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Of the two pastors settled over this church previous to its becoming Unitarian, both died while pastors in Warwick, and the average length of their ministry in this place was about twenty-five years. A notice of the pastors of this church, who were settled after it became Unitarian, may be found in the account of the Unitarian pastors in Warwick.
SECOND CHURCH. The second Congregational church in Warwick, and now the only Orthodox Congregational church in the town, was organized June 10, 1829, with thirty members. Their first and present Meeting-house was built in 1833. Revivals have been enjoyed as follows: in 1833, and twenty were added to the church; in 1835, and
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twenty added. A council was called by this church to settle difficulties on the 1st of Nov., 1853; and the council ad- journed to meet Dec. 13, 1853. The amount given by this church and people for the cause of christian benevolence, in 1853, was $69 57. The number of members in the church in 1853 was fifty-six. In 1852 the Sabbath School num- bered fifty-six. This church began to receive charitable aid to support the gospel in 1829, and has received $2,625.
Previous to the settlement of the first pastor over this church, it was supplied by Rev. Alvah C. Page, Rev. Job Cushman, Rev. Eliphalet Strong, Jr., and Rev. Mr. Wilder from Keene, N. H. Since the dismission of Mr. Hatch, the church has been supplied a part of the time by Rev. Daniel C. Frost, and Mr. Charles E. Bruce, a Licentiate and Pre- ceptor in Northfield Academy. In the twenty-four years since this church was organized, it has had a settled min- istry about nineteen years, and has been destitute of the same about five years. This church has had two pastors.
PASTORS. 1. REV. SAMUEL KINGSBURY was settled as the first pastor of this church, Nov. 6. 1833, and Rev. Eli Moody, then of Northfield, preached the sermon ; and, after a ministry of about one year and seven months, was dis- missed June 30, 1835. Mr. Kingsbury was born in Frank- lin, May 18, 1798 ; graduated at Brown in 1822, and fin- ished his theological studies at Andover' in 1825; was ordained in Andover, N. H., Jan. 14, 1829, and Rev. Dr. Church, then of Pelham, N. H., preached the sermon ; and was dismissed from there, Jan. 11, 1830; was installed at Jamaica, Vt., May 19, 1831, and Rev. Mr. Newton, then of Marlboro', Vt., preached the sermon ; and was dismissed from there March 5, 1833 ; after leaving Warwick, preached in Middlesex, Vt., and Worcester, Vt. ; and then preached at Underhill, Vt., three years, from 1836 to 1839; then taught the Academy in Jericho, Vt., a year and a half ; then preached at Thornton, N. H., a year ; and for about thirteen years past has been employed in agriculture, in Tamworth, N. H.,
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occasionally teaching and preaching, where he now resides. Revivals were enjoyed under his labors in Jamaica, Vt., and in Warwick.
2. REV. ROGER C. HATCH Was settled as the second pastor of this church, Dec. 23, 1835, and, after a ministry of about seventeen years and a half in Warwick, was dismissed, June 22, 1853. Mr. Hatch was born in Middletown, Ct., Sept. 3, 1784 ; graduated at Yale in 1815; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Osgood of Springfield ; was settled as pastor at Hopkinton, N. H., Oct. 23, 1818, and was dismissed from there in June, 1831 ; supplied at Newfane, Vt., and at Hart- ford, Vt., and at Greenfield, N. H., Merrimac, N. H., and at Swanzey, N. H. Rev. Dr. Walter Harris preached his ordi- nation sermon; and Rev. Dr. Barstow of Keene, N. H., preached at his installation in Warwick. Mr. Hatch spent a few months as a missionary in Western New York, in 1817. He has a son, Rev. Junius L. Hatch, who is a preacher in the Congregational denomination, and a daugh- ter, who is the wife of a Methodist minister in Canada. Mr. Hatch still resides in Warwick.
Of the two pastors settled over the present Orthodox Con- gregational church in Warwick, both were dismissed ; both are living ; and the average length of their pastorates in this place, was about nine years and a half.
CONGREGATIONAL PREACHERS ORIGINATING FROM WARWICK.
1. Rev. John Fiske, D. D., was born in Warwick, Oct. 26, 1770 ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1791; studied theol- ogy with Rev. Dr. Joseph Lyman, then of Hatfield ; was licensed and ordained by the Northern Hampshire Associa- tion, May 6, 1794, at Hadley, " and went immediately to Sen- eca, N. Y., and preached his second sermon at Geneva, N. Y., which place then consisted of five or six log cabins, and one or two framed houses." Rev. Rufus Wells, then of Whately, preached the sermon at his ordination as an Evangelist. Dr. Fiske afterwards preached at Milford and North Brookfield,
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and was installed as pastor in New Braintree, Oct. 26, 1796, and Rev. Dr. Lyman preached on the occasion. He preached his Half Century Sermon, Oct. 26, 1846, which was pub- lished ; from which it appears, that during his pastorate of fifty years in that place, three hundred and fifty-nine were received to his church, five hundred and ninety-seven deaths had occurred in the place, and he had attended one hundred and twenty-one councils. Dr. Fiske still continues a pastor in New Braintree. He has long been a trustee of Amherst Col- lege, and received his doctorate from that institution in 1844. He had a brother, Moses Fiske, who was a licensed preacher, but soon relinquished preaching. These brothers were de- scendants of David Fiske, who fled from persecution in England and settled in Watertown, and became a freeman there in 1638, of whom a particular account is given in Mather's Magnalia.
2 .* Mr. Moses Fiske, brother of Rev. Dr. John Fiske, was born in Grafton, about 1759, and in 1770 removed to Warwick ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1786; was licensed, and preached only a few times ; was not ordained ; was a tutor in Dartmouth College from 1788 to 1795 ; then he re- moved to 'Tennessee, and lived in Hilham, Overton County, and died there about 1842, aged 83. He remained single till fifty years of age, and then reared a family of nine children. He manifested a strong disapprobation of involuntary servi- tude ; never was the owner of a slave ; and published a dis- course on Negro Slavery in the United States, composed on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Feb. 19, 1795. He published several other works.
3. Rev. Nahum Gould was born in Warwick, Dec. 25, 1798 ; graduated at Amherst in 1825 ; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Woodbridge, of Hadley, and Rev. Daniel A. Clark, then of Bennington, Vt .; was licensed in February, 1827; preached a short time at McDonough and Smithville, N. Y .; was ordained as an Evangelist by the Chenango Presby- tery, N. Y., June 21, 1827; then preached in Cattaraugus
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County, N. Y., in Union, Broome County, N. Y., and vari- ous places in that State ; was installed pastor at Union, N. Y., in 1832 ; afterwards preached in Nichols, Penn. ; and has been preaching in Illinois about twenty years. His present field of labor is Northville, La Salle County, Ill. Interest- ing revivals have attended his labors. In 1828, he married Miss Rebecca B., a daughter of Deacon Francis Leonard, of Warwick.
4. Rev. Junius L. Hatch, a son of Rev. Roger C. Hatch, who was a pastor in the Orthodox Congregational church in Warwick, was born in Hopkinton, N. H., May 1, 1825; re- moved to Warwick when about ten years of age ; graduated at Amherst in 1849 ; studied theology at the Union Theologi- cal Seminary in New York and at New Haven ; was licensed by the Monadnoc Association in New Hampshire, in 1851; has preached at Northfield, Cazenovia, N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., and at Gloucester, where he was ordained as pastor, Jan. 26, 1854. Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher preached on the occasion.
5. Rev. Francis Leonard was born in Warwick, Oct. 19, 1817 ; graduated at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., in 1846 ; was for some time employed in teaching in Illinois; was licensed at Byron, Ill., by the Winnebago and Ogle Congre- gational Association, June 19, 1850; was ordained as an Evangelist, Jan. 15, 1852, at Napierville, Ill., and Rev. E. Goodman, of Chicago, Ill., preached on the occasion ; preached for a time at Lee Centre, Ill., and Palestine Grove, Ill. ; labored in 1851 as an agent of the American Bible Society ; in July, 1851, removed to Lyonsville, Ill., and still resides there, preaching in that place and in Brush Hill, Ill. In 1852 a revival attended his labors, and additions were made to the church. He is a son of the late Deacon Leon- ard, of Warwick, and a brother-in-law of Rev. Nahum Gould, of Northville, Illinois.
6. Rev. Swan L. Pomroy, D. D., was born in Warwick, March 4, 1799, and resided there until he entered college,
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with the exception of the years 1806 and 1807, which he spent in West Rutland, Vt. The ashes of his parents and of both his grandfathers and their wives, repose in Warwick. His maternal grandfather, Mr. Abraham Barnes, was one of the original proprietors and early settlers of the town. Dr. Pomroy graduated at Brown in 1820; studied theology at Andover; was licensed by the North Association of New Haven, Ct., in August, 1824; was ordained as a pastor of the First Congregational Church in Bangor, Me., August 31, 1825, and Rev. Dr. Payson, then of Portland, Me., preached on the occasion. Dr. Pomroy was elected one of the Secre- taries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in September, 1848, and was dismissed from his pastoral charge in Bangor, Me., in October, 1848, and since then has lived in Boston and officiated as a Secretary of the Board. In 1845-6, Dr. Pomroy made a tour in Europe and in Palestine. He received a doctorate from Bowdoin Col- lege in 1847, and a repetition of it from Brown University, in 1848.
7. Rev. Levi Wheaton was born in Townsend, Vt., Oct. 4, 1817, and removed to Warwick when about one year of age. He graduated at Amherst in 1845; finished the theological course at Andover, in 1848; was settled as a pastor at West Gloucester, Jan. 23, 1850. Rev. W. Gale, of Rockport, preached his ordination sermon. Mr. Wheaton supplied at West Gloucester some length of time previous to his ordina- tion, and is still the pastor there.
Of the seven Congregational preachers who are reckoned as the sons of Warwick, four are natives of the town; all were graduates ; six have been ordained ; two have received doctorates ; and six of them are now living.
OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
BAPTISTS. The Baptist church in Warwick was set off from Royalston, Feb. 14, 1843, and was organized into an independent church, Aug. 30, 1843, and in 1851 had 52
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members. This church and people have been supplied with preaching as follows, viz. : by Rev. Ezra M. Burbank from 1843 to 1845; by Rev. Lysander Fay from 1845 to 1847 ; by Rev. Samuel S. Kingsley from 1847 to 1849; by Rev. L. Fay in 1849 ; by Rev. Caleb Sawyer from 1850 to 1852. At present they have no stated supply. The following Baptist ministers originated from Warwick, viz. : Rev. Eb- enezer D. Barbour, and Rev. Henry Holman, and Rev. J. Blake. Also, Rev. Levi Hodge and Rev. John Shepardson, Baptist ministers, lived and died in Warwick many years ago.
EPISCOPALIANS. Rev. Levi B. Stimson, an Episcopal min- ister, originated from Warwick.
UNITARIANS. After the first Congregational church be- came Unitarian within about a half century past, it has been supplied by the following pastors and preachers, viz. : Rev. Preserved Smith was ordained as their pastor, Oct. 12, 1814, and preached his farewell sermon, Oct. 12, 1844. Rev. D. H. Barlow supplied from 1844 to 1847. Mr. Samuel F. Clark supplied from 1847 to 1848. Rev. G. F. Clark sup- plied from 1848 to 1852. Rev. Luther Wilson, of Peters- ham, supplied them in 1853. The following Unitarian preachers originated from Warwick, viz. : Mr. Nathan Ball, a licentiate, Rev. Stilman Barber, Rev. Amory Gale, and Rev. John Goldsbury.
UNIVERSALISTS. The Universalist Society in Warwick was incorporated, Feb. 25, 1814; and have been supplied by Revs. Robert Bartlet, John Brooks, Stilman Clark, T. Barrow, E. Davis, and John H. Willis in 1851 and 1852, since which time they have had no regular preaching. They have no meeting-house. The following Universalist preach- ers originated from Warwick, viz., Revs. Amory D. Mayo, Ebenezer Williams and John Williams.
SUMMARY of preachers who originated from Warwick : Orthodox Congregationalists, 7; Baptists, 3; Episcopalians, 1; Unitarians, 4; Universalists, 3. Total, 18.
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WENDELL.
" This town was formerly a part of Shutesbury and Erving, and was incorporated May 8, 1781, and named in honor of Oliver Wendell, Esq., a very worthy man, and for many years president of the Union Bank in Boston, the second in- stitution of the kind in Massachusetts. Mr. Wendell was a great patron of this town, and frequently visited it." Its population in 1850 was 950. Two churches have been or- ganized in Wendell, one Congregational and one Baptist.
CONGREGATIONALISTS.
CHURCH. The Congregational church in Wendell was organized, Nov. 30, 1774, with 20 members. The first Meeting-house of this people was built in 1782, and the sec- ond and present house of worship in 1846.
Revivals have been enjoyed by this people as follows, viz .: in 1817, and 30 members were added to the church; in 1825, and 42 added ; in 1832, and 14 added ; in 1843, and 22 added. This church began to receive charitable aid for the support of the gospel in 1845, and has received $250. The number of members in this church in 1853 was 66. The number in the Sabbath School in 1852 was 60. The amount contributed by this church and people to the cause of benevolence in 1851 was $136 50. Previous to the set- tlement of the first pastor, the Congregational people attended meeting for some length of time in Shutesbury, and were a part of the pastoral charge of Rev. Abraham Hill of that town. Since the dismission of their last pastor, this people have been supplied a part of the time by Rev. A. B. Foster, and Rev. Mr. Ober of Amherst. In the seventy-nine years since this church was organized, it has had a settled ministry about sixty-three years, and has been destitute of the same about sixteen years. This church has had six pastors.
PASTORS. 1 .* REV. JOSEPH KILBURN was installed as the
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first pastor of this church, Oct. 8, 1783, and Rev. Reuben Holcomb of Sterling preached the sermon on the occasion. After a ministry of about thirty-two years, Mr. Kilburn died while a pastor in Wendell, Feb. 27, 1816, aged 61. He was born in Stirling in 1754; graduated at Cambridge in 1777 ; was settled as a pastor in Chesterfield, Nov. 9, 1780 ; mar- ried Miss Lidia Baker, who died, Oct. 11, 1803, aged 43 ; has left several children ; his funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas Mason of Northfield. The epitaph on his gravestone is as follows, viz. :-
" How happy are the truly wise, Who learn to keep the sacred road ; How happy they whom Heaven employs To turn rebellious men to God."
" He maintained the dignity of the Supreme Being, and, by the purity of his life, the simplicity of the gospel. While in life he was honored, and, through mercy, is happy in death." He published several funeral sermons ; one of which was preached at the funeral of Rev. Judah Nash of Montague. He was considered as an Arminian in sentiment.
2 .* REV. HERVEY WILBUR Was settled as the second pastor of this church, Jan. 1, 1817, and Rev. Daniel Dana, D. D., of Newburyport preached the sermon on the occasion, which was published. Mr. Wilbur was born in Worthington, July 20, 1786 ; he never graduated at any college, but obtained a thorough education. He was deeply interested in the in- tellectual and religious education of the young. After a ministry of about five years and a half in Wendell, he was dismissed, Aug. 21, 1822, and was never again settled in the ministry, Having long resided at Newburyport he died there, Jan. 5, 1852, aged 65. He left a widow, four sons and a daughter. His oldest son is Superintendent of the New York State Idiot Asylum at Albany.
The sermon at his funeral was preached by Rev. Luther F. Dimmick, D. D., of Newburyport, and an extract from it
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was published in the Puritan Recorder, and also in the New- buryport Herald.
3. REV. JOHN DUNCKLEE was settled as the third pastor, March 26, 1823, and Rev. Mr. Chickering of Phillipston preached the sermon on the occasion. After a ministry of about seven years in Wendell, he was dismissed, March 24, 1830. Mr. Dunklee was born in Greenfield, N. H., Feb. 26, 1792 ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1817; finished the course of theological study at Andover in 1820; was licensed by the Union Association in New Hampshire in 1820; and, since leaving Wendell, has been chiefly employed in agri- culture, and is living on the farm on which he was born in Greenfield, N. H. An interesting and extensive revival was enjoyed in the early part of his ministry in Wendell.
4. REV. WILLIAM CLAGGETT was ordained as the fourth pastor of this church, Oct. 27, 1830, and Rev. Nathan Per- kins, late of Amherst, preached the sermon on the occasion. After a ministry of about seven years he was dismissed, July 11, 1837. Mr. Claggett was born in Litchfield, N. H., Feb. 4, 1796 ; and lived, after he was sixteen years of age, in Newport, N. H .; graduated at Dartmouth in 1826 ; studied theology with Rev. Robert Page of Bradford, N. H., and with Rev. Dr. Wood of Boscawen, N. H., and spent six months at Andover Theological Seminary ; after leaving Wendell was installed at Ludlow, Vt., in December, 1838, and was pastor there three years ; then preached as a stated supply at Derby, Vt., and Northfield, Vt., for some length of time ; was settled at West Hartford, Vt., Jan. 30, 1849, where he still remains as pastor.
5. REV. SALMON BENNETT was installed as the fifth pastor of this church, May 2, 1838, and Rev. Francis Danforth, then of Winchester, N. H., preached the sermon on the occasion. After a ministry of nearly six years in Wendell he was dismissed, Sept. 26, 1844. Mr. Bennett was born in Brattleboro', Vt., Jan. 6, 1790 ; graduated at Middlebury in 1815; studied theology with Rev. Mr. Newton, then of
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Marlboro', Vt. ; was settled in Winchester, N. H., Sept. 10, 1817, and Rev. Mr. Burge of Brattleboro', Vt., preached on the occasion ; was dismissed from there, Dec. 25, 1823 ; then supplied a year in Roxbury, N. H. ; was installed in Marlboro', N. H., Sept. 27, 1825, and Rev. Mr. Robinson of Stoddard, N. H., preached the sermon on the occasion ; was dismissed from there in 1832; was installed as colleague pastor with Rev. Dr. Wood in East Boscawen, N. H., Dec. 5, 1832, and remained as pastor there about four years ; then preached a year at Irvingsville ; after leaving Wendell he resided in Heath, and supplied the new Congregational church there during its brief existence ; and also preached for the people of the Baptist denomination in the place for a short time ; after leaving Heath, resided in Halifax, Vt., and preached in one or the other of the Congregational churches there about three years ending in 1852. Since 1852, Mr. Bennett has been living for the most part in the State of New York ; and at Sherman Centre, Chautauque County, N. Y., in 1853. Revivals were enjoyed under his labors in Win- chester, N. H., in Roxbury, N. H., in Marlboro', N. H., and in East Boscawen, N. H.
6. REV. NOADIAH S. DICKINSON was ordained as the sixth pastor of this church, May 27, 1847, and Rev. James H. Merrill of Montague preached the sermon on the occasion. After a ministry of about five years in Wendell, Mr. Dickin- son was dismissed, Ang. 25, 1852. He was born in Am- herst, March 22, 1815 ; graduated at Amherst in 1841; finished his theological studies at Andover in 1845 ; preached in Heath a short time, and in several other places, previous to his ordination ; after leaving Wendell was installed at Chatham, Dec. 29, 1852, and Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher of Boston preached the sermon on the occasion. Mr. Dickinson is still a pastor at Chatham.
Of the six pastors of this church, five were dismissed ; four are living ; and the average length of their ministry in Wendell was about thirteen years.
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CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS WHO ORIGINATED FROM WENDELL.
1. Rev. Warren H. Beaman was born in Wendell, Jan. 7, 1813 ; graduated at Amherst in 1837; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Worcester of Salem ; was licensed by the Essex South Association, Jan. 7, 1840 ; was ordained as a pastor in North Hadley, Sept. 15, 1841, after having supplied there more than a year ; Rev. Dr. Worcester preached his ordination sermon. Several revivals have been enjoyed under Mr. Beaman's ministry in North Hadley, where he still remains as pastor.
2 .* Rev. Joseph Sawyer was born in Wendell in 1792; and having been a pastor in Leverett, a further notice of him may be found in the account of the Congregational pastors of that town.
Of the two Congregational ministers who originated from Wendell, both were natives of the town; both were grad- uates ; and one is living.
OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
BAPTISTS. The Baptist church in Wendell was organized, June 11, 1799, and it contained, in 1851, 80 members. The following are among the preachers who have supplied it, viz., Revs. Ezra Kendall, Samuel King, David Goddard, Aaron Burbank, Lysander Fay, William Leach, and Mr. Clark in 1853. From Wendell have originated the follow- ing Baptist preachers, viz., Revs. Ezra Fisher, a missionary in Oregon ; Otis Fisher, David Goddard, Jr., Josiah God- dard, a missionary in China ; Hiram A. Graves, J. M. Graves, and J. E. Whitaker ; and John C. Ball, a Freewill Baptist.
SUMMARY of preachers who originated from Wendell : Congregationalists, 2; Baptists, S. Total, 10.
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WHATELY.
. This town was originally a part of Hadley. It was incor- porated, April 24, 1771. Its population in 1850 was 1,101. Three churches have been organized in this town, viz., two Congregational and one Baptist.
CONGREGATIONALISTS.
FIRST CHURCH. The first Congregational church in Whately was organized, Aug. 24, 1771, with 41 members. The day was set apart by a vote of the town as a day of fasting and prayer, and Revs. Messrs. Parsons of Amherst, Ashley of Sunderland, Ashley of Deerfield, Hopkins of Hadley, and Emerson of Conway, were invited to be present and bear a part in the services of the occasion. The most of the members organized had been members of the church in Hatfield.
Rev. J. Howard Temple, in his Historical Discourse re- specting Whately, published in 1849, says: "A custom prevailed for some years in this church, as in other Congre- gational churches of New England at that period, of receiv- ing persons of good external morality to 'covenant privi- leges,' as it was termed. Individuals of ordinary standing in society, who would acknowledge a belief in the doctrines of the gospel, as set forth in the confession of faith, and would assent, in part, to the covenant, were received, by vote, as members, in a limited sense, of the church. They were regarded as proper subjects of discipline, and might bring complaints against members in full communion ; they had the privilege of baptism for themselves and families ; but were debarred from the communion of the Lord's Supper." This custom was abolished by a vote of the church, March 16, 1816.
For several years this people having no meeting-house, met for worship in the house of Oliver Morton, and in the
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house of their first pastor. Their first Meeting-house was opened for worship in 1773, but was not entirely finished till 1797, nor publicly dedicated till that time. "In the spring of 1819," says Mr. Temple's Discourse, "the town voted to sell the pews in the meeting-house ; and in this and the following years, a large number of them were sold. Of the avails of this sale of the pews, a steeple was built upon the south end of the house, and a bell purchased. This was done in 1821-2. The people now, for the first time, heard the sound of the 'church-going bell.' In the early days of the town, perhaps till 1798, it was customary to call the people together on the Sabbath, by blowing a conch. It was blown once, an hour before the time of service, and again as the minister was approaching the house. From 1798 to 1822, no public signal was given, the people assembling at their pleasure." The meeting-house was remodeled in 1843, and the original frame being perfectly sound, was left unal- tered ; and this is their present house of worship. Revivals have been enjoyed by this people as follows, viz., in 1816, and 51 were added to the church ; in 1826, and 106 added ; in 1834, and 30 added ; in 1838, and 34 added ; in 1842, and 45 added. The number of members in this church in 1853, was 132. The number in the Sabbath School in 1852, was 60. Councils have been called to settle difficulties as fol- lows, viz. : One in the early history of the church ; one, April 9, 1834; March 5, 1835; Jan. 18, 1843 ; April 24, 1844 ; and May 14, 1844. Rev. John W. Salter was invited to settle as a pastor, Feb. 17, 1843, and declined ; Rev. Por- ter H. Snow was invited to settle, April 10, 1845, and de- clined. This church was supplied between the pastorates of the second and third pastors, a part of the time, by the Revs. Messrs Packards, of Shelburne, and Rev. John East- man; and between the pastorates of the third and fourth pastors, by Rev. Moses Chase, Rev. Sumner Lincoln, Rev. Porter H. Snow, Rev. Mr. Salter, and by the Faculty of Am- herst College. In the eighty-two years since this church
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