ORANGE CONG. CHURCH
ing spring these were carried out. Bees were held and there were days when there were as many as thirty teams engaged in the work. One of the pleasantest recollections of the speaker is that of having held scraper at such seasons, and having helped level the contour of the Green with no other instruments than straight-edged boards. The former goose-pasture was graded and trees planted and a public improvement made of great permanent value, an earnest of that remarkable public spirit, energy, co-operation and efficiency which has been so characteristic of Orange in more recent years. It was in the year 1902 that the Church-Edifice was reshingled and the interior thoroughly renovated and beautified. During that year the Church manual was revised, thus gathering up, in a way, the experience of the years. During the twelve years there were received into the fellowship of this Church about seventy members. During the same period the pastor officiated at thirty-six weddings and at ninety funerals. It was a ministry of both joy and sorrow. As I stand here today I look into the faces of another congregation of those who have gone before. It can not be invidious to mention by name some of these. I seem very distinctly to see "Uncle" Aaron Clark, "Uncle" and Mrs. Roswell Russell, "Uncle" and Mrs. Alfred Treat, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Clark, Mr. Albert Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Treat Clark, Sen., Mr. Treat Clark. Jun., Mr. Jeremiah Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Oviatt, Deacon and Mrs. Leverett Clark, Deacon Charles Clark, Deacon J. Sheldon Alling, Mr. Leonidas Alling, Mr. Geo. T. Hine, Mr. and Mrs. Elbee J. Treat, Mr. Stephen D. Russell and his first wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Woodruff, Mrs. Mary Fenn, Mrs. Elias T. Clark, Mrs. Susan Russell, Mrs. Susan Smith, the former Mrs. E. C. Russell, Mrs. Chas. Hine, Mrs. Geo. H. Bailey, Mrs. Julia Treat, Mrs. Frederick Stone, and many others. It is pleasant to remember that during those years you were content that I should try to be a preacher and a pastor. You never laid upon me the burden of raising funds, keeping records,