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tire building. They had a neat pulpit, a divan presented by Lyman Carlson, and a Smith cabinet organ. The cost of the church was about twenty five hundred dollars.
In the recess back of the pulpit was a large cross, representing the crucifixion of Christ, made of cedar, standing on the floor. on the arms of which were the imprint of the nails and the wounds. On the center of the cross was a crown of thorns, made from a thorn tree, Euphorbia Splendins, which was imported from Palestine and presented to the church. Over and above this were the words in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin :
JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS.
Directly over the pulpit is the following inscription :
ETT BÄRN ÄR OSS FÖDT ENSON ÄR OSS GIVEN.
The new church continued to prosper till about the year 1887, when the attendants on public worship had outgrown the seating capacity of the house, the society had felt an urgent necessity for enlargement. The old church was sold and removed, and a new, larger and more elegant structure took the place on the same lot of land. The move- ment for increased accommodation was immediately begun, and the so- ciety received the cordial endorsement and assistance of the neighbor- ing Congregational churches, particularly the South Congregational Church, and especially the individual assistance of a member of the lat- ter church, George Elden Keith, esq., whose assistance was invaluable by his kind words of encouragement, and the more substantial aid in money contributions cheerfully and liberally bestowed on a worthy people, which is duly appreciated by the worshipers in that congrega- tion.
The new church building is a substantial and elegant structure, sixty - eight feet in length and forty-eight feet in width, with a tower twenty feet square and about one hundred feet in height, at the northwest corner of the edifice, and has a porch over the entrance eight feet square. The cost of the entire work was sixteen thousand seven hun- dred and sixteen dollars and forty-six cents. Upon entering the front end, the entrance is through wide double doors, up an easy flight of stairs to the vestibule, from which we enter the auditorium, which is a
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well carpeted room, with circular pews having walnut trimmings. At the southerly or opposite end from the entrance is a semi circular nicely carpeted platform, on which stands a pulpit of black walnut, with chairs to match. At the back of the platform and pulpit is a pipe organ in walnut finish and a heavy walnut rail enclosing the choir seats. At the northwest corner of the church is a room appropriated to the use of the " Ladies' Sewing Circle," and another room at the opposite front corner, used by the " Young Men's Library Society." The house is lieated by furnaces and lighted by gas, the walls having brackets, and from the center overhead is suspended a chandelier. The windows are of stained glass. There are galleries on three sides with panel fronts. In the center of the end gallery opposite the pulpit is a clock.
The seating capacity of the church with the galleries is about eight hundred. The pews in this church were contributed by the ' South Congregational Church," Campello,
In the basement is a commodious vestry and Sunday-school room, besides a nice room for the "Young Men's Society ;" also a kitchen furnished for any use the church may need. The vestry has a neat pulpit in the same, and every convenience for evening meetings and Sunday-schools. Directly back of the pulpit is a large painting repre- senting the crucifixion, Christ upon the cross with the two thieves on either side. The church numbers about three hundred members in 1893.
The officers of the church for 1893 are as follows: Rev. K. F. Ohl- sen, pastor ; Charles A. Nelson, president ; William Allen, secretary ; August Challman, treasurer ; Nils P. Thomson, C. A. Lundin, Alfred Lee, Richard Anderson, Alfred Nylen and Eric Johnson, trustees ; deacons, Frank O. Gustafson, Martin Jensen, August Dean, Andrew Sjoyvist and John Anderson.
Officers of the Sabbath-school .- Superintendent, Charles A. Norling ; assistant superintendent, C. O. Peterson ; clerk, Albion Carlson ; treasurer, John Bergman.
The second pastor of this church was G. Holmquist, followed by Emil Holmblad, A. Nordin, August Pohl, Eric Nelson, and the present pas- tor, Rev. K. F. Ohlson.
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UNITY CHURCH .- On the first Sabbath in May, 1881, Rev. Alfred Everett Goodnough, who had been located at Bridgewater, Mass., com- menced religious services in Satucket Hall, over the hotel of that name, in Brockton. There were about one hundred and fifty persons present at the first meeting. On the 29th of May, 1881, at the close of the evening service, a meeting was held of those interested in the formation of a Unitarian society ; about one hundred persons were present. Charles W. Sumner, esq., was president, and Henry H. Filoon was chosen sec- retary, the object being for the purpose of encouraging and promoting religious worship of the Unitarian faith, and to become a part of the so called Unitarian denomination.
On the 26th day of June, 1881, the society " Voted, to extend a call to Rev. Alfred Everett Goodnough, to become their pastor." The members of this society organized and adopted a code of by laws for the management of the business affairs of the church, with the following of- ficers : Finance committee, Col. John W. Whipple, Benjamin O. Cald- well, Hon. Henry H. Packard, William H. Tobey, Lucius Richmond, James H. Cooper, and Dr. Henry H. Filoon.
The religious and social interests of the church were in charge of the pastoral committee which were as follows: Charles W. Sumner, esq., Rev. Alfred Everett Goodnough, Henry F. Whitmarsh, Howard T. Marshall, Lorenzo D. Hervey, John F. Cooper, Mrs. John E. Howard and Mrs. A. E. Goodnough. The following were the committee on music : John E. Howard, Sumner A. Hayward, Elmer W. Walker, J. H. Davey, A. P. Hazard, H. A. Cleverly, and Henry S. Porter.
The following is a list of the earliest and most active members of the society : Hon. John J. Whipple, Hon. Henry H. Packard, Dr. Henry H. Filoon, James H. Cooper, William H. Tobey, Lucius Richmond, Benjamin O. Caldwell, Henry S. Porter, George H. Gould, Warren S. Gurney, Charles C. Merritt, Herbert S. Fuller, Oliver O. Patten, Will- iam H. Wade, Oliver B. Quinby, John F. Cooper, Henry B. Caldwell, Alfred W. Jones, Elmer W. Walker, Charles Perkins, George A. Wheeler, Linus H. Shaw, Nathaniel B. Sherman, Charles Lambert, Charles E. McElroy, A. Cranston Thompson, John E. Howard, Lemuel P. Churchill, Lorenzo D. Hervey. Ambrose Lockwood, Walter Brad- ford, Andrew B. Holmes, George E. Bryant, John H. Davy, Charles D. Fullerton, Emery E. Kent, Jerome B. Briggs, and Charles E. Stone.
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The society continued to prosper and increase in numbers till there seemed to be a necessity for increasing their accommodations, and be- coming a legal organization. Having that object in view, a petition was presented to Charles W. Sumner, esq., a justice of the peace, to call a meeting for that purpose, and for choosing a board of officers. Agreeably to the call a meeting was held on Friday, November 30, 1883, which was adjourned to Wednesday, December 5, 1883, at which time a set of by-laws was adopted, among which were the following :
ARTICLE I. - The name of this religious Association shall be the UNITY CHURCHI.
ARTICLE II .- The object of this Church shall be the study and practice of pure re- ligion. Although it is designed to be known as a Unitarian Christian Church, no doc- trinal test shall ever be made a condition of membership.
Dr. Henry H. Filoon was elected clerk ; Benjamin O. Caldwell, treasurer ; Col. John J. Whipple, Benjamin O. Caldwell, Elmer W. Walker, Dr. Henry H. Filoon, Lucius Richmond, A. Cranston Thomp- son and William H. Tobey, standing committee.
At this meeting it was voted to purchase a lot of land on Pond street, near Belmont street, owned by Rufus P. Kingman, esq., as a site for a church building. Messrs. B. O. Caldwell, Lucius Richmond and Will- iam H. Tobey were chosen a committee to procure plans, etc., for a new church edifice. The lot (eighty-seven by one hundred and ten feet) was purchased for the sum of two thousand dollars, and is in a central and desirable location. A tasteful edifice of wood has been erected, the entire length being eighty-seven feet long, the main por- tion being sixty- six feet long, having a covered portico twenty-five feet long. It is built in the cottage or Queen Anne style of architecture, and has a tower at the southwest corner seventy-four feet high, twelve feet square, and another at the northwest corner fifty-three feet in height. It has five double windows of stained glass on either side, be - side an elegant window in the front or west end of the church, in the center of which is the Holy Bible, affording the interior a pleasing and cheerful aspect. At the east end of the church over the choir seats is a circular window with blue back ground, in the center of which is a dove.
The auditorium has a seating capacity for four hundred persons, with aisles three and one-half feet wide, a choir gallery, adjoining which at the northeast corner is an organ.
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The pulpit is walnut with furniture to match, with a study in the southeast corner; a vestry, having settees and a piano for Sunday- schools, thirty- eight by forty feet ; a parlor, thirty-eight by twenty-two feet ; a kitchen, nine by twelve feet; a library, eight feet square ; in short, it is an attractive and elegant structure. The interior is neatiy frescoed in tints, and harmonizes perfectly with the ash pews and furnish- ings. The building is heated by furnaces and lighted by electricity. The building having been completed, and the society having been duly organized, it entered upon its career as one of the permanent institu- tions of Plymouth county, and on the ninth day of December, 1884, the installation of the pastor, Rev. A. E. Goodnough, and the dedication of the edifice to church worship took place in the following order :
I, The assembling of the council and report of the moderator ; 2, prayer, by Rev. Edmund Quincy Sewall Osgood, of Grafton, Mass. ; 3, Scripture reading, by Rev. John William Quinby, of East Bridgewater ; 4, installation addresses, by Rev. Francis Bickford Hornbrooke, of New- ton, Mass., Rev. Howard Nicolson Brown, of Brookline, Mass., and Rev. Edward Augustus Horton, of Boston ; installation prayer, by Rev. Joseph Osgood, of Cohasett, Mass .; 6, right hand of fellowship, by Rev. William Ladd Chaffin, of North Easton, Mass .; 7, charge to the pastor, by Rev. Charles Fletcher Dole, of Jamaica Plain, Mass. ; 8, address to the people, by Rev. John Farwell Moors, D.D., of Greenfield, Mass. ; 9, prayer, by Rev. Henry H. Woude, of Boston, Mass. ; 10, benediction, by the pastor.
Then followed the dedication of the new edifice.
I, Prayer, by Rev. William Brown, of West Bridgewater, Mass .; 2 Scrip- ture reading, by Rev. Courtland Y. De Normandie, of Kingston, Mass. ; 3, act of dedication, read by the pastor and people ; 4, sermon, by Rev. Brooke Herford, of Boston ; 5, prayer, by Rev. Nathaniel Seaver, jr., of Templeton, Mass .; 6, benediction.
Order of exercises at the installation of Rev. John Gorham Brooks as pastor of the Unity Church, Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, November 17, 1885, at two o'clock P. M., were as follows :
I, Organ voluntary ; 2, anthem ; 3, invocation, by Rev. W. L. Chaf- fin, of North Easton ; 4, reading of the Scriptures, by Rev. D. M. Wil- son, of Quincy ; 5, hymn,
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O Father of the living Christ, Fount of the living Word,
Pour on the Shepherd and the flock The Spirit of the Lord !
Amid this mingled mystery Of good and ill at strife,
Help them, O God, in him to find The Way, the Truth, the Life.
This way together may they tread, That truth with joy receive, That life of heaven, on earth begun, Through eloud and sunshine live.
Not chained to crecds or cramped by forms, One may they be in faith and hope, With eyes that hail the light, As one in works of love,
In holy freedom keep their souls, Loyal to truth and right.
Till all be one in Christ and Thee In the Great Church above.
6, installing prayer, by Rev. C. F. Dole, of Jamaica Plain ; 7, response by the choir ; 8, anthem ; 9, right hand of fellowship, by Rev. W. H. Lyon, of Boston ; 10, charge to the pastor, by John H. Morrison, of Boston ; II, anthem ; 12, address to the people, by Rev. M. J. Savage, of Boston ; 13, anthem ; 14, sermon, by Rev. Brooke Herford, of Boston; 15, doxology; 16, benediction, by the pastor, Rev. J. G. Brooks.
Order of exercises at the installation of Rev. Arthur W. Littlefield as minister of Unity Church, Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, December 29, 1891, at 2.30 P. M., were as follows :
I, organ voluntary ; 2, chant, Ps. 67.
God be mereiful unto us and bless us : and show us the light of His countenance, and be merciful unto us :
That Thy way may be known upon earth : Thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise Thee, O God : yea, let all the people praise Thee ;
Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our own God, shall give us His blessing.
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things : and blessed be his glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
3, invocation, by Rev. W. H. Ramsey, of Middleborough; 4, anthem, "Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me ;" 5, Scripture, by Rev. J. W. Quinby, of East Bridgewater ; 6, sermon, by Rev. Chas. G. Ames, of Boston ; 7, prayer, by Rev. Joseph Osgood, of Cohasset ; 8, response.
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Now unto King, eternal, immortal, invisible ; the only God: Be honor and glory ; Forever and ever, amen.
9, hymn No. 612. "Hymn and Tune Book."
O life that maketh all things new,- The blooming earthi, the thoughts of men !
One in the freedom of the truth,
One in the joy of paths untrod,
One in the soul's perennial youth, One in the larger thought of God ;--
Our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew, In gladness hither turn again.
From hand to hand the greeting flows, From eye to eye the signals run,
From heart to heart the bright hope glows; The seekers of the Light are one.
The freer step, the fuller breath, The wide horizon's grander view ;
The sense of life that knows no death, The life that maketh all things new. - Samuel Longfellow.
IO, charge to the pastor, by Rev. Grindall Reynolds, of Boston ; 1I, right hand of fellowship, by Rev. W. L. Chaffin, of North Easton ; 12, address to the people, by Rev. John W. Day, of Hingham ; 13, closing prayer, by Rev. Albert Hammatt, of Brockton; 14, organ response ; 15, hymn No. 803. " Hymn and Tune Book."
Luther's Hymn. (Translated by Rev. Frederic H. Hedge, D.D.).
A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing;
Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe
God's word above all earthly powers -- No thanks to them -- abideth ! The spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, This mortal life also ;
Doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great ; And, armed with cruel hate,
The body they may kill, God's truth abideth still ; His kingdom is forever.
On earth is not his equal.
16, benediction, by the pastor.
At the west or front end of the auditorium on the walls is a marble tablet, on which is the following :
UNITY CHURCH. Organized A. D. 1881. This building dedicated Dec. 9, 1884. Rev. A. E. Goodnough, pastor.
REV. JOHN GRAHAM BROOKS. Installed Nov. 17, 1885.
REV. A. W. LITTLEFIELD. Installed Dec. 29, 1891.
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Rev. Pitt Dillingham is the present pastor.
Officers for 1893 : A. Cranston Thompson, Lucius Richmond, Will- iam H. Tobey, Elmer W. Walker, Benjamin O. Caldwell, Henry H. Filoon, John E. Howard, standing committee ; Mrs. C. C. Merritt, clerk ; William R. Worthing, collector ; James E. Bryant 2d, treasurer ; J. F. Cooper, Ambrose Lockwood, Henry C. Caldwell, George H. Gould, Mrs. Lucius Richmond, Mrs. C. C. Merritt, Mrs. George Howard, pas- toral committee ; A. Cranston Thompson, chairman of music commit- tee ; John H. Davey, superintendent of the Sunday-school; Fred W. Gurney, secretary, treasurer, and librarian ; William W. Thompson, sexton.
BROCKTON TABERNACLE FREE CHURCH .- The first services com- menced by this church were held on Friday evening, June 4, 1875, in the room formerly occupied by the Board of Trade, under Music Hall, at the corner of East Elm and Main streets, Rev. Charles M. Winchester, who was connected with the North End mission of Boston was pastor. The chief object of this new society was to preach the Gospel to the masses, having special regard in and for the young people who attend no stated place of worship, and to lead them into moral and Christian ways. It was unsectarian, the chief planks in its platform being as follows :
"Repentance toward God; Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and a Holy Life." Its motto was, "More faith, more charity, more work. The singing was congregational, and the seats free."
The first meeting was well attended, and apparently by those who were interested in the movement. The pastor preached from acts viii., 5-8. A large number of young persons were present, who listened with the deepest attention, and ample evidence of the need of such a church was manifest. The number continued to increase un- der the preaching of Mr. Winchester, and Music Hall was required in a short time to accommodate the increasing number.
On Friday, the first day of October, 1875, a room in Mercantile Building was dedicated to the service of the church; connected with this church was a literary and musical club, and a children's tem- perance society, christened by the name of " Brockton Star of Promise Cadets," was formed of young people, under twelve years of age,
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also a Woman's Temperance Working and Praying Band did good work. In addition to Mr. Winchester's labors connected with this church, he preached in the Alms House every Sabbath afternoon.
This society continued till February 4, 1877, when the pastor delivered his farewell discourse.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- The first services of this denom- ination in Brockton were in 1871, when a mission was established. Rev. Benjamin R. Gifford, of Bridgewater, Mass., commenced preaching in the vestry of Central Methodist Church in Brockton and Music Hall, afterward in Perkins Hall, which was neatly fitted, having a chancel, altar, lectern, etc., which looked very inviting
Rev. James H. Sanderson, of Plymouth, was the next preacher, and afterwards Rev. J. Nelson Jones, supplied the pulpit for a time.
Rev. Thomas G. Carver, D.D., of New York city, formerly a chap- lain in the army, preached here for a time from August 15, 1875. The estimation in which Doctor Carver was held by the people with whom he labored may be seen, in the following resolutions unanimously adopted by St. Paul's Episcopal Society at a meeting held, June 20, 1878. .
WHEREAS, Thomas G. Carver, D.D., pastor of St. Paul's Church, Brockton, has ten- dered to us the resignation of his office as pastor, and
WHEREAS, He has in most friendly manner made it apparent to us that his action in this matter is and will be a mutual benefit to our Parish, as well as to himself, there- fore,
Resolved, That while we accept his resignation in the sprit of love and good will we personally and collectively appreciate his abilities, and regret his leaving us at this time.
Resolved, That we tender him our sincere thanks for his ministrations during the past three years, and especially for the hearty interest and energy displayed in the per- sonal effort so successfully made in the building of our chapel.
Resolved, That we tender our wishes for his health, happiness, and success in the field of labor so recently opened to him.
Resolved, That the clerk be instructed to convey a copy of these resolutions to Dr. Carver, and cause the same to be printed in the Brockton papers.
The society had a neat chapel costing about two thousand dollars, sixty by thirty-five feet in size on Pleasant street, fitted up in good taste. St. Paul's chapel was opened for public worship, Sunday, July 8, 1877. The services were conducted by Dr. Carver, who preached the dedicatory sermon from the text, I Samuel vii., 12. Music on that oc- casion was by a quartette of vocalists, consisting of Mrs. Edgar E. Dean,
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Mrs. C. F. Weston, Mr. W. D. Packard, director, and Mr. F. James. Miss Holbrook presided at the organ.
The chapel was an unpretentious little edifice of the Norman- Gothic style of architecture, with a sharp roof, bold gables and gothic windows. Over the front door was a projecting entrance, surmounted by a cross. The interior was finished with open timbering to the roof; at the chan- cel end was a handsome stained window, bearing an emblem of the Trinity, beneath which was an elegant altar of walnut and ash. Inside the chancel rail, were two richly upholstered chairs, and a lectern, on which was a beautiful copy of the Bible, presented to the church. The auditorium had sittings for almost one hundred and forty people. The pews were cushioned, and the aisle neatly carpeted ; seats for the choir, and a place for an organ were located at the southwest corner of the room and screened by a low curtain.
Permanent services have been established here, which supplies a long felt want for those who desire the impressive services of the Episcopal church, and in a community like Brockton will soon outgrow in num- bers their present accommodations.
Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss was appointed by the Board of Missions, to take charge of the St. Paul's Episcopal mission of Brockton, in June, 1882, and he entered upon his new work on Sunday, July 2, being the fourth Sunday after Trinity. This year Alexander F. Burdon, was lay reader and church warden. The scholars numbered about forty. The number of sittings were 120.
This church was free from debt in 1884, with sittings for 120, with a valuation in church property of $4,000 ; chapel value $1,200.
In 1885, total value of church property was, $6,700. Alexander F. Burdon and Charles Lauton, church wardens.
In 1886 the vestry of the church in the name of the mission, pur- chased a new site for the future use of the church in Brockton, contain- ing 16,000 feet of land, at a cost of $10,000. This was by far one of the most important moves, that has been made in the temporal interests of the church in Brockton, and there is every reason to believe that the growth of the church will be rapid in the near future.
During the year 1887 the vestry spent $500 in repairs on the pres- ent edifice, which has been removed to the new site and put in thorough order.
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In 1888 Alexander F. Burdon and David H. Blanchard, were the church wardens.
In 1892 there were 150 families connected with this church. Dur- this year Rev. George Alexander Strong was in official and ministe- rial charge of this church and society, having been appointed November 8, 1891.
When the present rector took charge of this mission, the parish had been vacant for nine months. His first step was the immediate en- largement of the church by means of a rough temporary addition, mak- ing more than double the room of the original. This enlarged building was first used Christmas Day, 1891. This allowed a much larger at- tendance than before. The members have increased to such an extent that it became necessary to provide more extended accommodations. For this purpose measures were taken for a new church building, which was begun by the ground being broken, November 1, 1892, the foundations prepared, and the laying of the corner stone, in May, 1893. The following was the Order of Service, at the laying of the corner stone of the new St. Paul's Church, Brockton, Ascension Day, May II, 1893 :
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
V .- Except the Lord build the house ;
R .- Their labor is but lost that build it.
V .- Our help is in the Name of the Lord ;
R .- Who hath made heaven and earth.
V .- Blessed be the Name of the Lord ;
R .- Henceforth world without end.
V .- Lord hear our prayer ;
R .-- And let our cry come unto Thee.
Let us Pray. The Lord's Prayer. Collects.
Hymn 202. The first verse being as follows: -
The Church's one Foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord ; She is His new creation By water and the word : From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy bride ; With His own blood He bought her And for her life He died.
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Reading the list of the Deposits in the Corner Stone.
The Apostles' Creed.
V .- Behold, I lay in Zion a chief Corner Stone, elect, precious.
R .-- And he that believeth in Him shall not be confounded.
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