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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The Congregational Church of West Medford. (search)
sented the church an individual communion service. On February 23, 1897, the society accepted from Bro. Henry L. Barnes the gift of the house and land corner High and Allston streets on which our meeting-house now stands. The gift was accompanied with an offer of four thousand dollars when we should build on it a meeting-house and dedicate it free from debt. The Songs for the Sanctuary had been in use for public worship since 1874, and the books were the property of individuals. In December, 1896, the church voted to use the Church Hymnary instead, and the society having voted to adopt the free seat system and pledges instead of pew rental, it also voted to purchase and own the hymn books. The church observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization on Sunday, June 13, 1897, at morning service by a sermon by the pastor on The Power of the Church in the Community, and by a special communion service. At the evening service were addresses on The Sunday-school and Christi