graduating 1 57 ’ in 8 . After a three years cours e at th e Theological
Seminary of East Windsor Hill , Conn . , h e Visited Chicago 1 8 61 in , and was called to th e pastorate of Westminster
Presbyterian Church , where he labored from December ,
5 . 1 8 61 1 8 6 . , until November , Mr Pierce was chosen pastor
C a lva r 4 1 8 65 of v Church O ctober 2 , , and sent his letter of acceptance Novem ber 24 follo wing; the installation serv i ll i ces taking place December 22 . In consequence of health he was granted nine months ’ leave of absence on 1 1 8 67 Decem ber , , and started south im mediately , hoping
that a warm er climate would be beneficial . He died Feb
6 . r u a r 1 8 68 . y 2 , , at Tallahassee , Fla His widow , now Mrs
Emily A . Taylor , resides in Philadelphia .
The com munion table and two chairs , with the three
pulpit chairs in the present edifice , were the gift of Mrs .
Taylor .
Some time elapsed before the selection of a new p a stor .
When M r . Pierce was given leav e of absence in December ,
1 6 . 8 7 . . . , Rev W C Dickinson was appointed pulpit supply 6 He was so highly esteemed by the church that on May 2 , 1 8 68 , an unanimous call was extend ed to him to become its 1 pastor but he did not think it best to accept . D D Rev . Daniel Lord , . . , who was at this time in charge of the South Congregational Church of Bridgeport , Conn . ,
5 1 8 69 v i received , April , , a formal in itat on from Calvary
Church to become its ( fifth ) pastor . In a letter of Decem
1 5 1 8 98 Jo r d a n s vi lle ber , , written at , Herkimer County , Y N . . , wh ere h is home had then been for eighteen years ,
Dr . Lord has given me some particulars of his life and pastoral work
I w a s b o n i n Ne w Y o C A 21 1 821 e n e e th e s o h o r rk ity pr il , ; t r d p m o e c a s s of th e U n e s of P e n n s a n a i n a n a 1 842 a n d r l iv r ity ylv i J u ry , , m R h n w a s a a e o e s C o e e i n 1 8 47 . I s e e o o i gr du t d fr utg r ll g , tudi d t l gy
t h e s e m n a of th e h R e o m e C h h of Ne w n s w N . . i ry Dutc f r d urc Bru i ck , J I n 1 864— 1 865 I w a s a m e m b e r of th e U n it e d S t a te s S a n it a ry C om m i s
a s o a e s h e n h m u h h h s i on . My p t r t a v b e e w ith t e Fi r s t R e fo r e d D tc c u rc e s n N a h of P e r m o c a n d e s e C . h e a s o of t e S o h i t , y k J r y ity W il p t r ut
1 W R e v . a m ow e n s on w a s b o n a n a 26 1 8 1 7 i n on m e a ow illi C p r Dicki r J u ry , , L g d ,
a s s . a n d e i n E a n s on Ill a h 1 2 1 899. T h e o a n s . . a e n e Di c ki n M , di d v t , M rc , rg i t Mr Cl r c s on of h a o i s h i s s on . , C ic g , 40 A H I S TOR Y OF
C on e a on a C h h of e o C on n . I e e e i n 1 869 h e gr g ti l urc Br idg p rt , , r c iv d t r e c a s a m os s m a n e o s om th e T h P e s b e a n F e ll l t i ult u ly , fr i rd r yt ri , ull r A e n e a n d C a a P e s b e a n h h s of C h a I ton c c e o . a o v u , lv ry r yt r i ur i c g c e te d t h e a om th e a e h h a n d w a s i t s a s o n t h e p c ll fr l tt r c urc , p t r u til a b s o rpti on of i t s m e m b e r s b y t h e Fi r s t P r e s b yte r i a n C h ur ch a ft e r th e
e a fi r e of 1 8 7 1 . O n n m w o w h C a a C h h I gr t givi g up y rk it lv ry urc ,
n e to t h e s of m e n e a n d w a s a a e om th e C h i tur d tudy di ci , gr du t d fr i n 1 L I w n h c a go Me di c a l C o ll e ge 8 73 . a t e r a s a pp o i t e d p y s i ci a n i n h h I w a f c h i e f o f t e S o ut S id e D i s p e n s a ry . s o r a ti m e pr ofe s s o r of n a a n i n R a n n I a m n o m e n tur l s ci e c e s ockl d C o u ty I n s titut e . w e ti g a h a n dful of m y old fr i e n d s a n d n e igh b o r s on S u n d a y m o r n i n g i n a
h O n om a n m s l ittl e b ox w e c a ll C h r i s t C urch . s e cc o u t s i s i on a ry I w o rk i s n e e d e d h e r e ( J o r d a n s vi lle ) a s m uch a s i n S o uth A fr i c a . d a m h a ppy w ith m y w o rk a n p e o pl e . 1 0 Dr . Lord died on Sabbath morning , Septem ber ,
1 8 99 J or d a n s vi lle . , in h is pulpit at He had j ust fini shed his sermon , and was making som e announcements , when he was stricken with apoplexy , fell to the floor , and
n . died in a few m ome ts , without regaining consciousness
L o o s s e s s e th e h a m a n d ow e of e x e m o a n e o s D r . rd p d c r p r t p r u
e s s a e n e s a a n d a n s h e e . S o a a e a ddr , t d r pi r itu l ity fi i d cultur ttr ctiv
h i s e s on a h a th e s n s h e R om a n e a e A h w a s p r l ity t t d i ti gui d pr l t , rc b s h o I e a n m e e n h i m on s h b oa w a s s o m e s s e a n d i p r l d , ti g ip rd , i pr d w on th a t i n r e co rdi n g h i s tr a ve l s f or pub l i c a ti on h e co uld n ot r e fr a i n - fro m m a ki n g a ppr e ci a tive m e n ti on of h i s P r ote s t a n t fe llo w tr a ve l e r . ’ L o s e a h w a s m os n . I t w a s a n a s e n s on om t h e Dr . rd d t t fitti g c i fr i n 1 h igh pl a c e s of h s po w e r a d j oy . The steady growth of th e ch urch under its s everal pastors recei ve d such a marked i mpetus after th e Re v .
Dr . Lord was called to the pastorate , that it was soon 6 evident that a larger ch urch edifice was need ed . June , 7 0 1 8 , the trustees of Calvary Church purch ased from the
Trinity M . E . Church , for a consid eration of the northeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Twenty-fi r s t 1 5 1 8 4 Street , being a part of lots and , in block , in ’ o‘ Ge r e Smith s Ad dition to Chicago , having a frontage of ninety-eight feet on I n diana Avenue and a depth of one - - hundred and seventy eight feet on Twent y fi r s t Street . The premises were at this ti m e ( 1 8 7 0 ) occupied by the stone edifice of T rinity Ch urch . Subsequently the east - w twenty three feet of this lot , together ith th e brick
1 9 T h e h i f o r h a o . e e m b e . 18 9 . m . C ic g S pt r C A L VA R Y P R E SB YT E R I A N C H UR C H . 4 1 house ( now 66 Twenty-fi r s t Street) were sold by Calvary Church for In order to make this new p urc h ase it was necessary for the trustees to dispose of th e former - lot and building at the corner of Twenty second Street .
This property was sold by Cal vary Church to Mr . Harvey
. 6 1 8 70 M Thom pson , by deed bearing date August , , for a consideration of Preparations for the erection of a new church were commence d immediately ; the old building of Trinity w Ch urch was taken do n , and the new edifice of Calvary
Church was begun und er the direction of Mr . J . C . Coch 2 rane , architect . Th e corner stone was laid in November ,
1 8 7 0 . Little or no progress was made that winter , but work was resum ed in the spring , with th e expectation that the basement would be completed before th e autu mn , and ready for church services . In the m eantim e the Society continued to h old services in the old frame building at the — corner of Twenty second Street . 8 9 1 8 7 1 Sunday , O ctober , and Monday , October , , will never b e forgotten by those who were here and witnessed the terrible scenes that occurred . After the morning ser a t vice Calvary Church , in company with other m embers of the choir , I visited the new building at the corner of
—fi r s t . l Twenty Street Th e west , north and south wal s were completed , b ut the east wall had not been carried to th e finish . The trusses supporting the roof were in posi b u t tion and som e of the roof boards on , th e interior was ’ filled with scaffolding and builders material . An organ
a lr e a d . committee had v been appointed , consisting of Mr
Henry Wood , Mr . George F . Bacon and myself . We had practically decid ed on the firm of Messrs . Hook Hastings ,
n of Bosto , as the build ers , and were then consid ering some plans and specifications they had s ubmitted . On this
Sunday morning Mr . Bacon and I climbed to the main floor
1 m s on s s . a n e A . H . h o t o e s Th e s e pre m is e s w e re con ve ye d b y Mr . . M T p M r D i l on es a n d e on a Ho e s b e e a e s 6 1 871 hi s lot i s n ow a a of t h e J L rd dg , y d d d t d Augu t , T p rt ” s f ite o t h e pre s e n t Hodge s Block .
2 M oh n C r a m b i e o h a n e b t h e h h of t h e e s s a h e ff e r s on a r . J C c r uilt C urc M i , J P rk h h oo o n a n d h a e R e e s e H oS i t a ls a n d t h e ow a a n d n o s a e C urc , C k C u ty Mic l p , I Illi i St t
l h e i h a o N o e m b e 1 3 1 887 . a o s . oc a n e n C pit Mr . C r di d C ic g v r , 42 A H I S TOR Y OF of the building to note the position that the organ was to occupy .
As our ch urch was closed that evening , I attended ser vice a t Grace Episcopal Church . When the congregation h a d been dismissed and was passing out , every one observed that t h e western sky was flaming red and th a t a fire was in progress . There had been an extensive fire the night before ( Saturday ) in a district of the West Side , filled with lumber yards and fram e buildings , and some apprehension was felt on that Sunday as to th e consequences which might result if another fire should break out in t h e s a m e loc a li ty . But no one e ven dreamed of the a w l u l sce n es of d esolation
: we were to witness in th e morning churches , homes ,
f . o fices , banks , warehouses , all in ruins Plymouth Congregational Ch urch ( at the corner of Wabash Avenue and Harmon Court) and Grace Episcopal
Church were not in the line of the fire , and thus escaped . But every church between Congress Street and Lincoln
Park was destroyed , thus entailing enormous losses on religious societies . There w ere at this time ( 1 8 7 1 ) in th e district between T w e n t v-second Street and the river four Presbyterian — Churches th e First , Second , Olivet and Calvary . Strictly speaking , there were but three , as th e Second Church had f a u n i on w i th C h u r c h a n d d already e fected th e Olivet , had hel its first services with that Society on the day of th e fire .
i t s The First Presbyterian Ch urch ha ving lost h ome ,
n w and the Cal vary Presbyterian Church , with a e build y ing barel started , conclude d for their m u tual interests also to consolidate .
Thus four strong organizations , all having large con r e a t i o n s g g in attendance , each doing a great work , were w d d el e into two . At th e time i t seem ed as though these consolidations meant a great loss to Presbyterian i n t r t e e s s . At all events , the m embers of the Presbytery
e took that View , for th eir cons nt to the consolidation of th e First Church with Calvary Church was only granted after l ong and serious consideration . Th e aff airs of Calvary Ch urch at this tim e were in
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such a condi tion that no other course but a union with the
First Church seemed practicable . It had undertaken the erection of a costly edifice ; the members had su ff ered
heavy losses by reason of the fire , and it was evident that the building could only be completed by heavily mort gaging the property . It was furthermore apparent that t he First and Second Churches would both b e ultimately located in its neighborhood , thereby interfering with its future usefulness . What other course but a consolidati on with the First Church was Open to the people of Calvary Chu rch ? Subse quent events have fully sustained the sound j udgment and forethought of tho s e who had these interests at heart . 1 5 On Sunday afternoon , October , the members of th e old First Church gathered together for worship in Christ
Reformed Episcopal Church . At a meeting of th e m em 1 7 bers of Calvary Church , h eld October , a com mittee was appointed to confer with the Session of the First Church , on th e subj ect of uniting . Its mem bers were Messrs .
James Otis , Daniel A . Jones , G . S . Ingraham , Henry W n . ood a d Joseph N Barker . At a subseq uent m eeting
Hon . Jesse 0 . Norton was ad ded to the committee . At a j oint meeting of the com mittee from Calvary
Church and th e Session of the First Church , h eld at the residence of Mr . George F . Bissell , on Friday evening, 7 October 2 , a basis of union was agreed upon
Th e n a m e of th e u n ite d c h urch s h a ll b e th e Fi r s t P r e s b y e a n C h c h of C h a o a n d th e e s e n a s o of t h e F s C h h t r i ur i c g , pr t p t r i r t urc ,
h s t h n h h . D D . h t e a o of e e r A h h . s a b e R v . c e e rt ur Mit ll , , ll p t r u it d c u c D D h n h h s h a a to R e v . a n e L o . . T e u ite d c urc ll p y D i l rd , ,
h e n a s o f C a a C h h th e s u m of T w e n -fi ve Hu n t e pr e s t p t r o lv ry urc , ty dr e d Doll a r s a n d C a lv a ry C h ur c h s h a ll b e a llo w e d to d iv e rt from th e a m ou n t s ub s cri b e d tow a rd s th e b uildi n g of th e h h e c e b e o e m a n o e h e e s on a o e to th e c ur c di fi , f r ki g v r t i r p r l pr p rty
Fi r s t C h u rch .
h a i n e of th e a b o e a m e n of F e T h o s a n o a s O r , t t l i u v p y t iv u d D ll r
D s h a s o e e th e n e D . R e v . a n L or . if D i e l d , , ll l ct , u it d - c h urch e s w ill p a y h i m a s a l a ry of T w e n ty fi ve Hun dr e d D oll a r s e r e a r f or t w o e a s o e h e w a e c h a e of p y , y r , p r vid d i ll t k rg - h h L o to e e e s c h th e Fo rty fi r s t S tr e e t P r e s b yte r i a n C urc ; D r . rd r c iv u a dd iti on a l s a l a ry a s s a i d c h urch m a y b e a b l e to p a y . 44 A H I S TOR Y OF
l h o e e a a n d e s on a of th e t w o T h a t a l t e p r p rty , r l p r l , h e o e of th e n e h c h th e F s ch urch e s s h a ll b e com e t pr p rty u it d c ur , i r t f h P r e s b yte r i a n C h ur c h o C i c a go . T h a t t h e ch urc h e s s o u n it e d s h a ll pro c e e d to fi n i s h th e e di fi c e n ow i n pr o c e s s of e r e cti on on t h e co r n e r of I n d i a n a A ve n u e
- r t S e e i n a o a n e w h t h e a n s a n d s e c i fi a n d T w e n ty fi s tr t , cc rd c it pl p
a o e b C a a C h h s b e to a n m o c a ti on s h e r e to fo r e d pt d y lv ry urc , u j ct y d i n T h x e n s f fi c a t i on s o r a lte r a ti o n s m utu a lly a gr e e d upo . e e p e s o s uch com pl e ti on to b e p a id o u t of a n y a v a il a b l e m e a n s n o w b e lon g
t h F s C h h a e h a n a th e a b o e s u m of T w e n i n g to e ir t urc , ft r vi g p i d v ty
D . D a s 00 to R e v . a n e L o d . a n d t h e fi ve Hu n dr e d D oll r ) D i l r , , - s u m of S e ve n ty fi ve Hu n dr e d Doll a r s h e r e tofo r e b o rr o w e d
a C h h f or u s e i n t h e on s on of s a h h . b y C lva ry u rc , c tructi i d c urc T h e T ru s t e e s of C a lv a ry C h u rch s h a ll con ve y b y pr op e r d e e d of c on ve y a n c e th e i r r e a l a n d p e r s on a l pr op e rty to th e tru s t e e s Of th e
P s b e a n C h h o n th e a e a n e of h s b a s s of Fi r s t r e yt r i u rc , up cc pt c t i i
h h I t i s n e s oo i n h s b a s s of n on u n i on b y th e t w o c u rc e s . u d r t d t i i u i f h F h h e m a n n n th a t th e c ivil e x i s te n c e o t e i r s t C ur c r i s u i t e r rupt e d . T h e h h e s s h a b e n e b a n a c t of P e s b e a n d c u rc ll u it d y r yt ry , a ll a rr a n ge m e n t s a s t o tru s t e e s a n d S e s s i on s h a ll b e l e ft to futur e con s id e r a ti on a n d c on fe r e n c e . This plan of union was adopted by each of the ch urches .
At a meeting of th e Session of Calvary Church , h eld D D on th e evening of November 2, Rev . Daniel Lord , . . , asked the Session to j oin with him in an application to the Presbytery to dissolve the pastoral relation existing between the pastor and people of Calvary Church . This request was granted . It was also voted that application be made to th e Presbytery , at its first meeting, to take the necessary action for uniting the m em bership of this church with that of the First Presbyterian Church . Mr . James Otis was appointed delegate to this m eeting of the Pres b y t e r y . The Session of the First Ch urch also took action N m 1 8 1 o e b e 5 7 . v r , S s s on of F e i i r s t P r e s b yt e r i a n C h urch m e t a n d a ppo i n te d Mr . H e n E . S e e e e a e R a n n e a e n t th e P e s ry ly d e l g t (Mr . O . D . y lt r a t e ) o r b y te r y to r e pr e s e n t th e S e s s i o n of th i s c h urch i n th e m a tte r of th e o n s o a on of th e F s w h th e C a a P e a n h h c lid ti i r t it lv ry r s b yt e ri C u r c .
No e m b e 1 3 1 8 7 1 . v r , S e s s i on m e t i n th e b a s e m e n t of C h r i s t R e fo rm e d E pi s cop a l h C h . P e s e n e s s s . R a n n e s s e H a m a n d P e n fi e ld of urc r t , M r y , Bi ll , ill , C A L VA R Y P R E SB YTE R I A N C H UR H C . 45
th e F s C h h a n d e s s s . oo No on a n d s of th i r t urc , M r W d , rt Oti , e fo rm e r
C a a C h h . T h e a s o b e n a b s e n s s e a lv ry u rc p t r i g t , Mr . Bi ll cte d a s m a od e r to r .
. a m e s s a s e e a e to th e P b Mr J Oti , d l g t r e s yt e ry from th e l a t e
C a a C h h a n d . R a n n e of th e F s C h h lv ry urc , Mr y , i r t u rc , r e po rte d th a t a ppl i c a ti on w a s duly m a d e to t h e P r e s b yt e ry a t i t s m e e ti n g on e n e s a No e m b e 8 to n e t h e F s a n d W d d y , v r , u it i r t C a lv a ry P r e s b yte ri a n “ C h h e s h a th e P e s b e o e to n e th e h h n urc ; t t r yt ry v t d u it c urc e s , a d R v R P D D . a i n e e . ob e . a e s o n . H o on . S a m pp t d rt W tt r , , u e l M . Moo r e a m e s s a m m to a n d Mr . J Oti co itt e e pr e p a r e th e n e c e s s a ry p a pe r s f r o i n th e m n e s of th e P s b o r e c rd i ut r e yte ry .
C A VAR RE S E R AN C HU R H H L Y P BYT I C C O IR .
In parting with Calvary Church it may not be n u interesting to cast a glance at the m usical part of th e serv ice before its consolidation with the First Church .
In th e record of one of the first meetings of th e So c i e ty I find the first allusion to any m usic
Mr . James Otis , having been appointed a com mittee on
hymn books , reported in favor of the collection known ” as the Church Psalmist . While the services were held in the Orphan Asylum the music was of the plaines t character . Som e one played the m elodeon , a few singers gath ered about th e player and sang a number of simple hymns that was all .
Our first choir , a volunteer chorus , was organized dur
1 8 60 E b e ll ing the summ er of by Prof . , who was some f thing o a character in his way . He kept a photograph gallery on Ringgold Place during th e week , and on Sunday played the melodeon and sang tenor . He was born in the
m a n East Indies , of American parentage ; a tall , slender , with swarthy complexion and j et black hair . As I think of him now, I am reminded of th e East Indians who haunted ’ th e Midway Plaisance at th e World s Fair . Afterward he attended the old University of Chicago . Here he organ i z e d a singing class , of which I was a m ember , and , I think , la ter h e studied for the ministry .
E b e ll . Prof . was succeeded by Mr James Murray an old time singing school teacher of the most pronounced
Hor n e ll s vi lle . . type , who hailed from , N Y He had charge o f th e music for about a year , and we then fell in line with 46 A H I S TOR Y OF
the down town chu rches and talked of a quartette . We were inspired to this course by the presence at a Sunday evening t service , of two members of a ci y choir , who cam e out to of help us . Their singing was so acceptable that one them ,
Mr . J . B . Sutton was prevailed u pon to organize a quartette for our ch urch . This was soon after Rev . James
1 8 6 . . H . Trowbridge began his ministry , in 2 Mr Sutton was a good singer and leade r , but th e other mem bers of the choir were not at all satisfactory , so this arrangem ent
did not last long .
Our next lead er , Dr . Warren N . D unham who led th e choir at the d edication of the Brick Ch urch ” ( Fi rst 1 8 49 u Presbyterian) , in September , , organized a q artet te
1 1 8 63 . May , Its members were Miss Sarah Sanger M h e l Mrs . Strong and Mr . o t Miss Anna Cornwe l
. . y Strickland , a niece of P rof Alonzo J Saw er , play e d the melodeon . 1 1 8 64 Dr . Dunham resigned May , , and was su cceeded 1 by Mr . E . M . Booth who led th e choir until M ay , 1 8 66 , assisted at various times d uring these two years by
Mrs . Sampson Miss Scott Miss Sarah Sanger
Miss Richards th e Misses Turner ( S . and and Miss Strickland The tenor part was taken by d i fferent singe rs . The members of Calvary Ch urch choir during th e 1 8 66 1 8 67 1 8 68 i years , and are all m ent oned in the treas ’ u r e r s ledger as follows :
— MA 1 1 866 . Y , Miss Mae French ( S Miss Lizzie Allen
. T . . Dr . Lucian A Clarke ( ) and Mr . Frank A Bowen The position of organist was filled by various
people d uring the year . During the Year 1 8 66 a two -manual cabinet organ 475 ( Mason Hamlin) was purchased at a cost of $ . This cabinet organ is now in th e prayer m eeting room of the First Church .
MAY 1 1 8 67 — , Miss Mae French Miss Lewis
. . . B . Dr Lucian A Clarke Mr Frank A . Bo w en ( ) and Miss Em ma Lander h I R E R E R N O N . . G O G F A CIS BAC
48 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
T H E U N I TE D C H U R C H E S
H ER EAFT ER K NOWN AS
T H E F I RST P R E S BYT E R I AN C H U R C H .
All the formalities regarding ‘ the union of the two
' churches having been duly arranged , the p eople of Cal vary Church worsh iped with the people of the First Church for the first tim e on Su n d a y f a f t e r n oon ; No ve m b e r
5 1 8 7 1 . , , in Christ Reformed Episcopal Church The united
C h u r c h a s churches , or First , they will hereafter be called , D D continued to hold services , with Rev . Arthur Mitch ell , . . , 1 8 7 as pastor , in Christ Church until February , 2, when a change was made to the Immanuel Baptist Church for the rest of the winter . The lecture room of the present edifice was completed 1 8 7 about th e end of April , 2, and here the newly consoli dated church at last found a permanent home . In following the history of th e First Church from this time I have mainly relied on records kept by myself , and 1 8 75 on th e Choir Journal , which I instituted in , and in which , besides an account of the musical doings of the choir , most of the events of interest to th e members of the church were noted d own . In arranging th e d etails of the union it was agreed that the choir of Calvary Church should b e retained : Miss Mae
S. French ( , afterward M rs . W . H . Aldrich ) , Miss Hawkes
Mr . Philo A . Otis Mr . E . S . Evarts Miss Hawkes resigned soon after the union of the churches had been effected , and was succeeded by Mrs . Oliver K . John
1 1 87 . son , who continued with the choir until May , 2 The choir and congregation su ffered a great loss in the d eath
. of Mr George F . Bacon , the organist , who was killed in an
R . Mi f fi i n P a accident on the Pennsylvania R . , at , . , Decem 5 1 7 8 . ber , 2 Mr . Bacon was an excellent musician and a ch urch organist of experience . He took great pride in the FI R S T P R E SB YTE R I A N H UR H C C . 49
work of the choir , and was looking forward to the comple tion of th e new organ , th e contract for which , with Messrs .
Hook Hastings , of Boston , had been signed during that 1 sum mer Mr . Bacon was succeeded by Mr . Henry 2 Fuller , who continued with th e choir for the greater part of the time until his d eath in September of th e following y ear .
1 1 8 7 . There were a few changes in the choir May , 2
A . Mrs . Oliver K . Johnson ( ) was su cceeded by Miss
Antoinette French , and Mr . E . S . Evarts by Mr . A . L . Goldsmith
By the terms of th e contract , the organ was required 1 8 7 . to be completed by th e end of November , 2 The h builders were ready at th e time specified , but the churc was not ready . Finally the organ was brought to Chicago and kept in storage (some of the parts piled u p in the base m ent of the church) for at least t w o months before the main au dience room was completed . Th e cost of the instru ment was about
SPE C I FI C ATI ON O F T HE ORGAN .
E I MAN UA L .
’ - - d Am r l 1 6 . 4 . 8 o u . foot Open Diapason foot Viola . - 5 8 - 2 . 8 foot O pen Diapason . . foot Doppel Flote . - - 8 . 6 . 4 3 . foot Viola d e Gamba foot Flute Harmon
ique .
n w . Wh n e . e o e a s a on a s b o n e e m b e 1 3 1 839 i n e n e s e o N . Y e G rg Fr ci B c r D c r , , G , e a o n m a n h e e m ove t o Ga e s b 111 h e e h e w a s a n o a n i s f or a f e w quit y u g r d l urg , , W r rg t
H e h e n a m e t o h a o a n d w a s w h t h e fi r m of R oo a f or t w o e a s . ye a rs . t c C ic g it t C dy y r
e w a h e oo u h i s e s e n e i n e o a Ill . e s n h e e s e e n e a s a s o a n s f k p , , g y g A t r rd t ‘ r id c P ri r idi t r v r r i t ’ He a m t h a o i n 1 n d w a s a n s of C a l of a E h h . o St . P ul s pi s c op a l C urc c e o C ic g 868 a rg i t a e s b e a n h h a n d of t h e s e s b e a n h h n l h i s e a h v ry Pr yt ri C urc , Fir t Pr yt ri C urc , u ti d t ,
e e m b e 5 1 872. . a on w a s m a e s t o s s Em m a R a m on a h te of D c r , Mr B c rri d fir t Mi y d , d ug r
R e v . ou s R a m on of h i a o i n No e m b e 1 865 . Hi s s i e e a b o a e a L i y d , C c g , v r , fir t W f di d ut y r
w He w a s m a t h s n m t s s a O ob e 15 1 868 . a e a . e e e o e o ft r rd rri d c d ti Mi M ry Myrick , ct r ,
Hi h l e n r e n F n n n n G . e of h a e s A . Fo . . s a a . . a o a d e e w . c i dr Lilli M B c J i , if Mr C rl rd Mr ’ n h h n f m n a n f fi e i n t h e Fi s a o s b o e . H e n . a on a s b e e or a e a s o B c r t r, Mr ry M B c , y y r c r r t
h h . . a on a t t h e m e of h i s e a h w a s a m e m b e of t h e fi r m of K n ow e s C urc Mr B c ti d t r l ,
s e a on t e a a n d of e e m e h a n s . Bird ll B c , c f rc t 2 — I m e t . F ulle f r t h e s m e i n t h e w n e of 1 8 64 65 w h e n h e w a s o a n s Mr r o fir t ti i t r , rg i t i n E s o a h h h e n s a n n on a s on e e b e we e n h a n a n d Tr ity pi c p l C urc , t t di g J ck Str t , t Mic ig W a b a s h e n e s . w a h e w e n t o t h e N e w E n a n on e a on a h h Av u Afte r rd t gl d C gr g ti l C urc , w h e e h e w a s a s s o 1 a e w h a a e e h o on s s i n of w e n ow n m s a r c t d it qu rt tt c ir, c i t g ll k u ic l
e o e : M r . G a n e s s a e n e . . R . N e s e n T . p pl s e orge B . C rpe t r Mi C rp t r Mr J i l ( ) a n d . H L . oa n e n h i s e s e n e i n h a o w a s on n e e Mr Sl Mr . Full r duri g r id c C ic g c ct d w h t h fi m f h H t Hos e r o o a Hoa a b s a m a e s . e e a e a it S rt ll rd , tr ct k r di d M rcy pit l ,
h a o e e m b e 24 1 873 . C ic g , S pt r , A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
- . 0 3 x . 4 foot Flute Octave 1 . ranks Mi ture - 1 1 . 3 . 3 foot Twelfth . ranks Acuta - - 1 8 . 2 foot Fifteenth . 2 . foot Trumpet
I I N MA UALE . - - 6 . 1 foot Bourdon . 2 foot Flautino - 3 e . 8 foot Open Diapason . ranks Dulce Corn t - - 8 . 8 foot Viola . foot Cornopean - ’ - 8 foot StOp d Diapason . 8 foot Oboe with Bas - 8 foot Quintadena . soon . - - V 8 ox . 4 foot Flauto Traverso . foot Humana 4- foot Violina .
E I I I MAN U AL .
- - 9. 4 . 8 foot Geigen Principal . 2 foot Fugara - 3 - u 0 . . 8 foot D lciana . 2 foot Piccolo - - 31 . 8 . 8 foot Melodia . foot Clarinet - ’ 4 foot Flute d Am o u r .
P E DA L E .
- - 8 . 1 6 foot Open Diapason . 35 . foot Violoncello - - 1 6 . 36. 1 6 foot Bourdon foot Trombone . - 1 2 foot Violone .
H ME C A N ICAL R E GISTE R S .
I Manuale to Pneumatic , Coupler .
II Manuale to Pneumatic ( Swell to Great) .
III Manuale to Pneumatic , Coupler ( Choir to Swell) . II to III Manuale , Coupler ( Swell to Choir ) .
I Manuale to Pedale , Coupler ( Great to Pedale ) .
d . II Manuale to Pedale , Coupler ( Swell to Pe ale )
III Manuale to Pedale , Coupler ( Choir to Pedale ) .
Tremolo .
Bellows Signal .
P E DALE M OVE M E NTS .
Forte Combination Pedale , I Manuale .
Mezzo Forte Combination Pedale , I Manuale .
Piano Combination P edale , I Manuale .
Forte Com bination Pedale , II Manuale . II l Mezzo Forte Combination Pedale , Manua e . l Piano Combination Pedale , II Manu a e .
Forte Combination Pedale , Pedale . Reversible Pedal to operate P edale Coupler for I
Manuale .
9 . Adjustable Swell Pedal . T H E FI R ST PR E SBYTE R IA N C H U R C H I NDIAN A AV E N U E A N D T V VE N T Y -FI R ST STR E E T
I R S T P R E SB YTE R I A N C H UR H F C . 51
Pneumatic action applied to th e I Manuale and all its
couplers .
A hydraulic motor was attached to the organ in 1 8 96 . The new edifice of the First Church was formally 6 1 8 73 opened February , , with an organ concert, under
K n . . o f e l th e direction of Mr G . C p , the western agent of K . n f l the organ build ers Mr . Op e was assisted by the fol lowing artists
Messrs . Louis Falk and I . V . Flagler , organists ; Miss
i r . . L h ki Ma n e r e e doc ow s . Eva and Mr N , pianists ; Mrs . O
. Al . . . . . s o L . Fox , Mrs J A Farwell and Mrs W H drich ,
r a n os ...... p ; Mrs O K Johnson , Mrs A R Sabin , Miss Mary
Holden and Miss N . French , altos ; M essrs . Gates , How u ard , Sabin and Otis , tenors ; Messrs . H bbard , Sprague and Goldsmith , basses ; Mr . Lyon , harp ; Mr . Sir , Violin ;
i h e r . V . . B a r e t Mr , flute , and Mr Bachmann , ioloncello The programm e was as follows P R I A T . — Kn f l . n n f h a n G . 1 e o t e . . C O e Op i g O rg , Mr p
A ge n t f or th e B u ild e r s .
S e e c on s . a . l ti
b . ff e o e . 22 O rt i r , Op , Z— e n e c A n m a B di i , F C h o i r of i r s t P r e s b yte r i a n C h u r c h . — 3 A n e s E e h a n d Fa H a n e . g l , v r Br ig t i r , d l
Mr . L . Fox . s . O 4— A T e a Sh e a t th e G a e of R os s n C a r i r d r v i i , i d . H V n V n a n P a n o a o o c e o o a n d F e . O rg , i , rp , i l ll , i li lut
K n f l Fa lk L on h m a n n S i r a n d B r i th r . e s s r s . o e a c a e e M p , , y , B , — S V o s e e b s . lk l i d , Kr
C h o i r of S e c on d P r e s b yte r i a n C h u r c h . — 6 V a r a on s on a S c o c h Ai r c . i ti t , Bu k
L o i s Fa . Mr . u lk — 7 T h e e s s a e u m e n h a . M g , Bl t l h Mr . H A . s W . . ldr ic
P ART I I . — l G or a i n E x e s s Kn o f e l . l i c l i , p P e or m e b th e C h o s of th e F s S e c on a n d rf d y i r i r t , d F P s n h h s o urth r e b y t e r i a C ur c e . 2 —G r a n Du o f or T w o P a n os a n d a n b a o d i O rg O lig t , L r y s b e g .
E v L d h w s k i a n d Kn o f l . Mi s s a M a n i e r r e a n d M e s s r s . e oc o p e — 3 V e n e c . it , Bu k C h oi r of S e c on d P r e s b yte r i a n C h ur c h . — — 4 a . T r a n s on R ob n A a cr ipti i d i r ,
6. P r e u e i n n o l d B Mi r ,
. I . V F a e r . Mr . l gl 5 ° A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
— — L h n e E e s e n e s s oh n . S T r i o ift T i y , M d l 1 s a m e s Fa w e Fox a n d oh n s on . M e d r ll , J — e e e om T o a o e V e d 6 Mi s r r , fr r v t r , r i
F r P a n o a n V o on e o a n d V o n . o i , O rg , i l c ll i li
Kn o f l F a e a h m a n a n d S i r . e s s s . e M r p , l gl r , B c — F s a a h n e . 7 e tiv l M rc , Zu d l
Kn f e l . G . C . o Mr . p Membership of choirs taking part in this concert — An First Presbyterian Mrs . W . H . Aldrich Miss 2 T . . toinette French Mr . Philo A . Otis ( . ) and Mr A — . . L . Goldsmith Second Presbyterian Mrs John A
Farwell Mrs . Oliver K . Johnson Mr . Robert T .
T . . Howard ( . ) and Mr John M Hubbard Fourth — Presbyterian Mrs . O . L . Fox Mrs . A . R . Sabin
T . . Mr . A . R . Sabin ( ) and Mr William Sprague 3 Mr . Benj amin Owen played the organ for a short time
m . . after its co pletion , in the absence of Mr Fuller Th e ’ 1 8 73 organists after Mr . Fuller s d eath in Septemb er , ,
1 8 7 4 . were Mr . Emil Liebling, until May , , and Mr William
H . Cutler , now of Evanston , until October of that year . 1 8 3 In May , 7 , I tendered my resignation as a member
of th e choir , expecting to be absent from the city for a
year or more , and was succeeded by Mr . Jam es Gill
1 1 87 4 . . wh o had charge of the choir until May , Mrs Aldrich 1 8 A . 73 . ( S. ) and Miss French ( ) resigned in February ,
A notable e vent in the history of th e Presbyterian — 1 8 74 . Church occurred in May , th e trial of Re v Davi d 4 Swing , pastor of th e Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Chicago , on charges of heresy , preferred by Re v . Francis
Mr s . I A . f h e s . oh n s on s a n h a e e n n i n t h e a e of . a o t e e l a J g t t v i g pl c B l ur, r gu r a o of t h e e o n e s b e a n h o w h o w a s e a n e b l n e s s . lt S c d Pr yt ri c ir, d t i d y i l 2 s s A n t om e t t e e n h e of . a n . Os b o n e O ob e 30 1 897 . Mi Fr c , Wif Mr Fr k S r , di d ct r , 3 M n m m w n i n o h o m O 3 r . e a n oo e Ow e n a s b o ob e 1 1 830 . He B j i Bl fi ld r St ck l , ct r , a m e t o Ne w Y o s 4 1 859 wo n h i s a s s a e a os s t h e o e a n a s a c om c rk City Augu t 2 , , rki g p g cr c ’ M x o m on s a l o . H e e h e m e t e n n n b e n n o e b . a H s b e Owe n s i r r J y Li d , i g i tr duc d y Mr j rt rg,
a o e b o h e wh o a f e w a a m e t o h a o . A t h e r s e s on a n d w h h e r a s d pt d r t r, t r rd c C ic g ugg ti , it i s n O we n s m h n s o s h e n i n N s t a c e e s n e t e b e s e w o . I n 1 863 , tudi d u ic u d r t i truct r t Y rk City h e m a e s s K a e Os b n a h e of t h e a e e O b o n f I n d o a s o L a o e . rri d Mi t r , d ug t r l t Judg r , P rt , , d - ” a n a a n n i e c e of R v . n K e n ou r Fa h e K e n w e a e . . Owe n a s o a n s gr d Br i rd t , t r t Mr rg i t of h s h f h n a n a o i s h e e n a o e o . o s m o h on e C ri t C urc , I di p l , Sixt Str t Sy g gu St L ui , Ply ut C gr a t i on a l a n m on i g d T r i m t y E pi s copa l C h urch e s of C h ica go . A g h s b e s t w orks f or ch oirs ” “ " “ a r e t h e a n h e m s He a U s 0 a h e h h a n d Hom e o le on a n d th e A v e t , r , F t r ( C urc c l cti ) , ” a a f or s o a n o s ol n . w n m 1 o a d h o s . O e e a t h a on h . 1 7 889. M ri , pr c ru Mr di d C pi , Mic , July , ‘ R e v . a w n w a s b o n a t n n n a Oh o s 23 1 830 a n d e a t D vid S i g r Ci ci ti , i , Augu t , , di d h a o O ob e 3 1 894 . C ic g , ct r ,
5 4 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
this tim e was limited , and it was thought best not to have 1 8 74 any choir from July until Nove mber , , d uring which 1 . tim e Mr . P . P . Bliss , the evangelist , acted as . precentor 1 8 74 A new choir was organized in December , , con sisting of Miss Jessica Haskell who was with the choir in 1 8 7 3 . She was soloist at the first concert of the Apollo 1 7 5 h 1 1 87 3 . 8 s e Musical Club , January 2 , In August , , went abroad to study , returning to the choir in February ,
1 8 7 6 . , the position in the meantime being filled by Mrs
Chene y . Miss Haskell retired from the choir on her mar
r i a e 1 8 76 . w g in June , , to Mr Ed ard Fuller , and has since resided in Mad ison , Wis .
Mrs . Oliver K . Johnson formerly Miss Louisa
Whitlock , made her first public appearance in the perform ’ ance of Rossini s Stabat Mater , by th e Musical Union , in 1 8 65 ; soloist at the second concert of th e Apollo Musical 5 1 8 73 ’ “ Club , February 2 , ; in Schumann s Paradise and 1 8 7 4 ’ Peri , by the Apollo Musical Club , ; Beethoven s mass 1 8 74 ’ in C , by the Beethoven Society , in ; in Bruch s “ ” u 1 8 7 6 Odysse s , by the Beethoven Society , in ; in ” 1 8 76 ’ Elij ah , by th e Beethoven Society , in ; Bruch s ” 1 87 9 Lay of the Bell , by the Beethoven Society , in ; in ‘ ” 1 8 80 The Messiah , by th e Apollo Musical Club , in
1 8 8 1 . and Mrs . Johnson retired from the choir January 1 1 8 8 6 , , and now resides in Chicago .
. t Mr Philo A . O is B 31 1 8 7 5 Mr . Charles T . Root ( . ) resigned October , ,
1 1 8 76 . and was succeeded on January , , by Mr John May Hu b b a r d w h o e nard , was ngaged for the choir of the Second d Presbyterian Church , the secon Sunday afte r his arrival m 1 6 8 3 . in Chicago in Septe ber , He continued with the 1 1 88 6 First Church until January , , and then returned to 1 900 the Second Church , where he is now ( ) engaged , mak ing thirty-seven years of almost continuous service in the choirs of th ese two ch urches .
. O . Mr Charles Arthur Havens ( ) was born in Essex , Y 4 1 8 . Essex County , N . . , in 2 After a course of study in t 1 8 65 Bos on , he was called in to the position in th e Second n h Presbyteria C urch , Chicago , remaining there for se v eral years . He was next engaged at the First Baptist
Church , and cam e to the First Presby terian in October , 1 8 7 4 . He resigned from th e First Presbyterian in
’ M r . t Ph ilip Pa ul Bli s s l os t h i s life i n a n a ccide n t on t h e L a ke Sh ore R R . a s h a b l a Oh o 9 H w s b om i n n P a 9 e e m b e 2 . 1 876. e a C le a r fi c ld o A t u , i , D c r c u ty , July ,
1 8 38 . M R H R E R H U R H E N . . C A L S A T AV S
T R E B Y T I FI R S P S E R A N C H UR C H . 55
1 8 7 ’ 5 . October , , to fill a three months engagem ent at St
James Episcopal Ch urch , returning to the First Church
1 1 8 7 6 . 1 88 2 1 8 90 January , From until he was again with h t the Second Presbyterian Church , but t en re urned to the 0 1 90 . First Baptist Church , where h e is now ( ) engaged I will now note other changes which took place in the 1 1 8 8 6 membership of the choir prior to January , , when my active connection with the choir ceased :
SO r a n os : 1 8 7 6 Ja -n p Miss Crocker , from September , , to
1 1 8 7 7 . . . uary , ; Miss Fanny Whitney ( afterward Mrs E F 1 1 8 77 1 1 8 8 1 Gorton) from January , , to January , ; Miss
1 1 8 8 1 0 1 8 8 3 . Esther Butler from January , , to May 2 , ; Mrs
0 1 88 3 1 1 8 8 6 . John C . Buckbee from May 2 , , to January , ’ D uring the th ree month s absence of Mr . Havens , 8 1 8 7 5 1 7 6 . from October , , to January , , with the St James
Episcopal Ch urch , his place was filled by Mr . Dyer , Mr .
Samuel C . Moore and Mr . Fred erick W . Root .
Mr . Clarence Eddy su cceeded Mr . Havens , beginning i 1 2 1 8 79 1 1 8 95 h s duties January , , remaining until May , , a x period of more than si teen years , longer than the pastor
ate of any minister of the church . Other extracts from the choir j ourn als will now b e 1 8 7 6 given in chronological order ( which , as will be th e seen , tou ch on many interesting items pertaining to
church at large . 1 8 7 6 .
—~ M Al xa n d UNE 1 9 r . e e r J F uneral services of Murison , con D D ducted by Rev . Arthur Mitchell , . . , assisted by the
church choir .
b r Mr . M urison was o n at Aberdeen , Scotland , October 1 4 7 0 1 8 7 1 8 6 . 2 , 2 ; died in Rome , Italy , March ,
1 8 7 7 . — JANUARY 1 A Sunday afternoon service was commenc ed ’ to d ay at four o clock . — ’ MAY 1 3 Dr . Mitch ell has received six months leave of
absence and has gone to Europe . Dr . Taylor in th e -d pulpit to a y .
There was no regular pulpit supply during Dr . Mitch ’ ell s absence . The j ournal says that Dr . Eels , of Cle ve f 27 . o u K . land , preach ed May ; Dr Simpson , Lo isville , y ,
D D. 1 0 . . . June ; Rev W M Blackburn , . , of the Presbyterian 1 Theological Seminary of the Northwest , July ; and Rev . 56 4 H I S TOR Y OF TH E
Joseph Cook July 1 5 . The afternoon service was discon 1 ti n u e d after July .
4 — N O V E MBE R Dr . M itchell has returned from Europe and - occupied the p ulpit to day .
NO V E MBE R 1 8 — A great ef fort was mad e to pay off the
church debt ; subscribed this morning .
— E E E R 1 6 . D C MB Balance of church d ebt , su bscribed
1 8 7 8 . MAY 26
— A n h e m b a e i n E F a S . P . e n . t Ju il t l t , Warr
Collection for Railroad Chapel , subscribed . JU NE 30 — A n h e m T h o E a h a S w e e I n e n s e S oh . t u rt , W ft t c , p r G h r G F om th e C a n a a o d T o a t e a . r t t , , u r t s Fa n n h n a n d a e Mi s y W it e y Qu rt tte . — ff e o S e e Y e th e L or R ob e s . O rt ry k d , rt
Mrs . Jenny Twitchell Kempton who assisted the choir on this and other occasions , was a notable singer .
Her musical studies were pursue d in Boston . After ward sh e removed to New York City , and was there married to Mr . James M . Kempton . Her first important engagement was with Father Kem p ’s Old Folks ’ Concert ” Company , traveling with them for several years before h 1 8 63— 64 R i c h i n s - t e war . In she sang with the g Ber nard Opera Company in San Francisco , and on her return to Boston appeared in oratorio , with the Handel and Haydn - Society for se veral concerts , notably their semi centennial
1 8 65 Mr s . celebration , in May , . Kem pton then went abroad , studying in Paris and Italy , and singing one season at La Scala , in Milan ; afterward she sang in Paris and
England . On her return to Am erica Mrs . Kempton was - engaged with Parepa Rosa in concert and opera , and in 1 8 7 8 W cam e to Ch icago , here she resided several years , as concert singer and teacher . Her present home is in San
Francis c o .
C E R 7 — O T OB 2 Sunday afternoon : funeral services of Mr .
. R e v . Augustus G Downs , cond ucted by Arthur Mitch
D. D. Fla l D . D ve . . ell , , and Rev Bascom , , with the assist
ance of the members of th e choir . M R C L AR E N C E E . . DDY
58 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
ff d ecision to accept the call o ered him from Cleveland ,
Ohio .
— 1 5 22 . . AUGU ST , Pulpit occupied by Rev D r M uchmore ,
of Philadelphia .
- D D AU GUST 29 Sermon by Rev . Z . M . Humph rey , . . — D D . E R 3 . . O C T O B Sermon by Re v Robert W Patterson , .
— -d O C T O BE R 1 7 Dr . Mitchell occupie d the pulpit to a y for : the last time , preaching from the text Only let your t h e conversation be as it becom eth Gospel of Christ , b e that wh ether I come and see you or else absent , I m a f e y hear of your af airs , that y stand fast in one n spirit , with one mind , stri vi g together for the faith of ” the Gospel .
— O E R 4 . OC T B 2 Sermon by Rev George Crawford , from ’ : 1 3 1 4 : Paul s letter to the Philippians iii , Brethren ,
I count not myself to hav e appreh ended , b ut this one n thing I do , forgetting those thi gs which are behind
and reaching forth unto those things which are before , I press toward the mark for the prize of th e h i gh call ” ing of God in Christ Jesus .
— O E E R 1 4 . . N V MB Sermon by Rev Mr Burnham , of Fall “ s x v i : 2 ' River , Mas ; te t , Galatians Bear ye one ’ ” another s burdens , and so fulfill the law of Christ .
D E C E MBE R 26— Christmas celebration
a n — C h s m a s O fi e r toi r e O rg ri t , A n h e m — O on h a T e e s t Z i , t t ll t , A n h e m — S n He a e n s t i g , O v , a n — H a e a h C h o s O rg ll luj ru ,
The church choir was assisted by Mrs . W . H . Aldrich and
d . . Mc C or . Miss Adele , sopranos ; Mrs J T Kempton
and Mrs . J . R . Custer , altos ; Mr . Charles M . Smith
y . and Mr . John Rattenbur , tenors ; Mr Charles S . Lee
and Mr . J . S . Moore , basses ; Mr . Clarence Eddy ,
organist .
A Christmas sermon was d elivered by Prof . Franklin
D. D. t . m W Fisk , , who supplied the pulpi for a year or ore ’ after Dr . Mitchell s departure .
1 8 8 1 .
— ANUAR 26 . . J Y Pulpit occupied by Rev Edward H Curtis ,
D. D . . a s t or son of Rev Harvey Curtis , , p of this church
1 5 1 58 . : 8 0 8 . 34 : from to Text , St Mark iv But without B FI R S T P R E S Y TE R I A N C H UR C H . 59
a parable spake He not unto them , and when they
were alone He expounded all things to His d isciples .
M ARC H 1 1 — a n F r s a n d S e on o e m e n s Son a a . 1 1 9 Org i t c d M v t , t , Op ,
Me rke l . — Ma n i fi c a t i n F a n A n h e m S a o . t g B l t , t f rd ff e o — O C om e E e O n e h a T h s e h O rt ry , v ry t t i r t t ,
Me n d e l s s oh n . — a n L a s o e m e n Son a a . 1 1 9 e e . O rg t M v t , t , Op , M rk l
RI 1 7— e AP L East r Sunday , festival service
a n - e e to th e e s s a h O rg Ov rtur M i , A n h e m— T h s I S th e D a t i y , A n h e m — G od h a h A o n e a D a t t pp i t d y , A n h e m — n A 11 G o o s t Ki g , l r i u , a n — F n a e P a s c h a Son a a O rg i l l t ,
e n k s . Th e church choir was assisted by Miss Jessica J , Mrs
W . H . Ald rich and Mrs . L . M . Prentiss , sopranos ;
n d f . Mrs . J . A . Balfour a Miss Alice Co fey , altos ; Mr
Joh n Rattenbury and Mr . C . E . Leach , tenors ; M r .
n . . . Ch arles S . Lee , Mr . W . L . Maso and Mr J S Moore ,
basses . Organist , Mr . Clarence Eddy .
. D. D. Prof Franklin W . Fisk , , d elivered an Easter sermon ;
. w : : text , St Matthe xi x 22 But when th e young man
h eard that saying he went away sorrowful , for he had
great possessions .
R . e v Charles M . Morton mad e an add ress in behalf of Rail
road Chapel ; subscribed for that cause .
MAY 22
f f — M E li e o a . T n T h o n o e O rt ry u r u u t ( ),
b . T h e L o i s G oo E li rd d ( ) ,
Mr s h n s on a n d u a e e . . . o O . K J Q rt tt 1 0— JU LY All the selections from the works of Mr . Fred erick Grant Gleason :
V o s e — h V r pi l Ot o i s con t i . A n h — e m G o a i n E x c e s s E F a . t l r i l i , l t Ofi e r tor y — C a s t T h y Burd e n on th e L o rd (f r om t h e c a n t a t a
God e e r e . , Our D l iv r ) — r a n e e T om h a e . 1 1 . O g Ov rtur r i p l , Op
UL 4— J Y 2 Sermon by Prof . Fisk ; text , first epistle of John “ : 1 7 : s i n v All unrighteousness is sin , and there is a ” not unto death . — JULY 31 An nouncem ent was mad e from the pulpit that a
call had been extended to Re v . John H . Barrows of s East Boston , Mass . , and that he would preach in thi 60 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
1 4 . church on August . Sermon by Rev Henry Mont v : 1 gomery , of Belfast , Ireland ; text , Romans w e Therefore , being j ustified by faith , have peace
with God , through our Lord Jesus Christ .
— D. D . UG U 7 . . . A ST Sermon by Rev Z M Hum ph rey ,
- 1 4 R . U GU S e v . A T John H Barrows in th e pulpit , preaching “ x : 4 : from th e te t , St . John , iv 2 God is a Spirit , and they that worship Him m ust worship Him in spirit and
in truth .
M a r l E i l h r . . . c C r e l s c o a C u c h Mr A F , of Grace , organis t p p _
in the absence of Mr . Eddy :
— A n n S m a . a n a e i n E n o No . 3 Org d t Mi r , . rt — A n h e m T h e S a n U a s e . t tr i pr i , Buck A n h m — P e e a e Y e t h e Wa of th e L o G a e . t r p r y rd , r r tt — a n T r i u i n h a l a h N a a m a n C o s a . Org p M r c ( ) , t
th e n . At eveni g ser vice Rev Mr . Barrows preach ed from “ x : 38 : the te t , St . John x viii And Pilate saith unto ? ” Him , What is truth Th e choir selections were
— a n No . 2 S e on S on a a . 42 O rg c d t , Op , , A n h e m — O G T h a n s n o th L o t ive k u t e rd . A n h e m — G od I s a S t pi r it , — a n O . 1 00 N 4 o . O rg p , ,
— O E E R 6 . . N V MB Re v John H Barrows , began his labors - to day as th e sixth pastor of the church , preaching
from the text : I am the Word .
— O E E R 1 7 P . M . . N V MB Thursday , , funeral services of Rev
D. D Zephaniah Moore Humphrey , th e fourth pastor
of th e church , at th e residence of Mr . C . M . Hen der w son , cond ucted by Rev . John H . Barrows , ith the
assistance of mem bers of the choir .
- D E C E MBE R 4— An evening service was commenced to day
and will be continued through the winter months . Printed program mes of the order of ser vice d i s t r i b u t e d y through th e p ews , for th e first tim e in the histor
of th e church .
E E E R — D C MB 8 Thursday evening . Installation services of
D. R D. e . . . . v John H . Barrows . Rev R W Patterson , , was th e presiding m inister and propounded t h e c on t i D ff s t u i on a l e . . . . . t . R v D qu estions J M Worrall , , o ered
th . e invocation and read the Scripture lesso n . Rev
D . D. . . Herrick Johnson , , preache d the sermon Prof
D D. . Franklin W . Fisk , . , offered the installing prayer FI R S T P R E SB YTE R I A N H C UR C H . 61
R e v. . The charge to the pastor was given by A E .
D. Kittredge , D . , and the charge to the people by Rev .
George C . Noyes , D . D . The musical selections were
— to a s on a a n e e a o o Ha n e . Org Ov rtur Occ i l O r t ri , d l A n h e m — T h e T w e n - o h P s a m t ty f u rt l , Oti s . A n h m — I Wa e f r th e L e o o n . t it d rd , Me d e l s s oh n n b M r s Fa e s . w e a n d s s Du t u g y r ll Mi W a ll a c e .
An h e m — n A ll G o o s a t Ki g , l ri u , B r n b y . a n — H a e a h C h o s f o n o e s e e h o e n . O rg ll luj ru (M u t Oliv ), B t v The church choir was assisted by the choir of the Second
Presbyterian Church , Mrs . J . A . Farwell Mrs . F .
. . . . T . . S Bagg Mr R T Howard ( ) and Mr . H . L Sloan h Choir of Third Presbyterian C urch , Miss Kittie Wallace
T . Miss Pauline Rommels Mr . O . C . Snid er ( )
and Mr . A . L . Goldsmith A] Choir of Fourth Presbyterian Church , Mrs . W . H .
d r i h . c Mrs . C . F . Sum my Dr . Charles T
Barnes ( T . ) and Mr . William Sprague Ed Organist , Mr . Clarence dy .
' TTz b zm c Th e Chicago on the following day , speaking of “ : th e this service , said The music was best ev er sung on ” a similar occasion in Chicago .
D E C E MB E R 25— Christmas service
— O a n e e to th e e s s a h Ha n e . rg Ov rtur M i , d l — A n h e m M a n i fi c a t i n T o s . t g D , ur — A n h e m O Z o n h T e e s . t i , t at ll t , Buck — An h e m P s a m of J o Noe G o n o . t Our l y ( l ) , u d — a n H a e a h C h o s H a n e . O rg ll luj ru , d l The church quartette was assisted by Miss Jessica Jenks
and Mrs . L . M . Prentiss , sopranos ; Miss Lulu St . C .
T uthill and Miss Annie Upton , altos ; Mr . John Ratten 1 bury and Mr . Charles M . Smith , tenors ; Mr . W . L .
Mason and Mr . J . S . Moore , basses . Organist , Mr .
Clarence Ed dy .
1 8 8 2 .
— 0 1 JANUAR Y 1 Sunday afternoon . Choir assist Profess
Fisk at th e funeral services of Mr . Jesse Whitehead ,
one of the p ioneers in the west .
Mr . Whitehead was born in New York City in Novem
1 8 . ber , 00 His father , a wholesale merchant of that city ,
1 l h m h m e m b e of t h e h o i n t h e h a e s . m h s on of . E a Mr . C rl M S it , Mr ij S it , r c ir ” - Woode n h h e Fe b a 29 1 896 a e fi f t s e e n e a s . C urc , di d ru ry , , g d y v y r 62 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
1 8 1 . removed with his family in 2 to Wheeling , Va Wh en
Jesse had grown to manhood , h e d ecided to go farther
west and make a start in life for himself . Early in the “ ” forties h e came to Madison , Ind . , then a prosperous w to n on the Ohio River , wh ere he started in business as a
merchant . He was one of the first to recognize th e possi b i li t i e s of th e steamboat interests on the Ohio River , and
built large ship yard s at Madison . Later , with Mr . M C u ll u h . . c Chauncey B Blair , Mr Hugh o g , afterward th e secretary of the treasury , and others , h e organized
system of state banks throughout Indiana . Mr . Whitehead 1 8 came to Chicago in 63 .
ANU AR 9 . . . J Y 2 Sermon by Rev Mr Barrows Text , From
everlasting to e verlasting Thou art God .
E RU AR 1 — D D. 2 . . . F B Y Sermon by Rev George C Lorim er , “ ” Text , I am the way , the truth and the life .
RI — s AP L 9 Easter celebration . Fe tival s e r v ice for solo
voices and chorus .
Ea ster sermon by Rev . M r . Barrows If Christ be not ” risen , then is your faith vain .
MAY 21 Wi n a n t Miss Emily , of N ew York , sang for the ff ” o ertory , Christmas Song ( Adam) .
M Y 8— A . . f f 2 Mrs E Aline Osgood sang for the o ertory , I
Know that My Redeemer Liveth (Handel) .
of During th e absence of Mr . Eddy in th e month
August , his place was filled by Mr . L . J . Henderson .
E E M E R 1 -Mr S PT B 0 . Eddy at home
a n P e e — A e s e F e e s O rg r lud d t , id l , a n P os e — C on c e S a z i n E o O rg tlud rt t , M ll ,
’ . . : 33 Mr Barrows text , St Matthew vi , But seek ye ” first th e kingdom of God and His righteousness .
S E PT E MB E R 1 7 — An ad dress in th e e vening by Miss Wil “ ” on . lard , Temperance
— O E E R 5 . Mc P h e r s n s N V MB Rev . S J . o b egan his labor s a
pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church . N O V E MBE R 30— Union Thanksgiving services
— a n F s S on a a F s o e m e n e n e s s oh n . O rg i r t t , i r t M v t, M d l A n h m — e C a n a e om n o i n S . P . a e n . t t t D i D , W r r T H E E O N R E E R N H U R H N . w . OR N E R O F H N S C D P SBYT IA C C , C MIC IGA E R E AV E N U E A N D TW E N TIE TH STR E ET . E CT D — I N 1 87 2 73 .
64 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
APRI L 1 5 — h . a H . . n a m A a o F s Son a . Org a n d gi , i r t t M Du — H a P a e S o h a . A n th e m e r My r y r , ut rd
M P h r D . D. . . . c e s on Sermon by Re v S J , , of the Second
Presbyterian Church .
MA Y 20— Miss Esth er Butler resigned to take a choir posi
C i t . . . . . tion in New York v Mrs J C Buckbee , soprano
J U NE 24 — Celebration of th e fiftieth anniversary of th e church :
a n — Fe s a e e O rg tiv l Ov rtur , T e e m i n G D u , A n h e m — O S a n V m t vi g i cti . a H m n — R s e C o w n e w h L h Fe s tiv l y i , r d it ig t , — n P e a n d F e H n e . O rg a r e lud ugu , Old u dr d
b . . D D. y . Historical sermon Rev John H Barro w s , ; text , “ ? ” What hath God wrought Rev . Jeremiah Porter 1 8 Fl D D 33 . a e l D. . D. . v , founder ( Rev Bascom , ,
second pastor of this church ( 1 8 39 Rev . Arthur
D. 1 68 . D. 8 . Mitchell , , fifth pastor ( and Rev . R W
D. D. Patterson , , first pastor of th e Second Presby 1 4 terian Church ( 8 2 took part in the services .
: : . . . . . The choir Sopranos Mrs J C Buckbee , Mrs A M .
Sheib , M iss Margaret P . Sperry and Miss Flora M .
Williams ; altos : Mrs . J . T . Kem pton and Mrs . Fannie : Harrison ; tenors Mr . Philo A . Otis and Mr . George
: . E . Dawson ; basses Mr . John M Hubbard and Mr .
Charles S . Lee . Organist , Mr . Clarence Eddy . In th e evening a union comm union service of th e First and
Second Churches was held in th e First Church , the service at the table being cond ucted by the venerable
former pastors of th e church , Re v . Jeremiah Porter , F D D d . l l D. a n ve . . D. a , Rev Bascom ,
E 6— n JUN 2 Monday evening , fellowship meeti g at the P h . . . . Mc r n church Ad dresses made by Rev S J e s o . D H D. . R e v . . . d D. D ( Second Presbyterian) , M Scu der , . D D ( Plymouth Congregational) , Rev . A . E . Kittredge , . .
( Third Presbyterian ) , Rt . Rev . Charles E . Cheney ,
D. D. R e v. ( Christ Reformed Episcopal) , Frank Bristol
. . D. D. ( Trinity M E ) and Rev . Herrick Johnson , The
music was an important featu re , th e large ch oir of Sunday morning being assisted by Miss Mav Phoenix
. l T . Mr . Mr Charles A . Knorr ( ) and Wil iam Sprague M R . H R L E R W N C A S DAVID I I . NEWYOR K PuBLlC LlBRARY
Lz u ox m o ASTOR, " N m os s FOUNDATIO S. I R S T FFE SE Y TE R I A N F C H UR C H . 65
— JU NE 27 Tuesday e vening . Th e j ubilee exercises termi n a t e d in a reception held in th e parlors of the church .
“ 1 . JU LY 5 Rev Henry Ward Beecher in the pulpit . A great crowd took possession of the church early in the x morning , to th e e clusion of the regular attendants . ’ “ ” Mr . Beecher s sermon was on Love and Christianity , i n which he p ut forth some advanced ideas on religion .
AND E E E R — Mr AU GUST 26 S PT MB 2 . Charles D . Irwin organist
n . in the abse ce of Mr . Edd y
E R 7— O C T O B Evening ser vices began at Central Music Hall .
’ N O V E MB E R l l — The 400th anniversary of Martin Luther s birth observed :
a n — T h e m e a n d V a a on s L h e C h o a e E Org r i ti , ut r r l , ddy . A n h e m — S e e on s om C a n a a A S on h o t l cti fr t t , tr g ld S e ur , A n h e m — T h e L o i s G e a i n on t rd r t Zi , a n — Fe s a e e O rg tiv l Ov rtur ,
“
D D. Sermon by Rev. John H . Barrows , . , on Martin Luther ” and the Reformation .
1 8 8 4 .
— JANU ARY 27 The service at Central Music Hall this even ing was in the interest of th e cause of “ Prohibition of
Sale of Liquors to Minors . Ad dresses were made by
D. D. . Re v . John H . Barrows , , Rev Edward E . Hale ,
D . a n d . D . . , of Boston , Messrs Horton Bonney
— ’ FE BRU AR Y 1 7 Dr . Barrows address at Central Music Hall in the evening on “ Som e Personal Reminiscences of ” Wend ell Phillips . — D D. R 6 R e . . AP IL v Walter Manning Barrows , , brother of
i D. Mu i c D. s Rev . John H . Barrows , , spoke at Central Hall in the e vening on his eight years of missionary
work among the Mormons in Utah . D D. . Rev . Walter Manning Barrows , , died at Mackinaw 1 1 0 8 99 . Island , August ,
MAY 4
— a n A a o S x h S m h on o . O rg d gi , i t y p y , Wid r — A n h e m T h e L o i s E x a e . E . e s . t rd lt d , J W t ’ O ff e rto ry— Ble s s e d A r e T h e y th a t Do G od s C omm a n d
m e n s A m e s . t , r — a n T u m h a a h C . S a n on o b . O rg r i p l M rc , i t D l y
Sermon by Rev . Charles M . Morton . 66 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
— MAY l l Rev . Frank Bristol took part in the evening ser
vices at Central Music Hall , preaching on the subj ect “ ” Th e love of money the root of all evil .
JUNE 22— Members of the choir took part in the service at
Railroad Chapel th is evening . Mr . Francis Murphy
spoke in th e interest of the temperance work , and gave
a simple , touching account of his life when a child in
Ireland , and his d eparture for this country .
- 1 0 1 7 Mr . . . AU GUST , Charles D Irwin , organist
— M C r r e ll 4 31 Mr . . . c a . AU GU ST 2 , A F , organist
E M E R 7 — S E PT B The first organ number this morning , th e - ’ “ prelud e to Saint Saens oratorio , Th e Deluge , was
very appropriate , as the rain was coming down in tor
rents .
O C T OBE R 1 2 —All the selections this morning by Joseph “ ” Rheinberger , the Pastoral Sonata and th e two “ “ m ot e t t e s , I Am Well Pleased and Th e Lord Give
Ear to Thee .
N OVE MBE R 2— Evening services began at Central Music
Hall .
— M E R . E D . D OV 30 . N B Sermon b y Rev Arthur Mitch ell , , on “ Foreign Missions . — E C E E R 28 a . D MB Christm s service A day of sleet and rain ,
walks covered with ice , and the attendance in church
small . An elaborate display of flowers about the choir
gallery and pulpit . Th e choir numbers all important ’ Ga d s b s and well sung , especially Henry y anthem , “ ” Sing , O Daughter of Zion . Sermon by Dr . Barrows
on the subj ect of home missions .
1 8 8 5
MARC H 1 — Sermon at Central Music Hall this evening by ” Dr . Barrows , on Mahom et and His Religion .
M AR C H 1 5
A n h e m — e n e s i n C S . P . a n t B d i ctu , , W r r e . — O fi e r tor T h e P m s L e s y ilgr i , l i e .
— ’ ARC H 29 . M Rev Dr . Allen , secretary of the Fr e e dm e n s
a . C . Board , of W shington , D , at one tim e a slave
owner , as were his fathers before him , occupied l the pu pit this morning , preach ing in the interests of FI T P R E B Y R S S TE R I A N C H UR C H . 67
. . . . n the freedmen The death of Mr C B Nelson , a
elder of this church , was announced . — APRIL 1 Wednesday afternoon : Dr . Barrows and the
choir took part in th e funeral services of Mr . C . B .
Nelson , at his residence in Hyde Park .
1 — ’ APRI L 9 Dr . Barrows sermon had special reference t o P n fi ld J . . e e r . the d eath of Mr Henry D , , which oc
curred last week .
— APRIL 26 Evening services at Central Music Hall closed .
— MAY 4 Mr . . . 2 Louis P Hoyt , organist
MAY 31
— a n e a on F. C a o . O rg M dit ti , p cc i — A n h e m on m E s t i n G . t B u , , Buck — - f e o O L o os Ho S c h b e s . Of rt ry rd , M t ly , u rt Oti — a n F n a e F . C a oc . O rg i l , p ci D D Sermon by Rev . W . A . Bartlett , . . , of Washington , D . C . During th e month of July extensive repairs were made
in the church , and union services were held in the Second n Presbyterian Church , Dr . Barrows occupyi g the pulpit
nearly all of the month . During th e month of August
union services were held in th e First Church , Rev . E . C . D D. Ray , . , occupying th e pulpit .
— - AU GUST 9 A service in memory of Ex President Grant . — ff e o O f or a C os e r a w h G od Fos e r . O rt ry l W lk it , t
R . . . D. D e v . Sermon by E C Ray , — NOVE MB E R 1 5 Evening services at Central Music Hall
resumed .
DE C E MBE R 6 — a n 2d Son a a R h e n b e r e r . O rg t , i g
“ Sermon by Dr Barrows , St . John Behold the Lamb
of God .
D E C E MBE R 20 — O Ee r tor I f w h A ll Y o He a s e n e s s oh n . y it ur rt , M d l
R . . S e . Mr . M te rr tt 1 8 8 6
JANU AR Y 3— Choir for the coming year Miss Carrie Davis
Miss Christine Nielson Mr . E . M . Sterrett 68 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
Mr . Eugene C . Cowles Mr . Clarence Ed dy
organist and d irector . — A n h e m I w S n of T h P ow e S a n . t ill i g y r , ulliv
JANU ARY 1 0
— f e o He a P a e e n e s s oh n . O f rt ry r My r y r , M d l
Mi s s D a vi s . JA NU AR Y 1 5— Members of the choir took part in the fun
eral services of Mr . Daniel Amasa Jones , conducted
D. D. by Rev . John H . Barrows , , and Prof . Franklin W . “ ’ ”
D. D. Fisk , The ladies from the Old People s Hom e
came in a body to pay final respects to their benefactor .
. . 9 1 8 Mr Jones was born in Hartford , Conn , June 2 , 07 ;
n cam e to Chicago in 1 859 . He was o e of th e trustees of
Calvary Presbyterian Ch urch , and a mem ber of the com m i tt e e instrum ental in bringing about the union with the
i n 1 1 1 8 8 6 . First Church ; died Chicago, January ,
JANU ARY 1 7
O ff e rto ry— G od s h a ll Wi p e A w a y A ll T e a r s from
T h e E e s S a n . i r y , ulliv h n N Mi s s C r i s ti e i e l s on . JANU ARY 24 — d G d ff e o e Me 0 o . O rt ry Ju g , , Buck
E e n e C . C ow e s . Mr . ug l
R 5 - h AP IL 2 Easter service by regular c oir . Offering this
morning for Railroad Chapel ,
— AY . M 2 Sermon by Mr . Dwigh t L . Moody
M Y — A 9 Dr . Barrows announced from th e pulpit that he
should spend the sum mer in Europe , leaving home
early in June . Sermon by Rev. Dr . Dana . (Rev .
D. D. Herrick Johnson , , filled the pulpit d uring the
summer months . )
— MAY 0 v . . 2 Funeral ser ices of Mrs Augustus G Downs , at
h er late residence , cond ucted by Rev . John H . Bar d l D D D. a n F a e l . . D. v rows , , Rev . Bascom , , assisted by
m embers of th e choir . A reception was held in the
church in the evening for D r . and Mrs . Barrows .
— U 4 . . J LY 2 Funeral services of Dr . R C Hamill h eld at th e
church . M r . A . W . Dohn , organist .
ll Xe n i h . . Ha m i a s a i o Dr Robert C w born at , O , November 1 8 8 6 0 1 8 58 . . . 2 , ; came to Chicago in Dr and Mrs Hamill were
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n LENOX AND Aa r o ,
n uoue . TlLOEN Fo u n o I R S T P R E SB Y TE R I A N H UR H F C C . 69 receive d into the mem bership of the First Church April
8 1 858 . 2 , He was one of the incorporators of the Acad emy 1 859 of M edical Sciences , in ; took an active part , during ’ the Civil War , in the organization of th e Soldiers Rest and ’ the Soldiers Home . He was consulting physician of Cook County Hospital in 1 8 66; vice-president of the Presbyte
rian Hospital , truste e of Rush Medical College , and had bee n a m emb er of th e Session of th e First Church for
many years . D E C E MBE R 1 2
— Y P a s e H m n of P a s r S n e e e n e s s h n . Off e rto y i g r i ( y r i ), M d l o
C h a e s A b e c r omb e . Mr . rl r i — D E C E MBE R 26 Christmas service . Th e p rincipal choir ’ “ ” num bers were Tours anth em , Sing , Ye Heavens , ’ and Gilchrist s motette , It Cam e upon the Midnigh t ” Clear . The regular choir was assisted by Miss
Florence H . Henderson and Miss Genie M . Baldwin ,
sopranos ; Mrs . Agnes Cox and Miss Lillian B . Allen ,
altos ; Mr . Charles Abercrombie , tenor ; Mr . W . P .
H n r . . . Mc e y , bass Organist , Mr Clarence Ed dy
1 8 8 7 .
— JANU AR Y 2 The choir for th e coming year : Miss Esther
Butler Miss Christine Nielson Mr . Charle s
Abercrombie and Mr . Eugene C . Cowles
Mr . Clarence Eddy , organist and director .
JANUARY 1 6— Choir enlarged for th e Sunday morning serv n ices : thre e sopranos , thre e altos , two te ors and t w o — basses to continu e for th e present . — APRIL 1 0 Easter service — s a m th e G o e n S a . O rg a n J e ru le , ld , p rk — Da h h A o n e T o s . A n th e m Go d a t pp i t d a y , ur — m a n V Go n o . A n th e m O S vi g i cti , u d — th e L n a m on th e e a A n th e m Wh y S e e k Y e ivi g g D d ,
S . P a r r n . . W e — R s e on Sh e e . E a s te r Son g T h e e ur r cti , ll y Mi s s C h r i s ti n e N i e l s on . O f fe rto ry- S e e Now t h e A lta r G a rl a n d e d w ith Fa e - c Flow e r s , ur Bu k .
h n H . m n R e v. o a ow s D . D . E a s t e r S e r o , J B r r , f R a oa C h a e A ddr e s s on b e h a lf o ilr d p l ,
R e v. C h a e s . o on rl M M rt . — o n of e s e e h o e n O r ga n Hall e luj a h C h or u s (M u t Oliv ) B t v . The church quartette was assisted by Miss Li llie Hin
man , Miss Jessica Jenks and Mrs . C . W . Rhodes , 7 0 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
sopranos ; Miss M . J . Kirkland and Miss Stella Law
rence , altos ; Mr . Philo A . Otis and Mr . Harry T .
a ll ood . . . St w , tenors ; Mr Charles S Lee an d Mr John
Jr . . . M . Hubbard , , basses ; Mr Clarence Ed dy , organist
— MAY 22 . Funeral services of M rs . Charles Huntington
Starkweather held at the residence of h er father , Mr . 1 1 6 James Otis , 2 Michigan Avenue , conducted b y Rev .
D. D. John H . Barrows , , assisted by th e choir of the
Second Presbyterian Church .
— JU NE 23 . Funeral services of Otis Starkweather , oldest
son of Mr . Charles Huntington Starkweather and th e
late Rena Otis Starkweather , held at th e resid ence of 1 1 his grandfather , Mr . James Otis , 2 6 Michigan
. D . D. Avenue , conducted by Rev John H Barrows , . , with th e assistance of the choir of the First Presby
terian Church .
— : S E PTE MBE R 28 . Wednesday afternoon funeral services of
Mr . William Cutting Grant . H . 8 1 . 8 9. Mr . Grant was born at Lyme , N , October , 2 1 8 57 He cam e to Chicago in , and for som e years was a
partner in th e law firm of Williams , Woodbridge Grant . Later h e was a m emb er of th e firm of Grant Swift ; and 4 1 88 7 at th e time of h is d eath , September 2 , , h e was a
partner in the firm of Grant , Brady Northrup . Mr . and
M rs . Grant were ad mitted to th e m embership of this
1 858 . church in March ,
E R - D E C E MB 25 . Christmas service
— O rg a n O ff e rto ry on t w o C h r i s tm a s Hym n s
No . 2 , A n h m— T h e S 1 a n Sh e h e s t e yr p rd , A n th e m — T h e r e w e r e Sh e ph e rd s Ab idi n g I n th e F e V o r i h i ld , g c . Off e rto ry— C h r i s tm a s ( S w e e tly th r ough th e N h ig t ) , C h s m s Son — N a a e h r i t a g z r t ,
. E n C ow s . Mr uge e C . l e — H h a n e a C h o s H a n e . O rg all luj ru , d l
The regular quartette was assiste d by Mrs . P . R . Carlson ,
Mrs . D . C . Joslyn and Miss Bessie Butler , sopranos ;
Mrs . Agnes Cox and Miss Stella Lawrence , altos ; Mr .
Philo A . O tis and Mr . D . A . Clippinger , tenors ; Mr .
Charles S . Lee and Mr . Frank Pearson , basses . Mr .
C larence Eddy , organist and director .
I R S T P R E SB TE R I A N C H UR H F Y C . 7 1
1 8 8 8 .
— : JANUAR Y 1 . The choir Miss Esther Butler Miss
T . Christine Nielson Mr . Frank K . Root ( ) an d
Mr . C . H . Greenleaf ( B) . Mr . Clarence Eddy , organist
and director .
-N “ N AR 1 5 . e w JA U Y hym n and tune book , the Laudes
Domini , introduced . — s . F E BRU ARY 1 8 . Funeral ervices of Mr Philo Adam s
Wi lb or . . , held at the residence of Mr Joseph E Otis , D R v . . D. conducted by e . Joh n H Barrows , , and Rev . D D Mc P h e r s on . . Simon J . , , with th e assistance of th e
choir .
Wi lb or Mr . was born in Huron , Erie county , Ohio . in He was graduated from Western Reser ve College , u 1 8 66 Hudson , Ohio , in J ne , , and cam e to Chicago in
August of that year . He entered the employ of the First
National Bank soon after his arrival , and continued with Wi lb or th e bank until the time of his d eath . Mr . was for many years a teacher in the church Sunday School a n d
Railroad Mission School .
APRI L 1 — Easter service — a n A e a om E a s e Son a a L e mm e n s . O rg ll lui , fr t r t , — A n h e m n A ll G o o s a n b . t Ki g , l r i u , B r y — H a H a o h A n h e m S S e e . t rk , rk , My ul , ll y — A n h e m I a e f or th e L o e n e s s oh n . t W it d rd , M d l
s s e s s H a n d C h o s . Mi Butl r , Mi i ltz ru A n h e m— God h a h A o n e a Da t t pp i t d y , a n — E a s te a c h O rg r M r , Th e regular choir was assisted by Miss Grace Hiltz and
Miss Florence H . Henderson , sopranos ; Miss Stella
Lawrence and Mrs . Agnes Cox , altos ; Mr . Philo A .
Otis , tenor ; Mr . Charles S . Lee , bass . Organist, Mr .
Clarence Ed dy .
— MAY 6 An nual collection for Railroad Chapel ; sub
scribed .
Miss Fannie Aiken ( S . ) succeeds Miss Esther Butler , and
Mr . . Mr . George H . Iott succeeds . C H Greenleaf
5 -Mr U GUS . A T Charles D . Irwin , organist , in the absence
of Mr . Eddy .
N OVE MBE R 29— Union Thanksgi ving services by the First
and Second Presbyterian , Plymouth Congregational , A EI I S TOR Y OF TH E
Immanuel Baptist , Christ Reform ed Episcopal and
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Churches , held in the First Church :
a n — e s a e m th e Go e n O rg J ru l , ld , A n h e m — Y e s h a w e i n th e L a n t ll D ll d , f f o — T h a n s n A n h e m O e rt ry k givi g t , a n — T h a n s i n a h O rg k giv g M rc ,
The choir : Miss Fannie Aiken Miss Christine Niel
T . son Mr . Frank K . Root ( . ) and Mr . A . D
Eddy Mr . Clarence Eddy , organist .
E C E B E R 3 — D M 2 Christmas service , for solo voices and chorus — f P s a m of J o Noe Go n o . O fe rto ry Ou r l y ( l ) , u d
1 8 8 9 .
Choir for this year : Miss Fannie Aiken Miss Christine
Nielson M r . Frank K . Root Mr . George H .
Iott Mr . Clarence Eddy , organist and director .
— D. A . D. ANU R 0 . J Y 2 Death of Rev George C Noyes , , of — a . . E vanston , announced great lover of m usic Dr
Noyes took part in the installation services of Dr . 8 1 88 1 Barrows as pastor of this ch urch , December ,
deliv ering the charge to th e people .
— AP RIL 7 Annual collection for Railroad Chapel ;
subscribed .
APRI L 21 — Easter c elebration
— A a om E a e S n a L mm n a n e s o a e e s . O rg ll lui fr t r t , — A n h e m A w a e h o h a S e e e s a e . t k , t u t t l p t , M k r — C a o S w e e th e s a r e S n n a e . r l tly Bi rd i gi g , D r p r An th e m — Fa i n tly a n d S of tly th e R os y Sh a f t of Mo r n
i n S h me c e . g , c k r A — Kn w Th R m L h n a I o a e e e e e Ha e . r i t My d r iv t , d l n Mi s s A ik e . A n h e m — Se e Now th e A a G a a n e w h F ow e s t lt r rl d d it l r , F - a ur e Bu c k . — r a n E a s e a c h e e . O g t r M r , M rk l
RI 28— AP L Patriotic service , consisting of national songs by
. . D D the choir and a sermon by Rev John H Barrows , . . “ ” Subj ect , The Birth of a Nation .
R — AP IL 30 Tuesday morning . Centennial celebration of ’ the nation s birthday . The regular choir was assiste d - to day by Miss Genie M . Baldwin Mrs . Kath erine
t . . Fisk Mr . Philo A . O is Mr . F M Ram B s e . y ( ) and the Elg in Band , under the direction of
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Carpenter , bass ; harp , Madam e Josephine Chatterton ;
R os e n b e c k e r . . violin , Mr . Adolph Organis t , Mr Clar
ence Ed dy .
1 8 90 .
The choir for the ensuing year : Miss Fannie Aiken
Mrs . Katherine Fisk M r . Frank K . Root
and Mr . Arthur Beresford M r . Clarence Eddy ,
organist and director .
. 1 Miss Aiken resigned May , and her place was taken f by Miss Electa Gi ford . Comm encing with the first Sun i n day May of this year , a printed programm e , or b ulletin ,
a n d containing full order of service , words of anthems , ’ authors nam es , titles of organ selections , announce ments for the week , etc . , etc . , was d istributed through the p ews , thereby increasing th e interest in the Sunday morning service . Th e position of organist d uring th e m onth of
August was again occupie d by Mr . Charles D . Irwin .
— GU 1 8 : . AU ST Monday afternoon D r Barrows , assisted by
mem bers of th e choir , conducted the funeral ser vices
of Mrs . Rebecca H . Whitehead .
E E M E R 1 4— D C B Sermon by Re v . Dr . Worcester on Foreign
Missions . — D E C E MBE R 28 Christmas celebration
MORNI NG SE RVI C E .
— h m a P a n C s s a s o a e e e . O rg r i t t r l , M rk l A n h m— T e h e e e e Sh e h e r s m e n s h e n . t r W r p d , Blu c i — C a o T h a n G od on C h s m a s o n n H on r l k r i t M r i g , att . S n b th e S n a S c h oo c h e n le d b u g y u d y l ildr , y A m C a r a e a e . Mr . d r ig , l d R e a e a n d A a — e h o V i n s h a C on c e e cit tiv r i B ld , a i rg ll iv , H a n d e l .
r F s . M s . i k A n h — - e m S e e Now th e A a r Fa r u . t lt , u e B c k S e m on — T h e e s s a h h a s C om e r M i ,
H . R e v. oh n . r ow s . J Bar , D D — C a o T h e e s s e S o G . r l Bl d t ry , e i b e l S n b t h e S n a S h u g y u d y c ool . — a n For u n o U s a C h i s o n H a n e . O rg t ild B r , d l
E E N NG S E R E V I V IC .
a n — C h r s m a s f f e o e i n C O rg i t O rt i r , a n — a c h of th e a n s O rg M r M gi Ki g , V o n a n d a n — e n e s i l i Org B di ctu , S on — C h s m a s g r i t , s s G f f o o n a n d o a n . Mi i rd , vi li rg I R S T P R E SB TE R I A N H F Y C UR C H . 75
— F e a n d r a n P a e T r s h a lut O g r y r , e c c k . A n h e m — T h e S a n Sh e h e s t yr i p rd , Oti s . — S e m on T h e on e R e v. oh n H . a r o s D D w . . r W d rful , J B r , — A n h e m A s e a n d S h n e a r t r i i , M ke . — a n Ha e a h C h o s Ha n Org ll luj ru , de l .
E. The quartette was assisted by Mrs . P . Arters , Mis s
Lillian E . Randall , Miss M . L . Davis , sopranos ; Miss
Rose Bilton , alto ; M r . C . W . Crankshaw , tenor ; Mr .
Frank Pearson , bass . Organist , Mr . Clarence Eddy ;
v . R os e n b e c k e r i olin , Mr Adolph ; flute , Mr . E . S . Tim
m ons ; cornet , Mr . John Quinn .
1 1 8 9 .
: The choir for th e year Miss Electa Gifford Mrs .
. T . Katherine Fisk Mr Frank K . Root ( ) and
Mr . Arthur Beresford Mr . Clarence Eddy ,
organist and director .
— D D AN AR 1 8 . . . u J U Y Re v Arthur Mitchell , , occ pied the
pulpit this morning .
h Mrs . Katherine Fisk ( Katie Louise Tanner) , w ose 1 0 work with the choir end ed May , was born at Clinton
l . Junction , Wis . A graduate of the co lege at Rockford , Ill ,
h . s e . was married to Mr Franklin P Fisk , principal of the
Northwestern High School , of Chicago, and made her “ ” 26 1 8 90 . first appearance in Th e Messiah , December ,
She went to England in 1 8 91 . Returning to this country
1 8 93 . early in , sh e appeared at the Worcester , Mass ,
Festival of that y ear , and with the Hand el and Haydn “ ” 4 1 8 93 . Society , of Boston , in The Messiah , Decemb er 2 , This sam e year she was actively engaged in the concerts at ’ the World s Columbian Exposition . She returned to Europe
1 8 93 n . in , remaini g there three years Among her many e ngagements may be m entioned the Gloucester Festival 1 8 95 1 896 of , the Norwich Festival of , and the London
1 9 1 8 98 . . Philharmonic , March , Mrs Fisk now resides in ’ N ew York City , and is solo contralto at St . Bartholom ew s
Church .
M Y 1 — 38 5 A 7 N ew building of Railroad Chapel , at 2 Dear - born street , formally opened to day . s Mrs . Christine Nielson Dreier returned to her old po ition
in th e choir . 7 6 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
— Mr . JUNE 1 4 . Arthur Beresford resigns and is succeeded
by Mr . Edward A . Allen
SE PTE MBE R 27 — - Fa n a s a i n C m n o T h e e H u . O rga n P os tlud e t i i r , i l a pt
a m Mi d d e ls c h u lte . Mr . Willi h D. D. t e Rev . Herri ck Johnson , , occupied pulpit Octo “ ” b er 25 . Subj ect of his sermon , Blessed Companionship , “ ” based on the text , Enoch walked with God . The fol
D D. 1 . . . . lowing Sunday , November , Rev E C Ray , , preach ed from this pulpit on the same text .
— D E C E MBE R 27 Christmas m usic for solo voices and chorus .
1 8 92 .
f s The choir : Miss Electa Gif ord M rs . Chri tine T Dreier Mr . Frank K . Root ( . ) and Mr . E .
Allen M r . Clarence Ed dy , organist and
rector .
APRI L 1 0 — ff T h P a m a n c h e s Fa u r e . O e rto ry e l Br ,
. h e r Mr A rt ur B r e s fo d . 1 — APRIL 7 Easter service ; a wet , cold day — a n F n e a a h a n d S e r a h i c Son G u i lm a n t . O rg u r l M rc p g , — A T h o h a S e e e s . a G A n h e m w a e c e oo r h . t k , u t t l p t , J W lla d i c — h m e So e s o f E a s r F N Sh r . C a o C e . . e e r l i ftly , B ll t , pp d
A n th e m u C om e S e e th e P a c e Wh e r e e s s L a , l J u y ,
e s . Joh n A . W t — f f e o E a s e Sh e e . O rt ry t r , ll y s s G f f Mi i o rd . - De a n Fi n a e L a s o u b o s . O rg l u , D i
The regular quartette was assisted by Mrs . E va P . Arters ,
. s o Miss Lillian E Randall and Miss May Keller ,
r a n os . B p ; Miss Jennie R Holmes and Miss Rose ilton ,
altos ; M r . C . W . Crankshaw , tenor , and Mr . John S .
Carpenter , bass .
In th e afternoon , funeral of Mr . L . C . P . Freer . Re v . John
D. D. H . Barrows , , conducted the services , assisted by
Mrs . John A . Farwell Mrs . Oliver K . Joh nson T Mr . Philo A . Otis ( . ) and Mr . John M . Hub bard
. 1 1 1 3 M r Freer was born September 8 , 8 , at North f i N o e . East , Dutch ess county , state w York He cam e west 1 836 n in , commenci g life in a small town in Illinois as a
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merchant . Two years later he removed to Chicago and l began th e study of a w . In after life he b ecame especially s uccessful in that part of the profession pertaining to th e examination of land titles , owing to his extensive knowl n edge of early tra sactions in real estate . Mr . Freer di e d
1 4 1 8 9 . April , 2
JU NE 1 9— The Second Presbyterian Church celebrated
its fiftieth anniversary .
Dr . Barrows was absent from the city nearly all of the
m . sum er months , on account of his h ealth Re v . Charles 1 1 M . Morton preached September ; Rev . Herrick Johnson , 1 D w D D. 8 . . . D. . e t m , Septem ber ; Re v David C Marquis , , S p e 1 ber 25 .
E R — O C T O B 5 Reception at the church this evening for Dr .
...... Se e b oe c k and Mrs Barrows Music by Mr W C E ,
Mr . E . Schmitt , and members of the choir .
— A o E E R 1 C . N OV MB 3 window built by the Louis Tiffany ,
of New York , in m emory of Mr . and Mrs . F . F
Spencer , was exhibited to day The inscription reads
T o T H E G OR O F G OD L Y , AN D I N L OVI N G R E M E MBR A N CE OF FR N K N F E E S E N E R A LI AY TT P C , H O E N O E E R 1 1 890 AN D OF W DI D V MB , , E G OR S E N E R R AC H L IFF D P C ,
HI E WH O I E R H 1 8 1 887 . S WIF , D D MA C ,
— D E C E MBE R 25 Christmas m usic . A beautiful day , and a large attendance in church
— n Fa n a s e on C h s m a s H m n s G u i lm a n t . O rga t i r i t y , — A n h e m a e 0 S o m e n s h e n . t W k , My ul , Blu c i — 1 u n n t C a r o l R i n g Out a Joyful P e a B e t . — n m P a s o a G . E . h n . O rga C h r i s t a s t r l , W iti g — A P a s to r a l C h r i s tm a s a n th e m Wh il e Sh e ph e rd s
a h T h r F o s b N h G e o e C . a n . W tc e d e i l ck y ig t , rg M rti - e o T h e S a of P e a e He n P a e . O ff rt ry t r c , ry rk r
C h s i n e N . Dr e 1 e r . Mr s . ri t — r a n Ha e a h C h o s H a n e . O g ll luj ru , d l
The regular q u artette was assisted by Mrs . Will J . Evans
and Miss May Keller , sopranos ; Miss Rose Bilton ,
. alto ; Mr . C . W . Crankshaw, tenor , and Mr Frank
P earson , bass . 78 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
. R e m e n i At th e evening service Mr Edouard y , the Hun
garian violinist , played
Gh e z i r f or o n a on e 1 . , vi li l ,
2 . L a o w h o a n rg it rg ,
1 8 93 .
f The choir : Miss Electa Gi ford Mrs . Christine N .
T . Dreier Mr . Frank K . Root ( ) and Mr . E . A .
Allen Mr . Clarence Eddy , organist and director .
— r R e m e n i JANU ARY 29 M . Edouard y took part i n the ’ “ e vening service , playing th e aria from Hand el s Mes ” ” siah , I Know that My Red eemer Liveth . Sunday evening p raise servi ces were h eld through the 1 8 9 1 8 93 winter of 2 and , and the entire perio d of th e ’ 1 8 94 World s Fair , and in the spring of were discontinued . The music for these service s was furnishe d by th e quar s u tette alone , with the assi tance of occasional instr mental i s t s . Messrs . Theodore Spiering , Harry Dimond and
R os n b e c k e r . Adolph e , violinists , and Mr Edwin 8 . Tim
a mons , flute , were always welcom e whenev er they p e a r e d p , and th eir artistic work added gr eatly to the interest of these services . — D D R H 1 . . . M A C 9 Re v Theodore Cuyler , , occupied th e
pulpit this morning , preaching to a large audience ,
from the text , Let us arise and go hence .
. D D At the e vening service Re v Dewitt Talmadge , . . ,
preached to anoth er great audience , on the text , ” The statutes of th e Lord are right .
— APRIL 2 Easter service . A beautiful spring day and a large audience in church :
— F s o e m e n m m n a n P a s c h a S on L e e s . O rg l ata , i r t M v t, — A n h e m A w a e T h o h a S e e e s a e . t k , u t t l p t, M k r — A n h e m O S a n V c m G o n o . t vi g i ti , u d — R H m a n S n E a s e a w n . . oo . o g t r D , W d
C h s n e N . e e r . r s . r i ti D r i — - O fi e r tor C h s th e L or i s R s e n T o d a Sh e e . y r i t d i y , ll y — a n P a s o a Son a a F n a e L e m m e n s . O rg t r l t , i l , The regular quartette was assisted by Miss May Keller
and Miss M . Louise Pomeroy , sopranos ; Miss Rose
Bilton , alto ; Mr . C . H . M . Tob ey , tenor, and M r . Frank
Pearson , bass .
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C a — T h e A n h e m of P e a c e r ol t , — h of th e a n s O rg a n M a rc M gi Ki g , h m — Ho w h a w n s A n t e Brig tly D , ’ — T h A n e s C h s m a s Son Off e rto ry e g l r i t g , f Mi s s G if o rd . — A n h e m S n a h e of on G a s b . t i g , O D ug t r Zi , d y — a n H a e a h C h o s H n e . O rg ll luj ru , a d l
. . B . The regular q uartette was assisted by Mrs P Wilson , f s o Miss Jessica Jenks and Miss Gertrud e Gif ord , r n os p a ; Miss Viola Misch and Miss Rose Bilton , altos ;
Mr . P . V . R . Key and Mr . Philo A . Otis , tenors ; Mr .
Charles H . Bushnell and Mr . Charles S . Lee , basses .
1 8 94 .
Th e choir for the new year : Miss Electa Giff ord Mrs .
T . Christine N . Dreier Mr . Frank K . Root ( ) and
Al . or Mr . Edward A . len Mr Clarence Eddy , g a n i s t and director 1 4— AN AR . J U Y Saturday . Funeral service s of Dr Charles
Gilman Smith , at his late residence , conducted by Re v . D D. . John H . Barrows , , with the assistance of the
church choir .
’ Dr . Smith s grave at Graceland is marked by a plain h eadstone , bearing the i nscri ption , Charles Gilman Smith , ” a Succorer of Many . For forty years h e had b een prom i n e n tl y identified with the social , literary and professional H 4 life of Chicago . He was born at Exeter , N . . , January , ’ 1 8 28 ; prepared for college at Phillip s Academy ; grad uate d 1 4 1 from Harvard in 8 7 ; cam e to Chicago in 8 53 . He was one of the six physicians who had th e care of th e Confed e r a t e prisoners at Camp Douglas during th e war . He was consulting physician at the Hospital for Women and Chil dren and th e Presbyterian Hospital , and for some years a trustee of th e Peck Hom e for Incurables .
ANU AR 6— 11V J Y 2 Fri day . Funeral services of Mr . David .
Irwin , at his late residence , cond ucted by Rev . E . C . D D . . : Ray , , and Re v . Charles M . Morton . Choir M rs .
John A . Farwell Mrs . Christine N . Dreier T A1 Mr . George Hamlin ( . ) and Mr . Edward A . len
. W Mr David Wickham Irwin was born at Sod us , ayne
1 4 1 8 30 . county , N . Y . Dece mber , He cam e west early “ in the fifties to start in business in Saginaw, where h e I T R E B YT H F R S P S E R I A N C UR C H . 8 1
remained about a year , going from there to Canada to enter 1 8 4 into the grain business on his own account . In 5 h e r e r moved to Chicago , b ut in consequence of ill health , e h mained only four years , and t en returned east . He came 1 8 62 back to Chicago in , and established the firm of D . W . n Irwin Co . M r . Irwi was an early member of Calvary
Presbyterian Church , and , at various times , a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Deacons of the First
Church . He was a trustee of the Orphan Asylum and a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Art Insti 4 1 8 4 . 9 tute . Mr Irwin died January 2 , .
— Mr . . AN AR 8 . J U Y 2 Charles D Irwin , organist
— Mr . . E R AR 4 . F B U Y John A West , organist
H 4 - B ARC . . M Dr arrows in California Sermon by Rev .
D D. h Herrick Johnson , . , in whic h e referred to the r e
of R e v . . D D cent death Robert W Patterson , . . , for thirty-two years pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church . D D Rev . Robert Wilson Patterson , . . , was born January
1 1 8 1 4 . 2 , , near Maryville , Blount county , Tenn , and died at Evanston , Ill . , February
— ARC H 5 . . . . M Monday Death of Mr O D Ranney , an old
member of the church and Session , announced .
M ARC H 25— Easter celebration
— a n I n P a a s e b o s . O rg r d i , Du i h —~ A w e T h h a S e G A n e m a o e e s . Wa a c e oo h . t k , u t t l p t , J ll dri c C — C h m e S o e s of E a s F a n h a o e N . S e . r l i ftly , B ll t r , r k ppe rd — A S I t e a n t o a w n A n h e m e s . Fos t B g D , Myl B te r . — ’ ff e o T h e A n e s E a s e Son r . O rt ry g l t r g , Br e w e
Mr s . C h s n N . r i ti e . D r e i e r — A n h e m E e F ow e r h a os s om s Sh e e . t v ry l t t Bl , ll y — F a n e s a a c h C l a u s s m a n n . O rg t l M r ,
Th e regular choir was assiste d by Mrs . Virginia Evans ,
Miss Jessica Jenks , Miss Jeannette F . Russell and S Mi ks c h Miss Jennie Grey , opranos ; Miss Viola , Miss
Rose Bilton and Miss Anna Millar , altos ; Mr . P . V . R . n Key and Mr . Philo A . Otis , te ors ; Mr . Charles H .
Bushnell and Mr . Charles S . Lee , basses .
A perfect day , church handsomely decorated with flowers
and a large audience in attendance .
~— MAY 27 Rev . Charles M . Morton terminates his long and 8 2 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
useful work at Railroad Chapel , and is succeed ed by
1 Rev . S . M . Johnson . — UNE 1 5 Death of Mr . Asa P . Kelley announced .
— ULY 22 Sermon by Rev . L . A . Ostrander , of Lyons ,
1 858 . N . Y a member of this church in
— O C T OB E R 7 Rev . Dr . Jessup , of Beirut , Syria , preached
this morning , and spoke of his forty years of work in
that country .
— F n e a a c h a n d S on S e a h c O rg a n P o s tlud e u r l M r g r p i ,
G u i lm a n t .
N OVE MBE R 2 0— Union Thanksgiving service of the First
and Second Presbyterian , Immanuel Baptist , Ply
mouth Congregational , Trinity Meth odist and Christ
Reformed Episcopal church es , h eld in the First Church — a n e s a e m th e G o e n S a . O rg J ru l , ld , p rk — h m h e th e E a h R e m a n e h oh n A . e s . A n t e W il rt i t , J W t — H i n th e L o L a o H a n e . O f fe rto ry ope rd ( rg ) , d l
M r s C h s n e N . r e e . . r i ti D i r — n F n a e . 1 7 T r u e tte . O rga i l , Op ,
Musical service under the direction of Mr . Clarence Ed dy ,
assisted by th e choir of the First Church .
D E C E MB E R 30— Christmas music
— n P a s o a i n G L o s A o h e C oe r n e . O rga t r l , ui d lp — A n h e m C h s a n s A w a e a n b . t r i ti , k , B r y — P a F m b a e i n E F a Foo e . G lo r i a tr i r o Ju il t l t , t — a o S w e e C h s m a s e s S a n e . C r l t r i t B ll , t i r — A n h e m An d T h e e e e S h e h e s Foo e . t r W r p rd , t — H n P T h e S a of P e a c e e a e . O ff e rtory t r , ry rk r
D r r . C h s n N . e 1 Mr s . r i ti e e A n h e m — Sh o t h e G a T n s t ut l d id i g , a n - R o s a h O rg e ligi u M rc ,
Th e regular quartette was assisted by Mrs . Eunice St .
Clair Martens , Miss Lillian E . Randall and Miss Paul
ine Stein , sopranos ; Miss Anna H . Clarke , Miss
Jennie R . Holmes and Miss Rose Bilton , altos ; Mr . "
W. H ld e r . . o . Frank and Mr Philo A Otis , tenors ; Mr
Charles H . Bushnell and Mr . Charles S . Le e , basses .
1 8 95 .
The choir for the coming year : Miss Electa Giff ord
Mrs . Christine N . Dreier Mr . Frank K . Root
T . . ( . ) and Mr . Edward A Allen Mr Clarence
Eddy , organis t and director .
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— n F h Son a a F s o e m e n G u i lm a n t . O rga ift t , i r t M v t , — h m A w a e So S c h n e c k e r . A n t e k , My ul , — L e a n L h F . N . Sh e e . S on g d , Ki dly ig t , pp rd
s . e . M r C h ri s ti n e N . Dr e i r — Se c on o e m e n om th e F h S on a a Off e rto ry d M v t fr ift t ,
G u i lm a n t . — n F n a e F om F h Son a a G u i lm a n t . O rg a i l r ift t ,
Mr . Clarence Ed dy was born in Greenfield , Mass . , in
1 851 . His first musical stud ies were purs ued in Green
field ; afterward in Hartford , with Mr . Dudley Buck . From
1 V t . 1 8 69 to 1 8 7 h e resided in Montpelier , , as organist of
. 1 87 1 Bethany Church In the autumn of h e went to Berlin , remaining there several years , stu dying with Haupt h r ( organ) and L oe s c h o n ( piano) . He was called to Chi 1 8 75 cago in , to th e position of organist at the First Con
r ti on a l . b e g e g a Church , remaining there two years He
1 1 8 79 . gan h is work at the First Presbyterian , January 2,
’ One good result of Mr . Ed dy s work in Chicago is the class of y ou n ger organists whom h e has carefully trained , and who are now filling places of im portance in : this city and elsewhere . Among th em may be noted Mr .
Frank Taft , concert organist , and Mr . Scott Wheeler , Y Lafayette Avenu e Presbyterian Church , Brooklyn , N . . ;
Mr . Arthur D unham , Sinai Temple ; Mr . Charles Dav id
w h o . Irwin , succee ded Mr Eddy at th e First Presbyterian , M r r l . C a l . . c e Mr A F , Second Presbyterian ; Miss Helen
D . Wheeler , Third Presbyterian ; Miss Carrie T . King
man , Fourth Presbyterian ; Mr . Harrison M . Wil d , Grace m Episcopal ; Mr . George C . E erson , Trinity Episcopal ; ’ Mr . Louis P . Hoyt , St . Mark s Episcopal ; Mr . Stuart B .
Sabin , Central Church ; Mr . Francis Silvey Moore and Mr . L u ki n . . . t John A West , Chicago ; Mr P . C , Evanston , Ill .
U NE 2— J Another magnificent window , a gift from friends
in the church to the m emory of Rev . Arthur Mitchell , D D. . , d isplayed this morning ; built by th e Louis Tiff
C . o . any , of N ew York Subj ect of th e picture , Paul ” n preaching to th e Athe ians .
— UNE 28 . J Friday afternoon Funeral services of Mr .
George Francis Bissell , h eld at th e church , conducted
. . D D by Rev John H Barrows , . . , with the assistance
of m embers of the choir . R E N E E . M R . CLA C DDY THE NEWYou r? PUBLIC LIBRM
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is through his enthusiastic d evotion to that enterp rise ,
which was then in its infancy . He was surrounde d by a : goodly array of men Bennett B . Chambers , Joseph Meeker ,
Willard F . Myrick , Daniel A . Jones , George Gilbert , all of
whom are gone before him , and Joseph N . Barker , who
survives him , and who held the superintendency of the
Sunday School for many years .
I shall never forget th e day , wh en , rising in my pul
pit at St . Joseph , I saw two strangers present who had a
different tone from m y us u al parishioners . St . Joseph
was then a small village , with the peach interest j ust f started ; we had built the church with great e fort . I think
it was Mr . Chambers who accompanied your fath er to St .
Joseph , bu t I am not sure . After ser vice your father n walked hom e with me , and told m e with the deepest i ter
est , of the new work that had been started on Indiana T - Avenue , j ust beyond Ringgold Place ( now wenty sec
ond Street) , as he u rged m e to consider the call to become pastor of the ch urch for whose future he had su ch a pro h i c p e t prescience . It is interesting to rem ember that at that ti m e ( 1 8 60)
all b eyond my house , which was on Michigan Avenue , a n few blocks south of Ri ggold Place , was gi ven u p to h a d market gardening , and that Mr . Myrick the first stock
yards on Cottage Gro ve A venu e at about Thirtieth Street . Your father used to prophesy th e greatness that h e lived
to see of this South Sid e . But I could not credit him in
what seemed to me wild hopes . I am now writing at Fifty fi f th i Street , and seem yet to be in th e heart of the c ty . I do not know where in th e present city was the Reform
School , but we rod e through wild roads then to reach it ,
and all about it was farm s with little promise of streets ,
still less of a great city .
The month of December witnessed the retirement , by i n fi r m i i t e s . f reason of the of old age , of Mr John Ratcli fe
Dyson , the faithful sexton of this church , who began his 1 1 3 8 6 . . d uties April , , during the ministry of Dr Humphrey
. 1 2 1 8 1 8 E n Mr Dyson was born January , , in Manch ester , g
1 8 45 . land , and cam e to Chicago in He remained h ere a few
years and then went to Milwaukee , where he was sexton
of Plymouth Congregational Church during the time D r .
Humphrey was its pastor . Mr . Dyson ret u rned to Chi x cago to be se ton of th e First Church , at the suggestion of H Dr . umphrey . FI R S T P R E SB Y TE R I A N H UR C C H . 8 7
C O E R 8 — O T B Funeral services of Mrs . Flora Fisher , con 241 9 ducted at her late residence , Michigan Avenue ,
. . D. D by Rev John H Barrows , . Mrs . Fisher was 1 7 99 born in , and had been a m ember of th e First
Church for more than forty years . In speaki n g of
h er great age , Dr . Barrows said she might have seen
all of the presidents of the United States , save one ,
George Washington . — OVE E R 1 6 . N MB Saturday Funeral services of Mr . John
. . . D D B Drake , conducted by Rev John H Barrows , . with th e assistance of the members of th e church
choir .
Mr . John Burrough s Drake was born in Lebanon ,
1 7 1 8 4 . Warren county , Ohio , January , 2 In his address at the funeral , Dr . Barrows said
m a n This , who has b een taken from us , filled a large place in the life of this community and of the nation . He l was honored throughout the country , and was wel know n in other lands . He was one of the m en who make th e strength of a com munity like ours . — . D D E E R 4 . . N OV MB 2 Rev John H Barrows , . , tend ered his
resignation as pastor of the church . — E M E R 1 9 Mr . D E C B Ira Bassett , the veteran organ builder ,
dead . Th e church organ had been under his care
S ince 1 8 73 . D E C E MB E R 29— Christmas service — F s a Son oh n E . e s . O rga n e t l g , J W t — h e m S n a n d R e o c e a n b . A n t i g j i , B r y — T h e A n h e m of P e a e a n b . C a r ol t c , B r y — h m T h e e e S h e h e r s G a . A n t e e r W r p d , ul — ’ A n s C h s m a s Son e w e . O ff e rto ry ge l r i t g, Br r fi r Mi s s G i o d . D m a s S e m on R e v. oh n H . a r ow s D . . C h r i s t r , J B r , — T h S a n Sh e h e s s . C h r i s tm a s Hym n e yri p rd , Oti — n a on a c h S ve n d s on . O rg a n C o ro ti M r ,
The regular choir was assisted by Miss Jessica Jenks ,
Mrs . A . W . Beidler and Miss Hotchkin , sopranos ;
Miss Anna H . Clark and Miss Rose Bilton , altos ; Mr .
VI . . C . . Crankshaw , tenor ; Mr Charles T Atkinson
Jr . . and Mr . Frank H . Atkinson , , basses Organist ,
M r . Charles D . Irwin .
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The choir for the coming year : Miss Electa Giff ord
. . Mrs . Oscar Remmer Mr . Frank K Root ( T 8 8 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
and Mr . Edward A . Allen Mr . Charles D . Irwin ,
organist .
— JANUARY 25 Funeral services of Mr . Cha rles Math er Hen
d e r s on . , at h is late residence , cond ucted b y Rev John
D. H . Barrows , D . , and Rev . Charles M . Morton ,
assisted by m embers of the choir .
Mr . Henderson was born in N ew Hartford , Conn . ,
r 1 8 54 Ma ch came to Chicago in . He was for ’ many years president of th e Young P eople s Missionary
Association of this church , and for some time a member of th e Committee on Music . — F E BRU AR Y 9 Sunday evening . A great m eeting held in
Central M usic Hall , a farewell tribute from the p eople
of Chicago to Dr . Barrows . Addresses by Dr . Henson ,
Bishop Fallows , Rev . Frank Bristol and Mr . H . N .
Higinbotham . — FE BRU AR Y 1 2 Wednesday evening . A s ervice in memory
of Mr . Charles M . Henderson . Addresses by Rev .
D. D John H . Barrows , . , Rev . Charles M . Morton and ’
w . Re v . D . A . M c illiams Members of the choir were
present and took part in th e service . — FE BRU AR Y 1 4 Friday e vening . A farewell reception to
th e pastor and his wife at th e church . Dr . Barrows read an add ress in which he set forth some of the duties and responsibilities in th e acti ve life of a city
pastor . Th en followed remarks by Bishop Cheney , F . M C lu r . . c e L . Ensign , Rev Dr , of Lake Forest , and
Rev . Mr . Robinson , of Englewood .
— . D. R AR 1 6 . D. FE B U Y Rev John H Barrows , , preach e d his “ last sermon this morning , from th e text , Faith , hope ” and charity , of th ese the greatest is charity . — D. D R 2 . . . . . F EBRUA Y 3 Re v E C Ray , , in the p ulpit Sermon “ 1: 1 1 : from II Timothy , Whereunto I am appointed a ” preacher and an apostle and a teach er of the Gentiles . APRIL S— Easter service — a n Fe s a P e e . O rg tiv l r lud , Buck — F h n n h e m e a o o J o a n . A t Br k rt i t y , B r b y — E i n h n n Ho A n h e m V e a t e o a o . P a e . t ry rly M r i g , r ti W rk r — A n h e m O L a m b of G od G o n o . t , u d - r r I a e f or th e L o e n s s h n . OEe to y W it d rd , M d e l o Mr s R m m r a n d C h s s G i fi o r d . e e o s . Mi , ru E a s e S e m on — At th e G a e i n th e G a e n t r r r v rd ,
R . E R . . e v . C . a y , D D — E a s e H m n h H a n s U n s e to e s s s . t r y Wit d rai d Bl , Oti — a n E n ee d u C o e e b o s . O rg tr rt g , Du i
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Myrick House , a noted stopping place for d rovers and
cattle men . There the first stock yard s were organized . Th e old Myrick House was the im mediate predecessor of
th e Transit Hou se .
R — h SE PTE MB E 27 Sermon by Dr . Ray on t e benefit of a col
le g i a t e education .
NOVE MBE R 8 — Festival service
n — ff e i n A G Ma Ma r a e o e o e s c s te . O rg O rt i r , rg m — P a s G od i n H i s Ho n e s s A n h e e T s . t r i li , ou r — H a " H a " S o h A n h e m S . t rk rk My ul , e ll e y — h a of E n S n T e S e L a n . o g t r t r ity , e
Mi s s G i ff o rd . — A n a n e i n H f o o n s . O fe rt ry d t D , lli
C a r n E . Mr . l e c e ddy ( O rg a n i s t of th e c h u r c h f r om 1 8 79 to — H n V n P S m on T h e e a e s o o . . R os s S e n s n . e r v ly i i , r f J te v o A n h e m— L e t U s No w Fe a r th e L o o u r God t rd , n J oh E . We s t . — F h S n a a i l a n F n a e to o G u m n . O rg i l ift t , a t
C a n e E . Mr . l r e c ddy
The regular choir was assisted by Miss Jessica Jenks ,
Miss Lillian E . Randall and Mrs . A . W . Beidler ,
S . l opranos ; Mrs Cecilia Ryan , Miss Rose Bi ton and
Miss Lucinda B . Lee , altos ; Mr . I . J . Shuart and Mr .
Philo A . Otis , tenors ; M r . Charles T . Atkinson and
Jr . . Mr . F . H . Atkinson , , basses Organist , Mr .
Francis S . Moore . ff ’ This was Miss Gi ord s last service in the church .
Sh e went to Paris , wh ere she spent two years in study ; going from there in 1 8 98 to th e Royal Opera in Amster dam , Holland , where she is still engaged .
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ff — e m n L r e o M R e e e a d o c . O rt ry y d r My d , Bu k
A m a n . Mi s s He l e n E . ik
DE C E MBE R 27— Christmas celebration
— a n e e to th e e s s a h Ha n e . O rg Ov rtur M i , d l — A n h e m VI i th All T h Hos s oh n E . e s . t y t , J W t — Fe s a T e e m i n E F a NO. 7 c . tiv l D u l t , , Bu k — C a o It C a m e on th e n h C e a S u a n . r l up Mid ig t l r , lliv — ff e o C h s m a s Son A a m . O rt ry r i t g, d — S e rm on T h e I n d e b te d n e s s of th e Wo rld to C h r i s ti a n
R v S a m e e s C s . . ity , e . u l Iv urti , D D — A n h e m S n a h e of on G a s b . t i g , O D ug t r Z i , d y — a n H a lle lu a h C h o s H a n e . O rg j ru , d l R N E OO R E . M R . F A CIS SILV Y M
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. n Jr . T Atkinson and Mr . F . H . Atkinso , , basses .
Mr . Francis S . Moore , organist .
MAY 9 — ff e o I f w h A ll Y o r He a s e n e s s oh n . O rt ry it u rt , M d l M r . m H n e . Willi a S . i
MAY 1 6 — A n h e m God I s R e e Foo e . t Ou r fug , t
MAY — u 22 Sat rday morning . Funeral services of Mr . L a fli n Matth ew , one of the old est m embers of the
congregation , at his late resid ence , cond ucted by Prof .
D. D. Franklin W . Fisk , A few familiar hymns were
sung by M rs . Geneviev e Clark Wilson and Mrs .
Christine N . Dreier .
L a fli n Mr . was born in Southwick , Mass . , Decem ber
1 6 1 803 1 8 37 . , ; cam e to Chicago in He brought his family w w to Chicago the follo ing year , and during th e inter of 1 — 8 38 39 they occupie d quarters in Fort Dearborn . Mrs . L a fli n was received into the m embership of the church
3 1 8 39 . March 2 , The present hom e of the Chicago Acad L i n a fl . emy of Sciences in Lincoln Park was a gift from M r . — MAY 30 D ecoration day :
— A n F a n e e o i n o oo e . O rg ll gr tt D Mi r , t — H m n T h e Son of G od G oe s Fo h to Wa r S a n . y rt , ull iv — A n h e m T h e S a n U a s e . t tr i pr i , Buck Am e a n H m n — S e e O u r R e b c 0 Fa h e r on r i c y p d pu li , t
H h e e . ig , K ll r — N a o n a Son Son of a T h o s a n Y e a s o . ti l g g u d r , W rk ’ S e rm on — A m e r i c a s P l a c e i n th e E v a n ge lizi n g of th e
H . s D . D o R e v. oh n a r ow . W rld , J B r , N a on a A n h e m — T h e S a S a n e a n n e ti l t t r p gl d B r , — a n T h e S a S a n e a n n e . O rg t r p gl d B r , Buck The regular choir was assiste d by Miss Jessica Jenks and S Miss Grace E . D udley , opranos ; Miss Laura Fleming
and Miss Daisy J . Hubbard , altos ; Mr . Frank K . Root
and Mr . Philo A . Otis , tenors ; M r . Charles T . Atkin h Jr . . . Mr . . . son , F H Atkinson , , and M-r Art ur T Scott , S. . basses . Organist, M r . Francis Moore
— NE 1 . . JU 3 P ulpit occupied by Prof M Bross Thomas , of
Lake Forest .
— JU NE 20 Sunday afternoon . Funeral ser vices of Mr .
. w . . George W Darro , condu cted by Rev John H Bar
D D . rows , . . , with the assistance of m embers of th e choir
UNE 30— J Wednesday evening . A formal call was extended
D. D. by th e society to Re v . W . J . Chichester , , of the M R R N E OOR E . . F A CIS SILV Y M
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D D D. . . . D. . Re v . Willis G . Craig , , Re v Edward C Ray , , Mc Wi lli a m s Re v . C . A . Lippincott and Rev . D . A . — a n E e n n Son os s . O rg v i g g, B i H m n — T h e S on of G od Goe s Fo h to Wa r y rt ,
. h n e . S . B W it y — A n h e m S n n o th e L o S e n h a m . t i g u t rd , yd — A n h e m O L a m b of G od G o n o . t , u d — A n h e m P e a e Y e th e Wa of th e L or G a r e . t r p r y d , r tt — a n H a lle lu a h C h o s H a n e . O rg j ru , d l The ch urch quartette was assisted by Miss Grace Chap
s . . pell , Mis Jessica Jenks , Miss E M Goodman and Miss
Grace E . D udley , S opranos ; Miss Laura Fleming , s s Miss Mertie M . White and Mi s Louise Blish , alto ;
Mr . Frank K . Root and Mr . Philo A . Otis , tenors ; Mr . Jr F . H . Atkinson , . , and Mr . Arthur T . Scott , basses .
Mr . Francis S . Moore , organist . D E C E MBE R 26— Christmas celebration — P e e T h e P a s o a S m h on a c h . r lud t r l y p y , B
V o n V o on c e o a n d a n . i l i , i l ll O rg — H n L h C h o a e r e a Fo h e a e o s e a e c h . r l B k rt , O B ut u , v ly ig t, Ba F h s m a ( r om t e C h r i t s O r a to r io . ) A n h e m — A n d T h e e e e S h e h e s t r W r p rd , C h r s m a s Son — S w e e h o h th e N h i t g tly t r ug ig t,
V i oli n a n d O rga n A c c om p a n i m e n t . M n C h s e N . e e . r s . r i ti D r i r i — h V o n So o A i r a c . l i l , B — V o on c e o S o o e c e s e Go a r . i l ll l B r u , d d — ff e o I a e f or th e L o e n e s s oh n . O rt ry W it d rd , M d l
M a G u e r n d C h o r . Mr s . C a G . T m s L . s l a r r i b le , Mi s y rl a u A n h m — C m f n n h n E e O o e R e e e m e o a o . e s . t . d r M ki d , J W t V A c c om p a n i m e n t f or i o lon c e llo a n d O rg a n . - a n A n d t h e G o of th e L o H n e . O rg l ry rd , a d l
Th e regular choir was assisted by Miss L . May Gurler , S Miss E . M . Goodman and Miss Jessica Jenks , opranos ; n Miss Laura Flemi g, Miss Anna Millar and Miss
Henrietta Millar , altos ; Mr . Philo A . Otis and Mr . l s Fred erick J . Wesse s , tenors ; Mr . Charle T . Atkin
Jr . . son and Mr . F . H . Atkinson , , basses ; Mr Leopold t i n d l l S e e v . . Kramer , violin ; Mr . Bruno , io oncello Mr
Francis S . Moore , organist .
a Dr . Chichester preached a Christm s sermon from Micah “ : 2 h v But thou , Bet lehem , Ephratah , though thou u be little among the thousands of J dah , yet out of thee shall He come forth unto m e that is to b e ruler in
Israel ; whose goings forth have been from old , from ” everlasting .
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Dr . Chichester spoke th is morning on th e life an d work of ’ Mr . Gladstone , taking his text from Paul s sermon to “ n t i oc h : the people at For David , after h e had served ow n l his generation , by th e will of God , fel on sle ep . ( Acts xiii :
’ MAY 28 — The pastor s s ermon was o n the p r esent war “ . : e with Spain Text Out of th e eater cam e forth m at , ” and out of the strong cam e forth s weetness . ( Ju dges xiv : JUN E 1 9 — n h m T h e R h e o s s h a F ou r s h C a i n . A t e ig t u ll l i , lk
’ The pastor s sermon was founde d on the exclamation of “ ” Elij ah , It is enough , Lord , now take away my life , uttered by the prophet when h e went into th e wilder
ness , weary , alone , broken in body and spirit , read y
to die . — ’ JUNE 26 Th e sermon was on that passage of St . Paul s
t h e ' a os tle letter to th e Ephesians , in which p make s u s e “ of som e military expressions (chapter vi : 1 1 Put “ — on th e whole armor of God above all , taking th e
shield of faith and th e helm et of salvation .
— Mr . s . JUL Y 1 7 Charle D Irwin , organist — a n A n a n e c on V a a . 8 2 O rg d t r i , Op , fi e r tor — L o e i n e A ll L o e E x e n O y v D iv , v c lli g ,
r . T m a n d a m e s S w . M s r i b l e M r . J ift — n P o s s on a c h S . . h i n O rg a r c e i l Mar , B W t e y .
Dr . Chichester away on his vacation . Sermon by Re v . D D “ Sylvester Scovel , . . , of Wooster , Ohio , on The ” “ : 59 60 : martyr spirit . Text from Acts , vii , And
th ey stoned Steph en . Lord Jesus , receive m y ” spirit . Lay not this sin to their charge . — 1 . . . o c c u JU LY 3 Rev . L F Lav erty , of Los Angeles , Cal ,
pie d the pulpit . The speaker said that the present war with Spain would call th e attention of th e whole - world to th e power of the Anglo Saxon race . He fur n i s h e d some statistics to s u pport this statement : in th e year 1 700 th e Anglo-Saxon people numbered 0 1 800 1 900 th e r e w i ll 00 ; in , in be AU GUST 28 — fi r r B T h ou Fa h n o e a h n e s s h n . O e to y e it ful u t D t , Me d l o
P a . ( S t . ul )
a m e s S w . M r . J ift D D Sermon by Rev . John C . Watt , . . , First Presbyterian
Church , Colum bus , Ohio . M R E N N H . GL ALL . NEW RARY C U3 pUBU
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are church m emb ers , and only 3 p er cent giv e any “ : thing to th e support of the Gospel . Text Run , : speak to that young man ( Zach . ii
M c u h s . C a a n a Rev . W . J g began his labors this m orning
pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church . Rev . John W D. D n . . t L ithrow , , the former pas or , resigned Ju e 26 1 8 98 th , , to return to his old pulpit in e Park Street s Church , of Boston , Mas . N OVE MBE R 27 — ff e o O S a o He a r Me G u c . O rt ry vi ur , , l k H a . G n n Mr l e ll . V o n o b i n a r n r i li Ob liga t y M s s Mari a C pe te . D E C E MBE R 4 — An h e m h e th e E a r h R e m a n e h oh n A . e s . t W il t i t , J W t
“ Th e sermon was on Foreign Missions . Why was this waste of the ointment made ? ” This was the qu es
tion of som e indignant bystanders , in th e house of
Simon the Lep er , as th ey witnessed the woman break th e alabaster box of precious ointment and pour it on
the head of our Saviour . The same question is aske d to-day as to th e e xp enditure annually of large s u ms in W . s the mission field s hat about our church edifice ,
th eir elaborate fittings and costly music . Why this waste
P . M. . Organ recital in the ch urch at , by M r Francis
S . Moore , assisted by Mr . Glenn Hall . D E C E MB E R 1 1 — H R e s on s e T h a e s s e o e R u t e n b e r . p t Bl d p , — O lf r tor O R e s i n th e L o e n s s h n . e y t rd , M de l o
M r s . h s n e N . r r C r i ti D e i e . — D D. E C E E R 1 8 . . . D MB Sermon by Re v John H Barrows , , 0 from Isaiah i 2 Hear , O h eavens , and give ear , ” earth for th e Lord hath spoken . D E C E MBE R 25— Christmas ce lebration - P r e T h e P a s o a S m h on c h . lud e t r l y p y , Ba
V o n V o on c e o a n d a n . i l i , i l ll O rg C a o — S n th e Ho C h -C h s r l i g ly ild r i t, A n h e m — O Z on h a T e e s Goo T n s t i , t t ll t d i di g , C a o — C h s i s o n th e A n e s S n r l ri t B r , g l i g , a e t e w h A c c om a n m e n f or V o n V i o on c e o Qu rt t it p i t i l i , l ll
a n d O rga n . — V o on e o S o d A a o G olte r m a n . i l c ll l d gi , — f e o T h e C h s C h C oom b s . O f rt ry r i t ild ,
G n n H a . Mr . l e ll
.With A c c om p a n i m e n t f or V i oli n a n d O rga n . — An h e m O C om e R e e e m e of a n i n oh n E . e s . t , d r M k d , J W t
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D. D Jos i a h . R e v . Strong , , author of the work entitled , Our " d e O u la Country , has given m uch thought to th e p p tion of th e country districts for th e benefit of th e
cities . The working people flock to the cities , where
living is cheaper . It is possible , Dr . Strong says , to support life i n New York City on four cent s a day
bed , one cent ; breakfast , one cent ; dinner , one cent,
an d supp er , one cent . Anoth er cent will buy a news s paper . Dr . Chichester stated that one h undred year ago only one p erson out of th irty live d in th e city ; - fifty years ago , one out of twelve . To day th e coun try districts in parts of New England are almost
d eserted , so great is the rush to the city . Th e Chi cago directory of 1 830 con tained a voting list of thirty nam es ; to-day th e population is Forty per cent of th e p eople of Massachusetts now live in th e n city of Bosto and its suburbs . The improv ement in farm machinery is one cause for the desertion of th e
agricultural districts . Four men can now do the work
on the farm , which fifty years ago re quire d fou r
teen . Consider th e enormous tid e of i mmigration to
Am erica . What are we to do with th ese foreigners who are b eing land ed in N ew York City at th e rate of to per day ? How can they be taugh t the requirem ents of good citizenship ? Fifty years ago it 50 cost each e migrant $ to cross th e ocean , and it took fi v - e weeks to come . To day i t costs and th e
steamers cross in nine days . There are ov er 000 foreigners in Chicago and only one church for
people . There are several districts , each con
taining foreigners , without a church of any kind . All th e church buil d ings and mission schools in Chicago w On e ill seat only million of people , accord i n l g y , could not go to church at all . In Paris ’ e n s d a r m e s g are needed to keep ord er ; in London ,
police . Q ueen Vi ctoria says the Bible is th e cause of ’ England s prosperity and success . Dr . Chich ester assigns two reasons for the destitution and poverty in ’ : our cities man s environment and man himself .
— “ FE BRUAR Y 1 9 Text of th e sermon : And Enoch walked : with God . ( Genesis v
FE BRU ARY 26 — A n h e m Th e L o I s R oc oo m a n . t rd My k , W d MARC H 26 — A n h e m O God Wh o I s L e n o T h e e Fos e r . t , ik u t , t I R S T P R E SB TE R I A N H F Y C UR C H . 1 01
’ The text of th e pastor s sermon was taken from St . “ Matthew Vi i : 29 He taught th em as one having ” authority . — APRI L 2 Easter Sunday . Festival service
— P r e e H m n to St . C e c a G n lud y il i , ou od . V i o n V o on n e o a d a n . l i , i l c ll O rg — C h or a For U s t h e C h r s i s a e a V c m A a n l i t M d i ti v il i g, Go n o u d . A n h e m — Now I s C h s R s e n oh n E . e t r i t i , J W s t . — A n h e m T h e L o s h a C om or on L u tk i n t rd ll f t Zi , . E a s e Son t r g , Oti s .
V o n V o on c e o a n d a n . i l i , i l ll O rg ' O fl e r tor — I n o w h a R e e e m e r L e h H n y K t t My d iv t , a de l . M r s . C a a G T l r . r i mb l e . A m a n m n f r V n V h c c o e o o o on c e o a n d a n . Wit p i t i li , i l ll Org A n h e m — Sh o Y e H h H e a e n s C h a w t ut , ig v , d i ck . A c om a n m n f or V n V h c e o o on c e o a n d O a n . Wit p i t i li , i l ll rg — A i n E a r a n e a F . O g ll lui l t , Dub o i s
The church quartette was assisted by Mrs . Fanny Utley
Pine , Mrs . Virginia Evans , Miss Elizabeth Dunlap S and Miss Sarah M unson , opranos ; Miss Jennie F .
Johnson , Miss Edna Marion Barnes , Miss Anna Houser
ke n a . . O c . and Miss E . W g , altos ; Mr Philo A Otis and
Mr . Frederick J . Wessels , tenors ; Mr . Charles T .
Atkinson and Mr . H . B . Harvey , basses ; Mr . Emil St e i n d e l e . V . . Bar , violin ; Mr Bruno , ioloncello Mr
Fran cis S . Moore , organist .
“ Easter s ermon by the pastor . Subj ect , The immortal ” . : life . ( I Cor xv
APRIL 9 — r For e e r w h th e L or Go n o . Of f e r to y v it d , u d
C h s n e N . r e i e r . Mr s . r i ti D
t o Dr . Chichester spoke on th e exclamation of King Saul “ the w itch of Endor : For the Philistines make war
against me , and God is departed from me and answereth t ” m e no more , neither by prophe s nor dreams . ( I ’ “ Samuel xxviii : The pastor s subj ect was : The ” true imitation of Christ .
— APRIL 1 6 The text was : Let this mind be in you which ” : was also in Christ Jesus . ( Philippians ii
AP RI L 23
A n th e m — I w i ll Me n ti on th e L ovi n g Ki n d n e s s e s o f
h e L o S a n . t rd , ulliv
Choir assisted by Mr . Henry A . Mix 1 02 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
’ “ The pastor s sermon was on th e Inspiration of visions . “ The proph et Joel ( ii : 28 ) says : Your sons and your s al daughters h l prophesy , your old m en shall dream ” s . dreams , your young m en shall see vi ions Mankind
can be divided into two classes , the practical and the
. t h e e visionary The sermon was a plea for dream r ,
on w hom most of us look with small favor . Nothing strengthens the h eart m ore in th e battle of life than a ‘ high ideal . Where no vision is , the people p erish . Th e m en who have seen visions a r e doing th e most in - . s the world to day Galileo , N ewton , Columbu , Tyn
l e a s . dal , Lincoln w re all dre mer APRIL 30 h — G r e a I O u r L or F e m s os r . A n t t d , te
’ “ : Dr . Chich ester s topic was The Pri vileges of Christian ” Faith . The sermon was based on the s ev enteenth and eighteenth verses of th e s ixteenth chapter of th e “ : Gospel of St . Mark And these signs shall follow ' them that belie ve ; in My n ame shall they c ast out ” devils , etc . MAY 7 — An h e m O C om e L e t U s or s h e n e s s oh n . t , W ip , M d l Fr m t h N n -fi f t h P s a m ( o e i e ty l . )
M P h n c e r D D. s o . Rev . Simon John , , tendere d his resigna tion thi s morning as pastor of th e Second Presbyterian
Church . He leaves Chicago to take the position of
head master of the school at Lawrence ville , N . J . — ’ MAY 1 4 T h e pastor s sermon was based on th e eighth verse of th e twenty -second chapter of Deuteronomy : “ t When thou buildest a new house , h en thou shalt ” make a battlement for the roof . Dr . Chichester closed his s ermon with a n appeal for th e work at Rail f road Chapel . Th e o fering for this purpose amounted to M Y 1 - A 2 P ulpit occupied by Professor Z enos , of th e m i 4 Mc C or c k . : : Seminary . Text from St Luke xi 2 “ These ought y e to hav e done , and not to leav e the
other undone . MAY — h “ 28 Dr . Chic ester pr e ached upon Christian Sci “ . : : i n ence Text , Proverbs xxiii 7 As he thinketh ” his h eart , so is he . ’ UNE 1 1 — d e J Child ren s a y . Dr . Chich ester mad e an addr ss
to the child ren , basing his remarks on a part of the eighth verse of the fourteenth chapter of Judges :
a s . And behold , there w a swarm of bees
FI R S T P R E SB TE R I A N H Y C UR C H . 1 03
JUN E 1 8 — R e s on s e T h ou E a h a Sw e e I n c e n s e S h p rt , W ft t , po r . Fr om th e C a n a a G od T h o a r t G ( t t , , u r e a t . — ” f f e r o O e s s T h o a r t S a n n O t ry J u , u t di g , Fos te r . C h o A s s s e b s s G a i r i t d y Mi r c e E . Dudl e y
UNE 25 - ’ “ h J Subj ect of th e pastor s sermon , Ort odoxy .
Th e apostle Paul , in his letter to Titus (ii : says “ But speak thou the things which becom e sound doc ” trine . A brass tablet has been placed in the church d uring the
past week , bearing this inscription I N ME M OR Y OF A SA P E E L L E AG K Y . — 1 822 1 893 .
S O E T E A N E E R I N H M IM LD T IS C H UR C H . T H IS T ABLE T I S E R E CTE D Hr s U H TE R BY DA G , R E E SH FE L DT MA Y K LL Y U . JUL Y 9 f f e r or — O G od H a e e c O t y , v M r y , Me n d e l s s oh n .
F P a . ( r om S t . ul ) A Mr . lfr e d Willi a m s .
’ The pastor s last Sunday before his vacation . His ser “ mon was found ed on the text : As an eagle stirreth fi u t t e r e th up her nest , over h er young, spreadeth n h h abroad her wi gs , taket th em , bearet them on her
wings , etc . ( Deuteronomy xxxii :
— U 1 6 . . . D D J LY Rev D C Marquis , . . , in th e pulpit . Text of sermon : I know thy works and wh ere thou dwell ’ ” : est , e ven where Satan s seat is . (Revelations ii
U 3— D 2 . . . . D. J LY Pulpit occupied by Re v W N Page , , of
Fort Leavenworth , Kan . 30— UL . . . D. D J Y Sermon by Rev W N Page , . , who took for “ his text : For th e kingdom of God is not meat an d drink ; b ut righteou sness and peace and j oy in the Holy : Ghost . ( Romans xiv
The church was closed during the month of August .
E E E R 3 — S PT MB AND 1 0 Pulpit occupied by Rev . Reuben D D. . Haines Hartley , . , of La Porte , Ind
E E E 1 — S PT MB R 7 Dr . Chichester resum ed his work this
morning , taking as the subj ect of his discourse “ l f ” Spiritua E fectiveness . His subj ect was the raising ’ of the Shunammite s son by Elisha , as told in th e fourth 1 04 A H I S TOR Y OF TH E
chapter of II Kings . Church m emb ers are too apt in s this day to d o good through other , as Elisha s ent
Gehazi , instead of going himself . There is too much - dependence to day on committees , boards and other elaborate org anizations ; too little personal responsi i li 1 8 94 b ty . Th e General Assembly report ( ) showed a net increase for the preceding year of mem 1 8 96 bers . In this increase had droppe d to In 1 8 97 the increase was only For th e year end i n 1 899 g May , , this increase had fallen to O C T OBE R 1 5
An h e m — T h ou V i s e h th e E a r h t it t t ,
’ “ Subj ect of the pastor s sermon , A plea for the Jew . O C T O BE R 29
f e o — T h e oo s a n d E e r S w e e Sm e n T e e O f rt ry W d v y t lli g r ,
oh n E . s J We t .
“ D r . Chichester spoke on th e R eserve forces of life . Text : Then shall th e kingdom of h eaven b e likened unto ten virgins which took th eir lamps and went m forth to eet the bridegroom . And fiv e of them wer e ” 1 wis e and fiv e were foolish . (St . Matthew xxv : ,
E E E R 1 7 — S PT MB Sunday afternoon funeral services of Mr . W Edward Allen Packard , cond ucted by Rev . . J . Chi D D ch ester , . . Mrs . Christine N . Dreier sang th e ” hymns , Lead , Kindly Light and Abide with M e .
Mr . Packard was admitted to th e m embership of this 6 1 866 ch urch March 2 , , by letter from the First Congre
a ti on a l . . g Church of Stockton , N Y N OVE MB E R 1 2 — f f e or T h e Ni n e a n d N n e C m on . O rt y ty i , a p i
G n n Ha . Mr . le ll Th e pastor spoke on En vironment as one of the i n flu n e c e s in shaping human life . Text : For in Him we
i . live and move , and hav e our b e ng (Acts xvii
E E 1 8 — N OV MB R Saturday afternoon ; funeral services of M r . Franklin Van Tuyl Chamberlain at his late residence
in Evanston , condu cted by Dr . Chichester , and Dr .
Boyd , of th e First Presbyterian Church of Evanston . Y Mr . Chamberlain was born in Seneca Falls , N . . , 6 1 1 8 49 8 0 . De cemb er 2 , 2 He cam e to Chicago in , and , with his wife , was admitted to m embership in this
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TO R LENO X AS , N8 n FOUNUAT|O . 7 i i. I R S T P R E SB YTE R I A N H R F C U C II . 1 05
5 9 1 8 0. church March , He was elected an elder , February
22 1 8 53 . 1 8 61 , In h e removed to Cincinnati , remaining 1 8 78 there until , when he returne d to Chicago . Soon after his return h e was again chosen elder , retaining th e ofli c e 1 6 1 899 until his death , November , . — N OVE MB E R 30 Thursday m orning ; Union T h a n k s g i v
ing Service of the Plymouth Congregational , Trinity
Methodist Episcopal , the First Christian , the First Presbyterian and the Second Presbyterian churches h eld in the First Presbyterian Church
a n — A n a n e i n D O rg d t , A n h e m — O G od Wh o I s L e n o T h e e t , ik u t , So o— A S on of T h a n s n l g k givi g , M r h s n C e N . e . s . r i ti D r i e r Ofi e r tor — M Son s h a B e A w a T h e c y y g ll l y y M r y , n h n Me d e l s s o .
s s a P . T h om s on a n d Mr G n e n H a . Mi M ry . l ll — H a T n s n h a n r e s h a a C a n . O rg v t k givi g M rc , lki W D D Sermon by Rev . . G . Mc Lennan , . . , pastor of Trin “ : ity M ethodist Episcopal Church . Text Bless the 0 W Lord , my soul ; and all that is ithin m e bless His : holy nam e . ( Psalm ciii — D E C E MBE R 24 Christmas celebration
— m n n e a G o n o P e e H t o S a C . r lud y i t cil i , u d
V o n V o on e o a n d a n . i li , i l c ll O rg — An h e m T h e e e r e Sh e h e s C h a w . t r W p rd , d i ck — C a o C h r s i s B o n th e A n e s S n s . r l i t r , g l i g , Oti u a e e w h A c om a n m e n f or V o n V o on c e o a n d Q rt tt , it c p i t i li , i l ll
O r ga n . A n h e m — I t C a m e u on th e n h C e a t p Mid ig t l r , V o on e o— R om a n a i l c ll z ,
n o Ste i n d e l . Mr . Bru — OE r tor T h e N a Sh e e . e y tivity , ll y With A ccom p a n i m e n t f or V i oli n a n d O rga n .
N e . C h n e . e M r s . ri s ti Dr i r S e m on — Th e s e Me n a n d th e a b e r Wi B ,
D . D . R v. . . C h c h e s e r e W J i t , — An h e m O S n to G od Go n o . t i g , u d
m n m n f r V o n V o on c e o a n d a n . With A c co p a i e t o i li , i l ll O rg — P e T h H a e a h C h or s Ha n e . os tlud e ll luj u , d l
The regular choir was assisted by Mrs . Virginia Evans ,
Miss Grace E . D udley , Miss Mary Hansel and Miss H le Normanda va , sopranos ; Miss N ellie Murphy, Miss
Anna Read and Miss Julia Clark , altos ; Mr . John E .
W . . . . alker , Mr . Philo A . Otis and Mr F J Wessels
tenors ; Mr . Charles T . Atkinson , Mr . F . H . Atkinson ,
Jr . . , and Mr . Arthur T . Scott , basses ; Mr Leon Marx ,
n d l . . violin ; Mr . Bruno St e i e , Violoncello Mr Francis
S . Moore , organist . 1 06 A C H A P TE R ON C H OI R S .
C H R O N C H I S A AP TE O R .
Great changes have taken place in the past sixty years n in the character of church mu sic in this country , owi g to th e m ore general culture and cultivated tastes a mon g c ch urch congregations . If more is expecte d of the hoir n ow master than then , he is at least given better material with which to w ork . There were not many churches befor e 1 850 that could do m uch more for the support of th eir music than to provide the singers w ith hym n and - tune books . Salaried choirs and two manual organs were i h then almost unknow n . The flute and bass v ol were t e instrum ents generally h eard in church worship ; th e m elo d eon was j ust coming into use . It was th e precursor of the present cabinet organ and organ harmoniu m .
n A friend , who was brought up accordi g to the Old h School doctrines of the Presbyterian Churc , in a country
a n e i h b or i n district of g g state , to whom I wrote recently asking about hym n books and instrum ents , replies “ Th e i mpressions recei ved of a village choir in my ch ildhood may give you a fair idea of the chara cter of the m usic commonly h eard at that time in th e churches ” W n throughout th e estern States . He co tinu es My hom e ( from 1 8 46 to 1 8 56) was in a farming com u m nity , close by a lov ely village , where the p eople worked hard , feared God and attended church regularly . As I look back on that period of m y life , over an interval of a forty ye rs , th ere are th ree things which com e promi n e n tl — y to mind the Sabbath , th e Village church and the choir . My parents were d evout , religious p eople of the strict Presbyterian faith , who had been carefully nurtured in the fear of th e Lord . The Sabbath was for them literally a day of rest , wh en e very member of th e household m ust c eas e all but the necessary farm work , and m ust go to ch urch . To the young people of the family th e day was som ething more ; th e Sunday services and th e occasional m eetings of th e choir for practice brought l a n d som e relief to th e hard , dul routine of farm life , really
1 08 A C H A P TE R ON C H OI R S .
b octaves of reeds , and the wind was supplied y a treadle m worked with th e foot . Anoth er instru ent was called th e h dulcimer , a stringed instrument , the tone of w ich was produced by striking the strings with sticks having rub s m b e r tips . Another form of a dulcim er was th e y ” phony , th e tone being obtained by picking the strings u with the th m b and finger . I hav e a d istinct remem brance of the m usic that was sung at th e funerals I at tended when a c h ild . The hymns “ " ” “ Hark From the Tombs a Doleful Sound , Why Do We Mourn Departing Friend s ?” sung to the tune of “ ” “ ” China , Sister , Thou wast Mild and Lovely , and others , equally mournful in character , were favorites with “ . I ou ld th e village choir on th ese occasions Th e hymn , w ” “ ” Not Live Alway (tune Frederick ) was often heard , ’ and as often p itche d too high . How th e wom en s voices would struggle for th e high notes " We have to-day some beautiful hymns , d ear to the whole Christian world , which were not found in th e hymnals in use fifty years ago : ” ” Lead , Kindly Light , Nearer , My God , to Thee , and
. W Abid e with Me hen we secured an organ , thirt y t h e years afterward , and flute , violin , bass V iol , clarinet and th e horn had disap peared from th e choir gallery , music , to my mind , lost much of its chara cte r .
' l I have anoth er letter from a d ear old choir eader , Mr . P u A . R . eck , of th e First Presbyterian Ch rch , of Beloit , W th e is . , written in mu ch the sam e vein , telling of books a n d instru ments used in his day . Mr . P e ck mad e an - l a ad dress at the semi centennia celebr tion of his c hurch , 1 1 899 March 2 , , sp eaking of his choir recollections , which date from 1 8 41 . How he lov e d his work " Th e l e tter w ill s pea k for itself I am a farm er living on the farm my father bought fi f t - B y eight years ago , thre e miles from the city of eloit . I have traveled that distance day and night in all kinds of w eather to gratify my love for m usic . For years I have n e ver missed a Saturday night rehearsal , nor a Sun
or . day service , morning evening It never stormed so v hard , nor was the cold ever so se ere that I was kept at home .
The fir s t tim e m usic is mention ed in the records of this church was at the dedication . of the fram e m eeting A C H A P TE R N H O C OI R S . 1 09
“ ’ ” n a s house commonly know the Lord s House , January 4 1 8 34 n , , and refers to a hym written for th e occasion by 1 Mr . G . T . Sproat , a Baptist b rother :
God of th e glori ou s w o rld a b ove " Be fo r e T h y gr a c i ou s th r on e w e b ow ; 0 s e n th e s r of T h o e d p i it y l v , A n d s m e on T h c h r e n n il up y ild ow .
We e c a e h s h o s e to T h e e d di t t i u , T o T h e e th e s e s a c r e d w a ll s w e r a i s e O de ign to s e n d T h y s pi r it dow n An d h e s e e a r h c o r s w h r fill t t ly u t it p ai s e .
i h n h e s e w a s le t s a c r e e a c e W t i t ll d p , An d love a n d h ope a n d u n i on d w e ll ; He r e give th e tr oub l e d c on s c i e n c e e a s e
T h e os r e s or e th e w o n e h e a . l t t , u d d l
A n d 0 m a h e r e th e G os e s o n y p l u d , S e n b th e s r i of T h G r c t y pi t y a e , A w a e n m a n s n n e s r o n k y i r u d , T o c om e a n d fill th i s s a c r e d pl a c e
L or w e a r e w e a — b u t T h o a r t s on d , k u tr g ; — L o w e a r e f e w b u t T h o a r t n e a r . rd , u 0 m a e h i s h o s e T h w e i n a c e k t u y d ll g pl , m n n r n r h C o e dow a d e ig fo e ve r e r e .
’ D a z D e m oc r a t n 1 1 8 34 i n The Chicago Iy of Ja uary 2 , , s its account of the services , publishe the s ermon of Rev .
Jeremiah Porter and all th e verses of the hymn , but says s u n nothing about th e tune to which the hymn was fi g , nor does it speak of any other hymn being su n g on this occa As sion . the m easure is in long meter , and the verses “ l ” have som e vigor, The O d Hundred may have been u a a ff sed , and w ould h ve been an ppropriate and e ective s etting .
There w a s undoubtedly a choir in the early days of n the church , as a resolution adopted at a meeti g of the 1 6 1 834 : Session , Decemb er , , reads
w a s In compliance with a request from the singers , it voted to ad vise th e congregation to stand d urin g the sing ing and i n clin e the head upon the bench before th em d ur ing prayer in our public worship .
x Hi s t or i c a l e m on b R e v . oh n H . 1 883 a e 25. S r , y J , p g A H A P TE R N I 1 1 0 C O C H O R S .
Th e only nam es of choir m e mber s at this period 34 n ow B ( 1 8 as far as can b e ascertained , were M r . ates
( v iolin) , and Mr . Jam es Marshall ( flute ) . We know nothing of th e character of th e m usic in the
. m church at this tim e Hymns were s ung, possibly anthe s
a s b ut th e choir m usic , if any , w probably of the simplest
kind . D r . and Mrs . Jeremiah Porter , Mr . Philo Carpen ter 1 and a few other sur vivors of th e founders of th e 1 8 83 church , who were present at the Jubilee Services in , could have gi ven much information regarding th e c hoir of h ll their time but they ave a since pass ed a w ay . Th e sturdy pioneers of 1 8 33 had little tim e for choir practice Their work was of a more serious character in laying th e foundations , d eep and strong , of th e oldest organization in
Chicago , civic or religious .
f e n A w survi vi g m embers of th e congregation in D r . B m ’ asco s time , who re m ember th e m usic and the choir , all agree that there was no organ of any d escription in the “ ” a s Wooden Church , th e first m eeting house was calle d , after its removal to the new location on Clark Street , south h of Washington . D uring t e period services were h eld in 1 837—49 this build ing ( ) , th e music was co ngregational in character , supported by a chorus choir , of wh ich the first W l . . a r eader , as far as can be ascertained , was Mr Seth P ner . Mr . Augustus G . Downs becam e a m em ber of the choir about 1 841 . He played th e bass Viol and succeeded
Mr . Warner in th e lead ership . Mr . Edward C . Cleaver , 1 8 45 u 1 8 5 who j oine d the choir in , continuing with it ntil 2 , writes of h is recollections
on I played th e Violoncello in the frame ch urch , Clark
Street , back of th e new one , until I purchase d a double h bass , for whic the church afterwar d paid . I played this
1 . h i o a e n e a m e t o h i a o i n 1 83 f om Sa o e s h e Mr P l C rp t r c C c g July , 2, r v y , B rk ir
o n w h w F 1 0 . H i n f f s b a s s . h e e e a s b o n e b a 27 8 5 s o e om a o w a c u ty , M , r r ru ry , j ur y fr Bu l y t h e s e a m e En e s e t o e o h e n e i n t h e m a l w a on t o Ni e s h . w h e e t r t rpri D tr it ; t c i g l , Mic , r h n fl n h e t i t s o h . T h e e tr a s fe rre d h i s e f f e cts t o a a t b oa t goi g down t e St . Joe riv r o m ut h o e a w a s a n h a s m m e 1 83 in Fo De a b o n a n d a ll o i n a n t e c o s e c l r r gi g t t u r ( 2) rt r r , rd ry i r ur w h h a n o n a e n e h e t wo n a n s t o t ow h i s b oa it C ic go w a s s us pe de d . Y u g C rp t r ir d I di t a o n t h e s o th e n e n d of t h e a e n a a n n a b o wh e e Do a s a e n ow i s . r u d u r l k , fi lly l di g ut r ugl Pl c He w a s a n e e i n t h e F s h h o e e n e a s a n d h e n w h e w w h o h e s t o ld r ir t C urc f urt y r , t it dr it t r o m t h e h e h I n 1 851 h e h e e t o o n t h Fi r s on e a f r T ird Pr s b yte ri a n C h urc . lp d f u d e t C g r g t i on a l h u h . a e n e e i n h a o s 7 1 886. C rc . Mr C rp t r di d C ic g , Augu t ,
1 1 2 A C H A P TE R ON C H OI R S.
a l churches of Chicago , and th e character of th e m usic literature in use among choirs at that tim e . 1 857 Wh en I cam e to Chicago in February , , th e city still retained many features of th e sm all town , though the population num bered nearly Th e music ordi n a r i ly h eard on Sunday was but little b etter than that of th e village choir ; this w a s certainly true of th e ch urche s
I attended during th e two y ears following m y arrival .
The choirs were generally composed of volunteers . Th er e al were not many organs , and the m elod eon was th e usu means for accompanying the choir .
Th e volunteer choru s choir was , howev er , gradually
i i n a u g v g w y to the trained q artette . Th e First Presby ter i an Church change d to a quartette with the occupation of the new building on Wabash Av enu e . Th e reasons for abandoning the time honored chorus were many . Although there were always plenty of good voices , good leaders and organists who knew their b usiness and could make the r m eetings for p actice attractive and h elpful for th e singers , n were s carce . Th e fact is , moreover , that e ve in large congregations it is difi c u lt to find a score of fair singers who will bend to the task of regular attendance at reh ear sals and services year in and year ou t , howe ver attracti ve m an d useful the exercises may be mad e . Th e life of a e t r O oli s n p is not cond ucive to such sacrifices . In the old e days the choir m eeting was generally a social gath ering , to which everybody cam e for th e purpos e of h a vi n g a good l tim e . The m usical d emand was easi y satisfied , the choir looked over th e hymns for th e next Sabbath and perhaps “ ” ’ i n an occasional anth em or set piece , and the e ven g s w ork was done . “ . D l M r N . J . Corey , of etroit , in his artic e on Th e ” 1 99 Making of M usic in the Church es , in th e August , 8 ,
Mu s i c i a n number of th e , says
Th e ideal choir is , of course , th e well trained chorus , B with a quartette to lead . ut th e maintenance of such a choir presents dif fi culties that are insurmountable to th e c s av erage church . There are two classes of chur he in s which choru choirs may b e found , and th ese at th e two extremes of temporal prosperity : th e wealthy congregation H U R H 1 866— W H E N U E N E R T H E FI R ST PR E SBYTE R IAN C C , ABAS AV A C ON GR E SS STR E E T .
H A P TE R ON H I R 1 1 4 A C C O S .
Hall Labagh , of New York , for an organ for our new
n ch urch , which was d elivered in du e time . M y recollectio
l . i s that it had thirty stops an d two manua s M r . C . B .
Nelson , for your society , contracted at th e sam e tim e for ” a larger instrument .
Wh en Mr . D udley Buck cam e to Chicago as organist ’ - 1 of St . Jam es a three manual organ was built ( 8 70) for t h e W fi l T h . . . e s t e d . e church by M r W A Johnson , of , Mass Hall Labagh organ was sold to the Church of the Epiph of 1 8 9 any , Chicago , and in 2 was rebuilt by Farran d V ot e . y , of D etroit h The First Unitarian C urch , then at th e northwest W corner of ashington and Dearborn Streets , had a one
manual organ with ten speaking stops , built by Jardine
1 850 . 1 858 Son , of N ew York , in Th is firm , in , also fur h ished a two-manual instrum ent for the Thir d Presby
terian Ch urch , then on West Washington Street .
’ St . Mary s Catholi c Church , at th e southwest corne r t - of Wabash Av enu e and Madison S reet , had a one manual ” organ , built early in th e fifties .
’ Dr . Patton s church , the First Congregational , then at W the corner of West ashington and Green Stre ets , had a - two manual organ . 1 1 8 65 Under April , , I find in my diary
Visited th e Second Presby terian Church this morning . - The organ is a fine one ; has forty six stops , three banks
of keys and two octaves of pedal .
1 8 54 Ah This organ was set up in Septemb er , , b y “ Y . d rews Son , of Utica , N . , in th e Second or Spotted ” Church , then at the northeast corner of Wabash Avenu e
and Washington Street . M r . George N . Andrews , th e
1 8 8 6 . son , remove d in to Oakland , Cal , wh ere h e continues
th e b usiness of organ manufacturing . Th e first organ constructe d for Chicago by th e well fi ld W s t e . . . e known builder , Mr . W A Johnson , of , Mass , - was a t wo manual instrum ent in the Wabash Avenu e M . E .
Church , at the northwest corner of Wabash Avenue and Har
. 1 3 1 857 rison Street This church was com menced July , , 5 1 8 8 1 5 . and finished and dedicate d ( organ and all) July , A C H A P TE R ON C H OI R S . 1 1 5
a 1 8 5 Th e best organ in Chic go in 7 , and th e one most ’ used for concert purposes , was in St . Paul s Universalist
Church , at th e northwest corner of Wabash Avenue and
. Van Buren Street The instrum ent was built by Mr . 1 8 55— Henry Erb en in 56. It stood at the east end of
the church , had three manuals , and with its elaborate
case , made an imposing appearance . Th e first organ in the First Presbyterian Church was
built by Hall Labagh , of N ew York City , for the edifice
on Wabash Avenu e , and was completed and in readiness for th e dedication of the church October The tr u m e n t - - ins had three manuals and thirty eight stops .
. . . . r Messrs E G G Hook, of Boston , were not e pr e 1 8 6 sented in Chicago until 2, wh en they built an organ with u - N two man als and twenty eight stops , for the e w England
Congregational Church . There were n ot many organists in Chicago in 1 856 i f the word organist means a musician who is familiar with th e m echanism and capabilities of the instrument, and has the m usical edu cation to exploit its possibilitie s .
Mr . W . H . Currie , an English organist , cam e here in ’
1 8 55 . , and was engaged in St Paul s Universalist Church , remaining th ere until the beginning of the war His ” style was that of the English cathedral organist , says Mr . “ A . W . Dohn . He was a good musician and a reliable ’ s player . Mr . Currie was succeeded at St . Paul by his pupil , Miss Sarah Tillinghast , daughter of Mr . W . A . Til
li n h a s . g t , then teacher of music in the public schools Miss
n a . . . r e Tilli ghast fterward married Mr A O Frohock, and B moved to oston , where she was well known as teacher and organist , and gave recitals for several seasons on th e great organ in th e Boston Music Hall . Th e successors of Mrs . ’ Frohock at St . Paul s Church were Mr . Charles Ansorge ,
Kn O f e l . Mr . Adolph Baumbach and Mr . G . C . p
n 1 8 60— 62 Mr . A sorge cam e to Chicago in , and for some years was instructor of m usic in the C h i c a g o Hi g h School .
He was a man of letters , a graduate of a German univer
s i t . y , and a good musician He was the first to tell m e of ’ “ ” Handel s Messiah . Mr . Ansorge d ied of cholera in A H A T I 1 1 6 C P E R ON C H O R S.
1 8 66 n l September , , on a Sunday afternoon after havi g p ayed
a t h i s church in the morning as usual . l e Mr . Baumbach , wel known as the author of a colle “ ’ tion of chu rch music entitle d B a u m b a c h s Sacred Mo 6 1 8 3 . e tettes , cam e to Chicago in , and succeed ed M r Ansorg ’
. m at St Paul s Univ ersalist Church . I think h e went fro ’ l St . Paul s to the N ew Eng and Congregational Ch urch , and that he remained there two or three years ; afterward h e an h i s becam e org ist of Grace Episcopal Church , beginning work at the consecration of the present e difice on Wabash
1 8 69 . Avenue , near Fourteenth Street , Easter Day , . Mr Baumbach continu ed at Grace Church until h is death in
3 1 8 8 0 . Chicago, April , Kn f l 1 4 When I first knew Mr . op e ( 8 6 ) h e was engaged
in business and had been in Chicag o a year or two . He ’ first playe d at St . Paul s Universalist Church , and after ’ ward at Trinity and St . Jam es Episcopal Church es . After th e fire of 1 8 7 1 h e was engage d at th e Im manuel
Baptist Chu rch on Michigan Avenue . Th e first organist of the Secon d Presbyterian Church 1 854 was Mr . Thomas Crou ch ( His successor
. W l was Mr . H . Chant , afterwar d of th e firm of Pi ch er
B . ros . Chant , organ b uild ers In reply to my inquiry ’ about M r . Chant , I have this letter from Henry Pilcher s
K . Sons , now of Louisville , y , successors to Pilcher Bros K 1 OU SVI L E . 6 1 8 99. L I L , y , June ,
Mr . Chant was associate d with the firm from March ,
1 4 1 8 66. r 8 6 , to February , They built th e o gan in th e
1 5 1 8 65 . North Presbyterian Church ; complete d September , We regret that we cannot giv e any inform ation about
. e M r . Chant Som years ago we h eard of his being in e Florida , and are u nd er th e impression that h e has sinc
s . fi r died . Pilch er Bro left Chicago soon after th e great e 1 1 in 8 7 . e M r . Chant introduced th e first quartett choir i n th e 1 Second Church .
1 A s t t h e me m b e s h of h s a e e h o I h a e t h e o ow n n o m a on o r ip t i qu rt tt c ir, v f ll i g i f r ti m h w a s a e a h n M r F . A . h o a s w o w s o a n o in t h e F h h t e s o a o w a s s . s pr T , ft r rd pr ir t C urc i n 1 865 Sh e e O ob e 31 1 8 90 on t h e a i n om i n om a o n a . . di d ct r , , tr c g fr C lif r i l
C a s a n d a n a a s on n e e e . Sh e w a o n in T h e a lto w a s Mr s . M tti ( Dy r) s b r ” ' Sh e w a s m a r r i e d t R n f h a s b V t . i n t h e e a h e s . o . ob e a s o o S ft ury , , rly t irti Mr rt M tti , t h e s a m e a e a n d t h e o n o e a m e t o o a Ill. i n 1 854. . a s on e n pl c , y u g c upl c Aur r , , Mr M tti t e r e d t h e e m o of t h e h a o n on n R a oa C o. a n d h e s oon pl y C ic g , Burli gt Qui cy ilr d t y
1 1 8 A C H A P TE R ON C H OI R S .
’ choir of t hat ch urch . He re mained in St . Jam es Ch urch 1 860 1 8 61 until or , and was succeed ed by his broth er , Mr .
. . . f or E . A . Payne Mr Th eodore S Payn e then played
some years at the Church of the Ascension . He d ied at
7 1 8 98 . Oak Park , Ill . , O ctob er ,
Mr . A . W . Dohn was the first organist of the First
. B Presbyterian Church He was born at reslau , Silesia , in
1 8 35 . 1 8 57 He cam e to Chicago in th e summ er of , and for ’ a few m onths was organist at Dr . Patton s Ch urch ( First
g Con regational) , going from there to th e First Presby 1 5 — terian , where h e remained until th e winter of 8 9 60 .
After leaving the First Church , Mr . Dohn was engaged at ’ th e Unitarian Church ( Rev . Rob ert Collyer s) , and later n at th e Westmi ster ( Fourth Presbyterian) , remaining
there until Prof . Swing resigned th e pastorate of th e Fourth Churc h to com mence ( 1 8 7 9) his new work in Cen
tral Music Hall . Mr . Dohn organize d the M end elssohn 1 8 57 Society in , and condu cted the concerts of the Apollo M usical Club during its first two seasons ( 1 872— 7 A few weeks after th e d edication of th e Fi rst Presby
terian Ch urch on Wabash Avenu e ( October Mr . A . “W . Dohn was appointed organist , and the first q u artette — Mr choir in the history of the church was engaged . and
. B Mrs S . M . Fassett ( T . and Miss Elizabeth oyden A ( . ) and Mr . J . T . Jewett
Mr . Dohn , d uring his two years of service , although
the choir was in the immediate charge of M r . Fassett , interested himself m u ch in its affairs and was occasionally assisted at the Sunday services by m em bers of th e M en de ls s oh n 1 8 57 Society , of which h e was then ( ) condu ctor , ’ “ ” “ in selections from Mendelssohn s St . Paul and Hymn ” of Praise . This class of m usic , however , did not prov e
m n e I n t h e a m n of 1 857 1 853 s h e a p pe a re d wi th t h e Ne w York Ph ilh a r o ic Soci ty . utu m ’ h h M . B os t m c k a m t h a o t o a e a os on i n t h e h o of St . a e s r s c e o C ic g t k p iti c ir J C urc , r e m a m i n g th e re s e ve ra l ye a rs un til a n e w ch oir w a s org a n iz e d f or Trin ity E pi s cop a l h me m h h h e n on a s on e e wh e n D r . m m n s w a s i t s e o . T h e o e C urc , t J ck Str t , Cu i g r ct r t r
b e s of h s h o w Mr a s s e a s on . h a e s H . Se a ve r n s T . a n d r t i c ir e re s . C i M tti Mr C rl ( ) G M r os w s a n on a n m b e of o a s on s i n t h e . om b a s . Mr Jule s . L rd B t ick g u r cc i , h h of t h e Ho omm n on a s m a l woo e n b n on t h e e a s s e of Wa b a s h C urc ly C u i , l d uildi g t id
e n e s o h of a e e e w h e n R e v . oh n e b a s a n a h Ho e s w a s e o a n d Av u , ut L k Str t , J S ti B c dg r ct r e h e r e n i n 1 866 t o t h e Mis s Fa us tin a Ha s s e Hodge s h a d ch a rge of t h e mus ic . Aft r r tur E a s Mr s os w e s e i n Ne w o n 1 870 w h en s h e e m o e t o o s t , . B t ick r id d Y rk City u til , r v d M rri - wn h De e m b e 31 18 94 a e e h on e . o N . J . e s n h e e n h e r e a t , , r idi g t r u til d t , c r , , g d ig ty M R H OR E R N R . . AC G A T BI D
A C H A P TE R ON 1 20 C H OI R S .
Other m em bers of t h e choir during the period from 1 8 60 to 1 8 69 wer e
n s : . . . a Sopra o Mrs S M Fassett and Miss F nnie A .
Root .
s n ow . Altos Mi s Frances Silvey , Mrs Alexander P .
Moore , mother of Mr . Francis S . Moore , the present or
i . a n s t . g ; Miss Su san Bird , sister of M r Horace G Bird ;
Miss Eliza Davis ( afterward Mrs . L . M . Prentiss ) , daughter of Mr . George Davis , a singer and choir leade r in early days in Chicago .
s : . . a . . Tenor Mr E W rd , Mr . S M Fassett , Mr . h Lewis M . Prentiss , one of the first m embers of t e Apollo Musical Club and for som e years a m ember of its Board of
6 1 8 96 . Managem ent ; died in Chicago, D ecember ,
: . . Basses Mr Jules G Lombard , now residing in
. . . . n ow a t Omaha , Neb ; Mr W N Smith , living South River , u Md . His da ghter , Miss Eleanor Smith , is a su ccessful writer of songs . 1 8 68 The choir in Novemb er , , when Dr . Mitchell b e gan his pastorate , was a quartette under th e direction of f . B e w l w a s Mr . Horace G ird , b ut a month s ater a chorus substituted , directed by M r . J . W . Adam s . Two leaders o a n cannot work t gether in y choir , and it proved so in this case , for Mr . Bird soon resigned to accept a position in the
Olivet Presbyterian Church . 1 8 69 1 8 7 1 u From to Octob er , , the organists s cceeding ‘ ’z B . . B . a lk M r . ird were Mr Frank T aird , Dr Louis F and 3 Dr . J . E . Gilman .
1 a w a s b o n i n Wo e s e a s s . wh e e h e b e a n h i s m u s a a e e Mr . B ird r rc t r , M , r g ic l c r r, Wh e e t a o h a m t h s s n t h e o a n w h . D . e n . b e e o a o a n d fir t tudyi g rg it B All il y y , c C ic g , f t h e o a n a n d a s o oo om os on Wl t h D t h s o e . He con tin ue d e tudy rg , l t k up c p iti udl y Buck w e h i s o a n s e s w h a e n e E H I S m os n o e a n o e a h e s l a te r re vie d rg tudi it Cl r c ddy . t t d pi t c r a w a s a o n e o a n s f h w e re Alf re d Pe a s e a n d E m il L i e b lm g . Mr . B ird pp i t d rg i t o t e Th ird
b e i a n h h M a 1 1 869 on n n w h h s h h n 1 89 . He e s e s i n Pre s yt r C urc y , , c ti ui g it t i c urc u til 2 r id
h a o a n d i s w e l n own a s a e a h e of o a m s . C ic g , l k t c r v c l u ic 2 o s Fa a m e t o h i a o i n 1 862 wh e n h e w a s o e e n e a s old . He w a s Dr . L ui lk c C c g , f urt y r I h orga n is t of t h e Ch urch of t h e Holy N a m e from 1 863 t o 1 865 . n t e a utum n of 1 865 h e f w h D r W ll m V l k m r a t a s s e Ge m a n f or a o s e o s . a o c a e w a t o w e n t o C l , r y , c ur tudy it i i , ft r rd
z w h e e h e e m a n e t w o e a s i n t h e on s e a o . On h i s e n t o h a o i n Le ip ig, r r i d y r c rv t ry r tur C ic g 9 h e w a s a o n e o a n s of t h e F s e s b e a n h h e i n s h n t h e 1 86 , pp i t d rg i t ir t Pr yt ri C urc , r l qui i g
i n t h e S n o f 1 8 70 t o a e h a e of t h e m s a t U n h h of wh h R e v . pos ition pri g t k c rg u ic ity C urc , ic
o e D . D . w a s h e n a s o . h s h h w a s e s o e i n t h e e a C h i R ob e rt C lly r, , t p t r T i c urc d tr y d gr t fi r e a n d i n e e m b e 1 87 1 h e s e e t h e os on a t t h e U n on a on e a ca go , D c r, , cur d p iti i P rk C gr g - i l h h e m a n n h e e u s we n fi ve e a s . n e 1 897 h e h a s b ee n o a n s t on a C urc , r i i g t r j t t ty y r Si c rg i t
F n a on a h h Oa k a 1 11 . a t t h e irs t Co gre g ti l C urc , P rk , 3 G a n h s a n i n h a o b u t h a s fo n me t o . E m a n i s a Dr . J . il pr ctici g p y ici C ic g , u d ti h n give t o t h e s t udy of m us ic a n d t e orga . M R — W U U GO UB D O N . . A UG ST S D S LIBRARY PUBUC
AND
NQ' DAT’O N FOUN TlLDE
A C H A P TE R ON 1 22 C H OI R S .
— 1 . r Mr s . Mr Samuel M ontague Fassett M . and Fassett
1 8 54 . came to Chicago from Galena, Ill . , in , Mr Fassett open ’ ing a photographer s studio at the corner of Lake a n d
Clark Streets . They were receive d into th e m embership of the ch urch January The musical interest of th e i n congregation centered largely them at the time , espe
ll . . 1 i a 87 1 . c y in Mrs Fassett , who was very popular In Mr Fassett had one of th e m ost complete photographic estab li s h m e n t s in this country at the corner of Wabash Avenue
and Van Buren Street . Though he lost everything i n t h e fi r e s l of that year , h e tarted again in a smal building on
Wabash Avenu e , south of Eldridge Court . But the fire of 1 873 causing him another loss , he removed with his family
t W . C . o ashington , D , opening there a studio which was
famous for the celebrities who made it their h ead quarters . The failure of a bank in th at city brought more losses and
obliged Mr . Fassett to give up his profession entirely for 1 88 9 h e som e years . In was appointed by President r Harrison government photograph er . Mr . Fassett e
s ides in Chicago .
R NG E E R O F THE C H R RI R T 1 57 SU V IVI M MB S OI P O o 8 .
W l s Miss Sarah Aiken , now Mrs . i liam Salton tall, Plain
fi ld . . e , N J
Miss Sarah Brookes .
Mr . E . C . Cleaver , double bass .
. . r th e 1 854 Mr Jam es P Root , m embe of choir from
to 1 8 60 .
Mrs . Abel Sidney D owns .
n o . u d e V i lli e r s Miss Margarette Clarkson , w Mrs Lo is
Hoard , Ogdensbu rg , N . Y .
Miss Zenana S . Dickey .
Miss Eliza A . Johnson , now Mrs . I . F . Temple .
Mrs . Seth Porter Warner .
Mrs . Edward M . Goodrich .
B Mr Willi a m B ow n . Gen . Theodore F . rown (son of . H . r )
O THE R ME MBE RS WHO HAVE AT ONE TIM E OR ANOTHE R N E D H R RE I T 1 8 BE E C ONN C TE WITH T HE C OI P V OUS o 57 .
Mr . and Mrs . Brayton Aiken .
Mr . Oscar L . Beach , flute , d eceased .
1 Mr n a Fa e w n No e m b e 9 1 8 1 i n O wa s o N . Y . s . o e e e s s a s b o 3 C r li Ad l tt r v r , , c , Wh e n s h e a m e t o h a o wi h h e r h s b a n i n 1 854 s h e a s s s e h i m in h i s w o a n d c C ic g t u d , i t d rk s oon s h ow m f a n d Mr s . F a s s e w e n t o a s i n e d a rke d a rtis tic t a le n t h e rs e l . Mr . tt t P ri
1 8 68 w h h e m n M F s e n n h s m e i n s e o s s . e e e a e t wo e a s r s . a s s e , r t y r i d y r , tt p di g t i ti ri u tudy ” He r b e s e e of wo i s t h e a n n e n e T h e E e o a o e e t h e o e of t pi c rk p i ti g titl d , l ct r l C ll g , pr p rty t h e o e n m n n w h r F s s i n Wa s h n on a n u e o a n n i n th e a o M s . a e e g v r t , g i g C pit l . tt di d i gt , J r a y 4, 1 898 . R E M O N T AGU IC E . M S . SAM U L FASS TT
1 24 GR E A T OR GA N S OF TH E WOR L D .
R L GR EAT O R GAN S O F T H E WO D .
Now that Chicago has one of the great organs of th e world , som e statistics about other large organs may be of interest . The four largest in the world are D A — u ll W 1 A NE RA . B t ( ) T OWN H LL , SY Y, AU ST LI by ill 1 6 iam Hill Son , of London five manuals and 2 sp eaking stops . Three years were re quired for its con struction , and the cost was
A HE DRA GA U A — Wa lc ke r (2) C T L, RI , R SSI Built by
Son four manuals and 1 24 speaking stops . — 3 O A E R A OND ON . B u llt ( ) R Y L ALB T H LL , L by Henry W 1 1 1 s illis , of London four manuals and peaking s t e ps . — ’ 4 A DI T RI M C HIC AG . B ( ) U O U , o uilt by Roose velt four manuals and 1 09 sp eaki n g stops . There is a large organ in the Cathedral of th e In c a r 1 8 79 a t I . nation Gard en City , L . , built by Roosevelt ( ff having five distinct divisions , placed in di erent parts of
: the cath edral chancel ( two divisions) , tower ( with separ i n ate keyboard , two manuals) , solo ( tower) , echo or “ ’ angels choir in th e ceiling of nave , and chapel ( with separate keyboard , two manuals ) in th e crypt . It was th e intention of the build er that all d ivisions could be played from a fo u r-manual keyboard in the chancel by electric action , but the results have not b een satisfactory . Th e chancel and chapel organs only are used now; the others 1 1 5 are disconnected . There are speaking stops if all th e divisions are in us e . The four largest church organs in the United States are as follows ’ — 1 B K . ST . AR H E NE OR ( ) T OLO M W S, W Y CITY Built by
1 . Hi lb or n e w R e i n N e w o on e e m b e 30 1 886. Mr Le is oos e v lt die d Y rk City D c r ,
P SA L M TUN E A N D H MN B S. 1 26 OD Y, Y OOK
S L M O D Y U AND H Y M B OO KS P A . , T N E N
We cannot conclu de this retrospect of th e character of church music fifty year s ago without a consideration of th e 1 8 7 0 e n works us ed by choirs at that ti me . As late as th e tire library of the average choir in this country consisted of two or three sets of tune and anthem books and colle e
tions of sacred m usic , and was only replenish ed when th e copies becam e worn or a new book w a s announced . In this respect, how richly blesse d are th e choirs at the present
" Gos s f B a r n b s tim e The works of Atwood , , y , Bennett , Dyke ,
. W Foster , Garrett , Hopkins , Sullivan , Tours , John E est , a a n d B W mong English , of uck , Chadwick , Foote , Horatio
Parker , Shelley , S . B . Whitney , among American writers
( all to b e had in cheap octavo for m ) , make th e work of th e th e choir room grateful an d instructi ve , and ad d dignity to
Sabbath services . The fir s t publisher of octavo m usic at
. 1 8 5 h e cheap prices was Alfred Novello In August , 2, opene d a branch of his London publishing house at 389
Broadway , New York City , to m eet the increasing d emand in this country for cheap editions of the standard oratorios and English church music ; but it w a s fully twenty years before m usicians in th e West realized th e worth and con n i e n c ve e of his publications . Am erican publish ers b egan to issue single pieces of church m usic about the sam e tim e , ’ “ b ut in folio form . George W . Warren s anthem , Look to
. C o . Jesus , published by W A . Pond , New York City , 1 53 “ ” 8 C o . in , and his anthem , Come , Holy Spirit , Ditson , 1 854 , were among the earliest pieces for choir use brought i ou t by any American publ sher . A setting of the hymn , “ ” 1 8 62 Rock of Ages , by the sam e author , app eare d in , and had a great sale with quartette choirs . Oliver Ditson
Co . were among the first to publish octavo music , but not 1 69 until 8 . Here is a list of a few pieces which appeared first in sheet form ; som e of them a r e s till popular with choirs P SA L IlI/ OD Y TUN E A ND H MN B , Y OOKS . 1 2]
. . . Te Deu m in B Flat By J R Thomas . Hall Son , 1 8 N ew York , 59.
. . F Te Deum in F By J Remington a i r la m b . Pond
C o . 1 8 6 , New York , 2. Morning and Evening Services for Choirs of Episcopal h r h C c e s . . C o . By Harrison Millard Gordon , N ew York, 1 SGE
Matins and Evensong , as performed by the choir of St . ’ B Peter s Church , Albany , N . Y . y John B . Marsh . Ditson
C o . 1 8 6 . , Boston , 6
. K . otz c h m a r . Te Deum in F By H G . Schirmer , New
1 8 66. York , Morning and Evening Services for the Protestant Epis
. . B . h i r copal Church First series y Du dley Buck G . Sc
1 8 68 . m er , N ew York ,
Choir leaders for a long time , however , were dependent
for their selections on the various collections of tunes ,
chants and anthems , which were published in this country
1 8 8 . in great numbers , as late almost as 0 The Lowell l Mason collection , now in th e library of Yale Col ege , con 300 ff tains over di erent works of this kind . Nearly all w ere of a uniform shape ( oblong) , in order that an entire n tune , chant or sentence might appear on a si gle page — a convenience for the singers , who could not very well manage tune books and hymn books and turn leaves at the l s am e time . Among the col ections of choir mu sic having the widest circulation were :
NE W ENGLAND PSAL M SINGE R OR AME RI C AN CHORISTE R.
Containing a number of psalm tunes , anthems and
B l 1 770 . canons . By William i lings . Boston ,
William Billings , th e founder of Am erican church
m B 7 1 746. usic , was born in oston October , He died in
B 6 1 8 00 . oston , September 2 ,
T HE B OST ON AC ADE MY C OLLE C TI ON OF CHU RC H M USIC . Published under the sanction of the Boston Academy B 1 8 36 1 837 1 835 . of Music . oston , New editions in , ,
Compiled by Lowell Mason .
Me dfi e ld . Lowell Mason , Mus . Doc . , was born at , Mass , 1 8 7 1 7 . 1 81 2 January 8 , 92 From 2 to h e resided in Savan nah , Ga . , employed a s a clerk in a bank, at the same time teaching and composing m usic a n d conducting choirs . He 1 remove d to Boston in 827 , and was elected president and PSA L M TUN E N lI N B S. 1 28 OD Y, A D H YI OOK
U conductor of th e Hand el a n d Haydn Society . The n i versity of th e City of N ew York conferred on h i m th e title
1 8 35. 1 8 37 of Doctor of Music in He visited Europe in .
e s . h His last y ars were pent in Orange , N J where e died
1 1 1 8 7 . August , 2
T HE MANHATTAN C OLLE C TI ON OF PSALM AND HYMN TUNE S AND N HE M A T S. Composed under the special patronage
of the New York Academy of Sacred M usic , and
a . dapted , etc , with a figured bass for the organ , by
s . C o . Thomas Hasting Ezra Collier , New York ,
1 8 38 .
M a u Doc . s s . W Thomas Hastings , , w born in ashington ,
h fi ld . b 1 1 4 l i c e 5 78 . L t county , Conn , O cto er , He was se f taught in music , and at eighteen led the choir of the village
church . Later his parents removed to th e interior of the 1 8 1 7 state of New York . In h e went to Troy , remaining there several years , organizing singing sch ools and leading choirs . Subsequently he remove d to Albany , an d later to We s t Utica , where h e edited a weekly religious paper , th e
R c or de r e r n e , which gav e som e space to th e interests of 1 8 3 church music . In 2 h e remo v ed to New York City , where h e reside d until his d eath , always at work for th e improvement of church m usic , ed iting many collections for th e use of choirs , most of th e selections coming from his s own pen , lecturing and writing continually for the religiou press . The degree of Doctor of Music was conferred on
Mr . Hastings by the University of the City of New York 1 858 1 5 in . His death occurred in New York City May ,
1 87 2 .
DE R A I . T HE M O N PS LM ST Com piled by Lowell Mason . Sec
. 1 8 40. 1 41 ond edition Boston , Third edition , 8 .
ARM N A RA . B l . 1 8 4 . C I A S C y Lowel Mason Boston , 2
DE RN AR . T H E M O H P , by Edward L White and John Edgar C 1 8 o . B 1 4 8 6. Gould ( 22 Ditson , oston ,
H RA T HE NE W Y OR K C O L IST . A new and copious collection
of psalm and hymn tunes , adapted to all the various u s e w i t h m eters in general ,f a large variety of anthem s
and set pieces . By Thomas Hastings and William B .
. . C o . 1 8 47 . Bradbury Mark H Newman , New York ,
P SA L M TUN E A ND H MN B S. 1 30 OD Y, Y OOK
In 1 88 1 the Chicago Univer s ity conf erre d on him th e title ’ s of Doctor of M usic . Dr . Root died at Bailey island ,
7 1 8 95 . M e . , August ,
E A E AH T H H LL LUJ . A book for the service of song in th e a h house of the Lord , containing tunes , chants and
th ems , both for the choir and congregation , to which “ ” is prefixed The Singing School , a manual for classes
in vocal m usic , etc . ; also musical notation in a nut N . B e w shell , etc , by Lowell Mason . Mason roth ers ,
1 8 54 . York ,
An excellent book was compile d by Mr . Henry W . e u Greatorex , organist of Calvary Ch urch , New York , titled
of a h A collection psalm and hymn tunes , chants ,
thems and sentences , original and selected from the best standard composers . Adapted for the use of the Protes tant Episcopal Church in America , and for congregations of other denominations , as well as for societies and schools .
C . 1 8 51 . Dit s on o , Boston , A s uggestion mad e in the preface of this work is worthy of careful consideration by pastors and congrega : n tions . He recom mends Those in favor of co gregational i n a ri singing , to use the sam e word s to th e sam e tunes v a b l ' a n d y , in a short tim e the association between the words and the music will enable the congregation to sin g most of ” “ ” ” . Gr os t e t e th e tunes . Th e tunes , Bemerton ( C “ ” “ ” ’ . . 7 s ( L Leighton ( S and Seymour ( , ar ranged from Weber) , now so well known , were written by
Greatorex and first appeare d in this book .
i n A friend residing in New Hav en , Conn . , answer to a l : etter asking about Greatorex , r e plies N E A E N 1 8 8 . W H V , October 22 , 9 ’ Gr e a tor e x s portrait represents him as a handsom e , large faced Englishman , with b ushy black beard , a man of - “ ” thirty fi ve or forty . The tune Seymour was nam ed for m s an uncle of ine , who had a remarkable voice and was bas ’ r e a t r x in G o e s choir j ust sixty years ago .
C on n e c ti c u t u a r te r l . 1 56 The Q y , Vol II , page , gives fur ther particulars :
W . Henry Greatorex cam e to the Center Chu rch ,
1 838 . Hartford , in , and remained two years He left th e P SA L M TUN E A N D H M B OD Y, Y N OOKS. 1 31
’ city for a time , but returned to play the organ in St . John s u Ch rch , and remained there several years . He s u b s e C quently went to Charleston , S . . , wh ere he died
He came of a m usical family . His father , Thomas Great or e x , was a highly ed ucated and prominent musician ; at one time organist of th e Cathe d ral at Carlisle , and for twenty-seven years conductor of th e so called Ancient
Concerts in London , after which he was appointed to suc c e d e Dr . Cook as organist and master of the boys at West n m i ster Abbey . ’ B While reading recently Fowler s Life of Dr . John . D ykes ( London , whose hymn tunes are now used in nearly every part of the Christian world , I noticed the w name of Rev . Ed ard Greatorex appearing several times throughout the book . It occurred to me that possibly he might in some way be related to Henry W . Greatorex . In respons e to my inquiry , I received this letter
R OXDA E E C OR U RHA N AND C L R T Y, D M , E GL , 4 1 1 8 9 . March , 9
Henry Wellington Greatorex was my brother , and left
n w . E gland hen I was a boy I cannot verify the date , but 8 — 1 38 40 . think it was about . He had been organist at St -le - Mary bone Church in London , and after he left Eng land we heard v ery little of him till his death at New
1 8 60 . m Orleans about He was twice arried , and left several children . His second wife , Eliza Greatorex , was
n . a accomplish ed artist I know nothing of them , and sup r i n pose they are eithe in the old continent or America . He
h . 1 8 1 3 t e . was born in , fifth son I am th e seventh 1 758 My father was born in , when George II and Han d e l were living . He knew Prince Charlie in Rome , and “ gave rise to the royal p un of the P rince Regent : My f . ather is Rex , but you are a Greater Rex (Greatorex )
My father was conductor of the Ancient Concerts , and it was on th e occasion of his having to leave the dinner tabl e of the prince and take his place in the orch estra before the ’ n . w a s . . . ki g s arrival , that th e pun was mad e He F R S
. S. and F L . , Fellow of the Royal Society and of th e Lin n He 1 8 1 8 31 n ze a Society . died at Hampton , July , , aged - seventy three years . h I am a minor canon of Dur am , and was an intimate friend of Dr . Dykes , and am now an old man of se venty a s six . I am sorry I cannot give more d etails to my broth N P SA L M O TUN E A ND H M B S. 1 32 D Y, Y OOK
’ r s e s o f a m e s life , but h e eemed to hav di appeared fr m his ily when he went to the States .
I am yours faithfully ,
E D D GRE AT ORE x . W . Champlin ’s “ Cyclopedia of Musi c and Musicians ’ 1 8 8 r ( Scribner s Son s , 8 ) say s Henry W . G eatorex was
-ou - 1 8 1 1 a t born at Burton Trent , England , in , and died
n . C . 1 0 1 8 58 . Charlesto , S , Septemb er ,
. Si e li n C h a r le s ton u n de r n Mr Henry g g , of , date of Ju e 1 8 99 28 , , writes ’ r th e Greatorex was organist of St . Philip s Chu ch , Jewish Synagogue and the Catholic Cathedral died of yel low fe ver . ’ r N a le M . l . O e Thomas P , also of Char eston , says
1 1 8 99 . r e Your favor of July , , was d uly recei ved I gret that my m e mory r efuses to b e refresh ed about Prof .
Greatorex . I did not know him intimately , b ut have heard ’ him play at St . Philip s . He d ied of yellow fever , Septem
1 0 1 858 . m ber , , as you have it He had a agnificent bass voice his organ performance was simply grand . He was ’ . s e buried in St Philip Church Cem etery , directly opposit th e church . Wh en it b e c a m e ~e vi d e n t that congregations preferred u s the quartette to the volunteer chor s choir , other book ap pear e d which were better adapted to th e new order of church music H L E N F GRAC E CHURC CO L C TI O O SAC RE D M USIC . Selected and arran ged from the classical and sacre d works of the great composers an d adapted to the psalm s and
hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church , with a
separate organ accom panim ent by William A . King, Ne w organist and director of music of Grace Church ,
C o . 1 8 5 . York . Ditson , Boston , 2
This work , d edicated to Edmund H . Sch erm erhorn ,
Esq . , to whose correct taste , sound j udgm ent and poetic feeling ” the p eople of Grace Church were then mu ch indebted for th eir excellent music , consisted of tunes for twenty psalms and twenty-one hymns from the Episcopal hymnal . Only one of the tunes was written by th e com piler ; th e others were arrangements from th e works of n Beethoven , Humm el , Me d elssohn , Mozart , Nicolai , Pan seron , Sch ubert , Spohr , Thalberg and other foreign com
L III D Y T P SA O UN E A ND H MN B S . 1 34 , Y OOK
. 1 854 . i t was then pastor In August , , Mr W lson went o Mos c h e le Leipzig for a year of study with Plaidy and s , and on his return to Am erica in 1 855 was appointed organist and musical director of Christ Church , Hartford , a position w hich he fille d wi th honor and distinction for twenty-one years . He married Miss Eugenia J . Baldwin , of Middle
n . 1 8 57 . 8 tow , Conn , in At the tim e of his death , January , 1 8 98 , h e was organist at Park Church , Hartford , where he had been engaged one year . His funeral , held in Chri s t
Church , was attended by a great concourse of Hartford
people , who esteem ed and honored him for his beautiful
character . Bishop Williams condu cte d th e services and
delivered an eloquent address .
’ . . . W Mr . Wilson s cousin , Mr J G ilson , says Mr . “ n d Clarence Edd y , was m y first organ teacher , a when in
. B u n i d Hartford , studying with Mr D u dley ck , I saw c o s e r a b le of Mr . Henry Wilson . I have heard him many tim es in Christ Church ; h e played with remarkable skill ” and taste .
’ M E T T E C MB A H AC RE D OT . n B AU C S S S Ditson o . , Bosto , 1 86 Mass . , 2 .
’ R H HAYT E R S CHU C M USIC . A collection of psalm and hymn
s s B . tunes , chants , service , anthem , etc . y A . U h B Hayter , organist at Trinity Ch urc , oston , and for
l C o . m erly at Hereford Cathedra , England . Ditson ,
s 1 8 63. Bo ton .
a s m Mr . Aaron Upj oh n Hayter w born in Gillingha ,
1 6 1 7 9 . En gland , Decem ber , 9 He cam e to this country in 1 8 35 s Ne w to take th e po ition of organist in Grace Church , 1 8 3 York City . In 7 he was called to Trinity Episcopal
Church in Boston . As organist of the Handel and Hayd n Society h e exerted h i s influence for th e performanc e of ’ many of Handel s oratorios . Mr . Hayter died in Boston in 1 8 73 .
D N RE L E C N . W Di MA ISO SQU A C O L TI O By Spenc er . Coe . t
B 1 8 64 . C o . son , oston ,
u Mr . Sp e ncer W . Coe , tho gh acti vely engaged in busi - n l . ess in N ew York City , a partner of ex Mayor Wi liam T l th e Strong , yet was ab e to give som e tim e to subj ect of P SA L M D TUNE A ND H MN B O Y, Y OOKS . 1 35
church m usic . For a number of years Mr . Coe had charge
’ ’ of th e music in Dr . Andrews ( now Dr . P a r kh u r s t s ) church ; later h e conducted th e musical exercises at sev eral of the large evangelistic meetings . His death occurre d 1 6 in February , 89 .
’ UC K S O E O E C ON . Jr B M T T C LL TI By Dudley Buck , . , of
. C o . 1 8 64 Hartford , Conn Ditson , Boston , . “ ” 1 71 His second Motet Collection was published in 8 . Probably no writer in America for choir and organ has done more to elevate and dignify church music than
Mr . D udley Bu ck . Here we have another instance of a man whose parents had intended he should follow a m er c a n tile life , b ut who , when allowed to pursue his own ta stes and inclinations , chose the profession in which h e rose to
. . 1 0 1 success and fame Mr Buck was born March , 8 39, in Hartford , Conn ; here he received his first musical i n struction . He was graduated from Trinity College of that s city , and then w ent to Leipzig to tudy theory and compo u sitio with Hauptman and Richter , instrumentation with M h l os c e e s . Rietz , and the piano with and Plaidy Among - l . his fel ow students were Sir Arthur Sullivan , Mr . J F .
Barnett and Mr . Carl Rosa . After three years of study in
Germany and one year in Paris he returned to Hartford , and was appointed organist of Park Church In
1 868 he removed to Chicago to become organist of St . ’ James Episcopal Church a n d direct the quartette and chorus choir . While in Chicago he resid ed at the house ,
39 Cass Street , to which he added a studio containing - a fine three manual Johnson organ . After the new organ ’ 1 870 was built in St . James ( ) I occasionally attended the evening services . The quartette then consisted of Miss
Heinrichs Miss Kat e Van Wordragen Mr .
Edward Schultze ( T . ) and Mr . Thomas G . Goodwillie 1 8 7 1 After the fire of October , , which d estroyed his home , organ , studio and a valuable library , Mr . Buck went ’ s to Boston as organist of St . Paul Episcopal Church and 1 8 77 the Musi c Hall Association . In he was called to Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church , Brooklyn , where h e is now engaged . P A L MO T UN E A N D H MN B S S. 1 36 D Y, Y OOK
’ RD E E C ON MI LLA S S L TI S. From popular composers . Ar ra‘ nged for the social circle and quartette choir by
. Ne 1 . . w 8 68 . Harrison Millard S T Gordon , York ,
Mr . Harrison Millard was born in Boston Novemb er 7 1 830 1 0 1 8 95 2 , ; died in New York City Septem ber , . He served in the Civil War as first lieutenant under R os e c r a n z u and Rosseau , and after th e battle of Chickama ga, in which he was wound ed , retire d from further ser vice , to devote h imself to m usic . He had charge of the choirs in several New York churches , among them th e Broadway - h Tabernacle and th e Twenty eight Street Catholic Church . Aside from the many collections of hymn tunes pub li s h e d for th e use of choirs , a nu mber of hymn books made their appearance for the use of dif ferent denominations in T h accordance with their own doctrines and beliefs . e hymn book use d by Pres b yterian ch urches in the early part of this cent u ry was entitled
A A T HE PS LMS OF D VI D . Imitated in th e language of th e New Testam ent an d applied to th e Christian worship
a . . . i by Isa c Watts , D D A new ed ition To th e psalms s
added a selection of hymns by Timothy Dwight , presi
dent of Yale College . Approved and allowe d by the General Assembly of th e Presbyterian Church in th e
e . 1 8 1 7 . United States of Am rica Albany , Web s ters
Skinner . A F A T HE PS LMS O D V ID . Imitated in the language of the New Testam ent and applied to th e Christian use and
worship . By I . Watts , D . D . A new edition in which
. v e r s i fi e d th e psalms omitted by Dr Watts are , local B . D . D. passages are altered , etc y Timothy Dwight , ,
a . 1 8 7 president of Y le College New Haven , 2 . Th e Congregationalists prepared a collection in 1 825 which Presbyterians were not at all averse to using , as it contained som e remarkably good hymns
E n VILLAG HYMNS. Selected by Asahel Nettleto as a sup ’ plem ent to D r . Watts book of hymns . This book was in general us e by Presbyterians and C ongregationalists , and passed through many editions . “ Th e writer has a copy Stereotype edition , Hartford , “ A distinctive feature of the Village Hymns i s a n o s index of tunes , arranged in tw d ivisions , sharp key
L M TUN A N D H YIWN B P SA E S . 1 38 OD Y, OOK
The edition of 1 847 was com m e nded to th e Christian “ e c public , and specially to all th e hurches und er the care ” of t h e Assem bly .
T HE CH URC H PSALMIST : or Psalms and Hymns for the
public , social and private use of Evangelical Chris tians ; containing also direction s for musical expression a n d an ind ex of first lines of stanzas ; also a new and
copious ind ex of subj ects . Iveson Phinney , s uc C c e s s or s . o . . to Mark H Newman , N ew York
A curiou s feature of this hymnal w a s th e sign of e th e musical expr ssion , placed at beginning of each line , for the aid of the choir and congregation . The first two ’ ve rses of Miss Anna Steele s well known h ymn appeared in this way 0 c ould ou r th o ugh t s a n d w i s h e s fl y A b o e h e s e oom s h a e s v t gl y d , T o th os e b r igh t w o rld s b e yon d th e s ky ’ n Wh i c h s or r ow n e e r i va de s .
E e r mor n i n s e r c e c h e e r v y g vi , , a r u r m S c tte a ll o gu ilty gloo . S a o r Son of Go d a e a r vi u , , pp ; T o T h n T m om y lovi g e pl e c e .
For the interpretation of these and other musical terms , a special index was prepared
g Medium . V Diminuendo . A Crescendo .
X Inverted swell , diminishing
and increas ing .
Contradicts all former marks .
’ W s s An English ed ition of Dr . atts hymn was u ed by som e Presbyterian churches
T HE A M F A I D Ne la n PS L S O D V . Imita ted in w Testa m ent i n guage , together with Hymns and Spiritual Songs , D D. . n e w three books , by the Re v . Isaac Watts , A h t h e edition , wit an index of first line of every verse , e and the names of tunes suitable to v ery hymn , “ selected from Th e Psalmist . Printed and sold by
1 8 53 . J . Haddon , Castle Street , Finsbury , London , P eople began to realize at las t th e inconvenience of separate books for words and m usic , and , that if congre a ti on a l g singing w a s e ver to succeed , words and music P SA L M D Y T UN E A N D H MN B O , Y OOKS. 1 39
m ust b e put together in some compact form . The Con g r e g a ti on a l Church was the first to bring about this much needed change , with a book of words and music , called the “ 1 855 Plymouth Collection , which came out in , edited by
Re v . Henry Ward Beecher . The Plymouth Collection marks the time when the change took place from ‘ Words Only to ‘ Words and ’ ” 1 u M sic , in our ch urch hymn books . Two oth er works appeared under th e auspices of the Congregational “ ” Church , the Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book and the Congregational Hymn and Tune Book The Presbyterian Church was slow in recognizing the n e w worth of this form of hymnal , and continued with the
. D D old m ethod until Rev. Charles S Robinson , . . , brought 1 86 “ ” out in 2 The Songs for the Church , followed by ” 1 6 The Songs for th e Sanctuary , 8 5 . The latter work met with favor at once , as it satisfied the wishes of the congr e gation in its selection of old tunes , and was welcome in the choir gallery for the many new tunes it contained . ’ “ Dr . Robinson s hymnal , The Songs for th e Sanctuary , 1 8 88 was used in the First Church until , when the present “ ” s w a s . hymnal , Lau de Domini , introduced
1 f f S n e s C o. N w o A . . a e m . He n . a n e s o Le tte r ro Mr ry B B r , B r , Y rk City , a h 6 1 899 M rc , 1 40 L I VE S OF TH E P A S ToR s .
D D . OU R . R EV R M I A H P O R R . F D . JE E TE , , N E
Rev . Jeremiah Porter was born in Hadley , Mass . , Decem ber He came of a lineage which r e pr e sented th e best families in that com monwealth : his grand
fath er , Hon . Samuel Porter , having married Susanna , a “ granddaughter of Jonathan Edwards , the eld er , one of ” th e brightest luminaries , says Robert Hall , of the l Christian Church , not exc uding any country or age , since th e apostolic , and by whose d eath Calvinism lost its ” w a s ablest defender . Jeremiah P orter ed ucated at Hop kins Academy and Williams College , entering Williams in th e sam e class with David Du dley Field . In the year ahead of him were Mark Hopkins and Brainerd Kent , our “ ” 1 d 1 0 Father Kent , who founded Railroa Mission May , 1 8 5 1 8 57 . Mr . Porter was graduated in 2 , and in th e sam e year entered Andover Theological Seminary . Doub ting if he was called to the ministry , h e left the seminary after two 1 8 8 years , and in the spring of 2 took charge of a high school in Troy , N . Y . He entere d Princeton Theological Sem i n a r 1 8 30 m 1 8 31 y in , and in the autu n of after graduation , was ordained at th e requ est of th e Am erican Hom e Mis s i on a r y Society as a Missionary Evangelist . In Nov ember
he began his missionary work at Fort Brady , Sault Ste .
Marie , Michigan Territory , holding a revival in th e f ort and town , and organizing a church of five m emb ers , whi c h - soon increased to thirty three . Hom e Mi s s i on a r 1 8 3 The y for May , 2, contains an l artic e by young Porter , giving some experiences of pi o
neer life at Fort Brady , with an account of his j ourney from the East and the primitive conveyances in use at that
time . After eight days and nights of continuous travel he
reach ed Detroit ( Fort Gratiot) , only to wait anoth er ten a ve s s e l days for going up the lakes . Se v e n days mo re
1 R e v . a n e Ke n w a s b o n i n V o s e t . 5 1 80 e i n h a o Br i rd t r D r t , , April 2 , 2; di d C ic g ,
a n a 9 1 888 . J u ry 2 ,
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were consum ed in going to Mackinac , where h e was again ” “ held up ( the last v essel for th e season having gone) u ntil a canoe was sent for him from the Sault . In this l frail craft , propel ed by two French boatmen , whos e lan s e a k i th guage h e could not then p , w a black man for a com panion , in bitter cold weather , the last ninety miles of his voyage were accomplished .
In later life Mr . Porter often spoke of th e long voyage i n 1 833 May , , when h e accompanied th e troops , under the command of Maj or Fowle , from th e Sault Ste . Marie to Fort
Dearborn . He dwelt with pleasure on his recollections of a little child , then only a year and a half old , the daughter of Maj or Fowle , who helped to brighten this tedious trip . “ ” “ It was her mother , says D r . Mitch ell , who may be said to hav e brought to this plac e the founder of its first Chris tian Church , or at least to have been the right hand helper ” of the pioneer . Forty years after that voyage , when
Mr . Porter was in Boston , a lady sought him out and asked h i m if he were the minister who accompanied Maj or 1 3 Fowle and the troops to Chi cago in 83 . Learning that : h e was , sh e replied Do you rem ember the little girl that ? ” was on board I am she . Sh e became the wife of Mr . 1 8 73 Henry F . Durant, of Boston , and at that time ( ) she and her h usband were engage d in the generous enterprise u n of fo ndi g Wellesley College .
Rev . Jeremiah Porter organize d the First Presby terian Church , of Chicago , in the capacity of a Missionary
Evangelist , representing th e American Home Missionary
Society , but never having been installed , h e could not be properly called its first pastor . The First Presbyterian 26 1 8 33 Church , founded by him on June , , is th e oldest religiou s society in Chicago — older than the town of Chi
1 0 1 8 33 . cago, which was not incorporated until August , B n Mr . Porter aided the aptists in starti g their first i 1 33 Soc ety , October 1 9, 8 , and gav e th e use of th e Presby terian m eetin g house to the Episcopalians for the organi ’ z a t i n o of St . Jam es Church in October ,
’ “ 1 m e s E s o a h h s h ow h a i t s s s e e w a s T h e re cords of St . J a pi c p l C urc t t fir t rvic
R e v . h i t h e e s b e a n h h on O ob e 1 2 1 834 b t h e R e v . a m e e . e ld n Pr yt ri C urc ct r , , y P l r Dy r s a a Ha m a n wh o h a d b e e n s e n ou t t o h s we s e n a n b t h e Dom e s oa of I c ll , t t i t r l d y tic B rd 1 42 L I VE S OF TH E P A S TOR S .
D uri ng the first two years of its existence the infant church was more or less dependent on the Hom e Mission ’ ary Society for its sup port , Mr . Porter s position being that of stated supply . His whole life seems to have been consecrated to missionary work on the frontier , organizing churches and planting the good seed in carefully selected places , leaving to oth ers the care and managem ent and w gathering of th e fruit . And hat a goodly h eritage has come down to us " l In 1 835 Dr . Porter accepted the cal to the Main Street n Presbyteria Church , Peoria , where h e felt there was ’ great need for th e preaching of th e Gospel . Dr . Porter s l next pastorate was in Farmington , Fu ton county , where 1 8 40 a h e labored until the spring of , and th en accepted W i s . c al l to th e Presbyterian Church of Green Bay , , remain
B a ing there eighteen years . From Green y he came , in
5 o . 1 8 8 , to the Edwards Congregati nal Church , of Chicago I cannot give a better account of th e noble services of
Dr . and Mrs . Porter in th e Sanitary and Christian Com missions during the Ci vil War than by quoting th e words of i n 1 8 8 3 Dr . Barrows , in his sermon at the Jubilee Ser vices
Mr . and Mrs . Porter j oined th e army for service in the 1 8 6 field at Cairo, in March , 2, and labored in the hospitals
nMe m h i at Cairo , Mound City , Pittsburg Landing , p s and l Vicksburg . His regiment was the s t Illinois Light Artil l e ry , and his eld est son , Jam es W . Porter , was a member d . . e 6 1 8 63 of it Mr Porter enter Vicksburg on July , , and helpe d bury the dead found in the hospitals . D uring the next winter h e m inistered to the Presbyterian Ch urch in
Vicksburg, and served in th e city hospitals , while Mrs . Porter followed with sanitary stores the army corp s in l Tennessee and A abama . M r . Porter j oined his wife w under Kennesa Mountain , and passed th e sum mer of 1 8 64
Ga . at Marietta , , until th e capture of Atlanta , ministering to th e wants of th e sick and wounded of our army , and also t o th e needs of the Confed erate prisoners . Fiv e of the Confederate of fi cer s and twenty of the Confed erate sol diers gav e to Mrs . Porter certificates testifying to h er e great kindn ss to them , and asking like kindness to her , if
s s on s a e i n h a o on t h e e e n n of O ob e 1 a n d e a h e h i s s e m on Mi i , rriv d C ic g v i g ct r 2, pr c d s fir t r i n t h e a s h h a t F a n n a n d Sou h Wa t e e e s t h e o ow n n a B pti t C urc r kli t r Str t , f ll i g Su d y ,
O ob e 1 9. On O ob e 26 1 834 t h e a s h w a f ct r ct r , , p ri s orga n iz e d i n a n un fin i s h e d ra m e b uil d ” i n on N o h Wa e e e n e a t h e De a b o n e e a wb e g rt t r Str t , r r r Str t dr ridg .
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I L S K C H O F R E NO B LA C H ME MO R A ET V. J . T F R D D D F I R S P S O R O . . A . , , T T
E R E H I S SON E H L E W KE H OR . PR PA D BY , LIP A T IC S BLATC F D D D B . Rev . John latchford , . , who is honored as being the first installed pastor of the First Presbyterian
Ch urch of Chicago , arrived in our city in September , — “ ” 1 8 36 the brig Erie , on which h e and his wife cam e from Detroit , being wr ecked off th e foot of Madison Stre et .
After a brief stay here they proceeded to Jackson ville , Ill . , B 1 8 36— 37 where Dr . latchford filled for the winter of th e offi ce of President of Illinois College , at th e sam e tim e preaching regularly . A friend , who well knew him th en , said of his pulpit work “ Seldom have I heard more pow e r f u l exhibitions of Gospel truth , or more impressi vely d e
' li vered , than those w hich fell from his lips during that ” 1 8 37 winter . Early in D r . Blatchford accepted th e call of n d i n the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago , a was 1 stalled as its pastor on July of the sam e year . John Blatchford was born at Ne w fi e ld ( now Bridge
. 4 1 7 99. . port), Conn , May 2 , His father , Rev Samuel Blatch D D. D ford , . , born at evonport, near Plymouth , England , “ of parents , both of whom were eminent for piety , was educated at the Dissenting College of Homerton , near Lon i n don . His stu dies the ancient languages were pursued s s with special thoroughnes , th u laying the foundation for a his permanent and su ccessful c reer as a classical teacher , duties often associated with the pastorate in those days . 1 795 He cam e to Am erica in , and after a successful minis
of . try seven years at Bridgeport , Conn , remove d to Lan Y - th s i n b u r h . . s e g g , N , wher e h e was for twenty four year honore d pastor of the unite d Presbyterian churches of W Lansingb urgh and aterford , at th e sam e tim e b eing n Principal of th e La singburgh Acad emy . D r . Sam uel 1 1 8 Blatchford died March 7 28 . n n John Blatchford , after being grad uated at U io College 1 820 d i n , studie theology at Princeton , wh er e h e was gradu R E V . O H N H O R D . D . J BLATC F D ,
W h o . f E . a From a da gue rre o type i n t h e pos s e s s ion o Mr . . Bl tc f rd
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h i s . his vital forces , and materially shortened life His
convincing, practical preaching, combined with faithful ’ l pastoral work, resulted under God s blessing, in a reviva 1 8 38 1 8 39 in the winter of and , which extend ed to the o Methodist and Baptist churches on either side . For tw
months , with his nearest ministerial brother some ninety - miles away , single handed did he condu ct this work , preaching almost daily , and twice and three times on th e
Sabbath . Many who hav e since been p rominent among
our citizens in every good work , date the consecration of their lives to that m emorable winter . But for th e young — h pastor the burden was too heavy e fell by the way . An attack of brain fever prostrated h im , and it was eight months before h e could even occas i onally resum e pulpit
' “ work . One wh o knew him well wrote He seems never
to have been fully himself afterward , in vigor and endur ” a nce of constitution .
From a s mall volume of manu script sermons of Dr . ’ B la t c h f or d s O , pen before me , it may prov e of interest if I d e li v quote a few texts of discourses , with dates attache d , du r i n h i s ered g pastorate in the First Presbyterian Church .
Th ese will indicate th e character of the Gospel truths , th e p resentation of which prod uced resultant influences which
still move on into th e eternity before us . The volum e is marked
“ B . John latchford , Chicago , Ill . , No “ 1 8 38 . : 1 8 : March , , Prov xx vii He that waiteth on his Mas — ter shall be honored . Read Matth e w xxv : 1 4 30 .
“ 1 838 : 0 November , , Mark vi 2 : He did many things and ” heard him gladly .
“ John x v z 24 : But now hav e they both seen and ” hated both m e and my Father . “ ” : 30 : . Rom . i Haters of God
“ Acts xviii : 6 : And wh en they opposed them
selves and blasphemed , h e shook his rai
m ent , and said unto them , Your blood b e ” upon your own heads . I am clean . “ : 9: d Hosea xiii O Israel , thou hast d estroye
thyself ; but in me is there help . 1 8 38 “ : 0 : . October , , II Cor . v 2 Be ye reconciled to God L I VE S OF TH E P A S T R O S. 1 47
“ 1 838 xlvi i i z 22 : n October , , Isaiah There is o peace , saith
the Lord , unto the wicked . “ 1 8 38 . : 28 : October , , Matt xi Come unto me , all ye that
labor and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . 1 8 39 : 5 : March , , Acts xxiv 2 Go thy way for this time ” when I have a convenient season , I will call for thee .
While the ill health of his wife brought him westward , ’ B l c h f or d Dr . a t s broken c ondition compelled his return to eastern friends .
e As illustrativ of the duties for th e church at large . which the pastor was called upon to perform in that early day , the following incident and letter will be of interest .
In company with Elder Benj amin W . Raymond , on Fe b r u
’ 1 9 1 8 38 . w ary , , Dr Blatchford ent in a sleigh to Mechanic s -fi Grove ( now Ivanhoe) , about thirty ve miles northwest of
Chicago , in Lake county , for the organization of a church .
They crossed the D es Plaines river on the ice , at which h point, wit kindly solicitude , they were met by Elisha ’ Clark , of Mechanic s Grove , and were by him guided over th e interv ening prairie . Th e following is a copy ( taken from th e church rec ords) of th e certificate recording the formation of this church , written and signed by Rev. John Blatchford This may certify that in obedience to the order of the ’ 0 1 8 3 Presbytery , I visited Mechanic s Grove , February 2 , 9, and org anized a church in accordance with th e c on s ti t u tion of th e Pre s byterian Church , U . S . A . Th e following persons composed the c hurch as s organized . (Here follows a list of sixteen person ]
Elisha Clark , Hiram Clark and Oliver L . Payne were elected r uling elders , and were regularly ordained to the
OHN A C H F OR D . offi c e . ( Signed) J BL T
HA AR . A true copy . ELIS CL K
d s M uch a n valuable work, however , in respon e to his
n ea rne s t ature , was he able to accomplish in after years , in spite of frequent weakness and s u fi e r i n g . He spent — 1 8 40 41 . . 1 841 the winter of in Wh eeling , W Va From to
1 844 he was connected with Marion College , Mo . , first as professor , and afterward as president . In this region of northern Missouri he became widely e known a n d beloved , aiding in the formation of Hom Mis F THE P A S T R S 1 48 L I VE S O O .
r u s i on a y churches , by which his acceptable and gratuito s ministrations were constantly sought .
r An illustration of his preaching s e vices at this tim e , and of the kind of work in aid of the early foundation of n e w f i n Presbyterianism in a country , is a forded a lette r recently received from a minister now retired from active fi f t -fi e v . work , who remembers the scenes of y years ago He writes “ Th e occasion and place of my first acquaint ance with Dr . Blatchford was at a P resbyterian camp m eeting , held near the Des Moines river , in Clark county ,
Mo . The reason of this kind of meeting was the scarcity of m eeting houses for th e use of the then scattere d families of this denomination . To unite these loyal Christians , it was d eem e d well to have an occasional cam p meeting , answer ing in some d egre e to the th re e or four days ’ m eetings to which they were accustomed in their old hom e church es . The preparations for th e m eeting would b e quite primi tive . The friends would gather togeth er , decide on the location , clear th e ground , cut down trees , using th e ‘ ’ r smaller ones for stringers , and splitting the la ger ones ‘ ’ into punch eons for seats . A few log cabins were built , with a specially large one for the preach ers . This was h furnished wit a half dozen split bottomed chairs , a small table , and an abundance of new , swe et straw . Th en th e rustic stand for th e minister completed th is line of prepa ration for th e big m eeting . But thi s was by no m eans all th e preparation made for th e occasion . The faithful and devout women , not a few , had been saving th e best of their poultry and of their pantries for weeks , to give of their best to th e expected friends .
“ Among the ministers present at this first meeting ,
1 8 43 . . held , I think , in th e fall of , was Re v Dr John
Blatchford , who made a deep i mpression upon my th en
-fi a e youthful mind . He was about forty v e years of g , -fi yet seemed like a young man of twenty ve . He was in good health , of beaming countenance , filled with j oy i giv ng life . Every one around him seem ed to catch th e
m a n i f e s t inspiration that animated him . He was the min ister I had ever m et . He was a living representative of
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l strong socia instincts , mad e him a d elightful companion , and cemented friendships among both young and old , the m emory of which still lingers in the com munities which enj oyed his ministrations . His peculiar influence in aiding inquirers after light and consolation is shown in a letter unexpectedly received a few days since from an elderly lady , th e daughter of a Presbyterian cle rgyman , eminent : in his day . Referring to Dr . Blatchford , sh e writes
More than half a century ago, wh en in great mental dis n quietude , I expressed intense longi g for that which alone could bring rest . I had an unquenchable d esire to becom e oh a Christian . It was a narrow way to m e , and a very ae scure one . Thoroughly imbued with m edi val theology , with its arbitrary God , whom I could not but regard as an s Almighty tyrant , at the ame tim e torture d with fear , for surely s uch impious though ts indicated that th e Holy Spirit f or e r l— had been grieved away v e a stricken soul , yet too timid to tell my traditionally religious teachers that which I believed would put m e outsid e of th e pale of all orthodox forbearance . Urged to unite with the ch urch , I had a con ference with one of clear vision , who carrie d with him an atmosphere of peace an d spiritual serenity . The intona - tions of his voice are as unforgotten to day , as his words to ‘ ’ ’ : me You hav e only to return to your Father s house . — That was a new note , new light dire ction in obscurity ; ‘ and even gladder the tidings as h e proceeded : God is yo u r
. lov i n Father He is not only your Father , but He is your g t Father , and canno forget His erring child , even wh en th e ’ child forgets Him . However far you ve wandered from ’
n e v e r a r r onz ou . Him , He is f f y You ve only now to go ’ ’ back to your Father s house . Thus my misera bly tre m bling hope grew all at once into an assured conviction , so m uch to m e were these sim ple words " They have been em phasized by our Quaker poet I kn ow n ot w h e r e Hi s i s l a n d s l ift T h e on e a m s i n a i r i r fr d d p l , I on ly kn ow I c a n n ot d r zfl e on Hi n r B y d s love a d c a e . h i m A dear lady friend of mine , who went to almost cru shed under a weigh t of sorrow , told m e that so h elpful L I VE S THE P OF A S TOR S . 1 51 had his counsel proved to her that she had grown not only ” s re igned , but hopeful and almost happy . By an intimate friend and brother-minister it was w ritten of him “ That life is successful in the b est sense , that ends in heaven , and that leads others thither .
In estimating his life , we are to remember he lived in this country in a p eriod when th e powers of a life are vastly m ultiplied , and are not to be reckoned on a common scale .
I listened to th e public statement of a clergyman in St .
Louis , who knew our brother well in the West and the O East , who gav e his pinion , that within his own knowledge souls at least had recei ved their first eff ecti ve relig ious impressions , or had been brought to Christ , through u the ministrations of the deceased . S rely of such an one it ” is true that in h i s works h e shall ne ver die . 1 52 L I VE S OF TH E P A S TOR S.
B M D D O S C . S C D FLAVEL A O . R EV. , , E N PAS O R T .
The m emorial published the year following D r . Bas ’ com s death contains the sermon of Rev . G . F . S . Sav “ D. e D. a g , , prepared for th e funeral services of this ” “ ' devoted servant of th e Lord , whose long and e ventful life of four score and six ye a rs has been mostly spen t in ” faithful and successful service in th e Ch ristian ministry . 8 1 804 Dr . Bascom was born June , , in Lebanon , Conn . , a town ir e m a r ka b le as the birthplace of many noted states
men , governors , j udges , divines and theologians . As early
1 35 . . as 7 Rev Dr Wheelock , afterward president of Dart “ of mouth College , was pastor the church in this little ” country town on the rocky hills of eastern Connecticut . c o- He was an intimate friend and worker with Whitefield ,
and , as a preacher , is said to hav e had the sam e remark able power and control over his audiences . Fiv e govern r o z o s of the State of Conne cticut were born at Leban n , vi
l . two Jonathan Trum bulls , Joseph Trumbull , Wil iam A l “ Buckingham and J . Clark Bisse l . The first governor ” “ ‘ Trumbull , says Dr . Savage , was the Brother Jona ’ a n d ' r u e d than of Revolutionary fame , the right hand man t s t counselor of Washington d uring all that terrible struggle
for independ ence , an d wh ose influence was said to b e sec ” ond only to that of Washington . Among the eminent
divines and th eologians whose birthplace was Lebanon ,
. l we find the names of Dr Joseph Lyman , Dr . Elipha et l Williams , Dr . Elij ah Parish , Dr . R . R . Gurley , Dr . Wi l
' L m a n R . R l e v e v. liam y , David Huntington , Danie Hunting t on of , father Bishop Huntington , of central New York ,
Rev . John Bartlett , and many oth ers .
Fla v e l 1 8 4 Bascom entered Yale College in 2 , and was
1 8 8 . graduated in 2 Among his classmates were Prof . Ben
. 0 . . . j amin D Silliman , Judge S Seymour , Rev . T . S Clark , D D. . . l , and Hon Linus Child . His theologica studies w ere
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a t pursued the Yale Theological Seminary , from which h e 1 3 was graduated in 8 2 . He was one of the band of Yale grad n , 1 8 33 s ates who in , came as Home Mis ionaries to Illinois , entering the state at its upper gateway , Chicago, and
afterward founded the Illinois College at Jacksonville . Mr .
Bascom found in Fort Dearborn Rev . Jeremiah Porter and
Rev . Aratus Kent, a h eroic missionary , who had j u s t come e ov r to Chicago from his work in Galena , and who after ward wrote to the secretary of th e Home Society “ If the pier n ow commencing should be permanent and the har bor become a safe one , Chicago will undoubtedly grow as rapidly as any village in the western country .
’ . B l Dr ascom s first pastorate was in Tazewel county ,
. 1 8 33 a n Ill , and here h e was ordained in as evangelist, by u the Sangamon Presbytery . D ring the next six years he labored as a hom e missionary , organizing churches and n e preachi g in Peoria, Tr mont and Pleasant Grove .
e 1 8 3 He cam to Chicago in th e autumn of 9, as agent for the American Hom e Missionary Society for the state i of Ill nois , and preached for a tim e to the people of the e First Pr sbyterian Church after the departure of Dr .
Blatchford . This resulted i n a call being extended to him
1 1 8 4 . January 2 , 0, to become the pastor of the church He accepted this invitation with the understanding that h e might continue h i s missionary labors during th e summ e r months . As a result he w a s not installed until November
1 1 , 1 840 .
’ Ba The first five years of Dr . scom s pastorate in Chi 1 841 1 8 43 1 845 cago , particularly the years , and , were dis ti n u i s h e d g by extensive revi vals of religion , resulting in the addition of large number s to the membership of th e i F rst Ch urch . The records of the Presbytery show that in 1 8 46 th e Society had 456 mem bers on its rolls . Withi n i n e the next five years , consequence of the bitt r dissen sions among the m embers , caused by the discussion of the - slavery question , th e membership declined nearly one half .
The population and wealth of the city , however, increased ’ enormously d uring the nine years of Dr . Bascom s pastor a W i n 1 8 40 t e . hen h e began his labors the population 1 54 L I VE S OF TH E P A S TOR S.
numbered increasing to wh en h e tendered
his resignation nine years later . As a consequence of this
extraordinary growth of th e city , the church property at the corner of Clark and Washington Streets had a ppr e c i a t e d so m uch in valu e that the trustees were enabled to mortgage the property for th e money necessary to complete “ ” the Brick Church . At th e ded icatory services of the
l i n 1 849 . new bui ding September , , Dr Bascom preach ed the
. l sermon from the text , which the Rev Mr . Sewel used at B the dedication of th e historic Old South Ch urch in oston , “ 1 : Haggai 1 , 9 The glory of this latter house shall be
greater than th e glory of the former , saith the Lord of ’ II os t s J
’ h n Dr . Bascom s ministry in C icago termi ated in De m r 1 8 49 s c e b e , , h e being dismi sed from th e pastorate at his “ own requ est . At the urgent solicitation of friends of
Knox College , and of the First Church of Christ, at Gales t burg , h e removed here , and continued as the pastor of 1 1 8 50 that church from January , , to May , The l fol owing year he again took u p missionary work , and at
ll . th e close of this agency h e removed to Dover , I , serving 1 1 8 59 as pastor of the church there from April , , to April
1 1 8 64 . n , The establishment of Dover Academy was o e of 1 864 the results of this pastorate . From July, , until Novem 1 8 69 h ber , , h e was pastor of th e c urch in Princeton , Ill . , i removing afterward to Hinsdale , where h e cont nued to supply the Congregational Church from tim e to tim e until 1 8 8 7 , when extreme age made it necessary for him to lay aside the burdens of a regular pastor . Six months were spent by him in Montgomery , Ala . , in happily ministering “ to a colored church in that city . Feeling the i n fi r m i ti e s of age , h e returned to Princeton to be near his son , and to s end his life work among his former parishioner , whom he ” w a s . r loved , and by whom h e loved and honored D . B s . 8 1 8 0 a com died at Princeton , Ill , August , 9 .
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R EV . H AR Y C U R I S D D H I D S . . R P VE T , , T A TO R .
. D D Rev Harvey Curtis , . . , the son of Elisha and Resign ff ( Clary ) Curtis , was born in Adams , Je erson county , Y . . 30 1 8 06. N , May , He was educated at Middlebury 1 831 College , Vermont , grad uating in August , , with th e highest honors of his class . After studying two years in
Princeton Th eological Seminary , he returned to Middle bury as a tutor . In 1 8 34 he was licensed to preach by the Y Presbytery of Troy , N . . , and in the spring of 1 835 h e came the stated supply of the church in Whiting , Vt . Later in that year he was ordained by the Brandon Con g r e g a t i on a l Association as pastor of the Congregational
n V t . 1 8 41 Church in Brando , , where he remained until , when he removed to Cincinnati to assume the agency of the 1 8 43 American Hom e Missionary Society . In he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church , of Madison , Ind . , where h e remained until tli e call came to him from the
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago .
The records of th e Session contain this note , under 6 1 850 date of August 2 ,
Session m et and opened with prayer by the Rev . Har vey Curtis , who sat as moderator for th e first time after his acceptance of the pastoral charge of this church .
Dr . Curtis pastorate in Chicago was characterized by unusual acceptance and usefulness , though he came at a critical period in th e history of the Society , when its property was incumbered with a heavy debt and its mem Su b s e hership mu ch reduced by strife and dissension . quent revivals , under his earnest ministrations , ad ded large C h u r c h a n d nu mbers to the m embership of the , the growth in the wealth and pop u lation of the city in 1 850 and in 1 857 ) enabled th e Society to dispose of its prop e r t y to ad vantage , pay its d ebts , and secure for itself a better location on Wabash Avenue . 1 56 L I VE S OF TH E P A S TOR S .
He was prevailed upon against his own desires , says “ Dr . Barrows , to accept the presidency of Knox College ,
. 1 858 h on or b l Galesburg, Ill , in , where he laboriously and a v 1 8 ser ved till his d eath , September ,
. i n D r . Joseph F Tuttle , president of Wabash College ,
a letter to Dr . Barrows , at the tim e of the Jubile e Services
1 883 . in , giving som e recollections of Dr Curtis , says i m He was a charming companion . As a preacher h e pressed m e with the feeling that h e was v ery sincere and
earnest . He was an able preacher , and not unfrequently In truly eloquent . th e General Assembly h e was a fine
debater , clear , earnest and master of himself . He shared in the great d ebates which made th e Assembly ( New
School) so fascinating and aggressive , especially when slavery and the subj ect of church extension and hom e mis
sions were discussed . Not an extremist , h e was strongly in favor of the plans w hich were so splendidly fore ’ shadowed in Dr . Mills great sermon on Hom e Missions 1 1 before the Assem bly at Utica in 85 .
D r . Curtis , when I first saw him , was , physically , very
vigorous ; h e had a good presence , a ringing and manly
voi ce , an easy com mand of strong English word s , and a fl e c t a ti on an air of earnestness that had no hint of , and that made him a strong man in th e pulpit and on th e floor
of an ecclesiastical assembly .
’ Speaking of Dr . Curtis pastorate here , Dr . Humphrey says : Though his ch urch was more than once sorely tried n during his ad ministration , h e co d ucted it through its w i t ' p erils ith consummate wisdom , and left a strong and
harmoniou s body .
I am indebted to Mr . H enry M . Curtis for th e excel o f lent portrait his father which accompanies this article .
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R EV Z M . . . H U M P H R Y D D F H E , . . , O U RT P AS O R T .
While collecting material for this work , I wrote to Mrs .
Humphrey , asking where I might Obtain a copy of the
Memorial Sketch of her husband , prepared by Rev . David D D. Torrey , . , of Cazenovia , N . Y . In her reply she said :
NE W A E N V ONN . 4 1 H , C , May 2 , 8 99. It is as if a hand had touched the st rings of an i n s t r u ment which had stood a long tim e silent , to have you ask for a copy of th e Memorial of my dear husband. And from what source would I so like to have the touch come as from the dear old First Church of Chicago , the Zion to which was gi ven the freshest , rip est and best period of his . i i m n stry . The Memorial Sketch is an aff ectionate testimonial from one who knew Dr . Humphrey well , from the time h e entered college until he finished his course on earth and ” 1 entered into rest . Z 3 ephaniah Moore Humphrey was born November 0 ,
1 824 . , at Amherst , Mass , and was nam ed in honor of Dr .
Zephaniah Moore , the first president of Amherst College .
His father , Dr . Heman Humphrey , was at that time it second president . ’ Th e ancestors of Dr . Humph rey , both on his father s ’ n . and mother s sid e , were of good N ew E gland stock In th e Humphrey line may be found one governor of Massa c h u s e tt s — , and on e governor of the New Haven colony men ” whose strong characteristics were piety and integrity . ’ n Zephaniah s pater al grandmoth er was Hannah Brown , a direct d escendant of Peter Brown , who came over in the ” 1 . . Mayflower in 620 She was sister of Capt John Brown ,
s i m s b u r . of We t S y , Conn , and he was father of John Brown , ’ s s a m i of O a w to e , so that Zephaniah s father was own cousin ’ O s a w a t om i e . to John Brown , of s Zephaniah s mother was
1 m a e h of Ze h a n a h oo e H m h e b a o e . n o Me ori l Sk tc p i M r u p r y , y D vid T rr y Lippi c tt
Dr o e e e e m b e 9 1 894 a t a z e n o a N . Y . C o. h a e h a 1 883. . 2 , P il d lp i , T rr y di d S pt r , , C vi , L E S T E P T R 1 58 I V OF H A S O S.
Sophia Porter, daughter of Noah Porter , of Farmington ,
Conn . Her brother , Noah Porter , became pastor at n Farmingto , honored and esteeme d in a pastorate which covered nearly sixty years . Of the children of the latter his son , Noah , became the distinguished professor of philosophy , and afterward president of Yale University , 1 while the daughter , Sarah Porter , was for thirty years pro p r i e tor and beloved principal of the well known Farming ton school for young ladies . ’ The years of Dr . Humphrey s childhood were passed at Amherst , among the wooded hills of th e Connecticut val ley , in the midst of a panorama of natural loveliness and beauty , scarcely to be surpassed in the whole world . 1 8 39 He entered Amherst College in , and after grad u ation in 1 8 43 spent a year or more in charge of a select
s C r e dn a l . chool at , Loudon county , Va He returned north to spend a year at Union Seminary before going to Andover 1 847 in , where h e came under the guidance of that prince
1 8 49. of teachers , Professor Park , completing his course in In 1 8 50 he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church 0 1 853 in Racine , Wis . On Ap ril 2 , , h e married Miss Har
W fi ld . 1 5 r i e tt e e s t e . 8 6 Sykes , of , N Y In he accepted a call to the Plymouth Congregational Church , of Milwaukee , remaining there until h e began his work in Chicago . ’ Dr . Humphrey s pastorate in Chicago comm enced
1 5 1 8 59. May , At th e installation services on Tuesday
1 7 . m ode r a t or o fl e r e d evening , June , Rev Yates Hickey , the , the introductory prayer , read the Scripture lesson and propounded the usual questions to the pastor and people .
Rev . Henry Neill , of Detroit , preach ed the sermon from : 1 6 1 7 the text , Romans ix , So then it is not of him that willeth nor of him that h h runneth , but of God that s ow e t mercy .
For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh , Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up , that I might show my d e c la r e d th r ou h power in thee , and that My name might be g out all the earth .
. D. D. ff Rev Robert W . Patterson , , o ered th e installa tion prayer . The charge to th e pastor was delivered by
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ou m e which y hav e gathered around and mine , and who will do far more for your spiritual prosperity than I have
been able to accomplish .
Dr . Hu mphrey removed to Philadelphia in the autum n of 1 868 and remained there seven years as pastor of Calvary W Church . hen th e General Assembly met in th e First
1 8 7 . Church of Chicago in May , 0, Dr Humphrey was 1 8 75 chosen moderator . In September , , h e entered on th e “ d u ties of professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church ” Polity in Lane Theological Seminary at Cincinnati , con tinning there until his lamented death , which occurred No
r 1 3 1 88 1 . . ve m b e , Dr Hum phrey was buried in Graceland
Cemetery , Chicago . R E V R H UR H E L D . D . . A T MITC L ,
E 1 62 L I VE S OF TH P A S TOR S.
His labors were blessed , and the people showed that he had w on their affection and excited their gratitud e . The breth ren of the Presbytery were warmly attached to him .
After he left Richmond I visited him in Morristown ,
J . 1 8 66 N . , in , where h e was pastor of a large and i mpor tant church , and was much esteemed . He told m e that h e was preaching there the same simple Gospel sermons that h e had preach ed in Richmond . ’ I had th e use of Mr . Mitchell s library until I could send it to h i m after the war . It abounded in evid ences of his studious and pious habits .
When h e cam e to Richmond , soon after th e war , h e left with m e $200 to be distributed among those of the congre g a ti on who were in need at that time ; some were in this
condition who had not known the ills of poverty before . ’ Dr . Mitch ell s next pastorate was with the South Street
Presbyterian Church , of Morristown , N . J . Here he 1 8 61 labored from October , , until h e began his work in
Chicago in the autumn of 1 8 68 . In his letter of acceptance to the First Presbyterian 4 1 8 68 : Church of Chicago , date d August 2 , , he says I accept the call which you have tendered m e to b e
. s come your pastor It is with many fears , lest I hall prove insu fficient for so great a work ; but relying on your e fl e c t c o- ive operation and on the aid of the Holy Ghost , and , “ f fi ” praying for that su ciency which is of God , I am will ing to undertake the sacred task .
I hope to remove to Chicago by the mi ddle of October , but doubt whether I shall b e able to enter fully upon th e th e labors of m y pastorate before first of November . If it i is possible for m e to do so earl er , I will . Upon one point allow me a frank , plain word . I fear that in a congregation of the size of yours I shall not be able to maintain that system of general visitation which some pastors have the strength d a n . to observe , which I know is of the utmost usefulness
Pray, dear broth ers , that God may b e my daily wis
dom and strength , and that I may com e to you in th e full
ness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ . May g race
and peace be m ultiplied unto you all .
s Dr . Mitchell preached his first sermon as pa tor of our 5 1 8 68 : 6: church O ctober 2 , , from Isaiah lxiv But we are a s all as an unclean thing , and all our righteousnesses are ” 1 0 1 8 68 . filthy rags . He was installed November , It was my privilege to hear him for the first time on a L I VE S TH E OF P A S TOR S . 1 63
s Sunday morning oon after his installation . When the
hour for opening divine service had arrived , the new pastor
— a came promptly into the pulpit slightly built man , about
five feet six inch es in heig ht , with dark brown hair , mous
tache and eyes , and a kindly , earnest face , which fairly g lowed with enthusiasm as he became interested in his
subj ect . The sermon that day was on congregational
singing, how to promote it , how to elevate it ; a subj ect
with which the preacher , a good singer himself , was per f e c tl y familiar , and which he handled ably and skillfully .
Dr . Mitchell believed that much of the music used in church worship should be of a kind in which the congregation
could take a hearty part . The minister spoke simply and ‘ u n a fi e c t e dl y , without any attempt at oratory ; but th ere were few in the congregation that morning who did not go away fully convinced that here was a man of whose sincerity and piety there could not be the slightest question : ele ments of his character which afterward won for him the
respect and esteem of all th e people in this city .
Dr . Mitchell always took a great interest in m unicipal
reform ; he attended the primaries regularly , worked at r e the polls , and often preached from the pulpit on the
s pon s i b i li ti e s and obligations of citizens in such matters . Th e scenes in connection with the ballot box s t u fli n g at 4 1 8 76 the South Town election , April , , which he wit
messed with other citizens , and the outburst of popular indignation when three disreputable candidates declared - — themselves elected collector , assessor and town clerk all
these matters will b e recalled . When the election of these men was contested by a citizens ’ committee before the j us 1 5 t ices of the peace of the South Town on April , the evi d e nce of the witnesses showed conclusively that the ballot
boxes had been tampered with ; the statement of Dr .
Mitchell was particu larly clear and positive . The court
d ecided accordingly , declaring that there was no valid election and that vacancies existed in the offices of col
s s . lector , a se sor and town clerk
’ s The Chicago Tr i b u n e of April 1 7 said of Dr . Mitchell a ction in this election : 1 64 L I VE S OF TH E PA S TOR S.
“ D D. e . a d Rev . Arthur Mitch ell , , the littl dominie of mirable resources in connection with the recent stirring e vents in the South Town , preach ed yesterday in th e First Presbyterian Church on the d uties of Christian citizens in the present crisis . A clergyman who knows how to act , o ought to know how t preach about an emergency .
Among the important sermons of Dr . Mitchell was that “ ’ ” on systematic giving , entitled The King s Business , on
: 1 th e text , I Cor . xvi , 2 Now concerning th e collection Ga for the saints , as I have gi ven order to the churches of ” latia , even so do ye , delivered from the p ulpit of this
1 1 8 7 . church January 9, 9 This sermon resulted in estab li s h i n f f g the system of annual pledges and weekly o erings , for the various b enevolent causes . 1 8 80 In August , , th e pastor accepted a call from the First Presbyterian Church of Cle veland , Ohio, and 1 7 1 8 preached his farewell sermon in Chicago October , 8 0 . He resigned his pastorate in Cle veland to accept th e B e u position of secretary of th e oard of Foreign Missions ,
4 1 88 4 . tering on his d uties in N ew York City July , Few m en were better informed on the work of foreign missions than Dr . Mitchell . It had b een with h im a subj ect of care ful , earnest stu dy from the com mencement of his ministry , and h e knew th e needs and resources of th e Board and the work in th e mission fields , as h e knew his Bible . 1 8 8 9 In July , , h e started , under the appointm ent of th e B i n oard , to visit th e mission stations Japan , Korea , China , t h Siam and Syria , returning to N ew York City in July of e following year . While on that tour he was taken seriously m ill in Siam , and several onths elapse d before he could resum e work ; the Board accordingly requested him not to
1 8 9 . begin his duties in N ew York City until October , 0 In 1 8 9 the spring of 2, his health again showing symptoms of v giving way , th e Board allowed him a acation of three
months for a trip to th e Pacific coast , where he regained
a fair amount of vigor . In November of that year he went
to Florida by the advice of his physician , returning north
early in the following year . His death occurred at Sara
. Y 4 1 893 . w a s toga , N . , April 2 , His last pu blic ad dress at
1 89 . Albany in October , 2, before the Synod of New York
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ENOX m o Aa r on , L r Na TlLDEN FoUNDA to . L I VE S OF TH E P A S T R O S . 1 65
R EV . O H H RY BAR ROWS D D J N EN , . . , S I X H P AS O T T R .
. h D D. . Rev Jo n Henry Barrows , , was born July 1 1 , 1 847 , in Medina , Lenawee county , Mich . His parents
e . . w re Rev John M Barrows , afterward professor of natural
s ciences in Olivet College , Mich . , and Catherin e Payne
Moore , an early graduate of Oberlin College . He unite d v 1 8 63 with th e church in Oli et in , and was graduated from 1 867 Olivet College in June , . After studying one y e a r i n Yale Theological Seminary and one year in Union The
ological Seminary , Dr . Barrows went to Osage c ounty ,
. e Kan , remaining ther two and a half years , doing hom e
missionary and educational work . He then preach e d on e
y ear or more to th e Congregational Church in Springfi e ld ,
. t Ill , and af er a year abroad and five months of study at
1 8 75 a s Andover Theological Seminary , h e was settled in
pastor over th e Eliot Congregational Church , of Lawrence ,
. e . Mass , wh re he labored nearly six years In December , 1 880 w a s e , he installed ov r the Maverick Church , of East
s n . w a s 1 8 8 1 t h e Bo to , Mass , from which he called in , to
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago . u s h i s During th e fo rteen year of pastorate in Chicago , m embers were received into the church and Ra ilroad M r R e v . a s . o Chapel , of which , for so many years , Ch rle M m e t on was the faith ful minister . In all issionary and r form th e w ork , in every enterprise for bettering civic life of
Chicago , Dr . Barrows always took an active part . He is m among the ost noted speakers of th is country , whether v before missionary , temperance or Christian Endea or con
h e . s ve n ti on s , or on t lecture platform His addre s on ” “ n O n o n a America , give at th e pe ing f the Spri g Pal ce , o F rt Wayne , Tex before th e Presbyterian Social Union , a n d of St . Louis , before the Synod of Indiana , rings with
a s e pa triotism , and is powe rful argument in upport of Hom L I VE 1 66 S OF TH E PA S TOR S .
“ ” “ o . Missi ns His lectures on Samuel Adams , Jam es ” “ ” “ ” u R ssell Lowell Hugh Miller , John Stuart Mill , “ “ Shakespeare , Wendell Phillips and Jerusalem , u have been delivered in many parts of this co ntry . Among the notable sermons preached to the people th e of First Church , which , afterward p ublish ed , had a “ on wide circulation , are those : The Perfection of the ” “ ” “ ’ Bible , The Nation and the Soldier , The Nation s ” “ ” i n Hope , Religion the Motive Power Human Progress , ” “ ” “ a Christian M nhood , Reason in Temperance , Christ ” ” t ” and the Poor , Mar in Luther , Christian Hospitals , “ ” “ ” “ Th e World of Books , Municipal Patriotism , Saving ” “ ” “ O ur Country , Glorifying God and Eternal Enj oy ” m e nt .
P u l i t TI ’ e a s n r 1 88 4 The p y , of New York , June , , says w of Dr . Barro s
His peculiar function is to preach . It is at the altar his lips are touched . His extraordinary gifts are all arranged along the line of power in spoken speech . His sentences are polish ed shafts . Even his voice , which is of a rich and peculiarly resonant quality , contrib utes f f toward magical e ect . Th ere is som ething magnetic about his personal appearance . He is noticeably tall and lithe in form . His physique , at first sight, does not indi cate such enormous endurance as h e seems to possess . Perhaps no preach er in America carries a heavier min i s t e r i a l responsibility .
The parliament of religions , which m et in Chicago ’ . w d uring the World s Fair , was organized by Dr Barro s , as a plan for bringing together in one assembly “ rep r e s e n t a ti ve s of all the great historical faiths in th e world — Brahmans , Buddhists , Moslems , Parsees , Confucians , ” I n s Jews and the great church es of Christendom . thi work he had the cordial assistance of religious lead ers in eve ry part of the world . One direct outcome of this religious convention was th e founding by Mrs . Caroline E . Haskell of a lecture a n s u ffi course at the University of Chicago , with income t h e cient to provide a se ries of lectures in India , on rela tions of Christianity and other religions these lectures to
1 68 L I VES OF TH E P A S TOR S .
th e 1 8 97 1 8 98 e work in India , and winter of and , deliv ring a s e u i n B cour of lect res on the Christian religion om bay , d a n . e i n Calcutta Madras Sinc his return to Chicago , May , 1 8 8 “ 9 , he has brought out three works Christiani ty , th e l ’ ” “ “ Wor d s Re ligion , A World Pilgrimage and the Ch ris tian Conquest of Asia ” At a special m eeting of the Board of Truste e s of
ol 9 1 898 . B Oberlin C lege , held Nov ember 2 , , Dr arrows was l H unanimously e ected president of th e i n stitution . e
n f fi 4 1 8 99. e te red on th e d uties of his o ce January , P O ST L U DE .
The history of the First Presbyterian Church of Chi i n cago , as given these pages , treats chiefly of th e growth of th e Society and of matt e rs of immediate interest per h taining to th e services , wit out touching on other d e part e of m nts its work , such as the Sunday School , the Rail road Mission and the various missionary and benevolent organizations sustained by the c h u r c h w a field which has b een of great import in its life , but for which exhaustive r e sources are n ot at hand . In the article s on choirs and psalmody I have by no means intend ed to offer a scientific essay on the develop ment of church music . Aside from giving some informa tion regarding per s ons and events comparatively little known , I have confined myself to an outline of the prog e s r s in the musical part of divine worship , since the time whe n o u r fath ers and moth ers sang in the choir . Soc i e t If , in presenting the growth of this venerable v, ” “ i n fl u The Church on the Frontier , whose life and ” “ th e e . enc , as Dr Barrows says , has run parallel with strenuou s and widely expanding life of a city which has in a ge n eration and a half become one of the chief commer ” c i l t h a centers of e world , I have added any facts which n will b e held dear by the present ge eration , and which would otherwise have faded into oblivion , I shall feel that my task has not been entirely in vain . O F F I C E R S .
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