History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . ccurredMay 17, 1891. In the afternoon therewas a sermon by Reverend Charles Park-hurst, editor of Zions Herald, and formerpastor of the church. In the evening thevenerable Bishop R. S. Foster P. Durgin then, in behalf of thetrustees, presented the church for dedica-tion. Presiding Elder S. C. Keeler gave the dedicatory services,including the prayer, and Bishop Foster pronounced the handsome communion service of the church was
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . ccurredMay 17, 1891. In the afternoon therewas a sermon by Reverend Charles Park-hurst, editor of Zions Herald, and formerpastor of the church. In the evening thevenerable Bishop R. S. Foster P. Durgin then, in behalf of thetrustees, presented the church for dedica-tion. Presiding Elder S. C. Keeler gave the dedicatory services,including the prayer, and Bishop Foster pronounced the handsome communion service of the church was presented byStanley & Ayer. In the spring of 1896, Mr. Curl having been made presiding elderof the district, Reverend George N. Dorr was appointed pastor, andserved the society until 1897, when lie was succeeded by ReverendJohn H. Emerson, whose pastorate was equally brief. In 1898 Rev-erend William II. Hutchin was appointed to this society, and con-tinued until April, 1901. He was succeeded that year by ReverendEdward C. Strout, from Saco, Me., the present pastor. Nothing eventful has occurred during these four pastorates. The. Baker Memorial Church. THE SALVATION ARMY. 823 society has grown in numbers, justifying the hopes of those who sostrenuously urged the organization of the church. When some werefearful that the undertaking might hopelessly involve the societyin debt, these courageous ones felt that it was either go forward orcease altogether. The society has now begun its second quarter-century with every encouragement of a long life of usefulness. Ofone hundred members who formed the society, less than half are nowliving. The Salvation Army. The exact date of the first appearance of the Salvation Army inConcord is not known. Unlike other religious societies the armydoes not start in a community by the organization of followers resid-ing there, but its beginning is the coming of a small band of mission-aries sowing seed and content with small harvests. The first reliab
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