CLASS OF 1896

The following appreciation is found in The Congregationalist of March 16, under the signature of Rev. Dr. H. C. Hearing, secretary of the National Council:

" 'An expert is an ordinary individual some distance from home.' So runs our humorous judgment on the disenchantment of proximity. All the more honor to the man whose neighbors value him most. Such a man took a rural parish in Vermont some fourteen years ago. His health was not firm and the task which fell to him was not easy. He went ahead and won out. Another church in the same county asked him to lead its work. It looked hard enough to be inviting, and he undertook it. A year ago our historic church in the city six miles away, one of the strong churches of the denomination, unanimously called him to its pastorate. It would be hard to think of anything which would testify more strongly to that minister s quality or the good sense of the church which called him. The names of the contracting parties are the First Church of Burlington and Rev. C. C. Adams.

Secretary, Carl H. Richardson, Tremont Building, Boston