Excerpt from Historical Address: And Other Exercises on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Baptist Church, of Plainfield (Meriden) New Hampshire, September 6, 1892 Tuesday, September 6, 1892, was an interesting occasion to the Baptist Church in Meriden, being the l00th anniversary of its organization. The church was tastily decorated with flowers, and above the pulpit at the right and left respectively appeared the inscriptions "1792," "1892," in evergreens. The program, under the direction of the pastor, was as follows: 1. Anthem. "I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me." Choir. 2. Invocation. Lord's Prayer, Rev. G.C. Trow. 3. Address Of Welcome. Mr. Wm. C. True. 4. Response. Rev. O. C. Sargent. 5. Anthem. "The Earth is the Lord's." Choir. 6. Scripture Reading. Rev. J. F. Fielding. 7. Prayer. Rev. N. F. Tilden. 8. Anthem. "Sing and Rejoice, O Zion." Choir. 9. Historical Address. Rev. O. Wilson Kimball. Address. The primary object of history is to accurately narrate the acts and experiences or man. Therefore the historic subject is man. This paper will deal with the events of a century in which Christian men and women were concerned. It is a partial biographical sketch of a branch of the Church of the Holy Christ. It hints at the successive activities and fortunes of a God-fearing few. There is never space for history, or time for its perusal, which does not include God and His dealings with the children of men especially those in the federal compact of heart through Jesus Christ. This church had its birth of organization at the house of one James Kimball, on the 6th day of September, 1792. In what section, the meagre records make no mention. It is not improbable that the event took place in what is presently known as the True neighborhood. 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.