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In February, 1854, Dr. Shailer deemed it best to close his pas- torate here, and accepted the repeated invitation to the First Bap- tist Church in Portland, Me., a relation which has been perpetuated until about a year ago, through a period of twenty-three years-a record for length of pastorates with which but few men are honored.
In March of 1855, an invitation was extended to the Rev. Nehemiah M. Perkins, of Waterbury, Conn., to enter the pastorate here. The invitation was accepted and the relation continued till August, 1858, when, on account of failing health, he felt compelled to resign. He was an able and Scriptural preacher and abundant in labors, and though the relation continued only about three years, fifty-two were added to the church. It was during the pastorate of Mr. Perkins that the enterprize of building the present house of
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worship was begun, though he did not remain to see it completed. His last public act in connection with this church was to return and preach from this pulpit on December Ist, 1859, the sermon of ded- ication.
In November, 1859, a call was extended to the Rev. William Lamson, D.D., of Portsmouth, N. H., which was accepted. The services of recognition were held January 29th, 1860, the sermon being preached by the Rev. Barron Stow, I).D., of Boston. In August, 1874, he was disabled by paralysis, and in February, 1875, resigned his pastorate. A pastorate so freshly and warmly in mind as that of my immediate predecessor, you would scarcely expect me to give an account of. He has an abiding place in the memory and hearts of you all.
The church have delighted to place upon permanent record the following tribute :
" An eloquent and faithful preacher, he shuned not to declare the whole counsel of God ; an affectionate pastor, he was beloved by his flock ; a wise and safe counsellor, his praise was in all the churches."
The pastorate continued fifteen delightful years, and doubtless would have been maintained for many years longer had health allowed. During this pastorate 191 were added to the church. Much of the delight and pleasure of the present pastoral relation has arisen from being permitted to gather the ripened harvest of that faithful seed-sowing, and surely herein again is that saying true, " One soweth and another reapeth, and both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together."
The present pastorate began January, 1876. A record of it will be left for another pen than mine. May God grant that it may be as honorable as that of those preceeding me.
In these days of short pastorates it may be well to note that apart from the present one, the average duration of these pastorates has been eight years and six months.
Those who have served in the office of deacon, besides those mentioned, have been William H. Jameson and Samuel C. Davis, besides the present deacons, George Brooks, Austin W. Benton and George F. Joyce.
III .- Another feature has been an intelligent zeal in the cause of Christian education. From its beginning the church has demanded in its pulpit not only men of piety but men of scholarship, men of Biblical learning, able interpreters of the word of God, men familiar with the history of the church. The early founders of this body were the early friends of common school education in this town, who believed that the school-house and the church should stand
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side by side. They have ever been the friends of the academy and college. But their interest in this cause never reached its climax till it had lent its most generous aid to the establishment and endowment of a school of the prophets. Accordingly, when a few years ago a movement was set on foot to endow Newton Theolog- ical Institution, it came with alacrity and heartiness with its offer- ings, which, so long as yonder hill shall stand, will attest its zeal. This, too, let it be borne in mind, was but a consummation of interest in the hearts of our brethren and fathers, which began with the very origin of that Institution and which has been repre- sented among its broadest counsellors, and on its boards of man- agement, and which has befriended the student within its walls from that day to this. Whenever, indeed, in our broad land an institution of learning wisely founded has made its plea for help, it has found a response from this people.
IV .- And this leads me to broaden this last remark into the recognition of another characteristic of this church, viz : the gener- osity of its contributions to various causes. As has been intimated, this people did not begin its life upon that pusillanimous maxim of a shrivelled selfishness, "Charity begins at home," but rather upon that Scriptural one at its very antipodes, "Charity seeketh not her own,"-a maxim at the very basis of her foreign mission interest, and which, embracing the world in its arms, confesses with Paul, " I am debtor both to the Greek and to the barbarian, both to the wise and to the unwise," etc.
There are many in all parts of our land who, if they could speak to-day, would gratefully acknowledge from many a home mission field ; from many a church now grown strong from its timely aid ; from many a pioneer evangelist on the Western border'; from many a swarthy tenant of the tropics ; from many a school where the freedmen, those wards of the nation, are being fitted for citizen- ship ; or where the German or Scandinavian or the French are being aided to disenthrallment from the yoke of false religions ; from all these would come quick recognition of the "Good Samaritan " character of this people. In this way it has sent the throb of its warm heart around the globe. The bounds of this planet only have limited the field of its beneficence.
V .- Included in this intelligent and generous zeal for the highest good of all men, was exhibited in the hour of our nation's peril that high patriotism which gave again of its treasure, its prayers, and, most costly of all, its sons, to fight and die on her behalf. Among those who yielded their lives on this altar, members of this church, were George Theodore Stearns, Daniel H. Atkinson and
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George W. Funk. Let their names never be forgotten, that, as is inscribed on yonder tablet :
" Here lisping youth and hoary age, While tears shall start and bosoms swell,
. May read upon the marble page Ilow freedom's heroes fought and fell !"
In drawing this historic record to a close, let me say, as you have noticed, the advance of this church from the beginning till now has not been rapid, spasmodic or remarkable. It has been steady, constant progress. There have been no great revivals. The original stock was of sterling stuff. They aimed to build what would stand ; they have embraced in their membership a collection of noble families ; the sons have risen up to walk in the ways of the fathers, because those ways have shone more and more, and will so shine till the perfect day. Remarkable harmony, peace and fra- ternity have prevailed. God has often appeared here to greatly refresh His people and convert souls, amid signs that awed us at His presence.
On one Sabbath during the last year it was the pastor's privilege to welcome at the Lord's table twenty-four converts-fruit recently gathered. And now, sensible that in this account I have omitted many names which this church delights to honor, and sensible, too, as we all are, of the imperfect nature of all our work, turn we to the future (we of to-day who constitute the present church, children of the fathers, inheritors of so rich a legacy,) with purpose to bear aloft the banner which is committed to us, with courage as intrepid and devotion as constant as theirs-for great as was the day in which they lived, ours is even more auspicious. The world invites and God commands to action, and Christ must reign until he has put all enimies under his feet. Let us, then, the members of the Brookline Baptist Church of to-day, with all this noble history as a legacy, say, with as much purpose as did the great apostle, " Not as though we had already attained, either were already perfect, but we follow after it that we may apprehend that for which also we are apprehended of Christ Jesus."
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SINGING,
HYMN 989 IN THE "SERVICE OF SONG."
Come, let us join our friends above, That have obtained the prize, And on the eagle wings of love To joys celestial rise.
Let all the saints terrestrial sing With these to glory gone, For all the servants of our King, In earth and heaven are one.
One family we dwell in Him, One ehureh, above, beneath; Though now divided by thestream,- The narrow stream of death.
One army of the living God, To His command we bow; Part of Ilis host hath erossed the flood, And part are erossing now.
Hls militant embodied host, With wishful looks we stand, And long to see that happy eoast, And reaeh that heavenly land.
Oh, that we now might grasp our Guide ; Oh, that the word were given ! Come, Lord of hosts, the waters divide, And land us all in heaven !
PRAYER,
BY REV. ALVAH HOVEY, D.D.
BENEDICTION,
BY REV. WILLIAM H. SHAILER, D.D.
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Afternoon Service, Sunday, June 2d.
At four o'clock in the afternoon the church celebrated the com- munion of the Lord's Supper, with deep and heart-felt thanksgiving to God for all his mercies and blessings, and all the way in which He had led us in the past.
Evening Service, Sunday, June 2d.
In the evening, from half-past seven until nine o'clock, the Sabbath school held a concert, with singing by the children, reports from the Secretary and Treasurer, remarks from past superinten- dents, and an address to the school by the Rev. Henry M. King, D.D., of the Dudley, Street Church, Boston Highlands, (formerly Roxbury,) which was listened to with deep interest and great pleasure. The occasion was one of much interest, and highly enjoyed by those present.
From the Secretary and Treasurer's report it appears that the Sabbath school was organized in April, 1828, with thirty scholars, and four male and four female teachers, a superintendent and a secretary and treasurer. Among the names of the teachers appear those of Miss Helen M. Griggs-afterwards Mrs. Mason-our first missionary to Burmah, whose life was a noble example of Christian faith and works. She was the first of that noble band who went forth from this church and Sabbath school to tell of the love of Christ to a heathen world. The names of Simmons, Miss Sarah Davis, (Mrs. Comstock), Miss Martha A. Sanderson, (Mrs. Ash- more), and Miss Elizabeth Morse, are also found among those who taught and labored in this school, and others who have gone forth from among us and done good and noble work in the Master's cause, as missionaries, ministers of the Gospel, Sunday school teachers, and in various other departments, whose labors have been crowned with success, and they have been a blessing in the world. Since the establishment of the school, the following persons have
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served as its superintendents, namely : Dea. Daniel Sanderson, Dea. Thomas Griggs, David R. Griggs, Julius S. Shailer, Benjamin - H. Rhoades, David R. Griggs, George Brooks, Heman Lincoln Chase, David Bentley, and George Brooks, who is the superintend- ent at the present time. The school now numbers one hundred and ninety-nine scholars and thirty-one officers and teachers, mak- ing two hundred and thirty in all. It also appears that the school has raised during the past year the sum of $284.46, of which $194.46 has been paid for home missionary objects.
Afternoon Service, Monday, June 3d.
On Monday, the third instant, at four o'clock in the afternoon, there was a meeting of the church and congregation, and many of the past members of the church and congregation were present, also quite a number from the neighboring churches and congrega- tions, who listened with great interest to addresses from the Rev. William H. Shailer, D.D., and the Rev. William Lamson, D.D., former pastors of the church.
Rev. William H. Shailer, D.D., spoke of his coming among the people in 1837 as a young and inexperienced man in the care of a church, this being his first pastorate. He also spoke of his per- sonal acquaintance with many of the founders of the church who were living when he first came here, and gave many facts pertain- ing to the early history of the church, and brief sketches of many of its constituent members, giving descriptions of character so clear and life-like that one almost seemed to see and converse with them in bodily form, without seeing through the medium of another's description. He gave vivid and interesting reminiscences of Mrs. Beulah Griggs, whom he styled the mother of the church, she hav- ing first introduced evangelical preaching into Brookline, also of Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. Abigail Tolman, Mrs. Sarah Hall, Deacons Elijah Corey, and Timothy Corey, David Coolidge, and others connected with the early history of the church, and although the remarks were quite prolonged, yet the interest was such that the time seemed very short.
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Rev. William Lamson, D.D., spoke of the time when he was a student some forty-eight years ago at South Reading, where he became acquainted with Stillman Sumner, a fellow-student, who was also a class-mate and fellow-boarder, a member and benefi- ciary of this then infant church. He heard Sumner say much of the church and their generosity to him, and seemed, through him, to form almost a personal acquaintance with the church which he had never seen. Six years later at the Theological School, at Newton, he became better acquainted with this church.
In October, 1858, he was invited to exchange with the Rev. Heman Lincoln, D.D., who was supplying this church at that time, consented, and preached on the succeeding Sabbath. The day was unpleasant, the congregation small, and he felt as though he had made no impression upon the people, and had no expectation of preaching here again. But during the following week he was called upon by a committee, who asked him to consider a call to the pastorate ; and shortly after the call came, but with the frank and honest statement that it was not unanimous. That after delib- erating awhile, he accepted the call, and entered, with many fears, on his work here. It was a sore trial to him and to his endeared people in Portsmouth, and many a day of homesickness followed. But in time he came to love his work and the people, and regarded himself as the most favored pastor in the Commonwealth. No gen- eral revival was enjoyed, but there were several seasons of refresh- ing, in which souls were converted. That he was treated with a generosity and kindness that at times burdened him. No man could be happier in his people than he was until sickness laid him aside.
This has been a favored church. In the men who founded it- Dea. Elijah Corey, and Dea. Timothy Corey, Dea. Thomas Griggs, Dea. Daniel Sanderson, Dea. David Coolidge, and the noble women associated with them-formed a group of Christians of rare excellence. Singularly were they lead by a wisdom, not their own, at every step. The Lord, who went before Israel in the pillar of cloud and of fire, went before them, and his blessing rested upon them. The church has been favored in its officers. Its deacons
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have been men of piety and of practical wisdom. They were men on whom a pastor could lean. It has been favored by a spirit of harmony and brotherly love. There has been no Diotrophes among them, who loved to have the pre-eminence.
Standing then, as we now do, on the line which divides the past from the present half century, let us feel the responsibility that comes from entering into the labors of such men and women. Let the memory of their devotion and self-sacrifice be an incentive to effort and prayer that the half century to come may be more glo- rious than the past has been. Men die, but the church lives, and will live, sustained by forces which are unseen, but eternal. God bless the Brookline Baptist church !
At the close of the services in the church, the congregation assembled in the chapel adjoining, and spent about an hour in renewing old acquaintances, or in forming new ones. They then proceeded to the Town Hall (which stands on the opposite side of the street from the chapel), where tables were laid, and refresh- ments provided for about six hundred guests. On assembling in the hall, they were called to order by the chairman of the commit- tee of arrangements, and were cordially welcomed by the Pastor, in a short address. Prayer was then offered by the Rev. S. L. Cald- well, D.D., of Newton.
At the conclusion of the supper the Pastor introduced Deacon George Brooks as toast-master, and the following sentiments and responses were given :-
" OUR PASTORS :- Ever strong in the affections of their people, and faithful ministers of Jesus Christ : their work abides; their reward is on high."
This was responded to by S. W. Driver, M.D., of Cambridgeport, a son of the first pastor, Rev. Joseph M. Driver, who spoke of his
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father's labors, as a minister of the Gospel, and read several extracts from his Journal relating to his call and settlement among this people.
The church clerk read the following letter from the Rev. Joseph A. Warne, D.D., second pastor of the church :---
"FRANKFORD, PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 1878.
Benjamin F. Baker, Esq.,
DEAR BROTHER :-
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Your kind favor, or that of your 'Committee on Invitation,' reached me duly and I reply without delay. I cannot conceive of anything which would have afforded either myself or Mrs. Warne a greater earthly joy than to have accepted the invitation of the committee, had it been possible ; but that it is impossible you will admit when I state my wife's infirmities.
For four years she has been almost entirely unable to use her hands, and latterly rheumatism has affected her feet so seriously that for many months she has been unable to attend public worship. In addition to these, she is subject to attacks of heart disease, which threatens a sudden call hence at any moment, and I seldom leave her even to go into the city. (I did not even visit the Centennial.) Therefore, since this is absolutely impossible, and for the reasons above given, hence is morally impossible ; yet I have no language capable of expressing my regret.
I was the first pastor of the church in Brookline, except when the Rev. Joseph Driver ministered to them, and the seven years during which I served that church were the happiest years of my ministry, or of my life. I loved the people intensely, and I firmly believe that, however unworthy of their affection, they loved me. . How could I but love them ? I do not remember ever to have recom- mended to them any object of benevolence which they did not take up and carry out to a successful issue. They were liberal ' to their ability, I bear them witness, if not beyond their ability ;' for though their number never reached beyond 70, and in those days they were truly a village church, with only two or three men of any surplus means, beside supporting their pastor, and paying their own expenses as a religious society, I have known them, in a single year, to contribute to objects, outside of themselves, fifteen hundred dollars ! For this I have often boasted of them, publicly and pri- vately, to provoke others to a kindred liberality. For missions,
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they had a special affection, such an affection as to prompt the members generally, especially the sisters, to make a fair estimate of the value of their employment on the first Monday of each month ; that was the amount contributed by each at the concert prayer meeting in the evening. The cause of this liberality is found in the principles the church had made for foreign missions : three of its members were at the same time on the field-Thomas Simmons, Helen Maria Mason, and Sarah D. Comstock, and these were fol- lowed in due season by a fourth-Martha Sanderson. To part with such members, as some survivors remember them to have been, . was indeed a sacrifice, and the interest felt by the church in the cause to which they were given corresponded to the magnitude of the sacrifice. Of the later history of the church in regard to its interest in, and contributions to, objects of Christian benevolence, I am not informed ; but I hope and trust and pray that it may never be said of that church, 'Ye did run well;' but that as it increases in numbers and ability, it may in a corresponding degree increase 'in this grace also.'
In the names of your 'Committee on Invitation,' I am pleased to recognize those of Deacon Thomas Griggs, David Coolidge, and William Dearborn-well-remembered and well-beloved ; but I miss some who are called to higher service-Elijah Corey and brother, David R. Griggs and Daniel Sanderson (father of Martha). Is it unwarranted to suppose that these and the missionary members of your church, will look down from their seats in glory on your approaching jubilee ? I cannot think so ; and there are other spir- its which will sympathize in their joy-Joseph Grafton, and Bela Jacobs, and John E. Weston, and Henry Jackson, and Daniel Sharp, and James D. Knowles, and Baron Stowe, and also Nathaniel R. Cobb, and Levi Farwell, and many others whose images flit before my vision, of the gentler, as well as of the sterner sex, but whose names I cannot write.
Dear brethren, 'my mouth is opened toward you; my heart is enlarged.' Forgive the garrulity of an old man (83), and believe me most affectionately your quondam pastor.
JOSEPH A. WARNE."
Rev. Dr. Lamson spoke of his being a student at South Reading when he was a youth, and of being brought in contact with the Rev. Dr. Warne, who, under God, was the means of his conver- sion ; and what was also singular, was his predecessor as pastor of the Baptist church in Brookline. He spoke of his own strong faith in religion, never having seen the shady side of the ministry since his entrance upon the work.
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Rev. Dr. Shailer spoke with much feeling and earnestness, and said " There is no life so grand as that of the ministry, that draws around it such an eternity of interests, and reaches beyond this to the life to come." He also spoke of his early days with this church - the church of his first love-around which his affections still clustered, and in whose prosperity he greatly rejoiced.
Dr. Heman Lincoln, of Newton, spoke of the Rev. Nehemiah M. Perkins, the fourth pastor of the church, with whom he had been intimate in his early days. Mr. Perkins, he said, was a very able man, deep and stern ; one who was terribly in earnest, and who spoke the truth regardless of whom it might offend.
" OUR CONSTITUENT MEMBERS-Men of strong faith in gospel prin- ciples, and heroic in sacrifice to maintain themn; the pioneers in evan- gelical sentiment in this town. We hope to build worthily on the foun- dations they laid."
It was expected that either Dea. Thomas Griggs or Dea. Samuel C. Davis would respond to this sentiment, but as they were both absent no response was made.
"Our sister churches in this town originally worshipping with us, laborers in a common cause,- we wish them God-speed in all Christian emulation."
The Rev. Mr. Knox, of the Methodist church, and Dea. Edward I. Thomas, of the Congregational church, responded with speeches of congratulation for the present high standing of the church, and cordial good wishes for her future prosperity.
" THE CHURCHES WHICH GAVE US OUR CONSTITUENT MEMBERS,- May they send forth many qualified to lay as well the foundations of other churches."
The Rev. Dr. H. M. King, of the Dudley Street Church, Boston Highlands (formerly Roxbury), spoke of the fact that on May 28th, 1828, the Roxbury church dismissed twenty-one members to form the Brookline Baptist church, this being a majority of the constitu- ent members. Among them were both of the deacons and the clerk of the mother church and other reliable members, whose removal was deeply felt, as the Roxbury church was then small and feeble. The old church has greatly rejoiced in the prosperity of the daughter, and has all along helped to make it, pouring into it some of its best life. Seven of the deacons and other devoted brethren and sisters have come from the Dudley street church.
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This church has been distinguished for its intelligence, Christian zeal, and conscientious fidelity to Christian principle. Its growth is indicative of the growth that has taken place in the denomination during the last fifty years in Boston and vicinity. Then there were but five Baptist churches in Boston, with here and there one in the adjacent towns. We have great occasion for gratitude to God.
After expressing the warm congratulations and best wishes of the mother church, Mr. King closed by alluding to a coming jubilee, when pastors and peoples shall be gathered together in holy and delightful re-unions, of which this festive occasion is but the foretaste and the shadow, and expressed the earnest hope that we all might be there.
" The brethren who have gone out from us to labor in other fields of usefulness,-We will ever follow them with interest, and rejoice in their prosperity."
Dea. William H. Jameson, of Brooklyn, New York, a former member and deacon of the church, responded with hearty con- gratulations for the present prosperous condition of the church, and hoped that her future would be as productive of good fruits as the past.
The following letter, from Rev. Barnas Sears, D.D., a former member of the church, was read :
STAUNTON, VA., May 28, 1878.
Mr. B. F. Baker, Church Clerk,
DEAR BROTHER :-
I have received an invitation to attend the semi-centennial cele- bration of the Baptist Church of Brookline. It would give me and Mrs. Sears very great pleasure to attend, but distance and other engagements prevent. Mrs. Sears was, with the Corey family, one of the early members of the church, which to her has many sacred associations. There her father and mother, and sisters and brothers, and uncle, and nephews, and neices, worshipped. There she often went with her dear friends, Mrs. Comstock and Mrs. Edmond, and met her old acquaintances and companions. The church will always be especially dear to her. It gave stamp to her character for life. She sends a cordial greeting. My own recollections are scarcely less interesting. The old members will remember how often I attended the evening meetings with Dea. Corey and family, and how often I preached for the church - at one period a whole vacation -acting as pastor after Mr. Warne's resignation. I then
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recommended William H. Shailer, who came as a candidate and preached his poorest sermon. He afterwards said to me that he did not think it safe to settle on expectations raised by his best sermons. That was very characteristic of him. I have known, I think, all the pastors from Mr. Driver to the present pastor. Mr. Warne I knew intimately, for whom I have a great regard. He was an able man. The church has been blessed in its ministry. The three deacons, Elijah Corey, Timothy Corey, and Thomas Griggs and their families were an important part of the congregation. How changed ! A different house and a larger congregation have taken the place of the old.
Wishing you a pleasant occasion and continued prosperity, I am your affectionate Christian brother, B. SEARS.
Letters of kind remembrance and congratulation were also received from Rev. Henry V. Dexter, D.D., Rev. Robert Fyfe, D.D., Rev. C. H. Corey, and others, former members of the church, who are now laboring in other fields.
"THEOLOGICAL LEARNING .- A cause which has held an important place in the esteem and benevolence of this church : We would have the interests of the fathers maintained by the children."
Dr. Alvah Hovey, President of Newton Theological Institution, spoke of the great benevolence of the members of the Brookline church in aiding and helping to support the Newton Theological Institution from the beginning to the present time. One member gave four hundred dollars towards buying the land on which the Institution is built, and one thousand dollars were given toward the endowment fund .* From the formation of the Institution down to the present time the Brookline church has ever been a true friend and helper.
During the evening the company were favored with several select peices of instrumental and vocal music, which were greatly enjoyed and appreciated.
Several of the pastors and many of the members of the neighbor- ing churches in the town were present and participated in the after- noon and evening exercises, besides many from the adjoining cities and towns, and all expressed themselves as being highly pleased and greatly edified by the services of this historical occasion.
* The amount contributed to the Newton Theological Institution, as far as known, is $32,600.
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31 EXTRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS.
At a meeting held on Wednesday evening, May 21st, 1878, it was " Voted, To unite as a church in this place, by the name of the Baptist Church in Brookline, and that Thursday, the 5th day of June be appointed to 'give publicity to the same."
Names of the fflembers Constituting the Church.
BRETHREN.
Margaret Simmons,
Dea. Elijah Corey,
Elizabeth Griggs,
Dea. Timothy Corey,
Eliza Hart,
Thomas Griggs,
Susan Coolidge,
David Coolidge,
Mary Corey, 2d,
Daniel Sanderson,
Elizabeth Corey,
Thaddeus Graves,
Susan Cheever,
Elijah Corey, Jr.,
Mary Irving,
David Hart,
Mary Poole,
Samuel C. Davis, .
Harriet Griggs,
Thomas Seaverns,
Maria Griggs,
Arthur Sumner.
Sarah Hall,
SISTERS.
Eliza May,
Beulah Griggs,
Mary Ann Corey,
Mary Corey,
Lydia Pierce,
Mary Pierce,
Matilda Ellis,
Mehitable Stone,
Sarah Griggs,
Lucinda Reckard,
Rebecca Stetson,
Sarah Richards,
Almira Sanderson.
The above named brethren and sisters were regularly dismissed and recommended by their respective churches, and constituted agreeable to request into a church by the name of the Baptist Church in Brookline, on June 5th 1828.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH, JUNE 5, 1828.
Moderator. Deacon ELIJAH COREY.
Deacons.
ELIJAH COREY, *acting, TIMOTHY COREY, *acting.
Treasurer. . Clerk,
THOMAS GRIGGS.
ELIJAH COREY, JR.
Church Committee.
Dea. ELIJAH COREY, ELIJAH COREY, JR.,
Dea. TIMOTHY COREY, DAVID COOLIDGE,
THOMAS GRIGGS.
* Deacons were chosen in October following, when Elijah Corey, Timothy Corey, and Thomas Griggs were chosen to that office.
PASTORS.
Rev. JOSEPH M. DRIVER, from March, 1830, to November of the same year ;
Rev. JOSEPH A. WARNE, from April, 1831, to January, 1837 ; Rev. WILLIAM H. SHAILER, D.D., from September, 1837, to February, 1854 ;
Rev. NEHEMIAH M. PERKINS, from May, 1855, to August, 1858 ; Rev. WILLIAM LAMSON, D.D., from December, 1859, to February, 1875 ;
Rev. HENRY C. MABIE, the present Pastor, from January, 1876.
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CHURCH OFFICERS, JUNE 5, 1878.
Pastor .. Rev. HENRY C. MABIE.
Deacons.
Dea. THOMAS GRIGGS,
Dea. GEORGE BROOKS,
Dea. AUSTIN W. BENTON,
Dea. GEORGE F. JOYCE.
Clerk.
Treasurer.
B. F. BAKER.
Dea. GEORGE BROOKS.
Standing Committee,
The Pastor, Rev. HENRY C. MABIE,
Dea. THOMAS GRIGGS,
Dea. AUSTIN W. BENTON,
Dea. GEORGE BROOKS, Dea. GEORGE F. JOYCE,
DAVID BENTLEY, H. LINCOLN CHASE,
FRANCIS F. MORTON, OSAVIUS VERNEY,
ADDISON BOYDEN.
Committee on Benevolent Objects.
CHARLES H. JAMES, WILLARD Y. GROSS,
R. G. F. CANDAGE, JOHN D. YOUNG, THOMAS B. GRIGGS.
Treasurer for Benevolent Objects.
ยท
CHARLES H. JAMES.
Auditor. C. D. LINCOLN.
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ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. (Copy from the Church Record.)
Brookline, April 1, 1828.
A Sabbath School was constituted containing four Directors, four Directresses, four male Teachers, four female Teachers, one Superin- tendent, one Secretary and Treasurer, eight male Scholars, and twenty- three female Scholars.
Directors.
Deacon ELIJAH COREY, Deacon TIMOTHY COREY, THOMAS GRIGGS, DAVID GOOLIDGE.
Directresses. ELIZABETH GRIGGS,
MARY COREY,
ELIZA JAMESON,
MARY POOLE.
Superintendent. DANIEL SANDERSON.
Male Teachers.
THADDEUS GRAVES,
WILLIAM DEARBORN,
SAMUEL C. DAVIS,
THOMAS SEAVERNS.
Secretary and Treasurer. ELIJAH COREY, JR. Female Teachers. ELIZABETH COREY, HELEN M. GRIGGS,
MARY IRVING, . ELIZA IRVING.
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The successive Superintendents have been - Daniel Sanderson, Thomas Griggs, David R. Griggs, Julius S. Shailer, Benj. H. Rhoades, David R. Griggs, George Brooks, H. Lincoln Chase, David Bentley, George Brooks.
PRESENT ORGANIZATION.
Pastor. Rev. H. C. MABIE.
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Superintendent. Sed'y and Treas. Asst. Supt.
GEO. BROOKS. GEO. K. BROOKS. H. LINCOLN CHASE.
Librarian. Organist. Asst. Librarian.
OSAVIUS VERNEY. GEO. H. CARNES. I. A. R. LONG.
Teachers.
. B. F. Baker, - David Bentley, Thomas S. Brown, . George F. Joyce, R. G. F. Candage, P. W. Pierce, Joseph Mayo, N. P. Mann, Jr., Charles H. James,
John D. Young, Jr., Miss E. L. Stevens, Edward A. R. Benton, Miss Susan M. Rowe,
G. Fred Joyce, Miss Lillie Benton, Mrs. E. W. Joyce, Miss Edith Kemp, Miss L. D. Comstock, Miss Louisa Stearns, Miss A. M. Cheney, Miss Agnes E. Brooks.
Miss H. A. Nevers, Miss H. S. Chase,
Miss Carrie Haven,
Miss L. M. Stearns, Miss M. E. Mann,
Miss Emma Wilson.
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