. The Medford historical register . cordance with a vote of the church in December, 1894, and amendment to the by-laws adopted December, 1895, the Sabbath-school officers are elected by thechurch at its annual meeting, instead of by the school,as hitherto. On January 3, 1896, a call was voted to Rev. JudsonV. Clancy, who accepted and was installed February 26by council consisting of twelve pastors and seventeendelegates, representing nineteen churches. Rev. FrankS. Adams of Reading was moderator and Rev. GeorgeE. Lovejoy of Stoneham, scribe. The installing prayerwas by Rev. D. A. Newton of Win
. The Medford historical register . cordance with a vote of the church in December, 1894, and amendment to the by-laws adopted December, 1895, the Sabbath-school officers are elected by thechurch at its annual meeting, instead of by the school,as hitherto. On January 3, 1896, a call was voted to Rev. JudsonV. Clancy, who accepted and was installed February 26by council consisting of twelve pastors and seventeendelegates, representing nineteen churches. Rev. FrankS. Adams of Reading was moderator and Rev. GeorgeE. Lovejoy of Stoneham, scribe. The installing prayerwas by Rev. D. A. Newton of Winchester, the sermonby Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, , of Boston, and Cutter, Hood and Stebbins had other parts. Mr. Clancy entered into the work with buoyant zealand a proper optimism; His sermons received an atten-tive hearing and the audiences increased. He aroused theenthusiasm of many new people, and with the superiorgood nature always characteristic of him, enlisted thepermanent support of a goodly number. The Wromans. Rev. M. M. H. W. Stebbins. Rev. B. L. E. C. Hood. Rev. E. L. J. V. Clancy MINISTERS OF WEST MED-FORD CONGREGATIOXAL CHURCH. i9io.] OF WEST MEDFORD. 41 u Home and Foreign Missionary Societies weremerged into one organization, The Womans ChristianLeague. The Sabbath-school and the Y. P. S. C. their various activities with success, althoughthe school did not exceed the high record of the previouspastorate as to attendance. The prayer meetings mani-fested spiritual power. On May 7, 1897, Bro. Josiah G. Fuller presented thechurch an individual communion service. On Febru-ary 23, 1897, the society accepted from Bro. Henry the gift of the house and land corner High andAllston streets on which our meeting-house now gift was accompanied with an offer of four thousanddollars when we should build on it a meeting-house anddedicate it free from debt. The Songs for the Sanctuary had been in use fo
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