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"Thus you profess and promise. We, then, of this church receive you gladly into our number, and will endeav- or to aid you in the trials of life and in the work of duty. And may God, our Father, grant that this union formed on earth may continue in heaven and fit us for the fellowship of the saints in the light."
Mr. Snow having declined a re-engagement and accept- ed a mission to the West, different persons preached until
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Mr. John B. Willard began to supply the desk, March 19, 1848. The society, having invited him to become their pas- tor, and he having given an affirmative answer, a council met at the house of Rev. E. Abbot, May 24, 1848.
The exercises of ordination were as follows: Rev. William Morse presided as moderator ; Rev. Joseph C. Smith was the scribe ; introductory prayer by Rev. Seth Chandler, of Shirley; reading the Scriptures by Rev. Charles Bab- bidge, of Pepperell; sermon by Rev. Washington Gilbert, of Harvard; ordaining prayer by Rev. Ephraim Abbot, of Westford ; charge by Rev. Mr. Bulfinch, of Nashville, N. H .; right-hand of fellowship by Rev. George M. Bartol ; address to the people by Rev. Joseph C. Smith, of Groton ; concluding prayer by Rev. William H. White, of Littleton.
Rev. John B. Willard was born in New York city, April 1, 1822. His parents, Luther and Mary (Davis) Willard, were born in Harvard, Massachusetts .* He graduated at Brown University in 1842, and then studied law three years, partly in Syracuse, New York, and partly in Boston, but never entered the legal profession. He studied theology with Rev. Washington Gilbert, then of Harvard. The church records say, "the Rev. John B. Willard dissolved his con- nection as pastor of the First Parish the first of December, A. D. 1850, without calling a council."
After the retirement of Mr. Willard, the pulpit was sup- plied by Rev. Mr. Maynard and others until July 1, 1851, when Rev. Jacob Caldwell came and preached about four months. 3 In November, 1851, Mr. Willard; was recalled and officiated until March 25, 1852. Rev. Timothy Elliot preached from April 25, 1852, to April 10, 1853. Rev. Stillman Clark was the acting pastor four years, 1853-'57.
* The farm in Harvard (Still River) has been the home of the Willard family since 1675. The mother, Mary Davis, was of a long-established family in Harvard.
+ Mr. Willard, after leaving this town, labored, for longer or shorter periods, in Windsor, Vt., in Lowell (Lee Street), in Barnstable, in Lunenburg, Warwick and Norton. He gave up preaching in 1871, and now lives on the old homestead in Still River Village.
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April 25, 1858, Rev. George M. Rice began to preach, and, May 23rd, received an invitation to supply the pulpit for one year on a salary of $600. June 20th he delivered a ser- mon which the record designates as " special and appropri- ate," and admitted to church communion Harriet Burbank Rogers,* and administered the ordinance of the Lord's sup- per.
George Matthias Rice was born in Danvers, Massachu- setts, June 28, 1814. His parents were residents of Salem, but as war then existed, and Salem was threatened with an attack from the British fleet, they retired to Danvers for the summer. Mr. Rice was fitted for college in the schools of Salem, especially in the grammar schools under the tuition of those renowned masters, Ames and H. K. Oliver. He was intended for Cambridge, but his father having removed to Geneva, New York, he entered Geneva (now Hobart) College in 1829, and graduated in 1832. He then pursued his studies in the Cambridge Divinity School, from which he graduated in 1835. He was ordained as evangelist at Wat- ertown, Massachusetts, being at that time the acting pastor of the First Congregational Church in Lexington. After- ward, and before coming to Westford, he had the pastoral care of the Unitarian Churches in Lunenburg, North Chelsea and Mendon, in this State, and Eastport, Maine, and Lancas- ter, New Hampshire. His ministry here continued eight years.
On the 17th of March, 1866, the following votes were passed unanimously :
" Whereas, the Rev. George M. Rice has addressed a letter to the Parish Committee, stating that he has accepted a call from the First Congregational Society in Dublin, N. H., and that his Pastorate with this society [will come to an end]
* Miss Rogers was then preceptress in the Academy here, and associated with John D. Long. She is now at the head of the Clarke Institution for Deaf-Mutes at Northampton.
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after the first Sabbath in April, when his present engagement ceases ;
" Voted that we give our thanks to the Great Head of the Church for the pleasure and profit we have received from the able and faithful services of our pastor for the last eight years ;
" That we esteem him highly for the ability, zeal, pru- dence and fidelity with which he has performed all his duties both as a pastor and citizen, and also for the readiness and good sense with which he has uniformly endeavored to pro- mote every benevolent and worthy object ;
" That by his amiable temper and discreet conduct he has greatly contributed to the promotion of peace and good will in this parish and in this town, to both of which his leav- ing is a cause of grief and regret."
On the 7th of August, 1866, the church " voted unani- mously that Mr. George H. Young be invited to become the pastor of the First Church of Christ in Westford." He ac- cepted the call and was ordained October 17, 1866. He con- tinued in office nearly six years, and resigned in April, 1872. He was born in Slatersville, Rhode Island, March 14, 1841. He studied in the Theological School at Meadville, Pennsyl- vania four years, and graduated in June, 1866. After leav- ing Westford he was pastor of the Unitarian Church in Troy, New York, and of a church in Santa Barbara, California. He is at present a pastor in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Rev. William A. Cram was the next pastor. He came in April, 1872, and remained till April, 1876, a period of four years. He is the son of Joseph and Sarah Cram, and was born at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, July 10, 1837. He received his education at Hampton and Exeter Acade- mies ; studied for the ministry and was ordained in Boston in 1868. He preached in Augusta, Maine, about two years before coming to Westford.
The present pastor, 1882, is Rev. Joseph Sidney Moul- ton, who was born in Plainfield, New Hampshire, April 12,
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1852. He graduated at Kimball Union Academy in his native town, June, 1869, and at Dartmouth College in 1873. He studied theology at Cambridge Divinity School and grad- uated in 1876. He was ordained here June 12 1878. He preached here nearly two years before his ordination.
Deacons. John Comings, chosen December 7, 1727. Joshua Fletcher, chosen December 7, 1727. Jonas Prescott, chosen January 5, 1733, declined. Paul Fletcher, chosen January 5, 1733. Andrew Spalding, chosen March 5, 1736. Henry Wright, chosen March 5, 1736. John Abbot, chosen March 5, 1762. Nathaniel Boynton, chosen October 9, 1772, declined. Jonathan Fletcher, Jr., chosen October 9, 1772. Nathaniel Boynton, re-elected May 2, 1780, de- clined. William Hildreth, chosen May 2, 1780. Samuel Fletcher, chosen July 5, 1780. John Prescott, chosen Au- gust 20, 1782. Andrew Fletcher, chosen October 10, 1810. Reuben Leighton, chosen October 10, 1810. Caleb Wight, chosen 1824. John Cutter, chosen 1824. Abram Prescott, chosen July 23, 1830. Ebenezer Prescott, chosen July 23, 1830. Dr. Benjamin Osgood, chosen July 23, 1830. Levi Heywood, chosen June 10, 1842. Calvin Howard, chosen June II, 1848.
Formation of the Union Congregational Society. " August 18, 1828. Pursuant to a warrant issued by Jona- than Prescott, Esq., for the purpose of forming another Reli- gious Society in Westford, among other things the following vote was passed, viz : this society be denominated the Union Society in said Westford. .
"I hereby certify that the following persons whose names are hereunto subjoined are members of the Religious Society denominated the Union Society : Andrew Fletcher, Horatio Fletcher, John Goodhue, Reuben Leighton, Jonas Keyes, William W. Goodhue, William Nichols, Timothy
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Hartwell, Franklin Hildreth, Jesse Minot, John Cutter, Caleb Wight, Imla Goodhue, Andrew Fletcher, Jr., Simeon Hil- dreth, John Hildreth, Bill W. Stevens, Timothy P. Wright, Ephraim Harwood, Stephen Wright, Addison Parker, Abijah Hildreth, Oliver Wright, Jr., John Boynton, Ephraim Wright, Oliver Wright, Lemuel Hildreth, Joel Glover, John Davis, George Leighton, Thomas C. Parker, Amos Heywood, Asa Day, Luther Read.
HORATIO FLETCHER, Clerk of said Society."
October 15, 1828, the following additional names were placed upon the list : Jesse Minot, Jr., Isaiah Prescott, Rachel Prescott, Jonathan Prescott, Isaac Day, Jr., Sophia Prescott, Isaac Day, Ira Pratt, Mary Davis, 2d, John Day, Isaac Durant, Mary Davis, Samuel Fletcher, Luther E. Puffer, Eve Kneeland, Simeon Hildreth, Levi Snow, Rebec- ca Proctor, Samuel M. Newhall, Aaron Brooks, Sally Pea- body, Nahum Wight, Jeremiah J. Carter, Hannah Hamlin, Ezra Carter, Horace Pratt, Abigail Hildreth, Cephas Drew, Lemuel Bicknell, Rebecca Symmes, David Parker, John Bicknell, Maria Wright, Frederic Scott, Jonathan F. Parker, Abigail Fletcher, Amos Day, Thomas Smith, Deliverance Hildreth, Benjamin Robbins, Abijah Reed, Mary Brooks, Lydia Hunt.
The town clerk, after recording these on the town book, adds this note: "Wily Richardson and seventeen others filed in their certificates bearing date, January, 1829. For their names reference is had to the certificates on file. Abram Prescott, Town Clerk." March 4, 1830, these names were added : Trueworthy Keyes, Lydia Keyes, Betsey Keyes, Sally Keyes, Artemas Bailey.
Organization of the Union Church. The Union Con- gregational Church was formed December 25, 1828. It was
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composed of members of the First Church,* who withdrew on account of doctrinal differences, and a few others who joined on profession of their faith. The number at the or- ganization was seventy-five.
NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS.
Samuel Fletcher, Andrew Fletcher, William Nichols, Reuben Leighton, Jonathan Prescott, Imla Goodhue, Ira Pratt,
Milla Fletcher, Mary Fletcher, Ruth Nichols,
Sally Leighton,
Huldah Prescott,
Abijah Hildreth, -
Susan Hildreth, -
Mary Wight,
Sally Peabody,
Amy Richardson,
Fanny Fletcher,
Laura Fletcher,
Simeon Hildreth, -
Ruth Hildreth,
Ephraim Harwood, Oliver Wright,
Lydia Harwood,
Elizabeth Cummings,
Stephen Wright, Bill W. Stevens, Jonas Keyes, John Boynton, Addison Parker,
Rachel Stevens,
Sally Keyes,
Sarah Boynton,
Nahum Wight,
Hannah Parker, Lydia Parker,
Elizabeth Hildreth,
Hannah Cummings,
Deliverance Hildrethı,
. Sarah Stevens,
Huldah Robbins,
Catherine Dupee, Abigail Bicknell, Caroline Green, Mary Perry,
Rebecca Proctor,
*" December 25, 1828. Voted that any member of the church who may wish to be dismissed from this church with a view to unite with the Union Church about to be organized in connection with the Union Society, shall be regarded as duly dis- missed, and that when they shall be organized into said church, they shall cease to be members of this church." (Records of First Church, p. 220.)
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Molly Hildreth,
Amos Heywood, Luther E. Puffer, Andrew Fletcher, Jr.,
Sarah Goodhue,
Caleb Wight, John Cutter,
Nancy Goodhue,
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Helena Durant, Mary Richardson, Hannah Keyes, Almira Keyes, Mary Cummings, Esther Goodhue,
Rachel Prescott, Molly Nutting, Martha Keyes, Elizabeth Read, Martha Leighton.
These were all members of the old church, with the exception of Sally Hartwell and Rebecca Proctor.
The council called to organize the church was com- posed of the following pastors : Rev. George Fisher of Har- vard, Rev. John Todd of Groton, Rev. Phillips Payson of Leominster, Rev. Rufus A. Putnam of Fitchburg, and Rev. Daniel S. Southmayd of Concord. Rev. John Todd preached the sermon.
January 29, 1829, the church " voted unanimously to give Mr. Leonard Luce a call to become the pastor of this church." At the same time they chose Reuben Leighton, Caleb Wight, and John Cutter a standing committee to examine candidates for admission to the church; and Jonathan Prescott, Imla Goodhue and Reuben Leighton a committee to confer with a committee of the old church in this town respecting church property. At that meeting, also, Amos Heywood was chosen clerk.
April 8, 1829, an ecclesiastical council convened at the house of Timothy Hartwell for the purpose of constituting Mr. Leonard Luce pastor of the church.
The following churches were represented :
Mason, N. H., Rev. Ebenezer Hill, pastor ; Dea. Isaac Kimball, delegate.
Charlestown, Rev. Warren Fay, D. D., pastor ; Dea. Isaac Warren, delegate.
Harvard, Rev. George Fisher, pastor ; Bro. Josiah Wetherbee, delegate.
Fitchburg, Rev. Rufus A. Putnam, pastor ; Bro. Joseph Downs, delegate.
Groton, Rev. John Todd, pastor ; Dea. J. S. Adams, delegate.
Leonard Luce.
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Concord, Rev. D. S. Southmayd, pastor ; Bro. David Hartwell, delegate.
Bedford, Dea. Michael Crosby, delegate.
Andover, Theological Seminary, John R. Young, dele- gate.
The services of ordination were as follows : Introductory prayer, Rev. R. A. Putnam ; sermon and ordaining prayer, Rev. W. Fay, D. D .; charge to the pastor, Rev. E. Hill ; right-hand of fellowship, Rev. D. S. Southmayd ;_ address to the people, Rev. John Todd; concluding prayer, Rev. George Fisher.
The church and society having no house of worship, the . exercises of ordination were held at the house of Mr. John Davis, in the south part of the town. It was a clear, warm morning in spring. A platform was erected in the spacious door-yard, and the audience gathered about it, while many occupied the house and listened from the open windows. It was an impressive scene, and many hearts rejoiced that day in the gift of a pastor and spiritual guide.
When they left the old church there was a sum of money to which they were entitled, which was sufficient to pay for preaching for four Sabbaths, and during that time they occupied the First Parish meeting-house. Then they met at the house of Ephraim Wright, and afterward in a building which stood on the site of Wright & Fletcher's store. For a few months, in the summer of 1829, they occupied the hall of the Academy.
The church edifice in which the Union Society now worship was built in that year. The frame was raised July 30th, and religious services were held in it that evening. It was dedicated October 8, 1829.
Rev. Leonard Luce was born May 14, 1799, in that part of Rochester now Marion, Massachusetts. He graduated at Brown University in 1824, and at Andover Theological Sem- inary in 1828. He came directly from Andover to this place and began his labors here October 1, 1828. From the date of his ordination his pastorate extended over a period of
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twenty-three years and three months; the whole term of service from the beginning was twenty-three years and nine months. He was dismissed July 8, 1852. His ministry was truly successful. The church and society enjoyed some special tokens of the divine favor. During the whole period not a single year passed by without additions to the chuch ; sometimes, indeed, only one person for the year, but often · large numbers. The largest number in any one year was sixty-one, in 1840.
At the formation of the Orthodox Congregational Church in Littleton, May 14, 1840, sixteen persons were dismissed from this church and became members in that. The whole number admitted during Mr. Luce's ministry was 257; the number of baptisms was, adults 69, children 144, and the number of marriages was 204.
The second pastor was Rev. Thomas Wilson, born in Paisley, Scotland, June 15, 1822. He graduated at Dart- mouth College in 1844, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1847. He received a call from the church October 9, 1852, which he declined, but accepted an invitation to sup- ply the pulpit for six months. The call was renewed Febru- ary 8, 1853, and Mr. Wilson accepted it and was installed May 4, 1853. At his installation the sermon was preached by Rev. Amos Blanchard, D. D., of Lowell; installing prayer by Rev. Benjamin Dodge, of Acton ; charge by Rev. Willard Child, D. D., of Lowell; right-hand of fellowship by Rev. Lyman Cutler, of Pepperell ; address to the people by Rev. B. F. Clark, of North Chelmsford.
The ministry of Mr. Wilson continued not quite three years, and he was dismissed February 13, 1856 .*
The pulpit was then supplied by Rev. David O. Allen for about two years, and by Rev. John Whitney for about one year, who closed his labors May 1, 1859.
* Mr. Wilson was ordained at Palmer, Mass., March 1, 1848, where he labored till July 1, 1852. After leaving Westford he was pastor in Stoughton, Mass., from March 13, 1856, to March 13, 1876, just twenty years. He is now a pastor in Eaton, Madison County, N. Y.
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Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman became acting pastor June 26, 1859, and continued five years, closing his term of ser- vice July 3, 1864. He was born in Camden, Maine, Oc- tober 21, 1819. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1843, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1846.
Rev. George F. Stanton then preached for a few months and was followed by Rev. James Fletcher, who supplied the pulpit until April or May, 1865.
Rev. Edwin A. Spence then became acting pastor for nearly two years. He was ordained here as an evangelist in September, 1866.
Rev. Henry D. Woodworth was invited to become pas- tor August 14, 1867. He accepted the call and was installed October 2, 1867. He graduated at Amherst College in 1855. The ministry of Mr. Woodworth was brief, lasting not quite two years, and closing by his dismission, July 18, 1869.
After the retirement of Mr. Woodworth, Rev. Nathan R. Nichols, a graduate of Middlebury College, supplied the pulpit for one year. After he left, several persons were employed for short periods of service. May 7, 1872, Rev. Henry H. Hamilton received a call from the church to be- come its pastor, and he was ordained September II, 1872. Mr. Hamilton was born in Chester, Massachusetts, February I, 1842. He graduated at Amherst College in 1868, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York city, in 1871. His pastorate continued for almost five years, and terminated by his voluntary resignation and dismission, June 25, 1877.
In November, 1877, Rev. Rufus C. Flagg began his labors in behalf of this church, and continued them until January 1, 1880, when he removed to Fairhaven, Vermont. He was immediately succeeded by Rev. Charles H. Rowley, the present acting pastor. He was ordained here as an evangelist February 23, 1881.
Deacons. Reuben Leighton, Caleb Wight and John Cutter were chosen, January 29, 1829. Ephraim A. Har- wood, chosen November 1, 1856. Alden P. Osgood, chosen
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January 3, 1868. Daniel T. Atwood, chosen May 3, 1873. Andrew S. Wright, chosen May 1, 1879.
Formation of the Methodist Society. The field occu- pied by this society is chiefly the village of Graniteville, in which the church edifice is situated. In this village twenty- five years ago there were scarcely half a dozen families. In 1880, according to the returns of the census, there were 105 families containing 540 persons. Formerly it was a part of School District No. 3, but was set off, March 26, 1851, and was called School District No. 10. A small wooden school- house was built soon after, and at the first annual meeting of the district, March 9, 1852, it was voted " to have the school- house opened for public worship." From this date till March, 1856, there was regular preaching, mostly by Methodists, and early in the summer of 1856 a subscription paper was opened, and Rev. John Naylor, of West Chelmsford, was employed, and he held services until the commencement of cold weather. These were the first regular services held in the house. In the spring of 1857 Mr. Naylor resumed his work, but was obliged to give it up before autumn on account of ill-health. About this time a Sabbath-school was formed with Mr. David C. Mead as superintendent. Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Prescott and Miss Nancy M. Hill were teachers. It ceased at the approach of winter, but was re-opened in the following spring. Regular preaching was enjoyed from March, 1858, to March, 1859, but for a year after- ward there was no religious service. In 1860, Rev. L. Luce conducted worship in the school-house during the warm months .. He reorganized and superintended the Sabbath- school. In 1861 there was no preaching and no Sabbath- school ; but in 1862 the school was reopened in charge of Arthur Wright, and was very successful. Regular preach- ing was likewise enjoyed. Early in the spring of 1863 the services of Rev. Mr. Howarth, a Methodist preacher from Lowell, were secured, and he labored through the summer. The Sabbath-school was held in the afternoon. During the
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summer of 1864 Rev. George M. Rice held services in the school-house at 4 o'clock, p. m., but there was no Sabbath- school. From March, 1865, to November, 1866, there was neither preaching nor Sabbath-school. In the winter of 1866-'67 Rev. E. A. Spence preached in the school-house several times on Sabbath evenings. Much religious in- terest was manifested during that winter, and meetings were held in private houses, which were attended by so many that they were appointed at the school-house for greater convenience.
In March, 1867, a Bible-class was formed and taught by Arthur Wright, which was soon changed to a Sabbath- school. In June, 1869, the Sabbath-school was reopened under the care of Josiah K. Proctor. During the same month Mr. Charles G. Sargent expressed his conviction that there ought to be regular preaching in Graniteville, and intimated his readiness to contribute liberally for its support. His opinion was reported to the Methodist churches of Low- ell, who, by their pastors, and especially through the active agency of Mr. Charles S. Graves, for many years the con- ductor on the Stony Brook Railroad, took measures to secure the establishment of a Methodist Episcopal Society in in that village. Application was made to Dr. Patten, of the Boston Theological Seminary, to send a man to preach. Mr. Minor H. A. Evans, a student in that institution, was sent, who preached in the old school-house, July 4, 1869. The congregation filled the room to its utmost capacity, and many stood in the ante-room and around the windows. Mr. Evans, the next morning, drew up a subscription paper for funds to build a church edifice. Mr. Charles G. Sargent promptly headed the list with $2000 and site. Another $1000, in smaller sums, was added during the day. July 12th, Mr. Evans was appointed preacher in charge by the Presiding Elder. July 18th, the congregation being unusually large, a platform was erected and seats arranged in the grove in the rear of Mr. Samuel Fletcher's house, and there the services were held for the remainder of the summer. July
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20th, a class was formed, consisting of twenty members, and Arthur Wright was appointed class-leader. August 3rd, a quarterly conference was held, at which Mr. Evans, the preacher in charge, Mr. Wright, the class-leader, and Mr. J. K. Proctor, the Sabbath-school superintendent, were present, and the following persons were chosen trustees : Arthur Wright, Charles G. Sargent, Cyrus Hosmer, William Reed, Samuel Fletcher, Lyman A. Smith and Josiah K. Proctor ; stewards, Cyrus Hosmer, Arthur Wright and J. K. Proctor.
August 13th the board of trustees was organized by the choice of Charles G. Sargent president, and Arthur Wright secretary and treasurer. A building committee was elected, consisting of Messrs. Sargent, Wright and Smith, who were duly authorized to build a church. Soon after, the site given by Mr. Sargent was conveyed by deed; a design by S. S. Woodcock, architect, was adopted, and the contract for building was made with Messrs. Mead, Mason & Co., of Concord, New Hampshire, to build the edifice, above the foundation, for $8900.
The society worshipped in the new school-house in the village during the winter.
In March, 1870, Mr. Evans was ordained deacon and appointed to Graniteville.
The work upon the church building steadily progressed, and November, 20, 1870, the society entered the vestry for the first time. The whole building was finished early in the following spring. March 22, 1871, was fixed upon as the day of dedication. Rev. J. M. Buckley, of Stamford, Con- necticut, preached the dedication sermon.
The building is of wood, in Gothic style, one hundred feet long and forty-three feet wide. The auditorium is fifty- two feet long and forty-two feet wide, with sittings for three hundred and forty-two persons. The lecture-room is forty- two feet long and twenty-nine feet wide, in the rear of the audience-room. Above the lecture-room is the ladies' chapel, twenty-nine feet long and twenty-three feet wide. The pul- pit is of black walnut, and over the arched recess is the
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