Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . text, fohnv. i-g, The Im-potent Man at the Pool of Bethesda. ? zAt a meeting of the Session, fourteen new members werewelcomed into church fellowship. ^ On the following Sabbath morning the Rev. John Thomson,D. D., delivered an able discourse upon The Bread ofLife. In the afternoon, at four oclock, a great congrega-tion gathered for the celebration of The Lords Supper, manypersons coming from a distance to participate once more inthe Communion as administered in the old home church. Hearts melted and eyes overflowe


Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . text, fohnv. i-g, The Im-potent Man at the Pool of Bethesda. ? zAt a meeting of the Session, fourteen new members werewelcomed into church fellowship. ^ On the following Sabbath morning the Rev. John Thomson,D. D., delivered an able discourse upon The Bread ofLife. In the afternoon, at four oclock, a great congrega-tion gathered for the celebration of The Lords Supper, manypersons coming from a distance to participate once more inthe Communion as administered in the old home church. Hearts melted and eyes overflowed as the one hundredand third Psalm was sung, in the Scotch version, withoutthe organ accompaniment. The tune was Balerma, andthe Past came softly down through the familiar stan:{asand the tender addresses of Rev. Drs. Thomson, Spaulding,and the Pastor, awakening fresh affection and trust towardthat Saviour who is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. The benediction dismissed more than one communicantwho felt that such a season could never come again thisside of 11 II11 Hill I III I uiniuiimuiiii The West Side Chapel. 439 West Thirty-third Street.


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