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His loving favor on thee rest, Make thee a blessing still, we pray,
And toward the highest and the best Direct us on our way.
A group of devoted residents, largely living in sight of the church, gathered in support of regular preaching, but their efforts were brought to nought by declension over an unworthy man by the name of Robinson. This resulted in the breaking-up of the church. The building stood with boarded windows, un- used, for years, despite local efforts to turn it to some useful purpose, even as a schoolhouse. In the fall of 1954, the N. H.
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Congregational-Christian Conference conveyed title to the build- ing to Rev. W. T. Plotner of the Christian Missionary Alliance, who took the structure down with great care to preserve its frame-work and has definite plans to rebuild it on Belknap Avenue, Newport.
The bell, a particularly rich and full-toned one, was taken to Gilmanton, N. H., and now hangs in the belfry of the Con- gregational church there. Records of the church-society were deposited with the Conference.
The Free Will Baptists
A Free Will Baptist church was organized at the North Goshen schoolhouse on Oct. 24, 1838, with thirty-two members. This church was originally a part of the church at South New- bury, and during the forty-four years of its existence had 116 members, 41 male and 75 female. Having no church-building, services were held at the schoolhouse and sometimes at the home of Peter Greeley, or homes of other members, and oc- casionally in the South Sunapee Free Baptist church, which has since been torn down. There was no official disbanding of the church, but deaths and removals so decreased its membership that it was given up about the year 1882. (Mrs. Althine F. Lear) The Christian Chapel
A strong organization of the Christian faith existed in town during the prosperous 1840's and when its membership had risen to sixty and seventy, it was decided that the time had come to build a house of worship. A building-site was obtained, prob- ably by donation, off the west side of the Eben Purington farm, now owned by Floyd DuBois, on the Rand's Pond road. The new Chapel, as it was known, was completed and dedicated in the autumn of 1853, Elder Isaiah Haley its first pastor. Elder Haley was an honest, kindly man and a faithful worker in the cause of righteousness. (It will be recalled that Rev. Josiah Stevens married, at the Isles of Shoals, Miss Susannah Haley. No connection is known to have existed, however.)
Services were held in the Chapel, with more or less regularity, for about twenty years, Rev. H. A. Stratton being the last pastor.
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Baptism by immersion was observed at Rand's Pond which was nearby.
An interesting deed has been preserved by Mr. Lester Emery of New- port, whose mother was a Maxfield of North Goshen. His parents began housekeeping in the little dwelling once standing directly across the street from Lynbrook Lodge. The deed recites that "in consideration of the sum of $20. paid to us by John H. Brown and Page Maxfield of Goshen, we do hereby ... give, grant, bargain and sell ... Pew No. 19 in the Christian Chapel in Goshen . . " The date was Oct. 22, 1853, and it was signed by Isaiah Haley, Ezra Purington and Imri Purington; witness, John Purington.
The Methodist Society
Methodism was in existence at an early date, certainly in 1823, when the Methodist Sunday School library was mentioned by Farmer and Moore. Services were held intermittently in one of the schoolhouses and the old town meeting-house. About 1875 religious services were being held in the Town Hall at the Village. Arthur Thompson, who was then a student at Dart- mouth College, and Revs. Joseph Trow and Edmund Perkins of Sunapee preached here during this immediate period.
In 1878, during the pastorate of Rev. John A. Bowler, and largely through his efforts, the Christian Chapel, which had been closed for some time, was removed to the Village, where it was erected and fitted up for use as a Methodist church.
Dedicatory exercises were held Nov. 14, 1878, at 2:30 P.M., conducted by Presiding Elder G. J. Judkins; sermon by Rev. E. R. Wilkins of Laconia. At the evening service, opening at 7:00, there were addresses by former pastors and others.
Music at the Methodist services was made memorable by its quality of tone and volume when H. S. George and Burk Booth sang in the choir and Mrs. Belle Winter, a music teacher, pre- sided at the organ. The Baptists had no male voices that could compare with them in bass and tenor parts after Dea. William Tandy moved away.
Preaching was continued until about 1887, the Methodists having for a short time been united with the Congregational Society at the Corners. It is remembered that Rev. C. N. Krook, while pastor at East Lempster, occasionally supplied here. Rev. Josiah Hooper, a retired Methodist minister, bought the Joshua
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Booth house at the Village, and was an earnest and welcome preacher of the Gospel at both Methodist and Baptist services. He was then practically blind, with venerable white hair and beard, and his occasional pulpit portrayals of the sufferings of the Christian martyrs always left a profound impression.
The building is now the Sunapee Mountain Grange Hall.
It is realized that the foregoing sketches give but a bare outline of the real work of the churches that have arisen, prospered for a season and then faded away. Of their inner life, of the self-denying labors of their pastors, of the precious souls saved, of the many lives broadened and enriched by their influence and prepared for greater usefulness and enjoyment - of these we cannot know; but they are known to the great Head of the Church, who loves and cares for His own, and we can safely trust them to His keeping.
Althine F. Lear.
The Community Baptist Church
The following is the history of the Baptist Church, written for Old Home Sunday, August 17, 1919, by Mrs. Ida L. Nelson, lifetime member and daughter of Rev. E. D. Farr. Where additions have been made to the text, the fact will be noted as far as possible, by inclusion in brackets.
"A number of Christian brethren met voluntarily at the house of Daniel Grindle in Goshen on Wednesday, the 20th of April, 1803, at one o'clock afternoon, to confer together for the Com- fort and Upbuilding of Zion," an old record states. William Gunnison* was appointed moderator and Jonathan Sholes, clerk. Another meeting was held at the same place, May 23rd, to further discuss the question of forming as a separate body, or to become a branch of some other church. Sept. 2, the decision was made to form a local church and the churches in Newport, Cornish and New London were requested to assist, this meeting to be held at the home of Parker Tandy, Oct. 12, 1803, at nine
*Concerning Dea. William Gunnison, his biographer said:
"I cannot learn at what precise period William embraced the sentiments of the Bap- tists, but probably before the birth of his first child in Portsmouth (prior to 1780). His persistent refusal to have his child christened led to an open altercation with the Parish authorities, to the great grief of his venerable parents. I regard this controversy as one of the causes of his retirement to the wilds of New Hampshire, where the Baptist leaven had been spread by Hanserd Knollys and his disciples. On his return to Kittery (from Newbury) in 1789, the controversy was renewed - and this time over a whole drove of children . Under these circumstances it was natural for a man of mettle to, like William Blaxton of Boston, seek a home in the wilderness to escape religious persecution. Although never ordained, he became an indefatigable preacher of the Gospel. On his return to Fishersfield in 1802, he labored without constraint to propagate the Baptist faith. He was accustomed to hold series of meetings in different places and, when the meetings closed, go and fetch an ordained minister to baptize the converts and gather them into churches.'
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o'clock A.M. At this meeting, Elder Abial Ledoyt,* William Stanard, Caleb Atwood, Thomas Whicher and Philip Kibbey of Newport, Dea. Ebenezer Hunting and Dea. Benjamin Fowler from New London, with Elder Nathan Champlin and Dea. Abraham Sanborn from Unity replacing the expected Cornish delegation, proceeded to form the church, which consisted of fourteen members: Enoch White, Jonathan Sholes, Parker Tandy, Samuel Sischo, Cornelius Young, Ezekiel Tandy, Wil- liam Gunnison, Mollie Tandy, Elizabeth Grindle, Chloe Willey, Martha Hall, Eliza Hall, Betsey White and Milly Tandy.
From this time forward meetings were held at the homes of Parker Tandy and his son, Ezekiel Tandy. December 24, 1803, has the following entry, "appointed our beloved brother, Parker Tandy, to serve in the place of Deacon." September 23, 1804, records the first baptism, Mrs. Phoebe Sischo. Additions were made thenceforward from time to time, some being baptized in Rand's Pond, others in the little brook below Dea. Tandy's house. March 23, 1805, Mrs. Lang offered herself to the church for baptism. At the close of the year 1806 the little church com- prised 36 members.
The discipline of the church at this time was very strict, absence from communion, even once, being considered so great an offence as to warrant a visit from the committee, and any report of unchaste language or conduct of any member was im- mediately made a subject of prayer and investigation.
During the latter part of 1807, Elder John Colby moved from Andover to this place, remaining seven years; his salary was
*He was wont to recite his name for the children's amusement as, "Abiel Jeems Rachel Mondee Mondeau Landaffydown Ledoyt," manifestly of French derivation. "Benedict the Baptist historian, tells us that in 1778-79, Elder Job Seamans, afterward pastor at New London, but then of Attleborough, Mass., and Biel Ledoyt of Woodstock, Conn., missionaries to the north country, traveled up the Connecticut River as far as Woodstock, Vt., preaching on both sides of the river, but mostly on the New Hampshire side. Their coming was refreshing to the hearts of many, and an evident blessing fol- lowed their zealous and evangelical labors. Elder Ledoyt visited Newport and Croydon among other places at this time, and it was undoubtedly through his influence that they were encouraged to associate together in church fellowship, a church being formed in May, 1779." (Parmelee)
Records of his labors in the following years are vague. About 1800 he became the first settled pastor of the Newport Baptist Church, continuing until 1805 when his resignation was regretfully accepted. He often expressed the hope that he might not outlive his use- fulness. His wish was granted: he was suddenly taken away, being found dead in his garden, where he had been at work.
Esther, dau. of Rev. Biel and Joanna Ledoyt, died Feb. 10, 1792, aged 20 yrs. 10 .mos .; buried in the old Newport yard. (Iibid)
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very small; in 1809 it was $43.35. An entry was made in 1810, "voted to raise thirty dollars for Elder John Colby, one third to be paid in the spring and two thirds in the summer, when called for, or in produce at the going price."
Jan. 1, 1810, Parker Tandy was regularly appointed first Dea- con. April 17 Jonathan Wakefield was appointed second Deacon and Jonathan Sholes, third; these three were ordained June 23, 1810. October, 1819, is the first record of any meeting being held anywhere but at a private dwelling, and this was held in the town meeting-house, built in 1816.
During the years from 1823 to 1830, Deacon Alfred Abell preached one-fourth of the time, the members paying him $2 apiece. He owned a farm in town and during all his life was a very active church member. Fourteen were added to the church under his ministry. From 1831 to 1840 the little group experi- enced hard times. According to the Selectmen's report of May, 1830, the Baptists were allowed six meetings a year in the town meeting-house, the fourth Sabbaths in February, April, June August, October and December; other meetings were held in the "Line schoolhouse." All who were baptized during that time were baptized by Elder Ira Pearsons, a very popular Newport pastor, and joined his church, although in later years they large- ly took letters and joined the home church. During 1848 meet- ings were held once in two weeks at the Village schoolhouse, with Dea. Abell as preacher and Almon Tandy, collector and treasurer.
In 1849 a mission society was formed, called "The Cent a Week Society," and the money raised was sent to the Bible Society. As early as 1827 funds were sent to the Indian Mission; this money was raised by the ladies of the church who knit stockings and mittens to be sold in the larger places, also by the sale of farm produce by the men.
Partial list of early members of the Baptist Church in Goshen. Enoch White, married Feb. 2, 1800, Betsey Tandy, dau. of Dea. Parker Tandy
Jonathan Sholes, dismissed Jan. 14, 1816
Parker Tandy, died Aug. 20, 1823
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Samuel Sischo Cornelius Young Ezekiel Tandy, age 25 William Gunnison, dism'd June 6, 1810
Molly (Mary) Tandy, died Jan. 12, 1845 Elizabeth (Tandy) Grindle
Chloe Willey, dism'd Aug. 24, 1811 Martha Hall, age 22, dism'd 1805
Eliza Hall, age 18, dism'd Jan. 25, 1812
Betsey (Tandy) White Milly Tandy, age 22, converted Mar. 29, 1803; joined Oct. 12, 1803. (The above were the original fourteen members)
Sally Tandy, age 18 Lydia Sholes, dism'd Jan. 14, 1816 Molly Sischo
Phebe Sischo, age 21
Mesebah Atwood, joined Nov. 25, 1803
Rush Atwood, joined Dec. 2, 1803
Hannah Gunnison, joined Jan. 21, 1804 Molly Lear, joined June 2, 1804
Jane Gage, joined Jan. 21, 1805
Polly Bartlett, joined Jan. 21, 1805 Sabry Drock, joined Jan. 21, 1805, dism'd March 5, 1821
Temperance Rand, joined Jan. 21, 1805
Lydia Lear, joined Jan. 21, 1805, died Oct. 1, 1831 Sally Brouton
Nabby Cutts, dism'd April 22, 1815
Elizabeth Willey, joined May 25, 1806
Hepzibah Reed, joined May 30 William Tandy, died Nov. 29, 1876
Deborah Lear Daniel Grindle, died Aug. 3, 1814 Nathaniel Reed Mary (Grindle) Burnham Nancy Hudson Hannah Smith, ad. by letter from Lyme, Aug. 27, 1808 John Colby Benjamin Hudson
Milly (Tandy) Hudson, ad. Aug. 19, 1809; d. March 27, 1833 Jabez Youngman, ad. March 24, 1809 Juda Gage, dism'd Jan. 17, 1811 Philinda Gage, dism'd Jan. 17, 1811
Lydia Gage, joined Sept. 10, 1809; dism'd Jan. 17, 1811 Thaddeus Gage, joined Sept. 17, 1809; dism'd Jan. 17, 1811 Mary Colby, joined Sept. 17, 1809; dism'd Jan. 17, 1811 David Leslie, joined Sept. 17, 1809; dism'd Jan. 17, 1811 Marget Leslie, joined Sept. 17, 1809; dism'd Jan. 17, 1811 Ichabod Morse, joined Sept. 17, 1809; dism'd Jan. 16, 1815 Reuben Willey Whitman Jacobs
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Jonathan Clark
Rhoda Sholes, admitted May 6, 1810; dism'd Sept. 4, 1811
John Meserve, admitted May 27, 1810; dism'd Jan. 14, 1816 Edward Hall
Eliakim Thatcher Hannah Tandy
Mary Reed, died Feb. 19, 1823
Solomon Howe, adm'td March 16, 1816; Dropt
(He was a native of Hillsborough and was licensed to preach at Wash- ington, N. H., in 1815 and was ordained in Newport, July 5, 1819, where he remained until 1827, when he removed to Smyrna, N. Y. His religious views were of the Arminian school, in contrast to the Calvinistic views then generally held. His preaching caused great dissension in the Newport church while there and he withdrew to form a Free-Will Baptist Church.) Mrs. Lucy Howe, adm'td March 16, 1816; dism'd
Sally Willey, died Nov., 1835
Hannah Jacobs
Isaac Proctor, adm'td June 20, 1818
Hannah Proctor, adm'td June 20, 1818, died March 1837
Asa Reed Jonathan Clark Richard Baker
Betsey Tandy
Sally Smith, adm'td June 26, 1819; d. Nov. 1835
James Tandy age 18
Eleazer Sholes, died 1842
Sally Gunnison Sukey Smith Lucy Tandy Patty Smith
Rebecca Sischo, adm'td. Oct. 16, 1819
Nancy Brooks, adm'td. May 27, 1820
Lydia Baker, adm'td. June 25, 1819, died Nov. 17, 1834
Abigail Smith, adm'td. June 25, 1820, died Sept. 29, 1830 Elias Smith, adm'td. Jan. 27, 1821
Nabby Smith, adm'td. April 4, 1821
Rachel Tandy, adm'td. Sept. 24, 1821
Alfred Abell, adm'td. by letter, Sept. 20, 1823 Rebecca Tuck
Mary Burnham Anna Smith
Marjorie (?) Smith
Juletta Abell, adm'td. by letter, May 27, 1826
Ahial Tandy, adm'td. May 24, 1828; dism'd Nov. 21 1835
Parker Tandy, adm'td. May 24, 1828
Charity Tandy, adm'td. May 24, 1828; dism'd July 3, 1830 Aulden F. Austin, adm'td. May 24, 1828
Lucy Marston, adm'td. June 9, 1828 Clarissa Ingalls, adm'td. June 9, 1828 Charity P. Tandy, adm'td. June 9, 1828
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Maryann Tandy, adm'td. June 9, 1828 Samuel Marshall, adm'td. Aug. 24, 1828 Abigail Marshall, died Jan. 2, 1831 Mary P. White, adm'td. Aug. 24, 1828 Betsey Tandy, adm'td. Aug. 24, 1828 Jason White, adm'td. Aug. 24, 1828
Sarah Lewis, age 30 Nancy Dodge
Bates
Sally Smith by letter, Sept. 24, 1831 Horace Libbey, age 19, adm'td. Sept. 27, 1834; d. 1840
Lorenzo Tandy, age 16
Serena Thatcher, age 17
Ahial Tandy, adm'td. by letter Feb. 3, 1843 Sarah Tandy, adm'td. by letter Feb. 3, 1843
In December, 1850, Rev. Eleazer D. Farr of Marlow, a former city missionary in Lowell, Mass., where he was ordained Jan. 18, 1850, but at that time preaching in Unity, visited relatives in town.
He had married, Dec. 7, 1837, Charity P. Tandy of Goshen, who encouraged him in his purpose to become a minister of the Gospel. His education was obtained with difficulty, partly at New Hampton Institute, while his wife, with growing family, kept a small place at Marlow. On his initial trip to New Hamp- ton, as recorded in his diary, his brother Levi drove him as far as Newbury and the remainder of the journey was made on foot, with such chance rides as he could obtain. Later he com- pleted his theological studies at Brown University. He found his Goshen brethren few in numbers and almost discouraged. His sympathies were at once enlisted in their behalf and a way was opened for him.
His wife's aunt, Hannah Tandy, was now a widow. She had married, rather late in life, Capt. Stephen Pike of Newport, lately deceased. It is related that she acquired a habit of stilted speech, replying to one of her earlier suitors, Stevens by name, "You lay great injunctions upon me, but I am pass-ive." Com- pletely baffled as to whether she were refusing or accepting his proffer, young Stevens retreated, never venturing to resume his courtship. "I don't want a wife that I have to carry a dictionary around with," he confided to his intimates. But she was a most
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worthy woman and out of the hard-won savings of a lifetime she had $300 dedicated to the Lord. This, she proposed to the young minister, she would pay at the rate of $100 each year for a space of three years if he would accept the pastorate of the church, a matching sum to be raised on the field. Meager though this sum was, even in those days, it provided a substantial foun- dation and Mr. Farr accepted the call.
The need for a church home was paramount to all other considerations and the new pastor suggested that it be located, when built, at the Village, which he deemed of growing impor- tance.
The reaction of his flock was typical. Deacon Abell said, "I like brother Farr, but I believe on my soul he will be the ruin of us all. We can't raise fifty dollars."
To this Dea. Almon Tandy made reply: "I'll give a hundred dollars."
Support thus forthcoming, Mr. Farr proceeded to draft the plan of the house and assumed all expenses in his own name, agreeing to stand responsible for one half of the cost, if the members of the church would raise the remainder. Soliciting personally through the older Baptist churches of southern New Hampshire and the adjoining portions of Massachusetts, he received substantial aid. An original contract has been preserved, reading as follows:
Marlow, (N. H.) June 19, 1851.
We, the undersigned, Buss and Jones, Severally and Jointly do agree to Finish a Meeting House in Goshen, N. H., according to the plan and specifi- cations presented by E. D. Farr. The Frame is to be erected by said Farr (or order) by the middle of July next. We do agree to take the frame when erected and finish the house in all its parts specified, in a thorough and workmanlike manner and furnish all the materials for the same, by the twentieth of October next, in consideration of Six Hundred dollars; $250.00 to be paid when the outside is completed, and the remainder when the whole is done. The Painting to be done by said Farr.
J. Q. Jones Daniel Buss
Contemporary accounts recall that Virgil Chase, living but two blocks away, engaged these Marlow carpenters in casual conversation. "Farr isn't worth anything. You will only lose your money," he stated in leaving; whereupon Jones replied,
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"I have known Eleazer Farr ever since he was a boy, and he will do as he agrees."
Pursuant to the terms of the contract, Lovell Baker was en- gaged to get out the spruce frame from his mountain lot. The lumber was sawed in the Chandler mill, not too far away on the Robbins Brook, and Mr. Baker and Daniel Stearns erected the frame. Receipts are in existence, signed by Mr. Stearns, one, Aug. 6, 1851, for twenty dollars, "for framing the top base and cone to the Meeting House, superintended by E. D. Farr," and another, dated Oct. 17, 1851, "Received of Eleazer D. Farr One Hundred dollars for Meeting House frame, in full of all de- mands". The sum paid Mr. Baker is not specified; possibly it was included in the above. Hylands Dodge got out the underpinning- stone for the new building from the side of Page Hill.
Working with the carpenters, doing with his own hands the intricate "graining" and "marbleing" that originally decorated platform-risers and other portions of the interior, Mr. Farr had the final satisfaction of dedicating his church, Nov. 12, 1851, free of debt, the cost being $1095.00.
The bell was a gift from Deacon Richardson, a bell manu- facturer of Boston, who purportedly cast it on the letter F in honor of Mr. Farr. The new pastor started a Sunday School at once, making use of the Village schoolhouse until the new church was ready; a library of fifty volumes was gathered to- gether.
1852 was a year of gracious revival. Fourteen were added to the church. During the seven years of his ministry thirty-two were added to the church, thus changing the membership from twenty-one to fifty-three.
November 25, 1854, the Baptist Society was formed, which included not only members of the church but others friendly to it. Reuben Call was chosen president, William Tandy, clerk, and Gilman Rowell, treasurer.
Mr. Farr closed his labors early in the summer of 1858, having received a call to a church in Cedarville, N. J.
In April, 1868, Elias J. Whittemore of South Acworth ac-
Rev. E. D. Farr from an Early Photograph
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Photo by Howard B. Welch
The Community Baptist Church in 1916. The upper reaches of the mill pond appear at left. Present-day utility wires had not been brought in when picture was taken.
Howard B. Welch
Sunapee Mountain, looking east from the old Abell place; Village and South Branch of Sugar River in center of photo are hidden by intervening woods.
Howard B. Welch
Congregational Church at Corners, as it appeared in 1923.
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cepted a call as pastor and with him commenced a union with the Congregationalists which lasted eleven years, the Baptists hiring a minister two years, and the Congregationalists helping on the salary, then the Congregationalists hiring a minister of their own denomination and the Baptists sharing in his support. The services were held in the Village church one Sunday and at the Corner the following Sunday, alternately. Following a series of special meetings held by Elder Leavitt of Cornish, in October, 1868, ten were baptized and sixteen received the right hand of fellowship. Mr. Whittemore accepted a call to Weare the following year. In May, 1870, Mr. Webster, a young man from Virginia, supplied the two united churches for a period of four months and started a local branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, though it was not until the coming of Rev. John Bragdon from Wells, Maine, that meetings were held and much work really done. It met with hearty support, but died out within a few years after Mr. Bragdon's removal. The work of the Association was at that time of a missionary character and meetings were held at stated intervals in North Goshen and in Unity. In October, 1870, during his first year at Goshen, Mr. Bragdon organized "The Cold Water Templars," a junior temperance organization which continued four years, accomplishing great results in arousing public sentiment against the free use of hard cider and other intoxicants and of tobacco in any form. [It was an outgrowth of the temperance reform then sweeping the country. Needless to say, resentment was aroused which was shown by disturbances outside the Corner church during the evening meetings held by the Templars. So outrageous became the attacks, indeed, that protection of the law was sought by the small group of young reformers, all but one of whom were under twenty-one, as was shown. Several youthful rowdies were arrested and fined by the court for dis- turbing the peace. Whether by stupidity, or guile, however, the arresting officer was said to have threatened the rowdies with the demand to "Pay up, or be jailed," in short, a charge of ex- tortion. This issue resulted in a practical reversal of the court's ruling and the Cold Water Templars were ordered to make
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