Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

SPRINGFIELD, 1636-lSSG. 549
Wilhraham. —J. W. Bliss, F. E. Clark, M. F. Breck, Ira G. Potter.
Enfield. — J. L. Houston, Samuel Hathaway, Joseph Allen, Thompson Grant.
Somers. —^Y . B. Woods, S. M. Billings, H. R. Kibbe, D. B. Pomeroy.
Siiffield. — J. Luther Sherman, W. L. Loomis. A. C. Allen. H. K. Wright.
The ceremonies really began ou Sunday, the 23d, when all the
churches took occasion to recall the past l)y appropriate exercises.
It had been the intention of the historian to give extracts from the
various anniversary sermons, both here and in the surrounding
towns. After collecting over thirty abstracts of sermons, however,
the plan was abandoned on account of the lack of space. The Sun-
day exercises that attracted the greatest interest took place in the
evening at the First Congregational Church. The age of that organ-
ization is practically that of the town. Here is the programme. It
may be added, that the tunes were taken from •' The Springfield Col-
lection," by Solomon Warriner, published in 1810, or the " Musica
Sacra ;
or, Springfield and Utica Collections United," by Thomas Hast-
ings and Solomon Warriner, published in numerous editions from
1816 to 1829. The dates mentioned with the tunes are believed to
be approximately correct
:
INVOCATION.
CONGREGATIONAL TUNES, —
Judgment Hymn (Hymn 1247, " Songs for the Sanctuary," two verses).
" Great God, What do I See and Hear? " Martin Luther, 1530
Evening Hymn (Hymn 154, two verses). ''Glory To Thee, My God, This
Night." Taliis, 1556
SCRIPTURE.
ANTHEM, — ' Glory Be To God On High."
PRAYER.
CHOIR TUNES.—
Canterbury, — •' O Thou. From Whom All Goodness Flows,"
Bird, 1565
Ravenscroft, 1633