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 HISTORICAL SERMON 
 
 PREACUED BY THE PASTOR, 
 
 REV. S. Xj. BLAKE, 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 DBLIVEEED BY 
 
 REV. 1). J. NOYES, D. D., OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, 
 
 THE FIRST PASTOR, 
 inE:BRXJ-A.E,Y 4, 1877, 
 
 ON THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION 
 
 OF THE SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL 
 
 CHURCH, CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 CONCORD: 
 
 PRINTED BY THE REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. 
 1S77.
 
 At the meeting of the church, on Friday evening, Feb. 9, 1877, on 
 motion of Mr. Asa McFarland, 
 
 Voted, That our pastor. Rev. Mr. Blake, and our first pastor, Rev. 
 D. J. NoYES, D.D., be invited to furnish their discourses, delivered 
 in this house on Sunday, Feb. 4, for publication, and that they be 
 printed for the use and at the expense of this church.
 
 
 PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 At its annual meeting, Jan. 25, 1S77, the church voted to 
 observe the first Sabbath of February following (Feb. 4) as 
 the Fortieth Anniversary of its formation ; to invite Rev. D.J. 
 NoYES, D. D., of Dartmouth college, first pastor of the church, 
 Rev. N. Boutox, d. d., former pastor of the First Church, to 
 be present and assist in the services, and the First Church to be 
 present in the afternoon at 2 130 p. m., and unite in obsei'vance 
 of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Rev. IIexry E. Par- 
 ker, the second pastor of the church, being out of the country, 
 was beyond the reacli of an invitation, much to the regret of 
 all. This vote was carried into effect. 
 
 In the morning of Feb. 4, the pastor, Rev. S. L. Blake, gave 
 an historical sketch of the material growth of the church and 
 society. Rev. Dr. Noyes and Rev. Dr. Boutox occupied 
 the pulpit, with the pastor, and participated in the opening 
 and closing exercises. The hymns sung were those begin- 
 ning,— 
 
 " Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone !" 
 to the tune Hebron ; and 
 
 " All hail the power of Jesus^ name," 
 
 to the tune Coronation. The passage of scripture read was 
 Deut. viii. A very large congregation filled the house. 
 
 ieGo70'i ;
 
 In the afternoon, at 2 :30 o'clock, the pastor gave a narrative 
 of the spiritual progress of the church. Rev. F. D. Ayer, 
 pastor of the First Church, Rev. Dr. Noyes, and Rev. Dr. 
 BouTON, joined in the opening exercises. After the history, 
 Dr. Noyes and Dr. Bouton administered the Lord's Supper 
 to a large concourse of 2:)eople. The occasion was one of 
 thrilling Interest, and will not soon be forgotten by those pres- 
 ent. The h3-mns sung were those beginning, — 
 
 " How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord," 
 to the tune Portuguese Hymn ; 
 
 " I love thy kingdom. Lord," 
 to the tune Boylston ; and 
 
 " Blessed Saviour! thee I love," 
 
 to the tune Toplady. The scriptures read were Psalms xxlx 
 and XXX. 
 
 In the evening Dr. Noyes and Dr. Bouton occupied the 
 time in most interesting personal reminiscences. The services 
 began at 6 o'clock. And thus ended a red-letter day In the his- 
 tory of the church.
 
 SERMON. 
 
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 ^orb ihn (Sob Icb Ibcc Ibcsc fovtj) ncurs. 
 
 History Is one of the most interesting and profitable of 
 studies, — because it is a record of divine providence, written 
 by the lives and acts of men. The history of a church is doubly 
 interesting, because it is a record of divine providence, in con- 
 nection with the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom. It is a 
 record of the eflbrts of men in their endeavors to obey the com- 
 mand of Christ to go into all the world, and preach the gospel 
 to every creature. The history, therefore, of an active and 
 efficient church is of importance, both to its immediate locality 
 and beyond : to its immediate locality, because it is an account 
 of the moral forces at work to form and elevate society ; beyond, 
 because the most important narrative of the world is a narra- 
 tive of the Christian church. In fact, a history of the moral 
 progress of men is ecclesiastical history : and it will be found 
 that all kinds of human progress — political, social, intellectual, 
 in arts and sciences — are so interlinked with moral progress that 
 it will be difficult, at many points, to separate very widely 
 sacred and profane annals. 
 
 Forty vears was a noted period in the records of the Bible. 
 Moses was forty years old when he graduated out of the school 
 in Egypt into the higher school of the wilderness of Midian. 
 Forty years of discipline in this seminary of divine providence 
 were necessary to rub out of him his Egyptian notions and
 
 education, which had been ingrained in the University of Heli- 
 opohs, and so to subdue his violent spirit, by mechtation upon 
 God and liis power, as to make him a fit leader of the people 
 of God. Forty years elapsed before Israel were fitted to go in 
 and possess the land. The land had forty years of rest under 
 the judges. The reigns of David and Solomon, the most brill- 
 iant of Hebrew history, extended over a space of forty years 
 each. Ver}' many of the most noted events of Bible story were 
 measured by the same length of time. 
 
 We have now come to a point in the history of this church 
 when its records cover the same space. They have been years 
 pregnant with most stupendous events and results. It has been 
 a period of rapid growth and unparalleled development of 
 resources to this country, whose map has been so changed 
 within this time, that Maltebrun, which was then the lead- 
 ing geographical text-book, would be of little service to the 
 scholars in our schools now. It has been, too, to this continent 
 a period of earthquake shocks. The Mexican war, the Kansas 
 difficulties, and the gigantic civil war, have all shaken the 
 foundations of society since Feb. i, 1S37. What part in these 
 struggles this church had to bear it has borne. These forty 
 years, during which this church has existed, have been a period 
 of convulsion to the nations of the old world. In '48, in '56, in 
 ^66, and in '70 and '71, the great powers, jealous of each other, 
 turned to, and pricked each others' veins with bayonets ; and 
 the whole map of Europe has been remodelled again and again. 
 Within these forty years the world has made vast strides. 
 Electric breath whispers events from one corner of the globe to 
 the other, and voltaic currents flash news beneath the deep sea. 
 Arts and sciences have advanced, improvements have gone on 
 by leaps, and the gates of the whole world have been opened to 
 its commerce. When we look over this period, we are con- 
 strained to exclaim. What hath God wrought! 
 
 But this has been a period of even greater importance. 
 Within these forty years most rapid growth of Christ's king- 
 dom has taken place ; benevolent societies have advanced from 
 the days of small things, till with the arms of a giant they are 
 holding the world in an inflexible embrace ; nations, shut to the 
 light of the truth, have been opened to receive it ; whole nations
 
 have l)ccii lifted out of the darkness of idohitry and supersti- 
 tion, to take a phice by the side of the Christian nations of the 
 globe ; and countries, where forty years ago the missionary of 
 the cross could not step a foot, are to-day freely opened to the 
 gospel. Time is too short to narrate what God has wrought in 
 his kingdom. And in all the work of these four decades, this 
 church has been permitted to be not only a looker on, but an 
 actor. In view of all these facts, and more, do we not well to 
 pause and remember all the way by which God has led this 
 church these forty years.'' 
 
 I. The causes which led to its formation naturally ofler them- 
 selves for consideration at the start. 
 
 (i) One of the material causes which appear on the sur- 
 face was the overflowing fulness of tlie meeting-house of 
 the First Church, consequent upon the rapid growth of the 
 village, and the hope, since amply realized, that the need 
 of a church to accommodate this growth would be even 
 greater. The originators of this enterprise state as much in 
 their petition for the sanction of the parent church. Four 
 years before, the West Church had colonized ; and they say, — 
 " Very soon after our friends of the West Parish left us, their 
 places were supplied by those who had come among us, and 
 had been waiting for the privilege. Since that time additions 
 have been made to the population of our village sufficient to 
 constitute an entire congregation ; and most of these, so far as 
 they feel any interest, would prefer to worship with us. But 
 they cannot find room here, and they seek for places where they 
 can obtain admission, or they remain at home and neglect 
 religious worship. » * * 'pj^g field of labor for 
 
 this church is already very great, and is constantly increasing. 
 But when we look around us upon our new neighbors, what 
 shall we say to them? We cannot invite them to join us, for we 
 have no place for them." Here is given one of the prominent 
 reasons why Samuel Fletcher and his companions undertook 
 this step. I beg vou will keep it in mind, as refuting an error 
 I shall hereafter mention, respecting the causes of the origin of 
 this church and society, which has gained sin-prising belief in 
 some minds.
 
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 The growth of the town, however it may have disappohited 
 these pioneers in the near future, subsequently more than justified 
 their hope. The growth of the past eight years estabhshes their 
 prescience. Tlie popuhition of the central wards is to-day nearly 
 as great as the population of the whole city in 1870. In 1837 
 the population of the whole town was about 4,500. To-day it 
 approximates 16,000. The population of the village in 1837 
 was about 2,000. To-day it is about 11,500. The estimated 
 population, south of the present town hall, forty vears ago did 
 not much, if any, exceed 1,000. To-day the population of the 
 same territory is nearly eight times as great. 
 
 It will be seen that in forty years the whole population of 
 Concord has increased about three and one half times, and the 
 population of the central wards, then known as the village, has 
 increased about six times. At the time of the formation ot 
 this church, there were in the village six churches, including a 
 society of Friends, which was discontinued in 1840. To-day, 
 including one Advent society, and the Catholic church, there ai"e 
 twelve churches to accommodate the present population of the 
 same territory. Thus you will see that the relation of the growth 
 of churches to the growth of population is about two to six. 
 
 These facts establish beyond question the wisdom of the 
 founders of this church and society. Indeed, as early as 1852 it 
 was felt that the time had come for the South Church to colon- 
 ize. The house became too narrow for the congregation, which 
 had grown with the city, till from about two hundred it had 
 increased to fill the spacious edifice. Therefore the question 
 of enlargement was agitated. At that time the thought of form- 
 ing another church, to accommodate the overflow, was dis- 
 cussed. For some reason the excellent plan was not carried 
 out. The First Baptist Church colonized under the lead of Dr. 
 Cummings, and the necessity for the present was met. The 
 first cause, then, of the formation of this church, was the 
 growth of the village. 
 
 (2) Another material cause at work on the surface to occa- 
 sion the formation of this church was, doul)tless, the " season of 
 unusual business activity" which prevailed in Concord and 
 elsewhere. It was during tliis " season" that the South Con- 
 gregational Society was formed and the first house erected. It
 
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 is most natural to suppose that the extravagant peciuiiary 
 expectations which this pcricjcl of speculation encreiulered, 
 enlarged men's thoughts in other channels, and made them feel 
 fully equal to the pecuniary burden incident to the establishment 
 of a church and religious society on a sound pecuniary basis. 
 How substantial these expectations were, the subsequent narra- 
 tive will prove. However, this sudden phantom of prosperity, 
 though like a will-o'-the-wisp, was manifestly a divinely ap- 
 pointed cause of the formation of this organization, for it rose 
 above and superior to all obstacles and reverses, pecuniary and 
 otherwise, and has received, ofttimes and in many ways, mani- 
 fest tokens of divine favor. 
 
 (3) A more important cause than any other was a conviction 
 that the time had fully come when the interests of Christ's 
 kingdom required that this step be taken. That this considera- 
 tion was uppermost in the minds of the originators of this 
 enterprise will appear from the reasons they give. I find in the 
 records of the first church, under date of Nov. 4, 1836, that at 
 a regular church meeting, Samuel Fletcher, Asaph Evans, 
 George Hutchins, Samuel Evans, George Kent, Amos AV'ood, 
 and N. G. Upham stated that they, together with Gen. Joseph 
 Low, had erected a house of worship In the south section of 
 the village, and that a religious society had been formed, and 
 that it was their wish to form another Congregational church. 
 They also stated at that time the reasons for their movement, 
 which I here quote in part in their own words : " We have felt 
 constrained by a sense of duty to take this step." " The place 
 where we worship has become too strait for us." " Additions 
 have been made to the population of our village sufficient to 
 constitute an entire congregation." "The field of labor for 
 this church * * * jg constantly increasing." 
 
 " Can we justify ourselves in sitting here, while hundreds of 
 our neighbors can only stand without and look in upon us, and 
 then turn away and wander like slieep without a shepherd.^ 
 We tliink you will not ask it." They did not misjudge the 
 spirit of the mother church to whom they made api^eal ; — for, 
 under the date above named (Nov. 4, 1S36, the date of the let- 
 ter from which the above quotations are made), I lind recorded 
 a vote of the first church, to this eflcct :
 
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 " Voted (by rising), That the statement which our brethren, 
 in the south section of the village, have made of their motives 
 and designs in erecting another house of worship [the house 
 had been built between March and October of the same year] 
 meets with our cordial approbation ; and that we will [as the 
 petition had desired] unite our prayers with theirs in seeking 
 the divine direction and blessing on their future movements ; — 
 and we most aflectionately ask their prayers that the same 
 blessing may rest upon us, that, when the separation shall take 
 place, it shall be sealed with our tears, as was the occasion on 
 the separation of our beloved brethren of the West Parish." 
 I beo" you will also keep this in mind, as indicating the spirit 
 with which this entire transaction was undertaken. 
 
 As further and more specifically setting forth the motives of 
 these persons, I quote from the letter in which they asked for 
 dismission from the First Church to form the South. The letter 
 bears date of Nov. 15, 1S36, and opens thus : " We, the under- 
 signed, members of [the First Congregational Church, Con- 
 cord], believing that the providence of God and the promotion 
 of true religion require the establishment of another Congrega- 
 tional church in this town, severally request of you a letter of 
 recommendation and dismission, for the purpose of being con- 
 stituted a church in connection with the new house of worship 
 just erected in this village." 
 
 These quotations from the memorials addressed to the first 
 church, and the hearty approval with which they were received, 
 and with which the requests were granted by the parent body, 
 reveal both an unbroken unity of spirit, most gratifying to the 
 pastor under whose ministrations the church had already sent 
 off' one large colony, and a motive worthy of such Christian 
 men and women as those whose names are appended to the 
 petitions. The Christian character and good standing of the 
 memorialists are attested by the vote of the mother church, 
 Dec. II, 1836, to grant their request for a letter, for the purpose 
 specified in it. These are the true causes which were at work 
 to secure the formation of this body. 
 
 An idea regarding this movement has gained some preva- 
 lence, which may be stated by the following quotation : " Party 
 politics also ran high, and, if we may credit the recollections of
 
 II 
 
 sonic of the older citizens, they played no small part iti tlie 
 foiuuhttion of the South society. Tradition says that * * 
 ***** a wrong count of votes at an 
 
 annual town-meeting by a moderator led to the determination 
 to found the South society. That it had something to do with 
 such a result is more than probable." To this, reply was made 
 by three members of the South Church, two of whom were 
 connected with the society from its start, as follows : '' The 
 separation took place under circumstances not merely amicable, 
 but the old society expressed the most cordial wish that the new 
 should be prospered abundantly in its effort to establish public 
 worship by another Congregational society in a growing por- 
 tion of the town." This reply is justified, — first, by the " recol- 
 lections of some of the older citizens," who took part in these 
 transactions ; second, by the statements already quoted, which 
 stand on legal record, made by such men as Samuel Fletcher, 
 Asaph Evans, George Hutchins, and N. G. Upham, in regard to 
 tlicir motives for forming another society ; third, by the recorded 
 votes of the mother church ; fourth, by the uninterrupted 
 cordality of fellowship which has existed between the North and 
 South churches from before the separation until now ; and fifth, 
 by the Rev. Dr. Bouton, who gives me authority to say, not 
 only that all such imputations upon the motives of the pioneers 
 of this church and society are " totally false," but also that the 
 world docs not afford another such example of three churches,* 
 colonizing from a fourth, within a space of ten years, without 
 so much as a ripple of discord. His declaration, regarding the 
 harmony with which these separations were effected, is sus- 
 tained by the records of the First Church, and the preserved dec- 
 larations of the persons withdrawing. I will quote only from 
 the letters relative to forming this church, which express the 
 dominant spirit governing action in the two other cases. They 
 say, — " We hope you will do us the justice to believe that we do 
 not desire to change our relation to you because we are dissatis- 
 fied with it, or because we expect or liopc to promote our con- 
 venience, or our personal interest or happiness. We assure you 
 that the proposed separation, in itself considered, is painful to 
 
 ♦The West Church was formed in April, 1833, the South in February, 1837, and the East in 
 March, 1842.
 
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 US. We leave our home, which has become dear to us as the 
 place where most of us received religious instructions and im- 
 pressions which have resulted in the hopes we entertain of a 
 common interest with you in the love and favor of our common 
 Lord and Redeemer." We " have enjoyed with you precious 
 seasons of prayer and praise and worship, and of the gracious 
 influences of the Holy Spirit, which we shall always remem- 
 ber, and the remembrance of which, we trust, will preserve the 
 afl^ectionate regards which we have so long entertained for you." 
 Are these the words of men who have taken political offence, 
 and who therefore seek to separate themselves with honeyed but 
 lying words ? Did the First Church vote to cry, and carry out the 
 provisions of the vote to the letter, when a body of malcontents 
 left? or, when a body of people went to assume burdens under a 
 sense of duty, as they affirm ? These brethren and sisters were 
 sent out with prayers and tears and Christian affection, and the 
 bond of love has never been weakened by any example of jeal- 
 ousies, but is to-day as strong as it was forty years ago, when 
 the founders of this church and society went out from their old 
 home, followed by the prayers and benedictions of those who 
 were left behind. Oct. 27 and 28, 1842, w^hen the First Church 
 left the old house at the extreme north end, for the house erected 
 on the site of the present beautiful edifice, and which was 
 burned to the ground on Sabbath morning, June 39, 1873, ser- 
 vices were attended in the old North Church,* and five hun- 
 dred and fifty communicants of the four churches sat down to 
 the Lord's table. The chronicler adds, — " The hearts of 
 Christians were drawn into closer union, and solemn j^ledges of 
 fidelity in the cause of Christ were given to each other. The 
 scene will not be forgotten by the present generation/' The 
 prediction proved true. For this was substantially the forma- 
 tion of a union whose annual meetings, continued without in- 
 terruption to this day, have been rare occasions of mutual fel- 
 lowship and Christian love, strengthening the band which has 
 ever bound the Congregational churches of this city together. 
 I think I speak the sentiment of all the children, when I say 
 that we have not ceased to love the venerable mother which 
 bore us. The whole record of facts, and all the recollections 
 
 •Burned Nov. 18, 1870.
 
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 of those whose recollections on the subject are worth anythinj^, 
 contradict the charge that any other thought than the needs of 
 Christ's kingdom, in a rapidly growing community, had any- 
 thing to do with founding this church and society. 
 
 II. Having canvassed the facts in regard to the causes which 
 led to their formation, I shall now ask your attention to a few 
 facts relative to the material history of the church and society. 
 I begin with this, — for the first step taken towards a new church 
 was the formation of an ecclesiastical society. For convenience 
 of discussion, I shall divide this branch of my narrative into 
 periods. 
 
 (i) The first period I shall call that of initiation, comprising 
 the time between the first meeting, and Feb. i, 1S37, at which 
 time the house was dedicated, and the church organized by 
 ecclesiastical council. Those wayside talks and fireside con- 
 ferences which always preface any great movement, the pen of 
 history can never record. But the first account of any definite, 
 systematic movement in the direction of a new church, is thus 
 given by the records : "At a meeting of sundry individuals of 
 the First Congregational Society, holden at Mr. Asaph Evans*, 
 May 9, 1S36, Sam'l Fletcher, Esq., was chosen chairman, and 
 Amos Wood, secretary." At this meeting Mr. Nathaniel G. 
 Upham, Mr. George Hutchins, and Mr. George Kent were 
 chosen a committee " to make inquiry and obtain prices for lots 
 of land suitable to build a meeting-house upon." At the same 
 meeting Mr. Asaph Evans was " requested to circulate a paper 
 for signatures." At a meeting held a week later (May 16), the 
 committee reported, as a suitable lot of land, that owned by N. 
 Call, at the corner of Pleasant and Main streets, the price of 
 which was $r,200. Mr. George Hutchins was instructed to 
 take a deed of the lot in behalf of the meeting. At the same 
 time it was voted " That we form ourselves into a religious 
 society by the name of South Congregational Societv, Con- 
 cord." Legal notice of the meeting and its action was given 
 through the New Hampshire Observer. A committee, con- 
 sisting of John Chandler, Geo. Kent, and Geo. Hutchins, was 
 chosen to " report a constitution and by-laws." May 16, 1S35, 
 then, is the date of the formation of the society.
 
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 July iS '' a meeting of the South Congregational Society " was 
 held at the house of Asaph Evans, at which it was voted to 
 secure the names of such persons as would be willing to pro- 
 ceed in the erection of a house of worship, provided it and the 
 land did not exceed six thousand dollars in cost. The actual 
 expense was about $10,000. At the same meeting Mr. P. Wat- 
 son, Mr. A. Evans, and Mr. N. G. Upham were appointed a 
 committee to secure a plan of the new house. August i, the 
 rules and by-laws were adopted, agreeably to " an act of the 
 legislature, passed July 3, 1S27." 
 
 The first annual meeting of the society, after its formation, 
 May 16, 1S35, was held March 23, 1S36. The only recorded 
 acts of this first annual meeting were the election of officers, 
 and the appointment of Amos Wood a committee to obtain 
 signatures to the constitution. 
 
 The next legally warned meeting of the society was called 
 to meet on the 12th of October, 1836. Between this date and 
 the last meeting the new house of worship had evidently been 
 built, — for the business transacted related to the purchase of 
 stoves, funnel, table and chairs, and an organ, which the com- 
 mittee named were authorized to purchase " on account of the 
 society," when the subscription for its purchase should have 
 reached the sum of $Soo. A committee, consisting of Mr. N. G. 
 Upham, Mr. Sam'l Fletcher, and Mr. Geo. Kent, were appointed 
 by the same meeting " to procure a candidate to preach in 
 said house."* 
 
 The house was dedicated February i, 1S37. -^'"^ ^^^^ States- 
 ma7i of February 4th of that year, I find the following notice : 
 " The new Congregational church in this town was dedicated 
 with the usual ceremonies, on Wednesday, Feb. ist. The pews 
 were sold on the afternoon of the same day, and the church 
 was organized in the evening." The same notice gives the fol- 
 lowing description of the new edifice : " The house is situated 
 at the corner of Main and Pleasant streets, is 77 by 62 feetf on 
 the ground, — a j^lain, substantial edifice, built of wood, in the 
 most thorough manner, by Capt. Philip Watson." The base- 
 
 *A committee was appointed by the members of the proposed church to act with the 
 society, December 16, 1836. 
 
 t Mr. Asa McFarland says, 77 by 64 feet.
 
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 ment was divided into two stores, frontinpj on Main street, and 
 " a chapel, 64 by 36 feet, entered by a door on Pleasant street." 
 The chapel occupied the ground where the back store of Mr. 
 Franklin Evans now stands. 
 
 Under date of December 16, 1836, a meetintj of the persons 
 who were dismissed from the North Church to form this, voted 
 to appoint Asaph Evans, Geo. Hutchins, and Amos Wood a 
 committee to make arrangements for the dedication of the new 
 meeting-house. At a later meeting of the same persons — Jan- 
 uary 16, I S3 7 — it was voted that the house be dedicated 
 Februarv i, 1S37, and that the services commence at 10 o'clock 
 A. M. ; that the pews be sold in the afternoon ; that the church 
 be organized on Wednesday evening, the services to com- 
 mence at six o'clock ; '' that Rev. Nath'l Bouton be requested 
 to preach the dedication sermon ; " and " that the North and 
 West Parish churches in Concord, the churches in Pembroke, 
 Chichester, Hopkinton, Dunbarton, and Henniker, be invited 
 to attend by pastor and delegate." The church was dedicated 
 according to the programme. Rev. Nath'l Bouton preached 
 the sermon, and Rev. A. Burnham olVered the dedicatory 
 prayer. An original hymn, written for the occasion by N. G. 
 Upham, was sung to the tune of Old Hundred.* 
 
 With a house of worship erected and dedicated, and a church 
 organized to manage and care for its spiritual affairs, we may 
 consider the first period of the society's history closed. 
 
 (2) The second period of the society's history I shall place 
 between 1S37 ^"^^ 1S42, because that was the period of its 
 greatest financial depression, and because, as will appear, the 
 completion of the Concord Railroad to this place in 1S43 ma- 
 terially changed the business aspect of afiairs. 
 
 At a meeting of the society, held March 8, 1S37, '^ ^°*^^ "^^'''^^ 
 passed which was one of the most important of the period 
 under review, and indeed of the first twelve years of its exist- 
 ence ; for it resulted in relations which had decided effect upon 
 the temporal prosperity of the society. On the 30th of Febru- 
 ary preceding, the church had voted to extend a call to Mr. 
 Daniel J. Noyes, then tutor in Dartmouth college. At this 
 
 ♦Bouton's History of Concord, p. 614.
 
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 meeting the society voted to concur with the church in extend- 
 ing this call ; and the pastoral relation which resulted, in spite 
 of obstacles and discouragements, proved most salutary and 
 successful, laid the foundations for a solid and substantial 
 church and society, which have not yet been shaken, and justi- 
 fied the compliment paid him by Dea. Fletcher when commu- 
 nicating the call : "• We want, in the first place, to get a man 
 who will not make any trouble." 
 
 The early days of the society were days of small things, and 
 were clouded with discouragements and reverses so great, that 
 at one time it seemed as if the enterprise must be abandoned, 
 and the colony all flock back to the motlier church. But the 
 pluck of the pastor, and the iron wills of some of the leading 
 spirits, saved the organization. Mr. Noyes was settled on a 
 salary of $700 the first year, and $Soo ever thereafter. The 
 total expense of the church for the year was less than $1,000. 
 Indeed, a vote of May 31, 1837, was, that the assessors should 
 raise by subscription $Soo, to defray the expenses of preach- 
 ing. Subsequently the sum raised was $1,000, which was 
 afterwards reduced to $Soo. I state these fluctuations because 
 they indicate the depressed state of the treasury of the society, 
 and the indomitable purpose of those who formed it. And 
 yet, within this time an organ was purchased and paid for, as a 
 receipt signed by E. & G. G. Hook, on the records of the 
 society, dated May 28, 1838, proves. 
 
 I said these were days of small things. The congregation 
 was small ; the society did not own a square foot of land on 
 which the new house stood ; the house was owned by the seven 
 gentlemen who united in building it ; and the society paid a 
 rental of $50 a year for the use of the vestry, till 1854, when it 
 was purchased with the ground whereon it stood. The gen- 
 tlemen who had joined together in building the house, of neces- 
 sity put considerable of their available property into it, and 
 expected to remunerate themselves by the sale of pews, so that 
 the house, the stores and vestry under it, and the land on which 
 the edifice stood, should be held by pew-owners and the society. 
 But meanwhile tlic financial crash had come. A division of 
 the property became necessary. In this division, the stores and 
 vestry, with the land, fell to private individuals. In the legal
 
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 processes of those troublous times the stores came into the 
 hands of persons who were not members of tlie church nor of 
 the society, which wds a perpetual source of disquiet. At one 
 time the threat was made to close the chapel against the 
 church, because the rent was in arrears. In this state of 
 things, when the sale of pews occurred, no title coultl be 
 given, to the purchaser, of one square inch of ground on 
 which to set it, and he could only buy a seat standing on 
 air. Few were found willing to purchase property with 
 such a title, and those who had pews, as their portion in the 
 division, found themselves in possession of property which 
 could not be sold. The pews were liable under attachment, 
 and it is on record that some of them changed hands five times 
 in one day. 
 
 You will thus see that the affairs of the society were in a 
 mixed condition. In fact, it was a body without real or per- 
 sonal property, up to the purchase of the vestry in 1854. These 
 things indicate the burden under which the society struggled. 
 A debt accumulated, which amounted to $700 in 1S42, when it 
 was paid. It was with the utmost difficulty that the necessaiy 
 expenses were met from year to year. Yet it ought to be 
 said that these men did generously : for in the first year there 
 was paid for the support of the gospel a sum equal to about 
 $5-33 per capita of the congregation — an average greater by one 
 dollar than is paid to-day. 
 
 The cause of this state of things was the business depression 
 consequent upon speculations in Eastern lands — entered into by 
 men who had, by industry, accumulated a comfortable prop- 
 erty — which disappointed their expectations, both in regard to 
 increase of business activity and wealth, and the growth of the 
 village. An extract from the Statesman of May 13, 1837, will 
 reveal the state of things existing in the financial world when 
 this enterprise was started : '• The prevailing pecuniary distress 
 among business men, in business places, is the great topic of 
 conversation everywhere. So much does it appear to monop- 
 olize attention, that incidents of interesting intelligence are 
 passed over without observation ; so that, from cities, wo can 
 scarcely ascertain from the papers what is going on besides the 
 failures of merchants and banks, the depreciating value of 
 
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 i8 
 
 property, the suspension of business, and such occurrences, 
 which, from their frequency and their consequences, are re- 
 garded very properly as public calamities." Dr. Bouton, in 
 his History of Concord, says, — "•The loss to persons in Con- 
 cord, principally by speculation in Eastern lands, was estimated 
 at from seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars. The 
 consequence was a pecuniary embarrassment, which lasted 
 long afterwards, and from which some never recovered." For 
 those days, the depression was doubtless greater in the busi- 
 ness interests of Concord than the present stagnation. How- 
 ever, these sturdy people maintained their hold upon this post of 
 Zion, sacrificed beyond what any of their successors ai'e required 
 to do to maintain the institutions of the gospel, paid for its sup- 
 port an average of from one to two dollars a person more than 
 is required now, and were rewarded with success. 
 
 Mr. McFarland says, in his history, — " The congregation 
 was small, occupying at first no more that a third part of the 
 spacious house, and some even of that number appeared reluc- 
 tant to regard the new edifice as their permanent place of wor- 
 ship. The support of religious ordinances, if not burdensome, 
 was so regarded, and at each annual meeting the society found 
 itself in debt. Obligations remained unpaid from year to year, 
 and, in 1842, members of the society, by a special effort, dis- 
 charged debts amounting to $700." 
 
 Here we may properly end the second period of the society's 
 history, for, from this time on, the records show an improved con- 
 dition of things, due in no small degree to the determined per- 
 severance of the pioneers of the movement, and to the energies 
 and efforts of the pastor, of whom the narrative in the church 
 manual says, — " His ministry of about twelve years was such 
 as to strengthen the church and society, and promote the cause 
 of religion in the capital of the state." 
 
 (3) The next period I shall place between 1842 and 1859. 
 
 On the sixth of September, the first train of cars came to 
 this place from Boston, which was substantially the opening of 
 the Concord Railroad. This was an event important to the 
 town, upon whose growth and prosperity in no small degree 
 the growth and prosperity of the church and society depended. 
 We cannot wonder that the advent of this epoch in the means
 
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 of communication with the outward world was hailed with 
 demonstrations of delight, nor that the people were glad to 
 exchange the canal-boat for the locomotive. It was a long 
 stride on, and was believed to be the dawning of a new era of 
 progress. The subsequent facts have justified this belief. 
 
 This church and society were not less interested than the 
 town in this event. They were formed to meet the relio-- 
 ious wants of its growth ; and here was an unmistakable 
 promise, that what had been fondly but vainly hoped, five years 
 before, was at last to be realized ; — and so it was, as our present 
 population, near four times the population of that day, 2:)roves 
 beyond impeachment. 
 
 As I have said, the society entered upon this period out of 
 debt. May 24, 1S41, a vote was passed to instruct tlie asses- 
 sors to raise money " forthwith to close up and settle all ac- 
 counts against the society up to " that date. This period was 
 entered upon, then, without any such trammel. The church 
 and society began to grow in numbers and pecuniary strength, 
 as the records intimate. More money was raised, and debts 
 were not accumulated to have long standing. No records of 
 any considerable indebtedness appear prior to about 1854. 
 
 In October, 1845, the state of the pastor's health prompted 
 him to tender his resignation of the pastoral office, that he 
 might have a year of entire relief from ministerial labor and 
 anxiety. It is high testimony to the regard entertained for 
 him, and the strong hold his ministry had gained upon the 
 hearts of his people, that the church and society "unanimously 
 resolved not to listen to the request of Mr. Noyes for dismis- 
 sion, but that his desire for a year's exemption from pastoral 
 duty be granted." Whether the pastor took all the time given 
 for rest, no records appear to state ; but he did visit Europe in 
 1S46, and returned again to his people, who, in the pastor's 
 absence, had enjoyed the ministrations of Rev. Dan'l Temple, 
 a returned missionary. 
 
 September 27, 1849, Mr. Noyes communicated to the church 
 and society the fact that he had been called to a professorship 
 in Dartmouth college, which, upon prayerful consideration, and 
 on account of the state of his health, he had decided to accept. 
 He therefore tendered his resignation as pastor of the church,
 
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 which was reluctantly accepted. A council was called, and 
 met October lo, 1S49, by whose advice the pastoral relation 
 between Mr. Noyes and this people was dissolved. 
 
 It is sufficient praise of this pastorate, which continued twelve 
 years and five months, to say, that it had resulted in removing 
 from the society the cloud which darkened the first five years of 
 its life, and in increasing the membership of the church till it 
 became a large and vigorous body. 
 
 October 29 the society appointed a committee of supply, to 
 act with a similar committee of the chinxh. January 17, 1S50, 
 the church " voted unanimously to extend an invitation to the 
 Rev. Henry E. Parker, of Eastport, Me., to become their pastor." 
 On the same evening, the society " voted unanimously to con- 
 cur with the South Congregational Church in extending a 
 call to Mr. Parker.*' No letter in reply is on the books of 
 either the church or the society; but a record of February 21, 
 1S50, states that an affirmative answer had been received from 
 Mr. Parker, imposing the condition that he be allowed to preach 
 six months, or a year, before settlement. The reason stated by 
 Mr. Parker to the council for imposing this condition was, 
 " health, and other reasons." The proposition was accepted, 
 and he began his labors in April. Thus, within three months and 
 seven days from the dismission of Mr. Noyes, the church and 
 society had unanimously called his successor, — an expedition 
 of action most complimentary to the outgoing and incoming 
 pastor, as well as to the church and society ; for it is unim. 
 neachable testimony to the harmonious state in which Mr. 
 Noyes left his charge, and to the strong hold which Mr. Parker 
 took upon the hearts of the people from the first. 
 
 At the close of the year, a committee of the church and 
 society waited upon Mr. Parker, and renewed the call, and 
 urged upon him its acceptance.. The way was not left open 
 for him to decline it, and accordingly he was formally installed 
 May 14, 1851. President Lord, of Dartmouth college, preached 
 the sermon, Rev. N. Bouton offered the installing prayer, Rev. 
 C. W. Wallace gave the charge to the pastor. Rev. W. T. 
 Savage the right hand of fellowship, and Rev. Dr. Burnham 
 addressed the people. 
 
 In 1854 ^^^^ society purchased the vestry, and the land on
 
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 which it stood, for the sum of $500. This involved a debt, 
 which, however, did not stand long. At about the same time 
 a proposition was made to purchase the stores under the church, 
 and the land on which they stood ; but this was never done. 
 It was also proposed to purchase land west of the meeting- 
 house, for the purpose of enlargement. Another proposition to 
 increase the accommodations, which had become too strait 
 for the congregation, was to put galleries into the house, and 
 permission was gained from the pew-holders ; but the galleries 
 were never put in, and the land never was purchased. Another 
 proposition to provide for the overflow of the house was, as 
 already stated,* to organize another church still farther south. 
 This plan, by far the best, also failed. In 1S57, extensive 
 rej^airs were made, and the house was put in a better and more 
 attractive condition tlian ever before. The vestry of the church 
 had been used as a ward-room ; but in 1856 the society voted 
 not to rent it further for that purpose. 
 
 Sabbath, July i3, 1S59, ^^'v- Geo. Trask had occupied the 
 pulpit of the church, to plead the cause of his warfare against 
 tobacco. That evening a fire caught in a shed next to the 
 church, in the rear, and communicated to the house, which, 
 with several buildings adjoining it, was totally destroyed. 
 Scarcely anything was saved. Thus the church and society 
 were turned out in the cold. But this sad providence has 
 been characterized, by those who were afflicted, as a bless- 
 ing in disguise. And so we close this period of the material 
 history of this church and society in dust and ashes. 
 
 (4) We begin the fourth period — which ends with February 
 I, 1S76 — with the church and society stripped of every dollar 
 of property owned by them, except a small sum from insur- 
 ance, the strip of land on which the lecture-room stood, and a 
 pile of smoldering embers on which, phocnix-like, to lay the 
 foundations of its new self. Phenix hall was immediately 
 secured, in which to hold .Sabbath services. Evening meetings 
 during the week were held in Moore's block. The Unitarian 
 and First Baptist houses were at once tendered to the bereaved 
 congregation ; but these offers were declined with thanks, ex- 
 cept the use of the First Baptist vestry for society meetings. 
 
 ♦Sec page 8.
 
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 Three days after the fire a committee had been appointed to 
 examine lots. July i8, a committee of seven was appointed, 
 " to devise some plan whicli should be pursued to raise the 
 necessary funds " for erecting a new house of worsliip. July 
 25 the committee reported a plan, which was finally adopted 
 and pursued. It was, in brief, to sell one hundred of the 
 most eligible pev\'s for a sum sufficient to cover the estimated 
 cost of the building, the value of each pew to be assessed 
 according to lodation. Payments for pews were to be made, 
 one fourth in thirty days, and one fourth each in three, six, 
 and nine months. The pews over the one hundred subscribed 
 for were to be held by the society, with pov/er not to sell, but 
 to rent, on condition that they should keep the whole prop- 
 erty insured, and on the further condition that they should 
 contribute towards the new house " any amount received by 
 them for the sale of their interest in the old meeting-house lot" 
 — $1,100. The plan reported by the committee also provided 
 that galleries should be erected at any time " by a vote of two 
 thirds of the pew-owners present at a meeting duly notified for 
 that purpose." The amount raised by this plan was $20,530. 
 July 26, after some difference of opinion, the present lot was 
 selected, and the committee to whom the matter was referred 
 were authorized to secure a title, to be conveyed to the South 
 Congregational Society in trust for the joew-holders. It was 
 decided to build of brick, and the committee were instructed 
 to push the work as rapidly as possible. September 12 the 
 plan of Mr. Parker, of Boston, was adopted, and the founda- 
 tions were put in during the fall. It was found advisable and 
 necessary to control a piece of land in the rear of the lot pur- 
 chased by the society, and it was accordingly bought of Dea. 
 Damon. 
 
 May 3, i860, the corner-stone was laid with appropriate cere- 
 monies. Mrs Sarah R. Hutchins had written a hymn for the 
 occasion, which was sung. Dr. Bouton read appropriate selec- 
 tions of Scripture, the pastor made suitable remarks, and Hon. 
 N. G. Upham, in behalf of the building committee, made 
 a statement of the contents of the box to be placed under the 
 stone. The building was rapidly pushed to completion. The 
 new lecture-room was dedicated November i, i860, on which
 
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 occasion the pastor preached from Ileb. 10:25, first clause. 
 November 27, the house was dccHcated — one year four months 
 and fifteen days after the former house was burned. Rev. 
 Henry E. Parker preached the sermon from Jolin 4:21-24, 
 Dr. Bouton oftered the prayer of dedication, and the church 
 and society had once more a home. 
 
 From a report of the building committee, made January i, 
 1863, it appears that the cost of the land and house, as it stands 
 to-day, except the organ, side galleries, and recent additions to 
 the ladies' room (made the past autumn), was $24,545. This 
 sum includes the bell and fixtures. The indebtedness of the 
 society over assets was reported to be $1,613.32. January 2, 
 1S67, the indebtedness, which from various causes had reached 
 the sum of $2,890.50, was reported cancelled, and the society 
 free of debt. 
 
 In 1S67, it was found tliat the congregation had outgrown 
 the accommodations afforded by the house, and an association 
 of gentlemen was autliorlzed to put in the present commodi- 
 ous galleries, which was done at an expense of about $3,300. 
 In 1868, after some difference of opinion about location, our 
 present sweet-toned organ was bought, at an expense of $4,000. 
 The audience-room, as thus completed, is most attractive and 
 imposing in appearance. The total cost of this edifice, as it 
 now stands, including the bell, the organ, the land, and repairs 
 recently made and contemplated, is about $36,000. A finer, 
 more commodious, more convenient pile of buildings, for the 
 purposes for which they were erected, does not stand in New 
 England. The society and pew-holders own the whole, except 
 tsvelve shares of the gallery association, and owe nothing which 
 they have not assets to cover. When we remember the strug- 
 gles of the first years of this society's existence, and the few 
 who stood under the burden, and the discouragements which 
 would have extinguished the ardor of any but the most deter- 
 mined, and when we see what God has permitted this society 
 to grow to, is it not right that we should remember all the way 
 by which the Lord our God has led us these forty years.? 
 
 To go back for one or two threads of our narrative. The 
 house which stood where this church now stands, known as 
 the Kent house, was removed to Spring street, and is now the
 
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 property and home of Mr. W. A. Stone. It has a historic 
 interest, from the fact that, while standing upon this spot, 
 Baron de Lafayette, during his visit to Concord in 1825, was 
 the guest in it of Hon. Wm. A. Kent. 
 
 In June, 1S61, Mr. Parlver was invited to the chaphiincy of 
 the Second New Hampshire Regiment, and was granted leave 
 of absence for a period whose length circumstances would 
 determine. He returned in August, 1863. In 1866 he was 
 granted leave of absence to visit Europe, and while abroad he 
 wrote a letter from London resigning his pastorate. On his 
 return, a committee of the church and of the society waited 
 upon him, to reverse his decision, if possible. But he chose to 
 adhere to it, and was dismissed by advice of a council, which 
 met March 21, 1866. His pastorate extended over a period 
 of almost fifteen years, and his connection with the people 
 nearly sixteen years. This spacious pile of buildings, erected 
 during his ministry, and these two resolves, bear ample testi- 
 mony to the strong hold he had gained upon the affections of 
 the people, and the strength which his pastorate brought to 
 the church and society. The church passed this, with other 
 resolutions : ^'- Resolved^ That we owe a debt of gratitude to 
 the Great Head of the church for an under-shepherd who has so 
 long and so faithfully watched over the spiritual welfare of this 
 flock, and has been so successful as a minister of the Lord 
 Jesus among us." The society passed the following, among 
 others : '•'•Resolved^ That we are deeply indebted to the Rev. 
 Henry E. Parker for the faithful, successful, and able manner in 
 which he has discharged all the duties incumbent on him as 
 pastor of this church and society." It is no small testimony to 
 the faitlifulness of his ministry that to-day the hearts of his 
 old people cling to him with lasting and tenacious affection. 
 
 September 24, 1S66, the church voted to extend a call to 
 Rev. W. F. V. Bartlett " to preach one year, with a view to 
 settlement at the expiration of that time, or sooner if his health 
 will permit, as pastor of this church and society." The next 
 day the society passed a similar vote. Again, in six months, 
 a pastor had been selected, who was the hearty and unanimous 
 choice of the people. The invitation was accepted ; and Mr. 
 Bartlett began his labors in compliance therewith, December 2,
 
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 i866, but with a feeling of great uncertainty as to the result, as 
 appears from his letter, dated October 3, 1S66. His fears were 
 well grounded, for in May following he felt himself obliged to 
 relinquish all hope of becoming the pastor of the church, and 
 so stated in a long letter which he read on Sunday, May 12, 
 1867, and which was recorded in full on the books of the 
 church. With reason, this was a great disappointment both to 
 Mr. Bartlett and to the people. Then followed a list of candi- 
 dates whose name was legion, and for nearly three years this 
 church and society wandered up and down among the clergy in 
 a most forlorn and pitiful manner to find a pastor. Calls were 
 extended to Rev. B. F. Hamilton, of North Andover, Mass., and 
 Rev. J. V. Hilton, of North Bridgewater, Mass., botli of which 
 were declined. In the same year unavailing etibrts were 
 matle to secure Rev. S. C. Bartlett, d. d., of Chicago. At last, 
 after having exhausted the list of available candidates, in slieer 
 desperation the church and society voted, December i, 1S6S, to 
 extend a call to Rev. S. L. Blake, of Fepperell, Mass. He 
 accepted, was installed January 27, 1S69, and here he is! 
 
 This ends the material history of this organization, which 
 for forty years has held this post for the Lord. As a corporate 
 body, to quote from the report of a committee appointed in 
 1854 to inquire into the matter, "the South Congregational 
 society was without property, either real or personal," wor- 
 shipped in a house over which they could exercise no control, 
 and paid rent for the room where devotional meetings were 
 held. When this church and society consider that they have 
 raised over $75,000 for the support of the gospel, have built 
 two houses of worship costing over $40,000, have purchased 
 three organs costing $6.400 — a total of upwards of $126,000; 
 and when they consider this spacious edifice, owned free of 
 debt, and excelled by none in its appointments, — they must 
 be compelled to say, with Nchemiah, ''This work was 
 wrought of our God." 
 
 III. Our plan of narrative brings us now to canvass the Spir- 
 itual History of this church and society. 
 
 In the present divine economy, the j^rogress of Christ's king- 
 dom has no little dependence upon material things. Prayers
 
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 are an imperative necessity, but they are quite as likely to prove 
 effectual, and of faith, if a little money goes with them. On 
 the otlier hand, it is quite as true that material progress marks 
 oft' its epochs by eras of religious progress. You will find 
 that a nation's history and a nation's literature are uniformly 
 shaped by its morals and prevailing religious beliefs. But we 
 are not concerned in this narrative to take so wide a view. It 
 is equally and perhaps more visibly ti"ue, that the material 
 prosperity of a town, or a district, will be very sensibly affected 
 by tlie presence or absence of a religious organization in its 
 midst, and by the character and efficiency of that organization, 
 if one exists. Of a truth, John said, " That was the true Light, 
 which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." Con- 
 coi'd is able to present a most flattering record of material 
 prosperity, of growth, and of intelligence, because its churches 
 have had spiritual vitality, and impressed themselves upon its 
 morals and society. 
 
 We shall find, then, most naturally, that ecclesiastical history 
 includes both material and spiritual. The history of this 
 church is more or less interlinked with the history of the soci- 
 ety with which it is associated. In great part, then, we have 
 traced its progress already. But there are certain facts which 
 are independent of any material considerations. To these we 
 turn. This narrative we shall also, for convenience of discus- 
 sion, divide into periods. 
 
 (i) First is the period of Formation. In the records of the 
 First Church, I find, under date of December ii, 1836, a com- 
 munication from fifty-four members of that church, in which 
 they " severally request of you a letter of recommendation and 
 dismission, for the purjDose of being constituted a church in 
 connection with the new house of worship just erected in this 
 village." The communication proceeds to state reasons for such 
 request, which have already been quoted.* The request was 
 granted, and twenty males and thirty -four females were dis- 
 missed to form the new church. December 30, thirteen more 
 (two males and eleven females) were dismissed, at their own 
 request, making, in all, sixty-seven (twenty-two males and 
 forty-five females) — the original number who were organized 
 into this church. 
 
 ♦ See page 9.
 
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 The first record of any meeting of these persons bears date 
 of December i6, 1836, and was held at the lecture-room of the 
 new church. At this meeting, a committee was chosen to pro- 
 cure a candidate. The same gentlemen were chosen who had 
 been appointed by the society in October previous.* At the 
 same meeting a committee was chosen to arrange for the dedi- 
 cation of the new house, and also a committee to present arti- 
 cles of faith and a covenant, and make necessary arrangements 
 for the organization of the church. The first named commit- 
 tee consisted of Asaph Evans, George Ilutchins, and Amos 
 Wood ; the second, of Samuel Fletcher, John B. Chandler, 
 and David pCimball. At a meeting held January 16, 1S37, 
 these committees reported, and recommended that the dedi- 
 cation take place on Wednesday, February i, commencing 
 at 10 o'clock A. M.,* that the church be organized in the even- 
 ing, and that the articles of faith in use by the First Church 
 be temporarily adopted. At this meeting it was voted to 
 invite churches as already named.f No record of the letters 
 missive appears; but a record of the First Church, dated 
 January 29, 1S37, states that it was voted to comply with the 
 request of the brethren and sisters who desired to be organized 
 into a church — from which it would appear that letters were 
 sent in the regular form. Indeed, the record of the council, 
 preserved on the books of the church, states that it met " pur- 
 suant to letters missive from a committee of brethren of the 
 First Congregational Church in Concord." All the churches 
 invited were represented. Upon proper examination of papers 
 and the facts in the case, the council proceeded to organize 
 the church according to programme. Rev. John M. Putnam 
 preached the sermon, Rev. N. Bouton read the papers relative 
 to dismission, &c.. Rev. Jacob Scales olVered the consecrating 
 prayer, and Rev. A. P. Tenney extended the fellowship of the 
 churches. Allow me here to remark, in passing, that Rev. 
 Jacob Scales, who consecrated this church to God in prayer, 
 was the first pastor of my childhood of whom I have any dis- 
 tinct recollection. 
 
 This child of the old church now had an actual and organic 
 
 » See page 14. t See page 15.
 
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 existence, and was ready to take the initiative in steps looking 
 to aggressive movements for Christ. February 20 the church 
 voted to call Mr. Daniel J. Noyes to the pastoral office over it. 
 On the eighth of March, as already stated, the society concur- 
 red.* No record of the letter extending the call exists. The 
 action of the church and society was conveyed to him by Dea. 
 Fletcher. Mr. Noyes's reply, however, is preserved, in which 
 he accepted the position tendered him. His engagements at the 
 college were such as to prevent his coming permanently among 
 them till August, but he consented to be ordained and installed 
 the first Wednesday or Thursday in May. Mr. Noyes's reply 
 was dated Hanover, March 8, 1837. March 30 the church met, 
 and voted that the ordination of Mr. Noyes take place Wednes- 
 day, May 3, 1837, ^"'^^ ^^^° chose the list of churches to be in- 
 vited. The examination of the candidate took place May 20, 
 by the council, which had met in obedience to the summons of 
 the church by its letters missive. On the following day the 
 installation services took place. Rev. Mr. Bouton preached the 
 sermon, Rev. Mr. Patrick, of Canterbury, offered the ordaining 
 and installing prayer. Rev. Mr. Burnham, of Pembroke, gave 
 the charge. Rev. Mr. Tenney, of West Concord, extended the 
 riglit hand of fellowship, and Rev. Mr. Clement, of Chester, 
 addressed the people. The new church now had a pastor. 
 May 25, Samuel Fletcher and John Nileswere chosen deacons. 
 On the following Sabbath, which was the 28th of May, the 
 communion was celebrated, taking the place of the usual 
 afternoon exercises, as ever after. Here appropriately we may 
 end the first or initiatory period of the history of this church, 
 with its first pastorate begun, its first officers chosen, and its 
 first recorded celebration of the Lord's Supper. 
 
 (2) The second period in the spiritual history we shall limit 
 to the first pastorate, in many respects the most important the 
 church has enjoyed. 
 
 Daniel J. Noyes was born at Springfield, N. H., September 
 17, 181 1, and was accordingly in his twenty-sixth year when 
 he was installed as pastor of this church. He graduated from 
 Dartmouth college in 1832, was tutor in Columbian college, 
 Washington, D. C, in 1833, graduated at Andover in 1S36, 
 
 •See page 15.
 
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 tutor at Dartmouth in 1836-7, pastcn- of this church from May 
 3, 1837, ^^ October 10, 1S.49, at which time he was dismissed 
 to accept the chair of tlieology in Dartnioutli college, which 
 position he held till 1870, when he was appointed to the chair 
 of intellectual philosophy and political economy. 
 
 This pastorate of over twelve years and five months was a 
 most eventful and important one. It was important, because 
 it determined the existence and character of the church. It is 
 quite certain that its first pastor left his mark upon it. He has 
 been described as an able and fearless preacher. Evidently, 
 those who sat under his ministry found, every Sabbath, that he 
 gave them something to think of. Such preaching impressed 
 itself upon his people. He was a man of sound Calvinistic 
 belief, and therefore, to-day, this church holds fast to those 
 grand doctrines which underlie hope, and are the framework of 
 the plan of salvation. And if this church has such a spirit of 
 Christian liberality that it is tolerant of others' convictions in 
 non-essentials, and can fellowship diflerent opinions in these 
 matters, yet its platform of doctrine is not substantially differ- 
 ent from that which was adopted about 1S39, ^"<^ '^'^''^^ printed 
 in the manual published in 1S40 ; and it stands fast by the first 
 principles. 
 
 Mr. Noyes has been spoken of as a prompt man. He always 
 began service at the exact time appointed, whether the audi- 
 ence was present or not.* Hence the young church learned a 
 lesson of promptness. This formative period was controlled 
 by influences which conspired to make it sound and sub- 
 stantial. 
 
 This pastorate, especially its earlier years, was an eventful 
 period in the spiritual history of the organization. The anti- 
 slavery movement had gained a great deal offeree at this time, 
 and created bitter divisions. Mr. Noyes has told me that if 
 he ever devoutly wished slavery was out of existence, it was 
 when these troubles were shaking the young church. ]Mr. 
 George Thompson, the famous anti-slavery lecturer, came to 
 
 • This incident has been toW to illustrate this characteristic: Ihese were days of oil 
 lamps, 
 and 
 
 they "'-•^ '"-•"• * — — » — "- - - ■ , -1 - • i_ L ~ • 
 
 were turned on, and there sat Mr. Nuyos in the desk, ready to begin the service on the in- 
 sunt. In the dimness of the light they had not seen him. 
 
 This inciaent nas Deen toiu to iiuiscraie inis ciiar.ii-icii.-.in, . j ■■>..■.>. ^^.j. ....j. «. ..... 
 
 ps One evening two ladies came to meeting, and found the vestry but dimly lighted, 
 yet ihc time of meeting close at hand. They were nattering themselves that for once 
 /were before the minister, aiul tliat ho would be lute. • I'rompily at the moment the lights
 
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 this countiy in 1835, and visited Concord in August of that 
 year. His denunciations of shivery caused great excitement, 
 and an indignation meeting was held, participated in by mem- 
 bers of botli poHtical parties, and resohitions were passed, to 
 which probably not a citizen of Concord to-day would be will- 
 ing to affix his name as their author. At this meeting Samuel 
 Fletcher was one of the speakers, who was afterwards elected 
 one of the first deacons of this church. The next day notice 
 was given that Mr. Thompson would speak Friday evening at 
 the court-house. Mr. Thompson was the guest of Mr. George 
 Kent. The excitement produced by the announcement that 
 Mr. Thompson was to speak, reached the pitch of a mob. 
 The house of Mr. Kent was surrounded. Mr. Kent and Mr. 
 Thompson went out of the back door, and Mrs. Kent came to 
 the front door, and assured the multitude that Mr. Thompson 
 was not within. On the assurance of Gen. Davis that the ob- 
 noxious address would not be made, the multitude dispersed, 
 afterwards burned an effigy in the yard of the State House, ended 
 the fracas with fireworks and discharge of cannon, and went 
 home feeling better if not ashamed. Thus, for once, was free 
 speech prevented in Concord.* 
 
 Of course, such violence of difference in opinion, upon a 
 question so vital as that of the abolition of slavery, could not 
 fail to draw lines of division among the members of the 
 churches, who were men and not angels. The members of 
 this church were divided in sentiment upon this question ; — and 
 yet, August 15, 1839, Mr. Amos Wood, whose anti-slavery 
 sentiments were in advance of those of the majority of the 
 church, was chosen one of its deacons, and held that office till 
 the termination of his relation with it in 1840. Evidence that 
 feeling ran high upon this subject, and was considerably intense 
 on eitlier side, appears from records which can be explained in 
 no other way ; and the impression produced by those records 
 is, that the church did not take a stand in this agitation which 
 was sufficiently advanced to please the readers of the Herald 
 of Freedom^ and ardent supporters of the principles it advo- 
 cated. 
 
 From a recorded vote of the society, taken April 7, 1842, 
 
 * See Bouton's History of Concord, pp. 434 and 438, for a full account.
 
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 we are led to infer, that the agitators of the anti-slavery move- 
 ment, who were members of the church and congrc;jjation, 
 wanted meetings in the interests of tlie principles they es- 
 poused, and for their discussion, held in the church. The vote 
 was, " that the body of this house be, during the year, closed 
 against any than strictly religious exercises." Whctlier the vote, 
 taken every year about this time, that the assessors should have 
 exclusive control of the house, pointed the same way, I am 
 not able to say. Such votes were passed. 
 
 Evidence appears that some 6f the members endeavored to 
 commit the church to advanced views upon this question. 
 August 15, 1S39, ^^ '^^^ voted, " That the committee, who were 
 appointed to revise the articles of faith, report on the propriety 
 of including in the manual of the church, to be published, 
 some resolutions on the subject of slavery." vSeptember 19 the 
 committee reported the following resolution, which the church 
 voted to print in the manual : '•'-Resolved, That, in the opinion 
 of thiscliurch, slavery, as it exists in this country, is a sin, and 
 ought to be abolished without delay ; and while we hold it to 
 be our duty to do all in our power to remove this great evil, we 
 are aw\are that good men differ as to the measures to be used in 
 eftecting the object, and we accordingly agree to tolerate this 
 difference of opinion."* While this resolution committed the 
 church to the view that slavery was a sin, and ought to be done 
 away with, and that it "ought to do all in [its] power to 
 remove this great evil," it did not commit the church, as its 
 members who wei-e ardent adherents to the anti-slavery cause 
 had hoped to do, to any definite course of action as a practi- 
 cal expression of its opinion that slavery " is a sin, and ought 
 to be abolished without delay." This dissatisfixction with this 
 action of the church appears in an effort — which was defeated 
 — to persuade it to take an advanced step. It appears that Mr. 
 Chandler requested the church to call "a meeting, to discuss 
 the propriety of passing a resolution to exclude slaveholders 
 from our communion." This request was presented at a regu- 
 lar meeting of the church, October 6, 1S39. -^^ *'^^ ^'"''^^ ^^^" 
 sion it was voted " that such a meeting was not necessary to 
 be held." 
 
 • This resolution appears, in exactly these words, in the first manual published by the church.
 
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 It is proper to remark here, that these same sentiments on 
 the subject of slaver}' prevailed to a greater or less extent in 
 nearly or quite all our churches in New England. I remember 
 hearing my father and mother say, that the same agitation 
 shook the church of which, when a boy, I first became a 
 member, and that, but for the sturdy pluck and good sense of 
 its pastor, it would have proved fiital. The anti-slavery por- 
 tion of the church at last forsook it, and drifted into a doc- 
 trine known at that time and in that community as non- 
 resistance. Thus the agitation which shook the South Church 
 was but the earthquake of a spirit of reform which had very 
 wide prevalence. The fatal error committed was, not in oppos- 
 ing slavery, but in dropping the most effective weapon with 
 which to oppose it — the church. It is true, these people had 
 notions in advance of their time, and for that reason they 
 should have had patience to wait for the mass of men to be 
 educated to their advanced views : for if they were right — 
 as I believe in the main they were — the}^ could afford to 
 wait. At this distance, it appears that their action in forsak- 
 ing the church did not a little to damage their cause, put off" 
 the advent of the day they were looking for, and introduce it, 
 when it came, with a convulsion which shook the continent. 
 Having known personally many men who were leaders in this 
 reform, my own belief is, that the majority were honest and 
 sincere in their convictions, though urged by their zeal to steps 
 which certainly did not accomplish all they hoped. 
 
 The refusal of this church to pass a vote pronounced in its 
 opposition to slavery, and to call a meeting for the purpose of 
 discussing a resolution to exclude slaveholders from the com 
 munion, displeased the earnest advocates of anti-slavery senti- 
 ments. They could hope for nothing from this source. They 
 therefore forsook its fellowship. This appears from the fact 
 that, in October of 1S40, a committee was appointed to com- 
 mence labor with two for this very offence — John B. Chandler 
 and Dea. Amos Wood. November 25 the church voted to ex- 
 clude them from meml^ership for having withdrawn themselves 
 from its watch and care, and for joining another meeting. 
 After 1843 I find no records which would imply, in any case, 
 a similar cause of discipline. We may infer, then, that the
 
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 disaftection was not very large. Only four or five appear to 
 have coine iiiulcr discipline for the oilence of having forsaken 
 the ordinances of the church. However, it is a fact, that, in 
 the church, a very large number had more or less sympathy 
 with these views ; but they were loyal to the Lord's visible 
 body, and would not forsake it. 
 
 As in other communities, so here, the principles of non- 
 resistance or Comcoutism, as it was called here, I believe, were 
 embraced by the advocates of more extreme measures against 
 slavery. Out of this grew the notion that all time is holy 
 alike, and that Sunday was not diflerent from Monday. Con- 
 sequently, I have been informed by eye-witnesses, women who 
 held these views used to bring their knitting-work to church, 
 and knit during the hours of divine service, that the click of 
 their needles might be their audible protest against placing one 
 day before another.* At one time, a man who could not get 
 another opportunity to express his views, and who evidently 
 was not strongl}' impressed with the sanctity of either the ordi- 
 nances of the gospel or the ministerial office, interrupted the 
 service, and proceeded to give utterance to his sentiments. He 
 was immediately seized. Being of that belief, he offered no 
 resistance ; but those who undertook to eject him found that 
 his non-resistant principles had doubled his weight, and offered 
 most effectual resistance to their efforts. A good many simi- 
 lar incidents transpired during the early years of this church ; 
 but it outlived all such convulsions, and did a noble work. 
 
 The first pastorate was a fruitful one, and those present 
 members of the church who were received into it during this 
 ministry are proofs that the pungent, strong, and fearless 
 preaching of the pastor told upon the hearts and consciences 
 of the most stubborn. During this period the records bear 
 abundant evidence of the out-pouring of God's Spirit at dif- 
 ferent times. Although during other years of Mr. Noyes's 
 ministry there seem to have been constant ingatherings, yet 
 1843 and 1S43 seem to have been years of special divine tavor, 
 during which eighty-one were added — fifty-one by jDrofession. 
 It was about this time that Elder Knapp, the noted revivalist, 
 
 * This occurred but once, I have been told, and would not have been tolerated a second 
 time. But this single instance exhibits the spirit which animated some.
 
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 visited Concord ; but our impression is, that the faithful 
 preaching of the pastor had quite as much to do, under God, 
 with the conversion of these persons, as the etlbrts of the 
 revivalist. 
 
 " By their fruits ye shall know them." The first ministry 
 over this people could bear this test. The original mem- 
 bership was 67 — 22 males and 45 females. During the pas- 
 torate of Mr. Noyes, extending over twelve years and five 
 months, 259 were added — 10 r by profession and 15S by letter. 
 At the close of his ministry, the church which he found num- 
 bering 67, he left numbering 227, a gain of 160. The whole 
 number received by the church from the beginning was 336. 
 Thus we close this period of the history of the church with 
 the question of its existence answered in the affirmative, and 
 with the church grown to such strength as to make its power 
 felt. 
 
 (3) The next period we shall limit to the second pastorate. 
 The outlook as we enter upon it is most hopeful. Mr. Noyes, 
 in his letter of resignation, speaks of "the increasing labors of 
 this growing congregation." He also speaks of the union 
 " which has so long * * and so pleasantly existed." 
 
 The harmony which prevailed at the close of the first pas- 
 torate is attested by the fact that, on the seventeenth of Jan- 
 uary, i8^o, three months after the dismission of Mr. Noyes, 
 the people united in unanimously extending a call to Rev. 
 Henrv E. Parker, of Eastport, Maine. The circumstances of 
 the call, the I'eply, and the subsequent settlement, have been 
 narrated.* 
 
 Mr. Parker was born at Keene, N. H., April 17, 1820, and 
 was about thirty years of age when called to this pastorate. 
 He graduated from Dartmouth college in the class of 1841, 
 and was tutor in 1843-44 ' ^^^ graduated from Union Theo- 
 logical Seminary in 1847; was ordained, but not installed, at 
 Eastport, Maine, March 13, 1849; commenced his labors with 
 this church in April, 1850, and was installed as its pastor Ma}' 
 14, 1851 ; was chaplain of the Second New Hampshire Regi- 
 ment in 1861-62; visited Europe in 1865-66; was dismissed 
 from this church March 21, 1866, and became professor of the 
 
 *See p. 20.
 
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 Latin language and literature in Dartmouth college, which 
 chair he still holds. 
 
 The pastorate of Mr. Parker was an eventful period only in 
 those material particulars which have already been narrated. 
 The civil war occurred during his ministry here, but the church 
 does not seem to have been shaken by agitation as it was by the 
 anti-slavery movement, in the previous pastorate. But it was a 
 period of almost uninterrupted growth. Ten of the sixteen 
 years were years of increase. The records of admission show 
 several special seasons of grace. It was during this pastorate 
 that Mr. Earle labored in Concord. Other years witnessed a 
 quiet and healthful growth, but 1S57 ^'^'' 1864 seem to have 
 been occasions of more copious sliowers of divine blessing. 
 During these two years io3 were added — 46 in 18^7 and 56 in 
 1864. Of these, G^j were received on profession of faith, and 
 35 by letter, during the two years. 
 
 At the beginning of Mr. Parker's ministry the church num- 
 bered 237 ; at its close, 347 — a net gain during the period of 
 120. The whole number received from the beginning was 618, 
 when Mr. Parker was dismissed. During this period of nearly 
 sixteen years, 292 were added to the church — 186 by profession 
 and 106 by letter. Another says of this ministry, — " It was 
 attended by the most salutary results. The congregation con- 
 stantly increased, and additions to the church, by profession as 
 well as by letter, were frequently made." He admirably fol- 
 lowed up the work begun under the first pastorate, and deep- 
 ened its sound doctrinal and religious impressions. Thus this 
 period closes with a society materially strengthened, and a 
 church still more prosperous and vigorous, and better able to 
 take aggressive steps for Christ. 
 
 During the interval of three years which elapsed before 
 another pastor was settled, fourteen were added to tlic church 
 — three by profession and eleven by letter. But tlie church suf- 
 fered severe losses, so that when the next pastorate began it 
 numbered but 397. Of the occupants of the pulpit during 
 this interval, and the ellbrts of the church to secure a j^astor, I 
 have already spoken. 
 
 (4) The next period we shall place between 1S69 and the 
 present, which ends the forty years.
 
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 The present pastor was called to this office in December of 
 iS6S. He assumed the duties of the pulpit on the first Sab- 
 bath of January, 1869, but was not installed until the twenty- 
 seventh. On that occasion, the candidate was examined the 
 evening before, and the installation services were the next 
 morning, as follows: Sermon by Rev. E. A. Park, d.d., of 
 Andover Theological Seminary ; installing prayer by Rev. N. 
 Bouton, D. D. ; charge to the pastor by Rev. Hiram Mead, of 
 Nashua ; fellowship of the churches by Rev. L. H. Blake, of 
 River Point, R. I. ; address to the people by Rev. C. W. Wal- 
 lace, D. D., of Manchester. 
 
 The present pastor was born in Cornwall, Vt., December 5, 
 1834; graduated from Middlebury college in 1859; taught at 
 Randolph, Vt., Lancaster, Mass., and Pembroke, N. H., 
 18^9-62 ; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 
 1864; was ordained and installed at Pepperell, Mass., Decem- 
 ber 7, 1864 ; installed over this church as already stated.* 
 
 Thus far during this pastorate, which has now continued 
 eight years, 324 have been added to the church — 141 by pro- 
 fession and 83 by letter. The membership of the church, at 
 the close of 1876, was 420, a net gain of 123. Three special 
 seasons of grace have been enjoyed, during which the larger 
 part of these were added. To God be all the praise. 
 
 During its existence of forty years, this church has received 
 to its membership 858 — 67 original members, 431 by profes- 
 sion, and 360 by letter. Of this number, 264 were dismissed by 
 letter, 18 were excommunicated, 156 have gone to join the 
 church in the Father's house, and 420 are still in its fellowship. 
 Twenty-four of the forty years have been years of gain. The 
 greatest loss in any year was 20, in 1868. The largest num- 
 number of additions by profession in any year was 44, in 
 1864; the largest number of additions by letter was 18, in 
 1838 and in 1875. The largest total of additions for one year, 
 since the first, was 59, in 1875. The largest net gain was 48 
 in 1875. 
 
 Had I the facts and time to do so, it would be most interest- 
 ing to sketch the characters of some of the members of this 
 church ; but it sufficient to say that they have not been lacking 
 
 *The membership at the commencement of this pastorate was 297.
 
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 in fitness for any position, many of them having been called to 
 posts of honor, nor has the majority been imusually wanting 
 in zeal for the Master. To-day only 5 remain who came out 
 from the mother church forty years ago, 51 who united under the 
 ministry of Mr. Noyes, and 164 who united under the ministry 
 of Mr. Parker. 
 
 One or two facts relative to church work may fittingly close 
 our narrative. The Sabbath-school has always been held to 
 be a legitimate branch of church work, and has therefore 
 always been under its control. Samuel Fletcher was elected 
 superintendent by the church in 1S38, — from which it appears 
 that, from the first, the study of the word of God has had a 
 place in the exercises of the Sabbath. The records are not 
 complete ; but such accounts as we have show that, in the early 
 history of this body, a very large per cent, of the congregation 
 remained for Bible study, — at least seventy-five per cent. — a 
 proportion considerably in excess of the present. 
 
 One or two interesting facts are worth notice. Four arc still 
 connected with the school who were teachers from 1843 to 
 1846, two being teachers still — Mrs. B. P. Stone and Mrs. Asa 
 McFarland. About a dozen who were pupils then are still 
 in the school in some capacity. People as old as seventy- 
 three were among the students of the Bible. The larger aver- 
 ages of attendance were quite equal to the larger averages of 
 the last six years. I find that, February 12, 1843, there were 
 260 ijresent — a per cent, of the congregation not equalled in 
 these last da3's. April 14 and May 19, 1867, during the period 
 when the vSabbath-school was held in the afternoon, on account 
 of the health of Rev. W. F. V. Bartlett, who was then supply- 
 ing the pulpit, the attendance reached 306 — the largest re- 
 corded attendance upon the exercises of the school during its 
 existence, but a part of the congregation considerablv less than 
 the 260 who were in attendance February 12, 1S43. The largest 
 average for any whole year was probably that for 1S67, which 
 was 224. 
 
 The smallest recorded attendance was February 15, 1845 — 
 eleven teachers and seventy-six pupils. But a note in the 
 handwriting of Asa !McFarland, who was superintendent at 
 that time, explains : ''An exceeding stormy dav. Some
 
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 churches closed by reason of the weather." The early records 
 of the school show twenty-nine classes, and a commendable 
 regularity of attendance on the part of pupils and teachers. 
 The attendance upon the exercises of the Sabbath-school has 
 not kept pace with the growth of the congregation. If it had, 
 the average to-day would be upwards of 400. 
 
 The church now sustains two mission schools, whose numbers 
 exceed 200. One is held inWhittredge's hall, at the South End, 
 and is sadly in need of a chapel to accommodate its growth. This 
 school has been in existence twenty years. The other school 
 is held on the Plains, in a beautiful chapel standing on a bluff 
 above the Soucook river. This chapel has just been enlarged 
 and beautified at an expense of nearly $300, and was re-dedi- 
 cated January 28, iSjy. This school was established in 1870, 
 and during its seven years of existence has grown from weak- 
 ness to strength, and has done much for the community in 
 whose midst it is located, affording the people the only means 
 of grace conveniently within reach. These schools give prom- 
 ise of greater things, and are gratifying signs of the aggressive 
 power of the church. 
 
 The records of the treasury of the church cover but a small 
 part of its history. However, they embrace a period which 
 fairly illustrates its charitable spirit. During the period cov- 
 ered by the records — eight years — the church has contributed 
 to various charitable objects, at home and abroad, about $r,6oo 
 a year. One year its gifts amounted to over $3,000. Besides 
 money, the ladies of the church and society annually have sent 
 a barrel or two of clothing to some Western home missionary, 
 amounting in value to upwards of $100 each. In 1S75 the 
 church adopted the plan of weekly offerings, which continues 
 to give satisfaction. 
 
 The weekly meetings of the church were, — a lecture on 
 Thursday evening, and the regular church prayer-meeting on 
 Saturday evening. This 2:)lan was continued up to 1872. During 
 1870 a Tuesday evening meeting had been established, at the 
 request of a number of the young people who felt the need of a 
 prayer-meeting for their special growth. The regular ^Drayer- 
 meetings of all the other churches were on Friday. It was 
 therefore voted, January 35, 1872, " That the Thursday evening
 
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 meeting (or lecture) and the Saturday evening prayer-meeting 
 be consolidated, and held on Friday evenings." 
 
 The cliurch has had eighteen deacons, four of wliom are now 
 in service, and nine or ten of whom are still living. The Sab- 
 bath-school has had fifteen superintendents, of whom eleven or 
 twelve are still living. 
 
 This clunxli has never been wealthy, or ftishionable — a most 
 gratifying fact in its history — but it always has been, and is 
 now, a churcli of the people, as its membership will abundantly 
 testify. It lias been the object of some slurs and criticisms; 
 but the lightning always strikes the tallest trees. It has been 
 a working and a persevering church, as its past history and 
 present results testify. It has never been, and is not now, given 
 to a proselyting spirit: its weakness and its error have been in 
 the opposite direction. Its doors are always open to welcome 
 any who may come with us, and it aims to throw out all 
 proper influences and attractions to bring men within its reach ; 
 and any who identify themselves with it will find it given to 
 hospitality, and ready to extend the cordial right hand of fel- 
 lowship to all who will allow themselves to be welcomed. It 
 has always had a goodly array of lay talent to aid the pastor, 
 and a number sufficiently large of those who are willing to have 
 others do the work. There is an immense reserve force, which, 
 if it could be called out and consecrated to active service for 
 the Master, would make the church a vast power. It is in a 
 centx-al position, being at the capital of the state. But that will 
 be of little account if the hearts of its members be not ablaze 
 with love for God, and zeal in his service. If personal experi- 
 ence entitles me to judge, the church is one which treats its 
 pastor with kindness. If there are exceptions, they prove 
 the rule. The rest of the acts of this church, are they not 
 I'ccorded in the book of the chronicles of the kingdom of 
 heaven ? 
 
 And so this church has held this post for Clirist for forty 
 years. Some of them have been years of trial ; but may it not 
 be that God has brought us to that point where, as never be- 
 fore, he bids us go over and inherit the rich promises of bless- 
 ing and increase.'' Let us set our faces to the future, and not to 
 the past: let us forget the things which are behind. Remem-
 
 40 
 
 bering what God has done, let us expect greater thhigs to 
 come. The past is but a prophecy of what may be if our 
 spirits are in sympathy with a larger blessing ; for " eye hath 
 not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of 
 man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love 
 him."
 
 ADDRESS OF REV. D. J. NOTES, D. D. 
 
 Members of tJie South Church and Society: 
 
 Your pastor wrote mc, a few days ago, to come down and 
 help you in the pleasant work of a MEMORIAL SERVICE, 
 in accordance with Deuteronomy viii : 3. I have come at his 
 and your request, and quite as much, also, by the promptings 
 of my own feelings. Over these forty years memory passes 
 with a strange interest, and lingers fondly and tendorlv around 
 the early period of the history of this beloved clnirch, when, 
 in weakness and inexperience, I became associated with it as 
 its first pastor, and received from loving hearts the warm greet- 
 ings which never became cold. The twelve years of my min- 
 istry here are like a dream to me ; and yet, to me and many 
 others, they are a most solemn reality, whose impress will be 
 felt on character and destiny forever. 
 
 It is very little of the real history of this church, or of any 
 Christian church, that can be written on earth. It is not made 
 up of the ordinary or extraordinary events, or both combined, 
 that attract the eye of man. Its essential materials are the 
 inward experience of its individual members ; their spiritual 
 joys and sorrows ; their conflicts and their victories ; the soul's 
 inner life with Christ. It is, like the book in the Apocalypse, 
 written by a divine hand, and scaled with seven seals. The 
 Lamb in the midst of the throne alone can break the seals, and 
 open the pages that record the work of his grace on hearts 
 redeemed by his blood. That he will do in his own time, and 
 every eye shall read the record. Till then, each individual will 
 mainly read that part of the forty years' history wiiich he 
 has himself contributed.
 
 42 
 
 But there is a history of this church which is external as well 
 as internal ; which all its members can read in common, and 
 in which tliey have a common interest. It may appear at first 
 view, and especially to others, to be made up of almost trifling 
 incidents, characterized by a degree of sameness and quietness 
 that divest them of the interest tliat gathers around the more 
 exciting events of life, and therefore of little impoitance. But 
 little and great are relative terms, especially when considered in 
 their real bearing, present and remote. In this view, the inci- 
 dents, however minute, that go to make up the external history 
 of a church, and contribute to its eflectiveness, are greater to 
 its members than events which have stirred nations and shaken 
 continents. What ai-e the wars of all the past centuries of the 
 world's history.'* — the diplomacy of kings and cabinets.'' What, 
 I may say, the science and the literature of the ages, so far as 
 respects the real, profounder interests of the soul, — its disci- 
 pline and culture for a higher life, its preparation for immortal 
 glory and blessedness — the true end of its being.'' What are 
 these great events, as the world terms them, to the simple facts 
 that constitute the records of this church, — its organization, its 
 pastors, its officers, its members, the preaching of the Word 
 with the worship of the sanctuary, the social study of the Scrip- 
 tures, the seasons of communion, the meetings for prayer and 
 pi'aise, the goodly fellowship of the brethren and sisters in 
 Christ, — all those unconscious and nameless influences that 
 contribute to the spiritual jDOwer of a church ? It is no small 
 matter, therefore, so far as concerns ourselves, that we are con- 
 sidering, when we review the history of this church, and record 
 the good hand of our God upon us for forty years, as stage by 
 stage he has led us onward by a better light than the pillar of 
 cloud and of fire that guided the steps of his chosen ones of 
 old. 
 
 In 1835 or 1836 — perhaps a little before that time — it was 
 the conviction of the pastor of the North Church, Rev. Dr. 
 Bouton, and of some of its most discerning members, that the 
 time had come for a new church organization in this part of 
 the town, to meet the prospective probably more than the then 
 present religious wants of the community. As the result of
 
 43 
 
 that conviction this church was organized, with a mcniljcrship 
 of sixty-seven — all from the old church. The enterprise was, 
 from the beginning, prompted by love for Christ and his cause, 
 and the organization was completed in the same spirit in which 
 it commenced. The original members, with much self-denial 
 and no small sacrifice on the part of some, left a pastor whom 
 they highly esteemed and loved, and a church in whose welfare 
 their warmest sympathies and tenderest affections had been for 
 many years enlisted, to engage in the new work. My acquaint- 
 ance with the church, and my special interest in its welfare, 
 commenced almost from its first existence. 
 
 In the early spring of 1S37, Deacon Samuel Fletcher came 
 to Hanover, where I was engaged as tutor in the college, 
 with a " call" for me to become pastor of the church. I was 
 not taken by surprise, and did not pretend that I was, for I 
 knew that there were movements of the society in that direc- 
 tion ; but I did express myself, very decidedly and honestly, 
 that the new enterprise needed for its success an older and an 
 abler man than myself. The deacon did not flatter my vanity 
 at all, and I am not aware that he ever did afterwards. He paid 
 me this very doubtful compliment, as I then rcgardeil it : "The 
 first object," said he, " that we have in view, is to find a man 
 who will do us no harm." That doubtful, negative compli- 
 ment, as it then appeared to me, is, in my present judgment, 
 one of the highest compliments he could have paid me. I had 
 been requested by the faculty just before this visit to remain in 
 permanent connection with the college. I therefore sought the 
 advice of Dr. Lord in the matter. He kindly expressed his 
 regret at my leaving the college, but added, — " I think, per- 
 haps, you had better go, and, after ten or twelve years of expe- 
 rience and knowledge of the world, you can come back, and do 
 us a better service than by remaining now." I left, with not 
 the slightest expectation of ever returning to the college as one 
 of its faculty ; but, sure enough, in about twelve years Dr. Lord 
 came to Concord, in accordance with his previous suggestion. 
 
 I was ordained in Miiy — the third day of May. It was a 
 beautiful day. All nature was joyous. The brethren that 
 composed the council — all of them neighboring pastors — are as 
 vividlv before mv mind this evening as though the event were
 
 44 
 
 onlv of yesterday. Rev. Dr. Harris, of Dunbarton, who had 
 retired from the active hibors of the ministry, but who still 
 remained senior pastor of the church, was moderator of the 
 council, and conducted the examination. I had grown up with 
 great respect and reverence for the man, and with no little 
 fear of him, which, perhaps, older persons than myself had also 
 felt. It was with some trepidation, therefore, that I appeared 
 before him on this occasion. But the first question he asked 
 removed all apprehension, and I found him then, as ever after, 
 most kind, generous, and considerate. The characteristic of 
 his preaching and the secret of his power may be inferred 
 from a charge which he gave to me some time after, when I 
 was in Dunbarton on an exchange with his associate, Rev. 
 Mr. Putnam : " If," said he, "you want to fill that large church 
 in Concord, go home and preach the doctrines." 
 
 After the examination, which was voted satisfactory, the 
 parts were assigned for the ordination service. Dr. Bouton 
 preached the sermon, from the text, " I seek not yours, but 
 you." The sermon I remember well — its ability and appro- 
 priateness. The ordaining prayer was made by Rev. Mr. 
 Patrick — Father Patrick, of Canterbury — a man of the ten- 
 derest sympathies, of the most genial feelings, who loved 
 everybody, and whom everybody loved — more esi^ecially the 
 children ; and his love to man was surpassed only by his 
 greater love to his Saviour. He was remarkable in prayer, 
 and I always regarded it as a ha2:)py circumstance that this part 
 in the ordination services was assigned , him. Dr. Burnham, of 
 Pembroke, gave the charge — a man well remembered and 
 highly esteemed by the older members of this and the North 
 Church. I have ever regarded Dr. Burnham as one of the 
 warmest and most useful friends I ever had. I never asked of 
 him a favor in all my ministry which he did not most cheer- 
 fully grant me, even when it discommoded himself. Another 
 brother was there who was very dear to me from that hour, and 
 is dear now in the remembrance of him — Rev. Mr. Tenney, of 
 West Concord. He had a large heart and a warm one, and in 
 it was no guile. He carried it in his face and on his tongue : 
 he was transparent. I think I knew him about as well when 
 he made his first call upon me, as when, many years after, I
 
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 parted from him to see his face no more in this world. From 
 him, too, I never asked a favor in vain. He gave me the right 
 hand of fellowship. Tiiere was still another man whom I must 
 not forget to mention — a dear friend for many years before I 
 came to Concord, and for whom I still cherish the warmest 
 friendship — Rev. Dr. Clement, of Chester. He was well 
 known to some of you for his eminent social qualities, his re- 
 markable good sense, his more than usual literary attainments, 
 in addition to his high qualities as a preacher. He gave the 
 charge to the people. All that I remember of the charge is 
 what he said on the subject of pastoral calls: ''You will of 
 course," said he, '' want to see your minister in your homes ; 
 but you must remember that he has other and very important 
 duties to attend to, if he is to be a useful minister. If he calls 
 on you as much as you want to have him, you will not want to 
 have him for your minister but a little while." 
 
 I remained but a few weeks after my ordination, and returned 
 to Hanover to complete m}^ engagement for the year, impressed 
 with the greatness of the work which I had undertaken. Rev. 
 Mr. Goldsmith, who was a classmate witli me at Andover, sup- 
 plied the pulpit most of the time during the summer. I re- 
 turned in September, and found that we had indeed commenced 
 our march into the wilderness. The great financial crisis of 
 1S37, which prostrated the business of the country generally, 
 fell with crushing weight upon this community, and upon none 
 more heavily than upon most of the leading men in the South 
 Church and society. The house of worship had been built, 
 but only a few of the pews had been sold. The burden rested 
 still upon the original owners, and to that burden was added 
 the expense, to a considerable extent, of supporting the gospel. 
 Owing to the depression of business, the population of the 
 place rather diminished than increased. As might reasonably 
 be supposed, the congregation was small, and continued to be 
 small for a number of years. Few were disposed to cast in 
 their lot in so unpromising an enterprise. Indeed, there were 
 but few additions for some years to any of the religious societies 
 in town. For two or three years we labored on in great de- 
 spondency, at times almost discouraged. Many were inclined 
 to turn back to their old home. Some thought it would
 
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 be better to give up the enterprise entirely. On one occasion, 
 the movement had become so general that some of the leading 
 men in the society were represented as in sympathy with it. 
 Being a little troubled with reports of this kind that came to 
 my ears, I called upon Mr. Fletcher, at his office, to ask what 
 it meant. He straightened himself up in his chair witli a dignity 
 which was natural to him, and, on this occasion, with a little 
 more, which he assumed, or which was the expression of very 
 strong and decided feeling on the subject, and said with empha- 
 sis, — '' It is impossible for us to go back : it cannot be done ! " 
 — and then, as if to confirm beyond a doubt what he had 
 said, '•'The women won't allow it!" I heard no more from 
 that day of any such movement. The value of a good man, 
 who is at the same time a man of intelligence, decision, and 
 sound judgment, cannot be over-estimated in any important 
 work. I am fully of the opinion that the enterprise, after it had 
 been commenced here, would not have succeeded had it not 
 been for a few men like Deacon Fletcher and Judge Upham. 
 
 But our pecuniary condition was not our greatest weakness, 
 nor indeed the smallness of our numbers. We were divided in 
 sentiment and feeling : we were not in harmony with each 
 other. It was just previous to this period that the country be- 
 gan to be aroused to the enormous evil and sin of slavery. It 
 was a most unfortunate circumstance, that the men who were 
 first prominent in that enterprise were not, generallj-. Christian 
 men, and, not finding so soon as they wished and as fully as 
 they expected, sympathy and cooperation in the church, soon be- 
 gan to regard the church and the ministry as opposed to human 
 freedom and the rights of man ; and as the Scriptures did not de- 
 nounce the sin of slavery in terms sufficiently strong to satisfy 
 them, some rejected the Bible, with the Sabbath and all the in- 
 stitutions of worship. Some of our number were misled by 
 these extreme views. Others, who were not in full sympathy 
 with them, did not at first discriminate between the evil which 
 they wished removed, and the improper means by which some 
 of their brethren proposed to do it. I hardly know of any ex- 
 perience of God's people in the wilderness that would symbol- 
 ize the four years of our anti-slavery trials. I can now see 
 that both sides, having equal regard, I believe, to human rights,
 
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 probably went to an extreme. One side, in view of the evils 
 that were disturbing the churches, wished to have nothing to do 
 witli it in the church ; the other side wished to have nothing to 
 do with anything else. But the Lord in his own time gave us 
 deliverance. A few left our fellowship, while others, who in a 
 measure had sympathized with them, were ever after among 
 the consistent and devoted members of the church. Our expe- 
 rience in these early years of dearth and darkness was not 
 without profit to us. We learned lessons of patience and 
 forbearance, and trust in God, which were fruitful sources 
 of blessing in after years. God was humbling us and prov- 
 ing us. 
 
 In 1S43 the chinxh, for the first time, had rest. \Vc had 
 reached a green spot in our journey : we had come to the 
 groves of palms and springs of water. I think we had got to 
 Elim. Early in the spring of that year the Spirit of God was 
 specially manifested to us as a church. The prayers which had 
 been otlered in great weakness during the 3-ears of our de- 
 spondency now seemed to come up as a memorial before God. 
 The first indications of what proved to us a precious revival of 
 religion appeared on a day which the church were observing 
 preparatory to the communion. It was our custom to spend 
 the whole day in religious services preceding every other com- 
 munion season. In the forenoon we gave the time almost en- 
 tirel)^ to prayer. In the afternoon we had a discourse particu- 
 larly appropriate to the coming Sabbath, while the evening 
 hour was spent in free conference and prayer. These days 
 were greatly blessed to the church, and are still remembered 
 by many with deep interest. It was in the evening of one 
 of these days that the manifest tokens of God's presence were 
 with us. Though the Spirit appeared to come to us all with 
 unusual power, the man whose lips seemed to be specially 
 touchctl with hallowed fire, and whose tongue was loo.sed to 
 speak with greatest freedom and force, was Mr. James Weeks. 
 He was a warm-hearted, devoted Christian — always in his place, 
 always ready to perform his part, as God gave him ability. 
 On that evening it was manifest to us all that God was bless- 
 ing him and honoring him with signal expressions of his love. 
 In alluding to Mr. Weeks, I cannot forbear referring to his
 
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 -^vife — one of the most meek and humble Christians that I ever 
 knew — who, under God, was a great blessing to her husband 
 for this workl and the world to come, and who, with his help, 
 was honored in training up a large funnily, almost all of whom, 
 we trust, have their names written in heaven, and some of them 
 are already there. From that time the work went forward 
 quietly with our usual means of grace, observed with some- 
 what more than usual frequency. 
 
 I well remember the first inquiry-meeting, which was held 
 at the pastor's house. A large number were present, and 
 among them one whom I did not expect to see there, though, 
 from his fixed attention to the preaching on the Sabbath, I 
 might reasonably have expected him. But I did not. As he 
 had been a worldly man, and, as I supposed, had not thought 
 much on the subject of religion, I hardly kneAV how to ap- 
 proach him. At length I said to him, "Mr. , suppose I 
 
 should say to you that you had never done a single good deed 
 in all your life — not a single one from love to God.'"' He an- 
 swered immediately, and with deep emotion, " I know I never 
 have, and that is what troubles me." I knew then, if I had 
 not been certain of it before, that God's Spirit was with us of 
 a truth. 
 
 Soon after this work of grace commenced, Rev. Mr. Cook, of 
 Lebanon, being on his way to Boston, spent the night in town, 
 expecting to leave in the morning. As we had a meeting in 
 the evening he preached, and with so much apparent effect that 
 we prevailed upon him to continue with us. He remained, I 
 think, more than two weeks, and his labors were greatly blessed. 
 Other brethren in the ministry rendered us occasional help at 
 that time, especially Rev. Dr. Young, then of Laconia, one of 
 the most spiritual, heavenly-minded men I ever knew. I re- 
 member very distinctly one of his sermons from the text, " We 
 are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will 
 give it you ; come thou with us and we will do thee good, for 
 the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel." He presented 
 the whole scene so vividly, and pictured so graphically the 
 tribes in the order of their march, that we could almost see 
 them before us, and then made one of his most tender appeals 
 to join the hosts that were moving on to the promised rest.
 
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 By that season of refreshing the church was not only enlarged 
 and strengthened in numbers, but greatly encouraged. We 
 could labor in hope, and pray with expectation, that God would 
 revive us again. In due time God did come again, and at this 
 time to the whole community — more especially in connection 
 with our Baptist brethren who had invited Elder Knapp to la- 
 bor with them. Many of this congregation became interested in 
 religion in connection with that work, and afterwards united 
 with the church. Here I wish to record the very pleasant rela- 
 tions that existed between us and that church. I have occasion 
 to remember gratefully their pastor. Rev. Dr. Curamings, for 
 his uniform kindness and courtesy to me. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Kirk, of Boston, it will be remembered by 
 some of you, spent about a week in town at that time, dividing 
 his labors between this and the North Church. He did a very 
 good work for us. It was during the week of Dr. Kirk's labors 
 with us, or on the last of the week preceding, that Mrs. Deacon 
 Fletcher, who had been failing for some time, died — fell asleep 
 in Jesus. I have not language to express my high esteem, my 
 Christian affection, for that most excellent woman. I boarded 
 in the family of Deacon Fletcher the first year of my ministry, 
 and during all that time, and ever after, I never observed in her 
 anything, in deed or in word, or even in the expression of her 
 countenance, which indicated that hers was not a perfect char- 
 acter. She was a sinner, indeed, saved by grace ; and no one 
 was ever more sensible of it than herself, or felt more deeply her 
 entire dependence on that grace. Those of you who knew her 
 best will bear witness with me to her uncommon excellence. 
 Great was the loss which the church experienced in her death, 
 and in the removal, about that time, of her husband to Andover, 
 Mass. 
 
 I should fail to do anything like justice to the early history of 
 this church if I should pass over entirely our experience in the 
 matter of deacons. Deacons make a great deal of church his- 
 tory. Our early experience — or, I should say, very early expe- 
 rience in this respect — was about the average of churches. 
 Afterwards no church was ever more favored. The first dea- 
 cons of the church were Samuel Fletcher and John Niles. Of 
 Deacon Fletcher I need not speak. Deacon Niles was a good 
 
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 man, and had served in the same office before he came here. 
 But he was quite aged, and had no other business on his hands 
 but his deaconship ; and he seemed to regard it as the chief 
 end of a deacon to inform the pastor of everything in the parish 
 that was unpleasant, and particularly calculated to annoy him. 
 In this way he certainly magnified his office, and was very suc- 
 cessful ; but I knew he meant it well, and I never laid it to 
 heart. One of the deacons, who was elected on the removal of 
 Deacon Niles from town, left us in the anti-slavery controversy. 
 We had then, I believe, but a single deacon — perhaps two. It 
 became necessary, therefore, to elect a number of deacons, to 
 meet more fully the wants of the church. Four were selected ; 
 and as the occasion was one of great importance and particular 
 interest, we concluded to have them set apart to their work 
 with special services. We invited some neighboring ministers 
 to assist us, among them Rev. Dr. Burnham. The part as- 
 signed to him was the consecrating prayer. After imploring 
 very fervently all the graces and virtues that the apostle thought 
 necessary for a good deacon, he added the petition, "And may 
 they never be the means of turning away the minister." If I 
 should tell you who those men were, you would be ready to 
 exclaim, "How wonderfully was that prayer answered!" if 
 you were not tempted to say, " How unnecessary, in their case, 
 was such a petition ! " 
 
 There were many persons in the church and society to whom 
 I would like to make particular reference on this occasion ; but 
 for obvious reasons I must forbear. But I cannot forbear speak- 
 ing of old Mrs. Gould and her husband. I remember well the 
 first call I made on her. The house at the time was smoky, 
 and in all respects uninviting and uncomfortable. In the course 
 of the conversation she spoke of God's great goodness to her ; 
 her many blessings in contrast with the great trials which some 
 are called to endure ; and she referred especially to the apostle 
 Paul. I remember distinctly the thought which passed through 
 my mind at the time, — that I had much rather take the apostle's 
 lot as to trials than hers. You remember her meekness and 
 humility, and quietness of manner. You can almost see her 
 now, sitting as she did by the side of the pupit, with dress and 
 bonnet all proper but very plain, listening attentively to the
 
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 words that were spoken ; — and she was there every Sabbath, 
 though it cost her a walk of a full mile. I think she was a 
 favorite with the ladies of the church, who admired her beauti- 
 ful Christiaii character, and who expressed their interest in her 
 in ways conducive to her comfort. Her husband — who must 
 have been one of her greatest trials — was a very son of Belial 
 when I first knew him. He carefully avoided me when it was 
 possible, and showed the greatest dislike to everything said to 
 him on the subject of religion, liowever remotely. At length 
 the godly influence of his wife was felt even by him, and one 
 day he said to her, "' Perhaps I should go to meeting if the folks 
 showed as much interest in me as they do in you." The good 
 wife took the hint, and modestly told some of her Christian 
 friends what her husband had said. He was accordingly pro- 
 vided at once with a new suit of clothes, — hat, cravat, and all. 
 The next Sabbath Mrs. Gould rode to meeting, and her husband 
 took his seat at the head of the pew, as attentive a listener as 
 there was in the church ; and for him I trust, as for thousands 
 before and since, it proved true that " God's way is in the 
 sanctuary " — his way of salvation. From that time his whole 
 manner was changed. He welcomed my calls with great in- 
 terest. When in the town he would cross the street to speak 
 to me. This continued for more than a year. At length he 
 sickened and died. Though his knowledge of divine things 
 was very imperfect, I had hope, the last time I visited him, as 
 he was lying upon his dying bed, tliat he was a child of God. 
 
 There is nothing that I remember with more interest, in the 
 early history of the church, — and that I now regard as con- 
 ducing more to its true strength and usefulness, — than its 
 social religious services. I have never known a church where 
 they were so well attended, where the members generally so 
 faithfully recognized their covenant obligations in this respect. 
 We adopted different methods from time to time in conducting 
 these services ; but no method appeared to me at the time, — 
 and now appears, after an interval of years, — better suited to 
 our wants than the social study of the Scriptures one evening 
 in the week. Our weekly church meeting was for years sub- 
 stantially a Bible-class, and there was marked progress in the 
 knowledge of the word of God. Two full years we spent in
 
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 the study of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, in the same 
 familiar manner. It was our purpose to grow in knowledge, 
 and in that way to grow in grace. I cannot speak particularly 
 of the work of the church in those early years in tlie great 
 objects of benevolence at home and abroad. It was our pur- 
 pose to honor the Saviour in these ways according to our 
 ability, and that purpose, I trust, was measurably accom- 
 plished. 
 
 I pass over the year of my absence in Europe, when you en- 
 joyed the preaching, and especially the prayers, of that godly 
 man. Rev. Daniel Temple. But the time was at hand when I 
 was called to leave permanently this for another field of labor. 
 The providence of God seemed thus to indicate. I left with 
 sadness the scenes of my first and only labor as a pastor, and 
 the friends whose kindness words can never express, — the re- 
 membrance of whose friendship has been very precious since 
 the hour I parted with them as their pastor more than twenty- 
 seven years ago, many of whom have gone to their rest. The 
 happiest years of my life were spent here, and I expect that 
 the dearest recollections of earth will ever centre around this 
 spot. It will be the source of deep regret to my immediate 
 successor here, and my beloved associate at Hanover now, that 
 this occasion should occur during his absence from the country. 
 How much he would have delighted to be here, his deep 
 interest in your welfare, and his faithful labors during so many 
 years for your good, furnish convincing proof. Were he here 
 he would join with me most heartily in thanks to God that he 
 has given to this, our former charge, one so faithful, so able, 
 and so beloved, to be their pastor and teacher. May God bless 
 him, and crown his labors a hundred-fold more than the labors 
 of those who preceded him. 
 
 Most of those who were here forty years ago as members of 
 this church have already escaped from the wilderness. They 
 fell by the way, and thus sooner reached the land of their most 
 cherished hopes. They wait for us, their companions and suc- 
 cessors, on the other side of Jordan. We will join them soon. 
 We will greet the dear ones whom we loved so well in these 
 earthly relations, who shared with us the joys and sorrows of 
 our pilgrimage. Yes, we will meet them in more genial
 
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 climes and in brighter skies. Hand in hand with them will 
 we walk the streets of the heavenly city. Our crowns will we 
 to«-ether cast at the feet of Him who bought them for us. 
 With them will we join the everlasting song of praise to Him 
 who has redeemed us with his blood. With deeper joy, with 
 profounder gratitude, will we then remember anew the forty 
 years in which the Lord our God has led us. 
 
 LETTER EROM REV. HENRY E. PARKER. 
 
 Hanover, Feb. 22, 1S77. 
 Mr. McFarland : 
 
 My Dear Sir : Accept my thanks for your letter referring 
 to the recent observance of the Fortieth Anniversary of the 
 organization of the South Church, and for your kindly expressed 
 regrets that I was not able to be present. Nothing but my ab- 
 sence from the country at the time prevented my being present, 
 and enjoying the occasion so fitly commemorated. The church 
 and society accepted a duty, delightful as appropriate, in set- 
 ting apart a day for the devout and thankful recognition of that 
 Providence which led to the founding of that church, and 
 which has signally and graciously accompanied its history 
 hitherto. 
 
 It is with an ever-growing interest that I look back upon the 
 sixteen years of my connection with the South Church. I 
 had preached two years before going there, and had my atten- 
 tion variously directed in regard to locating as a pastor. As I 
 look back, I am thankful that God directed my steps as he did, 
 and ordered that my only pastorate should be in Concord, and 
 that the flower and early maturity of my days should be given
 
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 to that especial church. The ties binding me to it are still very 
 stroncr, and my prayer always has been, and always shall be, 
 that heaven's blessing may be upon it. 
 
 It has ever been cause for special gratitude on my part that 
 I was permitted to follow in the pastorate that of your first 
 pastor, so eminently wise and devoted in all his labors ; and 
 also for those prudent and good men associated with him in 
 laying the foundations of the society, and so faithfully watching 
 over its early and struggling days. We subsequently had strug- 
 gles, but they were not simply for existence, as in those previ- 
 ous times. God, in his good wisdom, has never left the society 
 without enough to keep it from supineness and stagnation. 
 
 When I came to you I found the society in debt — the organ, 
 even, not paid for. In the course of two or three years a stren- 
 uous effort was made to remove the debt, and the effort was 
 successful. Tw^o or three years later it was felt to be desirable 
 to renovate and somewhat enlarge the interior of the church 
 edifice. This was done, and the new debt thereby incurred 
 was vigorously met, and also cancelled. We had hardly com- 
 menced rejoicing in this, and to be conscious of our easy and 
 independent condition, when the edifice itself, made doubly dear 
 by so much of self-denying eftbrt connected with it, was burned 
 to the ground — and this without any insurance. Then came 
 the arduous effort to erect the new edifice, coupled with the de- 
 termination that it should be done without the too well and too 
 sorely known incumbrance of a debt. In this the society were 
 ultimately successful. Born and nurtured in hardship, they 
 were never discouraged by it. During all these years, while 
 the current expenses of the society were, for the times, some- 
 what large, and increasing, yet the gifts to benevolent objects 
 had also a steady, permanent growth ; and to the credit of the 
 society it should be said, that its business affairs were always 
 conducted in a genuinely business manner. Among other 
 things may be mentioned the exact uniformity with which 
 eaclf successive treasurer of the society promptly met, at the 
 beginning of every quarter, the quarter's salary of the min- 
 ister. 
 
 Attendance upon the Sabbath services was always good ; so, 
 also, was it upon the Tuesday evening lecture, which, how-
 
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 ever other weekly services might fluctuate, invariably had an 
 excellent attendance. 
 
 I look back with especial joy and gratitude to the history of 
 the Sabbath-school, always, as it was, such a delightful adjunct 
 and coadjutor in the work of religious instruction and influence. 
 My feelings are very similar, also, with regard to our first 
 Mission-school enterprise, so successfully conducted. Of the 
 youth in those days connected with our Sabbath-school, I call 
 to mind at least five who subsequently entered the Christian 
 ministry, and one who consecrated her gifts to missionary 
 labor, and yielded up her beneficent young life on foreign mis- 
 sionary ground. 
 
 It is very pleasant, also, for me to think of the character and 
 history of the choir while I was pastor. Composed almost 
 uniformly of those who had or who gained a Christian hope, 
 they, in true harmony and without discord, rendered their 
 valuable and delightful services. 
 
 When the civil war broke out the society permitted me to be 
 absent during the year and a quarter I spent with the army, 
 and a few years later they generously gave me the half-year I 
 spent abroad, the usual disadvantages of such absences to a 
 society's interests being happily compensated by the superior 
 men you succeeded in securing as temporary supplies. 
 
 There were seasons of marked religious interest during my 
 connection as pastor, when considerable numbers found a 
 Christian hope ; but though the church steadily increased, it 
 was by not large but pretty uniform additions from year to 
 year; and none of those then becoming members, so far as I 
 know, have ever fallen under the censure of the church. 
 
 I look back with great interest, also, to my long connection 
 with the educational interests of the place, which brought me 
 into such pleasant relations with those esteemed gentlemen 
 similarly associated, with so many valuable teachers, and with 
 such multitudes of the children and youth. 
 
 Yet reminiscences like these seem but the smallest part of 
 those which cluster over mind and heart, as memory revives 
 that sixteen years' pastorate. Such aflcctionate regard as 
 was given from young and old ; those innumerable kindnesses 
 to me and mine ; the closely connected ties ; the flood of every-
 
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 day courtesies ; the household and individual histories ; the .1 
 
 wide, intimate, and pleasant intercourse ; the religious conver- 
 sations ; the counsels sought and given in so many matters ; the 
 tender associations of the sick-room, and the common melting 
 of heart with the bereaved ; the sympathetic sharing of both 
 prosperities and sorrows ; the rejoicing with those who rejoiced, 
 and the weeping with those who wept — gladness and adversity, 
 marriages and bereavements, births, baptisms, deaths, funerals. 
 What a world of experience and emotion is comprised in a 
 pastor's life ! 
 
 It would hav6 been a pleasure to me could I have been pres- 
 ent at your anniversary, and given expression to the feelings I 
 entertain towards the members and present able pastor of the 
 South Church and Society, and, indeed, towards those other 
 relio-ious societies of Concord with whom my relations were 
 ever so agreeable. 
 
 While begging God to forgive its deficiencies, I would be 
 very grateful to Him for all there was of happiness, and what- 
 ever there may have been of usefulness, in my pastorate there. 
 For all the members of that flock I once, as an under-shepherd, 
 loved to call my own, do I pray, that "when the chief Shepherd 
 shall appear, they may receive a crown of glory that fadeth not 
 away." 
 
 With kindest regards, I remain, my dear sir, 
 Yours truly, 
 
 H. E. PARKER.
 
 
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 HISTORY 
 
 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 
 
 The first meeting of individuals for the purpose of forming a 
 religious society was held at the house of Mr. Asaph Evans, 
 May 9, 1835. Samuel Fletcher was chairman and Amos Wood 
 secretary. At this meeting a committee was appointed, who 
 purchased a lot of land at the corner of Main and Pleasant 
 streets, for $1,200, as the site for a meeting-house. At an 
 adjourned meeting, it was voted to form a religious body, 
 to be known as the " South Congregational Society." Also, a 
 constitution and by-laws had been prepared, and a committee of 
 seven had been procured, wiio were to build the church edifice. 
 On the first day of August, 1835, the constitution and by-laws 
 were adopted, and thirty names were signed thereto as members 
 of the new society. 
 
 In the summer of 183G a new church building was erected on 
 the lot purchased for that purpose by the committee of seven. 
 It was of wood, 77 by G-t feet, with two stores and a vestry on 
 the first rtoor, with the church edifice on the second fioor, and 
 cost, with the land, about 810,000. The house was dedicated 
 on the first day of February, 1837, in the forenoon. The pews 
 were sold in the afternoon. In the evening of the first day of 
 February, 1837, the South Congregational Church was organ- 
 ized with sixty-seven members, all received from the First Con- 
 gregational Church in Concord (see catalogue of members).
 
 SOUTH CONGKEGATIONAL CPIURCII. 
 
 1. In March, 1837, the church and society extended a call to 
 Rev. Daniel J. NoYics, then tutor in Dartmouth college, to be- 
 come pastor. This invitation was accepted, and Mr. Noyes, a 
 graduate of Dartmouth and of Andover Theological Seminary, 
 was ordained and installed May 3. 1837. Sermon by Rev. Dr. 
 Ronton of the North church. Mr. Noyes had a very successful 
 pastorate of twelve and a half years, to November, 1849, when 
 he resigned to accept a professorship in Dartmouth college. 
 
 2. Rev. Henry E. Parker, of Keene, who was then preach- 
 in<y at Eastport, Me., commenced his pastorate in April, 1850, 
 but was not installed until May 14, 1851. Sermon by Rev. 
 Nathan Lord, D. D., president of Dartmouth college. In 1857 
 the meeting-house was repaired and improved, but in 1859 
 (June 12) it was totally consumed by fire, with no insurance. 
 Public services were held in Phenix hall until November, 1860. 
 After much discussion, the society purchased the property on 
 Pleasant street, many years occupied by the Hon. Wm. A. Kent, 
 as the site for their nev/ house of worship. A building commit- 
 tee was appointed, and work was commenced on the foundations 
 in the fall of 1859. The corner-stone was laid, with appropriate 
 exercises. May 3, 1860, and the house was completed and ded- 
 icated November 27, 1860. The house, land, furnaces, stoves, 
 and bell cost $24,545. Mr. Parker's pastorate of nearly sixteen 
 years was attended by the most salutary results. He had leave 
 of absence on two occasions, — from June, 1861, to Angust, 1862, 
 when he was chaplain of the Second New Hampshire Volunteers, 
 and from September, 1865, to February, 1866, when he went on 
 a European excursion. He resigned while abroad ; and a coun- 
 cil held in March, 1866, after his return, dissolved his relation 
 with the church and society. 
 
 There was no installed pastor of the church from March, 1866, 
 to January, 1869. Rev. William F. V. Bartlett, of Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., was called, and accepted conditionally, but his health 
 failing, he was not installed, though he preached for more than 
 a year, up to May, 1867. In 1868 an invitation was extended 
 to Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of North Andover, Mass., and a little 
 later to Rev. John V. Hilton, of North Bridgewater, Mass., both 
 of whom declined. 
 
 But the societv was not inactive in the meantime. The house
 
 HISTORY. 
 
 of worship, as first constructed, had no galleries. In 18G7 all 
 the slips were occupied, and there seemed to l)e a call for more 
 room. To provide this additional space the plan of erecting 
 galleries was suggested. The consent of the societ}' being ob- 
 tained, galleries containing forty slips were built by twenty-five 
 gentlomen, members of the society, known as "The Gallery 
 Association." There was no organ in the church until 1868, 
 but in the summer of that year the society purchased the one 
 now used at an expense of S4,000. About $1,200 more was 
 expended in repairs and improvements on the house and chapel. 
 
 3. In December, 1868, the church and society extended a call 
 to Rev. Silas L. Blake, of Pepperell, Mass., to become pastor. 
 This call was accepted, and the services of the pastor-elect com- 
 menced the first Sabbath of January, 1869. He was installed 
 on the 27th of the same raontii, the sermon being delivered by the 
 Rev. Prof. Park, of Andover Theological Seminary. Mr. Blake's 
 pastorate of nearly nine years proved very successful. Sunday, 
 February 4, 1877, was observed as the fortieth auniversar}' of 
 the formation of the church. In the morning the pastor preach- 
 ed a sermon, giving a historical sketch of the material growth and 
 prosperity of the church and society, and in the afternoon he gave 
 a history of the spiritual growth and progress of the church dur- 
 ing these forty years. In the morning he was assisted by Rev. 
 Dr. Noyes, of Hanover, the first pastor, and Rev. Dr. Bouton, 
 of Concord ; and in the afternoon Rev. Mr. Ayer of the North 
 church. Concord, was also present, and assisted. In the evening 
 Dr. Noyes and Dr. Bouton occupied the time in most interesting 
 and profitable personal reminiscences. The house was crowded, 
 and the occasion was one of great interest. In the fall of 1877 
 Mr, Blake, having received a call to become pastor of a church 
 in Cleveland, Ohio, resigned, and he was dismissed by council 
 October 14, 1877. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Wallace, of Manchester, was employed to preach 
 regularly in the church for some six months after Mr. Blake's 
 departure, and continued until another pastor was called. At 
 the close of his services the church passed resolutions expres- 
 sive of their deep appreciation of his faithful services, and of 
 their affectionate personal regard. 
 
 4, In the spring of 1878 the church and society invited the Rev,
 
 b SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 Charles E. Harrington, of Lancaster, N. H., to become their 
 pastor, which call was accepted. He began his labors in March, 
 and was installed by council April 18, 1878, Prof. William M. 
 Barbour, D. D., of Yale college, preaching the sermon. 
 
 April 19, 1882, Bro. Franklin Evans gave the church $200 
 "as a nucleus for a fund" to aid the needy members of the 
 church and congregation. This was in memory of his late wife, 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Evans. The church took action on this subject, 
 and the result was that a society was formed, of the members of 
 the church, known as the "South Church Relief Society," for 
 the purpose of accumulating a fund, the income of which shall 
 be applied to the aforesaid charitable object. 
 
 Mr. Harrington's pastorate, although short, was a profitable 
 one. He resigned his charge as pastor, and was dismissed by 
 council August 31, 1882. 
 
 5. Rev. William H. Hubbard, of Merrimae, Mass., was 
 called to be pastor in the spring of 1883, which call was accept- 
 ed, and he was installed June 4, 1883, Rev. William J. Tucker, 
 D. D., of Andover Theological Seminary, preaching the sermon. 
 
 In October, 1883, the National Council of Congregational 
 Churches for the United States was holden in the South Congre- 
 gational church in Concord, the North church uniting in making 
 the arrangements and in entertaining the delegates. The coun- 
 cil continued nearly a week. The meetings, day and evening, 
 were well attended, and were very interesting and profitable. 
 
 The interest of the "Gallery Association" has now been pur- 
 chased by the society, so that now the society owns all those 
 pews, and many others in the body of the house. 
 
 For nearly twenty years past the pew-holders have voted to 
 assess a tax upon the pews to defraj' the larger part of the ex- 
 pense of supporting the gospel, but at their annual meeting in 
 January, 1885, the}' refused to assess any tax upon the pews ; 
 so that hereafter all moneys for the support of the gospel must 
 be raised by subscription until some better way can be devised. 
 
 The history of the South Congregational Church and Society 
 is now brought down to February, 1885. Their early years wit- 
 nessed many doubts and discouragements ; but by the blessing 
 of God they were enabled to overcome all diflieulties, and be-
 
 CHURCH OFFICERS. 
 
 corae a large and prosperous religious establishment, occupying 
 an important field, with large capabilities of usefulness and 
 blessing to our city find the state. 
 
 CHURCH OFFICERS. 
 
 PASTORS. 
 
 Rev. Daniel J. Noyes, ordained and installed May 3, 1836 ; 
 dismissed October 10, 1840. 
 
 Rev. Henry E. Parker, installed May 14, 1851 ; dismissed 
 March 21, 1866. 
 
 Rev. Silas L. Blake, installed January 27, 1869 ; dismissed 
 October 14, 1877. 
 
 Rev. Charles E. Harrington, installed April 18, 1878 ; dis- 
 missed August 31, 1882. 
 
 Rev. William H. Hubbard, installed June 4, 1883. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher, 
 John Niles, 
 Amos Wood, 
 David Kimball, 
 Epps Burnham, 
 Nathaniel Evans, 
 Asa McFarland, 
 Caleb Parker, 
 Joseph French, 
 Geo. B. Chandler, 
 Greenough McQuesten, 
 Levi Liscom, 
 Hazen Pickering, 
 Geo. G. Sanborn, 
 William H. Allison, 
 
 DEACONS, 
 elected 
 
 May 25, 1837. 
 Mav 25, 1837. 
 August 15, 1839. 
 March 3, 1842. 
 August 31, 1843. 
 August 31, 1843. 
 August 31, 1843. 
 August 31, 1843. 
 July 18, 1850. 
 November 4. 1852. 
 October 29, 1857. 
 December 31, 1857. 
 December 30, 1863. 
 December 30, 1863. 
 Julv 5, 1872.
 
 8 
 
 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 Charles W. Harvey, 
 Charles Kimball, 
 Albert S. Hammond, 
 Frank Coffin, 
 Henry A. Mann, 
 William A. Stone, 
 
 elected July 5, 1872. 
 
 " January 28, 1875. 
 
 May 5, 1876. 
 " January 31, 1879. 
 
 " January 25, 1884. 
 
 " February 8, 1884. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS OF SABBATH-SCHOOL. 
 
 Samuel Fletcher, 
 Josiah Stevens, 
 Asa McFarland, 
 Lyman D. Stevens, 
 Samuel Fletcher, 
 Geo. B. Chandler, 
 Wm. H. Allison, 
 Henry E. Sawyer, 
 Charles W. Harvey, 
 Preston S. Smith, 
 LoN Weston, 
 Geo. E. Jenks, 
 Howard A. Dodge, 
 Ephraim W. Woodward, 
 RuFUS P. Staniels, 
 Howard A. Dodge, 
 Moses R. Emerson, 
 Roger E. Dodge, 
 Willis D. Thompson, 
 
 (Now in office.) 
 
 5 years. 
 
 1838 to 1842, inclusive. 
 
 2 " 
 
 1843 and 1844. 
 
 2 " 
 
 1845 and 1846. 
 
 5 " 
 
 1847 to 1851, inclusive. 
 
 2 " 
 
 1852 and 1853. 
 
 5 " 
 
 1854 to 1858, inclusive. 
 
 5 " 
 
 1859 to 1863, inclusive. 
 
 1 year. 
 
 1864. 
 
 1 " 
 
 1865. 
 
 1 " 
 
 1866. 
 
 2 years. 
 
 1867 and 1868. 
 
 2 " 
 
 1869 and 1870. 
 
 4 " 
 
 1871 to 1874, inclusive, 
 
 3 " 
 
 1875 to 1877, inclusive 
 
 2 " 
 
 1878 and 1879. 
 
 1 year. 
 
 2 years. 
 
 1880. 
 
 1881 and 1882. 
 
 1 year. 
 
 2 years. 
 
 1883. 
 
 1884 and 1885.
 
 CONFESSION OF FAITH. » 
 
 CONFESSION OF FAITH. 
 
 1. We believe in one living and true God, the Creator, Pre- 
 server, and Governor of the universe, — Father, Son, and Holy 
 Ghost ; in essence one, and e(iual in all divine attributes. 
 
 2. We believe that the scriptures of the Old and New Testa- 
 ments were given by inspiration of God ; that they contain a 
 complete system of divine truth, and furnish the only perfect 
 and authoritative rule of faith and ijractice. 
 
 3. We believe that God hath made all things for hiraself, con- 
 trolling and overruling all events in tiic universe according to an 
 unchangeable and infinitely wise and benevolent plan. 
 
 4. We l)elieve that our first parents were created in the image 
 of God, but that in consequence of their disobedience they fell 
 from their happy state, and that all their posterity come into the 
 world destitute of holiness. 
 
 5. We believe that the Son of God, by his obedience, suffer- 
 ings, and death, hath made complete atonement for the sins of 
 the world. 
 
 6. We believe that repentance toward God, and faith in our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, are the conditions of salvation. 
 
 7. We believe that God is no resi)ecter of persons, but that 
 the offer of salvation is freely made to all, and that whosoever 
 will may be saved ; but that the natural heart is such that no 
 man will come to Christ except the Father, by the special and 
 eflScacious influences of the Spirit, draw him. 
 
 8. We believe that those who do truly repent and believe were 
 chosen of God in Christ before the foundation of the world, that 
 they should be holy and without blame before him ; that they 
 are justified by his grace, sanctified by the Holy Spirit, and kept 
 by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation. 
 
 9. We believe that Jesus Christ has a church in the world, 
 and that he has appointed the two sacraments, — baptism and 
 the Lord's supper, — to be observed to the end of time. 
 
 10. We believe that those, and those only, who give evidence 
 of having been created in Christ Jesus unto good works ought 
 to be admitted to the communion of the church, and that parents 
 in the visible church ought to give up their infant offspring to 
 God in baptittm.
 
 10 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 11. We believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead, 
 both of the just and the unjust, and a day of universal judgment ; 
 that the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment, but 
 the righteous into life eternal. 
 
 FORM OF ADMISSION. 
 
 [The Pastor shall address those uniting with the church on profession of faith as 
 follows :] 
 
 Dearly Beloved : — Believing that you have been drawn by the 
 Spirit of God, you have presented yourself" to enter into one of 
 the most solemn compacts possible, and to perform one of the 
 most important and joyful acts of your life. Should you cling 
 afifectionately to that Redeemer whom you are now about openly 
 to avouch, you will never cease to feel the blessed effects of the 
 dedication you are about to make, and you will ever rejoice that 
 God brought you to this hour ; but if your soul draw back, and 
 you put your Saviour to an open shame, this deed and this hour 
 shall be everlasting witnesses against you. 
 
 Yet, beloved, we hope better things of you ; and, though we 
 have thought it meet thus to admonish you, it is with the calm 
 and cheerful hope that he who has called you in his love, chosen 
 you in his merciful purposes, and adopted you into his family of 
 grace, will never leave you nor forsake you, but will keep you 
 by the power of his Spirit unto the end. 
 
 You have been deeply convinced of your personal sinfulness ; 
 you have heartily repented ; you have believed in the forgiving 
 love of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, without which for- 
 giveness is not possil)le ; you have dedicated your heart and life 
 to him ; that dedication you are about to renew before the world, 
 being duly mindful of Christ's injunction that all confess him 
 before meu. 
 
 Believing that if the Holy Spirit had not drawn you, you never 
 would have come to this liour, you will now give your assent to 
 a covenant between you and your God, and with this church. 
 
 [At this time the rite of baptism will be administered.] 
 
 [Following the rite of baptism, those uniting by letter will rise, and, with those who 
 present themselves by profession, assent to the covenant.]
 
 COVENANT. 1 1 
 
 COVENANT. 
 
 Acknowledging yonr infinite obligations to be the Lord's, you 
 profess your desire, in sincerity of heart, and with a deep sense 
 of your unworthiness, to lay hold on his everlasting Covenant. 
 You give up yourself""' to GOD the Father, as your God, your 
 Father, and your eternal Portion. You give u[) yoursel'" to the 
 blessed JESUS, the Redeemer and Head of the Church, as your 
 Prophet, Priest, and King, and rely upon him alone for salva- 
 tion. You give up yourself" to the HOLY SPIRIT, and rely 
 upon him for sanctification, guidance, and comfort. 
 
 Depending on Divine Grace for assistance, you HEREBY 
 SOLEMNLY BIND YOURSELj:^^ TO GLORIFY GOD by a 
 faithful discharge of the duties of sobriety, righteousness, and 
 godliness, and by a diligent observance of all his commandments 
 and ordinances. 
 
 You particularly engage to walk with this Church of Christ, 
 faithfully attending the public worship of God. the sacraments 
 of the New Testament, the discipline of his kingdom and all his 
 sacred institutions, and watchfully avoiding whatever is contrary 
 to purity, peace, and love, as becomes the followers of the meek 
 and lowly Jesus. 
 
 All this you do, relying on the blood of the everlasting Cove- 
 nant for the pardon of your sins, and beseeching the glorious 
 God to prepare and strengthen you for every good work to do 
 liis will, working in you tliat which is well pleasing in his sight, 
 through Jesus Christ, to whom be glor}', dominion, and praise, 
 for ever and ever. Thus you promise? 
 
 [The Church will rise.] 
 
 On your thus professing and promising, we receive you as 
 r^"mSrOf this Church, and admit you to the full enjoyment of all 
 its privileges, — promising, through Divine Grace assisting us, to 
 aid you in the duties of the Christian life by our prayers and 
 fraternal watchfulness, expecting, in return, the same offices 
 from you, that the purposes of this holy Covenant may be 
 answered. The Lord make us faithful to himself and to each 
 other. 
 
 [At the close of the service the persons admitted will remain and sign the covenant.]
 
 12 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 PRINCIPLES. 
 
 1. A Cougregational church is a local association of the pro- 
 fessed followers of Christ, united into one body by a voluntary 
 covenant, for the purpose of mutual watchfulness and edifica- 
 tion, the maintenance of public worship and instruction, the 
 observance of the Christian sacraments, and the extension of 
 the Redeemer's kingdom in the world. 
 
 2. Such a church derives all its powers and authority from the 
 Lord Jesus Christ, as set forth in the New Testament, and is 
 fully competent to elect its own officers, admit its own members, 
 administer discipline, and perform any other acts necessary for 
 its own government and welfare, independent of all other eccle- 
 siastical government whatever. 
 
 3. While thus independent of all external authority, every 
 such church is one of a sisterhood of churches which are bound 
 together in relations of mutual care and communion, and should 
 conform to the usages and fellowship, as established among Con- 
 gregational churches. 
 
 4. The permanent officers of a Congregational church are pas- 
 tor and deacons : it may also appoint such committees or other 
 officers as the special emergencies of government or its general 
 interests may require. 
 
 5. It is the right and privilege of every Congregational church 
 to take the lead in the regulation of public worship, and in the 
 calling, settlement, and dismission of its pastors ; at the same 
 time it should strive for harmony of cooperation with the relig- 
 ious society with which it may be associated in the maintenance 
 of the institutions of the gospel. 
 
 STANDING RULES. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 1. Persons may be admitted to this church on profession of 
 their faith, or by letters of dismissal and recommendation from 
 other churches. Those coming from other churches, having Jirst 
 presented their letters, shall, with those seeking admission by
 
 STANDING RULES. 13 
 
 profession, be seasonably furnished by the pastor with the arti- 
 cles of faith, covenant, and rules of the church, and shall then 
 be carefully examined by the standing committee as to their 
 religious experience and doctrinal belief, and, if approved, shall 
 be propounded at least two weeks before the communion ; and at 
 the preparatory lecture their names and letters shall be read, when 
 the action of the church shall be taken on their admission. If 
 admitted, they shall publicly enter into covenant with the church, 
 according to the prescribed form, after which they shall be re- 
 quired to sign their names in full to the covenant. 
 
 2. All members of other Congregational churches worship- 
 ping with this church one year shall be expected to unite with it. 
 
 3. All members desiring to remove their relation to some 
 other church of Christ shall make their request in writing, speci- 
 fying the church with which they wish to become connected, 
 which request shall be presented to the church by the pastor or 
 moderator. 
 
 4. Letters of dismissal and recommendation to or from other 
 churches are valid only one year from date, unless good reasons 
 are given why they have not been presented. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 1. The permanent officers of this church shall be, in addition 
 to the pastor or moderator, four deacons, a clerk, a treasurer, 
 and a superintendent of each of its Sabbath-schools. 
 
 2. The pastor shall be expected to become a member of the 
 church, and shall read the confession of faith and give assent 
 thereto at the communion next succeeding his settlement. He 
 shall be moderator of the church ; but in case of death, pro- 
 tracted leave of absence, resignation, or dismission, a modera- 
 tor ad interim shall be chosen. 
 
 3. There shall be a standing committee, consisting of the 
 pastor or moderator, the deacons, clerk, treasurer, and three 
 other brethren, a majority of whom shall constitute a (piurum. 
 The deacons, clerk, treasurer, and other lay members of the 
 standing committee, shall publicly assent to the confession of 
 faith, the pastor or moderator reading the same at the prepar- 
 atory lecture next succeeding their election, after wliich the dea- 
 cons, if auv have been choseu. shall be ordained by prayer and
 
 14 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHDRCH. 
 
 the laying on of hands. No person shall be eligible to any 
 office of this church who refuses to comply with the foregoing 
 requirements. 
 
 officers' duties. 
 
 1. The pastor shall have control of the pulpit and the exer- 
 cises of public and social worship, shall preach the word, admin- 
 ister the sacraments, preside in the meetings of the church, visit 
 the sick, and take a spiritual oversight of the flock. 
 
 2. The deacons shall provide for and aid the pastor in the 
 administration of the Lord's Supper, take the oversight of poor 
 members needing relief, assist the pastor in the spiritual care of 
 the congregation, and in his absence preside at business meet- 
 ings in the order of seniority, and act as auditors in approving 
 the accounts of all financial officers of the church. 
 
 3. The clerk shall make a faithful record of all business trans- 
 actions of the church, keep a register of the church members, 
 with the date and manner of their reception and removal, the 
 names of all persons baptized, whether infants or adults, issue 
 letters of dismissal when voted by the church, and at its annual 
 meeting submit a written statement of the whole number of 
 members, resident and non-resident, the admissions (separately 
 specifying the number by profession or letter), deaths, and re- 
 movals, specifying the number by death, dismissal, or discipline 
 during the year past, and also the names of such members as, 
 having been absent for more than two years and having been 
 reminded of our rules, have neglected to take letters of dismis- 
 sion. The clerk shall record all the reports submitted at the 
 annual meeting, and call special business meetings of the church 
 when directed to do so by the pastor, or a majority of the stand- 
 ing committee, or on a request in writing signed by ten mem- 
 bers of the church, and shall also act as clerk of the standing 
 committee, and keep a record of their doings. 
 
 4. The standing committee shall consult and advise in regard 
 to church work, examine candidates for membership, and recom- 
 mend those whom they approve to the church ; inquire into all 
 cases of scandal or public offence by members of the church, 
 which may come to their knowledge by complaint or otherwise, 
 and, in case they deem it necessary, investigate the charges
 
 STANDING ItULES. 15 
 
 and report to the church, and seek by all means in their power 
 to promote the purity, growth, and edlciency of the church. 
 They shall assist the clerk in revising the list of members before 
 each annual meeting ; they shall report to the pastor all cases of 
 sickness or distress in the church or congregation coming to 
 their knowledge, and they may be called together by tiie pastor 
 or by the" clerk, upon application in writing, by any three mem- 
 bers of the committee. No business shall be transacted without 
 a quorum being present. 
 
 5. The treasurer shall receive (and with the senior deacon 
 present count), and properly forward, the sums collected for 
 objects of benevolence at the morning service, and shall also 
 receive and apply the collections taken at the communion 
 seasons, according to the rules of the church, and submit a 
 written report at the annual meeting of the amounts collected and 
 the disposition thereof. 
 
 6. The superintendents of the Sabbath-schools shall each be 
 the chief executive officer, and have a general oversight of his 
 school, secure proper teachers for the classes, and with the 
 teachers labor for the increase and profitableness of the school, 
 and appoint such other officers as he may deem necessary to 
 assist him in the discharge of his duties, and submit a written 
 report at the annual meeting of the condition and needs of his 
 school. 
 
 MEKTINGS. 
 
 1. Meetings for public worship shall be held on the Sabbath ; 
 the number and order of these services to be arranged as the 
 church may direct. 
 
 2. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall usually be ad- 
 ministered on the first Sabbath of January, March, May, July, 
 September, and November, and all members of other evangelical 
 churches present shall he invited to partake ; and the preparatory 
 services shall be held on the Friday evening preceding, unless 
 otherwise ordered. 
 
 3. The first Sabbath evening of each month shall be observed 
 as a concert of prayer for foreign and home missions, and the 
 second Sal)l)ath evening as a concert of prayer for Sabbath- 
 schools, or a Sabbath-school concert.
 
 16 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 4. The weekly' church pra^'er and conference meeting shall be 
 on Friday evening of eacli week. At this meeting any ordinary 
 business may be transacted. 
 
 5. There shall be an annual business meeting of the church 
 on the first Thursday evening in January. The order of busi- 
 ness at this meeting shall be, — 
 
 1. Prayer. 
 
 2. Report of clerk. 
 
 3. Report of treasurer. 
 
 4. Report of superintendents of Sabbath-schools. 
 
 5. Election of clerk. 
 
 6. Election of treasurer. 
 
 7. Election of standing committee. 
 
 8. Election of superintendents of Sabbath-schools. 
 
 9. Any other business. 
 
 All officers shall be elected by ballot, and, with the exception 
 of the deacons, shall hold their office for the year, and until their 
 successors are chosen. 
 
 6. Special meetings of the church may be called by the pastor 
 or moderator at his discretion, and it shall be his duty to call 
 such meeting when requested by the standing committee or any 
 five brethren. In the absence of the moderator the senior dea- 
 con present may act as moderator pro tempore. When destitute 
 of a pastor, all business requiring immediate action may be 
 brought before the church by the senior deacon present, either 
 at its regular weekly meeting, or at the close of any meeting of 
 public worship. Notice of any special meeting may be given at 
 any stated meeting. 
 
 COLLECTIONS. 
 
 1 . A weekly collection for charitable objects shall be taken 
 as an offering to the Lord, forming part of the act of worship. 
 The sums thus collected, unless otherwise specified by the donors 
 at the time of giving, or when the pastor, standing committee, 
 and assessors shall by previous notice specify that the collection 
 taken on any Sabbath shall be applied for a special purpose, 
 and for what purpose, shall go into a general fund, to be dis- 
 bursed annually among the objects to which this church con-
 
 STANDING RULKS. 17 
 
 tributes, — at least 20 per coutiun being reserved for home and 
 incidental charities. 
 
 2. The objects of Christian benevolence adopted by this 
 church are the following, which are to receive each the propor- 
 tion of the whole amount contributed, which is assigned to them 
 as follows : 
 
 1. Foreign missions, 24 per centum. 
 
 2. New Hampshire Home Missionary Society, 24 " 
 
 3. American Missionary Association, 12 " 
 
 4. Congregational Union, 12 per centum. 
 
 5. Ministers and widows' fund, 5 " 
 
 6. Seamen's cause, 3 " 
 
 7. Home and incidental charities, 20 " 
 
 From the 20 per cent., SlOO per annum shall be paid to the 
 superintendent of the Memorial Sabbath-school, and S50 to the 
 superintendent of the home school ; and the remainder, if any, 
 shall be appropriated to such objects as the standing committee 
 shall decide. 
 
 3. There shall be a collection taken at every communion sea- 
 son, which shall be used to defray the expenses of the com- 
 munion table, pay the conference tax and the expense of print- 
 ing the manual, and to aid its needy members, under the direc- 
 tion of the deacons. 
 
 DISCIPLINE. 
 
 1. The occasions of discipline are of two kinds : — private, as 
 where a wrong is done an individual ; and public, where a wrong 
 is done to the Church and the cause of Christ by immoral con- 
 duct, or open denial of the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel. 
 
 2. In any case of private discipline the rule of Christ recorded 
 in Matthew xviii : 15, 16, and 17, is to be literally followed. 
 And the spirit of this rule should govern the discipline of the 
 church in all cases of public offences. 
 
 3. The objects of discipline are twofold : — first, the reforma- 
 tion of the offender by admonition, and, if need be, suspension 
 for a time : second, if the offender cannot be reclaimed, the final 
 withdrawal of fellowship and his separation from the body of the 
 Church. II Thess. iii : 6, 14, 15. 
 
 2
 
 18 SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 4. All members who have absented themselves from the care 
 and communion of this Church during a period not less than 
 two years, without removing their relation, shall be addressed on 
 the subject by the clerk with a view to secure such removal ; and 
 in case no satisfactory reason is assigned for such absence when 
 requested, shall be reported by the committee to the Church ; and 
 in case such absence continues for five years in all, it shall be 
 the duty of the Church to dismiss, separate, suspend, or excom- 
 municate, as the case may requh'e. 
 
 5. Should any member be brought before the Church by the 
 standing committee, or any individual for an alleged offence, he 
 shall previously and seasonably be presented with a written 
 statement of the charges preferred against him, and of the time 
 and place of hearing. 
 
 VOTING. 
 
 1. All members of the Church of lawful age (21 years) shall 
 have the right to vote on all questions. 
 
 All motions and resolutions, except such as relate to admis- 
 sion and dismission of members, and the appointment of dele- 
 gates to other bodies, shall be reduced to writing before they are 
 acted upon. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 1. The foregoing rules may be altered or amended at any 
 annual meeting of the Church by a vote of two thirds of the 
 members present and voting, provided that such proposed alter- 
 ation or amendment shall be publicly read at a stated meeting 
 of the Church at least four weeks previous to such annual meet- 
 ing ; and all principles and rules heretofore enacted, inconsistent 
 with the preceding, are hereby repealed.
 
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 Jieg. 
 
 78 Abbott, Mrs. Phebe 
 
 125 Abbott, Tlieo. T. 
 
 126 Abbott. ."Mehitable 
 
 183 Abbott, Eniilv J. (Burnham) 
 
 229 Abbott, <ieo. D. 
 
 233 Abbott, Esther 
 
 323 Abbott, David 
 
 324 Abbott, Mary 
 
 422 Abbott, Kstlier M. 
 
 432 Abbott, AValtor 
 
 448 Abbott, Joseph M. 
 
 453 Abbott, Cbiia Ann 
 
 549 Abbott, "William B. 
 
 550 Abbott, Mrs. William B. 
 60-1 Abbott, Alarv A. 
 
 629 Abbott, Haz.-n E. 
 
 630 Abbott, Eiunia S. 
 879 Abbott, Laura .S. 
 
 727 Adams, Ellie A. (Foster) 
 
 185 Adams. Frances M. (Stevens) 
 
 3GI Adams, Marv P. (Huse) 
 
 627 Adams, Charles N. 
 
 528 Adams, Lizzie K. 
 
 227 Allison, William H. 
 
 34S Allison, Alvira N. 
 
 358 Allison, Elizabeth H. 
 
 3.57 Ames, Mrs. Maria B. 
 
 811 Atkinson, Cliarlotte 
 
 €01 Atkinson, Mrs. Henry 
 
 671 Ayers, Augustine R. 
 
 €22 Ayers, Clara M. (A. R.) 
 
 699 Ayers, Samuel H. 
 
 785 Ayers, Mary 11. 
 
 664 Ayers, Helen McG. 
 
 909 Aspinwall, Anna C. 
 
 707 Appleby A. Jennie (Webster) 
 
 298 Babbitt, Harrison W. 
 
 299 BabUitt, MarillaT. 
 8.59 Batchelder, Alniira 
 684 Bachelder, Mary G. 
 282 Bachelder, Clara D. 
 617 Bailoy, Mary D. 
 616 Bailey, Oliver 
 
 327 Bailey, Thomas 
 
 392 Bailey, William W. 
 
 579 Ballard, Louisa S. (Bowen) 
 
 122 Barnard, Henry 
 
 821 Barron, Arianna A. 
 
 904 ]}arron, Laura Nellie 
 
 835 Barter, Clarence T. 
 
 339 Barter. Jane E. 
 
 93.5 Bartlett, Thomas H. 
 
 2f.O Basford, S illy 
 
 412 Bean, Helen M. (Smart) 
 
 429 Bell, Mrs. Emeline B. 
 
 780 Bennett, Annie W. 
 
 759 Bennett, Sarah M. 
 
 Reg. 
 
 783 Bishop, Alice B. 
 
 G03 Bixby, Mrs. Ellen C. 
 
 633 Blake, Rev. S. L 
 
 729 Blake, Isabel M. (S. L.) 
 
 607 Blake, Ella L. (Pickering) 
 
 636 Blood, Benjamin A. 
 
 637 Blood, Mrs. C. H. 
 799 Blood, Horace 
 947 Blood, Anna M. 
 
 9G8 Blood, Mrs. Juliette A. 
 410 Blanchard, Mrs. Lavinia 
 
 168 lilanchard, Charles P. 
 
 169 Blanchard, Lucretia 
 522 Blanchard, M. W. 
 652 Blanchard, John S. 
 
 744 Blanchard, Stella (J. S.) 
 
 665 Blanchard, Harriett E. (C. G.) 
 
 755 Blanchard, Amos 
 
 753 Blanchard, Frances (Amos) 
 
 754 Blanchard, Mark 
 586 Bodwell, John N. 
 
 544 Bodwell, Esther A. (Mears) 
 
 860 Booth, Alice M. 
 
 861 Booth, Ettie M. 
 131 P.oynton, Mrs. R. 
 
 380 Boyntoii, Mrs. Esther G. 
 674 Boynton, M. L. (Charles) 
 504 Bradbury, Isabel R. 
 
 881 Brown, Chas. L. 
 
 882 Brown, Annie L. (Charles L.) 
 962 Brown, Arlie A. 
 
 148 Brown, Elizabeth E. 
 
 202 Brown, James 
 
 152 Brown, Elizabeth 
 
 225 Brown, Harriet W. (Evans) 
 
 481 Brown, Henry S. 
 
 78 i Brown, Clara B. 
 
 698 Brown, Henry C. 
 
 746 Brown, Annie A. (H. C.) 
 
 491 Brown, Miss Harriet C. 
 
 605 Brown, Einnnv E. 
 
 Ill Buck, GracM R. (Low) 
 
 211 ]'>uck, William D. 
 
 116 Buel, Mrs. Abigail 
 
 414 Buntin, Miss Elsey 
 
 162 Burgess, James 
 
 787 Burnham, Fred 
 
 259 Burnham, Nathaniel 
 
 144 Burnhani, Epps 
 
 1J5 Burnham, Sarah C. 
 
 723 P.urnham, Sarah E. 
 
 164 Bntterfield, Mrs. Mattrassa 
 
 541 Butters, Mary B. 
 
 160 Calhoun, Mrs. Susannah 
 
 177 Cass. RaiKlall 
 
 851 Carlton, Laura 
 
 293 Cavis, Mrs. Mary M.
 
 LIST OF NAMES. 
 
 45 
 
 804 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 79 
 
 80 
 81 
 3 
 4 
 
 3-10 
 235 
 272 
 315 
 450 
 474 
 854 
 872 
 154 
 719 
 337 
 251 
 263 
 6 
 883 
 924 
 886 
 654 
 6 
 394 
 493 
 923 
 243 
 349 
 512 
 222 
 795 
 547 
 692 
 952 
 889 
 853 
 382 
 793 
 794 
 388 
 1-5 
 219 
 220 
 515 
 6-15 
 335 
 567 
 231 
 416 
 417 
 482 
 506 
 267 
 258 
 630 
 103 
 7C6 
 767 
 356 
 842 
 558 
 68 
 82 
 403 
 134 
 365 
 366 
 424 
 425 
 
 Cavis, Mary L. 
 
 C haiUiourin;, Thomas 
 
 ChndlioiiniP, C'larii^sa 
 
 Chaiiil>LTlain, Moses 
 
 Chambirlain, Mary C. 
 
 riiainlnrlain, Melleii 
 
 CliaiKller, .IdIiii IJ. 
 
 (JlianilltT, Siirah 
 
 Cliaiidlcr, (Jcorge B. 
 
 Chaiifll. 1-, ll.Uii M. 
 
 Chase, Mrs. Sally 
 
 Chase, Mrs. Mary B. (Robinson) 
 
 Cliasei, Miiry Ann 
 
 Chose, Klleii S. (Abbott) 
 
 CMapp, Mrs. Sabrina A. 
 
 Clarke, Ma H. 
 
 Cheever, Mary P. C. (Gould) 
 
 Cbiclierinfi:, Annie W. 
 
 Chicl^eriiif;, Carolino G. 
 
 Cliiciceriiit;, Henry T. 
 
 Cliicl<erintr. Luana 
 
 Cliicl<ering. IJuth 
 
 Cliilds, Nicholas 
 
 Cliilds, Wni. B. 
 
 Childs, Fa-inie R. (Wm. B.) 
 
 Clioate, Mary M. (.Sauuiel) 
 
 Clement, Abigail 
 
 Clement, Mrs. Kliza M. 
 
 Clement, Aralnlla M. 
 
 Clement, Marv E. 
 
 Clough, Eliza' It. 
 
 CloHgli, Elijah 
 
 Clough, Mrs. Helen M. 
 
 Clussman. Mrs. Elizabeth A. 
 
 Cocliran, .Joseph A. 
 
 Cochran, Elizaljeth H. 
 
 Cochran, Edna A. (.J. A.) 
 
 Couch, Clementina B. (B. W.) 
 
 Courser, Mary 
 
 Courser, David B. 
 
 Conner, Catherine S. (Hoyt) 
 
 Coflin, Frank 
 
 Codin. Jennie (Frank) 
 
 Coit, Mrs. Mary L. (Chandler) 
 
 Colburii. M;iry T. (Farley) 
 
 Colby, Samuel 
 
 Colby, Lydia 
 
 Colby, Mrs Sarah C. 
 
 Cole, Ellen A. 
 
 Collins, Maria 
 
 Condit, William 
 
 Converse, Sarah 
 
 Converse, Elizabeth M. 
 
 Converse, Kutli A. 
 
 Converse, Sarah A. 
 
 Converse, Martha E. 
 
 Coombs, Jointtlian II. 
 
 Coombs, Sarah 
 
 Copp, Harriet S. 
 
 Corlis, Mary 
 
 Corning, W. H. 
 
 Corning, :\Iary E. (W. H.) 
 
 Corning, Mrs." Elizabeth 
 
 Crane, Porter, Jr. 
 
 Crockett. Mrs. Amelia 
 
 Crosby, Hale E. 
 
 Crosby, :Mary F. (Chamberlain) 
 
 Cross, .\nna Q. (Eastman) 
 
 Crowcll, Xnthanirl 
 
 Cruniiuet, John I?. 
 
 Crumniet, .Mrs. John B. 
 
 Ciimmings, (ieorgo P. 
 
 ings, 
 :•, Es 
 
 7 Currier, Esther W- 
 
 710 Dalrymple, Ida F. (Dennet) 
 
 207 Damon, Charles B. 
 
 28 Davidson, Charlotte M. (Hurd) 
 
 104 Davidson, James 
 
 105 Davidson, Jano 
 136 Davis, Mrs. Sarah 
 
 93 Dearborn, Mary L. 
 
 7iH Dearborn, Carrie M. Little) 
 
 082 Do.me, Geo. H. 
 
 6S3 Doane, V. M. (Geo. II.) 
 
 824 Doane, Clara L. 
 
 2.'.4 Dodge, Simon 
 
 2')!) Dodge, Sarah A. 
 
 670 Dodge, Howard A. 
 
 6:j2 Dodge, Frances E. (II. A.) 
 
 679 Dodge, George A. W. 
 
 680 Dodge, Koger E. 
 
 925 Dodge, Francos L. (R. E.) 
 
 '•36 Dodge, Wahlo S. 
 
 837 Dodge, Einilv <i. 
 
 681 Dodge, Kirk W. 
 823 Dole, Helen R. 
 312 Dole, Mary S. 
 
 428 Dole, Mrs. Alary A. 
 
 447 Dole, Seth R. 
 
 643 Dole, George M. 
 
 773 Dole, Sarah A. (George M.) 
 
 730 Doughtv, Annie P. (Little) 
 
 516 Dow, Martha H. (.Morse) 
 
 253 Dow, Mary E. A. (Brown) 
 
 525 Dow, Enieline A. 
 
 91 Draper, Rebekah (Sbattuck) 
 
 863 Durgin, Sarah M. 
 
 475 Dwiglit, Lucv J. (Hill) 
 
 660 Dwight, Josiah E. 
 
 401 Eastman, Ira A. 
 
 402 Eastman, Jane 
 
 451 Eastman, Annette C. 
 
 146 Eastman. Relief S. (Parker) 
 
 599 Eaton, Lizzie A. (Hill) 
 
 440 p:dgell, O. A. 
 
 441 Edgull, Mrs. O. A. 
 
 127 Edmunds, Elizabeth N. 
 
 575 Elliott, Enieline 
 
 534 Emerson, Mrs Charlotte 
 
 762 Emerson, Adaline S. (S. W.) 
 
 763 Emerson, S. \V. 
 
 884 Enjcrson, Moses Reed 
 
 885 Emerson, Alice 15. (i. M. R.) 
 887 Eniorson, William Foster 
 946 Emerson, Htrberl C. 
 
 1(j6 Estabrook. William W. 
 
 8 Estabrook, .M. A. II. 
 275 Estabrook, Mary A. 
 387 Estabrook, Ellen G. 
 492 Estabrook, Cliarlotte 
 494 Estabrook, George W. 
 
 9 Evans, Asaph 
 
 10 Evans, Almira B. 
 
 11 Evans, Sanniel 
 
 12 Evans, Sarah C. 
 
 13 Evans, Samuel, Jr. 
 107 Evans, Susan C. 
 190 Evans, Nathaniel 
 195 Evans, Sarah E. 
 212 Evans, Franklin 
 242 Evans, Marv .\nti 
 295 Evans, Harriet N. 
 468 Evans, Franklin A. 
 
 14 Farley, Henry 
 
 350 Farli-V. John' 
 
 351 Farley, .Mrs. John 
 618 Farmer, Sophronia J.
 
 46 
 
 LIST OF NAMES. 
 
 690 Farnsworth, Helen L. 
 64S Fivrnswoitli, Catlun-iiie 
 
 16 Farraiid. iM;irtlia O. 
 
 244 Fivrrin^toii, S:inH\el 
 
 245 F;ivriii;.'ton, .Murtlia F. 
 261 F;\rriii>ztoii. Pliilip 
 2G2 F;UTiiis;ton, Mary 
 
 731 Fellows, Jane M. (L. R.) 
 813 Fellow:*, Mrs. Lizzie 
 967 Ferrin, Laura 15. 
 371 FieUl, Al>i<;ail S. (Mears) 
 
 17 Fis've, WiUiain 
 
 IS Fiske, jNIargaret C. 
 584 Fiske, :Mar,v W. 
 108 Flamlers, Nancy 
 114 Flanders, Anna (Charles) 
 659 Flanders, Pliilip 
 560 Flanders. Alvlra 
 963 Flanders, Ella M- 
 
 19 Fletcher, Samuel 
 
 20 Fletcher, Nancy B. 
 
 21 Fletclier, Knth W. 
 
 22 Fletcher, Eliza M. 
 85 Fletclier, Arthur 
 
 186 Fletcher, Lydia M. (Woodward) 
 
 221 Fletclier, Daniel H. 
 
 310 Fletcher, Harriet M. 
 
 338 Fletcher, Hannah C. 
 
 421 Fl tcher, Anna U. 
 
 439 Fletcher, Ahby 
 
 651 Fletcher, Ellen A. 
 
 905 Fletcher, Alinira M. 
 
 822 Fogg, Mary E. 
 
 591 Forest, Flora E. 
 
 170 Foster, Ira 
 
 171 Foster, Esther 
 812 Fowler, Alice S. 
 
 856 Fowler, Ella M. (Blaisdell) 
 426 Frazier, Ann L. 
 909 Freeman, Timothy A. 
 960 Freeman, M. H. (T. A.) 
 894 Freeman, Elathera P. 
 2:) French, Lydia 
 
 69 French, Joseph 
 
 70 French, Mary Ann 
 393 French, Theodore, Jr. 
 937 Fullam, Iloiiry H. 
 
 172 Fuller, Mrs. Jane (D. G.) 
 204 Fulton. Curtis 
 
 20.5 Fulton, Elizabeth 
 697 Furuaid, Geo. A. 
 
 96 Gage, Tenney K. 
 
 97 Gage, Mary S. 
 
 135 Gage, Mrs. Mary A. 
 
 546 Gage, Benjamin 
 
 656 Gage. Lydia M. (Benj.) 
 
 733 Gage, Mary A. 
 
 874 Gagp, Bessie M. 
 
 739 Gage, Samuel 
 
 740 Gage, Lydia 
 5.')7 (iage, Fannie A. 
 
 94 Gale, Eliphalet 
 
 95 Gale, Maiinah 
 
 7,52 Gale, Julia L. (Benj. F.) 
 
 800 (Jale, Annie, E. 
 
 726 Gault. Julia A. 
 
 7,32 Gay, Ella 
 
 862 George, Erastus B. 
 
 5.32 Gerrisli, Calvin 
 
 533 (Jerrish, Ann F. 
 
 188 Giluian, .Mrs. Emeline S. 
 
 568 Gilman, Nathaniel 
 
 569 Giliaan, Mary 
 
 602 Glidden, ]\Irs. Susan 
 
 109 Glover, Hannah 
 
 709 Goodrich, Mary E. (Bachelder) 
 
 772 Goodhue, George 
 
 582 Goodhue, Asenath J.(Morrison)(Geo.) 
 
 24 Gouhl, Hannah 
 
 745 Gould, Laura J. 
 
 780 Gove, Mary C. 
 
 888 Gray, John C. 
 
 274 Grav, Eliza . 
 
 303 fJreeley, Lucia H. (Darling) 
 
 300 (ireeley, S. D. 
 
 577 Greeley, Mary Isabel 
 
 301 Greeley, Priscilla 
 747 Greeley, Mary H. 
 
 788 Greeley, Rev. E. H. 
 
 789 Greeley, Louisa M. (E. H.) 
 
 790 Greelev, Edward A. 
 858 Greeley, W. B. 
 
 911 Greeley, Arthur P. 
 910 Greeley, Jennie L. 
 271 Greene, JIary 
 
 344 Grtenwooil, Newell 
 
 345 Greenwood, Alvira 
 620 Greenwood, Lucretia 
 
 912 Griswold, Perley A. 
 87 Grover, Eliza 
 
 933 Guernsey, t>. L. 
 
 252 Hall, Caroline E. (Carroll) 
 
 676 Hall, Jessie A. (Smart) 
 
 760 Hammond, A. S. 
 
 761 Hammond, Celia B. (A. S.) 
 931 Hammond, Sara J. (A. S.) 
 866 Hammond, Annette 
 
 270 Hardy, Lydia 
 
 572 Hardy, Lydia B. 
 
 895 Harrington, Rev. C. E. 
 
 896 Harrington, Sara H. 
 
 897 Ilarriiigion, Georgia D. 
 
 98 Harris, Walter, Jr. 
 
 99 Harris, Sc-veiie 
 
 934 Hartsliorn, Joseph 
 942 Hart>horn, Marie H. 
 
 297 Harvey, Mary E. (Williams) 
 
 381 Harvey, Cli.arles W. 
 
 592 Haskius, Hudson E. 
 
 613 Haskins, Mrs. Emily L. 
 
 673 Hastings, L. E. ,,. ^ . 
 
 662 Hastings, Clara (Webster) (L. E.) 
 
 178 Haven, Martha .M. (Chadbourue) 
 
 912 Hawkins, Maria 
 
 913 Hawkins, Bessie M. 
 
 914 Hawkins, Harry 
 123 Hazeltine, Sarah 
 
 717 Heath, Mrs. E. E. (William) 
 
 71 Heath, Carlton 
 
 72 Heath, Ruth 
 
 73 Heatli, Sally K. 
 217 Heath, Solomon 
 
 138 Heath, Liva (Solomon) 
 
 636 Heath, Emily P. 
 
 537 Heath, Hannah W. 
 
 899 Heath, Lucy H. 
 
 945 Heath, I<iaG. 
 
 359 Hendrioksou, Adeline M. (French) 
 
 906 Henry, Janet J. 
 
 922 Hersey, Cynthia F. 
 
 908 Hoywood, Louise B. 
 
 4.35 Hill, Soiihia L. 
 
 456 Hill, Sarah J. 
 
 402 Hill. John H. 
 
 720 Hill, .\ddie S. 
 
 875 Hill, Emma S. 
 
 921 llolbrook, Henry C.
 
 LIST OV NAMES. 
 
 47 
 
 654 Hoi Jen, Sarah E. (Kouiids) 
 
 147 Holt, Khiiira M. (Wilcox) 
 
 651 Hopkins, .Jmiiu 
 
 713 Hopkins. Mima L. 
 
 174 Howe, Clam N. (Evaua) 
 
 431 llowe, ("alviu 
 
 27 Hoyt, Iktsey 
 
 280 Hovt, Isaiah 
 
 281 Hovt, .Mary 
 
 580 Hovt, Ruth Ann S. 
 
 948 Hu'Miar.l, UfV. William H. 
 
 538 Hunt, Mrs. Charlotte S. 
 
 543 Hunt, Kllcn M 
 
 25 Hutcliins, George 
 
 2G Hutcliins, Sarah 11. 
 
 88 liulcliiiis, .Maiy 
 
 457 Hntoliiiis, Susan A. 
 
 820 Hutchii-.s, MaryT. 
 
 617 Hutcliins, Charles L. 
 
 951 InKalls, Clara M. 
 
 883 Jack man, Sarah K. (Boynton) 
 
 445 Jackman, .Tohn 
 
 865 Jackman, Laura 
 
 157 Jackson, Clara D. (Berry) 
 
 411 Jackson, Mrs. J. L. 
 
 441 Jackson, Susan C.(Farnum) 
 
 483 Jenkins, Uoxana H. (Tliompson) 
 
 216 Jenks, Harriet S. (Stickuey) 
 
 279 Jenks, Edward A. 
 
 331 Jenks, George E. 
 
 : 90 Jenks, Eliza J. ( Grover) 
 
 919 Jeweft, William R. 
 
 918 Jewett, Mrs. William K. 
 
 83 Johnson, Ellen 
 
 495 Johnson, Frances M. 
 
 954 Jones, Hattie M. (J. M.) 
 
 658 Kellogg, R. H. 
 
 657 Kellogjr, Mrs. R. H. 
 
 236 Kendall, Nathan 
 
 237 Kendall, Kliziheth 
 
 502 Kenchill. Mrs. Mary A. F. 
 
 757 Kendall, Joshua T. 
 
 29 Kent, (ieorge 
 
 30 Kent, Lucia 
 
 129 Kent, Tliomas 
 
 130 Kent, Mary A. 
 
 613 Keyes, Almira (Quinihy) 
 
 614 Keyes, .'Mrs. Martha E. 
 814 Keyes. .lessie F. 
 
 31 Kimball, David 
 
 32 Kindiall, Eliz tbcth E. 
 
 33 Kinibiil, Mary Anu 
 825 Kiniliall, .\una J. 
 7CS Kiinl);ill. Charles 
 
 769 Kiniliall. Sarah J. (Charles) 
 
 115 Kinihall, Caroline 
 
 230 Kiniliall, .\nn E. 
 
 319 Kimli^dl, Johu 
 
 320 Kinihill, .Mrs. Ruth A. 
 
 342 Kiniliall, Catharine i Rowe) 
 
 467 KiniUall. Stephen S. 
 
 903 Kiniliall, Anno 
 
 873 Kiniliall, Lucy H. 
 
 100 Knight, .Mehitable G. 
 
 187 Knowlton, Edward K. 
 
 852 Ladd, Mrs. Mary A. 
 
 728 Lake. Minnie W. (Harvey) 
 
 378 Lancasti-r, Eliza (J. 
 
 379 Lancaster, Ann E. 
 
 737 I.,ancaster. Auguslua C. 
 
 738 Lancaster, Emmn F. 
 
 778 Lancaster, George C. 
 
 82(i Lancaster, GeorKia E. 
 
 198 Lane, Rulus 
 
 2<>7 Lane, Mary 
 
 526 Lane, .Samuel G. 
 
 80.{ Lane, Elvira ]i. (Samuel G.) 
 
 771 Lane, .Inhn W. 
 
 173 Lung, .Martha 
 
 437 Leach, John 
 
 43H Leach, Nancy P. 
 
 70S Leaver, JIary A. (Ayers) 
 
 80S Le Bosiiuet, Frank .S. 
 
 678 I.,e Bosquet, Isabella A. 
 
 330 Lewis, Alonzo 
 
 399 Liscoin, Levi 
 
 4u0 IJ.scom, .Mary O. 
 
 409 Liscom, .Alary F. 
 
 465 Liscom, Albert M. 
 
 4,5.s Little, Elizabeth J. (Goodwin) 
 
 570 Lockerby, Charles A. 
 
 571 Lockerby, I'hebe L. 
 
 510 Long, -Airs. Saliiida F. 
 
 511 Low, .Toseph 
 
 34 IjOw, Fanny A. 
 
 35 Low, Grace G. 
 
 184 Low, Mary T. (Hutchina) 
 
 3.H5 Luey, Adeline E. 
 
 420 Lund, Lydia (French) 
 363 Lyon, Clara E. (Palmer) 
 
 685 Macurdy, David A. 
 
 686 Macurily, Mrs. David A. 
 695 Mann, Henry A. 
 
 !>9S Mann, Helen A. (Reed) (Henry A.) 
 
 920 Mann, Jlrs. Henry A. 
 
 647 IManstipld. Ellen F. 
 
 672 Marden, Wendell P. 
 
 781 Marden, :Melvena D. (W. P.) 
 
 497 Marden, Ann R (Robie) 
 
 927 Marsh, Sylvester 
 
 928 3Iarsh, Cornelia II. 
 
 929 ]Marsh, Cornelia 
 
 grd Marsh. Helen Z. (II. O.) 
 
 y71 Marshall, .Alary M. 
 
 770 Martin, May 
 
 8u9 Mason, William G. 
 
 810 Mason, Mrs. William G. 
 
 175 Mason, Harriet H. 
 
 190 .Mason, (ieorge R 
 
 197 Mason, Mrs. B. P. 
 
 ; 750 Masterton, M. Louisa (Sargent) 
 
 i 124 Mc.\llister, Louisa 
 
 909 McDonald, Alexander 
 
 970 SlcDonald, Catherine 
 
 30 McFsirland, Mrs. Clarissa J. 
 
 17<! ."NIcFarland, .Asa 
 
 442 :\IcFarland, Mrs. Sarah J. 
 
 4S6 McFarlaiid, Anne A. 
 
 .523 McFarlaiul, Mary F. (Henry) 
 
 .576 McFarland, Elizabeth K. [K.) 
 
 704 McFarland, Laura A. (Webster) (Wm. 
 
 777 McFarland, Henry 
 
 2.50 McGaw, .Mrs. Hannah 
 
 395 McNial, Francos .M. 
 
 375 McQuesten, Greenough 
 
 376 McCiuesten, Mrs. (ireenough 
 
 377 McCJuesten, Myia C. 
 
 42 1 MiCJiiesten, Rock wood 
 
 452 -McQuesten, Emma W. (Sanborn) 
 
 900 :kIcQuesteii, Evarts 
 
 901 McQuesten. Mary E. 
 I 634 Merrill. David B. 
 
 ' 635 Merrill, Mrs. A. P. 
 
 I 827 M.rrill. Edward W. 
 
 I 828 Merrill, Sarah E. (Ed. W.)
 
 48 
 
 LIST OF NAMES. 
 
 37 Mills, Mary 
 
 292 Mills, Mrs. Tamer 
 
 628 Miiiot, James 
 
 606 Slinot, F;innie E. (James) 
 
 3S Moore, Emily 
 
 277 IMoore, E. G. 
 
 278 Moore, Harriet S. 
 384 Moore, John C. W. 
 
 6G6 Moore, Fannie L. (J. C. W.) 
 
 362 Moran, Mary Jane (Gibson) 
 
 179 ^lorey, Ann M. (Cliadbourne) 
 
 573 Morgan, Jolin J. 
 
 574 Mort.'aii, Emeline B. 
 153 Morril, David L. 
 165 Morril, Lydia 
 
 206 Morril, David L., Jr. 
 
 784 Jloriill, Lilla W. (Mrs. O.) 
 
 39 :Morrill, Asa 
 
 112 Morrill, Sally • 
 
 128 Morrill, Caroline S. 
 
 485 Morrill, Siirah V. (Parker) 
 
 756 Morrison, .lames 
 
 868 Morrison, Ann 
 
 964 Morrison, JaniPS P. 
 
 316 Morse, Mrs. Eliza Ann 
 
 646 Morse, Abbie 0. 
 
 644 jMorsc, Charlotte A. 
 
 645 Morse, Judith 
 711 Morse, Lucy F. 
 878 Morse, Sarah A. 
 
 476 Moulton, Albert A. 
 
 477 Moulton, A. M. 
 734 Mudgett Ai)bie L. 
 
 815 Myhbfer, George 
 
 816 Myhofer, Mary (George) 
 463 Myrick, Ileury E. 
 
 117 Nealey, JFrs. Nancy 
 
 314 Nealey, Heniy B. 
 
 521 Nelson, Sarah 
 
 972 Nelson, Sarah S. 
 
 215 Nichols, Albert 
 
 289 Nichols, Nancy 
 
 333 Nichols, Henry F. C. 
 
 389 Nichols, Annette (Williams) 
 
 819 Nickerson, Emma F. 
 
 40 Niles, John 
 
 41 Niks, Olive 
 
 805 Norris, Martha N. 
 
 806 Norris, George H. 
 120 Noyes,JaneM. 
 
 776 Nutter, Mary Fanny 
 
 101 Ordway, Moses 
 
 102 OrdWiiy, Sarah M. 
 210 Ordway, James M. 
 
 347 Ordway, Mary P. (Abbott) 
 
 42 Osgood, Betsey (Robinson) 
 596 Osgood, Lucy \V. 
 
 223 Page, Hannah H. 
 
 2.'4 Page, .Mary T. 
 
 405 Page, Mrs. Jane E. 
 
 466 Paige, Thomas H. 
 
 89 Palmer, Esther 
 
 269 Palmer, N:incy 
 
 677 Parker, Martha J. 
 
 SliO Parker, Samuel G. 
 
 689 Parker, Mary A. (S. G.) 
 
 43 Parker, Caleb 
 
 44 Parker, Abigail D. 
 74 Parker, Asa 
 
 ir, Parker, It.liefB. 
 
 137 Parker, Mrs. Ruth H. 
 436 Parker, Mary E. 
 
 508 Parker, Elizabeth V. 
 542 Partridge, Emma S. (Curtice) 
 454 Patch, Elisabeth M. (Abbott) 
 430 Paitee, Letilia J. (Richards) 
 
 667 Patterson, S. F. 
 
 668 Patterson, Mrs. S. F. 
 850 Patterson, Sarah B. 
 
 891 Patterson, Harvey F. 
 
 892 Patterson, Helen M. 
 950 Patterson. Mary H. 
 566 Peabody, Eliza 
 
 163 Pearson, Caroline TI. (Burgess) 
 600 Pear,*oii, Charles W. 
 608 Pearson, John M. 
 
 741 Pearson, WilberF. 
 250 Pearsons, Moses O. 
 
 285 Pearsons, Mrs. Margaret S. 
 180 Pease, Abby (Weeks) 
 
 191 Pease, John 
 
 192 Pease, Judith 
 
 193 Pease, Henry E. 
 307 Pease, John F. 
 
 276 Perkins, Charlotte (Porter) 
 
 730 Perkins, Esther W. (Thomas W.> 
 
 796 Perkins, Thomas W. 
 
 370 Perry, Sarah N. (Chandler) 
 
 564 Peters, John F. 
 
 5G5 Peters, Hattie J. 
 
 848 Perkins, .Joseph O. 
 
 849 Perkins, Alfreca 
 
 742 I'hilbrick, Olive J. 
 6.59 Phillips, AnnaD. 
 
 498 I'ickering. Hazen 
 
 499 Pickering, Martha A. 
 840 Pickering, Jnna. L. 
 
 845 Pickering, Eliza A. (J. L.) 
 161 Pierce, -Jane M. 
 167 Pierce, Edward B. 
 48 Pillsbury, Sarah H. (Sargent) 
 133 Pillsbury, Clarissa A. 
 612 Piper, :\irs. Letitia E. 
 228 Plunimer, >lrs. Joanna G. 
 419 Plnnimer, Henrietta M. (Harrington) 
 
 817 Plumpton, George 
 
 818 Plumpton, Mary J. (Geo.) 
 038 Pratt, Chester 
 
 G39 Pratt, Mrs. Almira W. 
 
 189 Prescott, Mary E. 
 
 121 Preston, Ruby B. 
 
 2:i9 Proctor, .Tolm G. 
 
 240 Proctor, >Iarv 
 
 642 Pullman . Robert H. 
 
 718 Putney, Ellen W. (Ayers) 
 
 949 Putney, Hertha M. 
 
 955 Putney, Ida J. 
 
 520 Rand, .James E. 
 
 5.''.1 Rand, Sarah J. (Senter) 
 
 140 Rankin, Andrew 
 
 141 Rankin, Lois 
 
 364 Ransom, Catharine A. (Stickney) 
 
 496 Rattray, Emily 
 
 096 Raymond, Manly A. 
 
 807 Reniick, Charles G. 
 
 702 Reed, Mary E. (Dodge) 
 
 898 Reed, Emily. 
 
 264 Richardson, Martha J. (Page) 
 .307 Iticliardson, Mary E. (Tenney) 
 3.34 Richards, Eaton 
 
 265 Ricker, Jeremiah 
 725 Rider, Mary A . 
 
 625 Roberts, Mrs. Martha A. 
 
 735 Robertson, Mary A. 
 
 45 Robinson, I>ucy 
 
 46 Robinson, Mercy G. 
 
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 LIST OF NAMES. 
 
 49 
 
 194 Robinson, Isaiah T. 
 
 917 Robinson, Mrs. Jaue 
 
 47 Rolt'c, Iti'tijaniiii 
 
 407 RoKe, Hirain 
 
 40S Kolfo, Georgianna 
 
 832 Rolfe, Henry P. 
 
 «i;4 Rolte, J5en S. 
 
 855 Rolfe, Jennie F. (B. S.) 
 
 373 Root, C. S. 
 
 374 Roof, Mrs. C. S. 
 539 Ross, Mrs. Nancy G. 
 
 GUI Rowell, Mary A. (James II.) 
 
 605 Rowell, Thompson 
 
 343 Rowell, .Mrs. Thompson 
 
 957 Russell, .^Irs. Uoxanna H. 
 
 203 Sanborn, A. W. 
 
 311 Sanborn, Klizabeth H. 
 
 687 Sanborn, Henry M. 
 
 C88 Sanborn, S. J. (Henry M.) 
 
 328 Sanborn, George G. 
 
 3J9 Sanl)orn, Jane H. 
 
 524 Sanborn, .Sarah F. 
 
 655 Sanborn, Mary H. 
 
 433 Sanders, C. M. 
 
 434 Sanders, Mary E. 
 
 649 Sargent, Jonathan E. 
 
 660 Sarfient, L. Jennie (Jona. E.) 
 
 715 Sargent, Clara F. (Howarth) 
 
 8G Sargent, Sarah W. 
 
 143 Sargent, Hannah S. 
 
 321 Sargent, James \Y. 
 
 322 Sargent, Mrs. P. S. 
 461 Sargent, Hattie 
 
 609 Sawtellc, Edwin P. 
 
 610 Sawtelle, Annie L. 
 801 Sawtelle, S. Lena 
 294 Sawyer, Aseuath 
 
 478 Sawyer, Henry E. 
 
 479 Sawyer, Julia A. 
 
 804 Sawyer, Nellie A. (Eastman) 
 
 938 Spaulding, Austin A. 
 
 939 Spaulding, Vrylena L. 
 246 Seavey, Ann 
 
 867 Seavey, Mary Alice 
 
 618 Sedgley, James 
 
 619 Sedgley. Ellen L. 
 653 Sewell.J. E. 
 
 640 Sewell, Addie L. (Abbott) 
 
 751 Shattnek, .Mariesta 
 
 529 Shepstone, Martha 
 
 974 Shurtleff, Amos J. 
 
 49 Shute, Samuel 
 
 92 Shute, Eliza A. 
 
 113 Shute, Betsey 
 
 238 Shnte, Aaron 
 
 386 Shute, Laura F. (Estabrook) 
 
 391 Shute, Eliza A. 
 
 449 Shute, Charles H. 
 
 594 Shute, Mary M. 
 
 721 Shute, John 
 
 234 Silver, Emeline 
 
 843 Silver, Emma E. 
 
 500 Sinclair, Geo. H. 
 
 501 Sinclair, R. VV. 
 
 503 Sinclair, Mrs. Mary W. 
 
 446 Sleeper, Joseph T. 
 
 318 Sleeper, Helen R. (Dole) 
 
 290 Smart, Mrs. Hannah 
 
 291 Smart, Jane 
 
 724 Smart. Louisa B. 
 
 354 Smart, William H. 
 
 355 Smart, Mrs. William H. 
 464 Smart, William H. Jr. 
 472 Smart, James H. 
 
 I 49f) Smart, Julia A. 
 I i;75 Smith, Judith, 
 
 4i;o Smith, Lucy A. (Greeley) 
 
 397 Smith, Daniel E. 
 
 3i-S Sinitli, .Mrs. Daniel E. 
 
 6fi9 Smith, Anna I). (Berry) 
 
 535 Smith, Josephine ( Pickering) 
 
 550 Smith, Martha H. 
 
 619 Smith, Preston S. 
 
 857 Smith, Wallace D. 
 
 907 Smilii, Mrs. Harriett F. 
 
 t<(i9 Spencer. Ethan N. 
 
 844 Spencer. Charlotte P. 
 
 943 Spiller, Lncia Davis 
 
 581 Stacv, Katie A. (Crockett) 
 
 7(0 Stanipls. Rufus P. 
 
 626 Staniels, .Mis. Salina A. 
 
 213 Stanley, Solon VV. 
 
 149 St. Clair, Alansou 
 
 150 St. Clair, Caroline 
 
 341 St. Clair, Mrs. Eliza S. 
 
 562 Stearns, William B. 
 
 563 Stearns, Caroline 
 
 132 Stevens, Achsah P. (French) 
 
 155 Stevens, Josiah 
 
 156 Stevens, Fanny 
 268 Stevens, Lyman D. 
 488 Stevens, Caleb 
 
 4S9 Stevens, Sarah 
 
 663 Stevens, Margaret F. 
 
 940 Stephen.=on, Winflfld S. 
 
 941 Stephenson, Icelia T. 
 669 Stewart Mary Ella 
 847 Stewart, Thomas W. 
 
 90 Stickney, Nancy 
 2C6 Stickney, Mary G. 
 415 Stickney, Mrs.' Lucy J. 
 372 Sticknev, Martha A. 
 142 Stone, Benj. P. 
 158 Stone, Apphia F. ;Benj. P.) 
 
 791 Stone, Wm. A. 
 
 792 Stone, Emily M. (Wm. A.) 
 9C6 Stone, Addie S. 
 
 623 Storrs, William W. 
 
 624 Storrs, Lizzie 
 
 459 Swain, Sophia (Webster) 
 
 589 Swain, Charles F. 
 829 Swain, George W. 
 965 Swain, Florence C. 
 958 Shurtleff, Mrs. A. J. 
 
 *] 748 Taggart, Carrie R. 
 
 764 Tallant, James F. 
 
 55 Tarlton, Mary J. (Tuttle) 
 
 916 Taylor, Lucien T. 
 
 915 Taylor, Jurilla C. (L. T.) 
 
 473 Taylor, Emily E. (Jameson) 
 
 774 Tenney, Jane A. 
 
 775 Tenney. Marv P. H. 
 50 Tenney, Mrs." .AI. H. 
 
 218 Tenney, Martha K. 
 
 926 Tenney, IVIary 
 
 110 Thayer, Sarah W. (Grant) 
 
 317 Thayer, Elizabeth C. (Farley) 
 
 590 Thayer, William F. 
 
 802 Thayer, Sarah C. (William F.) 
 
 705 Thayer, Clara E. 
 
 693 Thayer, Calvin 
 
 694 Thayer, Sarah W. (Calvin) 
 247 Thompson, Margaret, 
 
 283 Thonijison, Rev. James 
 
 284 Thompson, Susan 
 320 Thompson, John C. 
 SCO Thompson, Mrs. Goin 
 685 Thompson, Mary E.
 
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 LIST OF NAMES. 
 
 621 Thompson, IMary L. 
 
 631 Thompson, Sarah A. 
 
 655 Thompson, Charlotte A. (J. S.) 
 
 834 Thompson, John S. 
 
 712 Thompson, Lottie E. 
 
 841 Thompson, Albert H. 
 
 890 Thompson, Willis D. 
 
 706 Thorndike, Nellie R. (C. H.) 
 
 578 Towle, Ada E. 
 
 838 Towle, Ann E. 
 
 455 Traverse, Martha L. 
 
 352 Treadwell, Thomas 
 
 353 Treadwell. Mrs. Sarah W. 
 273 Tripp, Elizabeth 
 
 58S Trussell, Albert 
 
 139 Tucker, Lucy M. 
 
 51 Turner, Roswell W. 
 296 Turner, Mrs. Mehitable 
 
 52 Tuttle, Eliiah 
 
 53 Tuttle, Hannah S. 
 
 54 Tuttle, Zurviah 
 
 56 Tuttle, Sarah S. 
 182 Tuttle, Susan A. 
 28S Tuttle, Reuben A. 
 119 Tyler, Harriet N. 
 151 Tyler, John F. 
 
 57 Upham, Nathaniel G. 
 
 58 Upham, Eliza W. 
 
 59 Upham, Hannah 
 
 306 LTpham, Nathaniel L. 
 
 469 Upton, James H. 
 
 548 Virgin, Elizabeth B. 
 
 553 Virgin, Emily R. 
 
 831 Virgin, S. Hermon 
 
 714 Virgin, Ada S. (F. P.) 
 
 305 Walker, Elizabeth L. (Upham) 
 
 346 Walker, Mrs. Francis A. 
 
 484 AValker, Helen M. (Dudley) 
 
 593 Wallace, Lvdia M. 
 
 980 Wallace, Julia E. 
 
 936 Wallace, Nellie A. 
 
 703 Ward, Jennie C. (Webster) 
 
 561 Warner, Clara A. (Dodge) 
 
 60 Watson, Philip 
 
 61 Watson, Mary W. 
 232 Watson, Maria H 
 226 Watson, Sarah M. 
 313 Watson, Ann E. C. 
 798 \Vebster, Calvin C. 
 
 661 Webster, Susie C. (Calvin) 
 
 743 Webster, Jessie C. 
 
 241 Webster, Nancy 
 
 406 Webster, Mary B. 
 
 552 Webster, Eliza M. 
 
 902 Webber, Sarah A. 
 
 63 Weeks, James 
 
 64 Weeks, Mary L. 
 
 62 Weeks, Susan 
 118 Weeks, Abigail 
 181 Weeks, Susan M. 
 308 Weeks, Hannah M. 
 325 Weeks, Joseph A. 
 
 470 Weeks, Jonathan B. 
 
 471 Weeks, (Caroline R. 
 
 on Weeks, Mrs. Lavinia H. 
 
 015 Weeks, Sarah L. 
 
 705 Wells, Richard E. S. 
 
 Gtl Wentworth, IMrs. L. C. -^ 
 
 302 Weston, Mary Jane 
 
 h\\ Wheeler, Alice (Rattray) 
 
 3i»ij AVheelock, Kate (French) 
 
 76 Wheet, Nathaniel 
 
 77 Wheet, Sally 
 
 583 Widmer, Elizabeth E. (Webster) 
 
 893 Willard, Everett W. 
 
 880 AVilloughby, Nellie M. 
 
 87C Williamson, Eliza J. 
 
 877 Williamson, William 
 
 166 White, .Alary S. 
 
 722 White, Leander 
 
 3f!8 Whitf'ord, George H. 
 
 418 Whitfoni, Mary A. (Stickney) 
 
 944 Whittemore, Sylvia C. (A. T.) 
 
 956 Whittemore, Emma H. 
 
 797 Whittemore, Albert T. 
 
 597 Wilkins, Ann Jennette 
 
 84 AVilliams. Mary A. 
 
 159 Williams, Charlotte A. 
 
 199 Williams, Mrs. Ruth 
 
 200 Williams, Catharine 
 
 201 Williams, Eliza 
 
 208 Williams, (ieorge R. 
 
 209 Williams, Margaret A. (Nealey) 
 413 Williams, Georgianna 
 
 833 Williams, Thomas W. 
 
 C5 "Wilson, Sarah S. 
 
 214 Wilson, George S. 
 
 309 Withlngton, EdvrardO. 
 
 427 Wolcott, Fannie K. 
 
 716 Wolcott, Delia A. 
 
 758 Wolcott, B. F. 
 
 66 Wood, Amos 
 
 67 Wood, Louisa 
 
 248 AVood, Henry 
 
 249 Woud, Harriet F. 
 2«C WoodrufT, Robert 
 287 Woodrulf . Rachael 
 587 Woodruff, George 
 404 "Woods, Maria P. 
 507 Woods, Hannah M. 
 
 332 Woodward, Ephraim W. 
 
 330 Woodward, Ann E. 
 
 480 AVoodward, Elizabeth (Page) 
 
 444 AVoodward J. N. 
 
 487 AVoodward, Lydia S. 
 
 ,540 Woodvi'ard, D. Rufus 
 
 027 AVoodward, Hattie C. 
 
 749 AVoodward, Charles AV. 
 
 9.53 Woodward, Alice L. 
 
 779 AV^oodworth, Louisa H. 
 
 369 Woodworth, (ieorge T. 
 
 839 AVoodworth, Albert B. 
 
 840 Woodworth, Mary Parker 
 H70 Woodwortli, Helen M. 
 871 AVoodworth, Edward B. 
 
 595 Worthiugtou, Julia M. (Carr)
 
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