Centenary of the Ordination of the First Missionaries from this Country "to the Heathen in Asia"
Tabernacle Congregational Church
Salem, Massachusetts
1812-1912
Centenary
Ordination of the First Missionaries from this Country "to the heathen in Asia",
Messrs, Judson, Newell, Hall, Nott and Rice
Illustration of Samuel Worcester, D.D., Pastor 1803-1821
Tuesday, February the Sixth
Eighteen Hundred Twelve
Tabernacle Congregational Church
Salem, Massachusetts
Photographs of the Exterior and the Interior of the Old Church (1777-1854)
Ecclesiastical Council for Ordination of Missionaries
(Churches - Essex South Association and Corporate Members, A.B.C.F.M.)
Photographs of Mr. Maas; Mr. Lyman; Mr. Holmes; Mr. Leete and Mr. Harlow
William Rockwell Leete, Union Theological Seminary, N.Y.
Samuel Ralph Harlow, Union Theological Seminary, N. Y.
Jerome Crane Holmes, Hartford Theological Seminary, Connecticut
James Kerr Lyman, Oberlin Theological Seminary, Ohio
Charles Henry Maas, Chicago Theological Seminary, Illinois
10:00 A.M. - Salutation - The Pastor
Welcome to the City - Hon. Rufus D. Adams, Mayor
Organization of Council
Statements and Reports
Presentation of Religious and Theological Views By, and Examination of Candidates
Results of Council
12:00 M. - Adjournment
Photographs of Rev. Alvin C. Bacon, 1910-, Associate
Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, D. D., Pastor - 1879-
Rev. David S. Herrick, 1903-, Missionary Pastor, Madura, India
Photograph of the interior of the present Church, 1854
Services of Ordination
2:00 P.M.
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, D.D., Brooklyn, Presiding
Report of Council - Scribe - Rev. William E. Strong, Boston
Hymn - "Park St." - (Bass-viol of 1812 leading.)
Scripture Lesson - Rev. Samuel A. Harlow, Grafton
Prayer of Invocation - Rev. William W. Leete, New Haven, Connecticut
Address - "The Situation and the Scene, one hundred years ago" - Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, D. D., Salem
Prayer of Ordination - President Albert Parker Fitch, D. D., Andover Theological Seminary. Revs. William W. Leete, Samuel A. Harlow, Nehemiah Boynton, DeWitt S. Clark - assisting in Ceremony of Consecration
Response - "The Missionary Call" - A. B. C. F. M. Quartette, Revs. Brewer Eddy, Enoch F. Bell, H. Grant Person, Henry F. Smith
Services of Ordination
Right Hand of Fellowship -
- Rev George T. Herrick, D. D. (Constantinople) Speaking
Assisting in ceremony
- Rev. James L. Towle (Turkey)
- Rev. George M. Rowland, D. D. (Japan)
- Rev. John X. Miller (India)
- Rev. Edwin E. Allen (China)
Charge - Rev. James L. Barton, D. D., Foreign Secretary, A.B.C.F.M.
Greetings of the Board - President, Samuel B. Capen, L.L.D.
God-Speed of the Churches - Rev. Raymond Calkins, D. D., Portland, Maine
Hymn - "Missionary Chant"
5:00 P.M. - Adjournment
Services of Ordination
7:00 P.M.
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel's "Messiah", Salem Oratorio Society
Prayer - Rev. George A. Hall, Brookline, Grandson of Gordon Hall, First Missionary to India
Song - A.B.C.F.M. Quartette
Address - Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., Brooklyn, New York
Presentation of the Missionaries - Rev. Brewer Eddy, Boston. Brief Address by each.
Closing Exercises of Devotion - Led by Rev. Edward H. Byington, West Roxbury
Prayer - Rev. Alvin C. Bacon, Salem
Hymn, "Webb"
Benediction
Illustration of Ship Caravan on Which Judson and Newell with Their Wives Sailed from Salem, Feb. 19, 1812
Illustration of Historic Settee
Arranged and Printed by Dix & Comer, Boston
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