. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . PHILIP S. MOXOM, South Church 5° THE HOME MISSIONARY. SAMUEL H. WOODROW, Hope Church Springfield might almost be calledthe city of churches as well as theCity of Homes. To-day it has thir-teen Congregational churches, ofwhich number one is Swedish, oneFrench and one for our coloredbrethren. In proportion to thepopulation it is one of our Con-gregational strongholds. Space forbids more than a mentionof beautiful Forest Park, the com-modious new high school, the artgallery with its treasures, and thelibrary which is one of th
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . PHILIP S. MOXOM, South Church 5° THE HOME MISSIONARY. SAMUEL H. WOODROW, Hope Church Springfield might almost be calledthe city of churches as well as theCity of Homes. To-day it has thir-teen Congregational churches, ofwhich number one is Swedish, oneFrench and one for our coloredbrethren. In proportion to thepopulation it is one of our Con-gregational strongholds. Space forbids more than a mentionof beautiful Forest Park, the com-modious new high school, the artgallery with its treasures, and thelibrary which is one of the best inthe United States. In Merrick Parkstands St. Gaudens statue of ThePuritan, commemorative of DeaconSamuel Chapin who often, in the ab-sence of the minister, carried for-ward the Sabbath services in theoriginal First Church statue of the Puritan as has modeled him, with hisbroad brimmed hat, flowing cloak,foot upraised on his way to church,clasping his Bible in one hand andhis stout stick in the other, serves toremind us that those old Puritanswere the sifted wheat of God
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