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THE PURITANS.
The Puritans, on the other hand, held the church ceremonies to be mere matters of convenience, sub- ject to alteration at pleasure. Some of the existing ceremonies they condemned, and insisted on mak- ing the service more simple. They regarded the King as their constitutional ruler, bound by the laws and his implied contracts ; if he transgressed, his agents and advisers were to be punished. Yet the Puritans were as devoted to the Church of England as was the other body. Dr. Prince, the early annalist of Massachusetts Bay, says those who left the Church of England lost the name of Puritans and received the name of Separatists.
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The Puritans included many of the nobility, capitalists, men of business, and large numbers of the educated, accomplished and fashionable people of the time. Gay courtiers, gallant cavaliers, re- nowned poets, and persons of elegant leisure were by no means scarce in the party. Goodwin, in his " Pilgrim Fathers," well says: "What an atrocious caricature is the Puritan as described by our popular writers." During the whole long reign of James I. the Puritans formed a majority of the House of Commons. This great party, the preserver of Eng- lish liberty, first took form in 1564 and disbanded in 1644. After that time some of the Puritan leaders might have been found fighting for the King -some as Presbyterians fighting against Cromwell, some as Independents fighting for him, some as Baptists, and so on .*
The Separatists, as the name implies, renounced the Church of England, some of them not recog- nizing it as a christian church. They held that every congregation of believers, duly organized, was a complete church, and that neither king, bishop nor council could exercise any control over its affairs. In matters of doctrine, however, Ritualists, Puritans and Separatists all agreed, their differences being in matters of discipline, ceremonies and form of church government.
During the previous reign of Queen Elizabeth, by the passing of the Act of Supremacy, followed by the Act of Conformity, which prohibited all per- sons from attending the ministrations of any clergy- man not belonging to the Established Church,
* Goodwin's Pilgrim Fathers.
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hundreds suffered death, imprisonment and persecu- tion. Pious, learned and devoted Separatists-cler- gymnen and laymen like Thacker and Copping, Dennis and Penry, Greenwood and Barrow-were sent to the gallows like common felons. Many others were thrown into prisons where, in spite of private charities, many died of cold, hunger and pestilence.
It is a common error of historians to speak of the Pilgrims as Puritans; it will be seen, however, that they were not the same. The Pilgrims belonged to the class called Separatists, and were never known as Puritans by their contemporaries. Puritan divines opposed them while they were in England ; Puritan tractarians assailed them while they were in Hol- land, and Puritan prejudice and hostility nearly destroyed their settlement at Plymouth. In that day the term Puritan had a definite meaning, and it can with no propriety be applied to the Pilgrim Fathers .*
It will be remembered that Mr. Robinson, who is generally regarded as the founder of Congrega- tionalism, appeared upon the stage about the time that James I., the great dissembler, ascended the throne. The King was arbitrary, capricious, tyran- nical and unprincipled ; trampling upon the most solemn oaths and never better pleased than when torturing the victims of his vengeance, consequently his kingdom " became a hunting-ground-the blood- hounds of persecution were slipped from their leash with the King himself at their head." The sub-
* Goodwin's Pilgrim Fathers.
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jects of his realm in great numbers were obliged to flee, for conscience's sake, from
" A tyrant's and a bigot's bloody laws."
Mr. Robinson and his flock yet tarried for a season in England in the hope that something would tran- spire to lull the fierceness of the storm.
In 1607 his little church was the only organized congregation of Separatists in the kingdom. They secretly worshiped at the house of William Brew- ster, at the little town of Scrooby. As postmaster of that region, with charge of public travel, Mr. Brewster occupied a large fortified mansion in which this little band met weekly in comparative security.
FROM SCROOBY TO LEYDEN.
At length the retreat at Scrooby was invaded, and the congregation had to choose between hypocriti- cal conformity or exile from their native land. After much robbery and many sorrowful experiences, about a hundred of the members escaped to Am- sterdam, in Holland. Others, with their pastor, were obliged to remain in England until the follow- ing year, when they were enabled to set sail for the same place. Not long after the first arrival (about a year) the whole company removed to Leyden.
In their new home they hired for their pastor a great house where they held their religious meet- ings, and which they made a place of resort in times of leisure. Under the teachings of Robinson they
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became what was called Independents, but known afterwards, after some modification of church rules, as Congregationalists.
PILGRIMS IN HOLLAND.
Although the Pilgrims had escaped from the persecutions of their own country, their life and prospects in Holland were not satisfactory. Many of their friends from the Fatherland had joined them and in some respects their lot had been improved ; but still they had serious discouragements to con- tend with. Their undivided attention and best ener- gies were required to provide for their proper subsist- ence; they had a new language to contend with, new occupations to learn, and necessarily new habits of life to form. These difficulties must have been foreseen and would have cheerfully been overcome, but with the passage of time their children were beginning to lose their distinctive English character and naturally enough to conform to many of the objectionable surroundings-some becoming soldiers in the Dutch army or sailors in Dutch ships. The
Sabbath, as in many other European countries, was made largely a day of games and diversions. The Dutch associations at Leyden were in most respects in direct opposition to those principles so sacredly cherished by this little colony, and with prophetic vision they foresaw that in the near future their pos- terity would be absorbed by the native people of their adopted country, and their identity forever obliter- ated. After much earnest thought, prayer and dis- cussion, they resolved to remove to America.
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THE MAYFLOWER.
It was after many delays and discouragements that finally the Mayflower, "freighted with the des- tinies of a continent" and having on board one hundred and two passengers, set sail for the New Continent across the Atlantic. The voyage was one of discomfort and peril, but at length, after a fear- ful passage of sixty-seven days, full of hardships and great exposure, our adventurers found themselves anchored at Cape Cod. " Ages before, 'Forefathers' Rock' had been torn from its bed many leagues to the northward, and borne by a mighty iceberg, had been dropped on the sandy beach which stretched away for miles in either direction. There it had witnessed the passage of measureless eras, and had bided the time when, itself the oldest of Pilgrims, it also should be a stepping-stone for christian civiliza- tion." The Mayflower, with rent sails, strained rigging, splintered bulwarks and shattered hull, had accomplished her mission and her name was made famous forever. "Freedom's Ark had found its Ararat."
On the 21st of December, 1620 (N. S.), the Pil- grim Fathers set foot upon the rock so providentially provided for them, and fixed upon "a place very good for situation," the Plymouth of the future, yet unnamed. Before landing, however, "with no models, but with all precedent and prejudice the other way, our fathers from the cabin of the May- flower proclaimed a government based on the mutual consent of its subjects, all free and equal before the law," declaring that "for the glory of God and
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advancement of the christian faith, and honor of our king and country - to plant a colony in the northern parts of Virginia, we do in the presence of God and one another covenant and combine our- selves together into a civil body politic," etc.
They were already organized as a church, and now having formed themselves into a body politic, they elected John Carver their governor and were ready for whatever destiny awaited them, looking to the future with confidence in that beneficent Providence which had brought them through the persecutions of their native land, their exile in Holland, and the perils of the ocean.
THE PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
Accommodations for public worship were provided and the Plymouth Church, the first Congregational church in America, was established. It was pecu- liarly situated. John Robinson, its pastor, had re- mained with a portion of the members at Leyden, expecting at the proper time to join their associates in this country. Mr. Robinson died, however, be- fore his hopes could be realized (1625), and the church had no ordained minister for eight or ten years. William Brewster, the ruling elder, however, performed most of the duties excepting administer- ing the ordinances.
That Providence in whom they trusted had in- deed appointed the time and the place for the great undertaking in which these brave men and women were engaged, though he did not divest it of diffi-
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culties. Great trials and tribulations were yet to be encountered. From exposure and want half their number died during their first winter in the wilder- ness. But as time went on, better days followed ; industry was organized, trade was developed, acces- sions of good and true men came from Leyden and from England, and the great problem of a new government was successfully wrought out and demonstrated.
CHURCH AT SALEM.
The Puritan settlements in Massachusetts Bay began in 1623-first of a colony at Cape Ann under the superintendence of Roger Conant and the pas- toral care of Rev. Mr. Lyford, but not meeting with success it was removed to Salem in 1626, where it became permanently located. John Endicott was elected the first governor. A church was soon established. In England they had been true to the National Church and despised Separatism, but in this free land, unconstrained and left to their own choice, they adopted the Congregational polity. Rev. Samuel Skelton was chosen pastor. They even exceed all previous Congregational usage by inviting the church at Plymouth to send delegates to participate in the formal organization of the church and the ordination of its minister. The Plymouth delegation, with Governor Bradford at their head, were present, though delayed some- what by unpropitious winds, and offered their fra- ternal salutations of "All prosperity and blessed
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success unto such good beginnings." With the Puritans as well as the Pilgrims, religion was the basis of civil as well as ecclesiastical government.
ARRIVALS FROM ACROSS THE SEA.
Great additions were made to the Massachusetts Colony in 1629-'30, among them Governor Winthrop with a fleet of eleven vessels with several hundred persons, representing all occupations, and " skilled in all kinds of faculties needful for the planting of a new colony."
The first company of one hundred and forty were organized as a Congregational church before leaving England. Upon their arrival in America, in 1630, they settled in Dorchester, choosing Rev. John Maverick pastor and Rev. John Warham teacher. A Congregational church also formed at Charles- town with Rev. John Wilson as teacher, and one at Watertown with Rev. George Phillips as pastor. In 1631 a part of the Charlestown church, including Governor Winthrop, removed to Boston. In 1631 also arrived Rev. John Eliot, familiarly known as the " Apostle to the Indians." He was born in England in 1604, educated at Cambridge, England, and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Before 1636 nine churches had been formed, and within twenty years from the landing of the Pil- grims, thirty-five churches had sprung into existence, twenty-nine of them within the limits of what is now Massachusetts-all of the Congregational order .*
* Outlines of Congregationalism, by Huntington.
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FELLOWSHIP.
Huntington says of Congregationalism, that " transplanted from the Old World to the New, it at once began to lose its foreign peculiarities and to take on a distinctive American character. Separat- ism and Puritanism, the two types of non-conformity which met in New England, finding there no obnox- ious system to conform to or separate from, dropped the tone of denial and cultivated what was posi- tive in their own systems. For the same reason they ceased to antagonize one another. The Pil- grims had regarded the Puritans as compromised with sin by their fellowship with the Established Church. The Puritans had regarded the Pilgrims as schismatics and apostates for seceding from that church. But the church being out of the question, they found much in common. Both repudiated the Prelacy. Both demanded purity in the church and godly fidelity in the ministry. Both maintained the supreme authority of the Scriptures. The Pilgrims taught the Puritans some lessons in church democ- racy; the Puritans taught the Pilgrims a new appli- cation of the principle of church fellowship."
EDUCATION AND CULTURE.
The religion of our forefathers was of that type that invited light and education, and their laws were directed to this end. Common schools were estab- lished in all the towns and appropriations were made for their support, and schools of high grade
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were not long delayed. Thus, in 1636, only sixteen years from the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated four hundred pounds sterling to found " a school or college at Cambridge." The income of the Charles- town Ferry was also devoted to this enterprise, and every church was required to contribute twelve pence or a peck of corn. In 1638 Rev. John Har- vard, a non-conforming clergyman of England, who had been in this colony about one year, left at his death half of his whole property (some seven or eight hundred pounds) and his entire library of some three hundred volumes, to this institution, which was, therefore, named for him. A printing press was established in Cambridge in 1639. Its first publication of importance, and the very first of American books, was a metrical .version of the Psalms, known as "The Bay Psalm Book." Con- gregationalists have always recognized the impor- tance of culture and an educated ministry, and they have been distinguished as the founders and supporters of schools, colleges and theological seminaries.
In its principles, Congregationalism is remark- ably unsectarian and liberal, and in its development has closely identified itself with increased liberty of thought and with the practical union with men hold- ing different views and tenets in common works of philanthropy and beneficence, at the same time the churches which are generally known as Congrega- tional, hold firmly to positive and evangelical views of truth .*
* Johnson's Cyclopædia.
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Thus we have traced, in the briefest manner, the early history of Congregationalism.
Since the Plymouth settlement great changes have taken place. Churches and sects have multi- plied and creeds and opinions have been modified. Barry says : "Out of this conflict of Puritan intellect has sprung the spirit of toleration which is shedding abroad its beneficent influences, and a warmer and a more comprehensive Christian charity is not only weaving into kindlier union the various branches of the great Christian church, but is extending its roots through all grades of society, prompting phi- lanthropy to succor the needy, reform the vicious, instruct the ignorant, relieve the oppressed, lift up the down-trodden, the outcast and despised, and in- fusing into the great heart a more vigorous life, which will hereafter, we doubt not, lead to still nobler attainments in the diffusion of intelligence, civiliza- tion, and the yet inexhausted blessings which the gospel has in store for the world as it becomes bet- ter fitted to receive and enjoy them."
New England was the early home of Congrega- tionalism, as will be seen, but as the vast prairies of the West and Northwest have been opened up for settlement, New England enterprise has been con- spicuously manifested in the establishment of whole- some laws and advanced principles of civil and re- ligious light and liberty, so that at the present time more than half of the Congregational churches in the United States are west of the Hudson River.
The total number of churches of this order now in the United States, according to the "Congrega- tional Statistics for 1888," is 4327; number of Con-
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gregational clergymen, 4050, while the members number 440,325.
The theological seminaries of the denomination are as follows:
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., opened 1808. Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Me., opened 1816. Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., opened 1858. Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn., opened 1834. Department of Theology in Oberlin College, Oberlin, O., opened 1835. Pacific Theological Seminary, Oakland, Cal., opened 1869. Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., opened 1822.
The societies chiefly under their direction are :
The American Board.
American Home Missionary Society.
American Missionary Association. American Congregational Union.
Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society.
American College and Education Society.
New West Education Commission.
The colleges in the United States under Congre- gational auspices, are :
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., founded 1821. Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., founded 1847. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., founded 1802. Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., founded 1867. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Col., founded 1874. Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., founded 1770. Doane College, Crete, Neb., founded 1872.
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., founded 1873. Illonois College, Jacksonville, III., founded 1830. Iowa College, Grinnell, Ia., founded 1848. Marietta College, Marietta, O., founded 1835. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., founded 1800. Oberlin College, Oberlin, O., founded 1833. Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., founded 1858. Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore., founded 1854. Ripon College, Ripon, Wis., founded 1853. Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., founded 1885. Tabor College, Tabor, Ia., founded 1866. Vermont University, Burlington, Vt., founded 1800. Washburn College, Topeka, Kan., founded 1863, Whitman College, Walla Walla, W. Ter., founded 1882. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., founded 1860. Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., founded 1793. Yale University, New Haven, Conn., founded 1701. Yankton College, Yankton, Dak., founded 1882.
INDEX.
Additional Members, 50. Adriance, Rev. S. W., 168. A Disbanded Church, 171. Agitation About new Church, 19. Aiken, John, 160. Rev. Solomon, 31. Allen, Rev. William, 122. Rev. David O., 123. Dr. Nathan, 123. Rev. Wilkes, 74. American Board, 190. Ameron, Rev. C. E., 170.
American Congregational Union, 190 American College and Educational Society, 190. Amherst College, 190. Andover Conference, 85. Andover Seminary, 42. Annual meeting, 85. Ansart, Col. Louis, 26, 35. Anti-slavery Movements, 89. Appleton Street Church, 153. Architecture, style of, 43. Atkinson, Rev. Theodore, 165.
Baker, Rev. Smith, 1 50. Backus, Rev. J. W., 161. Bangor Theological Seminary, 190. Barrows, Rev. C. D., 159. Bancroft, Col. Jefferson, 42. Bartley, Robert, 52. Bell, the first, 46. Bell, a new, 77. Beckworth, Rev. George C., 148. Beloit College, 190. Bennett, Joseph S., 79.
Blanchard, Rev. Amos, 110, 148, 1 59. Blood, Benjamin F., 76. Col. Coburn, 45, 76. O. R., 4, 45, 53: 83, 101.
Boardman, Rev. Joseph, 51, 115. Boston Port Bill, 30. Bowdoin College, 190. Bradley, Caleb, 42.
Brazer, William P., 122. Bradford, William, 177. Bridge, Merrimack River, 39. Essex, 39. Ebenezer, 41, 132. Pawtucket, 39. Brown, Alfred, 52. George B., 52. John, 77. John P., 52. Burnap, Rev. U. C., 1 54. Burnham, Dr. A. W., 160. Philetus, 160.
Burbank, Leonard, 76.
Burr, Rev. H. M., 150. Buttrick, Dea. J. G., 166. Butler, Caleb, 122. Charles M., 101. F. H., 101.
Call, another, 31. declined, 28. Carver, John, 84. Carleton, 190. Carter, Dea. John T., 166. Celebration, 4th July, 75. Central line, 33. Chase, Ira M., 79.
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Cheever, Rev. Amos, 12, 13. Chelmsford, Members from, 50. Chelmsford, Incorporated, 8. Child, Rev. Willard, 149. Church, the first, 14. another wanted, 32. the second built, 25. disbanded, 171. remodelled, 75. the third built, 34. Pawtucket built, 33, 38. West Cong., 40.
Chicago Theo. Sem., 190.
Christian Commission, 100.
Circle, Sewing, 56. Chataqua, 64.
Clerks, 52.
Clergymen, 65.
Cleaveland, Rev. John P., 154.
Clement, Asa, 52, 54.
Arthur M., 54. Dr. Geo. W., 65. Jesse, 72.
Coburn, Dea. Abel, 52, 54, 76, 79,86.
Dea. Augustus, 52.
Edwin, 65.
Enoch F., 79.
Geo. S., 79.
Jabesh, 52.
John M., 143.
Joseph B. V. 76, 79.
James M., 54.
Nath. B., 107.
P. S., 76, 79.
Timothy, 76, 79. Timothy V., 67. Stephen, 134.
Colburn, Rev. Jonas, 108, 132.
Coggin, Rev. Jacob, 42.
Colton, Dr. John J., 3, 4, 5, 52, 54, 65, 88, 101. Colton, Charles C., 65, 101.
Conant, Joseph, 54. Cote, Rev. T. G. A., 170. Colorado College, 190.
Congregational Church, the first ever formed, 177.
Congregational Statistics, 190. Congregationalism, brief sketch of, 75.
Congregational Church, first form- ed, 144.
Congregationalist, the name, 176. Communion Service, 71.
Courier, Lowell, extract from, 125, Covenant for union, 18.
Cumnock, A. G., 160.
Dana, Rev. M. M., 1 58.
Dartmouth College, 190.
Darling, Rev. Geo., 154.
Davis, Rev. Nathan, 26.
Davis, Jefferson, 97.
Deed of Church lot, 37.
Deeds of Conveyance, 37, 81.
Deed of Parsonage lot, 81.
Deacons, 51, 52.
Dickinson, Rev. Charles A., 159.
Doane College, 190.
Doctors, 65.
Dracut, Settlement of, 8.
Dracut, Act of Incorporation, 8.
Drury College, 190.
Eaton, Lieut. J. G., 122. Mrs. Sarah B., 122, 137.
Edson, Rev. Theo., 43. Education and Culture, 187.
Elders, 51.
Eliot, Rev. John, 39, 86.
Eliot, Church, 153.
Emancipation Proclamation, 99.
Emerson, Rev. Brown, 51, 113.
Endicott, John, 185.
Essex Bridge, 39.
Everett, Edward, 92.
Farm, Ministerial, 129. Fay, Samuel, 160. Fellowship, 187. Foote, Irvin A., 67. Foot-Stove, 47.
Foster, Rev. A. P., 155. Rev. Eden B., 161.
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Fox, Dr. L. S., 65. Fiske, Rev. P. B., 51, 114. First Congregational Church, 144. Ford, John, 50. Timothy, 143. Franklin, Benjamin, 90. Freemasonry, 73.
Gage, James U., 85. Garrison, William Lloyd, 93, 97. Gould, Jonathan, 44. Joseph, 122. Greene, Rev. John M., 155. Great Expectations, 87.
Hamilton, Alexander, 90. Hamblet, Daniel V., 79. Life, 20. Theodore, 76, 79, 85. W. C., 67. Hanks, Rev. S. W., 161. Harvard College, 188. Hartford Theological Seminary, 190.
Haunted House, 80 .. Highland Cong. Church, 166. High Street Church, 152, 164. Hildreth, Dr. Israel, 75. Gen. William, 39. Historical Sketch of Churches, 144. House, Sabba' Day, 14. Howe, Edward S., 54, 88. Huntington, Rev. C. W., 165. Hull, W. H., 79, 122. Hymn books, 70.
Illinois College, 190. Improvements, 82. Incorporation, Act of, 40. Indians, 8. Indians, Pawtucket Tribe, 39. Iowa College, 190. Island, Tyngs, 9.
James, Rev. Horace, 150. Jefferson, Thomas, 74. Jenkins, Rev. J. L., 149.
John Street Church, 152. Jay, John, 90.
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King James, 177. King Phillip's War, 8. Kingsbury, Rev. Cyrus, 117. Kirk Street Church, 156. Knowles, John A., 72.
Ladies' Sociable, 56. Ladies' Sewing Society, 57. Land for Church and Parsonage, 37,81. Langdon, Rev. Timothy, 28. Lamphear, Rev. O. T., 165. Lawyers, 65. Lectures and Concerts, 83.
Legislature, Act of, 50. Lew, Adrastus, 68. Lew, Zadoc, 67.
Library, 54. Liddell, Andrew, 144. Lincoln, Abraham, 99 Liquors, spirituous, 73. Lord, President, 43. Lundy, Benjamin, 93.
Mack, Sewall G., 160. Mammoth Road, 39. Marrietta College, 190. Marshall, Herbert, 76.
H. N., 53. Joshua N., 65. Luther H., 101. Simeon M., 101.
Masonic Exercises, 73. Mayflower, 183. McFarlin, William and Luke, 76. Memorial, 21. Membership, 56. Meeting House, the first in Dracut, 14. Meeting House, the second in Dracut, 25. Meeting House, the third in Dra- cut, 34. Meeting House, Pawtucket, built,36.
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Meeting House, re-modelled, 75. Meeting, First Parish, 41. Meetings, Town, 12, 20, 21, 27. Merrill, Rev. Joseph, 51, 109. Middlebury College, 190.
Minister, First, 42. Missions, 62, 117. Moore, Rev. Humphrey, 43. Morrison, Benjamin C., 101. Morning Mail, Extract from, 73. Musicians, 67.
Nason, Charles, 126.
Rev. C. P. H., 126. Prof. E. S., 126. Rev. Elias, 56, 125. Capt. P. F., 126. Rev. W. W., 126.
Newhall, Henry L., 4, 5, 54.
New England Enterprise, 189. New Stove, 46. Newburyport Presbytery, 49. Nutting, Coffern, 68.
Oberlin College, 190. Olivet College, 190. Old Hundred, 70. Old Times, 70. Organ, 67. Organists, 67, 70.
Osgood, O. F., 67. Osgood, Solomon, 41.
Pacific University, 190. Park, Robert, 79. Parker, Rev. Thomas, 16, 128.
Parsonage built, 78. Parish, Efforts to Divide, 32.
Parish Meeting, First, 41.
Pastor first Settled in Dracut, 16. the second Settled in Dra- cut, 26.
Pastors Settled, 51. Pawtucket Bridge, 39.
Pawtucket Church, Act to Incor- porate, 40. Perkins, Col. M. G., 169.
Pews, 46, 76. Pierce, Rev. Sylvester G., 44, 51, 103. Pinkham, Rev. Tobias, 51, 107. Plymouth Church, 184.
Port Bill, Boston, 30. Preaching Services, 42. Presbyterianism, 49.
Professions, 65. Puritans, 69, 178, 179.
Randolph, John, 92.
Raikes, Robert, 55.
Rankin, Rev. J. E., 155.
Rebellion, War of, 99.
Records of Church and Town, 5, 11, 42, 54, 57, 102.
Reformation, The, 176.
Reminiscences, 102.
Revere, Paul, 78.
Revivals, 55.
Revolution, 36.
Richardson, George A. H., 88.
Ripon College, 190.
Robinson, Rev. John, 18c, 184.
Rollins College, 190.
Roll-call of Church, 85.
Rose, Rev. Henry T., 162.
Rush, Benjaminin, 90.
Salem, Church at, 185. Sanitary Commission, 100.
Sawyer, R. W., 68, 76.
Scrooby to Leyden, 181.
Seabury, Rev. J. B., 162.
Sears, Rev. Reuben, 52, 102.
Seminary, Andover, 42. Sewing Circle, 56. Shattuck, Horace B., 160.
Shirley, Gov. William, 21.
Simonds, Dea. Samuel B., 95, 171. Slave Trade, 92. Soldiers in War of the Rebellion, IOI.
Society, Chataqua, 64. Christian Endeavor, 63. Golden Rule, 64. .
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Sociable, Ladies', 56. Sounding Board, 44. Spalding, Dr. Joel, 74. Spiller, Hamden, 166. Spofford, John T., 44. Stearns, Oliver, 122. Stevens, Solon W., 74. Steeple and Bell, 45. Stone, Z. E., 94.
Stove, 46. Stove, Foot, 47. Street, Rev. Owen, 165. Sumner, Gov. Increase, 41.
Taylor, Jonathan, lot, 33. Tabor College, 190. Teachers, 65.
Temperance, 71. Thompson, George, 97. Towne, Rev. Joseph H., 165.
Town Meetings, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 27, 30, 128. Trees, 76. Tucker, Gordon F., 68. Times, Old, 70. Twining, Rev. William, 154. Tyler, Joseph, 46. Nathan, 46.
Underwood, Asa, 52. Jephthah, 55. Thomas D., 79.
Valley Forge, 31. Varnum, A. C., 1, 5, 143. Charles B., 76. Daniel, 76, 79, 129. Col. James, 37, 41. John, 65, 121. Joseph B., 72.
Varnum, J. P., 65. Jeremiah, 45. 52, 55, 76, 79, 94. Nathaniel, 77. Oliver P., 68, 94. Parker, 135. Samuel, 8. Samuel 3d, 45, 76, 79.
Sarah B., 117. Thomas, 88, 129. William P., 79. Vermont University, 190.
Waldenses (not Weldenses), 175.
War, King Phillips', 8.
War of Revolution. 30.
War of Rebellion, 99. Ward, Dr. S. L., 160. Washburn College, 190,
Watts' Psalms and Hymns, 70.
Webber, Rev. George N., 1 50. Wheaton College, 190. White, J. P., heirs of, 122. Whitman College, 190. Whiting, Phineas, 50.
Whitney, Rufus B., 76, 79.
Wigglesworth, Rev. Mr., 13.
Wilson, Joseph M., 88. Willcox, Rev. C. H., 51, 116.
Williams College, 190. Winthrop, Gov., 186.
Withington, Rev. Leonard, 115.
Women's Board of Missions, 62.
Woodward, Henry M., 54. Wright, Nathaniel, 65.
Yale Divinity School, 190. Yale University, 190. Yankton College, 190.
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