. Origin and annals of "The Old south," First Presbyterian church and parish, in Newburyport, Mass., 1746-1896 . n power to act. In issuing the completed volume thus prepared, it was deemedbest to print it in two parts; the first containing the two mainhistorical discourses, and the second presenting the other Anni-versary Proceedings in detail from first to last. A word is here in place as to the importance of collecting andpreserving the scattered materials of local history. Our PastoralLibrary already contains many valuable historical books, pam-phlets, magazines, newspapers and manuscripts
. Origin and annals of "The Old south," First Presbyterian church and parish, in Newburyport, Mass., 1746-1896 . n power to act. In issuing the completed volume thus prepared, it was deemedbest to print it in two parts; the first containing the two mainhistorical discourses, and the second presenting the other Anni-versary Proceedings in detail from first to last. A word is here in place as to the importance of collecting andpreserving the scattered materials of local history. Our PastoralLibrary already contains many valuable historical books, pam-phlets, magazines, newspapers and manuscripts. An occasionlike this brings to light the utility of such a collection, and sug-gests the eminent propriety of making said library the reposi-tory of documents that might otherwise be lost or destroyed. Toeach Church the Master has committed a great trust, and weshould prize the religious, historical and literary treasures, which,if rightly interpreted, are Gods message to us from a wonderfulPast to make us wise for a bright Future. John W. Winder, i Committee Prentiss H. Reed,John T. Brown, 1 893. The Glory of the Fathers. HISTORICAL SURVEY FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BY THE PASTOR, REV. HORACE CARTER HOVEY, D. D. Pro verbs jy:6. Theglory of childrenare tJieir fa/Iters. ADDRESS OF REV. HORACE C. HOVEY, D. D. No place in America excels Essex county, Massa-chusetts, in quaint, romantic and instructive history,civil, military, and ecclesiastical. We are todaymore particularly interested in that portion of thecounty known as Newburyport—said to be the onlytown of that name on earth. Our city now has about15,000 inhabitants; but when the church was foundedwhose anniversary we celebrate, this was simplywhat its name indicates, the port of Newbury, the oldtown, to which also belonged what is now the townof West Newbury. The local geography is furthercomplicated by the fact that the lower portion of New-buryport has been always styled Joppa, and the upperportion Bell
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