History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 126

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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Packard, Israel Packard, Jr., Cornelius H. Dunham, and Oliver D. Shepardsou were appointed trustees.

Rev. Henry Smith was located for this church in 1846, and remained two years; Rev. Lemuel Harlow in 1848, but was not received.

Here follows a full list of the pastors of the Second Methodist Episcopal Church :

Revs. Edward Otherman, 1848; John B. Husted, 1849; John Livesey, Jr., 1850; Azariah B. Wheeler, 1851-52; Erastus Benton, 1853; Andrew McKeoun, 1854; Robert McGonegal, 1856; John Cooper, 1857- 58; N. Bemis, 1859; Merritt P. Alderman, 1860-61; Thomas Ely, 1862-63; Frederie A. Crafts, 1864-66; John Howson, 1867-68; Joseph H. James, 1869-71; T. M. House, 1872-73; S. B. Sweetzer, 1874 ; Wil- liam T. Harlow, 1875; Dwight A. Jordan, 1876-78; George A. Morse, 1879-80; John Ellis Hawkins, 1881-82 ; Albert P. Palmer, 1883-84.

During the year 1853 this society erected a new and splendid ehureh edifiee at an expense of twenty- four thousand dollars. Barnabas Snow was the eon- traetor and master-builder, Isaiah B. Young, of Boston, architeet. The building is ninety-four feet long by sixty feet wide, with a tower one hundred and ten feet high, containing a bell weighing eighteen hundred and twenty-seven pounds, from the foundry of Henry N. Hooper, of Boston, eosting six hundred and sixty-five dollars. The interior of the house is furnished with one hundred and ten pews and an elegant organ, manufactured by Mr. George Stevens, of Cambridge, Mass. A baptismal font of marble was presented to the society by S. S. Green ; also a beautiful Bible and hymn-book presented by the Young Gentlemen's Charitable Association connected with the elureh.

The corner-stone of this church was laid July 25, 1853, with appropriate ceremony, as follows: 1, re- marks, by Rev. A. B. Wheeler; 2, reading of the Word, by Rev. Paul Couch ; 3, singing ; 4, prayer, by Rev. T. B. Gurney ; 5, benediction.

Previous to the benedietion oceurred the ceremony of depositing a tin box in one of the corner founda- tions of the tower, which contained the following :

Records of the Second Methodist Church in North Bridgewater ; names of original and present members of the Second Conference ; officers of the ' Sabbath- school ; trustees of the church ; building committee ; architeet and master-builder ; pastors of the various churches in town ; copies of order of exercises on the oceasion ; minutes of the Providence Annual Confer- ence; missionary report of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; Sabbath-school report; discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; copies of Zion's Herald, Church Advocate and Journal, Missionary Advocate,

Sabbath-School Advocate, North Bridgewater Ga- zette.

This house was dedicated to the worship of God June 1, 1854, with the following order of exereises, eommeneing at ten and a half o'clock :

1, voluntary, on the organ ; 2, reading of the 84th Psalm, by Rev. George W. Stearns ; 3, voluntary, by the choir; 4, reading of the 964th hymn of the Meth- odist Collection, by Rev. J. B. Gould ; 5, reading of Solomon's prayer at the dedieation of the temple (1 Kings viii.), by Rev. J. Mather; 6, dedieatory prayer, by Rev. F. Upham ; 7, voluntary, by the choir ; 8, sermon, by Rev. Miner Raymond (principal of Wil- braham Academy), text, 1 Tim. i. 15,-" This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners ;" 9, eoneluding prayer, by Rev. I. J. P. Collyer ; 10, reading of the 970th hymn, by Rev. W. T. Harlow.

The sermon was spoken of as a masterly exposition and defense of the eardinal doetrines of the gospel as taught by that denomination.

Pews were sold to the amount of sixteen thousand dollars a short time after the dedieation, and every- thing bade fair for a prosperous and useful society.

This church was blessed with a great revival in January, 1843, the result of which was, large num- bers were added to the ehureh, and a flourishing Sab- bath-sehool organized March 2, 1842.

Superintendents of the Sunday-sehool have been as follows: Liberty Paekard, Arba Pratt, L. F. C. Loomis, Richard P. Thurston, Israel Paekard, Henry Baylies, Charles Worth, Philip Reynolds, Rufus L. Thaeher, John Filoons, George M. Copeland, Uriah Macoy, Edwin Sawtell, J. B. Wiswell, Cyrus F. Cope- land, E. T. Sampson.

The ehureh organization for 1884 is as follows : Rev. A. P. Palmer, pastor ; C. F. Copeland, Apolas Eaton, C. Barney Rounds, George M. Copeland, F. S. Reynolds, W. E. Beal, William A. Parmenter, Charles Hartwell, Jr., J. H. Dickinson, stewards ; Sanford Winter, president ; D. B. Lovell, secretary ; Philip Reynolds, treasurer ; N. S. Holmes, Edwin Saw- tell, Asa Snow, Uriah Maeoy, C. F. Copeland, Henry L. Thompson, trustees ; N. S. Holmes, Philip Rey- nolds, W. H. Gray, J. W. Jameson, Mrs. A. P. Pal- mer, E. T. Sampson, superintendent of the Sunday- sehool.

Methodist Episcopal Church of Campello .- In 1879 the number of attendants upon the Methodist Church worship in the eentral village of Brockton had beeome so numerous, and the many inconveni- enees of attendanee on all the meetings were such, that a few members thought the time had arrived

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when this denomination should have a church of their own in Campello. Accordingly, Rev. John Livesey, a preacher, who had formerly supplied in the First Church at the " West Shares," was appointed to preach to the people of Campello by the New England Southern Conference of Methodist Churches, formerly known as the Providence Conference. Services were commenced by preaching in " Huntington Hall," on Main Street, in the early part of 1879. On the 18th day of May of that year John Montgomery, a well- known and active member of the Second Church in the village, was appointed class-leader. The first year the church numbered fifty-four members, which has increased to a membership of one hundred and fifty members, and is rapidly increasing with the growth of the city.

In 1880 a lot of land was purchased on the south side of South Street, sufficiently large for a church and parsonage buildings. William S. Green and George R. Pierce were building committee. A neat wooden building, forty-five by sixty feet, with an ad- dition of twelve by twenty, was erected, surmounted with a small tower, in which is a bell.

Philip Reynolds, of Brockton, contributed one thousand dollars to the general building fund.

The interior is furnished with a good cabinet organ, manufactured by George Woods & Co., a neat black- walnut pulpit, presented by George M. Copeland, of Brockton, and chairs inclosed within a rail, of the same material. It contains sittings for three hundred persons, in fifty-eight pews. In 1883 the society added a two-story parsonage at an expense of twenty- five hundred dollars. The church cost about five thou- sand dollars, besides the improvements now being made in the raising of the church building and adding a vestry.

Since the organization was started it has had the kind assistance, co-operation, and good wishes of all the other churches, and is in a flourishing condition, bidding fair to become a large society.

The following persons have been their pastors from the commencement :

Rev. John Livesey, April, 1879, to April, 1881 ; Rev. S. F. Chase. April, 1881, to April, 1883 ; Rev. Augustus W. Kingsley, April, 1883,-is the present pastor.

The following persons were officers the first year of the organization :

Trustees. L. B. Pratt. Charles Peterson, John Mont- gomery, George A. Haven, George R. Pierce, Willard Howard, William S. Green, Charles H. Eldridge, Howard P. Keith; Stewards. George A. Haven, George R. Pierce, James L. Robinson, Arthur P.

Alden, John Montgomery; Superintendents of Sun- day-schools, George R. Pierce, George S. Cobb.

Rev. Augustus W. Kingsley was born in Mont- ville, Conn., Oct. 2, 1840, son of Charles and Evelina (Spalding) Kingsley ; graduated at Middletown Uni- versity, Conn., 1863; joined the Providence Confer- ence, 1868; settled in South Manchester, Conn., 1868-70; in Burnside, Conn., 1873-75; with Hope Street Methodist Church, Providence, R. I., 1876- 78; Middleboro', Mass., 1879-81; in Burnside, Conn., 1882 ; in Campello, Mass., 1883-84.

CHAPTER VII.

SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY AND CHURCH.

South Congregational Society-First Meeting-House-Dedica- tion of the Second Meeting-House-Moderators of Society Meetings-Committee of the Society-Clerks-Treasurers- List of Society Officers for the year 1884-South Congrega- tional Church-Church Faith and Covenant-Ministry of Rev. John Dwight-Ministry of Rev. Daniel Huntington- Ministry of Rev. David Temple Packard-Ministry of Rev. Charles W. Wood-Ministry of Rev. Leverett S. Woodworth -Ministry of Rev. John T. Blades-Deacons of the South Congregational Church.

South Congregational Society .- This society was composed of members who belonged to the First Congregational Society, in the Centre Village, under the pastoral care of Rev. Paul Couch. The people in the southerly portion of the town having become quite numerous, and the inconvenience of attending constantly upon public worship at such a distance (one and a half miles) was such that a new and more convenient means was thought of. Hence, after much consultation and many meetings, thirty-four persons petitioned to a justice of the peace to call a meeting for the purpose of organizing them into a new society. The following persons were the original members :

Josiah W. Kingman.

John W. Snell.

Bela Keith.

Albert Hunt.

Ziba Keith.

Sylvanus French.

Benjamin Keith.

Davis Kingman.

Azor Packard.

Charles Williams.

Thomas Packard.

John Millett.

Charles Keith.

Stafford Drake.

Jason Keith.

Robert Packard, Jr.

Vinal Lyon.

Aaron B. Drake.

Isaac K. French.

Stephen D. Soule.

Cary Howard. Ephraim Jackson.

Oliver Jackson.

Abijah Thayer.

Nahum Hayward. Josiah Dunbar.

Pardon Keith. Freeman Holmes.

Jonathan Snell.

Fearing W. Bent.

Jonas Keith.

Abijah Holmes. Calvin Hatch.

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Agreeable to the petition above referred to, Ilon. Jesse Perkins, Esq., issued a warrant calling a incet- ing, to be held at the house of Bela Keith, Esq., Dec. 3, 1836, at one o'clock P.M., when the following officers were chosen : Josiah W. Kingman, Esq., mod- erator ; Jason Keith, elerk ; Charles Keith, treasurer ; Azor Packard, Ziba Keith, Charles Keith, parish committee.

First Meeting-House .- The first step taken to- ward erecting a house of worship was to obtain a spot of land upon which to build. For this purpose, Isaae Keith gave the society the lot now owned and occupied by them, on the corner of South and Main Streets, Campello, on condition that they pay him the interest on the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, annually, until the deeease of Mr. Keith and wife, then it was to become the property of the society.

The first house of worship was built by subseription, and cost $4307.37, of which sum three thousand dol- lars only was subseribed. The house was built under the direction of Bela Keith, Esq., as master-builder, in 1836, who paid the balance ($1307.37) over the sub- seription. The frame was raised July 4, 1836, was a plain, substantial building, sixty feet in length, forty- three feet in width, and twenty-one feet posts, with a spire eighty-five feet in height, and a bell weighing one thousand and thirty-two pounds, manufactured by George Holbrook, of East Medway, Mass. The house had sixty pews, besides the choir gallery. The base- ment was used as a vestry for evening meetings.

Dedication of the Second Meeting-House .- On the 23d day of May, 1853, the people of Cam- pello were visited by one of the most disastrous fires that ever occurred in the county, destroying several buildings, among which was their house of worship. The time had come, something must be done,-no pastor, no house in which to hold their meetings. The people of that plaee, always enterprising, did not long remain thus. A meeting of the parish was ealled June 1st. At this meeting a committee of five were chosen to proceed at onee in the ereetion of a house, namely, Bela Keith, Martin L. Keith, Cary Howard, Aaron B. Drake, Vinal Lyon, with Josiah W. Kingman, Esq., and Dr. Horatio Bryant as an advisory committee. This committee set themselves immediately at work, the result of which was the erection of the present edifice, which is of wood, painted in imitation of freestone, eighty-four feet long, fifty six feet wide, with posts forty feet higlı, and a spire one hundred and eighty-five fect high.

The spire of the church, as first erected, was blown . down in the great snow-storm of January, 1857. The present spire is one hundred and thirty-five feet

high. Rebuilt by W. R. Penniman, of South Brain- tree.

On entering the building, we find on the first floor one large vestry, one small vestry, and a large, ear- peted, well-furnished room for the use of the " Ladies' Benevolent Society." Ascending from the main en- trance, on either side, a very easy flight of steps, we find ourselves in a vestibule, from which we aseend to the choir-gallery or enter the auditory. The in- terior aspect of this house is fine. The spacious floor, well-arranged slips, neatly carpeted and up- holstered, the ehaste and elegant pulpit, manufae- tured by Josiah W. Kingman, Esq., was of rosewood, of an elegant design, and polished in the highest style, and the finely frescoed walls, gave the place an air of pleasantness quite in contrast with the churches of earlier days.

The original outlay in the construction of this house was sixteen thousand dollars. It is built in the Romanesque style of architecture, from plans drawn by Messrs. Towle & Foster, of Boston. The builder was Mr. William Drake, of Stoughton. The bell was east at the foundry of Mr. George Holbrook, of East Medway, Mass., and weighs thirty-two hun- dred pounds. A marble-faced eloek was presented to the society by Henry K. Keith, in 1854, which was placed in front of the choir-gallery. Benjamin Franklin Hayward, Freeman Howland Shiverick, and Samuel French were a committee appointed to make arrangements for the ordination and dedication, which took place on Thursday, Sept. 21, 1854, with the following appropriate exercises :

Musie; invocation and reading the Seriptures, by Rev. S. L. Rockwood, of Hanson ; prayer, by Rev. James W. Ward, of Abington ; hymn, read by Rev. Isaae C. White, of Abington.

" Here, in thy name, eternal Ged, We build this earthly heuse fer thee; Oh ! cheese it fer thy fixed abede, And guard it leng frem error free.

"Hore, when thy people seek thy face, And dying sinners pray te live, Hear, thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, And whon thou hearest, Lerd, forgive.

" Here, when thy messengers proclaim Tho blessed gospel of thy Son, Still by the power of his great name, Be mighty signs and wonders dene.

" When children's voices raise the song, Hosanna ! to their heavenly King, Let hoaven with earth the strain prolong, Hosanna ! lot tho angels sing.

" But will, indeed, Johovah deign Here to abide, no transient guest ?

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Here will our great Redeemer reign, And here the Holy Spirit rest !

" Thy glory never hence depart ! Yet choose not. Lord, this house alone ; .

Thy kingdom come to every heart, In every bosom fix thy throne."

Sermon, by Rev. Ezekiel Russell, D.D., East Ran- dolph ; anthem ; dedicatory prayer. by Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D .. of Braintree ; anthem ; closing prayer, by Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., of Braintree ; an- them ; benediction.

Since the above dedication the society has increased rapidly. requiring more pew accommodations, and the few public-spirited individuals of the church, of which there is no lack in Campello. contributed enough to add to the length on the west end of the building, in which was placed the organ. in the rear of the pulpit. A new pulpit and furnishings were introduced. to- gether with other improvements inside, such as fresco- ing the walls and ceiling. piping the house for gas- lights, etc., rendering the house more attractive and roomy than it was originally. The grounds around the building have been newly graded. a new fence sur- rounding the lot. which has granite curbstones and con- crete walks. In fine, the church and society has been prosperous, and are in good standing, financially and otherwise, in the denomination to which they belong.

MODERATORS.

Annual meetings and moderators of the South Congregational Society, Campello :

Dec. 3, 1836. Josiah W. Kingman.

March 7, 1837. ..

April 9, 1>38. Lemuel B. Hatch.

1, 1839. Davis Kingman.

March 27, 1840.

April 12, 1841. Josiah W. Kingman.

66 18, 1542. Davis Kingman.

1, 1843. Charles Keith.

66 8, 1844. 66 66

March 31, 1945.

April 6, 1846. Benjamin Keith.

66 7, 1847. Charles Keith.

66 17, 1848. 66

16. 1849. Bela Keith. 8, 1850. 66 66

May 19, 1551. 66

April 12, 1852. 66 66

11, 1853. 66 46

66 14, 1854. Aaron B. Drake.

66 2, 1855. 66

44 7, 1856. 66

13, 1857. Josiah W. Kingman.

2, 1858. 66

11, 1859. Russell Alden. 6, 1860. B. H. Gray.

66 15, 1861. Bela Keith.

14, 1862. Josiah W. Kingman.

20, 1863. Daniel Dunbar.

April 11, 1864. Nelson J. Foss.

8, 1865. Daniel Dunbar.

23, 1866. Aaron B. Drake.

15, 1867. Daniel Dunbar.

27, 1868.

66 26,1869.

18, 1870.

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24, 1872. Galen Pratt.

4, 1873. Daniel Dunbar.

March 31, 1875.

29, 1876. Dr. William Richards.

April 2, 1877. 66

66 9, 1878. S. Franklin Packard.

7, 1879. Dr. William Richards.

16, 1880. S. Franklin Packard.

66 18, 1881.

4, 1882. Warren T. Copeland.

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18, 1884.

COMMITTEES. Committee of the South Congregational Society, Campello :

Azor Packard, 1836, '37, '44.

Ziba Keith, 1836, '38, '44, '47, '60.

Charles Keith, 1836, '37, '40, '48, '49.

Capt. Robert Packard, 1837, '39, '45, '51, '60, '76.

Zina Hayward, 1838, '43, '45, '46, '49, '60, '68, "74.

Davis Kingman. 1838, '42, '44.

Josiah W. Kingman, 1839, '45, '46, '47, '48, '52, '54, '63, '69.

Lemuel B. Hatch, 1839.

Cary Howard, 1840, '48, '59.

Franklin Keith, 1840, '55, '74.

Bela Keith, 1841, '51, '62.

Pardon Keith, 1841, '43, '46.

Benjamin Keith, 1841, '50, '51.

Calvin Hatch, 1842. Samuel French, 1842, '62.

Abijah Holmes, 1843, '50.

Nelson J. Foss, 1847, '52, '56, '63, '69.

Sylvanus Keith, 1849, '58, '63, '78.

Martin L. Keith, 1850, '53.

Russell Alden, 1852, '56, '59.

Anson Morse, 1853.

Albert Keith, 1853, '71.

Freeman H. Shiverick, 1854.

Arza B. Keith, 1854, '57, '65, '67, '69, '70.

Bradford Kingman, 1855.

Samuel D. Keith, 1855, '66, '70.

Sidney Packard, 1856, '61. Daniel Dunbar, 1857, '72, '77.

Benjamin F. Hayward, 1857.

Barnabas H. Gray, 1858, '73.

Robert H. Packard, 1858.

Harrison Bryant, 1859.

Charles P. Keith, 1861.

Henry Jackson, 1861.

Jonathan C. Keith, 1862, '63, '68.

Voted to elect four committee this year (1863).

Otis Cobb, 1864, '81, '82, '83.

Dr. J. F. Richards, 1864.

George Sawyer, 1864, '67, '79.

Caleb H. Packard, 1865, '81, '82.

Henry S. Keith, 1865.

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William S. Snell, 1866.

Charles HI. Cole, 1866, '80. S. Franklin Packard, 1867, '70. Ziba C. Keith, 1868, '71, '77, '83. Nathan II. Washburn, 1871, '78. George Churchill, 1872, '80. Daniel N. Keith, 1872, '79. A. B. Marston, 1873.

Jehn M. Wentworth, 1873. Charles W. Bacen, 1874.

Preston B. Keith, 1875.

Edmund B. Fanning, 1875, '73,''84.

Lucas W. Alden, 1875.

Edwin Keith, 1876, '84. Geerge E. Keith, 1876, '81, '82.

Rufus P. Keith, 1877.

Austin C. Packard, 1878.

Flavel B. Keith, 1879.

Warren T. Copeland, 1880.

Jeshua Reed, 1884.

CLERKS.

Clerks of the South Congregational Society; Cam- pello :

Jasen Keith, 1836, '37, '38, '39, '40.

Cary Heward, 1841, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50.

Dr. Heratie Bryant, 1851, '52, '53.

Albert Keith, 1854, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64,

'65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83.1

Myron L. Keith, 1884.

TREASURERS.

Treasurers of the South Congregational Society, Campello :

Charles Keith, 1836.

Jasen Keith, 1837.

Lemuel B. Hatch, 1839.

Cary Howard, 1840, '41. Jesiah W. Kingman, 1842, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50. Spencer W. Noyes, 1851.

Benjamin Keith, 1852, '53.

Samuel French, 1854, '55, '56, '57.

Freeman H. Shiverick, 1858.

Mary K. Keith (?). Nelson J. Fess, 1860.

Azra B. Keith, 1862.

Daniel Dunhar, 1863, '64.

George Sawyer, 1865, '66, '67, '68. ('69, '70 no record.)

S. Franklin Packard, 1871, '75, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84. Franklin Keith, 1872. Preston B. Keith, 1872. George E. Keith, 1873. William S. Green, 1874. Austin C. Packard, 1876, '77.

George W. Packard, 1877. (A. C. Packard elected to fill his place.)

LIST OF SOCIETY OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1884.

Rev. John T. Blades, pastor ; Edmund B. Fanning, Edwin Keith, Joshua Reed, parish committee ; Myron J. Keith, clerk ; S. Franklin Packard, treasurer and collector ; Preston B. Keith, superintendent of Sun- day-school ; Alvin Howe, sexton.

1 A vete ef thanks to Mr. Keith was passed April 18, 1884, ! fer thirty years of faithful service as clerk of the society .- B. K.

South Congregational Church (Campello) .- The society having been duly organized, and a house of worship crected, it was thought best to form a new church among themselves. For this purpose the following persons made application to be dis- missed from the First Church, with suitable testi- monials, to be formed into another church, and to use a similar erccd as the one which they leave: Sylvanus French, Merey E. Keith, Abigail Keith, Olive Jackson, Martha Keith, Charles Keith, Mehit- abel Keith, Ziba Keith, Polly Keith, Mary Keith, Sylvia Howard, Huldah Howard, Keziah Hayward, Charles Williams, Zilpha Hateh, Josiah W. Kingman, Joanna Packard, Robert Packard, Sarah Packard, Mary Packard, Josiah Dunbar, Sybil Dunbar, Anna Dunbar. This request was granted. A council was next ealled, for the purpose of organization, which met at the house of Josiah W. Kingman, Esq., on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1837, at one o'eloek P.M., at which time and place it took the name of the "South Con- gregational Church," of North Bridgewater.

The members of the council present at the organi- zation of the church in Campello, Jan. 3, 1837, were as follows :

First Church in Randolph : Rev. Calvin Hitch- cock, pastor ; W. Thayer, delegate.

Church in East Bridgewater: A. Shaw, delegate.

First Church of North Bridgewater: Rev. Paul Couch, pastor; Dr. Abel W. Kingman, delegate.

Rev. Calvin Hitcheoek was moderator.

Rev. Paul Couch, seribe.

The following Artieles of Faith and Covenant were adopted by them at that time :

ARTICLES OF FAITH AND COVENANT.

" Confession of Faith and Covenant of the South Congregational Church, North Bridgewater, Mass.

" We solemnly profess our unfeigned belief of the Holy Scrip- tures of the Old and New Testaments, as given by divine inspi- ratien ; our acceptance of all the doctrines contained in them, and our submission te the whole will of God, therein revealed. Particularly, we prefess te believe that the Lord Jehovah, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, is the one living and true God; that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God, essentially equal with the Father, and the enly Savieur of men; that the Holy Ghest is also God, and that he is the only Sanctifier of those who believe in Christ te the salvatien ef their seuls.

" We believe that, in consequence of the fall of man from his primitive state of innocence, all the human race, while nnregen- erate, are destitute ef holiness, and therefere that a renovation of heart, during the present life, through sanctification of the Spirit ef God, is necessary to fit mankind fer union and eom- munion with the visible Church of Christ on earth, and for admittance inte the kingdem of heaven.

" We believe that, in order to effect eur deliverance from the bondage of corruption and from the enrse of the law, under which we all have fallen by transgression, the Eternal Word, who in the heginning was with God, and was God, was made

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flesh, and dwelt among men on earth, uniting with his divinity the whole human nature (vet without sin) in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. That this mysterious and adorable person- age. having magnified and honored the divine law by his doc- trine and example, at length died on the cross, the just for the nnjust, that he might hring us to God, and that it is through the efficacy of his propitiatory sacrifice alone his people obtain the divine favor and blessing.

" We believe that, having thus laid down his life, he took it again. heing declared the Son of God with power by the resur- rection from the dead, and that he is now at the right hand of the Father, a prince and a Saviour, hestowing repentance and remission of sins, through the agency of the Holy Spirit attend- ing the ministry of his word, on those whom the Father hath given him. in the everlasting covenant of redemption, as a seed to serve him.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 126

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706