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+Lydia Converse. Cecilia C. Popkin. [Mrs. Smith.] Louisa Stone.
+Jesse Talbot. George W. Bartlett.
+Lucy Pilsbury.
+Deborah Tenney.
+Thomas Rand.
*Clarissa Mead.
+Louisa Ann Gray. George E. Head. Gorham Norton. ¡Elizabeth Richardson.
+Eliza Ann Herbert. +Mary S. Gardner. Maria Brigham. +Eliza Freeman. +Clarissa Richardson. +Alice Black. +Samuel Barrett. ¡Emily Boutelle. ¡Mary Parks. ¡Mary H. Jackson. +Lydia Blood. -
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+Sarah Ann Hayden. William Newell.
July, 1827.
Hannah Tracy, 3d Church in Salem.
Emma Converse, 3d Church in Salem. Eunice Faulkner, Cambridgeport.
+Sabria Cobb.
ŤAvery Holbrook.
+Sarah Garrett.
¡Nancy Morris.
¡Adeline A. Greenleaf.
+Lucy Crooker.
Francis H. P. Homer. Sarah F. Hobart.
*Harriet Lassell. (Feb. 1831.)
+Abigail Sibley.
eJacob E. Hinckley.
Sarah Clark. [Elizabeth Sanborn.
+Lucy Barber. Charles S. Homer.
+David Willis.
+Zenas Allen.
¡Francis E. Faulkner.
¡Louisa G. Faulkner.
+Eliza B. Bisco. *Bartlett M. Bramhall. (June, 1828.) eJames Rooks. *Eliza Rooks, (Dec. 1827.) ¡Catharine Woodman.
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+James M. Morse. tSally Gray.
November, 1827.
Zelute B. Cheever, Saugus.
Frances G. C. Sweet, Exeter, N. H.
+Hannah Hastings, Second Church.
Dudley D. Rossiter, Stonington, Con. Eliza W. Rossiter, N. Stonington, Con.
Phebe Rossiter, Stonington, Con.
G. V. H. Forbes, Wilmington, Ver. Sarah Forbes.
Catharine Newhall. Laban S. Beecher. Thomas Haskins, Jr.
+William A. Parker.
+Caroline Allen.
January, 1828.
Sarah Howland, Rowley.
Lyman Thurston, Brookfield.
Delia Thurston, Brewster.
Mehitable G. Kittredge, Park Street.
Catharine M. Eaton, Leominster.
Nancy Newell, Dedham.
Elizabeth W. Newell, Dedham.
James W. Gates, St. Albans, Vt. Eliza Tarbox.
*Frederick F. Street. Waldo Maynard. Mary Ann Homer.
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James C. Converse. Sarah Greenough. Norman Seaver. John E. Fuller. Lydia L. Fuller. +Abigail Carver.
Charlotte Low. 4.
Apphia F. Watkins. Abby Putnam.
- James Tufts. Theophilus R. Marvin. eOtis Clapp.
* Albert Shaw. Edward Noyes. +Frances Maria Bird. [Mrs. Cutter.] Sarah Newman.
¡Thomas Drown.
March, 1828.
Chauncy Bascom, Lebanon, Con. +Mary S. Turner. Charlotte S. Turner.
+Lyman B. Larkin.
+Benj. Kingsbury, Jr. --
*John M. Bryant. (Feb. 1832.)
May, 1828. Taylor Gilman Hall, Plainfield, N. H. Mary E. Haskell, Salem. Mary Stanley, (col'd.) Green Street. +Samuel G. Whittlesey.
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Alfred Hamilton. Maria Stratton. Rebecca Mulliken. Sybil Lakeman.
September, 1828.
Elisha F. Fales, Wrentham.
Lucy M. Palmer, Park Street.
Moses B. Lakeman, Hallowell, Maine.
+Robert Seaborn.
Ira Sanborn.
Edward B. Walker, Jr.
Adams H. White.
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John S. Kimball.
Mary K. Everdean.
Maria Brackett.
Rebecca Danforth.
+Elizabeth P. Danforth.
November, 1828.
Nathaniel D. Gould, New Ipswich, N. H.
Sarah Gould, New Ipswich, N. H.
Samuel Harris, Lowell.
Lucy Earle. Eliza Holmes.
+Ruth Binney.
Eliza Blanchard.
Samuel Warren. Horatio Newell.
+Elizabeth Farrington. [Mrs. Fish.] Susan Farrington.
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*Mary R. Wright.
January, 1829.
Susan Collins, Oxford. Azuba Whitney, Rindge, N H. Mary Swett, Newburyport. Caroline Fox. Woodbridge Strong. +Ripley P. Adams. Lucy R. Brown.
March, 1829.
David Campbell, Acworth, N. H.
Sylvia Campbell, Acworth, N. H.
Charlotte Reed, Brookfield. Elizabeth Lovett, Beverly.
Charlotte O. Brandenburg. [Mrs. Sherman.] Frances Leighton. Jonas H. Lane.
Andrew Haskell. Simeon P. Adams. Warren Ellis. Isaiah Low.
Olive Perkins.
May, 1829. Mary Jones, Portland, Me. Fanny Pond, Keene, N. H. Deborah N. Pond, Keene, N. H. Sophia Pond, Keene, N. H. Betsey Wedge, Sterling.
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Polly Aborn, Charlestown. *Lydia Eaton, South Reading. Phillip Harris, (col'd.) Ep. Ch. Boston. +John H. Williams. Hannah M. Lambert.
July, 1829.
Lucy Turner, Biddeford, Me.
John Doggett.
Henry P. Chamberlain.
Martha W. Turner.
September, 1829.
Betsey Wood, Leominster.
Christopher C. Dean, Taunton.
Martha W. Dean, Rehoboth.
Charlotte Fowle.
Susan Coolidge. [Mrs. Low.]
January, 1830.
Mary Pryor, Newburyport.
Artemas Bullard, Sutton.
Ann D. Jones, Ellsworth, Me.
Loisa W. Forbush, Westminster.
Nancy L. Wilder.
Alma Aikin.
Sarah Ann Coburn.
Susan F. Pollard. [Mrs. Adams.] Amanda Palmer.
March, 1830.
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Anne Maria Seaver.
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May, 1830.
+John C. Holbrook, Brattleboro', Vt. |Cynthia S. Holbrook, Windsor, Vt. John Tufts, Macon, Geo. Sarah Blanchard, Salem. Louisa Dunbar, West Church.
Esther S. Beecher, Litchfield, Ct. Mary Dix, Salem.
|John H. Avery, Pres. Church, Boston. Amos Farnsworth.
Charles Brown.
Daniel Holmes.
Stephen Sibley.
+Henry W. Beecher.
Charles Beecher.
Sarah Foster.
Harriet Peabody.
September, 1830.
Julia Parker.
Mary B. Stone.
[Mrs. Noyes.]
Eliza Pond.
Mary H. Pond.
Mary Hall. . [Mrs. Harris.]
Harriet Lewis.
Isabella Winslow.
Eliza Adams.
Mary N. Gregg.
William D. Adams.
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November, 1830.
Persis Keyes, Princeton.
Oliver Johnson, Montpelier, Vt.
Louisa B. Harwood, West Marlboro'. Prudence Green.
*Maria Hemenway. Lydia Lovejoy. +Charles Merriam.
August, 1831.
Harriet N. Heath, Dedham.
+Chauncey L. Knapp, Montpelier, Vt. Horace Kimball, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ira Greenwood, Brighton.
Mary Stickney, Brookfield. Harriet Hubbard, Brookfield.
William E. Haskins, Portland, Me. Elvira Fales, Wrentham.
Ann S. Kimball, Gloucester.
Elizabeth Hewitt, Weathersfield, Vt. James G. Brown. Samuel H. Turner. Frederic A. Benson. John Newton Turner. Esther Wharff. Mary Pratt. Mary Manning. Anna Emerson. Caroline Beaman.
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September, 1831.
Thomas Rand, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary S. Rand, Brooklyn, N. Y. Louisa Thompson, West Church. Mary Eaton. Martha Copeland.
Mary Hutchinson. Mary Ann White. [Mrs. Johnson.]
Fanny White.
Caroline Fisk.
Fanny F. Brainard.
Sarah Ann Danforth.
Martha Maria Copeland.
Elizabeth W. Child.
Caroline Brewster.
Elvina Ryonson. [Mrs. Haskell.]
Mehitable S. Walley.
Ezra S. Brewster.
Sewall Pearson.
George William Phillips.
Charles Cook.
Mercy S. Gordon.
November, 1831.
Joseph Brown, Union.
Almira Brown, Union.
Eunice Deshon, Biddeford, Me. Eliza Hemmenway, Woburn.
Mary Ann M. D. Sullivan, Littleton.
Frederic D. Allen, Taunton.
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David Carver, Taunton
Samuel H. Pratt.
Mary H. Popkin. Horatio N. Smith.
Lucy W. Day. [Mrs. Simonds.]
Mary Ann Tarbell. Samuel Lovejoy.
Amos Lovejoy.
Margaret H. Davis.
Mary Adams.
John W. Sullivan.
Isaac B. Skinner.
George N. Allen.
Sarah M. Kendall.
Ann Frances Kendall.
Chastine Lincoln.
Stillman Jones.
Thomas F. Chase.
Albert Norton.
Alfred Norton.
¡Adeline Grozer. [Mrs. Megeoch.]
January, 1832.
Katharine P. Gordon, Exeter, N. H. Jane M. Doggett. Abby H. Jones. Cyrene Sawyer.
Elizabeth Nicholson. Sarah Turner.
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+Maria R. Gregg. Asa Woodbury.
May, 1832.
Abigail T. Hall, Windsor, Vt.
Edward Kendall, Westminster. Maria A. Putnam, Old South. Sarah E. Putnam, Old South.
Hannah H. Putnam, Old South. Susan Henchman, Park Street. Ruth W. Crockett, Park Street. Abigail Q. Gray, Park Street. Edward Snell. Laura Snell. Thomas L. Bates.
Abigail N. Bates.
Sarah T. Jones.
Julia Ann Newell.
Lucretia S. Day.
*Susan Houston. (Sept. 1832.)
Mary Houston. Sophia Maynard.
Isabella Ayres.
Reliance Simmons.
Louisa Jackson.
John B. Hutchinson.
Josiah Crosby.
Wm. P. Barnard.
Phillip E. Bundy, Jr.
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Henry M. Chamberlain. Benjamin Bates. .. George G. Wilder.
1825697
September, 1832.
Hubbard Winslow, PASTOR, Theol. Sem. Andover.
January, 1833.
Frances A. Lane, Christ's Chh. Norwich, Ct.
Mary F. Geyer, Lowell.
Elizabeth Manning, West Church.
Ezra Farnsworth, Groton.
Julia A. C. Marvin, New Bedford.
Mary B. Walcutt, Uxbridge.
Eliza R. Haughton, Oxford, N. Y.
Elizabeth Lyon, Second Church.
John S. Porter.
Sarah H. Loomis.
Sarah W. Ayres.
Sarah Clapp.
Hannah B. Clapp.
George H. Hastings.
Lemuel C. Waterman.
Edward M. Putnam.
Mary Elizabeth Lalanne. Mary Carpenter. Henry A. Bigelow. Joseph B. Lyon. Elizabeth Lyon.
William P. B. Brooks. Daniel Nason.
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Ann R. Folsom. Mary E. Whiting. Jeremiah Campbell. John Lewis. Josiah G. Bacheller.
Caleb B. Metcalf. Mary Jenness. Esther S. Leverett.
Lucy B. Shattuck.
Harriet Jane Putnam.
Albert Hobart. Elizabeth F. Sherman.
George P. Pepper. Nathaniel Perley.
Josiah Osgood.
Albert Little.
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PRESENT MEMBERS.
MALES.
Adams, Simeon P.
Farnsworth, Ezra
Adams, William D.
Forbes, G. V. H.
Allen, Frederic D.
Frost, William R.
Allen, George N.
Fuller, John E.
Anderson, Rufus
Fuller, John S.
Bacheller, Josiah G.
Gates, James W.
Bancroft, Jacob
Gilbert, Dexter
Barnard, William P.
Gordon, George Wm.
Bartlett, George W.
Gould, Nathaniel D.
Bascom, Chauncy
Greenwood, Ira
Bates, Benjamin
HIall, Taylor G.
Bates, Thomas L.
Hamilton, Alfred
Beecher, Charles
Harris, Philip (col'd)
Beecher, Laban S.
Harris, Samuel
Bennett, John
Harwood, Benjamin R.
Benson, Frederic A.
Haskell, Amos H.
Bigelow, Henry A.
Haskell, Andrew
Brewster, Ezra S.
Haskins, Thomas, Jr.
Brooks, William P. B.
ITaskins, William E.
Brown, Charles
Ilastings, George H.
Brown, Joseph
Haven, Jotham
Brown, James G.
Head, George E. Hobart, Albert
Bundy, Philip E., Jr.
Holmes, Daniel
Butler, James
Homer, Charles S.
Campbell, David
Homer, Francis H. P.
Campbell, Jeremiah
Hutchinson, John B.
Carver, David
Johnson, Oliver
Chamberlain, Henry M.
Johnson, William P. Jones, Stillman
Chase, Thomas F.
Kendall, Edward
Coburn, Josiah
Kimball, Horace
Converse, James C.
Kimball, John S.
Cook, Charles
Kittredge, Alvah
Crosby, Josiah
Lakeman, Moses B.
Davis, Thomas A.
Lambert, William G.
Dean, Christopher C.
Lane, Jonas HI.
Doggett, John
Leverett, John
Edgerly, Samuel
Lewis, John
Eldredge, Hezekiah
Little, Albert
Ellis, Warren
Little, Robert E.
Fales, Elisha F.
Loomis, Beriah
Farnsworth, Amos
Loomis, Jason B.
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Bullard, Artemas
Chamberlain, Henry P.
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Lovejoy, Samuel
Robbins, Luke I.
Lovejoy, Amos Low, Isaiah
Rossiter, Dudley D. Sanborn, Ira
Lyon, Joseph B.
Seaver, Norman
Marvin, Theophilus R.
Severance, Ephraim H.
Maynard, Waldo
Sibley, Stephen
Metcalf, Caleb B.
Skinner, Isaac B.
Nason, Daniel
Smith, Horatio N.
Newell, William
Snell, Edward
Norton, Albert
Street, George
Norton, Alfred
Strong, Woodbridge
Norton, Gorham
Sullivan, John W.
Noyes, Daniel
Sumner, Bradford
Noyes, Edward
Sweet, Aaron
Osgood, Josialı
Thurston, Lyman
Palmer, Ashur C.
Tufts, James
Palmer, Julius A.
Tufts, Jolin
Parker, Isaac H.
Turner, John N.
Pearson, Sewall
Turner, Samuel H.
Pepper, George P.
Walker, Amasa
Perley, Nathaniel
Walker, Edward B., Jr.
Phillips, George Wm.
Walley, Samuel H., Jr.
Phillips, John C.
Warren, Samuel
Porter, John S.
Waterman, Lemuel C.
Pratt, Samuel H.
White, Adams HI.
Prentiss, Lyman
Wilder, George G.
Putnam, Edward M.
Willey, Newton
Rand, Thomas
Winslow, Hubbard, Pastor
Richardson, Alfred
Woodbury, Asa
FEMALES.
Aborn, Polly
Brainard, Fanny F.
Adams, Eliza
Brewster, Caroline
Adams, Mary
Brigham, Maria
Adams, Susan F.
Broaders, Rebecca
Aiken, Alma
Brown, Almira
Anderson, Eliza H.
Brown, Lucy R.
Ayres, Isabella
Bullard, Ann T.
Ayres, Sarah W.
Campbell, Sylvia
Bancroft, Martha H. Barnes, Abigail Bates, Abigail N. Beaman, Caroline
Cheever, Zelute B.
Child, Elizabeth W.
Clapp, Hannah B. Clapp, Sarah
Coburn, Fanny
Coburn, Sarah
Coburn, Sarah Ann
Collins, Susan
Beecher, Esther S. Beecher, Harriet Bennett, Mary Blanchard, Sarah Brackett, Maria
Carpenter, Mary
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Newell, Horatio
Sinith, Isaac W.
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Converse, Emma
Copeland, Martha
Copeland, Martha Maria
Crocket, Ruth W. Danforth, Rebecca
Harwood, Louisa B.
Haskell, Elvina
Danforth, Sarah Ann
Ilaskell, Gloriana E.
Davis, Margaret II.
Haskell, Mary E.
Davis, Sarah J.
Hlaskell, Susan
Day, Lucretia S.
Haughton, Eliza R.
Dean, Martha W.
Haven, Martha
Deshon, Eunice
Heath, Harriet N.
Dix, Mary
Hemmenway, Eliza
Doggett, Jane M.
Henchman, Susan
Dunbar, Louisa .
Hobart, Sarah F.
Dutch, Ann Maria
Holman, Maria A.
Eames, Catharine
IIolmes, Eliza
Earle, Lucy
Homer, Mary Ann
Eaton, Catharine M.
Houston, Mary
Eaton, Mary
Howland, Sarah
Echevare, Sarah*
Hubbard, Harriet
Edes, Sarah
HIunt, Hannah
Eldredge, Mary
Hutchinson, Emma
Emerson, Anna
Hutchinson, Mary
Emerson, Phebe N.
Jackson, Louisa
Everdean, Mary K.
Jenness, Mary
Fales, Elvira
Johnson, Mary Anne
Farrington, Susan
Jones, Abby II.
Fiske, Caroline
Jones, Ann D.
Folsom, Ann R.
Jones, Sarah T.
Forbes, Sarah
Kendall, Ann Frances
Forbush, Loisa W.
Kendall, Sarah M.
Foster, Sarah
Keyes, Persis .
Fowle, Charlotte
Kimball, Ann S.
Fox, Caroline
Kittredge, Mehitable G.
Frost, Catharine
Lakeman, Sybil
Fuller, Lydia L.
Lalanne, Mary Elizabeth
Gardner, Margaret
Lambert, Hannah M.
Gardner, Susan
Lambert, Sarah
Geyer, Mary F.
Lane, Frances A.
Gordon, Catharine P.
Lang, Hannah
Gordon, Mercy S.
Leighton, Frances
Gould, Sarah
Leverett, Esther S.
Gray, Abigail Q.
Lewis, Harriet
Gray, Martha
Lincoln, Chastine
Gregg, Mary N.
Loomis, Loiza
Green, Prudence
Loomis, Sarah HI.
Greenleaf, Catharine
Lovejoy, Lydia
* Admitted, September, 1832, and omitted in the list of members, by mistake.
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Greenough, Sarah Hall, Abigail T. Harris, Mary
Doggett, Mary
lewitt, Elizabeth .
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Lovett, Elizabeth Low, Susan Low, Charlotte Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, Elizabeth [Mrs. J. B.] Manning, Elizabeth
Reed, Charlotte Reed, Elizabeth Richardson, Rebecca Rossiter, Eliza W.
Rossiter, Phebe Sargent, Susan Ann Sawyer, Cyrene Seaver, Anne Maria Shattuck, Lucy B.
Manning, Mary
Marvin, Julia A. C.
Maynard, Joanna
Maynard, Sophia
Morrison, Nancy
Sherman, Elizabeth F.
Simmons, Reliance
Newell, Elizabeth W.
Smith, Cecilia C.
Newell, Frances
Snell, Laura
Newell, Julia Ann
Spring, Electar
Newell, Mehitable W.
Stanley, Mary (col'd)
Newell, Nancy
Stickney, Mary
Newhall, Catharine
Newman, Sarah
Sullivan, Mary Ann M. D.
Norton, Sarah
Sumner, Amelia
Noyes, Eleanor
Sweet, Frances G. C.
Noyes, Mary B.
Palmer, Amanda
Tarbell, Mary Ann
Tarbox, Eliza
Parker, Julia
Thompson, Louisa
Parker, Rebecca I.
Thurston, Delia
Peabody, Harriet
Tracy, Hannah
Peabody, Lucy
Tufts, Eliza
Peirce, Susan
Turner, Charlotte S.
Perkins, Olive
Turner, Lucy
Pilsbury, Eunice W.
Turner, Martha W.
Pitcher, Eunice
Turner, Sarah
Pond, Deborah N.
Walcutt, Mary B.
Pond, Eliza
Walley, Mehitable S.
Pond, Fanny
Warren, Ann Catharine
Pond, Mary H.
Watkins, Apphia F.
Pond, Sophia
Wedge, Betsey
Popkin, Mary H.
Wharff, Esther
Pratt, Mary
White, Fanny B.
Pray, Eliza
Whiting, Mary E.
Prouty, Cynthia
Whitney, Abby
Pryor, Mary Putnam, Abby
Whitney, Azuba Wilder, Beulah
Wilder, Nancy L. Willey, Lucretia Winslow, Isabella Wood, Betsey
Putnam, Hannah If. . Putnam, Harriet Jane Putnam, Sarah E. Rand, Mary S.
Swett, Mary
Palmer, Lucy M.
Stone, Louisa
Stratton, Maria
Nicholson, Elizabeth
Sherman, Charlotte A.
Mulliken, Rebecca
BOWDOIN STREET CHURCH
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY CHICAGO
THE
ARTICLES OF FAITH
AND
COVENANT
OF THE
BOWDOIN STREET CHURCH,
BOSTON.
WITH A
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY CHICAGO
LIST OF THE MEMBERS.
BOSTON : PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN, 24 CONGRESS STREET. 1843.
BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE
BOWDOIN STREET CHURCHI,
FOR THE USE OF THE MEMBERS.
IN January, 1825, a number of gentlemen, principally members of the Old South, Park Street, and Union churches, united together for the purpose of erecting a Meeting-house in the northern section of the city, in which a new Church and Congregation might be gathered, under an Evangelical ministry.
A convenient site having been obtained in IIanover street, and the edifice commenced, the Building Com- mittee, on the 12th of May, addressed a letter to the three churches above named, requesting each of them to appoint a committee of three brethren, to act jointly in determining the best mode of collecting a church, and to take the necessary incipient measures.
This committee so constituted, after consultation, re- commended, that certain brethren and sisters of the churches above mentioned, should be dismissed at their own request, and be embodied into a separate and inde- pendent church. Most of the individuals, thus desig- nated, requested dismission from their several churches for the purpose specified in the recommendation of the committee, and their request was granted.
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On Monday, July 18, 1825, these individuals were organized into a church, by an ecclesiastical council convened in Park street meeting-house, and, soon after, took the name of THE HANOVER CHURCH. The churches represented in this council, were the Old South, Park street, Union, Evangelical, and Mariners' churches, in Boston, and the First church in Charlestown.
The corner-stone of the meeting-house was laid on Monday morning, June 20th, by the Rev. Mr. Wisner. The Rev. Mr. Green delivered an address on the occa- sion, and after the singing of an hymn, the Rev. Dr. Jenks invoked the divine blessing on the enterprise. The house was finished in February, 1826, and, on the first day of March, was dedicated to the worship of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Rev. Moses Stuart, of the theological seminary in Andover, delivered the dedicatory sermon. The meeting-house and land was conveyed to a Board of Trustees by a deed of trust, dated March 15, 1826, for the use of the church.
On the 20th of February, Mr. Daniel Noyes, and Mr. William G. Lambert, were chosen deacons of the church ; and on Lord's day, April 9th, they were set apart to their office with prayer and imposition of hands by the pastor.
On the 19th of January, 1826, the Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D., of Litchfield, Conn. was unanimously in- vited by the church, to take the pastoral care of them. The answer of Dr. Beecher, accepting the invitation, was communicated in the following month, and he was installed as pastor of the church on the 22d of March.
The commencement of Dr. Beecher's labors among us was blessed with a revival of religion, in the course of which, many were added to the church; and, during the whole time of his ministry, there was more or less atten- tion to the subject of religion, which led many, as we
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trust, to seek for peace and pardon through our Lord Jesus Christ.
At the commencement of Dr. Beecher's ministry, the church consisted of
Males,
25
Females, .
12 -- 37
There were added to the church, to Jan. 1833,
Males,
195
Females, .
330-525 -- 562
Of these, there were received from other churches, 173 66
by profession, . . 352-525
There have died up to Jan. 1833, 15
" been excommunicated, .
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66 dismissed to join other churches,
Males, .
65
Females, 106-171
Leaving the number of the church,
Males,
146
Females, .
227-373-562
On the morning of the Ist of Feb. 1830, at about one o'clock, the house in which the church assembled for public worship, was discovered to be on fire, and before the fire department were collected, the flames were so far advanced, that all efforts to save it were unavailing. Some of the furniture was preserved, but the remaining contents of the house, including a valuable organ, were consumed.
While destitute of a house, the church, and a majority of the congregation, worshipped at the Salem church, the pulpit (at that time vacant) being supplied by our pastor ; and the Friday evening prayer meetings of the church were convened at the vestry of the First Baptist church, the offer of it for this purpose having been, with Christian 1 *
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kindness, tendered to us by our Baptist brethren. Many of our sister churches, likewise, opened their doors to receive us, and manifested much Christian sympathy to- wards us, which is recorded on our hearts, and gratefully acknowledged.
Soon after this bereavement, the church and congre- gation adopted measures to repair the loss, and, after due deliberation, purchased a lot of land in Bowdoin street, for the purpose of building a suitable house for public worship. Under the superintendence of a building com- mittee, the present house was built.
The former organization of the church and congrega- tion, under a trust deed, having become, in the opinion of the stockholders of the new building, unnecessary, and in some respects inconvenient, a new plan of organization was proposed, and, after much solemn deliberation and prayer, adopted. A charter having been procured from the Legislature of the State, uniting the stockholders and pew proprietors in a society, called the " Bowdoin Street Congregational Society," the said society, at a meeting held the eighth of June, A. D. 1831, passed the following votes, viz :-
" Whereas, the stockholders in the Bowdoin street meeting-house have been heretofore happily united with the Hanover church, in sustaining and enjoying the priv- ileges of the gospel, and are desirous still to continue the union, therefore,
" Voted, That the church lately called Hanover church, be invited to take the name of Bowdoin street church, and to worship with us in the said Bowdoin street meet- ing-house, and there maintain and enjoy all the gospel ordinances pertaining to them as a church, and to be- come and act as the church connected with us, in ac-
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cordance with the plan of organization adopted by the society.
" Voted, That the clerk communicate a copy of the foregoing vote to the above named church."
The following is the plan of organization adopted by the above named society, and referred to in the above vote.
" Whenever the Bowdoin street church and society shall be destitute of a settled pastor, and a new one is to be obtained, a joint committee of the church and society, consisting of nine persons, of whom five shall be chosen by the church, and four by the pew proprietors, shall . supply the pulpit, and take all necessary measures to that end; and also the church shall have the right, in all cases, to select a pastor, or colleague pastor, when it may be deemed expedient by the church and society to have a colleague, to be proposed to the pew proprietors for their concurrence, and if they shall concur with the church in such selection, a call shall be given by the church and pew proprietors jointly, to the person selected ; but if the pew proprietors do not so concur in the selec- tion, the church shall select again, and so on from time to time, until the church and pew proprietors shall be agreed in a choice; and when so agreed, a call shall be given to the person so selected, by the church and pew proprietors, in the manner above stated, that is, jointly : the amount of salary to be paid to the pastor, shall be fixed by the pew proprietors. Temporary supplies of the pulpit, during the absence or sickness of the pastor, shall be provided by the pastor and deacons of the church, and the bills of expenses necessarily incurred for that purpose shall be submitted to the prudential committee, and when approved by them, shall be paid by the Treasurer.
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" By the word ' church,' herein-before used, is meant, male members of the church, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards.
" No alteration shall be made to this plan of organiza- tion, unless the same shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the pew proprietors present at a special meeting, regularly notified for that purpose."
The church, at a meeting held June 10th, 1831, re- ceived the foregoing communication, approved the plan of organization, and voted to comply with the request and accept the invitation of the Bowdoin Street Congrega- tional Society.
The house in which the church and society meet for public worship, was dedicated June 15, 1831. It is a neat and commodious building, lighted with gas, and furnished with a finely-toned and powerful organ, built by Mr. Thomas Appleton of this city.
In the early part of the year 1832, Dr. Beecher received a call to take charge of the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, State of Ohio, and, after due deliberation, concluded that it was his duty to accept it. In this step, the church and society, with great regret at losing a pastor so much beloved, and whose labors had been so abundant, and so greatly blessed among them, cheerfully acquiesced. By a mutual council convened on the 26th of September, 1832, he was accordingly dismissed.
On the same day the Rev. Hubbard Winslow, having been previously invited to assume the pastoral and minis- terial charge of the church and society, by the unanimous vote of both bodies, upon the dismissal of Dr. Beecher, and having accepted the invitation, was installed.
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In concluding this short history of the church, we desire to note and acknowledge the good hand of our God. No root of bitterness has sprung up to interrupt the har- mony of the church, but peace and concord have univer- sally prevailed. There have been but fifteen instances of death during eight years that the church has existed. Two years from the organization of the church, we con- tributed eighty members for the establishment of Pine street and Salem street churches, and twenty-five for the establishment of the Evangelical Congregational church in Cambridgeport-105 in all. Surely every member of this church las occasion to adopt the words of the Psalmist, " Praise ye the Lord, and forget not all his benefits."
In bringing down the abstract of the history of the church to the present time, February 1, 1837, we have again to acknowledge the continued favor of the great Head of the church, who has caused his face to shine · upon us and visited us with his salvation.
In January, 1833, the church consisted of
Males,
146
Females,
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