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1782--1882 Centennial celebrations in two parts / edited by A.B. Davenport
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Congregational Church (North Stamford, Conn.) -- History
Raymond, Clarissa Davenport, 1782-1887
North Stamford (Stamford, Conn.) -- History
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This volume is a commemoraton of two contemporaneous 100th anniversary celebrations:<br />1) the founding of the North Stamford Congregational Church, and<br />2) the birthday of Mrs. Clarissa Davenport Raymond<br /><br />The North Stamford Congregational Church was established in 1782 as an offshoot of the original Church Society of Stamford.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.northstamfordchurch.org/history.html" href="http://www.northstamfordchurch.org/history.html">http://www.northstamfordchurch.org/history.html<br /><br /></a>Mrs. Clarissa Davenport Raymond was a descendent of John Davenport, the founder of the New Haven Colony, and was a parishioner of the North Stamford Church.<br /><br /><br /><a title="http://www.stamfordhistory.org/dav_john2.htm" href="http://www.stamfordhistory.org/dav_john2.htm">http://www.stamfordhistory.org/dav_john2.htm</a>
--Part I. An account of the observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the Congregational Church, North Stamford, Conn. June 6, 1882.--Part II. An account of the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of Mrs. Clarissa (Davenport) Raymond, of Wilton
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�REMARKS.
The American Squadron is anchored oppofite
Montville, within 4 miles of Norwich, and confid ered perfectly fafe from any attack.
FORT
GRISWOLD,
commanded by Major LEE, is a ftrong picketed
Fort, and erected on the fame cite where the fort
was during the revolutionary war. It is a com manding pofition, with ftrong baftions fronting the
river, and mounting extenfive batteries of heavy
cannon I 8 and 24 pounders; the height of this fort
is about I 50 feet above the level of the river, and
fo fituated as to pour on the decks of the enemy's
fhips in the chann!I, heavy fhot, grape and cannif ter, with 2 furnaces for heating balls, which in a
fhort time would fet them on fire or fend them to
the bottom.
THE WATER BATTERY,
is juft below Fort Griswold and is alfo a command -
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ing pofition mounted with heavy cannon and fituat cd about 75 feet above the level of the river.
FORT
TRUMBULL,
commanded by Capt. LATHROP,or RICHARDS,is a
fmall Fort but confidered impregnable; the walls
are 20 feet high and fixteca feet thick and able to
ftand the fire of the heavieft fuips in the Britifu
Navy. The river in a direct line between Fort
Trumbull and Fort Griswold, is about three quar ters of a mile wide, fo that every fuot from the Forts
on either fide would ftrike the enemy's fuips any
where within the entrance of the River. It would
be utterly impoffible for them to lay in the Channel
between the Forts.
THE
GARRISONS,
are compofed of detachments from Lt. Col. A. BENJAMIN'S3 7th Regt. of Infantry, and a company of
the 3d artillery. The troops are in a good ftate of
health and difcipline, and the officers commanding,
particularly Major LEE, are highly ref peclable.
The Forts will be well defended in cafe of an attack
by the enemy, which however is not at all proba ble, as they are well apprif ed of the ftate of prepa ration to receive them.
Lieut. Col. A. BENJAMINhas the care of the
recruiting fervice for the diftricl of New - London.
This gentleman is one of the remaining revolution -
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ary Officers, and has ferved under MONTGOMERY
and BUTLER; he has feen much fervice and is every
way calculated to promote the difcipline of his
corps, and to render important fervice to his Coun try. He has all the acl:ivity of a young man of 30
years of age, a man of known courage, prudent,
yet energetic, and as a further recommendation of
this gentleman he is a ftaunch republican and a
firm friend of the adminftration in words and ac lions. If he had been poffeffed of the controuling
power over our troops at the time of the attack on
Pettipaug the troops would not have advanced
from the garrifons at the late hour they did on that
occafion to attack the enemy. If Col. Benjamin
had received information of the enemy's attack at
IO o'clock he would not have delayed their march
till 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
He would not have
waited till the laft hour before he marched the
troops. He ,vould have headed them himfelf and
every man of the enemy would have been fecured,
and this is the general opinion amongft the
moft refpecl:able people in New - London. He has
no doubts about the juftice of the war; he is no
enemy to the adminiftration; he does not revile
them on all occafions as fome other officers do; he
will not favour the efcape of the enemy; he would
not have refufed the citizens a few pieces of flying
artillery to attack the enemy if they had called
l!pon him.
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THE
BLOCKADING
SQUADRON,
confifting ( generally as ftationary 1hips) of the La
Hogue 74, frigate Statira and Nimeon, were at anchor on Friday 15th ult. about 7 miles from NewLondon infide of Fifher and Plumb lflands.
They
occafionally up anchor and ftand in under full fail
for about a mile, no doubt for the purpofe of exciting alarm at New-London, but the people have got
over ufelefs fears as they have full reliance on the
protection of the forts, which no doubt are ample
fecurity againft any attack of the enemy.
N. B. At the entrance of the Harbor will be perceived
a little Island, with a tree upon it, which very much resem bles a Torpedo. It is two miles from Fort Trumbull, and
such good marksmen are they at the Fort, that they literally
took a limb off the tree by a cannon shot.
PETTYPAUG AFFAIR.
The foul ftain fixed forever on the prieft - rid den State of Connetl:icut, by the daftardly condutl:
of the inhabitants, in the affair at Pettypaug, will
be recorded on the page of hiftory to their everlafting fhame and difgrace. That 150 men, from the
enemy's fhips, ihould be permitted to land and deftroy fo much property, in open day, without refiftance, can be accounted for in no other way, than
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by the debafed ftate of the public mind in that State.
Although Massachusetts is funk in difgrace by the
deleterious efforts of a vile and unprincipled fac tion, yet fhe is not yet quite fo loft to honor, as to
hol<l up one cheek to be fmote, to fave the other;
or to make a daftardly bargain with the enemy, to
give up their valuable fhips, to fave a few pitiful
hamlets on the fea- fhore. Shame, fhame upon
fuch conduct. Let the war be juft or unjuft, no
people ever ought to difgrace themfelves by a mif erable and cowardly truce with the enemy.
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"The blockade of New London was kept up in 1814, and
as early as April a party of British seamen and marines,
in several small vessels ( each armed with a 9 or 12 pound er), under the Command of Lieutenant Coote, of the Royal
Navy, went up tlie Connecticut River in the evening, and
at four o'clock the next morning, ( April 8. 1814) landed
on Pautopaug Point, seven miles from the Sound, spiked
the heavy guns found there, and destroyed twenty two ves sels, valued at one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. At
ten o 'clock they went down the river two or three miles to
Brockway 's Ferry, where they indulged in similar incendiary sport. In the mean time a body of Militia, with some
marines and sailors from Decatur's vessels in the Thames,
under Oapta-in ,Jones and Lieutenant Biddle, gatliered on
the shore and endeavored to cut off tltefr retreat, but, under
cover ~f darkness that night, and w-ith the silence ~f mu.ffied
oars, they escaped. "
p.
( Lossings Pictorial
888. )
Field Book of the War of 1812. Chap. 88
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1814. New London. Pettypaug Point
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1 p. l., 6 f. facsim. 4to
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United States -- History -- War of 1812
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Brooklyn, N.Y., Privately printed, 1881
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50 Copies printed, No. 12, by Paul L. Ford
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A boy's adventures in the wilds of Australia : or, Herbert's note-book / by William Howitt
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DU102 .H83
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Australia -- Description and travel;Howitt, William, 1792-1879
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William Howitt (1792-1879), English poet and author, who with his wife, Mary (1799-1888) collaberated throughout a long literary career. In 1852, William and his two sons sailed for Australia, where they spent two years in the newly discovered goldfields. The trip resulted in three works, this volume, <em>Land, labor and Gold, or Two Years in Victoria </em>(1855), and <em>Tallengetta, The Squatter's Home </em>(1857). In these volumes, Howitt was writing to provide a clearer picture of life in Australia during the gold rush of the early 1850's and was interested in dispelling much of the romantic vision that Australian newspapers were promoting of life in the colony.<br /><br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howitt<br /><br /></a>
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Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1855
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BRIEF
I-IISTORICAL
SKETCH
OF THE
IN
CHAPLIN,
CT. ,
INCLUDING
THE CONFESSIONOF FAITH AND COVENANTS,
ADOPTED
BY
SAID · CHURCH
:
ALSO,
THENAMESOFALL PERSONS
ADMITTED
AS MEMBERS
,
SINCE IT S OR GANI ZATI ON.
l 8ublislJelJ bl! orlle. of tj)e Qi:lJui;clJ.
HARTFORD:
PRINTED BY ELIH U GEER, 26! STATE- STREET .
1840.
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�THE CHURCHOF C1rRIST IN CHAPLIN was organ ized by an Ecclesi as tical Council, convened at the
house of the Rev. DAvrn A vERY, in Mansfi eld, .( Chaplin Society) on the 31st day of May, 1810; at which
were present,
The Rev. NATHANWILLIAMS, D. D., of Tolland, .
"
" MosEs CooK \VELCH, ofNorth Mansfield,
''
'' HoLLIS SAMPSON,of Ashford, (Ea stford So"Ciet
y) with their respective Del ega tes.
The Rev. Dr. WILLIAMS was chosen Mod erato r, and
" Rev. Mr. WELCH, Scribe.
The Moderator opened the Council with pray er.
A..Committee of the several persons wishin g to be con;titutecl a Church, appeared before the Council and
)resented a Confession of Faith and Church Cove1ant, which were signed by fifteen individuals, ( eig ht
nal es and seven females,*) members of the First Con~regational Church in Ashford, and the Pr esbyterian
~hurch in Mansfield ; and solemnly assented to in
)resence of the Council. Whereupon, the Council,
pproving of said Confession and Covenant, proceedcl to incorporate the said fifteen persons into a Con-regational Church.
* Their
names will be found on page 19, being those printed in Italics .
NoTE, - Chaplin Ecclesiastical Society was incorporated October,
309. A Meeting-House was erected August 25th, 1814, and dedica.
d to the worship of Almighty God, September 27th, 1815-Sermon
, the Rev. Samuel P. Williams of South Mansfield, Con., from Gen .
is xxviii. 17.
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OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
PASTORS,
Rev. JARED ANDRUS,first Pastor, was ordained De. cernber 27th, 1820: and dismissed May 11th, 1830.
Rev. LENT S. HouGH, second Pastor was ordained
August 17th, 183 1 : and dismissed December 20th,
1836 .
Rev. ERASTUSDrcn:rnsoN, third P asto r, was installed
October 25th, 1837.
�bFFiCERS OF THE CHURCH.
DEACONS.
EBENEZER CARY
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.
and
were ch os~n Deacons D eNATHANIELMosELEY,
cember 31st, 1811.
ELKANAHBARTON, was chosen Deacon -,
RoGER CLARK, w as chosen Deacon Nov. 25th,
DARIUS KNIGHT, wa s chosen Deacon July 5th,
JARED CLARK, was chosen Deacon Jan. 20th,
1816.
1819 .
1822.
1832 .
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CONFE;SSION OF FAITH.
You ( and each of yon) believe that the Scriptures of
t?e Old and New Testament are given by inspirat1~11of God ; (1) and that they are a perfect rule of
faith and practice.(2) You believe that the Scriptures
teach the following important doctrines :
·
I. That there is one Goel, (3) the Father, the Son,
(1) 2 Tim. iii. 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness. 2d Pet. i. 20, 21. Knowing this first, that no prophecy
For the prophecy
of the scripture is of any private int~rpretation.
came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Heb. i. 1, 2. God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he bath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
worlds.
(2) 2d Tim. iii. 17. That the man of God may be perfect, thorough·
ly furnished unto all good works. Ps. xii . 6. The words of the Lord
are pure words : as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven
times. Ps. exix. 104, 105. Through thy precepts I get understand.
ing: therefore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. xix. 7 - 11. The law of the Lord
is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, ,rejoicing
the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the
eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: the judgments
of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are
they than gold, ye,a, than much fine gold : ~weeter also than honey and
the honey comb. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and in
keeping of them there is great reward. Prov. xxx. 5. Every word of
God is pure. Prov. vi. 23. For the commandment is a lamp ; and the
law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
(3) Deut. vi. 4. Hear, 0 Israel : The Lord our Gou is one Lord.
Ps. lxxxvi. 10. For thou art great, and doest wondrous thir.gs : thou
art God alone. See also Neb. ix. 6.
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and the Holy Ghost, (1) who possesses all perfection,
natural and moral, who created the world, (2) and
who governs it according to his own will. (3)
II. That since the Apostacy of Adam, men are
naturally in a state of rebellion against Goel (4) in
(1) Matt. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, bapti,
zing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. 2d. Cor. xiii. 14: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Amen. 1 John v. 7: For there are three that bear record in heaven;
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one ,
1st Pet. i. 2 : Elect according to the foreknow ledge of God the Father;
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of
the blood of Jesus Christ.
Gen. iii. 22. And the Lord God said, Be•
hold, the man is became as one ofus, to know good and evil.
(2) Isa. xi. 28. Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that
the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary?
Rev. iv. 11: Thou art worthy, 0
Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power : for thou hast created
all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Sec also
Isa. xxxvii. 16.
(3) Ps. cxv. 3. But our God is in the heavens: he hath done what.
soever he pleased. Dan. iv. 34, 35. And I (Nebuchadnezzar) blessed
the Mbst High, and I praised and honored him that liveth forever,
whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from
generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: And he doeth according to his will in the army of
heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his
hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
See also 2d Chron. xx. 6.
(4) Ps. xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the
children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek
after God. They are all gone aside, they are altogether become filthy ;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one,
Rom. viii. 7, 8. Because
the carnal mind is enmity against God : for it is not subject to the
law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh
Ps. !viii. 3. The wicked are estranged from the
cannot please God.
womb; they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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trespasses and sins, (1) and deserving everlasting
punishment. (2)
HI. That in the riches of his grace, God has opened a door through the mediation of his Son Jesus
Christ, for the recovery of man from ruin ; (3) and that
the Lord Jesus, who is both God and Man, (4) is the
only Redeemer of God's Elect.(5)
(1) Eph. ii. 1- 3. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins ; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience : Among
whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our
flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind ; and were by
nature children of wrath, even as others.
(2) Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not con.
suroed, because his compassions fail not. Rom. ii. 6 - 9. Who will
render to every man according to his deeds : To them who by patient
continuance in well.doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality ; eternal life : But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey
the truth, but obey unrighteousness; indignation and wrath, tribula.
tion and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil. Rev. xx.
13. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it: and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged
every man according to their works.
(3) John iii. 16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in qim, should not perish, but
have everlasting life. 1st Tim. i. 15. This is a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners. Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to
make intercession for them, See also Heb. ix. 15.
(4) Heb. i. 8. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, 0 God, is
forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. John i. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. Isa. ix. 6. For unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his
shoulder; and bis name shall be called Wonderful, Co~nsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Matt.
i, 23. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
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IV. That unrenewed men will never humble thei~
souls before God and embrace the offered Saviour,
without the special influences of the Holy Spirit upon
i
their hearts. (1)
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
RQm. ix. 5. Whose arc the fathers, and of whom, as
God with us.
concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, Gocf bles&ed for
ever. Amen.
Phil. ii. 6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it
not robbery to be equal with God.
Col. i. 15. Who is the image of
the invisible God, the first born of every creature.
Col. ii. 9. For in
him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily . 1 Tim. iii. 16. And
without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was mani.
fest in the flesh. See also Tit. ii. 10. Heb. vii. 24.
( 5) Acts iv. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other : for there is
none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved.
(1) John v. 40. And ye will not com!} to me, that ye might have
life. Rom. viii. 7, 8. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then
they that are in the flesh cannot please God. E.i:ek. xxxvii. 9. Thus saith
the Lord God, Come from the four winds, 0 breath, and breathe upon
these slain, that they may live. John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing . Jer. xxxi. 3. I have loved thee
with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn
thee. John i. 13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Tit. iii. 5, 6. Not by works
of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy
Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our
2 Cor. iii. 3. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be
Saviour.
the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with
the Spirit of the living God. John iii. 6. That which is born of the
flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Rom.
viii. 5. For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh :
but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
John vi.
44. No man can come to me, except the Father, which hath sent me,
draw him.
1st Cor. ii. 14. But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God : for they arc foolishness unto him : neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Ephes. ii.
4, 5, But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he
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V. That the Elect are kept amidst the temptations
and dangers of this world by the power of God,
through faith, unto Salvation. (1)
VI. That the Salvation of the Elect, while they are
under the highest obligation to live in all holy conversation and godliness, (2) is, from beginning to end, entirely of grace. (3)
loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
with Christ. Rom vii. 18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)
dwelleth no good thing.
(1) 1st Pet. i. 5. Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. Job xvii. 9. The
righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
Prov. iv. 18. But the path of the just
is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
John vi. 37. All that the father giveth me, shall come to me. John x.
27, 28. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
me: And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out ofmy hand. Rom. viii. 38, 39. For
I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor heigh th,
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the
love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Phil. i. 6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you,
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Eph. ·iv. 30. And grieve
not the Holy Spirit of vod, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Jer. xxxii. 40. And I will make an everlasting covenant
· with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but
I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Ps. xxxvii. 23, 24. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord :
and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly
cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Heb. vii.
25. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come
unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
(2) Phil. i. 27. Only let your conversation be as it becometh the
gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I
may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one
mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. Phil. iii. 20. For
onr conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Sav-
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VII. That the Great Head of the Church hath ap~
pointed the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's ·
Supper to be observed in the Church to the end of
the world: (l) the former of which ought to be ad ministe red to visible Christians and their households
iour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. vi. 19, 20. What! know ye not
that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a
price: therefor e glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's. Tit. ii. 12. Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and world.
ly lusts, we should live soberly, right eously, and godly, in this present
world. Eph. v. 15. See that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but
as wise.
Col. iv. 6. Let your speech be always with grace.
Rom.
xii. 1, 2. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies al iving sac rifi ce, holy, acceptab le unto God,
which is your reasonable service . And be not conformed to this world :
but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
(3) Eph. ii. 8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. 2d Tim. i. 9. Who hath saved
us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ
J esus before the world began. lstCor. iv. 7. For who mak et h thee to
differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ?
now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not
received it ?
(1) Acts ii. 38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be b:iptized eve ry one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the rem ission of
sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. - 1st Cor. xi.
23 - 26. For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered
unto you, That the Lord J esus, the same night in which he was betray.
ed, took bread : And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,
Take, eat; this is my body, whicl;i is broken for you : this do in rem embra nce of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when
he had supped, saying, This cup is the New T esta ment in my blood:
For as often as
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance ofme.
ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew th e Lord's death till he
come.
Lev. xviii. 4, 5. Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. Ye shall the refore
keep my statutes and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live
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only: (1) the latter, to none but visible Christians: (2)
and that it is by conformity of heart and life to the rein them : I am the Lord. Deut. v. 32. Ye shall observe to do therefore
as the Lord your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside to
the right hand or to the left. Deut. xxviii. 14. And thou shalt not go
aside from any of the words which !command thee this day, to the right
hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
John xiv.
21. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that
lov.eth me: and he that loveth m~ shall be loved of my Father ; and I
will love him, and will manifest mys elf to him.
(1) Gen. xvii. 7 - 11. And I will establish my covenant between me
and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlast !
ing covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed aft er thee. And
I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou
art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an ever laiiting possession;
and I will be their God. And God said m~to Abraham, Thou shalt
keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed aft er th ee, in their gen.
erations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me, and
you, and thy seed after thee ; Every man-child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcis e the flesh of your foreskin ; and it
shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you . Rom. xv.
8. Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for
the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers :
Gal. iii. 17. And this I say, That the covenant that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none
effect. Gal. iii. 7 - 9 and 29. Know ye therefore, that they which are
of faith, the same ar e the children of Abraham.
And the scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached
before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be
blessed. So then th ey which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abra.
ham. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs ac.
cording to the promis e. Mark x. 13, 14. And they brought young chil.
dren to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked
those thaj; brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much dis.
pleased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Acts xvi.
15 and 33. Aud when she (Lydia ) was baptized, and her househeld, she
besought us, saying, If ye have juciged me to be faithful to the Lord,
come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. ·-And.
(the Jailer) was baptized, he and all !tis, straightway . 1st Cor. i.
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quirements of the .Gospel, that believers obtain evidence that they are the redeemed children ·of God. (3)
VIII. That at the end of the world the Lord Jesus
will raise the dead, and judge both the right eous and
the ,.vicked according to their deeds in this life; (1)
that he will rece ive the righteous in both soul
16. And I baptiz ed also the lwuselwld of Stephanas.
1st Cor. vii.
14. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the un.
believ ing wife is sanct ified by the husband; else were your children
unclean; but now are they holy.
(2) 1st Cor. v. 7, 8. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye
may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.
For even Christ our -passo.
ver is sacrificed for us : Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old
leav en, neith er with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the
unleav (lned bread of sincerity and truth.
1st Cor. xi . 28 . But let a
man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of
that cup. 2d Cor. xi ii. 5. Examine yourselves whether ye be in the
faith; pro ve your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
(3) John xiv. 15, 21, 23. If ye love me, keep my commandments.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that lov.
eth me : and he that lov eth me shall be loved of my Father; and I will
love him, and will manifest myself to him. Jesus answered and said
unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words ; and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with
him. John xv . 10, 14. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in
my love; eve n as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide
in his lov e. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you,
1st John v. 2, 3. By this we know that we love the children of God,
when we lov e God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love
of God, that we keep his commandments.
1st John iii . 24. And he
that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him . And
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the spirit which he hath given us.
(1) Acts xxiv . 15. And have hope toward God, which they them·
selves also allow, that there shall be a resurr ection of the dead, both of
the just and unjust.
John v. 28, 29. Marvel not at this: for the hour
is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
And shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection
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and body to dwell with him in eternal glory; (2) and
that he -will separate the wicked in both soul and
b'ody to everlasting puni shment. (3)
of life; and th ey that have done evil, unto the resurr ectio n of damnation, Matt. xvi. 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his
Fath er, with his angels, and th en he shall reward every man according to his works. R ev. xx. 12. And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God : and th e books were opened : and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of
those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
(2) 1st Th ess . iv. 16, 17. For the L ord hims elf shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trum ·p
of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : Then we which are
alive and remain shall be caught up tog eth er with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Phil, iii. 21. Who sha ll chang e our vile body, that it may be fashioned
like unto his glorious body. 2d Cor. iv. 14. Knowing that he which
raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also by J esus, and shall present us with you.
(3) Matt . x. 28. And fear not them which kill the body, but are
not. able to kill th e soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell. Dan. xii. 2. And many of them that sleep
in the dust of th e earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlast ing contempt. 2d Th ess. i. 7 - 9. When the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heav en with his mighty ang els, In flaming
fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Chri st : who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the pres ence of the Lord, and from the glory
of his power.
��COVENANTS.
I.
COVENANT
WITH
GOD.
Applying the foregoing doctrines to your own souls,
you, (and each of you) do now in a solemn and humble sense of your duty to obey God in the gospel of
his Son, confess, before God and men, your sins, and
dedicate yourself (selves) to him. You confess that
you have greatly sinned in thought, in word, and in
deed, against God, against his holy Law, and against
his grace ; that you are verily guilty before God, and
that he would have been just had he cast you off forever. Though your sins have been a grievous burden upon your heart, yet you humbly hope that they
are removed by the application of the blood bf Immanuel. You now desire heartily to repent, and trust
you do repent of all your sins. You account it a
wonder of grace that a Saviour has been provided. for
so great a sinner as yourself; and you now receive
the Lord Jesus as your only Saviour on the terms of
the gospel. You forsake the world, that you may follow Christ.
Encouraged • and strengthened by the
grace of-God, you now declare your acceptance of
his covenant of grace, giving yourself (selves) up in
all your powers of body and soul, to God the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, to love, to serve, and to
enjoy him ; and trusting in his grace for strength, you
covenant and promise to forsal-.e sin, and to walk in
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his ordinances blameless. You confess your sins,
give yourself (selves) up to God, and promise henceforth to serve him.
(Here tke ordinance of Baptism will be adrnir~istered.)
II.
COVENANT
WITH
THE
CHURCH.
Inasmuch as the Church are willing to receive you
to their fellowship and communion, you do now give
yourself (selves) up to this Church of God, to walk in
Christian love, fellowship and communion vrith them.
You promise that you will use your efforts to uphold
the
orship of God in the Church, submitting yourself (selves) to the discipline of Christ according
to his word; that you will receive with meekness and
love, the Christian exhortation, admonition and reproof of the Church, and that you will use your endeavors to encourage and to animate the Church to
live in the love of God, fervent in Spirit, serving the
. Lord : Thus you covenant with this Church.
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III.
THE CHURCH
COVENANT
WITH
THE CANDIDATE.
(Mernbers of tke Ch:wrcliwill kere rise.)
We, the Church of God, do now receive you to our
Christian fellowship and communion, and do covenant and agree to treat you as ( one efthe) members
of Christ with us, and to watch over you for God, in
Christian love ; praying that you and we may be
found faithful, and let our light shine before others ;
and thus be trained up, by living to God here, so as
to have a happy meeting in the kingdom of our common Lord, Amen.
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his ordinances blameless.
You confess your sins,
give yourself {selves) up to God, and promise henceforth to serve him.
(Here the ordinance of Baptism will be ad•rninistered.)
II.
COVENANT
WITH
THE
CHURCH
.
Inasmuch as the Church are willing to receive you
to their fellowship and communion, you do now give
yourself {selves) up to this Church of God, to walk in
Christian love, fellowship and communion with them.
You promise that you will use your efforts to uphold
the
orship of God in the Church, submitting yourself (selves) to the discipline of Christ according
to his word ; that you will receive with meekness and
love, the Christian exhortation, admonition and reproof of the Church, and that you will use your endeavors to encourage and to animate the Church to
live in the love of God, fervent in Spirit, serving the
,Lord : Thus you covenant with this Church.
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III.
THE CHURCH
COVENANT
WITH
THE
CANDIDATE.
(Members of tlie Ch.wrch.
will h.ererise.)
We, the Church of God, do now receive you to our
Christian fellowship and communion, and do covenant and agree to treat you as ( one ef the) members
of Christ with us, and to watch over you for God, in
Qhristian love ; praying that you and we may be
found faithful, and let our light shine before others ;
and thus be trained up, by living to God here, so as
to have a happy meeting in the kingdom of our common Lord ,-, Amen.
�Cl\.TALOGUE
Date of Admission.
Members admitted.
May 31, 1810,
Rev. David Avery,
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Hannah Avery,
I Israel
Clark,
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I Elkanah
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Carey,
Barton,
I Nathaniel
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I James
Moseley,
Clark,
..Clark,
I Hosea
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Francis Clark,
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By Incorporation.
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Deaths and Removals.
Died Feb. 15th, 1817.
Jan, 15th, 1837.
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April 20th, 1811,
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Sept. 30th, 1818.
March 2d, 1816.
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May 26th, 1829.
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Dec, 3d, 1816.
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April-,
1832.
Oct. 11th, 1838.
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�Date of Admission.
May 31, 1810.
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Members admitted .
Sarah Carey,
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How admitted.
By l..!_lcorporation.
Esther Moseley,
Clark,
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I Jerusha
Clark, 2d.,
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1 Zen,iah
'Clark,
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Sally Clark,
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Desire Pond,
Recom'd from Ch. in Ashford Ct.
May 2, 1813.
Wm. H. Smith,
By Profession.
Jan. 2, 1814.
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Sa,rafr White,
Damaris Storrs,
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Died Jan. 4th, 1830.
Jan , 7, 1812.
July 21, 1813.
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By Profession.
C. Smith,
Jan. 6th, 1829.
Recom'd to Church in Brookfield,
Ms., 1817.
Anna Barton,
I Mary
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1 Jerusha
Deaths and Removals.
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March 15th, 1832.
May 12th, 1829.
Nov. 24th, 1840.
Recom'd to the Church in Providence, R. I., 1816,
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Nov. 6, 1814.
Ebenezer Churchill,
By Profession.
Sept. 29, 1816.
Elijah Walcott,
Recm'd fr. Ch. Williamstown,Vt. Died Nov. 28th, 1823.
Matthew Smith,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Windham,Ct.
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Recom'd from Ch. in Ashford, Ct, IDied March 16th, 1830.
Sarah Moseley,
I Joseph
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Moseley,
Moseley,
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Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
Roswell Bill,
I Rebecca
Moseley,
I Louisa
Moseley,
I Joseph
Martin,
I Eleaz er
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Bill,
I Josiah
Bingham,
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Bingham,
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I Aaron
Goodell,
Settled in the ministry.
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March 29th, 1823.
�Dato or Admission.
Sept. 29, 1816.
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Membc!"' ndmltted.
Lucy Ford,
Oct. 27, 1816.
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I Lydia
For d,
I Chloe
Goodell,
Elizabeth Martin, 2d.,
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Betsey Bill,
Esth er Clark,
I Nabby
Martin,
Joel Day-,
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Deaths and Removals.
IDied April 15th, 1830.
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Sally Ashley,
Arabella Martin,
Feb. 12; 1818.
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Lydia Ashley,
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Recm'd fr. Ch. in H ampton, Ct.
Eliz iiheth Martin,
Oct. 20, 1816. ,J onathan Ashley,
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How ndmltt cd.
By Profession.
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Nov. 30th, 1831.
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Aug. 23d, 1832.
March 9th, 1838.
IRecm'd to Ch. Brookfield,Vt.'27.
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IRecm'd to Ch. Westminster, Ct.
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ISarah Day,
J eremiah White,
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Died March 3d, 1840.
By Profes~ion.
Excommunicated, Nov. 4, 1832.
Elizabeth White,
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Luther Ashley,
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Eliza Ashley,
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I E rastus
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Rindge,
Chloe Rindge,
Sept. 15, 1819. E lisha Walcott,
Died May 18th, 1818. .
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Dec. 20, 1828.
Recom'd to Church iD Albany,
N. Y., 1835.
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Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
By Profession.
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James Utley,
Oct. 17, 1819.
Roger Clark,
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Lydia Clark,
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Darius Knight,
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E lizabeth Knight ,
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�Members Admllted .
l>ate of Admission.
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Oct, 17, 1819.
ICynthia
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Nov. 12, 1819,
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Nov. 14, 1819.
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1 Elizabeth
1 Sophia
1 Laura
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Bellows,
Morgan,
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1 Betsey
Clark,
Moulton,
I Clarissa
Bingham,
March 17, 1820, I Sarah Hough,
1824.
Recm'd to Ch. in Bolton, Ct. '26.
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Dec. 19th, 1834.
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May 15th, 1823.
By Profession.
Chester Storrs,
1 Isaac
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Lois Robbins,
Amos Clark,
Died --
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IWilliam Clark,
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Deaths and Removals.
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct. Recm'dto Ch. in Bolton,Ct. '26,
Clark,
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Morgan,
How Admitted .
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. Recom'd from Church in Canter- IDied Jan. 14th, 1831.
burr, Ct.
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�March 17, 1820. \ Hannah Clark,
March 19.
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Francis P. Clark,
' Esther Moseley,
1 Ann
Moseley,
I Susan
I Julia
Clark,
Storrs,
Recm'd from ch. in Killingly,Ct.
By Profession.
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May 3.
Phebe Utley,
Recm'd from ch. in Ashford,Ct.
May 7.
Enoch Pond,
By Profession.
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Deborah Rindge,
I Eunice
Holt,
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1 Anna
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I Atarest
Moulton,
I Lovina
Utley,
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Holt,
1 Sylvia
Bingham,
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Recm'd to Ch. in Ashford, Ct. '26.
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Enfield,Ct. 1827.
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IDied January
15th, 1829.
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Died Sept. 29, 1824.
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Recm'd to Ch. in Union, Ct. 27.
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Thompson, Ct. '32.
�Members admitted,
Date of admission.
May 7, 1820.
"
"
1
How admitted.
l
Deaths and Remo'fall.
Elvira M. Pond,
By Profession.
Mary Ross,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Mansfield, Ct, IDied March 4th, 1838.
Lucy Whittemore,
"
.July 9.
Nehemiah Holt,
By Profession.
Aug. 23.
Eunice Clark,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
" May 15th, 1833.
July 1, 1821.
Phinehas Ford,
By Profession.
" June 7th, 1837.
"
Nov. 11.
"
Jan. 6, 1822.
Mary Ford,
I Luther Ripley,
I Emma
A. Moseley,
IAbel Ross,
"
Roxana Ross,
Aug. 18.
\ Lucy Ashley,
Oct. 13.
Catharine Barton,
Died June 7th, 1824.
"
" Dec. 9th, 1829.
"
j Died June 4th, 1836.
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
By Profession.
"
I
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct. Recm'd to Ch.Hampton, Ct. '28.
Rec. fr. Ch. in Wilbraham, Mass.
t¢
�Nov. 3, 1822.
"
Sept. 7, 1823.
"
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"
"
"
"
"
"
"
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I
By Profession.
Joel Fuller,
Alice Fuller,
IErastus Hough,
Joseph Moseley,
I Isaac
Goodell,
I
Cyrus Moseley,
I
Heman Clark,
I Thomas
I Sarah
Hough,
Hough, 2d.
I Ebenezer
I Orin
Robbins,
Witter,
1 Warren
1 Daniel
1Jared
I
Morgan,
Fuller,
Clark,
I
I
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
I
Died April 5th, 1840.
Recm'd to Ch. Ashford, Ct. '26.
Died May 24th,' 1835.
1:-:>
...;z
"
"
"
"
"
Recm'd to ch. Enfield, Ct. '27.
Excom. Sept. 16th, 1832.
�Date of Admission,
How admitted.
Members admilted.
By Profession.
Sept. 7, 1823. /JoelFulJe,,J,.
"
Samuel S. Snow,
"
1E noch Pond, Jr .
"
"
"
1Joseph C. Martin,
!Morris Church,
1Lucius C. Utley,
"
!Susannah C. Chaplin,
"
l
1John E. White,
"
"
"
"
"
1James R. Utley ,
IAnna E aton,
I
"
Deaths and Removals.
Recm'd to Ch. Ma.'rlboro'Ct. '34.
Excom. June 22d, 1834.
Restored Sept. 11th, 1840.
I
Recm'd to Ch. Brooklyn,Ct. '36.
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
!Eunice Ripley,
"
ISarah C. Soule,
"
Excluded Nov. 5th, 1840.
Recm'dtoCh. Hampton,Ct. '37.
I
Died Sept. 9th, 1828.
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�Sept. 7, 1823.
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I Electa
Moseley,
I Hannah
I
1 Lydia
Clark, 2d.
IMarilla Bingham,
Lucy Day,
I
Laura Ford,
1 Lucy
Ford,
Sarah R. Fuller,
t
"
1 William
"
"
Morgan,
Philendia -Morgan,
"
Nov.2.
"
"
Sarah Moseley,
"
"
"
By Profession.
Sarah Ann Andrus,
I Earl
M. Bingham,
Ross,
1 Frederick
W. Morgan,
I Died Dec. 25th, 1833.
Rec'd to Ch. Mishawaka, Ia. '37.
Recm'd to Ch. Bolton,·ct. '26.
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IDied Nov. 3d, 1824.
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Excommun;eated,
Deo,1829,
Recm'd to ch. Bolton. Ct. '26,
i,.:,
c:.c
�Nov. 2, 1823.
"
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"
"
"
How admitted.
Members Admitted.
Uate of Admission.
Daniel Holt,
1
Elisha B. Moseley,
1
Jason Walton,
1
Margaret Ashley,
1
Abigail Stiles,
1
Mary Ann D. Robbins,
1 Lydia
S. Hewitt,
Died June 14th, 1833.
0
Died Oct. 14th, 1833.
By Profession.
"
Sept. 5, 1825.
Elizabeth Cuff,
"
Andrew Washburn,
•
Recm'd to Ch. Willington,Ct. '36.
Recom'd fr. Ch. Shepard1t'n,Va.
Almira Rindge,
Sept. 25.
Recm'd to Ch. Coventry, Ct.' 31.
"
"
May 2.
Arunah Brown,
Recm'd to Ch. Ashford, Ct. '26.
"
"
"
Selenda Rindge,
I
Rec'd to Ch. Glastenbury,Ct.'37.
By Profession.
Jan 4, 1824.
July 10.
Deaths and Removals.
I
" April 13th, .1838.
•
Recm'd fr. Ch. Westminster, Ct.
" Oct. 4th, 1829.
I
Recm'd to Ch. in Cheny Vallfily,
N. Y., 1827,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct. Recm'd to Ch. Roxbury, Vt. '31.
�Recm'd fr. Ch.in Hampton, Ct. t Recm'd to Ch. Roxbury, Vt. '31.
Sept. 25, 1825. Lucy Washburn,
Dec. 2, 1826.
Ephraim Kingsbury,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Coventry, Ct.
Nov. 18, 1827.
Roswell Bill, Jr.
Recom' d fr. Ch; in Mansfield, Ct.
"
"
Sept. 7, 1828.
'
"
Olive Bill,
1
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Ashford, Ct.
Florenda Witter,
IBenjamin
By Profession.
Chaplin,
Daniel B. Martin,
"
"
"
1
Roswell R. Snow,
1
Ardelia Fuller,
"
1
Anna Ford,
I
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1
Harriet Martin,
I
.
"
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"
1 Roxana
I Eliza
1
Ashley,
Ashley,
Elvira Clark,
"
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"
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Recm'd to Ch. Yale College,'3~.,...
Rec'd to Ch.Charlestown,Ms.'40
Died March 31st, 1837 •
Recm'd to Ch. in Union, Ct. '38.
�Date of Admission.
I
Sept. 7, 1828.
IEmily Goodell,
"
"
Nov. 2.
"
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"
Members rulmltted.
I
I Philo Washburn,
I
Emeline Washburn,
I
Margaret S. Pond,
1 Almira
1 Lydia
D. Ashley,
"
Austin Ross,
"
I Asenat:1 Utley,
I
Sally Ashley,
Joseph Foster, Jr.
Rec'd to Ch. in Hartford, Ct. '39.
Excommunicated March 1839.
"
Holt,
IWilliam Ross,
"
"
"
Mary Jane Hurlbut,
"
Recm'd to ch. inRoxbury,Vt. '31.
"
"
Died March 31, 1839.
Recm'd to ch. Brooklyn, Ct. '36;
"
"
I
Deaths and Removals.
Died Jan. 27th, 1834.
By Profession.
Emily Fuller,
March 3, 1829.
Aug. 30.
How Admitted.
"
"
Recm'd fr. ch. in Hampton, Ct.
"
c,.,
�Aug. 30, 1829. Christiana Foster,
Recom'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
Jan. 9, 1831.
Stephen Ford,
By Profession.
Sept. 4.
Lucy E. Snow,
"
Mary E. Clark,
Jan. 1, 1832.
"
"
Jonathan H. Ashley,
1
Beza Soule,
1
Ivory Soule,
"
"
1 Eleazer
I Calvin
Day,
"
"
"
"
"
1 Edwin
C. Searls,
Bingham, Jr.
1 Amy
Moseley,
1 Patty
Church,
1
Lucy G. Clark,
1 Fi delia
Rindge,
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Died March 29th, 1838.
" June 24th, 1836.
" Jan. 4th, 1835.
Recm'd to Ch. Pomfret, Ct. '40.
co
co
�How admitted,
Members admitted.
Date of Admission.
I
Deaths and Removals.
Jan. 1, 1832.
Mary Goodell,
By Profession.
"
"
Caroline Eaton,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Ashford, Ct.
Hannah S. Hough,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Northford, Ct. Rec'd to Ch. Woodstock, Ct. '37
March 4.
"
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"
"
"
"
t
I Sally
t
Celia M. Cortis,
t
Sarah Ann Utley,
t
Martha Colburn,
I Amos
I
By Profession.
Thomas,
"
"
"
W. Snow,
Sumner P. White,
"
I
..
I Philo
Ford,
I
1 John
K. Utley,
I
"
"
1 William
Utley,
' Augustus A. Clark,
l
Rec'd to Ch. Monticello,N.Y.'36.
Rec'd to Ch. Brooklyn, Ct. '33
Rec'd to Ch. Coventry, R.I. '41.
Excommunicated Jan. 1838.
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IRec'd to Ch.in N.Y. City, 1839,
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If.
�May 6, 1832.
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June 3.
May 4, 1834.
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IEsther Moulton,
Lucy Robinscm,
I Da~aris
C. Storrs,
I Zerviah Soule,
IElijah Moseley,
David A. Gri 15gs,
1
Nathan Griggs,
I George
1 Ann
Griggs,
Cheney,
July 5, 1835.
ICyrus Moseley,
"
Ann Moseley,
By Profession,
I
"
"
Recm'd fr. Ch.N.Brookfield, Ms.
By Profession.
"
"
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Mansfield, Ct.
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Ashford, Ct.
"
IPolly M. Ripley,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Woodstock,Ct.
Nov. 3.
Asahel Sessions,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
1 Clarissa
Sessions,
IDied Nov. 9th, 1835.
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Abington, Ct.
May 1, 1837.
"
•
"
IRecm'd to Ch. in N.Y. City, '39.
\
�Date of admission.
Membersadmitted.
Nov. 3, 1837.
How admitted.
Clarissa Bingham,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
Otis Whiton,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Westford, Ct.
Sophia Whiton,
Recm'd from Ch. in Hampton,Ct.
Maria B. Dickinson,
Recm'd fr. Ch. in Canton, Ms.
Matilda Clark,
Reem\! fr. Ch. in Westford, Ct.
May 6.
Sophronia Swift;
By Profession.
May 13.
Betsey Robbins,
Recm'd from Ch. in Ashford, Ct.
Aug. 18.
Isaac Clark,
Rec'd fr. Ch. in Westminster,Ct.
Oct. 22.
"
Dec. 31.
Feb. 18, 1838.
"
Susan T. Clark,
Sept. 2.
Elizabeth Griggs,
"
Lucy P. Griggs,
"
1 Lora
"
1
A. Martin,
Salome Tuttle,
I
I
Deaths and Removal!.
I!J£..'£c~el,<-o/
.;!t.S',.
"
By Profession.
l
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"
I
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�Sept,2, 1838.
l
Caroline F. Northrop,
"
"
"
Nov.4.
Sophronia Cortis,
I Olive
1
M. Fuller,
William W. Ripley,
l George Clark,
ti
I Emeline
"
I Adaline
E. Northrop,
E. Northrop,
May 3, 1839.
Moses S. Bowdish,
May 2, 1840.
Lora Swift,
"
July 5.
"
Sept. 13.
"
By Profession,
"
"
"
"
Recm'd to Ch. Enfield, Ct. '40.
"
"
Rec'd to Ch. Willimantic,Ct.'40.
"
Recom'd fr.Ch. in Mansfield, Ct.
"
Sarah Bingham,
IErastus Rindge,
Rccm'd fr. Ch. in Albany, N. Y.
Chloe Rindge,
"
l
Stephen F. Burnham,
Ann Burnham,
I
By Profession.
"
�Sept. 13, 1840.
"
"
It
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Ilow admitted.
Members admitted.
Date of Admission.
Emeline Fisk,
1 Julia
I Mary
Clark, 2nd.,
Ann Clark,
Eliza Clark,
1 Nancy
M. Hunt,
1 Sarilla
Peaster,
1 Jerusha
B. Snow,
1 Angeline
M. Ross,
1 Betsey M.
Cortis,
Deaths and Removals.
By Profession.
Charles L. Fisk,
1 Phebe
I
I
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I
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I
"
I
"
"
"
,,
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1 Alice
Smith,
I
1 Mary
L. Smith,
I
1 Isaac
Eaton,
I
I
00
�Sept. 13, 1840.1 Maria Eaton,
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
1
1
jBy Profession.
David G. Cory,
Ephraim W. Day,
I Daniel
A. Griggs,
I
I
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
1
Appleton M. Griggs,
I
1
John W. Griggs,
I
1
Charles E. Griggs,
I Charles
M. Backus,
1Thomas
P. Northrop,
1 Walte1·Goodell,
"
"
I
I
I
1
Sally W. Goodell,
I
1
Mary Ann Barton,
I
1
Jane E. Barton,
I
"
I
"
1 Cornelia
Witter,
1
c:>
�Date of admission.
Sept. 13, 1840.
How admitted.
Members admitted.
Cornelia E. Walcott,
By Profession.
"
Sarah A. Ashley,
"
"
George Ashley,
"
Gilbert Ashley,
"
"
"
George Soule,
"
"
A. Lucien Weld,
"
"
Danforth U. Ford,
Roswell B. Walcott,
Grosvenor Clark,
"
Laura A. Clark,
"
Sophia H. Clark,
"
"
Susan T. Clark, 2nd.,
Cornelia Clark,
Deaths and Removals.
"
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"
"
"
"
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�Sept. 13, 1840. (ulia Clark,
Nov. 1.
"
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Frederick Storrs,
.......
CatharineE. Storrs,
1
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"
"
"
Seth S. Chapman,
I SalomeSimons,
I TheodoreD.
Clark,
"
"
I CorneliusE.
Hough,
"
"
"
"
"
PollyM. Rhodes,
,:
"
"
ByProfession.
Lydia S. Rhodes,
"
"
"
I
I
AmasaRhodes,
"
"
Sarah R. Northrop,
I
1 Eliza Knight,
"
I
1Mary A.
"
I
"
I
"
1
Fisk,
Mary E. Robbins,
I
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�Date of admission.
Nov. 1, 1840.
"
I
Membersadmitted.
Charles A. Kingsbury,
Julius Church,
"
1 Eunice
A. Church,
"
1 Sophia
Cory,
Jan. 3, 1841.
\ Jabez C. Fitch,
I
May 2, 1,i,W,,,, · Harvey Lummis,
"
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Howadmitted.
By Profession.
1
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Rec'd from Ch. in Brooklyn, Ct.
Rec'd fr. Ch. in Willimantic, Ct.
Rec'd fr. Ch. in Hampton, Ct.
Lucretia Lummis,
"
Abigail T. Clark,
Rec'd fr. Ch. N. Mansfield, Ct.
:£~
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Deaths and Removals.
l':)
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�Date of Admission.
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How admitted.
Deathsand Removals.
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OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
PASTORS,
Rev. JARED ANDRUS,first Pastor, was ordained De . cember 27th, 1820: and dismissed May 11th, 1830.
Rev. LENT S. HouGH, second Pastor was ordained
August 17th, 1831 : and dismissed December 20th,
1836.
Rev. ERASTUSDrcKINSON,third Pastor, was installed
October 25th, 1837.
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A brief historical sketch of the Church of Christ, in Chaplin, Ct., : including the confession of faith and covenants, adopted by said church: : also, the names of all persons admitted as members, since its organization. / Published by order of the Church
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Church of Christ (Chaplin, Conn.)
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The church was established in 1810 by 15 persons from the First Congregational Church in Ashford and the Presbyterian Church in Mansfield. The first pastor was the Reverend Jared Andrus.<br /><br />The church's website is at :<br /><a title="http://www.chaplinchurch.org/" href="http://www.chaplinchurch.org/">http://www.chaplinchurch.org/<br /><br /><br /><br /></a>Information about the town of Chaplin,Connecticut is at :<br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaplin,_Connecticut" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaplin,_Connecticut">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaplin,_Connecticut</a>
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Officers of the Church."--p. 4-5
"Confession of faith."--p. 7-15
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"Catalogue of members."--p. 19-56. Printed lengthwise in the form of a table with names of members printed through part of p. 42, the remainder of the table being ruled for later additions"
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A chart history of the civil war, 1861-1865 : with numerous shaded maps showing the progress of the Union armies in different campaigns ... for the use of schools / by J.W. Gibson
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A historical collection from official records, files, &c., of the part sustained by Connecticut, during the war of the revolution : with an appendix, containing important letters, depositions, &c., written during the war / compiled by Royal R. Hinman
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1ItSTORICAL
SKETCHOF UNIVERSALISM
,
IN NORWICH ; CONN .
.A SERMON
DELIVEltED
BEFORE
THE
UNIVERSALIST
THE 5TH
OF ll!AY,
SOCIETY IN THAT PLACE,
1844 .
BY R. 0. WILLIAMS,
PASTOR .
'Tis from the past we shadow forth the land
Where smiles, long lost, again shall light our way ;
The past shall teach us vices to withstand,
And truth receive and wisdom's voice obey .
NORWICH, CONN.
GEO, W ; CONCKLIN,
1844.
PRINTER
,
ON
��TO
THE
READER
.
THE
following discourse has been written under many disadvantages.
The facts presented hav e been collected with considerable difficulty from
the verbal statements of old people in this town,~nd from other sources that
have come within my reach. I have aimed to give an accurate sketc h of
facts as they ·have come to my knowledge. Still I may ha ve fallen unconsciously into errors. The mode in which the facts were obtainedthe only mode in which they could be obtained-renders
it almost impossible to avoid all errors in giving a continuous chain of history. But such
.as it is, the Discourse is offered to the public, with the hope that its errors,
if any, may be freely pointed out, so as to be corrected at some future
time. It is respectfully dedicated, generally, to the members of the First
Universalist Society in Norwich, and specially, to the Secretary of the
Universalist Historical Society, Rev. T. J. Sawyer, of New York.
I take this opportunity to express my obligations to many valued friends
of different denominations to whose courtesy and kindness I am indebted
for much that is contained in this Discourse. It would be improper -p erhaps invidious to mention names. All are rememb ered with pleasure and
gratitude for their kindness,
If I have been so unfortunate as to wound the feelings of any in my
,sketch, I hope for their indulgence. I have deemed it proper to state
facts important and useful to the denomination to which I belong, whether agreeable or . disagreeable to any. If I have spoken with severity, of
any class of Christians, it should be rememb ere d that there are always
exceptions to general rules, and those in the wrong alone are the objects
of censure. While I regret that ther e are many formal professors who
degrade the Christian religion , I am happy to ackn owledge, that I find
,some in my intercourse with other sects, whose candor, liberality and
truly Christian feeling do honor to the nam e of Christ. Such instances
are truly refreshing amidst the continual turmoils of party strife and sec-tarian bitterness. I pray God that there may be more such, and that all
classes of people may come nearer to each other in spirit and feeling, if
they cannot in creeds and theories,
THE AUTHOR.
��DISCOURSE _,
"In qui re, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of
!heir father s.-J ob, viii, 8.
THE entreaty in this passage, addressed to Job by one of his
three friends, may not be inappropriate for the consideration of
peopl e in other ages and different circumstances . All of us
:mrely have need enough of the wisdom and instructio n to be
gained from the generations of our fathers ; but, in order to
gain that wisdom, we must consult their actio ns, and make
inquiry concerning the events of former times. As a denominati on, it is important for us to ascertain those things which
relate to the condition and progress of our distinct iv e views in
times past, particularly in our own neighborhood.
We have
all a common int erest in the inh eritance left us by our ancestors: and to all, I doubt not, it affords a melancholy pleasure
to look back through the dim domains of the past, an d ascertain how they lived, thought and felt with reference to the
great subject of religion.
Our Puritan forefathers crossed the untravelle d expanse of
Atlantic waters, and braved the dangers of the ocean, the vicissitudes of the seasons, and the perils of interm in able forests,
for the sake of enjoying unmolested their own religious opinions . They bore with them and tral'l.splanted into a new and
virgin soil the severe principles of Calvinistic theology fresh
from the author, and enforced by the stern simplici ty of Puritan worsh ip. The country was rapidly settled by a devout
.and pious people. Religion urged them from their yo uthful
hom es ; and to enjoy and preserve it unimpaire d appe ared to be their chief concern. A few bold and ad.venturous
spirits, crowded" and oppressed even in their new home, pene ,
trated into this State and settled on the borders of the Connecticut. And from thence, in 1660 , by a singular incident regar- •1·rumbull's Hist. of Conn., V. I, I'· 58,
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ded as a spe cial evidence of divine favor, a settlement was ef~
fected in this town under the auspices of a Mohegan chief.*
On th e settlement of th e State, its ecclesiastica l affairs were
arranged accordin g to the views and feelings then existing
among th e peopl e; and, for nearly an hundred years thereafter, remained u nchanged in all their essential feat ur es. Calvinism, modifi ed ind eed by the petty superstitions of the age,
held dominion ov er th e common mind . The immigrants,
just emerged from the thralldom of Popery, still retained that
superstitious reverenc e for the clergy imposed by the mothe r
church.
Co nsequently, to the clergy were comm itt ed chiefl y
the care and oversi ght of their souls, and the ge n eral concer ns
of religion.
F ew took upon themselves the responsibili ty of
thinking in a chann el different from the common train of
thought~ and of con.seq uence, there was little or no diversity of
faith-no
colli sion of mind with mind,and no jarring interests
or principl es to dcaw out and sharpen the sword of controve rsy. Here sies, which might occasionally spr ing up in indiv id ual minds, w ere imm ediately suppressed, by phys ic al, rather
than intellectu al or moral force . The whipping post was one
of the mild est arguments used to suppress them.
The cree ds
and systems of discipl ine became a matter of S tate po licy and
were sustai _ned by civil enactments.
The p eop le w ere wi llingly taxed for th e support of the clergy, and those taxes were
scrupulously
exacted, even to the sacrifice of the po or man's
cow, or hi s la st bu shel of grain .
Nor wa s r eli gion protected with refer ence merely to its pe~
cuniary support.
Laws were enacte d comp elling attenda nce
on church servi ces, and imposing fines and other penalt ies for
neglect.
Ev en Le g islative resolves were passed, ca ll ing upon
the "Reverend Eld ers" to make inquiries concerning the sta te
of religion and "s end in to the h on orable, the Governor , wha t
they find. " And th en other laws were added to prevent the
profanation of the Sab bath , and espec ially "the unseasona ble
meeting of young people on th e evening af ter the Sabba th day
and at oth er tim es ."t
Thus the church continu ed for a long
"In their wars with the Narragansetts,
the Mohegans were besc iged in their
fort on the banks of the Thames, and reduced to great extremity . Informed of
their condi tion, a Mr . Thomas Leffingwell of Saybrook found means to re lieve
them, and for this service he received from Uncas, the Mohegan chief, a deed of
the town of Norwich.
This probably strengthened the friendship between th e
Mohegans and En gl ish . Soon afte rwards, the deed was confirmed to a com pany
in Saybrook, and Rev. Mr. Fitch, with most of his church r emoved from tha t
place and settled in this town.
tTrumbull' s Hist. of Conn., Vol. II, p . 20, 21. This law seems to haveoee n
pften put in force. Som e years before the war of the r evolut ion. the mot her of
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tim e in the same unb roken current, agitated indeed , by vario us
quar~els and minor difficulties on unimportant points; but its
general faith, its ~ode of wors~ip, clerical in~uence and even
superstitions remamed unquest10ned and undisturbed .
,
It was not until about the year 1740, that this deep drea m of
listless quietude in religion was disturbed, and the peop le
aroused with wonder at the appearance of something new .--T his was the great revival that forms so conspicuous a pa rt in
the ecclesiastical history of New England, sometimes calle d,
in the expressive langu age of that age, the "New Light S tir. "
I t commenced simultaneously
in different parts of the coun try ;-- in Massachusetts under Rev. Jonathan Edwards th en of
N orthampton-in
New Jers ey under Rev. Geo rge T enn ent
and others; and was greatly advanced by Rev. George Whit field, who visited this country during its progress.
It spr ead
th rouo-h the country in a manner which indicated the power
of Gtd at work for the accomplishment
of wise an d ben evo lent purposes.
People were aroused as from a long dre am 1and
looked around in vacant amazement upon the wonde rs of the
scene. All classes were affected with a common feeling offear '
and solemnity.
The old citadel of Connecticut orthodoxy
was shaken to its base and trembled to its topmost stone. Even
its celebrated " Platform" was agitated by the interna l move ment.
No one, however, at first entertained fears for th e
creeds or the interests of religion.
But it soon beca m e man i•
fest that this strange work was undermining the long est ab-,,
lished customs of the church.
An alien spirit was silently in sinuating itself into the revered institutions of the land , and
in terrupting the unbroken repose of other yea rs. St anding
upon the present point of time to survey the past, the Ch ris tian,
of liberal and comprehensive views, may well ask, w h ether'
this revival was not one of the best things for the rea l int erests
of religious truth that ever occurred in New Engla nd ? It
surely broke the enchantment of the times, and gave impetu s
to a spirit of inquiry which subsequent ages have not suppressed.
People who had long embraced a mere formal iteli-gion, and were embraced by it with open arms, now began to
look around, inquire into the reality and think for therns eh res·.
I n discreetly for th eir own inter ests , did some of the clergy encourage lay exhortation and public dissections of te lhrfous
feeling. Others objected.
The people, however, soon found
Mr. George Moore, then a girl spent the night, one Saturday nig h t in th !! spring
of the year, at a neighbor's house. Returning early in the morn in g she loitei-ed
by the way to see the ice move down the Shetucket, which was the n breaking
up. Here she was discovered with others, by a special guard ian of the law and.
:fined in the sum of five shillings.
'
�sthat they could speak and exhort to good acceptance
them ~·
selves;
and they improved
their gifts with little reserve or
caution,running
even into extravagances
of almost every kind.
But these were ultimately
advantageous
to the cause of religion.
They served to unveil the follies and formalities of the
existing order of things ; diminish the mawkish veneration in
which that order was held, and show the people their right
and ability to think and act for thems elves.
.
Nor was it lon g before they began to be dissatisfied
with the
old " standing order," and to withdraw
from it and form other
churches.
Those who seceded were called Separatists.
As
their numb ers increased a deep spirit of inquiry spread through
the country,
Never had there been a period, in this country,
of so much and so va1ied inquiry on the subject of religion as
resulted from that revival.*
These things seem to · have been:
divinely ordered for the purpose of preparing
the minds of the
community
for the reception of a new truth from a messenger
of univers al reconciliation.
The power and fruit of this revival had been greatly manifr.sted in the counties of vVindham and New London.
Many
churches of the Separatists
had been formed in various parts .
Some of these became Baptist in faith and discipline;
but generally they adopted the old doctrinal
platforrns of the New
England churches,
and aimed in their reform, only at a higher
degree of practical
and experimental
religion . Churches
of
this kind were formed at New London,
Stonington,
Preston,
Norwich, Lyme and some other places in this neig-hborhood.t
Besides these there ·were a few Quakers,
and at Groton there
appeared a singular sect called Rogerenes.
Th.e controversy
between
the Separatists
and the standing
churc h es, like most other religious
controversies,
was violent
and acrimonious.
The former were unsparing
in their cen-:
sures, and severe in their accusations
of pride, hypocrisy,
and
other vices; and, having by such improper
charges awakened
resentment,
doubtless
experienced,
on that account,
much
abuse and persecution.
As the breach became wider,
the
standing churches gradually
lost their- hold on the public mind, .
fewer superstitions
were interposed to arrest inquiry 1 and the
mass of people seemed to enjoy mor-e freedom
of thought
and of conscience.
At an early period, a church of the Separatists
was formed
"'See a Sermon on the" Vanity and mischief of presuming
on things above
our measure, " delivered in Norwich in 1774, by Rev. Joseph Huntington,
authoi.,
of "Calvinism
Impro ved."
tTrumbull'e
History, Vol. II, p. 538.
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or a congregation collected in th1s town, which had Its chief
seat in the neighborhood of the village now called Bean Hill. -tt
Ther e th ey held their meetings whenever they cou ld find a
kindred spirit to dispense to them the wo rd of life. A Mr .
Gamaliel R eyno ld s,a resident of the town and a mason by trade,
but a man of strong tho ug h 1.u1cultiv ate<l mind, usually officiated as their minister.
Th eir ffi1mbers were small, and the
treatment w hi c h they r eceived was not always suc h as th e
Christian r elig ion enjoins, or they had a right to expec t. The
oppr ess ion and severity which th ey experienced made them
liberal towards all seriou s and pious innovators on the estab~
lished church es. Dr . Lord, however, the pastor of the first
church, pursu ed towards them a wiser policy--tteating
them
with uniform kindness-and
thereby secured th eir attac hment
.
in a m eas ur e, to himself and his church .
Before the r ev iv al alr ea dy mentioned, an Episcopal society
had been organ ized in th is town, undet the patronage of the
British government.
In 1769, a fe,v years before the war of
the R evolution, R ev . John Tyl er became its priest, About the
same time, th e church; now ca ll ed the 2d Con g regat ional soNeiciety, was und er the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Judson.
ther the Baptists nor Methodists had any existence in town as
a separate society at that time.
.
. .
.
Such was th e state of r eligious affairs in Norwich and th~
towns adjoining, when, in th e autumn of 1772, Mr. John
Murray, a pr eache r of univ ersa l salvatio n first made his ap ~
pearance among th e citizens and called their atte nti on to a new
and peculiar doctrine.
Having b een about t\vo ye~rs in
America and pr eac h ed in several pl aces south of Ne\v York,
he had started from that city with a view of going to N ew~
port, R. I. Pa ss in g by land throu gh Connecticut, he stopped
with a friend at Guilford, \v h ere h e was invited to d eliver his
message.
Her e he tnet With several ge ntl emen from Norwich,
who had b een to New H ave n on busin ess and were then on
their return. t Among th em ·was Mr. Samu el Post, who invi ~
ted him to visit this town and spea k to tbe people on the great
subj ec t that engaged hi s attent ion.
On his arrival, a small
~
house of worship , probably the . Separatists' meeting house a.1
ready referr ed to, was provided for him ; but not being- suffi ciently sp ac iou s, the doors of the great m eet ing house occupied
by Dr. Lord w ere thrown open, and, as h e observes, were
.. Th e old school hou se or aca demy recently pulled down at that plac e to make
room for another building, is said to have belonged originally to the Separatists 1
and was used as their p lace of wors hip .
tSee life of Mur ray, page 168.
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never afterwards shut against him."
Here he delivered his
message of lov e to a large and attentive audience, equally de ~
lighted with his matter and his manner.
Here he discoursed
upon an important point of theology, which, though interwo~
ven with the whole texture of divine revelation, had been allowed no place in the religious platforms of this new country.,.
After a short stay he resumed his journey to Newport;
but
he left behind him :ci. ~eerl fhat was not sbon to perish.
He
found many warm friends whose hearts were open both to receive his doctrines and m.inister to his necessities.
His second visit was probably made late in the fall of 1773;
on his return from Boston, where he had been for the first
time.
In July, 1774, he left New York in order to make an~
other visit to Boston, and other important places in New England ; and during that journey he came to this place again. Every succeeding visit increased the number and the attachments of his friends, and extended the influence of his senti ment in the community.t
From that time his visits to this
town became more and rnore frequent-as
often as once or
twice a year for several succeeding years.
These gave occasion to many interesting incidents which are still remembered
with much pleasure by some of the older inhabitants
of the
town.
On one occasion he had a meeting appointed at the old
meeting house of the seyond Congr egationa l Society, now under the care of Rev. Mr. Bond.
When he arrived at the place,
he found a lar ge number of people assen1bled ai-ound the
house , but the door was shut and no one could find the key to
gain admission.
Some of his enernies had taken this rr,ethod
to preve 'nt his entering and desecrating
the church.
Soon ,
however, a ·window was raised and a young man lifted in;
the door was opened and l\Ir. Murray mingled with the crowd
as they entered, and ere his enemies were aware of his entrance, he had taken procession of the pulpit and commenced
his sermon.
But the most important event that occurred in ·his ministry
in this place, was a discussion which he held, about the year
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"His first sermon is said to have been delivered from Gen. xlix; 10. "The
sceptre shall not depart from _Judah nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until
Shiloh come, and unto .him shall the gathering of the people be." ·
• tSome evidence of the extent of his influence and the number of his friends
may be found in the number of books circulated among them.
In 1 776 an edition _of the Hymns of James and John Reily was published by subscrlption at
Burlmgton, N. J. A copy of that _edition now in town contains, among the
names of subscribers, about forty who are set down as residents of this town.Probably Relly's Union, Dr. Chauncey's anonym ous works, and some others of-a
·· sim ilar kind had a circulation equally extensive.
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1779. with the R ev. N ath anie l Niles," a gentleman of consid o.
erab le talents and acquirements who was then a resident of
this town. Th is originated in some doings of the Second Society with refer ence to Mr. Nathaniel Shipman, father of the
pres en t Jud ge Shipman, who was then a member of that society and even a deacon of the church.
It seems that Deacon
Shipm an had depar ted, in a measure, from the doctrinal platform s of th e church,and imbibed the sentiments of Mr . Murray.
For entertaining such heretical views, he was called to an account by th e pa s tor in charge of the second society, who appears to h ave been less liberal and lenient than either Dr. Lord,
or Mr. Strong who h ad now become his colleague.
When
the tri al of his case was had, he was permitted, singularly
enough to be sure, to call on Mr. Murray to assist him in the
defenc e.t After consid erabl e debate, in which Mr. Murray
took a conspicuous part, the case seems to have been dropped
without any decid ed action upon it. .Mr. Shipman absented
Jtims elf, in a great m eas ure , from the church and its meetings;
and some years afte rw ards, _if I mi stake not, he became a Swedenbor g·ian.
Mr. Niles, with perhaps Dr. -Lord, appeared at the meeting
to assist the church against its delinqu~nt deacon. But not .
satisfied with th e result, h e proposed an arrangement with '
Mr. Murray for a public discussion of the chief question in
dispute at another time. A meeting was accordingly held for
that purpo se, thou gh , probably without any formal adjustmen t
of preliminaries.
The discussion wa s brief, but character ized
with much tact, and acuteness of reasoning on both sides ; and
result ed, whatev er might have been its true m erits, in secu"Mr. Niles was not settl ed here as a mini ster but engag·ed in. sec ular business.
H e was born in Braintree, M ass ., and educated for the ministry.
He afterwa rds
came to this town, m arried a young lady of wealth, a sister of our fellow citizen
Simon L ath rop, and th en turn ed his attention to secular pursuits.
After the war
of the revolution h e remo ved to Fairl ee, Vt. H ere h e become distinguished as a
politician and was elected a member of Congress. Hi s popular talents gained him
friends, and set him forth as a mark for th e shaf ts of his politica l enemi.es. Aft er
filling some oth er stations of honor and trust, he died in 1828 aged 86 years, -
All en's Die . of Am . B iography.
·
On e of th e writers of a political and lit erary satire called the "Echo," originally
publi shed in the secular papers in thi s State, between 1790 and 1800, h as the following languag e with reference to Mr. N iles and hi s conn ection with politics,
•• In V ermont where the R everend N iles
To hi s own State confines his wiles."
t See Mr. Murray's accoun t of this transaction in hi s Lett ers and Sket ches, Vol.
I, p . 65. Old people acqua int ed w ith the facts say that this was the meeting de,
scribed in tha t L etter.
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ring a popular influence in favor of Mr. Murray and the cause
he had espoused.*
But still dissatisfied,Mr. Niles appears to have been desi:irous
of making another attempt to gain his point. What could
not be obtained in open conflict. was sought for by a resort to
stratagem. Accordingly, when ·Mr. Murray had a meeting appointed at the old church of the second society, several of
the neighb_oring clergymen ~oak adv'.1ntage ~f the oppor~unity
to attend m order to surpnse and silence him. Mr. Niles, if
not the' instigator of this movement, was at least among the
number present.
They entered the church and seated them~elves in a single pew, where they could look the speaker full
m the face. lt had been the custom of Mr. Murray to select
custom which he adhis subject before entering the church-a
hered to on this occasion.
But when he came and found these
clergymen all there, knowing many of them, and suspecting
their designs, he dropped the subject which he had chosen, and
took for his text the passage in Math. xxiii, 2. '' And the
Scribes and Pharisees sat in Moses' seat." And he managed
th€! subject so adroitly to their disadvantage and threw them
into such a confusion that no one attempted a reply.
Among the early and steadfast friends of i\ifr. Murray was
Rev. John Tyler, formerly rector of Christs 1 Church in this
city. He has long been claimed. and not without reason, as a
believer in the final salvation of all men.
Mr. Murray speaks
of him in connection with others, as "among the number of
those who, if they were not fully with him in sentiment, have
uniformly
discharged
to,.vards him the duty of Christian
friends."t
He wrote a series of sermons in defence of the doctrine which were afterwards published anonymously,
nnder
and Salvation clearly
the title of " Universal Damnation
proved by the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament."They were first published in Boston, without the author's consent, from a manuscript copy "found among the papers of a
deceased member of the first Uni versalist church in that city. 11t
In 1815 an edition was published in this town by Gurdon Bill,
Esq., now of Lee.yard, under a different title. This gentle"Some time after the discussion, Mr. Niles met with a Mr. Bellamy, a brother
clergyman of Preston, who said he wished he had been present at the time, he
would have silenced the brawler.
Bot Mr. Niles shook his head and dryly observed in reply, "I don't know about that - he was the worst fis)l that ever I har\dled in my life!"
tSee Life of Mµrray p. 185.
=tSee the preface to the edition published in Boston in 1826. It seems that
there were two editions published prior to that of Mr. Bill-one
41 Bo,stQn, an~
�i3
man before their publication , called on Mr. Tyler to ascertain,
frorr; his own mouth whether the sermons were actually writ ten by him , and contained hi~ views at ~hat tiine on the suh ~
jects discuss ed . And he received uneqmv~cal _assurances that
such was th e fact . But Mr. Ty ler, at this tun e appeared to
manifest an unwillingne ss to appear before the public as their
author or even as a full believer in the final sa lvation of all
manki~d.*
In 1809, he delivered a Chri _stmas Se rmon , which
for its liberal principles, caused some xc1ternent amon g his pa rishion ers and ·was mad e an occasion for charging him with
Universalism.
As th is his supposed heresy was industriously
whispe re d about to his disadvantage , he was probably induced
to p11blish the sermon wit h some exp lanations for the pm 'pose
of quietirw the fears of hi s people and stilling the tongne of
common g~ssip. To the printed copy he added a note denying
that Universalism is taught in it, but carefully avoiding any
In this
denial that he hi1m-elf was a believer in the doctrine.
note he professed to think his h eare rs had base d th eir charges
on a mis conception ofhis m ea niug, in" not distinguishing be tween universal Redemption and universa l Salvation." The
former , h e maintains is taught, both in the Scr ipture s and by
the Liturgy and Creed of the chur ch of England.
But he is
singularly careful not to say that the latter is not taught in the
Scripture11, or not believed by himself. He m erely affirms
that" ther e is not one sente nce of Universalism (i e 'universal
salvation ') in the sermon.t
And in this he was correct; for
surely no candid churchman could h ave found fault with it
unless there had been some previous indications of his incli :
ning towards that doctrine. The extreme sensitiveness of the
people, therefore, on this occasion, together with his own
course, does, of its elf afford proof of his faith in the final salvation of all men. But, though such was h is faith, and though
the other some years afterwards, in Salem . Mr. T yler had no connexion with
the ~dition published here, other than to affirm the aut h enticity of the sermons ;
~or 1s it certam that they were ever deliv ered before his congregation in this city;
1f _s~,th ey _must have been delivered prior to the yea r 1800. They were delivered
ongmall y ma town n ear Boston, probabl y Sa lem.
*This edition, ent itled" The Law and the Gospel, clearly demonstrate d in
si~ serm?ns," was printed from a manuscript copy which Mr . Bill obtai ned in a
ne1~hborm? town. He knew not th e autl10r at that time, except from rumor
which ascribed them to Mr. Tyler; and he went to Mr. T. to ascertain the facts
and get permission to place his name in the tit lepageas author. But while Mr. T.
fran kly confessed tha t he wrote the Sermons, h e chose to withhold his name from
the publi c,_as its appe~rance mig~t involve him in a controversy which, in his old
age, he wish ed to avoid. Such, 1f I have not mistaken him is the substance of
Mr. Bill 's _statement with reference to this subjec
'
tSee Discour se on the Nat ivity of Christ, Norwich, 1810 .
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he had been a strong friend of Mr. Murray and Mr. ·winchester, yet, during th e latter part of his life, he probably gave but
little encouragement to their views.
After a faithfu l and laborious ministry of fifty-four years he di ed in 1823, * and I may
presume th at he died, as h e had lived, in the belief that all
mankind will :finally be restored to holiness and happiness.t
During th e ear ly part of Mr. Murray's minist r y in this town,
several gentlemen who had become his followers, and were
captivated with his sent im ents, made at tempts to preach the
rro this th ey were probably influenced in some
doctrine.
n1easure, by the Separatists' movement which enco ura ge d lay
exhortation, and the success of Mr. Murray, who, with no human authority,t had entere d up on th e work of the ministry;
but chiefly by the solemn impressions of their own obligations
to serve God in promotin g what th ey believed to be truth.§,.--Among this number was a gentleman named Daniel Hall, who
was devout and sincere in his profession, but not possessed of
very popular talents as a public speaker.
He was not a r eg ular preacher while he believed and patroniz ed the sentim ents
of Mr. Murray.
He merely made an a ttempt at the ministry
of reconcili at ion; but his success was no t equal to his desires,
his zeal or his ex pectatio ns. After preaching a few times, he
relinquished his und ert ak ing. But subsequently he changed
his views of theology , and became a preacher of the Congrega·
tional order. I\
The doctrine of univ e rsal sa lvation in this town found a more
efficient and steady-minded
advocate in Mr. Gamaliel Reynolds already noticed.
As he had been conn ected with the
Separatists, and accustomed to thinking for himself, his mind
"The
inscription
on hi s tombstone
states that, "Having fulfilled his ministry
His soul took its flight from this vale
of misery Jan. 20, 1823, in the 81st year of his age."
tHis friends and relativ es at th e pre sent time, seem disinclined to admit that he
was a full believer in Universal Sa lvation, especia lly towards the close of his life;
but the evidences are quite conclusive that suc h was th" fact. He is said to have
confessed it a short time before his d eat h to Mr. David Tracy and so me others.
tMr. Murray, while in town was onc e asked for his commis sion to pr eac h, and
immediately drawing from hi s p oc ket , the Bibl e." There," said he, "is my commission; I own no hum an authoritv."
<§Dea. Cl eve land and 'Nm. Pitt Turn er are said to have spoken some in public in favor of Mr. Murray's doc trine. But the former, unsuccessful in his efforts,
soon renounced it; a nd the latte r, from eccentricity an d the want of piety and perseverance rather than the want of talent was incapacitated for th e mini sterial profession, or at least did not see fit to pur sue it.
flAfter be became a Congregational pr eac her, h e removed to Long Island-was
at Sagharbor for a time, and finally settled over a church on Shelter Island where
he died.
he was ready to depart and be with Christ.
�was doubtl ess mor e easily i11fluenced in favor of the sentiments
of Mr. i\11.urray. At what time he embraced the doctrine, I
hav e not been ab le to ascertain; and there is som ething indefinit e in every one's recollection respecting the length of time
that he preached it-the
gene r al impr ession, however, among
old peo ple, is, some fifteen or twenty years . He pursued his
usual avocations during th e wee k, and on the Sa bbath exercised
his gift in speaking-sometimes
in private dwellings and someA small circle of
tim es in schoolhouses and othe r places.
friends usua lly attende d his m eetings and listened with devout
attention to his discourses.
His communications, though often
charact e rized with strength of mind, originality of thought,
and striking illustr a tion, were much less grace ful and attractive
than those of Mr. Murray and other s, But his sincerity and
piety served to make some amends for his lack in other respects.
Mr. 1\1urray speaks of him as a sincere and amiable man,
somewhat unacquaint ed with the do ctrin e and unpoli shed in
his manner of communicating it." After he became a Universalist he was called to experience some of the common buffetings of unpopular sects. But these he bor e w ith patience, always content ed with his lot, a nd even me t with some happy
incid ents to ch ee r and e ncour age him. Among other things,
while he was a Separatist, he enjoye d the fri end ship of a Mohegan preach er name d John Cooper, who en tertained the same
religious sentim ents, They both freely applied to each other
the tit le of broth ei·. But after Mr. Reynolds had changed his
views, his tawny friend cam e to see him and converse with him
on the subject. Mr. R. r eceived him with g rea t cordiality and
still applied to him the affectionate appellation of brother. After hearing it awhile, Coop er started back and observed with
an arch smile, '' Not quit e so fast, I guess it is not more than
cousin now!"
Mr . Reynolds was a poo r and hard working man ; but he
live d to a very advanced age and died as he had lived, in the
•The following from Mr. Murray's" Letters and Sketches," Vol. II , page 345,
is sa iil by old people in town to refer to Mr. Reynolds:
" I rejoice much to see our fri en d R., he did us th e favor to preach for us ; he
is anbonest soul and we all Jove him . But so lon g has h e dwelt among those
who are, as yet, unacquainted with God as manifested in th e flesh, that although
this God in his abundant mercy, hath at length manifesteu himself to his soul,
h e can yet hardly sp eak the lauguage of heaven.
1f he could conceive more
readil y and utter with Jess rapidity, he wo uld be abunda ntly more useful. But
his own soul is greatly refreshed, and whenever he can get the better of himself
in word as well as deed, h e will he better calculated to hold forth the words of
life."
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be for many years afterw ards. Mr. vVinchester was a popular
spe ak er, a man of pecuEar talents and fervent piety, comprehen si ve in his vi ews, and solemn and impressive in his manner.
On this account he was received with great cordiality by those
who sympathiz ed w ith his sentiments.
Mr. Tyl er particularly, treat ed him with marked att ention and kindness, and allow ed him to preach in bis church, as he had previously ex!ended the same courtesy to Mr. Murray.
He visit ed this tow!1.
several ;times in the cour se of two or three years previous to his
death ; and, during that time,an edition of his "Lectures on the
Prophesies" was published here.*
In 1795, he was invited to
d eliver an address before the Masonic fraternity on the occasion
of celebrating the festival of St. J ohn.
This performance was
highly spoken of and well received by all classes, and served
to render him 1nore popular and increase the number of his
friends.
He finally went to Hartford where he di ed in 1797,
beloved and r es pect ed ev en by his religious opposers.t
In the year 17 96, the po sthumous work of Dr. Joseph Huntington, entitled" Calvinism Improved," was published at New
London.
Dr. Huntin g ton w as a native of this town, and had a
large cir cle of friends and r elativ es here by whom he was much
beloved and respected . Cons equently,
his work, though a
source of great mortification to them, was extensively
circulated her e, a nd performed its part in advancing the doctrine of
uni versa! salvation.
After the death of Mr. "\Vinehester, the doetrine seemed, for
a number of years, to take rather a backward movement ; at
least it did not advance as it had done for some years previous.
Several causes contributed to produce this result.
Dr. Strong
who had now become the sole pastor of the first church, was
mild and liberal in his treatment of Mr. Murray's followers, and
thereby retained some of them in attendance on his meetings.
"In 1792, Mr. John Trumbull published a pamphlet of 80 pages containing
two of these Lectures;
and in that pamphlet he gave notice of his intention to
Jrnblish the whole work, "in monthly numbers, each number to contain two
lectures, the whole course comprising eighteen numbers besides the two just published."
This intention was carried into execution during the years 1794-5.
The work was issued in four volumes.
The name of Thomas Hubbard
appears as printer.
His widow continued in Hartford until the fall after his death; and then she
came to this place, where she spent several months in the family of Mr. Simeon
Hubbard.
She was here probably on b11siness connected with the publication
of his Lectures.
She afterwards went to Philadelphia,
and thence to New York
where she kept a boarding house for a time, said, perhaps falsely, to have been
not of v ery good repute.
Her subsequent history is involved in obscurity. - -See
Stone ' s Biography of Winchester,
p. 233.
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l\'Ir. 'fyler wa s him self a Univer~alist, and of consequence ma ny, who were di ssatisfie d w ith other church~s, went to his
m eeti ng, wh en th ey had no m eeting of their own sentiments. The liberality exten ded towards them rendered them easy and
less aaxious to estab lish a society of th eir own views. Meantime Mr. M urra y had ceased to visit the place as often as usual, and the separa te inter est in favor of his sen tim ents began to
dis appear. His friends, who were a ch urch- going people, with
their families, fell in with other churches, excep t the few who
gathered around Mr. Reynolds ; and, in process of time, they
out-gr ew rath er than rejected the doctrine. _It is th us th at th e
kincl,11essand sympathy for th e sentiment, manifested by other
denominations seemed to retard its progress in this town.
To this should be added th e fact that no preacher of eminence
appeared amon g th em in its defence for many years, to awaken
n ew inter est in its favor.
The only individun,j. who attempt ed to pr each the doctrine for a long time, was a mannam ed John Foster*; and h e, it appears, had been deposed from
the Congregational ministry and proved to be unworthy of hi s
profession. From the death of Mr, Winchester to the adoption
of the present constitution of this State in 18 18, I find but few
traces of any public advocates of th e doctrine in this town. It
is not to be supposed that all its friends had renounc ed it; they
had merely becom e inactive in their efforts to promote it.
Meantime the Bapti sts and Methodists had respectively organiz ed societies of their own peculiar vi ews . The first systematic orga nization of a Baptist church in this town, was in
the year 1800. From that time, for upwa rds of twenty years,
the church thus formed was under th e pastoral care of .Elder
Sterry. And even prior to 1800, the American vVesleyans had
made some convert s and ran ge d th emselves into a class chiefly
under the fostering- care of Eld er Bentley ; and this has continued to grow, until it has formed the present Methodist Soci ety
in this town .
The rise of these new sects gave a differ ent turn to public
This Mr. Foster was the son of a Cong rega tional Cl ergyman in Sta fford
who him self became a Universalist nea r the close of his life . After the son
had been deposed from the mini str y he beca me a Univer salist and preached se veral tim es in this town; once or twice in the Episcopal Church, by the cons ent
of .Mr. Tyler. He then extended his labor s to the neighboring towns . Bat hi s
mora ls were not consistent with th e mini ste rial office,and conseque ntly he was not
counte nanc ed after he became known. He, how ever, settled in town and taught
a ~chool with considerable suc cess for a time; but at lengt h abandoned it fo,·
some oth er pursuit, H e finally became intemper ate. turn ed fortune-teller , a nd
died last winter a degraded old man at the age of 90.
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thou g ht and raised additional enemies to th e doct rfne of imp ar tia l grace . That doctrine , in the contentions that followed , bet ween these and old er sects, came in for a la rge share of abuse 'firn opposition was strong imd vehemen t, and people b egan to
b e called Univ ersalists as a term oheproa ch . The Christma s
S ermon of Mr. Tyler, already noticed, occasioned some feelin g
in his church on the subj ect , but it was soon quieted by his evasive explanation in the appendix to the printed copy. When
Mr. Bill in 1815 publish ed his edition of Mr . Tyle r' s si x ser mons, it called out n ew and more vehement opposition to th e
cloctrine -l:tnd its patrons . Then the bigotry and bitt ern ess of
se ctarian ism were industriously fastened upon the publi c mind ;
th e youn g were indoctrinated with the here sy of endle ss mise -liY, and the fountains of liberality were dri ed' up . Among th e
few professing a p:irtial faith, who retained the spirit of Chris tian liberality was Elder Bentley :-who, though a man of strong
r eligious prejudices, and an inveterate hater of what he dee m ed
heresy, still seemed to recognize the common rights of man and
even the ti es ofa universal broth erhood under every variety of
faith .
The first clergyman , after this season of spir itual declension ,t o pr each th e r estitution of all things and arouse the sleeping
brotherhood of that faith, seems to have been Rev. Edward
Mitchell of New York . On his vi siting the place, applicatio n
was made by his friends for one of the houses of public wor sh ip: and that of the Baptists was at length obtained for hi s ac commodation . But Elder Sterry made so great an outcry at
th is pr etended de secration of his pulpit tha t he seemed to fr igh ten his people, and with some exceptions, filled them w ith tha t
spirit of bitterness and unrelenting enmity against U niv ersalist &
and th eir sentiments which continues to this day , and seems
l atterl y ,a mong a portion of them , to-be waxing worse and wors e .
B ut w hile th e Baptists were ~naking so mu ch damor about the
occupancy of their church, the new meeting-house of the Meth odist s, then chi efly under the care of Elder Bentley was opened
for the u se of Mr. MitchelL*
Here he pre ached on sev eral oc ca sions to the no small annoyance of some very bigoted Christ ians of other d enominations.
Of course he excited new enm ities in such minds, and the choicest langna g e of v it upe rat ion
an d slander was fully applied both to him and h is friends .E ve n Mr. Bentley did not escape reproach for adm ittin g hi m
., Thi s meeting house stood on what is called Wha rf :Bridge. It was built in
18 16, chiefl y through the efforts of Elder Bentle y, and was u su all y call ed" E lder
Be ntle y's Ch urch. "
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But when he was severely censured for hi s
into the church.
courtesy to l\Ir, Mitchell, he evinced an independence worthy
of the man and the Christian. He replied that Mr. Mitchell's
doctrine would not hurt th e walls of the church and he was sure
he had much rather have such doctrine pr eached there than
old fashioned Calvinism,
The labors of Mr. Mitchell seem to have put new life and
vigor into the sleeping believers of universal salvation, and they
began to bestir themselves for another effort. Accordingly
Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2d, then of Stafford, was invited to visit
them a few times. He came for the first time in August, 1817,
and preached in the old meeting house of the first society,•Afterwards he preached several times in town, and some times occupied Mr. Bentley's church in the city. Meantime
Mr. Mitchell and some other clergymen were making occasional visits to this place until 1820, when Rev. Fayette Mace ,
then merely a licentiate, came into this region, spent several
months itinerating in various towns in this neighborhood, and
preached considerab ly in this town.
Hitherto the doctrine of universal salva tion, as manifested in this town, had been decidedly of the Trinitarian cast.
All its early advocates adhered • to that system and framed their views in adaptation to it. They differed from
other christians merely by attaching a little more efficiency to their systems, and to the operations of divine grace sery and substitu ting in its stead the ultiby r ejecting en d~s!i
mate restoration of
men . .•.'I.hey believed that Chr ist died,instead of sinners, to ffer the full penalty of the divine law, and
satisfy the demands of justice, and that the benefits of th is vicarious atonement were to be extended to all mankind in their actual pardon and final salvation. Mr. Murray did not indeed admit that there was any outward infliction of punishment in the
future world for the sins of this life. He assumed that the unbelievers would be made to suffer for some unknown period i11
another life- not, however, strict ly as an extrinsic punishment
- a purgatorial infliction and satisfaction of the divine law, but
as the natura l result of his unbelief; and that this would continue until he should see his error and turn to God. Mr. Winchester took a somewhat different view. He contended for a
long period of purgatorial punishment in a future existence for
" The first time Mr. Ballou preach ed in Mr. Strong's Church, a clergyman,
~hen living i~ to_wn, but prea_ching in a neighboring town, made some remarks
rn reply to !us discourse, which created some interest and to which Mr. Balloll
rejoined. "I think," sa ys Mr. B. "his name was Rev. David AusLin." Mr .
Ballou ' s last visit here was in 1820.
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the sins of this life, by which sinners would be purifi ed, '' yet so
as by fire." The transition, therefor e, was very easy and natural from the stern and useless dogma of endless torment, to th e
milder sentim en t of univ e rsal restor ation.
Mr. Ballou appears to have been the first clergyman of Unitarian views who ministered to the people in this place. Those
views had indeed made their appearance in some degree in this
pa rt of the state.
A Mr. Sherman, Congrega tional clergyman
at Mansfield, and a l\1r. Abbot at Coventry, had resp ective ly
been dismissed, the one in 1805, and the ot her in 1811, for holding Unitarian sentiments.
But in this town, the time honored
platform of Connecticut orthodoxy does not seem to have been
disturbed, on this point, by the introduction of any new opinions. Of course when Unitarianism made its appearance a new
field of investigation was to be passed over, and a new ground
of opposition was presented.
It is not probable that the dt)Ctrine of the trinity was agitated to any consid e rable extent; but
its rejecti on would naturally give tone and direction to the whole
current of sermonizing, and fresh energies to the spirit of opposition.
Mr. Mace was succeeded by Rev. Charles Hudson, then a
young man just entered upon the ministry of reconciliation.He came to Preston, [Long Society,] in the spring of 1821. He
spent two years in this region, teaching school and preaching in
the neig hboring towns. During the first year he was employed
one fourth of the time in thi s town.
~•
Towards the clo se of the
year ::i he present society
of Uni versa lists in this town, was organiJS under the name of
the '' Society of United Christian Friends in the towns of Norwich, Preston and Groton."
The first meeting for consultation
was held-to
use the language of the old record-''
at brother
Paul Harvey's in Preston.''
Of this meeting David Tracy was
chosen Moderator, and Gu rd on Bi ll, cler!{. A committee, consisting of David Tracy, Gurdon Bill, and H. K. Park, was appoint ed to draft a constitution, and the n the meeting adjourned
to Poquetanoc.
There the committee reported n constitution
which was amended somewhat, and then adopted, and the society was fully organized by the choice of proper officers.
1\1:easures were taken during the next year to build a church.
A meeting of the society was held on the 12th of March for the
'' purpo se of devising ways and m eans."
The '' ways and
at this meetino- were simply the appointment
means" "devised"
ofa committee empowered to ra~e funds by subscription and
At the first meetbuild the church without further ceremony.
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ing in 1822 held on the 10th of Feb ., a committee was appointed
to take up a subscription for the support of preaching for one
year from the first of April following. This subscription seems
to have been r aised and an engageme nt was made with Mr.
Hudson, to preach a part of the time. In June of the same
year the society met again, approved the doings of the committee appointed to build the meeting house, and sanctioned some
negociations which they had made. The hous e was soon after
completed, and on the 21st of July was solemnly dedicated to
the worship of the one true '' God who is the Savior of all men,
especi ally of thos e that believe." Rev. Edward Mitchell preached the dedication sermon.'"
On its completion the society was considerably involved in
debt, and was obliged to give a mortgage of the buildin 6 for the
sum of $900, to Mr. Samuel Odiorne, who had done much towards its erection.t This mort gage afterwards gave gi-eat uneasiness to some of the members ; but was finally settled by a
sort of specia l providence in their favor. Before its settlement,
however, the society appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions in New York, Providence, Boston, and Charl estown .
In the spring of 1822, by the judicious labors of Mr. Hudson,
a sabbath school was opened-the first in the order in this State,
if not in the United States. It continued with a small number
of scholars through the summer-perhaps
until the expiration
of Mr. Hudson's term of service in this place, It was a source
of much good , not only in systematizing the efforts of the society, but in making impressions on the young mind which were to
be developed in riper years, Mr. Hudson's labors were blessed
in giving a healthy tone and character to the society. They
"Mr. Hudson who was expected to be present, was' then at Preston, confined
by sickness.
On the death of Mr. Odiorne, which happened but a few years after th e
church wa s completed, his estate went into th e possession of those who were
opposed to Universalism.
But he had requested, befor e his death, that the bonds
against the society should be cancelled, and all claims on it relinquished, design ing to present the whole sum as a donation to the society. Some delay occurred
and some efforts were doubtless made to prevent the consummation of his dying
request.
At this time the opponents of Universalism had almost unlimited control over the destinies of the society. They might have taken and sold the
church, and thus have paralyzed its efforts, perhaps forever. But a kind Proviid ence ordered otherwise.
No effort of persuasion could in duce the widow to
violate the dying request of her lamented husb and. She is said to have spent
many clays of anxiety and nights of slee ples s inquietude, in a conflict of mind
between complying with the entreaties of friends, and yieldino- to the dyinovoice of her departed. At length she resolved on the latter a~d acc ordino-]y
from her own portion of the estate, she relinquished all claims, and made the
society free again.
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were dosed in April 1823. His farewell sermon which was
published breathes a warm and affectionat e spirit, and recomme nds a const ant regard for virtue and piety. Happy would
it hav e bee n for the society, if men of equal worth h ad succeeded him in his pa stor al labors ; and happy if the members tbemsel ves had been mor e faithful and devoted to th eir di vine
Master !~'
E arly in the year 1823, the denomination in this region received a considerable accession in the conversion of Rev. N ehem iah Dod ge of New L ondo n. who had been a Bap tist minister of some distincti on. His conversion served, in a measure, to
encoura ge the friends of truth in this town. and call down upon
his uwn head some violen t denunciations from his form er friends.
Soon after the close of Mr. Hudson's labors, the soci ety held
a m ee ting and resolv e d "to issue subscriptions in favor of Rev.
Zephaniah Crossman."
Accordingly, he was invited and his
services secur ed for one fourth part of th e time for a year.
Towards the close of his engagement, he had bee n absent for
some weeks and returned early in August, 1824. Notice was
given that he was to preach on the following Sabbath, and no indication appeared of any change in his views or feelings; The
Sabbath came, and he preached in his u sual mann er ; and at
the close of the afternoon di scourse, he carn.e out, to the utter
astonishment of his hearers, with a formal r enunciation of Universalism.
The Baptists, to whom he gave hims elf, were
thrown into an ecstacy of joy at this singular st ep. They were
then smarting under the loss of two of their popular preachers,
who the year before had b ecome Universalists, v~z: Mr. Dodge
already mentioned, and Rev. Walt er Balfour of Charlestown.
It
is not surprising, then, that they should be greatly rejoiced, on
receiving even a poor return in the d efection of Mr. Crossman.t
According ly an account of the affair was sent to the Christian
'Secretary, the Baptist p aper published at I;Iartford, full of exultation, and containing some glaring mis-statements of facts,
said to have been authorized and approved by Mr. Crossman
himself.
As a specimen, it was stated that "for several years
past he had preached in the new Universalist
Church
in Norwich " - an extension of truth by no means uncommon with that class of Christians when
speaking
" After h is i-emoval from this region, he became enlisted in politics, was for
•several years elected a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts, and is now
a representative in Congress from that state.
.
. .
t Mr. Crossman had been a Baptist in the early part o'. ~1s min 1str,:; but afterwards renounced his Baptist views and became a Christian.
Having some
<li:fficultywith this sect through his own miscon duct, he left it nnd profe ssed to
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of Uni versalists. But when the excitement of the event had
passed away, it was found that th~ Universalists h~d experi enced no serious loss, and the Baptists had made no important
gain. He was not a man of very great talent, or prudence, or
weight of character : and consequently, his defection did littl e
injury to the cause of truth.
In March, 1823, the Methodist meeting house on the wharf
bridge was carried aw:ay by a freshet -_and eve~ swept down
the river and thence rnto the Sound, without berng broken to
pieces : and thus presente~ the sing~lar spe?tacle of a chu!ch
o-oing to sea i-• And while, by this calamity, the Methodists
~ere left destitute of a place of worship, they were permitt ed
the use of the Universalist church, which they occupied occasionally, when not otherwi se used, for several months.
It was not until April or May , 1825, that the society obtained
the services of another preacher, after the defection of Mr.
Crossman . At that time , an arrangement was made with
Rev. Zelotes Fuller to preach h alf of the time for a year . At
the expiration of that term his labors were continued by mutual agreement until July 1827. But unfortunately for th e interests of the society, his moral character was not above reproach. Whether he was guilty of actual crime, or not , it
may be diflicul t to say: but he did not "avoid the appearance of
evil," nor refrain from giving occasion for unfavorable reports,
especially during the latter part of his mini stry here. Though
a man of some talents, he lack ed other qualifications indispensible to the prosperity of the cause. His connection with the
society was at length dissolv ed, with no regr et on the part of
its best members, except that he had been employed for so long a
time .
After the publication of Mr. Balfour's works, the tone of feeling in the denomination became more favorable. to the doctrin e
which confines all punishment to this life. That doctrine had
indeed made some progress at a previous date ; but it was not
probably inculc ated or believed to any extent in this town, un be a UniversaliEt. Buth~ soon chan ged again, without any assignable cause,
and went among the Baptists; and he seems after this to have left the mini stry altogether. He wa~ a man of very questionable veracity and integrity. He
was free to say that he had preached the doctrine of endless misery 24 years
'
and at the same time did not believe it.
•It was discovered by the capt ain of a coasting vessel, and excited much surprise, as well as mirth, among his crew-being a kind of craft with which the y
were not familiar upon the waters. The account of this .singular occurrence af•
t erward s called forth a very fine poetical effusion from the pen of J. G. C. Bmina_~d, poet born in this State. Wh eth er the affair wns ever regarded as a· div me Judgme11tsent upon the Methodists for their sins, does not appear.
4
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p reach er of the re stitution, having , at its comm encement about
eig ht een members.
Sinc e that tim e it has incr eased considerably and still continues its efforts and its influenc e for th e pro motion of truth and virtue.
In July of the same year, Rev. Henry Lyon was settled as
pastor of the society, and continued his labors until April 1840,
when, from causes which it would be scarcely po ssible to de fine, he was dismissed.
He was a young man of good talent ,
and irreproachable character; but when the excitement of his
first effort wasgone , and the society began to grow cool and inactive, the members seemed to think that the proper remedy
was to make a chang e. Societies in our denomination ar e very
apt to pursue this cours e of poliey. If at any tim e, their affairs
-are not prosperous, if their success is not equal to their expectations, or if coldness comes over them-and
what societies
have not their languid seasons?-they
seek to cure the evil in
the mere excitement of novelty.
Some popular speaker is ear -·
nestly sought for ; and if he cannot be obtained, there is apt to
be a dissatisfaction with the minister actually settled , and a con tinual yearning and sighing for the beau ideal that stands in
the distance, under the impr ession that if lie could be had most
wonderful things would follow . There can be no question
that this state of feeling is a serious fault which ought to be
corrected,
In the summer of 1840. Mr. Lyon was succ eeded by th e
Rev . J. V . Wilson , who, though said to be a little incorrect as a
speaker, was a zealous, active and useful minister; but his con nexion with the society was as brief as that of his predecessor
in office. It was under his ministry, however, and in some
m.easure through his instrumentaliy, that the new and beautifu l church in which the society now worships was erected .It was completed and dedicated in the fall of 1841 : the sermon
was delivered by Rev. W. S. Balch, ofN. York. In other respects
also the labors of Mr. vVilson were successful, particularly
in the cause of temperance, of which he was a warm friend and
an indefatigable advocate. His connexion with the society
was dissolved in the early part of 1842; and in May of the
same year your present speaker commenced his labor here.
Such is the brief statement of the introduction and progress
of the doctrine of universal salvation in this town. Scarcely
any candid mind can review the facts here presented without
feeling that there has been a singular interposition of divine
providence in its favor . It has moved along quietly and un ,obtrusiv ely without the aid of w ealth , fashion or popular in .:
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fluence • all th ese indeed have been arrayed against it. It s
early advocates wer e -po~r, ~umble and m~lettered, lik e th e
ear ly prop agators of Chn stmmty ; and they mtroduced a system that wa s n ew and opposed to the prejudices of the people.
But th e way seems to have be en prepared for its reception by a
pow er and a wisdom from above. From its first appearance to
the pr esent time, it has met with stern opposition from the devotees of another faith : but it has, at the same time, been bless with th e smiles of heaven as its only support. Its singular preservation on several occasions, when its enemies seemed to have
almost en tir e control of it destinies, and might have crushed
it at a blow, . conclusively shows that the hand of God is with
it. These things shonld serve as mi encouragement to all the
friends of in1partial grace to persevere in their labors with uni ted action for th e advancement of the doctrine. These indeed
furnish assurances, that no difficulties from ·without can ever
ext ino-uish the truth or essentially retard its progress in the
world. Th e only difficulti es which we have to fear w ill be
found among ourselves-in
a want of unanimity and concert
of purpose and action on the great subjec ts that claim our attention. And here perhaps there may be proper ground for apprehension.
This society in times past may have been too
changeable in its purposes and inconstant in its modes of operation-too
fickle in its friendships and too easily swayed by
the clamours of religious opposers, working covertly and craftly against their minister, and. the~eby against the cause itself .
And it should be the solemn mqmry of every member, whether this be a fault at the present time? If it be so, it should by
all means be corrected ; for it is the only vul nerable part of
the fortress, through which an enemy can enter and destroy or
injure the cause of eternal truth in this town. Steadiness of
purpose, concert of action, kindness of admonition, and an af fectionate regard for each other's welfare, are the means of our
If, in these particulars, as well
future growth and prosperity.
as others, we are true to ourselves, the Father of mercies will
be faithful and constant in his smiles , and his own right arm
will be extended to advance the cause of truth in our midst.
Wi th th ese impressions I close the subject, devoutly prayingthat th e blessing of heaven may rest upon the society and
church with which I have the happiness at present to be connected ; and that these may continue to prosper, whatever may
be the course of events with reference to myself, until the truth
of God shall exert its saving influence upon every heart , and
pure religion be enjoyed by all people .
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APPENDIX.
UNIVERSALISM IN THE UNITED STATES.
Prior to the year 1770, Universalism was but litle known in
this country.
The few who embraced it were mostly obscure
individuals, and did not engage zealously in its promulgation.
During that year the Rev. John Murray landed upon the shores
of New Jersey, and, by a most singular providence, was induced to preach it. He then commenced anew the labors of
the ministry in which he continued to the period of his death,
in 1816, travelling and preaching in the principal places along
the coast from Chesapeake Bay to Piscataqua River.
About
the same time, two or three humble individuals in the interior
of the country, without any concert of action or knowledge of
each other, began to proclaim the "restitution of all things."•rhese continued laboring patiently in the cause they had espoused for sorne ten years or more, when Rev. Elhanan Winchester: a popular clergyman among the Baptists came out in
favor of the sentiment.
Shortly afterwards the different advocates of the doctrine having heard of each other, began to take
measures to form acquaintances and act more in concert. For
this purpose several individuals, both ministers and laymen,
zealous in the cause, met together in the year 1785, at Oxford,
]\Jass. Here in be}ialf of the churches that had been collected
in New England and elsewhere, they formed themselves into
a Convention or association for mutual assistance and encouragement, under the name of" Independent Christian Universalists."
Meetings of this Convention have been held annually from that time to the prei=ient. It is now called the "Gen
eral Convention of Universalists for the United States.''
_ From the organization of this Convention to the commencement of the present century, the doctrine increased as
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fast as could be expec ted . It had much to encount er, and but
few advocates in its defence. As late as the yea r 1810 , there
were not probably 30 pr eachers in the denomination in the
whole country: but these, though ge nerally un educated, were
very zealou s and did much for its promotion . vVithin th e last
thirty or forty years, howev er, a great change has taken place
in th e condition and prospect s of the denomination.
Th e press
has been faithfully at work , in co-operation with the humble
voice of the ministry for its promotion. It has mad e some
progress in almost eve ry State in the Union ; but has increased much more rapidly at the North than at the South. It
find s its most congenial soil among a people of intelligence
and virtue . It commends itself to the understanding and the,
heart; and where there is th e greatest amount of ignorance·
and wickedness, it has most to enc ounter and of course makes:
the least progress. 'l'he ignorance of the great mass of people ·
at the South, the looseness of their :r.orals, and the institution
of slavery are all favorable to the growth and prevalence of endless misery. That doctrine lives and riots in the midst of
such influences, while the doctrine of the Restitution grows
pal e and languid.
Within th e last fifteen years, the latter sentiment has advan- ced more rapidly than at any previous dat e. In 1830, there
were nearly three hundred societies in the denomination in this :
country, and less than two hundred preachers. But accurate
statistics of a recent date, show that, within the United States,
ther e are now near seven hundred preachers actively engaged '
in proclaiming the restitution of all things as an essential part
of Christian theology. And setting aside the Dunkers and all
secret believers am ong other sects, there are very near a thousand societies which enjoy the ministrations of the gospel, either constantly or occasionally. Besides the General Convention already mentioned, there are State Conventions formed in
fourteen States : and connected with these are near seventy
Associations h eld annually.
Within the limits of each and all
these Associations are more or less clergymen settled and societies located which are ther e represented.
Of the preachers already mentioned, above sixty who are ·
now advocating the salvation of all men are converts from the
clergy of other denominations . We hear much said, and great
exultation mad e, when a single preacher of Universalism hap pens to renounce his doctrin e and go over to the opposite faith.
But it so common a thing for preachers of other sects to re--
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nounce their faith in endless misery and embrace Universalism
that but little is said or thought of it. We can now number
among us clergymen who have come from the Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians, Christians , Congregationalists, and Episcopalians: and these too were in good standing with their respective denominations when they left to unite with us. Occasionally the denomination loses some of its preachers by renunciation or otherwise : but the accessions far exceed the losses,-so much so that for the last fifteen years the increase has
been above three hundred per cent. And. the same increase and
prosperity have been enjoyed in the number and standing of societies. 'l~heir character, influence and means of sustaining
themselves and supporting the gospel have improved in the same
proportion.
And we humbly hope that in fervent piety and
sterling virtue, the denomination has made equal progress.These facts show that it has been greatly blessed, with the favor of God and the smiles ofhis love. We have certainly no
reason to complain, but every inducement to thank God and
take courage ,in prosecuting the great work before us.
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A historical sketch of Universalism in Norwich, Conn. : a sermon delivered before the Universalist Society in that place, on the 5th of May, 1844 / by R.O. Williams
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The Unitarian Universalist Church of Norwich began in 1820 as the “Society of United Christian Friends in the Towns of Norwich, Preston and Groton.” The Society erected a church in 1821, but did not have a settled pastor, the pulpit being occupied by temporary ministers. A church was finally organized in 1836, when the “First Universalist Society in Norwich” was established. A new brick church replaced the old one in 1841 on the same site on Main Street, facing Franklin Square. It was enlarged and rededicated in 1848. The church was demolished for the construction of the Chelsea Savings Bank. A new church, later called the Unitarian Universalist Church of Norwich, was erected in 1910 at 148 Broadway. Constructed of random granite ashlar, the church is also known as the Church of the Good Shepherd for the subject of its large stained glass window. The church’s bell, earlier located in the congregation’s Franklin Square church, was one of several bells salvaged from sacked churches after an uprising in Spain in 1833 that were shipped to New York for sale. With a dwindling congregation, the Unitarian-Universalists sold the church in 2009. It then became the Fount of Salvation Missionary Church.<br /><br /><a title="http://historicbuildingsct.com/?cat=125" href="http://historicbuildingsct.com/?cat=125" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://historicbuildingsct.com/?cat=125</a>
<p>The Universalist Church of America was a Christian Universalist religious denomination in the United States (plus affiliated churches in other parts of the world). Known from 1866 as the Universalist General Convention, the name was changed to the Universalist Church of America in 1942. In 1961, it consolidated with the American Unitarian Association to form the Unitarian Universalist Association.</p>
<p>The defining theology of Universalism is universal salvation; Universalists believe that the God of love would not create a person knowing that that person would be destined for eternal damnation. They concluded that all people must be destined for salvation. <br /><br />American Universalism developed from the influence of various Pietist and Anabaptist movements in Europe, including Quakers, Moravians, Methodists, Lutherans, Schwenkfelders, Schwarzenau Brethren, and others. Pietists emphasized individual piety and zeal and, following Zinzendorf, as a "religion of the heart." Early followers were most often German in ancestry. The majority of the early American Universalists lived in the Mid-Atlantic colonies, though Rhode Island also had a fair amount of followers.</p>
<p>The Universalist Church of America involved itself in several social causes, generally with a politically liberal bent.</p>
<p>Universalists, along with various other denominations, vigorously opposed slavery as immoral. They also favored postbellum legislation such as the Fifteenth Amendment and the Freedman's Act to enfranchise all American citizens.</p>
<p>Like many American religions, Universalism has generally been amenable to church-state separation. In New England, Baptists, Universalists, and Quakers provided some of the loudest voices calling for disestablishment of the government sponsored churches of the standing order.</p>
<p>On June 25, 1863, Olympia Brown became one of the first women in the United States to receive ordination in a national denomination, Antoinette Brown having been the first when she was ordained by the Congregational Churches in 1853.<br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universalist_Church_of_America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universalist_Church_of_America" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universalist_Church_of_Americ</a>a<br /><br /></p>
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John Winthrop (1587 – 1649) was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years of existence. His writings and vision of the colony as a Puritan "city upon a hill" dominated New England colonial development, influencing the governments and religions of neighboring colonies.<br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winthrop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winthrop">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winthrop</a><br /><br />Thomas Hooker (1586 – 1647) was a prominent Puritan colonial <br />leader who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and a leader of universal Christian suffrage.<br /><a title="http://josfamilyhistory.com/stories/hooker.htm" href="http://josfamilyhistory.com/stories/hooker.htm">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hooker<br /><br />http://josfamilyhistory.com/stories/hooker.htm<br /><br />T</a>he letter discusses a disagreement between the Hooker and Winthrop regarding a proposed confederation of the colonies in 1637.
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A souvenir of Old Home Week August 30th to Sept. 7th, 1903, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Issued by the Souvenir Committee Department of publicity
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The reminiscences of a Confederate officer's wife as told to the author "over teacups...at my fireside". This book is included in Richard Barksdale Harwell’s "In Tall Cotton: The 200 Most Important Confederate Books for the Reader, Researcher and Collector" (Jenkins Publishing Co., Austin, <a title="http://stonewall.hut.ru/best_books.htm" href="http://stonewall.hut.ru/best_books.htm">1978). http://stonewall.hut.ru/best_books.htm</a>
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