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Class-meetings were for many years the spiritual barometers of the church. Every member possessed of spiritual life and power was a weekly attendant at the class-meeting, and an absence of a few months or even weeks was thought to indicate that the person was not fit to be continued as a member of the church. There were large classes at Hill, Alexandria, Hebron, and Bridgewater and in various neighborhoods in town. Benj. Locke was class-leader for many years in the Locke neighbor- hood,2 and was succeeded by Jonathan Emmons. Mr. Emmons
I See Genealogies.
2 For many years, meetings were held about as regularly in the school- house in the Locke neighborhood as at Bristol village. Benj. Locke was a leader. These were the days of the "noisy Methodists," and those who remembered these meetings asserted that the shouting of Mr. Locke and others could be heard at New Hampton village, a mile and a half distant.
REV. WALTER SLEEPER
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frequently walked five miles to meet his class, while many of the female members walked three and even four miles to attend. Even as late as 1871, there were seven well-sustained classes in connection with this church, in different parts of the charge. In June of that year, the average attendance of the two classes in Bristol village was over forty each. This meeting has greatly declined in favor among Methodists.
In 1824, Sunday-schools were first established in Bristol by N. S. Berry, Wm. Lewis, and Jonathan Emmons. They were neighborhood schools and undenominational. Mr. Lewis had charge of the school in this village, Mr. Berry of one at the foot of the lake, and Jonathan Emmons one in the Locke neighbor- hood. Later in this village each church had its school, while neighborhood schools were continued for many years in the out- districts.
Previous to the summer of 1874, the usual Sunday services of the church were, preaching in the morning at 10: 30 o'clock; Sunday-school at 12 m .; preaching at I o'clock, and prayer- meeting at 5 o'clock or later. In July of this year, in keeping with the trend of the times, the afternoon preaching service was dispensed with in the Methodist and Congregational churches.
The centennial of organized Methodism in Bristol was ob- served Oct. 22-24, 1901, in connection with a Concord District preachers' meeting. An historical address was given by R. W. Musgrove, and reminiscences by Mrs. Myra S. Judkins. Rev. S. S. Cummings, of Boston; Rev. H. H. Hartwell, Suncook ; Rev. Josiah Hooper, Mill Village; Rev. Otis Cole, Haverhill, Mass .; Rev. R. T. Wolcott, Suncook, all former pastors, and Miss Clara Cushman, daughter of Rev. Lewis P. Cushman, a former pastor, were present and had prominent places on the program.
The papers presented at the preachers' meeting were large- ly of an historical nature. Those who took part, not named above, were Rev. O. S. Baketel, D.D., of Manchester, presid- ing elder ; Rev. A. P. Reynolds, West Thornton ; Rev. Wm. Warren, Tilton ; Rev. C. U. Dunning, Franklin Falls ; Rev. W. M. Cleaveland, Plymouth ; Rev. A. L. Smith, Penacook ; Rev. R. E. Thompson, Gilford; Rev. Joseph Simpson, Concord ; Rev. C. D. Hills, Laconia ; Rev. E. C. Strout, Concord ; Rev. E. C. E. Dorion, Ashland. The pastor, Rev. L. D. Bragg, had charge of the services. Mrs. L. D. Bragg spoke in behalf of the Woman's Home Missionary society, and Miss Cushman for the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Rev. J. W. Savage of the Congregational church and Rev. T. J. Winslade of the Free Baptist church also made addresses.
SALARIES
The early itinerant preachers had no stipulated salary.
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Rev. Elijah Hedding received for the first ten years of his minis- try, $45 per year. Rev. Solomon Sias received for his services in 1811, $1.04 above his traveling expenses. Rev. David Kil- burn, speaking of four years previous to 1818, said "neither preacher nor presiding elder received $100 per year for his ser- vices." In 1838, Rev. Holman Drew was paid as senior preacher on the Bridgewater circuit, $286.50, and Rev. Moody Marshall, junior preacher, $103.53. In 1840, Rev. Reuben Dearborn was paid $320, and his assistant, $106. When Bristol became a station, in 1843, the salary paid was $312. One year later it was $375 ; in 1852, it was $400; in 1859, it was $500; in 1865, it was increased to $750, and three years later advanced to $850 ; in 1870, to $950. In 1873, the church paid the largest salary in its history -$1,250. The next three years the salary was $1,200, and then for two years it was $1,000; then for a few years the amount paid was $950. In 1884, it dropped to $850, and three years later was raised to $900, where it remained for nine years. In 1896, it again went up to $1,000, but, in 1901, dropped to $900. These figures include the use of the parson- age, for which from $100 to $200 was charged per year.
MEMBERSHIP
The statistics of the early year-books are not entirely relia- ble, but they furnish the only available source of information concerning the membership of this church. According to this authority, at the end of the first year after the organization of the first class at Bridgewater village, the membership was ten ; in 1810, 205 ; 1820, 1 145 ; 1830, 275 ; 1840, 2 313; 1850, 181 ; 1860, 222; 1870, 240; 1880, 305; 1890, 266; 1900, 223; 1902, 204.
ROLL OF PASTORS
New York Conference - New London District Asher Smith
1801
Vershire District - Bridgewater Circuit
1802 Reuben Jones
Vermont District 1803 Elijah Hedding
1 In 1819, the membership was reported as 261. The decrease is evi- dently accounted for by a transfer of membership to the Canaan circuit.
2 In 1843, the membership of the Bristol church was reported as 490; the next year, as only 275. As there was a corresponding decrease throughout the conference, where the total loss reported was 3,451, the difference is only to be accounted for on the ground of a change in the method of enumeration.
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I 804 Caleb Dustin
1817
Job Pratt
Lewis Bates
1818
Orin Roberts
1805 Martin Ruter
Benjamin Bishop
1819
Amasa Cowles
1807 Joseph Farrar
I821
Wallace Locke
1808
William Hunt
1809
Leonard Frost
1810 Warren Bannister
Joseph Lull
1824
James Templeton
18II
Abner Clark
1825
Joseph Kellum
1812
John W. Hardy
1826
Amasa Buck
1813 John Payne
1827
Matthew Newhall
John Lewis
Richard Newhall
1814 John Wilkinson
1828 William Kimball
1815
Jonathan Worthen
Sereno Fisk
Hezekiah Davis
1829
John Adams
1816
Leonard Frost
Caleb S. Beede
New Hampshire and Vermont Conference - Plymouth District
1830 James B. H. Norris
1831 James B. H. Norris Samuel Hackett
New Hampshire Conference - Plymouth District
1832
Nathaniel Ladd
1836
Matthew Newhall E. Pettingill
1833 Warren Wilbur 1837 James Dow A. H. Worthing
Salmon Gleason
1834 Salmon Gleason 1838-39 Holman Drew
Loren H. Gordon
Moody P. Marshall
1835
Matthew Newhall Philo Bronson
1840
Reuben Dearborn John English
Haverhill District
1841 Reuben Dearborn 1847-48 Converse L. McCurdy Henry H. Hartwell 1849-50 Albert C. Manson William Nelson 1851-52 Calvin Holman
1842 Joseph C. Cromack 1853 Samuel Kelley
Jesse Boyden 1854 Silas S. Cummings
1843-44 Nath'1 W. Aspenwall 1855 Lewis P. Cushman
1845-46 Lewis Howard
Concord District
1856
Lewis P. Cushman
1857-58 Josiah Hooper
Damon Young
1806 Joel Winch
1820 Charles Baker
Bristol Circuit
1822-23 Caleb Dustin
Leonard Bennett
David Stickney
Richard Emery
Moses Sanderson
Sylvester P. Williams
S. P. Williams
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Concord District
1859-60 Newell Culver
1861-62 John Currier
1863 George N. Bryant I869 Albert E. Drew
1864 J. W. Guernsey
Claremont District
1870 Albert E. Drew
1887-90 Otis Cole
1871-73 George W. Norris 1891-92 Robert T. Wolcott
1874-76 Jesse M. Durrell 1893-97 James D. LeGro
1877-78 Harvey Woodward 1898 Joseph L. Felt
1879-81 Henry S. Thompson
1899-00 Daniel Onstott
1882-83 James Pike, D.D.
1901-02 Lyman D. Bragg
1884-86 John A. Bowler
Presiding Elders
1801-02 John Brodhead
1803 Joseph Crawford
1804-06 John Brodhead
1807-08 Elijah Hedding
1809-10 Martin Ruter
1811-14 Solomon Sias 1863-66 Elisha Adams
1815-18 David Kilburn
1819-22 Jacob Sanborn
1823-26 Benjamin R. Hoyt
1827-29 John F. Adams
1873-76 Moses T. Cilley
1877-80 George J. Judkins
1881-84 Orlando H. Jasper 1885-89 Joseph E. Robins
1890 George W. Norris
1891-95 Samuel C. Keeler 1896 George M. Curl
1897-02 Oliver S. Baketel
1850-51 Reuben Dearborn
1852-55 William D. Cass
1856-59 Lewis Howard
1860-62 James Pike till Nov.
'62, William D. Cass balance of year
1867-69 Lorenzo D. Barrows
1870 Silas G. Kellogg
1871-72 James Pike
1830-31 J. W. Hardy
1832-35 Eleazer Wells 1836-39 B. R. Hoyt 1840-43 C. D. Cahoon 1844 Justin Spalding
1845-46 Russell H. Spalding
1847-49 Justin Spalding
1865 William H. Jones
1866-68 James Thurston
REV. NEWELL CULVER REV. ALBERT E. DREW REV. JESSE M. DURRELL
REV. JAMES THURSTON REV. GEORGE W. NORRIS REV. OTIS COLE
CHAPTER XXIV
ECCLESIASTICAL-CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Hear the tolling of the bells - Iron bells ! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels.
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It has been shown in previous pages that ministers of the Congregational order held services in Bristol before the dawn of the nineteenth century, coming largely from adjoining towns with messages of love to the people. The attention of the New Hampshire Missionary society connected with the Congrega- tional church was early called to the spiritual needs of this section of the state. In 1813, "Rev. Mr. Sawyer" was employed "to spend eight weeks on the highlands between Salisbury and Haverhill " from the middle of July till the middle of September. He visited New Chester, Alexandria, Danbury, Bridgewater, Dorchester, Wentworth, Warren, Piermont, Canaan, Orange, and Springfield ; preached forty times; made one hundred and sixty calls ; visited schools, and distributed religious literature. In 1815, a missionary of this society reported that Bridgewater village was "much improved "; that it had a "Reading society, a Catachetical society and a Praying society," "all of which met encouragement." Peter Hazelton, who kept tavern in what is now known as the Fisk block, was paid, in 1817, $23 for boarding missionaries while laboring here. Rev. Thomas Holt labored ten weeks, in 1820, in Bristol, Alexandria, and Bridge- water. He reported that he was kindly received in Bristol village, and that a Congregational church might be formed here of ten or twelve members. The next year, he labored thirty- three weeks in this section, for the Missionary society, dividing his time among Bristol, Hebron, Alexandria, Salisbury, and Northfield. He was followed by Rev. Amos W. Burnham who labored eighteen weeks in Bristol village that year, and several months in 1822. In 1824, Rev. Jacob C. Goss labored here five weeks.
In 1821, Hon. Thomas W. Thompson, of Concord, died. Mr. Thompson was a large owner of real estate in Bristol, and one of the trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary society. He was much interested in missionary work in this section. In his will he made the following bequest to the town of Bristol :
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I give and devise to the town of Bristol in the county of Grafton, the following tracts of land, to wit : lot No. 5 in the second division, as laid out by the proprietors of New Chester, but which now lies within the jurisdictional lines of the said town of Bristol; also the Point lot,1 so called, in the said town of Bristol, as laid out by the proprietors of New Chester ; also a lot of land, numbered 7 in the Ist division in Alexandria, in the county of Grafton, to hold to the said town of Bristol and their assigns in fee simple forever, under the following limitations and con- ditions, to wit : that those lands or the avails of them to be appropriated to the building and completing of a meeting house in said Bristol, about the size and value of the meeting house in Salisbury village; commonly called Eastman's village, and after the general model of said meeting house, the pews to be slips and the seats fastened down, so that there shall not be a seat in the meeting house lifted up or lowered down during public wor- ship ; the pulpit to be built after the model of the pulpit in the Presbyte- rian meeting house at Saratoga Springs in the state of New York. This devise is on the condition that the said meeting house be built and completed by said town of Bristol within six years from the time of my decease, and upon the further conditions that the taxes of every descrip- tion upon said devised lands be in the meantime paid by said town of Bristol, and on the further condition that the pews in said meeting house be sold at auction in the customary manner, and that such a part of the avails of the sale of pews as the amount contributed by this devise bears to the whole expense of the building and completing said meeting house shall constitute a fund forever in the hands of the said town of Bristol, the interest of which shall be forever appropriated to the support of the gospel ministry in said meeting house after the Congregational order and shall be subject to the order or draft and expenditure of a majority of the Congregational part of the proprietors of said meeting house.
At its annual meeting in 1822, the town voted to accept the lands devised, but did nothing towards carrying out the pro- visions of the will. Thus matters drifted till the annual meet- ing in 1826, when the town voted "not to build a meeting house as a town" but to "relinquish its rights to any society that would give a sufficient bond of indemnity" to the town. A bond signed by Richard H. Sawyer and others was presented and accepted. At that time, Rev. Samuel Arnold was laboring here under a commission from the Missionary society to devote a year to the work in Bristol, Alexandria, and Hebron. Under his influence and the stimulus of the above vote the same month, a paper was circulated in Bristol that read as follows :
The undersigned individuals propose to form themselves into a society for the purpose of preserving for the benefit of the town of Bristol and its vicinity the donations of the late Thomas W. Thompson in the manner prescribed by his will. The first meeting of said society to be holden at the hall of Capt. Ones. Page 2 in Bristol village, Saturday, the 25th of March, inst., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of
I This was one of the original parsonage lots, described as " a point of land on westerly side of Newfound pond and a small island opposite." 2 In the Fisk block.
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organizing said society, assuming a suitable corporate name, and transact- ing such other business as may then be thought proper.
Names of Subscribers
Ichabod C. Bartlett
Fry Holt
Jacob Gurdy
N. G. Upham
Elijah Butrick
David Sleeper
A. L. Webster
Isaiah Emerson
Gilman Ingalls, Jr.
Solomon Cavis
Joshua T. Page
Joseph Moore
Philip Webster
Samuel C. Brown
Benjamin Kidder
R. H. Sawyer
Moses H. Bradley
Robert Smith
Jerahmeel Bowers
Joseph B. Eastman
Amos Brown
John McClary
Samuel Smith
David Cheney
Reuben Hosmer
Daniel Sanborn
George W. Truel
Ones. Page
Abbott Lovejoy
Aaron Sleeper
Jesse Sanborn
William L. Chase
John Little
J. T. Sanborn
The first meeting of the subscribers was held at the hall desig- nated, on Saturday, Mar. 25, 1826, and at that time a society was organized. Moses H. Bradley, Esq., was chosen chairman, and Dr. Samuel Smith, secretary. It was voted to assume the name and title of "The First Congregational Society of Bristol." At a meeting held Apr. 26, a committee, consisting of Hon. Moses H. Bradley, Philip Webster, and N. G. Upham, Esq., was elected to take necessary steps looking to the erection of a house of worship, and to procure plans of the Salisbury meeting-house. This meeting adjourned to May 13, and then from time to time till Dec. 2, 1826, when N. G. Upham, Philip Webster, John Little, Ebenezer Kendall, and R. H. Sawyer were elected a committee to draft plans, select a lot, and receive proposals for building. Dec. 11, this committee reported that John Mason and James Gordon, of New Hampton, had offered to build a house of one story after a model furnished, for the lands devised and $600 in money ; or one like the Salisbury meeting-house for the land and $750. Both these offers were rejected. Finally Messrs. Mason and Gordon were offered the lands and $595 in money for a church after the model of that at Salisbury ; and this offer was accepted. The site selected for the church was "Fry Holt's garden," and here the church was erected. The committee on plans was made a building committee.
The Congregational church of Bristol was organized in the Methodist chapel, Nov. 15, 1826, under the name of the " First Congregational Church of Christ of Bristol." The following clergymen were present: Rev. Jonathan Ward, Rev. Andrew Rankin, and Rev. Samuel Arnold. Prayers were offered by Mr. Rankin and Mr. Ward ; a sermon was preached by Mr. Rankin, and an address given to the church by Mr. Ward. The follow- ing persons united with the church at this time, a meeting for their examination having been previously held at the house of Richard H. Sawyer :
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John Gutterson, from the church in Alexandria.
Mary Bradley, from the church in Concord.
Sally Lewis, from the church in New Hampton.
Mary Sawyer, from the church in Boscawen.
Mary Bartlett, by profession.
Relief Sawyer, by profession.
Miriam L. Little, by profession.
Samuel Smith, from church in New Hampton.
Susanna Sawyer, from church in Boscawen.
Dorothy Bowers, from church in Hill.
At this meeting all the above named subscribed the following
ARTICLES OF FAITH
I. We believe that there is but one God, the Creator, Preserver, and Moral Governor of the universe ; a being of infinite power, knowledge, wisdom, justice, goodness, and truth ; the self-existent, independent and immutable Fountain of good.
2. We believe that the scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by inspiration of God ; that they are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, and for instruction in righteousness ; and that they are our only rule of doctrinal belief and religious practice.
3. We believe that the mode of divine existence is such as lays a foundation for a distinction into three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ; and that these three are one in essence, and equal in power and glory.
4. We believe that God has made all things for himself ; that known unto him are all his works from the beginning; and that he governs all things according to the counsel of his own will.
5. We believe that the Divine law and the principles and adminis- tration of the divine government are perfectly holy, just and good ; and that all rational beings are bound to approve them as such.
6. We believe that God at first created man in his own image, in a state of rectitude and holiness, and that he fell from that state by trans- gressing the divine command in the article of the forbidden fruit.
7. We believe that in consequence of the first apostacy, the heart of man in his natural state is destitute of all holiness, and in a state of posi- tive disaffection with the law, character and government of God; and that all men, previous to regeneration, are dead in trespasses and sins.
8. We believe, that although the invitation of the gospel is such, that whosoever will may come and take of the water of life freely ; yet the depravity of the human heart is such that no man will come to Christ, except the Father, by the special and efficacious influences of his spirit, draw him.
9. We believe that Christ, the Son of God, has, by his obedience, sufferings and death, made atonement for sin; that he is the only Re deemer of sinners; and that all, who are saved, will be altogether in- debted to the grace and mercy of God for their salvation.
IO. We believe that those who embrace the gospel were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before him in love; and that they are saved, not by works of righteousness which they have done, but according to the distinguish- ing mercy of God through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
II. We believe that those who cordially embrace Christ, although they may be left to fall into sin, will never be left finally to fall away and
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perish ; but will be kept by the mighty power of God through faith unto salvation.
12. We believe that there will be a general resurrection of the bodies both of the just and the unjust.
13. We believe that all men must one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ to receive a just and final sentence of retribution according to the deeds done in the body ; and that, at the day of judgment, the state of all will be unalterably fixed ; and that the punishment of the wicked and the happiness of the righteous will be endless.
14 We believe that Christ has a visible church in the world, into which none, in the sight of God, but real believers, and none, in the sight of men, but visible believers, have right of admission.
15. We believe that the sacraments of the New Testament are Bap- tism and the Lord's Supper ; that believers in regular church standing only can consistently partake of the Lord's Supper, that visible believers and their households can only consistently be admitted to the ordinance of Baptism.
Dec. 7, 1826, Sarah Hall was admitted to this church by letter from the church at Hopkinton. The next sabbath, Rev. Andrew Rankin, pastor of the church at Thornton, preached, administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, baptized a daughter of Dr. Samuel Smith, and received Sally Minot into the church on profession of faith. No further meetings of the church appear to have been held till June 21, 1827, when the members assembled at the house of R. H. Sawyer. At this time, Judith Ayer, Priscilla Smith, and Alsa G. Bowers pre- sented themselves as candidates for membership, and were ex- amined. It was voted to receive them "at the first convenient opportunity." This opportunity was Sunday, July 22, when Rev. Jonathan Ward, of Plymouth, preached, administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and baptized a son of John Little. He also received into the church the three candidates named above, Dr. Moody C. Sawyer, and Sarah Lewis, all on profession of faith. At the end of the first year, the number of members was, therefore, seventeen.
On the eighteenth day of February, 1827, there was organ- ized in connection with the society "The Bristol Ladies' Bible Association," auxiliary to the New Hampshire Bible society. Its object was to aid in the circulation of the Bible, especially among the destitute. The officers were : President, Mrs. Susan Sawyer; secretary, Mary G. Bradley ; treasurer, Mrs. Lucy Jane D. Webster; collector, Miss Mary Bartlett. The other members were Anne Bartlett, Pamela P. Smith, Eliza W. Lewis, Priscilla Smith, Polly H. Kimball, Relief Sawyer, Nancy Page, Martha Brown, Lavinia Sleeper, Sally Lewis, and Olivia Tolford.
The meeting-house was built in the summer of 1827. The raising of the frame occupied two days, and was attended by a large number of people. A barrel of rum, provided for the occa- sion, stood at the northwest corner of the grounds. This sup-
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ply did not prove sufficient, and a half barrel was added the second day. Notwithstanding this generous supply, only one man showed the effects of his libations. This man, after the ridgepole was in place, climbed to the top, and from that posi- tion sang a song. I
The church edifice, as originally completed, was a two-story structure, nearly square- 44 x 50 feet. There was a gallery on the north and south sides and west end. The "singing seats" were in the gallery, on the west end, opposite the pulpit. The gallery was reached by stairs on both sides of the pulpit. The pulpit was nearly on a level with the floor of the gallery, and was reached by a flight of stairs; but there was no sounding- board over it. The church was lighted by two rows of win- dows, one for the first and the other for the second story. The pews were of the box variety, but, as provided in the will of Mr. Thompson, all parts of the pews were stationary, so there was no lifting up or slamming down of seats during divine wor- ship, so common in those days. The dedication took place Sept. 26, 1827, at II o'clock in the forenoon. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Rev. Francis Norwood, of Laconia. Among the incidents of the day were the presentation of a Bible for the desk from Dea. William Arnold, of Charlestown, Mass. ; a hymn-book from Rev. Samuel Arnold, and a communion and baptismal service from Rev. Warren Fay, pastor of the Congre- gational church at Charlestown, Mass.
The sale of the pews commenced Saturday, Oct. 13, at 10 o'clock, a. m., and continued for a part of six days, till all the pews were disposed of. In payment for each, two notes were taken, one running to the society for one-third the purchase money ; the other, for two-thirds the purchase money, running to the town, to constitute the fund provided for in the will of Mr. Thompson. In 1839, the town turned these notes over to the society. In 1855, this fund amounted to $800. The following is a list of the sales, in the order made, and the price of each :
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