Settlement and Progress of the Town of Bluehill, Maine: An Historical Address by R.G.F. Candage ... at Bluehill Falls, September 7th, 1886

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Ladies Social Library, 1886 - Počet stran: 43
 

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Strana 32 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Strana 29 - Me. by forty feet as a settlement. For annual salary, two hundred dollars in cash, the clearing of five acres of land, and the cutting and hauling of fifteen cords of wood — those were for the first five years — after that he...
Strana 27 - In 1769, the settlers voted to raise money " for to hire a person for to preach the gospel to us, and for to pay his board.
Strana 31 - The church which was built in the last century, after much planning and with much sacrifice by the early settlers, was modeled after the Old South Church in Boston, as I have been informed, having square pews, a gallery round three sides, a high pulpit with flights of steps leading up to it, and sounding board over it.
Strana 43 - I close with renewed feelings of friendship for you all, with affection for my native town, with great respect for the lives and character of its founders, and with becoming pride in its history and in its historical associations.
Strana 28 - The meeting house was not finished at that, time, as the ordination services are said to have been held in an open field, nearly opposite the present Town Hall ; the Rev. Peter Powers, of Deer Isle, preached the sermon.
Strana 30 - In the year 1834 another revival was the means of adding forty-two to the Congregational Church, and also a large number to the Baptist Church.
Strana 29 - These are said to have been days of great trial to Mr. Fisher, as nearly all of the seceding members had been converted and brought into the church under his preaching. These were days when denominational feeling was unyielding and rancorous ; but it is said, to the honor of Mr. Fisher, that he was not known...
Strana 31 - Academy was incorporated in 1803, over which he watched and labored to promote its prosperity and usefulness as a seat of learning, not only for this town, but for the vicinity.
Strana 23 - Agreable to a Resolve of the Great and General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay held at Water town febr.

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