.- ,..- lb. lkf - , CONTENTS. SERVICES . ORDER OF SERVICES . COMMEMORATIONPRAYER : REV. C. J. STREET. READINGFROM REV. GEORGEHARRIS. READINGFROM REV. FRANKLINBAKER . MORNINGSERMON BY REV. CHRIS. J. STREET . EVENINGSERMON BY REV. CHRIS. J. STREET . BI-CENTENARYSOIREE AND PUBLICMEETING- SOIREE . ORGANRECITAL PLATFORM . OF PRINTED BY ELSOM AND CO. PROGRAMME PUBLICMEETING MARKET-PLACE, HULL. PRAYERBY REV. E. ALI,EN . CHAIRMAN'SADDRESS . LETTERS FROM FORMER MINISTERS ADDRESS-MR. J. J. BRADSHAW. >' REV. ALEXANDERGORDON 9, REV. JAMESHARWOOD '9 REV. H. W. TURNER . 9 7 REV. JAMESC. STREET '' MR. W. HASLAM. MR. W. H. HIGGIN . REV. CHRISTOPHERJ. STREET . REV. H. M. LIVENS . ADDENDA- I. ROLL OF MINISTERS . 141 11. ROLL OF TRUSTEES. 142 III. NOTES OF EARLYBOI,TON MINISTERS. 144 IV. CERTIFICATEOF WINDY RANKCHAPEL, 1797 I47 v. SUBSCRIPTIONFOR RE-BUILDING CHAPEL WALL . 148 VI. MEMORIALTO REV. NOAH JONES, 1821 150 VII. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERSFOR THIS VOLUME . 154 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE EXTERIOROF THE PRESENTCHAPEL AND SCHOOLS Frontispiece PORTRAITOF THE REV. FRANKLINBAKER . 24 FAC-SIMILEOF THE CERTIFICATEOF REGISTRATION OF THE OLD CHAPEL . 36 THE OLD CHAPELHOUSE . 5 6 BI-CENTENARY SERVICES, PORTRAITOF THE REV. JEFFERYWORTHINGTON 64 PORTRAITOF THE REV. C. C. COE . 70 SUNDAY, I~THOCTOBER, 1896. DOORPANEL IN THE OLD CHAPEL 72 INTERIOROF THE OLD CHAPEL . 88 PORTRAITOF MR. ROBERTHEYWOOD. 96 PORTRAITOF MR. CHARLESJ. DARBISHIRE . 120 PORTRAITOF THE REV. C. J. STREET . 132 GROUNDPLAN OF THE OLD CHAPEL. 140 ~NTERIOROF THE PRESENTCHAPEL . 146 GROUNDPLAN OF THE NEW CHAPEL AND SCHOOLS 159 MORNING. THE BI-CENTENARY SERVICES, HYMN I. Luthet's Hymn. I. E come unto our fathers' God ; Their rock is our salvation : The Eternal Arms, their dear abode, LARGEcongregations assembled in the Chapel on We make our habitation. Sunday, 18th October, 1896, both morning and even- We bring Thee, Lord, the praise they brought ; We seek Thee as 'Thy saints have sought ing, notwithstanding the fact that the weather was In every generation. extremely unfavourable. With one accord present and past members came together in honour of the Two- 2. Their joy unto their God we bring ; Their song to us descendeth ; Hundredth Anniversary of the opening of the first The Spirit, who in them did sing, chapel in Bank Street. The services were conducted To us His music lendeth. and the sermons preached by the minister, the Rev. His song in them, in us, is one ; C. J. Street, M.A., LL.B. Mr. J. T. Flitcroft, F.R.C.O., We raise it high, we send it on, The song that never endeth. presided at the organ. The Collections for the Poor amounted to A3 I 2s. &d. 3. Jesaintstocome,takeupthestrain; The same sweet theme endeavour ! Unbroken be the golden chain ; Keep on the song for ever ! Safe in the same dear dwelling-place, Rich with the same eternal grace, Bless the same boundless Giver ! Amen. T. H. Gill. Bank Street Chapel, Bolton Bi-Centenary Commemoration CHANT. Wbodward in D. 13. Glory be to God, the / Father Al- I mighty 11 Ma- I I. ET all Thy works praise Thee, 0 Lord / I 11 ker of j heaven and I earth ; and Thy children re- 1 joice in 1 thanking L 14. As it was in the beginning, is now, and I ever ( Thee. shall be /I world / without I end. A-men. 2. Thine is our breath, and / Thine our I likeness 11 Thou quickenest our minds, and makest I fine %emon, the I springs of I conscience. 3. From Thee came ancient revel- / ation and j writ- I-IYMN 11. Austria. ing 11 deep sayings of [ prophets and songs of I IFT the strain of high thanksgiving I praise. Tread with songs the hallowed way I 4. From Thee are all the wise words of / olden I time /I L Praise our fathers' God for mercies the counsels of truth and I worship of I prayer New to us each sacred day 1 and I deed. Here they built for Him a dwelling, 5. 0 everlasting Teacher I of man- I kind 11 from Thee Sought Him here in ages past, come the / workers of I good for I ever. Fixed it for His sure possession, 6. Thine are the revivers of godliness in the world / I 11 Holy ground while time shall last. and the sowers of I winged I seeds of / truth. 7. Thine, 0 Lord, is the great company / of our I an- When the years had wrought their changes, cestors 11 the sacred I truth-tellers I and brave I He, our own unchanging God, patriots. Stirred their hearts to rear new temple 8. All makers of story and song and the masters of I On the site the fathers trod; harmony are I Thine 11 and the pure I suffer- I Heard their prayers and helped their counsels, ers for I goodness ; Blest their zeal and faith and gold, g. Whoever has I vanquished I evil 11 and in faith and Till once more His house was standing hope / gone through I labour for I right. Firm and statelier than of old. 10. Lord, let not all Thy I work be in / vain 11 whereby 3. Fill our house of prayer with glory, thou dost redeem our race, that it I may par- I Greater than the fathers knew; take of Thy / glory. Clothe with righteousness its people, I I. If stories of old time fade, and earthly I parables I Guide them into reverence true. fail $ let Thy kindness be ever new, and I truth Let Thy Spirit's mystic presence become / perfect I in us. Here its sevenfold blessing shed ; 12. Open to us the door of faith, and of a new mind, Spread for us the heavenly banquet; and of I deep I insight I/ and the God of old will Give us, Lord, the living bread. Amen. be I known as the I living I Friend. J. E llerton. Bank Street Chapel, Bolton Bz-Centenary Cornmemovation Zeeeon. While day shall break and close, ANTHEM. Sir G. A. Macfawen. While night her crescent shows, 0 let Thy light repose DAY in Thy courts is better than a thousand ; I On our free hills. Amen. A had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my John Pierpoint. God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For - the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory ; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. @rean Woluntarp anb CDEertorp for tbe Poor. 0 Lord of Hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth - in Thee. HYMN IV. Cambyid?,. Draper. EAR Father of our souls, D 0 hear our earnest vow, HYMN 111. National Anthem. Assembled in this house of prayer To seek Thy blessing now. ONE are those great and good, G Who here in peril stood 2. The busy years roll on, And raised their hymn. And bring their joys and woes ; Peace to the reverend dead ! But in life's dawn we lean on Thee, The light that on their head And trust Thee at its close. The passing years have shed 3. Our fathers and our friends, Shall ne'er grow dim. Who lived in faith and fear, Ye temples that to God Have entered on that higher life Rise where our fathers trod, They loved to picture here. Guard well your trust ! 4. But they to us bequeathed The truth that made them free, A legacy sublime, Their scorn of falsehood's plea, To follow up their noble work, Their cherished purity, And live the life divine. Their garnered dust ! 5. Here then, with solemn vow, Thou high and holy One, We give our hearts to Thee, Whose care for sire and son And dedicate our lives afresh All nature fills ! To truth and purity. Bank Street Chafel, Bolton Bi- Centenary Cornmemovation 6 Direct our wills aright ; Inspire our souls with love, That we may do Thy work on earth, EVENING. And meet Thy smile a- I bove. Amen. C. J. Street. HYMN I. St. Pefer. [. God of ages, by whose hand SLorb'e praper Gbanteb. 0 Thy people still are fed, Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led ! Senebfctf on. - a. Our vows, our prayers we now present Before Thy throne of grace ; CHORAL VERSE. God of our fathers 1 be the God DISMISSUS now, 0 Lord ; Of their succeeding race. Endue our hearts with love ; 3. Through each perplexing path of life Be Thou our Guide, our Strength, our Stay, Our wandering footsteps guide ; To lead us on life's way. Amen. Give us by day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. 4. 0 spread Thy covering wings abroad Till all our ~vanderingscease, And at our Father's loved abode Our feet arrive in peace. 5. Now with the humble voice of prayer Thy mercy we implore ; 'Then with the grateful voice of praise Thy goodness we'll adore. Amen. Phi/$ Dodd~idge, Bank Sheet Chapel, Bolton Bi-Centenary Commemoration CHANT. Lawes in C. I. God, Thou I art my 1 God 11 early I will I I 0 seek 1 Thee. 2. My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh i longeth for HYMN 11. Thee (1 in a dry and thirsty land I where no I GOD, the Rock of Ages, water I is ; I. Who evermore hast been, 3. To see Thy power I and Thy 1 glory 11 as I have I 0 What time the tempest rages, seen Thee I in the I sanctuary. Our dwelling-place serene ; 4. Because Thy loving-kindness is / better than I life 11 Before Thy first creations, my I lips shqll I praise I Thee.