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 ST. Matthew's mission. 547 and Reredos, but he died before his plans were accom- plished. Within the last ten years three Memorial windows have been placed in the Church, — the first in memory of Hon. John C. Burrington ; the second in memory of Lena Edward and Annie Wood Norton, children of Benjamin and Paulina S. Norton ; and the third in memory of Mrs. Abby (Martin) Grant. Other Memorials placed in the Church at different times, are a font of Tennessee marble, in memory of Rev. Francis J. Warner, the first rector of the parish ; a brass lectern in memory of Miss Mary Willard Congdon ; an altar cross in memory of Brintnall Sabin ; and a brass alms basin in memory of Mrs. Eliza B. Lewis. During the year 1895, extensive repairs and improvements were made on the rectory. Out of this parish has grown S. Mark's Parish, Riverside, S. Matthew's Mission, Drownville, S. Helena's Rest, a summer home for working women, and S. Andrew's Indus- trial School for needy and deserving boys. S. Matthew's Mission, Drownville. At nine o'clock on the evening of June i, 1891, a number of persons were gathered in the open fields near the Drownville public schoolhouse, to break ground for the new Chapel of S. Matthew. Prayers were said, the Lord's Prayer in unison, and the first sod was turned by the Rector, Rev. William M. Chapin, "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." On Sunday, July 26, the morrow of the Feast of S. James, the corner stone was laid, the Rector acting in behalf of the Bishop of Rhode Island. On Sunday, September 20th, being the Eve of S. Matthew's Day, the chapel was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, Bishop of Rhode Island. The building was designed to serve the double purpose of a chapel for worship, and a Guild House for general uses. A rolling partition of wood separates the chancel from the main part of the building, except at the times of Divine worship. The chancel is built in memory of Mrs. Sarah (Warland) Daven- port.