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SKETCHES
OF TIIE
CHURCHES AND PASTORS
IN
HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASS .;
AND ALSO,
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED TO THE PASTORS,
BY REV. T. M. COOLEY, D.D. AT METTINEAGUE, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853.
BY A COMMITTEE OF PASTORS.
WESTFIELD : PUBLISHED BY S. W. EDSON. 1854.
W. H. TINSON, PRINTER AND RTERROTYPER, 22 Spruce Street, V. Y.
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INTRODUCTION.
THE Hampshire County Association of Congregational Ministers at its formation was co-extensive with the original county of Hampshire. In 1747 it was divided into Hamp- shire North and South ; the latter included the present county of Hampden, Warren in Worcester county, and Somers, Enfield, and Suffield in Connecticut. After the deaths of those ministers, whose churches were not within the limits of Hampden, their successors united with other Associations, and the Pastors of Brimfield and Holland, who are within this county, united with the Brookfield Association.
After the division of old Hampshire county, in 1812, into three counties, the Hampshire South Association took the name of Hampden. In 1844, in consequence of the difficulty which the members at one extremity experienced in attending meetings when holden at the other, the Asso-
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INTRODUCTION.
ciation was divided by the Connecticut River into two, Hampden East and Hampden West.
About three years ago the two Associations requested Dr. Cooley, being the oldest member, to address the united body at some time when it would suit his convenience and theirs to do so. In June last he requested the Association to appoint a committee to prepare a statistical account of the churches and pastors to be presented at the time he should give' his Address.
The committee appointed for this purpose were, Rev. E. DAVIS, Rev. G. A. OVIATT and Rev. E. B. CLARKE, the first of whom prepared the Sketches of Hampden West, and Brimfield and Holland in Hampden East ; the second, aided by the third, prepared the Sketches of Hampden East. The other matter was prepared by the first, assisted by the last.
Such is the origin of this small volume, which it is hoped will be acceptable to the Pastors and Churches in this county.
CONTENTS.
Page
Introduction.
3
Dr. Cooley's Address
.
9
Churches in Hampden West.
Blandford ... 35
Chester. . .
38
66
Factories 41
Village
42
Granville, East 43
West. 46
Holyoke 1.
49
2 .: 50
Montgomery 51
Russel 54
Tolland 58
Westfield. . .
60
West Springfield.
64
Feeding Hills 68
Agawam.
71
66
Metteneague
72
Churches in Hampden East.
Brimfield.
72
Page
Chicopee 1
76
2.
82
3.
83
Holland.
83
Longmeadow
84
East 90
Ludlow
90
66 Jencksville. 93
Monson
93
Palmer
96
2.
99
Springfield
100
66 Hill. 106
South 107
North.
108
Wilbraham, North.
109
66
South.
112
Extracts from Minutes 114
Questions.
122
Licentiates
131
Systematic Benevolence
142
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF PASTORS.
Page
Page
Alvord, A.
40
Dana, J.
50
Atwater, N.
60
Davis, E. 63
Austin, F. D.
59
Dickinson, B 87
Austin, D. R
92
Dixon, W. E 89
Backus, S.
98
Eddy, H
48
Badger, J.
37
Edson, S. W. 52
94
Ballantine. J.
61
Emerson, S. M 39
Baldwin, M.
97
Fay, W.
74
Baldwin, A. C
106
Field, H. M
67
Bartlett, S. C.
95
Fletcher, T
56
Barton, F. W.
81
Foot, C ..
55
Bascom. A
38
Forward, A.
54
Beebe, H ..
88
Fowler, J. H
52
Bowers, J .
111
Fuller, J
75
Booge, A. J
46
Glover, P.
102
Breck, R.
103
Griswold, S.
68
Breed, D .. 41
Hall, W.
93
Brewer, D. .
103
Harding, J. W
88
Bridgham. J.
73
Harrison, R ..
58
Brown, C. 73
Harvey, J.
96
Brown, E.
110
Hazen, R. S. 69
112
Bull, N
61
Hine, S ..
99
Burns, R
96
Hinsdale, C. J 38
Burt, E. 83
Hopkins, S. 65
Chapin. S 48
Howard, B.
105
Clark, D.
38
Howe, E. G 56
Clark, E. B
80
Hunter, J 67
Clark, L. W
112
Hyde, J 111
Clark, S ..
40
Ives, J. 94
Clapp, S. G.
82
Keep, J. 37
Clinton, I ..
55
Kittredge, C. B 95
Condit, J. B.
87 Knapp, I. 63
Cooley, T. M.
45 Knight, C 53
Cooley, H.
58 Knight, R.
51
Colton, S.
97
Lathrop, J.
65
Cross, M. K
99 Lombard, H. J 70
Baker, J.
47
Ely, A.
Buckingham, S. G
108
Hazen, J. A.
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INDEX.
Page
Page
McClanathan, W
35
Smith, H. B. 49
Mckinstry, J
76
Sprague, W. B 66
Merrick, N
109
Steward, A
90
Miller, S
50
Storrs, R. S.
86
Morton, J
36
Strong, S. W
107
Moxon, G
101
Sweet, H. H. F.
98
Morse, J.
75
Taylor, E. 60
Osgood, S ..
106
Tuck, J. W.
93
Oviatt, G. A
82
Tupper, M. 89
43
Partridge, G. C
75
Vaill, J.
74
Patrick, J.
36
Vermilye, T. 66
Perry, R.
71
Ward, S. D.
70
Phoenix, A.
78
Walker, T
42
Pierce, A. C.
51
Ware, J. K. 98
Pomeroy, R
39
Warren, M 112
Porter, N
107
Warriner, F
41
Reeve, E.
83
Williams, S.
85
Rogers, E. P
81
Williams, N
73
Rose, I. G
111
Williams, D
70
Rossiter, D
55
Willard, J.
110
Russell, E
107
Witter, E 110
Sabin, A.
94
Wilson, T.
99
Sanderson, A.
59
Wolcot, S. 88
Sanford, J.
84
Wood, A. A. 67
Seeley, R. H.
108
Woodbridge, J
98
Skinner, E. S.
113
Wright E. B 92
Smith, J .
44
Wright, W.
81
Smith, H
70
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF LICENTIATES.
Page
Page
Adams, R.
134
Ballantine, J
132
Allen, W.
139
Beardsley, N. 135
Appleton, J. 133
Bement, W. 138
Baldwin, T.
134
Biscoe, A.
134
Baldwin, W. W.
141
Bliss, M. 131
Bagg, D. T.
140
Bliss, E.
133
Ball, H.
133
Blakesly, S. V. 141
Noble, S.
51
Treat, R .. 72
Page, A. C.
84
Tuttle, M.
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INDEX.
Page
Page
Bliss, I. G.
141
Isham, W
138
Booge, P. V.
132
Keep, J .. 142
Burt, S. .
134
Knight, J . 136
Burt, E,
135
Langdon, G. 139
Bracket, J ..
137
Lathrop, J. 131
Bradford, E. P.
134
Lawrence, J . 140
Bronson, G. F.
142
Lombard, O.
141
Bryon, G. A.
141
McCloud, A. 140
Canfield, P.
139
Montgomery, A 139
Chapin, E.
137
Moody, E ...
137
Church, A. 132
Morgan, J. C.
138
Clapp, T.
137
Nash, W. 133
Clark, S. . 135
Noble, G 131
Clark, E. C.
136
Osgood T.
134
Clark, P.
137
Pease, G.
138
Clark, P. K. 140
Perkins, J.
139
Coe, H.
135
Rice, C. D.
139
Collins, A. B
136
Richey, W.
135
Cook, E. B.
136
Rossiter, E. W.
137
Cook, P.
138
Sexton, N. A.
137
Cooley, H
140
Skinner, N.
135
Cushing, C
141
Smith, A.
132
Devoe, I.
140
Smith, H.
137
Doe, W. P.
141
Stephens, A. A.
141
Ely, A.
135
Strong, E.
138
Fairchild, J. H.
136
Tarleton, J. W.
141
Fisher, J 135
Taylor, J.
132
Foster, F.
134
Taylor, J. 135
Garvin, I.
135
Thornton, J. B.
142
Gates, A. 135
Thacher, S. 133
Gay, E. 133
Tuck, J. W. 140
Turner, D. K. 141
142
Goodrich, E. 131
Underwood, G. W. 139
Guernsey, E.
152
Van Lennep, H. L. 140
131
Hatch, R. C.
136
Williams, N 131
Hayes, G. . 138
Wood, J. 139
Hayes, A. A. 138
Woodbridge, B. K. 133
Hayes, P. O. 137
Woodwortn, W. W 140
Hazen, R. S. 137
Woodworth, C. L. 142
Hunn, D. L. 136
Wright, E. 139
Gibbs, C .. 141
Goddard, C. G.
142
Tyler, J. ..
Hale, J. L.
138
Whitney, J.
Brewer, D. 132
Lombard, H. J. 136
ADDRESS
TO HAMPDEN EAST AND WEST ASSOCIATIONS.
BY THE
REV. T. M. COOLEY, D.D.
" THE redemption of the soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever." In carrying into effect the work of redeeming love, the grand instrumentality which God employs is the Christian ministry. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But how then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ? And how shall they hear without a preacher ? And how shall they preach except they be sent ?" As it is written, " How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings ? that publisheth peace ? that bringeth good tidings of good ? that publisheth salvation ? that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth."
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BELOVED BRETHREN :
I come before you to-day, to perform a duty of affecting responsibility. By your kind invitation, I am to address you respecting the sacred ministry ; a subject dear to us all-a subject which, above all others, has engaged my intense solicitude for more than half a century.
But I have nothing new for this occasion. I shall attempt only to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.
The serious consideration that I speak to you, while standing on the confines of the grave, and of the world of spirits, will not fail to give me an interest in your sympathies, your attention, and prayers. And the fact that I have just been minis- tering at the death-bed and funeral of one of our venerable brethren in the ministry,* has prepared me, I trust, in some measure to speak as a dying minister to dying ministers. And, in the limited range of subjects appropriate to this occasion, what shall be the special theme of discussion ? I will attempt, by the aid of divine grace, to offer a few thoughts on the causes and consequences of a failure of success in the ministry.
Though we are in the very region of " surprising
* Rev. Roger Harrison.
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conversions," under a faithful ministry, in the days of Edwards, and where the churches more recently have been blessed with heavenly refreshings, yet I shall make no apology for the choice of my subject.
To fail of success in the ministry is an event which we cannot contemplate but with the most painful emotions. Our efforts are usually successful or unsuccessful, in proportion to the prudence and the zeal, or the carelessness and apathy with which they are directed.
He who enters the sacred office with mercenary views, with a heart wedded to the world, will prove no blessing to the Church, and, without speedy repentance, will induce upon himself the heaviest condemnation. " And if he perishes," to adopt the language of Bishop Burnet, " he does not perish alone, but carries a shoal down with him, either of those who have perished in ignorance, through his neglect, or of those who have been hardened in sin, through his ill example."
But, conceding that ministers are good men, sound in the faith, and correct in moral habits, may there not exist such faults and failings as will induce a formal, inefficient, and unsuccessful ministry ?
1. Ministers may fail, in a great measure, of success, through the weakness of their Christian graces.
The messenger of the Lord of Hosts must be a
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good man, but must not be contented with a com- mon measure of goodness. "He ought to aspire to a purity above that of common Christians, answer- ing to that of angels." Do his advantages for personal holiness far exceed those of other men ? Do his studies, his labors, his trials and conflicts conspire together to wean him from the world, and to quicken and elevate his religious affections ? Is he, by the very nature of his sacred profession, exempted, in some sense, from earthly cares, and preserved from the corrupting influence and evil example of the world ? Has he more enlarged views of the mysteries of godliness, and more leisure than other men, to contemplate those myste- ries ? He must then prove but a poor proficient, if he fails to "purchase to himself a good degree and great boldness in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus."
The preacher who is eminent in personal religion, is furnished with a rich store of experimental knowledge, which will enable him to comfort and instruct the disciples of Christ in their seasons of trial and darkness, and solve their various cases of conscience. " The strong will bear the infirmities of the weak, and so fulfil the law of Christ." Such a preacher will exhibit divine truth in a pleasing, impressive manner, from the heart and to the heart. He will pray more fervently, and will have reason
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to expect the aid and guidance of the Holy Spirit in every movement in the pastoral office. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will shew them his covenant." In every depart- ment of the sacred office, his face will shine, like that of Moses, after he had been with God on the mount.
The history of the Church, in all past time, will furnish illustrations and facts on this subject. Who, let me inquire, have been the most favored instru- ments in promoting evangelical piety, and pulling down the strongholds of Satan ? Who have been the great reformers of the Church, and of the world ? And who are now the most successful pastors in the churches ? Is it not evident, beyond debate, that the instruments whom God is wont to honor, are such as are distinguished for their vivid and consistent piety, and preach by their example ?
To this remark there may be exceptions. Unholy men may have preached the gospel with success. In this respect, the Holy Spirit is not limited. Hence, says the apostle, " Whether in pretence or in truth Christ is preached, I do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice." While real conversions, and genuine revivals of religion may have occurred in connexion with the labors of unsanctified men, others, of whom the world was not worthy, have, in deepest mourn- ing, uttered their complaints, that they have labored
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in vain, and spent their strength for nought. How was the sublime eloquence of the prophet Isaiah, and the tears and expostulations of Jeremiah poured forth upon stupid, irreclaimable hearers ? How unavailing were the wonderful sermons, and even the tears of him that spake as man never spake !
It must be confessed, therefore, that the instru- mentality of some of the brightest ornaments in the Church has been little else, except to render their irreclaimable hearers the more inexcusable in their unbelief. How fearful was the commission to one of the ancient prophets, " Go and tell this people, hear ye indeed, but understand not, and see ye indeed, but perceive not ; make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert and be healed." Success, therefore, or a failure of success, is, by no means, the certain criterion of Christian character or ministerial fidelity. We cannot, however, deny that a formal and worldly spirit in the ministers of religion must impart a paralyzing influence to all their ministrations. Such a spirit must tend, most fatally, to quiet the con- science of the bold transgressor, to strengthen the vain hopes of the formalist and the hypocrite, and to cherish, even in the children of God, a, luke- warmness and declension. The tone of morals and
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piety in the Church must depend much upon the religious character of her teachers. Brethren, when shall we so live and feel, that we can, from the heart, address the Churches, in the language of the Apostle Paul-" Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and unblamably we have behaved ourselves among you that believe ?"
2. Success in the ministry is often diminished by a fault in the composition of sermons.
The hours devoted immediately to the house of God are few and precious. To direct the thoughts of the congregation, and lead them in their devo- tions, in these sacred seasons, must be an office of infinite moment and fearful responsibility. It is said of Martin Luther, though a man of great courage, that he could not, even to the latest hour of his life, conquer his fear, when he ascended the pulpit. Here, therefore, the faithful pastor will put forth his best-directed efforts, and a fault here must be of serious and fatal consequence.
" The pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers, Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard,
Support, and ornament of virtue's cause."
Some fail here by neglect of due preparation. Trusting to the feelings and thoughts of the moment,
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they deliver a mere declamation, which will neither edify the believer, nor convince the infidel. This may be done under pretence of relying wholly on the aids of the Holy Spirit. But how is such aid to be expected ? Not to supersede, but to accom- pany our own most laborious efforts. Many impor- tant truths lie deep, and must be drawn forth by patient, persevering investigation. He who would become an interesting and useful preacher, must, on no pretence, neglect the charge of the Apostle Paul to Timothy-" Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine ; meditate on these things ; give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear unto all."
It is the business of the preacher to make men serious. Let him beware, then, of all lightness of speech, or affectation of wit. Woe be unto him, who
" Would court a grin when he should win a soul, Or break a jest when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation."
A low and vulgar style, which degrades the sublime subjects of our holy religion, will disgust the hearer, and defeat the desired object. on the contrary, laden with ornament, while it may gratify a corrupt taste, disarms the truth. A ser- mon studiously decked with flowers, failing to reach
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the conscience, will leave an assembly unaffected. " It would be a sad thing thus to barter away the souls of men for the highest and justest reputation of writing with elegance, and shining well." Says Archbishop Fenelon-" I love a serious preacher, who speaks for my sake, not his own; who seeks my salvation, not his own vainglory."
The great object of the ministry is often defeated by suppressing that class of truths which are pecu- liarly offensive to the carnal heart. Some seem to think it their duty to temporize or to varnish the truth, so as to disarm it of its penetrating terror. The fault here alluded to is not that of preaching false doctrines, but of keeping back those doctrines which show to unholy mortals their depravity, their danger, and their dependence. Thus did not Christ nor his apostles. They exhibited the truth, and the whole truth, in a plain manner, and in terms which must awaken deep feeling. They caused the truth to beam upon their hearers with the light of the meridian sun. A fault, in this particular, to which we are continually exposed, by the love of praise, and the fear of censure, may indeed secure a fleeting popularity, but it will be at the infinite hazard of a failure of success in the ministry. With all the improvements of the past half century, and they are many, whether we have made improvements in the plain, pungent, pointed preaching of the doc-
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trine of the cross, admits of a painful doubt. It is objected, indeed, that men do not love, and will not endure sound doctrine. They would not endure it even from the lips of the Saviour. The world will always remain, even to the end, inimical to the doc- trines of ( i.t. It will always reply to ministers as the Jews did to Christ himself-" This is a hard saying, who can hear it." Unconverted men do not love the truth, and we are not required to cause them to love it; but we must preach it fully, whether they will hear, or whether they will for- bear. If we shrink from this duty, how can we expect the blessing of God upon our labors, or how can we appropriate to ourselves the declaration of the apostle-" I take you to record, this day, that I am free from the blood of all men, for I have not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God." The remark of our late illustrious Secretary of State is well worthy our serious attention. Said he, " When I attend on a preacher, I wish to have it a personal matter. A personal matter! I want my pastor to come to me in the spirit of the Gospel, saying, you are mortal ! your work must be done speedily ! you are immortal too ; you are hastening to the bar of God. Behold the Judge standeth at the door !"
3. Ministers fail of success through want of fer- vency in the delivery of God's messages to men.
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A serious, unaffected, impressive method of dis- pensing the Gospel must be a most desirable attain- ment. He who would make others feel, must himself feel. Let the most serious truths be delivered without emotion in the speaker, and the hearers will feel a doubt whether he fully realizes his own message. The story of the bishop and the stage-player, though often told, will not suffer by a repetition. "How happens it," said the bishop, "that you stage-players treat of fiction, and yet people are attentive and deeply affected, while we preachers treat of the most important realities with- out effect ?" "Because," said the stage-player, " you treat realities as fictions, but we treat fictions as realities." The sermons of Shepard, of Cam- bridge, were written in tears, and we may infer how they were delivered, from the fact that it was inquired of those who attended, by those who were detained from the house of God, Who was moved upon ?
The animation of the pulpit must be real, not affected. It must consist in a holy unction, the fruit of experimental, habitual faith. The preacher must seek, in the closet, a preparation for the duties of the pulpit. He must preach his sermons to himself, and implore the blessing of God upon them. But, if we neglect this holy and prayerful discipline, we shall be compelled to adopt the com-
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plaint of the pious Baxter-" I confess I must speak it, by lamentable experience ; I publish to my flock the distempers of my soul. When I have grown cold, they have grown cold accordingly. The next prayers I have heard from them are too much like my last sermon."
4. Ministers fail of success through ignorance of the state and character of the people.
In every congregation there is great variety of character-the educated, the ignorant, the moral and immoral, the speculative believer and the unbe- liever. How can a pastor who is ignorant of their state and character administer timely instruction ? How can he adapt himself to times and occasions, when much good may be effected, or evil prevented, by a single effort in season ? The vigilant pastor will know, critically, the state of things. He will know what to preach, and how to act. The enemy will never find him slumbering on his post. He will watch every change, and be ready for every event. This knowledge, so indispensable to success, is not to be obtained in the closet. The pastor must visit from house to house, and penetrate into the reli- gious history of neighborhoods and families. And while this will cost him an expensive sacrifice of time and toil, it will not only bring the Gospel to the fireside with effect, but it will procure a fund of useful knowledge, which will enable him to bear
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upon the particular circumstances of the people. If there is a revived seriousness, if opportunity pre- sents to give a death-blow to some fashionable vice, or to revive some decaying religious institution, he is prepared, like a faithful watchman, to meet every diversified event. Nor will he neglect the moment for a happy effort, which may soon pass by, never to return.
I cannot omit to add, in this connexion, that all I have said bespeaks the vast importance of a perma- nent ministry. He who exchanges his field of labor once in six or ten years, sacrifices, of course, this peculiar knowledge of men and things, so difficult to be obtained, and so essential to a successful ministry. In how many respects both pastors and churches, during the past one-third of a century, have been bleeding at the heart, in consequence of these changes, and how many souls have perished, the developments only of eternity can fully reveal to us. To my brethren and to the churches I must here leave my humble and dying testimony in favor of a permanent ministry.
5. Success in the ministry is much diminished by neglect of the rising generation.
As many as one-half of our parishioners are under the age of sixteen years, and one-third, according to my bills for fifty-eight years, die under ten. The young are the hope of the Church. The
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first years of life are the most important. The Holy Spirit strives with children and youth. Is it not, therefore, most inexcusable and sinful to neglect this portion of the flock, till their disease becomes inveterate, and their cure comparatively hopeless ? Shall the enemy be suffered to keep his palace in peace, and strengthen his interest unmolested ? For the evil here brought to view, the influence and efforts of the pastor will administer a salutary remedy. We must strive to awaken Christian parents to the tenderest concern for the conversion and salvation of their children. Let pious mothers be advised to take their children to the closet, for counsel and prayer, with direct reference to their early conversion to God. Let parents be instructed into the nature and spiritual importance of infant baptism, and advised to bring their children early and believingly to the sacramental seal. Let us not, through false delicacy, neglect this subject, because many whom we fellowship as Christians, neglect and deny this ordinance. It has been my privilege to witness a number of happy, triumphant deaths among children between the age of six and thirteen years, and it is a remarkable fact, that they were all baptized children. We must extend our influence to Sabbath schools and Bible classes ; and while we enlist as many as possible, both as teachers and pupils, let us give earnest attention to
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these nurseries of religious instruction. Let every child that can read be furnished with a Bible, and persuaded to read it seriously and daily. Children that are Bible readers, generally, sooner or later, become converted. Our discourses from the pulpit are prepared, not for children, but for men of matured intellect. These are fed with the best fruits of our labors, while the lambs of the flock are too often suffered to perish with hunger. This is not acting the part of a faithful and wise steward, who gives to every one of the household a portion of meat in due season. It was a saying of Richard Baxter, that by a faithful and suitable use of means, the greatest part would be converted before they could understand a sermon. Well may we inquire, with much solicitude, have we not failed of obeying fully the command of the Saviour to his favorite apostle, " FEED MY LAMBS."
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