A History Of The First Unitarian Church Of Portland Oregon 1867 1892

Author : Earl Morse Wilbur
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230455099
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book A History of the First Unitarian Church, of Portland, Oregon. 1867-1892; Together with a Sketch of the Life of Rev. Thomas Lamb Eliot, Its First Pasto written by Earl Morse Wilbur and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... A history of the first unitarian church. the Portland of the sixties was a quiet frontier town of between five and ten thousand people, in the third decade of its history, reached by stage overland from California, and by two or three steamers monthly. It had then, as it has always had, in spite of the lawlessness and vice that so often characterize frontier towns, more than the usual proportion of Christian people, whether measured by their numbers, or by their influence in the community. It was. for its size, well supplied with churches. In 1865 there were already a Methodist, a Presbyterian, a Congregationalism a Baptist, an Episcopal, and a Catholic church. Among the residents of that early day there was, however, a considerable number of persons, including some of wealth and influence, who had been reared in the Liberal Christian faith, in New England and elsewhere in the East, both Unitarians and Universalists. Among tlin more prominent of these were Thomas Frazar and his wife, who had arrived as early as 1853; Mrs. Anna Cooke and her children, who came soon after; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Goodnough, Mrs. Abby W. Atwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Burrage. There was no organization among them as Liberal Christians. Many of them were not aware that the religious beliefs which they held were shared by others in the community. They therefore worshipped in the churches already established, contributed to the support of them according to their means, taught classes in the Sunday-schools, to which they also sent their children, and did their full share of general church work. At various times they were urged to join the churches with which they were associated. But they held firmly to their inheritance in Liberal Christianity, and waited for a...