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Excerpt from The Quarter-Centennial of the First Congregational Church of Chicago, May 21st and 22d, 1876 The Quarter-Centennial of the First Congregational Church of Chicago occurred May 22, 1876. The Church deemed some observance of the occasion fitting and desirable, and placed the matter in the hands of a committee, with full powers to arrange for the memorial services. Though it was also the twenty-fifth anniversary of the denomination in this city, it was not considered best to unite the Churches in one common observance, and the exercises were, therefore, simply of a character properly fitting the history of the First Church. The exercises were mainly on Sabbath, May 21st. In the morning the Pastor, Rev. Dr. Goodwin, preached an historical sermon. In the evening addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Patton, Rev. Dr. Roy and Hon. W. W. Farwell, and a brief statistical statement was made by J. W. Sykes, the Clerk of the Church. The sermon, the addresses and the statement are printed herewith. On Monday evening, May 22d, the ladies gave a sociable in the parlors of the Church, which closed the memorial observance. The occasion was of great interest, and the presence of old and former members of the Church was a pleasant feature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.