The divine care commemorated : a sermon in review of the first forty years of the Second Congregational Church in New London, Conn. : preached in their house of worship, Sunday, May 2, 1875 / by O.E. Daggett (Still Image)

The divine care commemorated : a sermon in review of the first forty years of the Second Congregational Church in New London, Conn. : preached in their house of worship, Sunday, May 2, 1875 / by O.E. Daggett

Daggett, O. E. (Oliver Ellsworth), 1810-1880

21 p. 21 cm

The Second Congregational Church of New London, Connecticut was established in 1835, by nineteen members of the First Congregational Church due to "overcrowding". This volume contains a history of the church from its establishment to 1875.

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Oliver Ellsworth Daggett (1810 - 1880) was graduated at Yale in 1828, studied in the law school at New Haven, and, after being admitted to the bar in 1831, spent two years in the divinity school. From 1837 till 1843 he was pastor of the South church in Hartford, Conn., and of the Congregational church in Canandaigua, N.Y., from 1845 till 1867. In September of the latter year he was chosen professor of divinity at Yale, where he remained till 1870, officiating during the same period as pastor of the college church. From 1871 till 1877 he was minister of the Congregational church in New London, Conn., after which he resided in Hartford. He published sermons and magazine articles, assisted in compiling a book of psalms and hymns (1845), and left a small volume of poems, printed posthumously.."

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Second Congregational Church (New London, Conn.) -- Anniversaries, etc

New London (Conn.) -- Church history

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F104.N7 Dxx 1875

New London [Conn.] : Printed at the New London Telegram Office, 1875

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