tracted from the dignity and solemnity of the service, and that the printed page would reach many absent members of the congregation as well as supplement the memory of those who were present. In the beginning he secured the coöperation of the Christian Endeavor Society, which, during the experimental stage, provided and distributed the leaflets. But by April, 1890, the calendar had so far approved itself to the people that the Society assumed the expense of printing, and in February, 1891, at the request of the Christian Endeavor Society, the Church appointed a committee to take charge of the compiling and printing. (See copies of the later calendars in the Supplement.)

1889. April 30, being the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States, an appropriate public service was held in the auditorium in commemoration of the event. The size and convenience of the church attracts to it many such public assemblies, and the people have ever delighted to use it for patriotic purposes.

Later in the same year, the Church purchased a plat of six burial lots in Oak Grove Cemetery, to be used for the burial of those members who should be unable to provide one for themselves; and some of those who had been buried elsewhere were removed to it. The Church also made provision for erecting suitable headstones at each grave, as occasion should require. 1890. On February 19, a "Reunion and Roll-Call" was held. At the suggestion of the pastor, an invitation had been sent to every member of the Church to be present in person if possible, and if that were impracticable, to report by letter. "The occasion was one of great interest and profit. About four hundred reported; some three hundred in person; the rest through friends or by letters. It was a real reunion on the part of those present."

On May 1, Dr. Mix, "with the kindest feelings toward all," requested the Church to unite with him in calling a

mutual council for the dissolution of the pastoral relation. In fulfillment of this request a council was convened on the 16th of May, and with profound regret and unanimous expression of the highest esteem for the retiring pastor, it assented to the request of pastor and people.

October marked the final step in the readjustment of the order of Sabbath services, which order, during the previous sixteen years, had been the subject of much discussion and frequent changes. Since the earliest days, and into Mr. Burnham's pastorate, services were held as follows: 10.30 A. M., preaching service; 1.30 P.M., Sabbath school; 2.30 P.M., preaching service, followed bimonthly by the Lord's Supper; and an evening meeting for prayer and conference. In addition to these, many of our members attended the Mission Sabbath school at 9.15 A.M. The first suggestion of a change toward the modern idea of fewer services appears in June, 1874, when the afternoon service was temporarily dispensed with. From this time on, there was a gradual strengthening of the sentiment in favor of making the change permanent, partially because of the growing tendency to lessen the demands upon the people, and partially because of the evident necessity of lightening the pastor's duties. In September, 1879, the afternoon service was permanently dropped; in April, 1880, the Sabbath school was changed to 2.30 P.M., and in 1887, monthly evening services in the auditorium were adopted; in October, 1889, a regular preaching service took the place of the prayer and conference meeting, and in October, 1890, Sabbath school was changed to the noon hour; thus completing the present schedule as follows: 10.30 A.M., preaching service, with the Lord's Supper at the appointed times; 12 M., Sabbath school; 7 P.M., preaching service.

In the latter part of 1890, electric lights were introduced into the auditorium, the parlor chandeliers having been fitted with electricity five years earlier, at the expense of a parishioner, James B. Harley.

Rev. William Walker Jubb

Fifth Pastor, A.D. 1891-1896

After the departure of Dr. Mix, the various departments of church work were continued under the watch and care of the deacons and regularly appointed officers, ably assisted by our missionary, Rev. Mr. Buck. The membership of the Church was about five hundred and thirty.

On May 26, 1890, a committee of nine, viz., Charles J. Holmes, Rev. E. A. Buck, Thomas J. Borden, Charles A. Baker, Simeon B. Chase, Charles E. Fisher, Henry H. Earl, George O. Lathrop, and James C. Eddy, was chosen to select and recommend to the Church a candidate for pastor. A year passed before any one was found to meet the requirements of the committee.

1891. In April, while the committee had its attention turned in a southerly direction towards a possible pastor, a preacher Rev. W. Walker Jubb - was crossing the ocean from the east, of whom no one in the Church had ever heard. Friends of this stranger, in Boston, who were also friends of the Church, proposed him to the committee as a pulpit supply for a Sabbath. He was asked to preach April 19, and was heard with such general satisfaction that he was invited to come a second time. He consented, and so deepened the favorable impression already made, that he was urged to come for two more Sabbaths. He came and preached again with still greater acceptance. The committee, hearing most favorable reports of Mr. Jubb, presented his name to the Church for consideration as a candidate for pastor, at the monthly church meeting in May. After a brief discussion and on motion, a ballot was taken resulting in a vote of one hundred and ten yes; two no. In accordance with this vote, a call was extended to Rev. William Walker Jubb, of Mossley, Manchester, England, to become pastor of the Central Church, at a salary of four thousand dollars per annum. All further