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BY REV. WM. I. BUDINGTON, D. D., OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.
MR. MODERATOR :
The design of history is to teach every man and every body of men their true mission. We who are assembled here, in this scene of commemoration, ourselves a part of history, in the midst of its solemn processes, do not come to celebrate a con- summation already completed, but to feel for and find the threads of influence which are passing through our hands into the im- measurable future before us ;- we look behind, that we may look forward and go forward. We do not claim, we scarce need to say it, that we are the church ; we have no disposition to fence off other claimants from the common heritage. We have no wish even to determine which of all the various churches, bearing the name of Christ, has the most honorable position, and renders the most distinguished service in the work of Christ's kingdom. Our purpose is simply by a study of the past, to ascertain, who and what we are; the principles we have inherited, the work we have done, and the contri- butions which we, as a distinct communion, are to make to the church of the future ; and how to do our work wisely and well.
The great truth, that confronts us all, is that we have re- ceived and are to transmit to others, the common faith of Christ's church, in connection with the simplest and freest pol- ity which any denomination of Christians has inherited. We have to combine the largest liberty with the strictest and broad- est fellowship. This describes our danger and our glory. We find our being, and are to exercise our mission, in freedom as between man and man, and fidelity as toward God. In com- mon with all orthodox Christians we are to contend earnestly for the faith as delivered to the saints ; while more than others we are to contend for the rights of private judgment, and the
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independence of local churches. Fidelity to our distinctive mission, therefore, if we intelligently apprehend it, will not only make us catholic, but make catholicity our necessary manifestation. Polity with us is so subordinate to doctrine, that in many places and for long periods Congregationalism has been synonymous with orthodoxy, and we have scarcely been conscious what our polity is, and when conscious, oftimes in- different to it; and where its distinctive features have been zealously espoused, it has been because of their supposed in- dispensableness to the reorganization of the church upon a catholic basis.
If this be true, it will not be disputed that catholicity itself requires us to move on in the line of our history. We believe that we are carrying through the centuries a most precious and indispensable contribution to the church of the future. Other churches have something we have not, we deny not to other and fellow laborers, the honor and blessedness of bring- ing each their contribution to this great building of God ; we shall not contend with them about the relative values of our several tributes, we will not say that God hath pro- vided " some better thing for us," we are content to believe, " that they without us should not be made perfect." God has set men in families and families in states, and attachment to the family does not conflict with fidelity to the state. Just so is it in the household of faith, our fidelity to the Christian . family, in which the Providence and grace of God has inserted us, will but make us the more serviceable to that church which has the world for its field and the ages for its history. We are to contribute to the solution of a problem, which touches the central life of the coming age ; it is to determine whether an untrammelled freedom of the individual conscience and of the local church can be made to consist with conserva- tion of the truth, and the strictest Christian fellowship. How much more important will be our office-work and function among the tribes of Israel, if we shall be able to show that the gospel of Christ unrestrained by governmental rule has been preserved in its greatest purity, and has freed itself most easi- ly from error, when it has been connected with the largest lib- erties of the individual and the church. We have entered
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upon an age of critical investigation, and of rapid advance- ment in knowledge ; tastes the most differing and activities the most diverse, are mingled and opposed ; every polity will be subjected to severe strains ; but the most rigorous, the most minutely prescriptive, that which offers an inelastic mold, to which the church's thought and action must shape themselves, will infallibly be broken in pieces. Let us therefore be true to the traditions of our churches, and show our catholicity by doing well the work which Providence assigns us.
Let us cherish our history. It is a great and distinctive ad- vantage, that we have behind us the beginning and growth of an orderly history ; that our civil and ecclesiastical histories are similar, that they spring from the same fountains. We ought not to forget that our fathers came here, to practise "the positive part of church reformation." They laid down princi- ples, which we are bringing more and more to the test ; they began to apply them, and we are to carry on the application in the new method our new circumstances require. Let us honor our fathers' memory, by preserving their memorials ; and let us unite, under the auspices of the "Library Association," in gathering together our treasures, and making their rooms in Boston our historic galleries. Let us also follow our brethren westward, with our sympathies, and our co-operation; and en- courage them to build upon their own foundations, by making the " Union " at New York the almoner of our charity, and the bond of our fellowship. Let us at the same time encourage, around these earlier homes and more ancient seats, the full and free expression of every grace that God vouchsafes our mem- bers, and every endowment of mind and taste by which He has enriched us. Our maxim should be, not repression, but development and comprehension. Freedom is the summer sunshine. Power is a winter's sun ; and the most it can effect is but the growth of a hot-house.
But suffer me to add one more suggestion, now that these commemorative services are about to end. We leave behind us the century and a half of our history, and begin amid hopes and fears, the experience of another half century. We who have taken part in these services, and have been gathering up the influences of this occasion, shall drop by the way, we shall not
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live to carry on the history we now begin to its issues ; but with us or without us, it will go on, and the centennial or semi- centennial will come round again, and amid those future com- memorations, what shall be the aspect of our churches, and of the Redeemer's kingdom ? It may be that our posterity will re-assemble here, to review their past, which is in part our fu- ture ; and shall it be amid joy or sorrow ? We know that some things will be here to welcome them, as they have us. This leafy month of June will return with its beauty and its fragrance. These broad and shady streets, these hospitable homes, this picturesque environment of hills will remain to attract and charm them, as they do us. The monument of Uncas will be here, and it shall be re-visited by young men and maidens of that coming day. But what shall be the spirit that is to actuate them, and amid what scenes of millennial glory in the earth shall they come ? Will other Lathrops and Huntingtons, and Winslows, and Aitchisons, and Tracys be treading these streets, and gathering in these consecrated places ? Will the treasured dust of Norwich in other genera- tions be left to hallow other and distant lands, and her ceme- tery claim a share in almost every acre throughout the mis- sionary field ? The answer to this question is left in part to us; and upon the spirit with which we return to our respect- ive charges and spheres of labor, will depend, in some meas- ure, the spirit with which our children re-assemble here the next century !
HISTORICAL PAPERS.
MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
- BY REV. MYRON N. MORRIS, REGISTER, WEST HARTFORD.
The records of the General Association of Connecticut, now in the hands of the Register, commence with the year 1738. From a note in the CONGREGATIONAL ORDER, page 67, it appears that " Hartford was designated as the place where the first meet- ing should be held for the purpose of organization. The dele- gates met there accordingly on the 18th of May, 1709. Where the meeting was held in 1710 is not certainly known ; the pre- sumption is it was held in New Haven. It was in New London in 1711, in Fairfield 1712, Wethersfield 1713, Milford 1714, Norwich 1715, and Stratford 1717. Where it was in 1716. 1718, 1719, 1720 and 1721, we are unable to state." " When it met twice a year, as it did from 1721 until 1735, unless 1732 be an exception, it met at Hartford and New Haven." The place of meeting in 1735 is not known. In 1736 it was in Killingworth, and in 1737 in Middletown.
No record appears to have been made of the Associational ser- mon previous to 1770. It had been the custom, however, to have an annual sermon, or " public lecture," so called, as ap- pears from the following action taken in 176S. " The As- sociation, finding some inconveniences attending the present practice of this body in delaying the public lecture upon these occasions to the second day of the session, ordered that it be declared as our advice that, for the future, the lecture be at- tended on the first day of the session." Formerly, and for many years it was the practice to have two or three sermons, besides that to the Association, preached by clergymen who, as delegates from other bodies, or otherwise, were providen- tially present.
The following table gives, so far as has been ascertained, the place of meeting, and the names of the Moderator, Scribes and Preacher for each year from 1738 to the present time :
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Meetings of the General Association.
YR. PLACE. MODERATOR. William Burnham,
SCRIBE. Thomas Clapp.
PREACHER ..
1738 Stratford, Appointed at.
1739 Wallingford, no record,
1740 Hartford, Timothy Edwards, Ashbel Woodbridge.
1741 Lebanon,
Eleazer Williams, Ephraim Little.
1742 New London,
Eliphalet Adams, Benjamin Colton.
1743 Fairfield,
Jacob Hemmingway,
William Russel.
1744 Durham,
Nathaniel Chauncey,
William Russel.
1745 Newington,
Benjamin Colton,
Elnathan Whitman.
1746 Lebanon, (Go- shen,) Saybrook, W'st - 1747 Parish, now Westbrook,
1748 Reading, Benjamin Colton,
Sam'l Whittelsey Jr.
William Russel. No business done, so few present.
1750 West Hartford, William Russel,
1751 Windham, William Gaylord,
Noah Welles.
1752 Killingworth,
Jared Eliot,
Thomas Ruggles,
Fairfield, West
1753 Parish, now Noah Hobart, Green's Farms,
Samuel Whittelsey.
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New Cheshire,
1754 in Wallingford, Samuel Hall, now Cheshire, Middletown, 1755 - North Soelety, Jared Eliot, now Cromwell,
Noah Welles.
1756 Windham,
Solomon Williams, Elnathan Whitman.
( Joseph_Fish. EbenezerDevotion.
1757 Stonington, East Society, Jacob Eliot, No Record, ap- 1758 pointed at Woodbury, 1759 Danbury, Moses Diekinson, 1760 North Branford, Samuel Hall, 1761 Hartford, Jared Eliot,;
1762 Mansfield, George Beekwith,
Noah Welles.
1763 Lyme, 3d Parish Ephraim Little, Ebenezer Devotion.
1764 Woodbury, Jedediah Mills,
1765 Norwalk, Edward Eells,
1766 Guilford, Thomas Ruggles,
1767 Middletown, Thomas Ruggles,
William Russel.
1768 Coventry, Solomon Williams, Noah Welles.
1769 Norwielı, Solomon Williams,
Elnathan Whitman.
Elnathan Whitman.
Elnathan Whitman.
Robert Ross.
Izrahialı Wetmore.
Edward Eells.
Ebenezer Devotion.
Stephen Steele,
Ephraim Little.
Jared Eliot,
Jonathan Merriek.
1749 New Haven,
John Trumbull.
Timothy Pitkin.
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Meetings of the General Association.
YR. PLACE. MODERATOR. SCRIBE. Robert Ross,
PREACHER. Jonathan Lee.
1770 New Milford,
Daniel Humphrey,
Joseph Bellamy, D.D. Simon Waterman,
Elnathan Whitman, Samuel Lockwood, Benj. Woodbridge.
1772 Westbury,now Watertown, New Cam-
1773 bridge, now Bristol,
George Beckwith,
Benj'n Boardman, Hezekiah Bissel.
1774 Mansfield,
Benjamin Throop, Ebenezer Baldwin, James Cogswell.
1775 - Norwich, New Concord Soc'y, Elnathan Whitman, Elizur Goodrich, now Bozrahı,
Eliph't Huntington
1776 Cornwall, Jolm Trumbull,
Ebenezer Baldwin,
1777 Fairfield,
Nathaniel Bartlett,
Samuel Wales, Enoch Huntington.
1778 Northford, Joseph Bellamy, D.D. Andrew Eliot, Nicholas Street.
1779 Haddam, Benj. Pomeroy, D. D. David Ely, Benj. Pomeroy, D.D.
1780 Tolland,
Samuel Lockwood, Joseph Huntington, Theodore Hinsdale
1781 Lebanon (Go- shen,) Ephraim Little,
Thomas Wells Bray, Jeremiah Day.
Samuel Newell, Cyprian Strong, Elisha Rexford. 1782 § Ripton, now Huntington,
1783 Lyme,
James Cogswell, Elizur Goodrich, Josiah Whitney.
1784 Torringford,
Timothy Pitkin, Justus Mitchell, Jeremiah Day.
1785 Franklin,
James Cogswell,
Josiah Whitney,
1786 Durham,
Joseph Bellamy, D.D. Enoch Huntington, Jo'n Edwards, D. D.
1787
Berlin, Britain Society, now John Smalley, New Britain,
Benjn Trumbull, Benj. Trumbull.
1788 West Hartford, Nathaniel Taylor,
Cyprian Strong, John Willard.
1789 3
Lebanon, 2d
Samuel Lockwood, William Lockwood, Timothy Stone.
1790 Greenfield,
1791 Washington,
Jon'n Edwards, D.D. Cotton M. Smith.
1792 Waterbury,
Cyprian Strong, Isaae Lewis.
1793 Cheshire,
Jon'n Edwards, D.D Nathan Perkins,
1794
Berlin, Ken- { sington Soci'y,
1795 Killingworth,
1796 Norwich, Nathan Williams D.D.
Cyprian Strong.
1797 Windham, John Smalley,
1798 Hebron,
Benj. Trumbull, D. D.
- Jon'n Edwards, D. D Henry A. Rowland ( Jon'n Edwards, D.D 7 Daniel Smith, Nathan Perkins, John Marsh, Samuel Blatchford, John Elliot, Samuel Blatehford, William Lyman,
Achilles Mansfield. Samuel Nott.
1799 Hartford, Levi Hart,
Moscs C. Weleh.
Charles Backus.
1800 Norfolk, Levi Hart,
Nathaniel Bartlett, Mark Leavenworth, Elizur Goodrich, D.D. Nathan Williams, Elizur Goodrich, D.D.
Parish, now Columbia, Nathaniel Taylor, Benj. Trumbull, William Seward.
Noah Benedict. ( Jon'n Edwards, D.D.Jona. Edwards, D.D. Nathan Perkins, Jon'n Edwards, D. D
Eli'r Goodrich, D.D. Nathan Fenn,
1771 Reading,
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Meetings of the General Association.
IR.
PLACE. MODERATOR.
1801 Litchfield,
Jeremiah Day,
1802 Norwalk,
Noah Benediet,
1803 Stratford,
1804 North Haven,
Cyprian Strong, D. D.
1805 Guilford,
John Foote,
Cyprian Strong, D. D.
Nathan Perkins, D.D.
Azel Backus,
Nehemiah Prudden,
1810 Ellington,
1811 Farmington,
1812 Sharon,
Elijah Parsons,
David Ely, D. D.,
Samuel Goodrich,
1815 Danbury,
Daniel Smith,
( Andrew Yates, Daniel Dow, ( Elijah Waterman, Bezaleel Pinneo, ( Henry A. Rowland, Dan Huntington, ( Sam'l Whittlesey, Horatio Waldo, Lyman Beccher, Sam'l P. Williams, Ira Hart,
Heman Ilumphrey.
William Andrews.
Samuel Merwin.
John Elliot.
Royal Robbins.
Fred. W. Hlotehkiss
Abel McEwen.
Erastus Learned.
Ilubbel Loomis. Thomas Robbins. James Beach.
Noah Smith.
Edw. W. Hooker.
Thom. Punderson.
Nat. W. Taylor, D.D. Daniel Smith, D. D.
C. J.Tenney, D.D.
Chester Colton.
C. B. Everest.
Anson Atwood.
1835 Enfield,
Jeremiah Day, D. D.,
SCRIBES.
PREACHER.
Nathan Perkins.
Asahel Hooker. Noah Benedict. IIez. Ripley, D. D.
David Ely. Ben. Trumbull, D.D.
Thomas W. Bray.
Calvin Chapin.
David Selden.
Walter King. Zebulon Ely.
William L. Strong. Nathaniel Gaylord. Peter Starr.
Uriel Gridley.
1816 New Haven,
Nathan Perkins, D.D.
1817 { East Guilford, now Madison,
William Lyman, D.D. Abel Flint,
Moses C. Weleh, D.D.
1820 Colchester,
Samuel Nott,
1821 Thompson,
Samuel Nott,
Aaron Dutton,
( Abel McEwen,
Nathaniel Hewit, Noah Porter,
Timothy P. Gillet, Thomas Robbins,
1825 Litchfield,
1826 Stamford,
Samnel Goodrich, Daniel Dow,
Calvin Chapin, D. D., \ JoshuaL. Williams, Thomas Prudden, ? EpaphrasGoodman Samuel Merwin, ¿ Caleb J. Tenney, Henry A. Rowland, ( John Marsh, Edw'd W. Hooker, Jeremiah Day, D. D., Abel MeEwen, Isaae Parsons, N. W. Taylor, D. De Edward Bull, Leon'd E. Lathrop, 6 Ansel Nash,
2828 New Haven,
1829 Wallingford,
1830 Wethersfield,
1831 5 Saybrook, now Luther Hart, Old Saybrook, 1832 Norwich, Caleb J. Tenney, D.D.
1833 Brooklyn, Aaron Dutton,
1834 Vernon,
Calvin Chapin, D.D.,
Asahel Hooker, { Nathan Perkins, ( Henry Channing, David Ely, William Lyman, Lemuel Tyler, Lemuel Tyler, Andrew Yates, Calvin Chapin, Samuel Goodrich, John Elliot, Azel Backus,
1806 Wethersfield, Saybrook, 2d 1807 3 Society, now Saybrook,
1808 New London,
1809 Lebanon.
Moses C. Welch,
Nathan Perkins, D.D.
( David Ely, ¿ Bezaleel Pinneo, Chauncey Lee, Abel Flint, Chauncey Lee, Elijah Waterman, ( Samuel Merwin, Heman Humphrey, Win. Lyman, D. D. David Smith,
David D. Field, Aaron Hovey, Caleb J. Tenney, Thomas Robbins, Samuel Merwin, Nath'I W. Taylor, Joseph Harvey, ( Samuel Merwin, William Andrews, Joab Bracc, Hart Taleott,
1818 Middletown, 1819 ( Lyme, now ¿ Old Lyme,
1822 Tolland,
1823 Windsor,
William L. Strong,
1824 Goshen,
Samuel Goodrich,
1827 Stratford,
Samuel Merwin, Timothy P. Gillet, Joseph Harvey, Cyrus Yale, George A. Calhoun, L. P. Hickok, Joel Mann, Thomas F. Davies, Tho's L. Shipman,
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1813 Watertown,
1814 Fairfield,
Noah Benedict,
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Meetings of the General Association.
YR. PLACE. MODERATOR.
1836 Norfolk,
1837 New Milford,
1838 Norwalk,
1839 Danbury,
1840 New Haven,
Jeremiah Day, D. D., David D. Field, D.D. Nath. W. Taylor, D.D.
1841 New Haven,
1842 Wethersfield,
James Beach,
1843 Westbrook,
Nath'l Hewit, D. D.,
1844 New London, Joab Brace,
1845 Plainfield,
Leonard Bacon, D. D.,
1846 Somers,
Abel MeE'wen,
1847 Suffield,
Jeremiah Day, D. D.,
1848 Hartford,
Samuel Merwin,
1849 Salisbury,
C. A. Goodrich, D.D.,
1850 Litchfield,
Natli'l Ilewit, D. D.,
1851 Bridgeport, Ifiram P. Arms,
1852 Danbury,
Nath'l Hewit, D. D.,
1853 Waterbury,
George J. Tillotson,
1854 New Ilaven,
Joel II. Linsley, D. D.
1855 Meriden,
Theo.D. Woolsey, D.D. David L. Parmelee,
( Tho'sH.Fessenden,
George I. Wood. Robert C. Learned, J. L. Dudley. Robert G. Williams,
REGISTERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
No Register was appointed until 1774. Previous to this time, the Scribe, each year, recorded the minutes, and passed the book to his successor.
Benjamin Trumbull, appointed in 1774, resigned 1795. Cyprian Strong, 1795, 1807.
Calvin Chapin,
1807,
died 1851.
Theophilus Smith, 66 1851, 66 1853.
Myron N. Morris,
1854.
PREACHER.
George A.Calhoun. Bennett Tyler,D. D. Jairus Burt.
Gurdon Hayes.
Nath'l Ilewitt, D.D. Abner Brundage. Leonard Bacon. C.A. Goodrich D.D. Zebulon Crocker.
Isaac Parsons. Alvan Bond. Geo. J. Tillotson. Albert Smith.
W. Thompson, D.D. Noah Porter, D. D. Cyrus Yale. John Churchill. S. B. S. Bissell. William B. Weed.
T. D. Woolsey D.D. Jonathan Brace.
1856 Middletown,
1857 Lyme,
Jared R. Avery,
1 W. II. Moore,
1858 West Killingly, Elisha C. Jones,
SCRIBES.
6 Anson Rood, Sam'l H. Riddel, Anson Rood, Eleazer T. Fitch, Horace Bushnell, Alvan Bond,
Oliver E. Daggett, Theophilus Smith, Theophilus Smith, Henry N. Day, Zebulon Crocker, L. H. Atwater, Sam. N. Shepard, Geo. J. Tillotson, Leverett Griggs, Spofford D. Jewett, ¡ S. W. S. Dutton, ¡ Joseph Eldridge, Edwin Hall,
A. L. Whitman, E. L. Cleaveland, Ephraim Lyman, Tryon Edwards, J. F. Norton. Theophilus Smith, D. M. Seward, Rollin S. Stone, Davis S. Brainerd, Hiram P. Arms, Edward Strong, S. W. S. Dutton, S. J. M. Merwin, Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich Chauncey Goodrich W. 11. Moore, William T. Eustis, L. B. Rockwood, M. N. Morris, Burdett HIart, Lavalette Perrin, 7 E. C. Jones,
George A. Calhoun, Noah Porter, D. D., Nath. W. Taylor, D.D. -
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Meetings of the General Association.
TREASURERS.
Abel Flint,
appointed in 1799, served till 1824.
Joel H. Linsley,
1824,
1832.
Samuel Spring,
1832,
1836.
Horace Bushnell,
1836,
1837.
Samuel H. Riddel,
66
1837, 66
1841.
Edward R. Tyler,
1841,
1846.
Edward Strong,
66
1846,
1847.
Edward R. Tyler,
66
1847, 66
1848.
Austin Putnam,
1849.
STATISTICAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
Austin Putnam,
1857,
1859.
William H. Moore,
1859.
MOOR'S INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL.
After the Great Awakening, Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, pastor of the church in Lebanon, Second Society, now Columbia, commenced his labors as a teacher of youth. In December, 1743, he was induced to receive among the boys in his school, Samson Occum, a Mohegan Indian, aged about nineteen, whom he kept in his family for four or five years and educated. This Indian, as it is well known, became a preacher of distinction. Mr. Wheelock soon formed the plan of an Indian Missionary School. He conceived that educated Indians would be more successful than white men, as missionaries among the red men, though he proposed also to educate a few English youth as missionaries. The project was new, for the labors of Sargent and the Brainerds, as well as those of Eliot and the Mayhews, were the labors of missionaries among the Indians, and not labors designed to form a band of Indian missionaries. Two Indian boys of the Dela- ware tribe entered the school in Dec., 1754, and others soon joined them. In 1762 he had more then twenty youths under his care, chiefly Indians. For their maintenance, funds were obtained by subscription, from benevolent individuals, from the Legislatures of Connecticut and Massachusetts, and from the Commissioners, in Boston, of the Scotch Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Joshua Moor, a farmer in Mansfield, having, about the year 1754, made a donation of a house and two acres of land in Lebanon, contiguous to Mr. Wheelock's house, the institution received the name of " Moor's Indian Charity School." In this school several gentlemen were asso- ciated with Mr. Wheelock as teachers ; but in 1764, the Scotch Society appointed a Board of Correspondents in Connecticut, who, in 1765, sent out white missionaries and Indian school masters to the Indians on the Mohawk, in New York.
In 1766, Mr. Wheelock sent Mr. Occum, and Rev. Nathaniel Whitaker to Great Britain, to solicite benefactions to the school, that its operations might be enlarged. The success of
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Moor's Indian Charity School.
this mission was great, and was owing chiefly to the labors of Mr. Occum. He was the first Indian preacher from America, who ever visited Great Britain, and he preached several hun- dred sermons, with great acceptance, to numerous assemblies in England and Scotland. The King subscribed £200, and Lord Dartmouth 50 guineas. The amount of monies collected in England was about £7000 sterling, and between £2000 and £3000 in Scotland, held by a board of trustees, of which Lord Dartmouth was president, and by the Scotch Society. To them Mr. Wheelock presented his accounts, on the allowance of which he drew for the monies voted. The expenditures were chiefly for the support of the scholars in the school, (of whom, in some years there were thirty or forty, ) of their teach- er, and of missionaries and school masters among the Indians.
After conducting Moor's School in Lebanon about fifteen years, Dr. Wheelock, in order to increase its usefulness, deter- mined to remove it to some new country, and to obtain for it an incorporation as an academy, in which a regular and thor- ough education might be given to the youth, Indian and En- glish, who should be assembled in it. At this time there were only three colleges in New England : Harvard, Yale, and Brown University, in its infancy, at Warren, R. I. When the design was made known to the public, he received various of- fers from the owners of new lands, and from different towns. At length, in 1770, he removed to Hanover, New Hampshire, and obtained the charter of Dartmouth College, which was partly endowed by Gov. Wentworth. But the school was not merged in the college, though the President of the college was the President of the school. Of Moor's school the Earl of Dartmouth was a benefactor, but not of Dartmouth College, -to the establishment of which he and the other trustees were opposed, as being a departure from the original design.
Dr. Wheelock lived but nine years in his new location, but was succeeded by his son, John Wheelock, as President of the school and college. Soon after Dr. Wheelock began to send out missionaries into the wilderness, the controversy with Great Britain commenced, which blighted his fair and encouraging prospects ; and during the last few years of his life, there was ac- tual war, in which many of the Indians acted with the enemy.
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The whole number of missionaries, educated at this school, we are unable to state ; but, at the period of the first college com- mencement, in 1771, the number of scholars destined to be missionaries was twenty-four, of whom eighteen were white and only six were Indians. The change which Wheelock made from his original plan was the result of experience. He had found that of forty Indian youths who had been under his care, twenty had returned to the vices of savage life. The cel- ebrated Brant was one of his pupils. Among the missionaries whom he employed were Occum, C. J. Smith, T. Chamberlain, S. Kirkland, L. Frisbie, and D. McClure. The missionary Kirkland, was the father of President Kirkland of Harvard College, and the missionary Frisbie was the father of Professor Frisbie of the same college. The missionary McClure was the Rev. D. McClure of East Windsor, Connecticut. Dr. Wheelock died in 1771. See notice of his life in Sprague's Annals, Vol. 1., 397, and Dr. Allens' Biog. Dict. ; of Samson Occum, Sprague's Annals. Vol. 3, 192.
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