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1829-30, Ansel Allen, Gideon Nye, Jabez Taber.
1831, Ansel Allen, John Taber, Joseph Whelden.
1832-33, Levi Jenney, Gideon Nye, Daniel Davis.
1834, Daniel Davis, Cyrus E. Clark, Jabez Delano, Jr.
1835, Daniel Davis, Cyrus E. Clark, William L. B. Gibbs.
1836, Ansel Allen, Cyrus E. Clark, Daniel Davis.
1837, Daniel Davis, Willim L. B. Gibb-, Bartholomew Taber.
1838, Daniel Davis, Bartholomew Taber, Rodolphins W. Dexter.
1839-40, Ezekiel Sawin, Gideon Nye, Bartholomew Taber.
1841, Gideon Nye, Bartholomew Taber, Firman R. Whitwell.
1842, Cyrus E. Clark, Elbridge G. Morton, Firman R. Whitwell.
1843, Nathaniel Church, Cyrus E. Clark, Elbridge G. Morton.
1844, Nathaniel Church, George Mendall, Sheffel Read.
1845-50, Nathaniel Church, Cyrus E. Clark, Ellis Mendall, Jr.
1851, Cyrus E. Clark, G. II. Taber, Isaac Wood, Jr.
1852. Nathaniel Higgins, George Mendall, Firman R. Whitwell.
1853, Cyrus E. Clark, John Terry, Firman R. Whitwell.
1854, Nathaniel Church, Cyrus E. Clark, Firman R. Whitwell.
1855, Edmund Allen, Charles D. Capen, Barnabas Ewer, Jr.
1856, Edmund Allen, Charles D. Capen, Henry A. Church.
1857, Martin L. Eldridge, John 1. Hawes, Elbridge G. Morton.
PHOENIX HALL, AND CENTRE STREET IN 1890
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1858-59, John A. Hawes, Elbridge G. Morton, Abiel P. Robinson.
1860, Jonathan Cowen, John A. Hawes, Elbridge G. Morton.
1861-62, Jonathan Cowen, Rodolphns W. Dexter, Bartholomew Taber.
1863, Jonathan Cowen, Bartholomew Taber, George H. Taber.
1864, Edwin R. Almy. Bartholomew Taber, Ellery T. Taber.
1865-66, Bartholomew Taber, Frederick Taber, Isaiah West.
1567-65, Reuben Nye, Bartholomew Taber, Isaiah West.
1869-70, Bartholomew Taber, George Il. Taber, Isaiah West.
1871. Bartholomew Taber, George H. Taber, William HI. Whitfield.
1872, Weston Howland, George Il. Taber, William DI. Whitfield.
1873, Daniel J. Lewis, George IL. Taber, William H1. Whitfield.
1874. Daniel J. Lewis, Welcome J. Lawton, George H. Taber.
1875-76, Welcome J. Lawton, George H. Taber, Arnold G. Tripp.
1877-78, Daniel W. Deane, George II. Taber, Arnold G. Tripp.
1879-53, George A. Briggs, Daniel W. Deane, Robert E. Leavitt.
1SS4. Daniel W. Deane, Gorham B. Howes, George W. King.
Daniel W. Deane, George W. King, Frederick C. S. Bartlett.
1886, George H. Taber, Charles F. Howard, Daniel W. Deane, George W. King, Frederick C. S. Bartlett.
Lewis S. Judd, Charles F. Howard, John 1. Bryant.
1.555 89. John 1. Bryant, John H1. Howland, William P. Macomber.
1590, John 1. Bryant, Joseph B. Peek, Benjamin P. Tripp.
1891-92, John 1. Bryant, Joseph B. Peck, Eben Akin, Jr.
1893, John 1. Bryant, Eben Akin, Jr., James L. Gillingham.
1894, James L. Gillingham, Eben Akin, Jr., Daniel W. Deane.
1895, Daniel W. Deane, Albert B. Collins, Nathaniel Sears.
1896-03. John IL. Howland. Charles F. Howard, Walter P. Winsor.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1812-1903
Is12-14. John Hawes. 1-26, James Taber.
Nicholas Davis, Jr. 1827, James Taber.
Joseph Tripp. Joseph Tripp.
1814-16, John Delano. 1828,
1816-20. No representative.
Nathaniel S. Spooner. James Taber.
1820. James Taber.
Joseph Tripp.
1821. Stephen Merrihew.
1829,
Row land Gibbs.
1822, No representative.
1823, Joseph Tripp. Jannes Taber.
1830, Joseph Tripp.
Noah Stoddard.
1531, Joseph Whelden.
1824, No representative.
1832, Warren Delano.
1825, James Taber.
Joseph Whelden. Sampson Perkins.
Stephen Merrihew. Joseph Whelden.
Gideon Nye. Joseph Tripp.
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1833, Gideon Nye.
1845,
Joseph Tripp. Ellis Mendall, Jr.
1834, Ansel Allen. Cyrus E. Clark.
1846-47, Nathaniel Church.
Samuel Pierce.
George Mendall.
1835, Joseph Tripp. Ezekiel Sawin.
1848-50, George Mendall. Isaac Wood, Jr. Isaac Wood, Jr.
1836, Joseph Tripp.
1852-53.
Elbridge G. Mortou.
William L. B. Gibbs.
1854,
Charles Drew.
1837,
Cyrus E. Clark.
1855-57,
Daniel J. Lewis.
1838,
Joseph Tripp.
1858-59, Martin L. Eldridge.
Daniel Davis.
1860-62,
Samuel L. Ward.
Gideon Nye.
1863-65,
Ezekiel Saw in.
1839,
Jolm Stoddard.
1866-67,
Charles Bryant.
1840, Cyrus E. Clark.
Is68. 69,
Lewis S. Judd.
Elbridge G. Morton.
1872 73,
William 11. Whitfield.
Joseph Tripp.
1871-75,
Daniel J. Lewis.
1841,
Ezekiel Sawin.
1878-79,
Elbridge G. Mortou.
Gideon Nye.
ISS2 $3.
Rufus A. Dunham.
1812,
Cyrus E. Clark.
1886.
Frederick C. S. Bartlett.
Jones Robinson.
1887,
Robert Bennett.
1843.
Elbridge G. Mortou.
1890-91, James .A. Lewis.
Jones Robinson.
1894-95, James 1. Gillingham.
1844,
Joseph Tripp.
1900-01, Levi M. Snow.
Gideon Nye.
1851,
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FAIRHAVEN ALMSHOUSE - 1903
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
CHAPTER III
RELIGIOUS HISTORY
BY LEWIS S. JUDD
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
F CAIRHAVEN was originally a portion of the ancient town of Dartmouth, which was incorporated in 1664, and included also the present city of New Bedford and towns of Dartmouth, Westport and Acushnet. These were the days of the Puritan theocracy in New England and the church which was established when the Puritan pioneer settled a new town was practically as much of a State church as though its members had lived in Ro- man Catholic France or had been affiliated with the Lutheran Church of Germany or the Anglican Church of their former home. This state of affairs by no means received placid assent throughout New England. On the contrary, in no corner of the globe has there been a more seething ferment of intellectual and theological controversy than has surged along onr wave-beat shores. The early settlers of old Dartmouth seem to have been somewhat at variance with the prevailing religious ideas, for it was over thirty years after the incorporation of the town that a · church of the regular order was established, which was done, according to tradition, in 1696, after the town had been des- olated by King Philip's War and pointedly criticised for not supporting publie worship in the usual way.
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The truth is that probably a considerable portion of the peo- ple were Quakers. The church just referred to, was located at the Head-of-the-River, where the Acushnet cemetery now is, and to this spot, one of the choicest for miles about for the dreamers of a summer's afternoon, where the fathers rest beneath the shade of whispering pines, the people of the old colonial days flocked from the region roundabout. It was nearly a century later, 1794, that the people of Fairhaven village formed a church of their own. In that year was established the Second Church of Christ in New Bedford, now the First Congregational Church in Fairhaven. At that time New Bedford included Fair- haven and Acushnet, these three towns having been set off from Dartmouth, and the name "Second Church" is doubtless used to distinguish the church from the old church at the Head-of-the- River. The following names were signed to the covenant : Lemuel Williams, Benjamin Church, John Alden, Eunice Pad- doc, Phoebe JJenne, Abigail Church, Keturah Church, Elizabeth Landers, Bethiah Delano, Sally Alden, Ruth Shearman, Patience Jenne, Jeremiah Mayhew, Isaac Tompkins, Abel House, Peggy Mayhew, Joseph Damon, Jethro Allen, Henry Jene, Jo- soph Bates, Isaac Wood, Isaac Shearman, Joseph Church, Pardon Taber. The original church edifice, an old-fashioned building of the New England type, was created at the same time on a rise of ground at what is now the corner of Main and Centre streets. The upper portion and belfry still ex- ist as a part of Phoenix Block. The first pastor of the church, was the Rev. Isaiah Weston who was settled in 1795 and remained until 1808. Mr. Weston graduated at Brown University in 1793. After resigning his pastorate he . held the position of collector of the port of New Bedford and re- moved later to western New York where he died in 1821. About 1805-7 there was a great revival of religious interest in the parish and large numbers were added to the church. As at first constituted, the church was Arminian in doctrine as were
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many others at that time which afterward became distinctively Unitarian. It is probable that this period in the church history marks the beginning of the strong Calvinistic influence which dominated it in after years. Dissension soon appeared however and certain members who had been received during the great re- vival, withdrew in 1811, and were instrumental in forming a new church called the Third Church. The services of this church were held in a small building ocenpied both as church and school house, which stood on Main street nearly opposite where the hotel now stands. The two churches however united harmoniously about the year 1820. Whether the Third Church had a regular pastor the writer has not ascertained, but thinks it probable that it was served by a ministry of the evangelistic type. The original church, after the resignation of Mr. Weston, seems to have had no settled pastor until 1513, when Mr. Abraham Wheeler was called and was ordained on June 30. Mr. Wheeler was a native of Holden, Mass., and graduated at Williams College in 1810. He remained with the church in Fairhaven until 1818. He was afterward pastor in Candia N. Il., and was living in Ohio in 1810. He died in 1857. The next pastor was the Rev. Paul Jewett who was settled in 1820. Mr. Jewett was a native of Rowley, Mass,, and graduated at Brown University in 1802. He left Fairhaven in 1822 and afterward was settled in Scituate and Carver. Mr. Jewett died in 1841. On Jan. 9, 1823, the church voted to ask Rev. William Gould to continue with them as their minister. Mr. Gould was born in Salem, Mass., in 1792, received his classical education under private tuition, and, after the old custom, studied divinity privately with the Rev. Mr. Dodge of Haver- hill. Before coming to Fairhaven he preached in Darien, Ga., and Draeut, Mass. He remained with the Fairhaven church about seventeen years. During Mr. Gould's pastorate the church was greatly prospered, and with increasing numbers and increasing wealth rose to that prominence in the community which it main-
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tained for many years during the middle of the last century. In 1839, Mr. Gould's health began to fail and so the church called and ordained as his colleague, Rev. Jacob Roberts. Shortly after however, ecclesiastical complications regarding Mr. Gould resulted in the formation of the Centre Congregational Church with Mr. Gould as its pastor. A short sketch of this church and of Mr. Gould's later life is appended.
Mr. Roberts remained as sole pastor of the First Church. During his pastorate, in the year 1845, the present church edifice at the corner of Centre and William streets was erected. It was at that time one of the finest church edifices to be found in New England. And at this day its beautiful gothic arches and pil- asters, and its stately and richly ornamented pulpit set against the delicate brown tints of the wall decoration, are full of grace- fulness and harmony. Its lofty steeple, visible for miles around and a beacon for sailors along the coast, was blown down in the great gale of Sept. 8, 1869. Mr. Roberts was the son of Evan Roberts and Hester Fussell, was born in London May 24, 1810, and graduated at Highgate College. He remained at Fairhaven until 1855, was afterward settled in East Medway, Mass., and later resided in Auburndale, Mass., without charge. He died March 4, 1894, aged 83. Mr. Roberts married (1) Agnes Fussell who died in 1810, and (2) Mary Augusta, daughter of Nathan and Sarah HI. Church of Fairhaven. Mr. Roberts was succeeded by the Rev. John Willard who graduated at Yale college in 1849, and at Andover Seminary in 1853, and after- wards spent a year in post graduate work. He was ordained Jan. 25, 1855, and was pastor at Fairhaven from that year until 1867. Ile was pastor in Birmingham, Conn., from 1869-73, Marlboro, Mass., 1873-79 and later in Decorah, Iowa. Mr. Willard has for some years resided without charge in the city of Chicago and is the oldest living ex-pastor of the church. He was followed in 1868 by Rev. Avery S. Walker, who remained with the church until 1871. Dr.
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Walker graduated from Oberlin College in 1854, received the degree of M. A. in 1856, and graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1857. He received the degree of D. D. from Drury College in 1883. Before coming to Fair- haven, he was pastor at Lodi, N. J., 1857-60, Rockville, Conn., 1860-64, and Dover, N. II., 1864-68. Afterwards he was pastor at Gloversville, N. Y., 1871-77, Spencer, Mass., 1877-87, Canton, N. Y., 1888-94, Needham, Mass., 1895-98. More recently, Dr. Walker has resided at Henniker, N. H., and Wellesley Hills, Mass. He was succeeded in 1873, by Rev. Winfield S. Hawkes, who graduated at the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1868, and before coming to Fairhaven, had preached in South Windsor and Stafford Springs, Conn. Mr. Hawkes left in 1876, going to Haydenville, Mass. In 1878, he was settled over the Congre- gational Church in South Hadley Falls, Mass., remaining there until 1887, when he went to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Mon- tana, as Home Missionary Superintendent, which position he held eleven years. Since that time, he has been financial secretary of the French-American College in Springfield, Mass. Mr. Hawkes was followed in 1878 by Rev. William Carruthers Mr. Car- ruthers graduated at Bowdoin College in 1853, and Bangor The- ological Seminary in 1856. Previous to his installation over this church he had preached in Sandwich, North Cambridge and Danvers, Mass., Calais, Me., and Pittsfield, Mass. It is worthy of record that the sermon at Mr. Carruthers' installation was preached by that pastor and bishop of all the churches, Phillips Brooks. Mr. Carruthers' pastorate ended in 1886. He was settled later in Richmond Hill, L. L., and served for a time as city missionary in New Bedford. He has since resided in Holy- oke, Mass., and, while supplying the pulpit in South Dartmouth, ' in Fairhaven, receiving there many evidences of regard from the townspeople whom he has known so long. The pulpit was supplied later by Rev. Frank H. Kasson, who graduated from Iowa College in 1874, and later took the degree of M. A. from
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the same institution. He graduated at Andover Seminary in 1879, and was pastor at Tewksbury, Mass., from 1883-86. Mr. Kasson has devoted many years to editorial work, he having been for five years editor of the Golden Rule, and eleven years editor of the magazine "Education."
Following Mr. Kasson, the pulpit was supplied with great ac- ceptance by Mr. James M. Lewis, a divinity student in the Bos- ton University Theological School ( Methodist Episcopal). Mr. Lewis graduated at Depauw University in 1886, received the degree of M. A. in 1889, graduated from the Theological Sem- inary in 1891, and received the degree of Ph. D. from Boston University in 1895. He later entered the ministry of the Con- gregational Church and is now pastor of the church of that order in Sandwich, IN. He is most kindly remembered in the church which he served in his student day -.
The next pastor, Rev. Harvey B. Greene, graduated at the Yale Divinity School in 1891, and was ordained in Fair- haven the same year. He remained there until March, 1893, being next settled in Hartford, Vt., where he remained about a year and a half. On account of poor health he was obliged to give up ministerial work and has since followed a business career. Mr. Greene, who is the son of Rev. Dr. John M. Greene of Lowell, a well known Congregational minister, is a park commissioner and treasurer of the Board of Trade of the city of Lowell. He also conducts a florist's business and has made three visits to the Holy Land for the purpose of collecting the flora of that country. He has done some unique work in issuing booklets of Palestine Wild Flowers.
The minister who followed Mr. Greene, Rev. Dorrall Lee, has courteously but absolutely refused all information. The pulpit was next supplied by Rev. William H. Brodhead, who was followed by the present pastor, Rev. Frederick B. Lyman, who graduated at Amherst College in 1897, Hartford The- ological Seminary in 1900, and was ordained at Fairhaven in
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that year. During Mr. Lyman's pastorate, extensive improve- ments have been made to the vestry of the church edifice and the church has given manifest evidences of increasing activity and usefulness. Changes many and great have visited this church during the more than a century of its history. The congrega- tions of former days, congregations in which were faces so fa- miliar to many of us, have vanished from our sight, but the church itself remains amid all change, and with reverence wit- nesses to the permanence of the things that endure.
It seems fitting to give here a sketch of one who was not a minister of this town, but whose birthplace it was, and who had throughout his ministerial life an interest in its religions welfare. William Blankenship Hammond, the son of Wilson Hammond and Harriet Blankenship was born in Fairhaven June 5, 1812, and fitted for college at Bangor Classical Institute. He grad- nated at Amherst College in 1810, and Andover Seminary in 1843, and was ordained at Canton, Mass., June 5, 1844, remain- ing there until 1849. He was pastor at South Braintree, Mass., from 1849 to 1856, acting pastor at Morrisville, N. Y., 1856-63, Lenox, N. Y., 1863-70. Hle was pastor at Acushnet Village from 1870-78. On account of failing health he then retired and resided at Rome, N. Y. until his death, Aug. 27, 1900. He was married March 18, 1844, to Louise M. Pond of Clinton N. Y. Mrs. Hammond died June 24, 1880.
The Centre Congregational Church was organized about the year 1841, and began with good prospects. The church edifice was erected in the year just mentioned and was afterward sold to the Methodist Episcopal Church which now occupies it. The church disbanded in 1849 as it became evident that such action was wisest for the promotion of the cause of religion in the com- · munity.
Its two pastors were Rev. William Gould and his colleague Rev. Daniel W. Poor. Mr. Gould conducted for a time a young ladies school in Fairhaven and later resided in Iowa and Illinois.
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In 1862 he removed to Pawtucket, R. L., where he died in 1871, aged 78 years.
Daniel Warren Poor the son of Rev. Daniel Poor, D. D., and Susan Bulfinch, was born in Tillipally, Ceylon, Aug. 21, 1818, and came to the United States at the age of twelve years. He graduated at Amherst College in 1837 and later studied at Andover Seminary. He received the degree of D. D. from Princeton in 1857. Dr. Poor removed from Fairhaven to New- ark, N. J., after the Centre Church disbanded in 1849, and was pastor of the High St. Presbyterian Church there until 1869. From 1869-72 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, Cal., and from 1872-76, professor in San Francisco Theological Seminary. In 1876, he was elected corresponding secretary of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church, with office in Philadelphia, and held this position until failing health compelled his resignation in 1893, when as a mark of ap_ preciation, he was made secretary emeritus of the board. He died in Newark, N. J., Oct. 11, 1897. He was the author of "Select Discourses from French and German", "Baptism not Immersion", and translated Lange's Commentary on the first epistle to the Corinthians. He was married Oct. 21, 1847, to Susan H., daughter of Captain and Mrs. Benjamin Ellis of Fair- haven. While in Newark he was instrumental in establishing three German churches in the presbytery and one in Phila- delphia, and in founding the German Theological School now located at Bloomfield, N. J.
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THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
On November 28, 1819, a few persons in town, dissatisfied with the prevailing Calvinistic doctrines, gathered at the house of Elizabeth Taber in Oxford village, and decided to hold a series of religious meetings under the leadership of Elder Moses How, with the view probably of founding a church of the Christian order, whose doctrine is mainly Unitarian, but whose practice is somewhat similar to that of the Baptists. The Bible was taken as the only rule of faith and practice. The Academy Hall which still stands at the corner of Main street and the New Bedford Bridge, was engaged for the purpose of hold- ing meetings. On Nov. 30, 1820, a church was organized with forty-five members, and on Sept. 4, 1821, Elder Charles Mor- gridge was ordained pastor. Elder Morgridge was followed by Simon Clongh, James Taylor, Frederick Plummer, George Kelton and others until 1830.
On Jan. 11, 1832, a meeting of subscribers to a fund for building a church was held at the residence of Capt. Warren Delano. On Dec. 7, 1832, the Washington Street Christian Church was organized at the house of Elizabeth Adams, and on Dec. 16, the building on the corner of Washington and Walnut streets, which was ocenpied by the society until 1902, was ded- icated. Elder William 11. Taylor was the first pastor. In 1834, there was a great accession of members, eighty-six nniting in that year. About this time there was a discussion in the church on the subject of baptism, and a vote is on record that no person should be allowed to join the church unless immersed. This was however soon rescinded. Elder Taylor was followed by Elders John II. Currier, C. Bernett, Joseph H. Smith, David Millard and Charles Galligher. In 1841, the use of the pulpit was grant- ed to Elder William Miller, the exponent of Second Advent doctrine. As a result of his preaching thirty-three persons left
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the church, most of whom united with a number from the Meth- odist Episcopal Church and formed the melens of the Second Advent Society. In 1841, Elder Charles Morgridge was chosen pastor. He was followed by Elder Stephen Fellows. The church had now become much weakened and a new and decisive step was resolved upon. It was decided to employ an educated ministry and put itself more in harmony with the spiritnal wants and intelligent thought of the age, and in 1844, Thomas Dawes, a Unitarian minister, was chosen pastor. Mr. Dawes was born in Baltimore, Md., March 11, 1818, graduated from Harvard College in 1839, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1812, received the degree of M. A. in 1813, and was ordained in Fairhaven, Oct. 30, 1844. He remained there until 1853, was settled in South Boston, 1854-61, Walpole, N. II., 1862-65, Nan- theket, 1865-72. In 1872, he became pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brewster, Mass., which position he still holds, an honored veteran in the service, at the age of eighty-five. Mr. Dawes married Lydia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Sawin of Fairhaven. Great improvements in the house of worship were made during the pastorate of Mr. Dawes, and the changes made at that time left the general appearance of the building such as it has remained up to the time of its remodeling for a schoolhouse in 1902. In 1856, a call was extended to Rev. Courtland Y. De Normandie and he was duly installed on Sept. 10, of that year. Mr. De Normandie graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1852, was ordained in Brooklyn, Con., and was pastor there until 1856. He remained in. Fairhaven nn- til April, 1869, since which date he has been settled in Laconia, N. II., and Kingston, Mass. Mr. De Normandie has been thirty years minister of the First Parish in Kingston.
He was succeeded by Rev. Ellery Chiming Butler. Mr. Butler studied theology in the Meadville Theological School, was ordained in Fairhaven, Oct. 26, 1869, and remained there about three years. Mr. Butler went from Fairhaven to Beverly,
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Mass., where he remained a number of years and from which place he went to Quincy, Mass., where he is now pastor.
The next pastor, Rev. Alfred Manchester graduated at the Harvard Divinity School in 1872. He was ordained in Fairha- von, Jan. 9, 1873, and was settled there until Dec. 31, 1877.
He was pastor of the Ohney St., Congregational ( Unitarian ) Society, Providence, R. I., from 1878-1893, of the Independent Congregational (Unitarian ) Church in Barton Square, Salem, Mass., from 1893-1897, since which date he has been pastor of the Second Church in the same city.
Mr. Manchester was followed by Rev. James Monroe Leighton, who was ordained in Fairhaven, April 10, 1878. Mr. Leighton was born Oct. 12, 1848, at Waterboro, Maine, and was a special student at the Meadville Theological School in 1876 and 1877. He remained in Fairhaven until October, 1891, going thence to Wolfborough, N. H., where he was pastor for a short time, and from there in 1893 to Belfast, Maine, where he re- mained as pastor until his death, April 23, 1901. .. Refined, modest, gifted with ready tact, he had the happy faculty of not antagonizing men, and still was firm in his advocacy of what he believed to be right."
" Yet Love will dream and faith will trust, ( Since He who know - our need is just, ) That somehow, somewhere meet we must. Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress trees! Who, hopeless, lay's his dead away Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play ! Who hath not learned, in hours of faith, The truth to flesh and sense unknown, That life is ever Lord of Death, And love can never lose its own."
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