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Excerpt from A Memorial of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Sunday School of the First Presbyterian Church, Utica, N. Y Superintendent of the school, the speakers Of the evening, and a few of the teachers and members of the school in its earliest days. A conspicuous Object on one end of the platform was a stand loaded with a huge anniversary cake, a sort of golden wedding cake; and this was balanced on the opposite side by a pyramid of clustering grapes, the appropriate and welcome gift of Mr. Truman P. Handy, of Cleveland. The gentlemen who occupied the platform were Judge william J. Bacon, Of the Supreme Court, President; the Rev. Samuel L. Merrell, of Theresa, N. Y., Chaplain; Mr. Robert S. Williams, Superintendent; the Rev. Doctors edward bright, Editor of The Christian Examiner, New York; philemon H. Fowler of the First Presbyterian Church, samuel W. Fisher Of the West minster Presbyterian Church, ashbel G. Vermilye of the Reformed Dutch Church, daniel G. Corey of the Bleecker St. Baptist Church, alfred S. Patton of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Rev. John lyle, City Mis sionary; Professor anson J. Upson, Of Hamilton College; Messieurs william tracy and gurdon burchard, of New York; milton brayton, of Western; hovny K. Clarke, of Detroit; robert B. Shepard, of Hudson; john H edmonds, john F. Seymour, and thomas W. Seward, of Utica. 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.