Brief History Of The Congregational Church In Hollis Nh

Author : Samuel L. Gerould
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ISBN 13 : 9781331871767
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book A Brief History of the Congregational Church in Goffstown, N. H (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel L. Gerould and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief History of the Congregational Church in Goffstown, N. H This town was settled in 1741 or 1742, and was chartered June 17, 1761. The people at that time were, as in all New England towns, a church-going people. It was considered disreputable to be habitually absent from divine service on the Sabbath. Accordingly we find that, as soon as possible after receiving their charter, measures were taken to secure the ministrations of the gospel. At the first annual town meeting, held at the barn of Thomas Karr (where the meetings were convened for many years), it was "Voted, that 100 be raised for preaching," and Dea. Thomas Karr and Asa Pattee were appointed a committee to expend it. It was also "Voted, that half the preaching be at James Karr's and the other half at John Smith's." It is probable that all the public religious services of that day were held in barns, as we find by a vote in March, 1763, that it was the will of the town that the preaching for that year be at James Karr's barn. At the same meeting 100 was appropriated for preaching. At the annual meeting March 5, 1764, 300 was appropriated, and it was "Voted that 200 be preached out at John Smith's, and the other 100 thereof be equally divided on each side of the Piscataquog river." The next year the same amount was appropriated, but the services were all to be held "at Thomas Karr's barn." In 1766 the amount voted for preaching was reduced to 150, and the selectmen were instructed to expend it. In 1767 only 9 was voted for this purpose, but as 3 was all that was raised for town charges, it is probable that the difference was owing to the shrinkage of the currency. Two somewhat curious votes stand side by side in connection with the annual meeting of this year, which will serve to show the changes time and truth have wrought. The one is "that the town support no school this year;" the other that it "pay for the rum used at the bridge by the Mast fordway." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."