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The Granite building on State Street, numbered 72, was erected in 1827, by Andrew J. Allen, of four stories, and im- proved by himself, under the title of A. J. Allen & Son.
Two Blocks of Brick dwelling houses were erected in 1845, one on each side of Chilson place, leading from Ly- man place, comprising five buildings, all by Gardner Chilson.
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MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE BUILDING.
This edifice is near the centre of State Street, and was erected in 1812: the building extending with a public walk or thoroughfare through its entire length into Lindall St. a length of 170 feet : besides an entrance at each end of the building is one on its west centre, from Congress Street : it is advantageously situated and arranged for the trading, travelling community : in it, is the Post Office department : Merchants' public Reading Room : a Table d'hote Hotel, un- der that, excellent caterer for benefits to the body, alias the mind, FERDINANDO GORI: with various offices for public concerns : it is a super-excellent building of its kind, and the only indifferent feature on the whole concern, is the sculp- tured vignette over its front portico, which forcibly reminds one of the old primmer cuts " in day's of yore," where many things were crowded into the picture without any relation to size or propriety, if they could be wedged into it.
A brick block in Alden's lane, comprising three hand- some houses, was built in 1844, by Ezra Trull.
PUBLIC HOUSES IN BOSTON.
Names of Houses.
Locations.
Adams House,
371 Washington street,
Albany House.
13 Albany street,
Albion House,
Fremont, c. Beacon st.
American House,
12 Hanover street,
Avon Mouse,
160 Washington street,
Boston Hotel,
Lincoln st. opp. U.S. Hot.
Branle Square Hotel,
9 Brattle Square,
Bromfield House,
Buttala House,
Bromheld street, First Street.
Carleton House,
ti Tremont Row,
City Tuveru,
Brattle street, Harrison avenue,
15. 11. Bowles.
Colony House,
Beach. c. Lincam street. cor. Lowell & Minot als., Milk street,
G. O. Richard .. Levi Whiney.
Conner. Coffee House Concert Hall,
P. B. Brigham
Canard House,
c. Hanover & Court sis., Websterst., H. Boston, 1 Corniall court,
F. B. Galler. C. M. TASI.
Cornhill Coffee House, Derley House,
Hagle Coffee House,
Eagle Hotel,
Eastern Ex. Hotel,
Bastern Steamb. House.
Eastern R. R. Wharf. head of M. S. B. wlari, 115 Commercial sheel, 9 Hhn street.
Minticolt House,
Je W. Pargne
Congresso & Devent's ( Metal & I'm;
By whom hept. 1 .. & W. Adams. C. Shaw. J. W. Barton. Lewis Rice. I .. Elison. F. Stajdey. 1 .. Miade. S. Crocbelt.
J. Meri. 11. Rooth. Chamberlin & Ginge.
Climnon House,
Colmabian Hotel,
Court cor. Shabury Sis. Fulton Street, 21 Aun stre. 1,
A. Atkinson. Forhost & Backnem. IL. hours. (i. J. Cobain.
Eastern R. Road House, Khu Street Hotel,
Exchange Coffee House,
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Names of Houses.
Farmer's House, Fire Department Hotel, Fitchburg House, Franklin House, Freeman's Inn, Fulton House, Fountain House.
German Coffee House, Globe Hotel,
Grocers' Inn,
Hanover House,
Jefferson House,
La Fayette Hotel,
La Grange House,
Lowell House,
Mansion Honse,
Mariner's House,
Market Hotel,
Marlboro' Hotel,
Massachusetts Hotel,
Merchants' Exch. Hotel, Merchants' Hotel,
Merrimac House,
N. E. Coffee House,
Neptune Ilouse, Norfolk House.
Norfolk Coffee House,
North American House, Old Province House,
Pantheon House,
Park House,
Patterson House, Pavilion,
Pearl Street House, Pemberton House, Perkins's Tavern,
Plymouth House,
Quincy House, Railroad House,
Revere House, Sailor's Home,
Semmen's Hotel, Shades, Shawinut House. South Boston Hotel, Stackpole House, Suffolk House. Sun Tavern,
Tremont Honse.
'Fremont Street Hotel, Twelfth Ward Hotel, Union Hotel. United States Hotel, L'tica House, Washingt'n Coff. House, Washington Hall, Western Hotel, Whitney's Hotel,
Locations.
20 Aun street, South Boston, Causeway cor. Canal st. 11 Merchants' row, Broad st. ur. the bridge, cor. Cross & Fulton sts., e. Beach & Harrison av. 15.5 Pleasant street,
c. Hanover & Counner'l, 112 Cambridge street, 50 Hanover street, 16 Ann street,
392 Washington st., 17 Union street,
cor. Lowell & Barton sts. 95 Hanover street,
North square,
& Market square,
229 Washington street, cor. Eudicott & Cross, State street,
Change avenue,
Merrimack street, Clinton street, 263 Aun street,
25 Elm street,
Nortolk avenue,
Blackstone street,
rear 165 Washington st. 139 Washington street,
c. Boylston & Trem. sts, 11 Elm street,
41 Tremont row,
cor. Pearl & Milh sts., Howard street,
Franklin avenue.
Kneeland c. Albany st.,
1 Branle square, Church street, Bowdoin square, 99 Purchase street, langdon place,
2 Cornhill square, 32 Hanover street, Fourth street, 30 Milk street,
392 Washington street, Batterymarch street, fremont street,
cor. Tremont & Canton, e. l'ourth st. & Turnpike. Maverick sq., F. Boston, e. Beach & Lincoln sts., l'tica street.
15 Washington street, $33 Washington street, 91 & 96 Cambridge st., ; Liacolu street,
By whom kept.
L. Robinson. John Fenno. C. Brown. Daniel Chamberlin. Jere. Brown.
Clark & Furber. Thomas C. Drew. Charles Prait.
Lewis Whitney. Benjamin Godsoe. C. A. Russell, & Co.
James Lyford. 1 st Decoster. J. Drew. C. Ober. 1 .. Gunnison. Wilham Brodhead. W'm. Hastings.
J. Coc. Horace llatchi. Ferdinando Gori. And. Montion. J. I .. Hanson. 1 .. Maynard. I. E. Keyes. W. Merriu. D. C. Parkhirst. James Il. Huyes.
T. Waite. John Bolton. J. Howard Bayrs. M. & M. Wildes. S. S. Stone.
J. weit Ilitelicock & Co.
A. H. Murdock. Thomas H. Perkins. Jola V. Clark. Eli Wheelock. R. E. Watkins. Paran Stevens.
J. O. Chany. Martin Barnes, 2d. Thomas Bates. S. Ihilliard. S. Theoml. James Ryan. J. 11. Pollard. W. P. Capewell. John L. Tucker. W. Crombie. W. D. Hohnes. J. P. Haynes. Holman & Co. C. Baker.
E S. Goodnow. Amherst Baton. E. H. Doolittle. Charles Whunoy
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HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY.
This society was formed in 1815, by 31 associated mem- bers: their first government was Thomas Smith Webb for President ; Amasa Winchester, Vice President ; Nathaniel Tucker, Treasurer ; and Mr. M. S. Parker, Secretary, with a board of Trustees.
Their meetings were held at Mr. Graupner's Hall in Franklin Street, and afterwards at the hall in Bedford Street: the expenses of the institution being defrayed from their own resources : the first public performance of an Oratorio took place at the Stone Chapel, on Christmas eve, 1815; when upwards of 1000 persons attended and were delighted with the selections from Haydn's Creation and from Handel's compositions ; their success at the time was all that could be expected, and their course from that date to the present, has been onward and upward, and the patronage from the public has been most ample and honorable. The society was incorporated Feb. 9th, 1816 : it increased so as to re- quire a larger hall, and Boylston Hall was occupied by them from Feb. 11, 1817 to 1839 : when, having about 160 effec- tive singers, and an orchestra of 30 instruments, with a pow- erful and melodious organ from the manufactory of Thomas Appleton, they removed to the capacious Melodeon build- ing, and their first performance there was on the 20th of December, 1839 : there they have aimed successfully to improve and give to the public a course of 10 or 12 weekly performances on the Sabbath evenings during the winter; of the most grand and sublime strains from the great masters of magic sounds; and if the young successful members would but continue to do their part with a modest aspiring ambition to reach the highest degree of excellence for many years of practice, in the place of being satisfied with a pleasing mediocrity, and yet with an aspiration to be looked upon as stars of magnitude in the musical horizon, the soci-
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ety at this time might have possessed a choir of effective performers in every department of the Solos, Duets, Trios, &c. and have approached near to a rivalling excellence with the fame of foreign celebrated societies: The late visit of the Havana Italian company afforded to our musical com- munity a rich treat in the solos, duets, &c., of Moses in Egypt, which could only have been done by a thorough training and a steady practice for years ; and if our young singers will shoot up like a rocket in their own opinion, and prematurely explode, we hope the society will not feel much the weight of the stick, but continue their great and useful energies to improve the taste and style of sacred music, and afford to the citizens an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the best productions of the great composers of sacred melody.
President, Jonas Chickering ; Vice President, Benjamin F. Baker ; Secretary, Joseph G. Oakes ; Treasurer, Matthew S. . Parker ; Trustees, John Dodd, David Carter, J. Luring Fairbanks, J. S. Sweet. J. E. Hasselton, Abraham O. Bigelow, Silas P. Merriam. George Hlews, and T. V. Ball.
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THE FIRST CHURCH IN STATE STREET.
(See pages 27, 63 and 109.) The first Church society was gathered July 3d., 1630, and their house on State St. was dedicated May 26th, 1632; a second house built for that society, was on the site of Joy's Building on Washington St. at the head of State St. : that building was burned down Oet. 2d. 1711 ; a third house was erected on the same spot, and dedicated May 3d. 1713 : this was razeed in 1808 ; and July 21st, their present elegant house for worship in Chauncy place was appropriately dedicated; the sentiments of the society are Unitarian.
PASTORS. Rev. John Wilson, settled Nov. 27. 1630. John Cotton, colleague Oct. 17, 1033
Died Ang. 7, 1667. See p. 10? " Dec. 23. 1002. Sup
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PASTORS.
Rev. John Norton, settled July 23, 1656. Died April 5, 1663.
Ju. Davenport, settled Dec. 9, 1GGS. James Allen, coll. Dec. 9, 1668. Jolm Oxenbridge " April 10, 1670. Joshua Moody, settled May 3, 16-1. John Bailey, settled July 17, 1693.
March 13, 1670. See p. 101
Sept. 22, 1710.
" Dec. 25, 1674. 1692.
Left Dec. 12, 1697.
Resign. June 16, 1725.
Died Sept. 26, 1715.
Benj. Wadsworth, coll. Sept. 8, 1696. Thomas Bridge, coll. May 10, 1705. Thos. Foxeroft, settled Nov. 20, 1717. Chas. Chauncey, D. D., coll. Oct. 25. 1727. " Feb. 10, 1757.
June 19, 1769.
Jn. Clarke, D.D , colleague July 8, 177S. Wm. Emerson, settled Oct. 16, 1799.
April 1, 1798.
" May 12, 1:11
John 1 .. Abbott, settled July 14, 1:13. " Oct. 17, 1811.
N. L. Frothingham, D.D., set. March 15, 1815. Present Pastor. See pages 218 to 221.
Dr. Chauncy's cultivated garden and grounds comprised most of Chauncy Place ; from hence its name.
Dr. Cooper was so much engaged in various affairs that he became fond of having strangers preach from his pulpit ; it was so generally understood; and an anecdote occured on that point, too good to be lost : Dr. Chauncy's negro wanted a coat, and applied to his master for one and was told to ask Mrs. Chauncy for one of his old coats; the negro not being satisfied with that answer applied again, and on receiving the same answer, replied, " Massa, I rather not have one of your black coats for fear Massa Cooper ask me to preach for him."
OLD NORTH CHURCH-HANOVER STREET,
Now the Stone Gothic Church ; The first gathering of this congregation owes its origin to a difficulty in settling Mr. Peter Thacher as colleague with Mr. Webb at the New North Church : Sept. 9th, 1719, was a day of prayer with that society and after those services the members proceeded to vote for a colleague, but lest it should be a breach upon the solemnities of the day the votes were sealed to be exam- ined the next day ; when 33 out of 44 wore for Mr. Thacher:
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on the 16th, the congregation met by desire, to express their concurrence with the vote of the church : on proposing the question to the convention of the members and congregation, a protest was presented signed by 6 church members and 39 of the congregation, charging the church with the base " design of ensnaring them by their vote : " this document they refused to leave with the church and they probably all retired, as on taking another vote, the whole 46 were for Mr. Thacher.
Jan. 27th, 1720, was the installation day : invitations had been given to the five congregational churches of Boston : the first church in Salem; those in Cambridge : Dorchester, Romney Marsh (Watertown) and Milton, to attend the cer- emony : a few days previous to that event, " the aggrieved brethren " by the advice of the Ministers of Boston, proposed that their differences should be referred to a council, but the church would not accede to that offer on account of the time and manner it was brought forward.
The day arrived, and not one of the ministers of Boston appeared and only Mr. Cheever fiom Romney Marsh with delegates from his church, and Mr. Peter Thacher of Milton, in opposition to a vote of his church, were present as invited participators in the exercises : they met at the house of Mr. Webb, corner of North Bennet and Salem streets, to form in procession to the Meeting house : " the aggrieved brethren " assembled at the house of Mr. Lee, North Ben- net St. next to the Universalist church, which place the pro- > cession was expected to pass : a deputation from the body at Mr. Lee's, waited on the council at Mr. Webb's house with a remonstrance against installing Mr. Thacher, which they wished to prevent, peaceably if they could, but forcibly if they must, by preventing the council from going to the church.
The council in that predicament would be exposed to con- fusion and uproar in the streets, and Mr. Webb led them out
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through a back gate into Tileston St. and through Robbin- son's alley into the church, and obtained ummolested pos- session of the pulpit : the house was nearly filled with a promiscuous multitude, among them were a few of " the ag- grieved " who began to raise a clamour, and sent in haste for the party at Mr. Lee's, who came into the meeting-house in a noisy manner, forcing their way into the galleries and in a menacing attitude forbade the proceedings ; some were extremely unruly and indecent, almost beyond credibility; silence being repeatedly called for without any good effect.
The council at last determined to proceed as they could : Mr. Cheever put the question to about 40 church members, " whether they confirmed the call of Mr. Thacher ?" which being answered in the affirmative, Mr. T. acknowledged his acceptance of the office and Mr. C., then proclaimed him as pastor of the New North Church." The disturbances yet con- tinued and they were called upon to make known what they wished for ; one of them said, " that the matters in dispute might be heard and considered by a council : " The Rev. Messrs. W. and T., with the members of the church assent- ed to the proposition : Mr. T., of Milton, made a prayer, the newly installed pastor gave a discourse, and a prayer and blessing closed the services.
The next day Mr. Webb sent to the disaffected church brethren, to meot at his house for the purpose of convening a council : only four of them appeared and they refused to have any thing to do with it.
The Brick church (now Stone) in Hanover street, between Richmond and Prince streets was formed by those "aggriev- ed brethren," Nov. 14th, 1719; twenty-three persons asso- ciated to carry on the good work to a completion, and the building was dedicated May 20th, 1721 ; a regular church was gathered May 23d., 1722, on which day Mr. Win. Wal- dron was ordained its pastor.
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" The figure of a Cock was placed as a Vane to the steeple 'in derision of Mr. Lathrop, whose name was Peter."
In 1649, a church was erected at the head of North square, and destroyed by fire Nov. 27th, 1676 : it was re-built the next year, and staved to pieces by the British soldiers under Lord Howe, Jan. 16th, 1776, to be used as fuel by the re- fugees and tories : the members of that Old North congrega- tion united with the new Brick society, June 27th, 1779 : the splendid new stone gothic edifice they now convene in, was dedicated Sept. 16th, 1845, and is esteemed one of the best finished and ornamental public buildings in the city.
Ministers of the Old North Church in North Square; for an account of which see page 48.
PASTORS.
John Mayo, settled Nov. 9th, 1655.
Increase Mather, D.D., sett. May 27th, 1669.
Died Aug. 23d., 1723.
Cotton Mather, D. D., settled May 13th, 16$1. Died Feb. 13th, 1725.
Joshua Gee, settled Dec. 18th, 1723.
Died May 22d., 1748.
Resigned Oct. 23d., 1741.
Samuel Mather, D.D., sett. June 21st, 1732. Samuel Checkley; Jr., settled Sept. 3d., 1717. Died March 19th, 1708.
John Lathrop, D. D., settled May Istlı, ITis.
Died Jan. 4th, 1s10.
Ministers of the New Brick union Society.
William Waldron, settled May 230., 1722.
Died Sept. 20th. 1727.
William Welsteed, settled March 27th1, 1729. Died Sept. 29th, 1753.
Ellis Gray, settled Sept. 27th, 1768. Died Jan. 17th, 1753 Eben. Pemberton, D.D., sett. March 6th, 1754. Died Sept. 15, 1777.
Heury Ware, Jr. D.D , settled Jan. 1st, 1$17. Died Sept. 22. 1:13.
Ralph Waldo, Emerson, sett. March 11th, 1529. Resign. Oct 29, 1932.
Chandler Robbins, settled Dec 4th, 1-33.
Present Pastor.
See pages 215 to 221.
Resigned April 15, 1673.
FIRST BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE.
Some few of the first settlers of N. England embraced the tenets of the baptist persuasion, and the rulers of the colony used every method, but in vain, to check the prevalence of those "abominable " doctrines : and instead of doing to others as they would be done by, they did as they had been done by : some of their professors they imprisoned ; come
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they whipped; some banished; some disfranchised, and some were subjected, year after year, to ecclesiastical disci- pline, and delivered over to Satan, for not hearkening to the words of the leaders of the true faith : but it was all of no use : the Kings' commissioners having been here, gave free liberty to all sects of men, to worship God in any conscien- tious form : the Baptists on the 28th of March, 1665, joined together in Charlestown and formed the first church of that denomination in Massachusetts : Mr. Gould and 17 others signed the church covenant : the King's commissioners hav- ing left here soon after that event, a wariant was issued to the constable of Charlestown to discover where those people assembled and to require them to attend the established form of worship, and on a refusal on their part, to bring them to trial at Sept. Court : there, they presented their confession of faith : the court declared them, "no orderly church assembly," and disfranchised 18 principal members, and if any further meetings be had, they would be imprisoned : in April, 1666, they were again indicted for non-attendance, and plead their own meeting in defence : this was consid- ered an additional aggravation, and three of them were fined four pounds each, and ordered to give bonds for trial at court, which they refused to give ; thereupon they were committed to prison and remained there a long time : in 1668, Gould appealed for himself, but the court again confirmed the judgment against him, and he was re-committed : the court appointed April 14th for holding a publie dispute on the principles of the Baptist faith : when six divines of the puri- tan profession, attended by the Governor and other magis- trates, and ministers : the Baptists with a few friends from Newport appeared in the defence; a memorandum of the proceedings is preserved in the Historical Society's Library ; but as yet, is undeciphered, and the eloquence and- argu- ments of each party, is lost in an impartial oblivion ; but the
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result was plain and palpable : three of them were ordered out of the colony by July 20th, and if seen here afterwards to be imprisoned, there to remain without bail or mainprise : Mr. Gould was set at liberty to prepare for removal : in the mean time, no meeting was allowed to be held by them; the Baptists determined to suffer imprisonment rather than be exiled : Mr. Gould removed to Noddle's Island, and held the meetings there : Mr. G. as their pastor and Mr. John Russell, Sen. from Woburn, an elder : this Mr. Russell and a Mr. Foster were imprisoned nearly six months in 1672, and in the spring of 1673, two others were fined for non- conformity to the Puritan church.
Governor Bellingham who had been strongly opposed to the Baptists, died Dec. 7, 1672, and at the May election, Jolın Leverett was elected Governor; he extended on his part, full freedom for their religious services ; in Jan. 1678, they resolved on building a meeting house, and proceeded with so much caution, that it was not known for what pur- pose it was intended until completed ; they then paid for the house and land £60, and held a meeting in it Feb. 15, 1679 : it was situated at the bottom of Stillman Place from Salem Street: but again in May, their leaders were ordered to appear before the court of assistants, and ordered that no more meetings be held there, on penalty of forfeiture or demolition : they therefore refrained from meet- ing in the building, yet ordained Mr. Russell as their pastor ; On July 24, 1679, authority was received from the King, ›forbidding that any of his subjects, not Papists, should be subjected to fines or forfeitures for serving God in any way they might desire : they then ventured to meet again, and again were summoned to desist, and ordered the Marshal to nail up their house; which was done March 8, 1680, and a paper posted on the door, forbidding any meeting to be held there, at their peril, &c. The church met the next Lord's
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day in the yard, for the services of the sanctuary, and the next week, erected a temporary covering; but on meeting there the next Sabbath, they found the doors of their house open, and they used it then, and for the future, without any molestation. Their first house of worship was improved by them till the year 1771, when they erected a new building of wood on the same site : in 1828 they erected a handsome brick church on the corner of Hanover and Union Streets, which was dedicated June 18, 1829 : the basement front on Hanover Street is divided into five stores, and in their rear, is the vestry ; size 55 by 38 feet, furnished with settees for 400 persons ; over which is the Church, having 106 pews handsomely made and furnished. The Baptistry is imme- diately in front of the pulpit, elevated sufficiently for the whole audience to witness from their seats, the sacred ordi- nance. Their Sunday school is large and prosperous : the building is finished with a tower and bell : the whole cost about $44,000.
PASTORS.
Rev. Thomas Gould settled 1665.
Died .Oct. 1675.
John Russell
July 28, 1675.
Died Dec. 24, 1680.
John Miles,
" Feb. 1653.
John Emblim, settled
1631.
Dce. 9, 1702.
Ellis Callender, " 1708.
66 1718.
Elisha Call ender, " May 21, 1718.
" March 31, 1738.
Jeremiah Condy " Feb. 14, 1739.
u Aug. 1761.
Samuel Stillman," Jan. 9, 1765. " March 12, 1807.
Joseph Clay. Aug. 19, 1807.
" Oct. 27, 1:09.
Jas. M. Winchell, settled March 13, 1814. Died Feb. 22, 1-20. Francis Wayland, Jr. " Aug. 22, 1821. " Sep :. 10. 1-26.
Cyrus P. Grosvenor, " Jan. 1927. " June, 1:37.
Win. Hague, 66 Feb. 4, 1830.
Lef June, 1847.
Rollin H. Neale,
Sept. 1:37. Present Pastor.
This Church is esteemed Orthodox in sentiment.
OLD SOUTH CHURCH.
While the Baptists were earnestly contending for the ap- plication of baptism to believers only, a question arose
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among the Pedobaptists, themselves, of most peculiar "ex- ercise and concernment respecting the ecclesiastical state of their posterity ; "' to some unpleasant disagreements on this subject, is to be traced the origin of THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH.
In 1657, the first Puritan Church had voted, that it was the duty of a church to exercise church power, regularly, over the children of their members, who had been baptized in infancy, and to take care that their life and knowledge, might be answerable to the engagement made by their rela- tives : this duty they put into practice ; this opinion was sanctioned by a council, and another proposition was adopted which gave to such persons the right to bring their children for baptism, on condition of their owning the covenant before the church, though they might not have sufficient confi- dence of their own regeneration to justify themselves in par- taking of the sacrament. This was the commencement of the half-way covenant.
Some persons feared that by adopting this rule, that " a worldly part of mankind might carry all things into such a course of proceeding, as would be very disagreeable unto the kingdom of Heaven." It happened very singularly, that the first church, which acted on the principle recommended by the synod, and their pastor (Mr. Wilson) had approved of, should make choice of Mr. Davenport of New Haven as their pastor on the deccase of Mr. Wilson : yet so they did, and he was ordained their pastor, and the Rev. James Allen as teacher, on the 9th of Dee. 1668. This step created such a division, that thirty withdrew and formed the third Pedo- baptist church, May 12 and 16, 1669. In July, a council was called by Gov. Bellingham, " fearing," as he said in the order, "a sudden tumult ; some persons attempting to set up an edifice for public worship, which is apprehended, by authority, to be detrimental to the public peace." But the
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