{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3359", "width": "1992", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "x^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i^^5^J^\\n,C\\n//Z^\\n^v\\n0^\\n-m^ -^./^m r -m\\no\\n-m^-\\nT ^^t", "height": "3214", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "V ^-i,_ p .^t ..,\u00e2\u0096\u00a01.- -HT.\\nA.\\n.0^\\n^^-v\\n,4q.\\n^^0^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01^\\nin\\nA\\no\\n^^r,-\\n.0\\n.A.\\n^0\\nV\\n-1^", "height": "3214", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "|(i!jtoii5jiil ^mnt\\\\U,\\nWITH: APPENDIX.\\nman^iKitt\\nATKINSON, N. H.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL DISCOURSE,\\nDELIVERED AT\\nATKINSON. N. H.,\\nCentennial Anniversary\\nCONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,\\nBY THE PASTOR, C. K MORSE.\\nLAWRENCE, MASS.:\\nGEO. S. MERRILL dr CROCKER, PRINTERS.\\n1875-\\nT", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "o\\\\VA^", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL DISCOURSE.\\nThere shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told\\nFOR A memorial OF HER. Matt. 26: I3.\\nThe woman here spoken of was the modest and affec-\\ntionate Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. Moved\\nby love, she annointed her Saviour with a fragrant and\\ncostly ointment. Some found fault. But the Saviour\\nassured her and those around him, wherever the gospel\\nshould be preached throughout the whole world, there\\nshall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a\\nmemorial of her. Her self-denial and love for her Saviour\\nshould be honorably mentioned in coming time throughout\\nthe world. The gospel forbids the worship of saints and\\nheroes, but approves the honorable mention of the self-\\ndenial and virtuous deeds of the followers of Christ.\\nWe, Christian friends, have met together on this cen-\\ntennial day of the organization of this church, to commem-\\norate the merciful dealings of God toward us, and to make\\nhonorable mention of the self-denials and virtuous deeds\\nof those who founded it, built its meeting-houses, and sus-\\ntained the preaching of the gospel during the century\\nwhich this day closes.\\nThe clock of time has tolled off only eighteen such\\nperiods since the Son of God hallowed the earth with his\\nsacred footsteps. Only one and a half additional such\\nperiod this very month, carries us back to the time when", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nour Pilgrim Fathers, in great deprivation and peril, in\\norder that they might enjoy religious freedom and be-\\nqueath this priceless boon to us, their children, were tossed\\nupon the billows of the Atlantic. One additional such\\nperiod carries us back to the time when the red man of\\nthe forest erected his wigwam, perhaps on the very spot\\nwhere we are now assembled. One-half century previous\\nto the formation of this church there was not a single\\nwhite inhabitant within the present limits of this town.\\nAnd what a contrast with the present! Then, five or six\\nweeks of uncomfortable sailing were necessary to make a\\nvoyage to Europe now, palatial steamers traverse the\\ndistance in ten or twelve days. Then, it took five or six\\nweeks to send intelligence from London to Boston now,\\nimportant news reaches us before the hour on which it\\nwas dated. Then, no swift car brought together the min-\\nisters for the council. It was only the very year that this\\nchurch was organized that the first stage coach in America\\ncommenced running, and that was between Boston and\\nProvidence, when it took two days to traverse the distance\\nof forty-one miles. The fear of the Indians had hardly\\ndied away. The trials of the revolutionary war soon\\ncommenced, and the depreciation of currency must have\\nmade it exceedingly difficult for the people to bear the\\nnecessary expenses of supporting the gospel. These were\\ntimes that tried men s souls.\\nAtkinson originally was a part of Haverhill, which was\\nsettled in 1640. It comprises a portion of the territory\\nconveyed to the inhabitants of Pentucket (now Haverhill)\\nby the Indians, Passaquo and Saggahew, with the consent\\nof their chief, Passaconnaway, by their deed, now in exis-\\ntence, dated Nov. 15, 1642. No settlement was made till\\neighty-five years later, when, in 1727 or 1728, Benjamin\\nRichards, of Rochester, N. H., Johnathan and Edmund\\nPage and John Dow from Haverhill, moved into the\\npresent limits of the town. When the dividing line be-", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 5\\ntween New Hampshire and Massachusetts was settled,\\nAtkinson, then a part of Plaistow, was assigned to New\\nHampshire. Plaistow was incorporated Feb. 28, 1749.\\nThe distance of the meeting-house and its incapacity to\\naccommodate all the inhabitants, led to the separation of\\nAtkinson from Plaistow, Aug. 31, 1767, and it was incor-\\nporated by the Legislature, Sept. 3, of the same year.\\nIt was named in honor of Hon. Theodore Atkinson, then\\na resident of Portsmouth. He was a member and Presi-\\ndent of the Provincial Council, Chief Justice, and possessed\\na large landed estate in the town known as the Atkinson\\nfarm.\\nAtkinson, though small in territory, and its population\\nnever exceeding 600, is beautiful for situation, and its\\nprospect in every direction extensive and pleasing. The\\nland gradually rises. Five miles to the south-east, Haver-\\nhill and Bradford, with their beautiful churches, are spread\\nout as a panorama before our vision. On a clear day,\\nAndover, with its seminaries of learning, and the steeples\\nof the churches in Newburyport can be seen. The rays\\nof the sun, reflected from the ocean, sometimes greet us.\\nIn the verdure of spring and the varied hues of autumn\\nsuch an extensive landscape is charming.\\nThe increase of population from the first settlement of\\nthe town was rapid. In 1775, three years after the forma-\\ntion of the church, it numbered 575, more than the aver-\\nage from that time to the present.*\\nThe town extended a call to Mr. Stephen Peabody, P eb.\\n26, 1772, and voted to give him 160 pounds lawful money,\\nas a settlement, upon condition that the salary begin 66;C\\n13s. and 4 pence lawful money the first year, and add on\\n40 shillings per year till it amount to 80 pounds per year.\\n*By the United States census, the population of Atkinson was as follows\\n1790, 479 1820, 563 1850, 600\\n1800, 474 1830, 555 i860, 546\\n1810, 556 1840, 567 1870, 488", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nThey also voted to give him ten cords of wood per\\nyear as long as he carry on the work of the ministry in\\nAtkinson. Mr. Peabody accepted and was ordained the\\n25th of Nov., 1772, the day we celebrate, at which time\\nthe chnrch was organized at the house of Mr. Samuel Lit-\\ntle, the grandfather of Capt. Enoch Little, who resides in\\na house erected on the original site. There were nine-\\nteen members Rev. Stephen Peabody, pastor Tristram\\nKnight, the great grandfather of Dea. Bailey Knight\\nBenjamin Richards, one of the original settlers of the\\ntown, and Abigail, his wife John Webster Abel Merrill,\\nthe father of Dea. John Merrill, and Ruth, his wife Na-\\nthaniel Cogswell, the grandfather of the present Cogswell\\nfamily, and Judith, his wife Daniel Poor, the great grand-\\nfather of Jeremiah Poor, and Abigail, his wife Stephen\\nDole, and Mary, his wife Jonathan Sawyer, and Eliza-\\nbeth, his wife Nathaniel Knight, who was chosen the first\\ndeacon, and Abigail, his wife Eldad Ingals, and Sarah,\\nthe wife of John Knight, who was the grandmother of\\nDea. Bailey Knight. There were but eighteen persons\\nbesides the pastor, ten men and eight women. How\\ngreatly are the church and town indebted to these faithful,\\nself-denying, original members of the church. May their\\nmemory and influence never cease.\\nThe covenant of the church, which was adopted at its\\norganization, and which is given in the manual of the\\nchurch, was evangelical, recognizing the existence of God\\nin three persons, man s inability, and dependence upon\\nGod s method of reconciliation. After the Unitarian\\ncontroversy, and previous to the death of Mr. Peabody, a\\nbriefer covenant, more distinctly recognizing the divinity\\nof Christ, was used. There is no record of the adoption\\nof this covenant, nor of the covenant itself. It was lost\\nwhile Rev. Stephen Farley was acting pastor. After the\\nloss of this covenant, the church used the covenant of the\\nchurch in Dedham, of which Rev. William Cogswell was", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\npastor, till the adoption of the present Articles of Faith\\nand Covenant in 1864. A creed is to a church what\\nballast is to a ship. And there can be no doubt that much\\nof the prosperity, if not the very existence of this church,\\nis, in a great measure, owing to the evangelical creed\\nwhich it has always held.\\nRev. Stephen Peabody.\\nOn this day of commemoration, the pastors that have\\nministered to the church are deserving of special remem-\\nbrance. The first pastor was Rev. Stephen Peabody. He\\nwas a native of North Andover, Mass. born Nov. 1 1\\n1742, and graduated at Harvard College in 1769. In\\nprocuring his education he was mainly dependent upon\\nhis own efforts, and aided himself by waiting upon the\\nstudents, a custom then prevailing. In person, Mr. Pea-\\nbody, or, as he was more commonly called. Sir Peabody\\nor Parson Peabody, was commanding. He was full six\\nfeet high, well proportioned, and distinguished for physical\\nstrength. His complexion was dark, his eyes black, and\\nhis hair bushy and curling. During his ministry he wore\\nthe usual ministerial dress of the times, which is thus\\ndescribed by Dr. Samuel Oilman A three-cornered\\nbeaver hat, a large single-breasted coat sweeping down on\\neach side with an ample curve, a vest full twice the length\\nof these degenerate days, ending on both sides with large\\npockets and lappets, a snow-white plaited stock; his nether\\ngarments terminated at his knees and fastened with white\\nsilver buckles, and long black silk stockings extending\\nfrom the knee to the foot, and shining square buckled\\nshoes. In such a dress he must have presented a stately\\nappearance, and had it not been for his benignant counte-\\nnance and courteous manners, he must have awed the\\nyouthful part of his parish. His musical powers were\\nextraordinary. Sacred music was his delight, but he", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\ncould sing with perfect taste the delightful old anthems\\nof Arne or Purcell, or from the oratorios of Handel. In\\nhis rides about town, the solitudes and woods were made\\nto echo with his melodious voice. When he had arisen in\\nthe morning and built the fires, except on Sabbath morn-\\nings, he would awake the sleepers of his household by\\nsinging up stairs and down, The bright rosy morning\\npeeps o er the hills, or some other stirring song. When\\nthere was no chorister, he himself would lead the music.\\nOn one of these occasions it is said, a little dog which he\\nhad trained at home in singing a duet, and which, unbe-\\nknown to the family, had followed them to church, joined\\nwith his master in singing, to the great amusement of the\\naudience. Besides vocal music, he was skillful in playing\\nthe violin and bass viol.\\nAs a preacher, he possessed fair talents on funeral\\noccasions he was peculiarly impressive and tender, his own\\ntears often leading the way for the tears of others. On\\nthese occasions his favorite hymn was Hark from the\\ntomb a doleful sound. His extraordinary social qualities\\nmade him a favorite at weddings. While he would not be\\ncalled a man of pre-eminent piety or a doctrinal preacher,\\nthere is evidence that he was evangelical in faith and a\\ntruly godly man. The statement of Dr. Gilman that he\\nwas an inveterate Arminian, showing no mercy to Cal-\\nvinism, and that later in life he advanced still farther\\ninto what is denominated Liberal Christianity, is not\\nborne out by testimony. It is reported from Dea. William\\nPage that Mr. Peabody said that if he were cast upon\\na solitary island and could have but two books, these would\\nbe the Bible and Edwards on the Affections. Surely no\\none who took real pleasure in studying Edwards on the\\nAffections could be called an Arminian. At the installa-\\ntion of Rev. Josiah Webster, over the church in Hampton,\\nN. H., in 1808, Mr. Peabody preached a truly evangelical\\nsermon from the text dctennincd not to know anything", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\namo7ig you save Jesus Christ and him cmcifiedr i Cor. 2:2.\\nOn the same occasion he gave the charge, the following\\nextracts from which show clearly his evangelical views\\nPreach not yourself, but Jesus Christ the Lord. Repre-\\nsent to your hearers the absolute necessity of regeneration,\\nof repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus\\nChrist. Bear an open testimony against those tenets\\nwhich induce men to depend for salvation upon their own\\nworks on the other hand, point out the danger of a dead\\nfaith. Oppose the modern, prevailing opinion that all\\nmankind will at last be saved it is an unfounded, danger-\\nous sentiment, and can in no view be advantageous, but is\\npernicious to society. The covenant also of the church,\\nprepared doubtless by him, and used during the latter part\\nof his ministry, distinctly acknowledges the supreme\\nauthority of the scriptures and the Divinity of Christ.\\nBesides his influence as a minister, he was a patron of\\nlearning. He took a very active part in founding Atkin-\\nson Academy, and doubtless it owes its origin and con-\\ntinued existence more to him than to any other one indi-\\nvidual. In the original act of incorporation it is stated:\\nWhereas the Rev. Stephen Peabody and others have pe-\\ntitioned the general court, praying that an Academy may\\nbe established in the town of Atkinson. From this it is\\nevident that he was one of the principal actors in securing\\nits establishment. When the present building was erected\\nafter the burning of the first, its expense was $2,500. Of\\n;^400 subscribed, he paid $100, and subsequently when the\\ninstitution was in danger of being suspended by legal pro-\\nceedings, he nobly and heroically assumed the whole\\nresponsibility and afterwards when it became necessary\\nto pay the debt, he paid seven-eighths of the whole, and\\nEsquire Vose, the preceptor, one of Atkinson s noblest\\ncitizens, paid the other eighth. The paying of this debt\\nbore heavily upon these noble men for fifteen years before\\nit was refunded, which was done only about a year before", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "lO HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nMr. Peabody s death. Notwithstanding this embarrass-\\nment, Mr. Peabody always had a word of cheer and a\\nhelping hand for all who sought his assistance in pro-\\ncuring an education. Atkinson can never forget its obli-\\ngations to its first pastor, and especially should all graduates\\nof Atkinson Academy honor and revere the name of Rev.\\nStephen Peabody.\\nFrom the /^i6o settlement and his salary, Mr. Peabody\\nerected in the beginning of his ministry an elegant house\\non one of the most commanding and eligible sites in\\nAtkinson. After his death it was sold to Dr. Isaac B.\\nHovey, whose second wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Hovey now\\noccupies it. In front of it, Mr. Peabody with his own\\nhand, aided by Joseph Richards, then a lad, set out three\\nelm trees two rods apart, which now are over three feet\\nin diameter, and doubtless at the end of another century\\nwill mark the place where stood the residence of the first\\nminister of Atkinson. It is an interesting circumstance\\nthat the daughter of Mr. Richards, who aided Mr. Peabody\\nin planting these beautiful elms, subsequently became the\\nfirst Mrs. Hovey, and sat under their shade, a forcible\\nillustration of the good which we do to others returning\\nupon ourselves.\\nMr. Peabody was aided in his work by two excellent\\nwives. The first wife was Miss Polly Haseltine, of Brad-\\nford, aunt of the distinguished teacher of that name, and\\nalso of the first Mrs. Judson. He married soon after his\\nsettlement, Jan. 19, 1773. He had two children: Stephen,\\nborn Oct 6, 1773, and Mary, born Feb. 15, 1775, who\\nmarried Hon. Stephen Peabody Webster, of Haverhill,\\nN. H. Mrs. Peabody deceased Sept. 17, 1793, aged 51.\\nShe was a prudent woman, who looked well to the ways\\nof her household. After her death, Mr. Peabody visited\\nRev. John Shaw, of Haverhill, Mass when Mr. Shaw ad-\\nvised him to marry. He replied, I would if I could find\\nas good a wife as you have. Not long after, Mr. Shaw", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. II\\ndied, and Mr. Peabody married his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth\\nShaw, who was the daughter of Rev. WilHam Smith, of\\nWeymouth, Mass., and sister of the wife of John Adams,\\nthe second President of the United States, and also sister\\nof the wife of Judge Richard Cranch, who died in Ouincy,\\nMass., Oct. 1 6, 1811, and who was the father of Judge\\nWilliam Cranch, of Washington, D. C. She was a woman\\nof superior talents and refinement, a devoted Christian,\\nand faithful wife. Her death was sudden. On Saturday\\nshe sent into Esquire Vose s to borrow the first volume of\\nScott s Commentaries, saying she meant to read the Bible\\nthrough with the comments. But early next morning,\\nMr. and Mrs. Vose were called in to see her die. Her\\nsudden death should be a warning to all to be ready when-\\never the messenger of death shall call. She was born\\nApril 7, 1750, and died April 9, 181 5, aged 65. She left\\nthree children by her first husband, a son and two\\ndaughters, one of whom married Joseph B. Felt, LL. D.,\\nof Boston, Mass. She had no children by Mr. Peabody.\\nMr. Peabody continued in the pastoral office till his death,\\nwhich occurred May 23, 18 19, in the seventy-eighth year\\nof his age. On his tombstone are the following words \u00e2\u0080\u00a2_\\nHe was ordained the first minister in this town, Nov. 25,\\n1772, and until his death sustained the office with dignity,\\npossessed the love and confidence of his people, and\\nardently sought the interests of his charge and mankind.\\nHe was a man of good talents, a sound divine, a faithful\\nminister, and a Christian in word and deed. He was to\\nhis loss, the friend of those in distress, the patron of merit\\nand literature. His portrait and that of the second Mrs.\\nPeabody are to be seen in the Academy library. During\\nthe forty-six years of his ministry, seventy-five persons\\nunited with the church besides the nineteen original\\nmembers. He married 313 couples, and baptized 140\\nchildren and adults.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nRev. Jacob Cummings.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Peabody the church remained\\nfor nearly thirteen years without a settled pastor. During\\nthis time the pulpit was supplied by different individuals,\\nbut mainly by Revs. Jacob Cummings and Stephen Far-\\nley, teachers in the Academy. Mr. Cummings was a na-\\ntive of Warren, Mass., a graduate of Dartmouth College\\nin 1819, and Andover in 1822, when he became teacher in\\nthe Academy for two years and supplied the desk. He is\\nspoken of as a good man and faithful preacher. April 28,\\n1824, Mr. Cummings was ordained over the church in\\nStratham, where he labored for eleven years with success,\\n42 persons uniting with the church. For thirteen years,\\nfrom 1843 to 1856, he was pastor of the church at Hills-\\nboro Bridge. In 1856, he removed to Exeter, where he\\ncontinued without charge till his death, which occurred\\nJune 20, 1866, in the seventy-third year of his age. He\\nwas a successful and useful man.\\nRev. Stephen Farley.\\nAfter Mr. Cummings. Rev. Stephen Farley taught the\\nAcademy and supplied the pulpit for seven or eight years.\\nHe was a native of HoUis and a graduate of Dartmouth\\nin 1 804. He was a kind and gentlemanly man and a pop-\\nular preacher. From 1806 to 1818 he was pastor of the\\nchurch in Claremont, where the meeting-house was en-\\nlarged to accommodate the audience. During the twelve\\nyears of his ministry in that place, 94 persons were re-\\nceived into the church, 49 of whom were received during\\nan extensive revival in 18 16, which was commenced and\\ncarried on mainly by others. During this revival he made\\npublic confession of his fear that he did not possess real\\nspiritual life. After this revival, the people having fears", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. I 3\\nin regard to his orthodoxy, he resigned his charge. His\\nexperience in Atkinson was similar to that in Claremont.\\nThe revival in 1826 commenced in the Academy. He\\ndid not oppose it, but appointed meetings and aided it.\\nBut he did not seem to be at home in a revival. From\\nvarious causes, his theological views become unsettled,\\nand after leaving Atkinson he became a Unitarian. And\\nthough in the early part of his ministry at Claremont he\\npublished two sermons against Universalism, after his\\nchange of views he sometimes preached for that denomi-\\nnation. But he was too spiritually minded to be popular\\neither with the Unitarians or Universalists, and there can\\nbe but little doubt that he was a real Christian. He was a\\nman of more than ordinary talent, and under favoring cir-\\ncumstances might have taken a high position. And on\\nthis centennial day we cannot think of this amiable and\\nscholarly man, who preached seven years to this church,\\nhis wife sometimes deranged and his theological views\\nunsettled, without feelings of sadness. We trust he is\\nnow in a better world with all doubts removed, and he\\nrejoicing with many who united with the church under\\nhis ministry. He died at Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 20,\\n185 1, aged 71. During the thirteen years which inter-\\nvened between the death of Mr. Peabody and the settle-\\nment of Mr. Spofford, 42 persons united with the church.\\nRev. Luke A. Spofford.\\nFeb. 28, 1832, the church gave a call to Rev. Luke A.\\nSpofford, who accepted and was installed on the i8th of\\nApril following. Mr. Spofford was a native of Jaffrey, a\\ngraduate of Middlebury College, Vt., in 18 15, and studied\\ntheology with Dr. Payson, of Ringe. From 18 19 to 1825\\nhe was pastor of the church in Gilmanton from 1826 to", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\n1829, of the church in Brentwood and of the church in\\nLancaster from 1829 to 1 831, when he was settled here.\\nHe was dismissed at his own request, Jan. 20, 1834. For\\ntwo years after, he was pastor of the church in Scituate,\\nMass., when he removed to Amherst, Mass., that he might\\nbetter educate his two sons, Richard Cecil and Henry\\nMartyn. Cecil, a young man of great promise, died soon\\nafter graduating the other is Hon. Henry M. Spofford,\\nof Pulaski, Tenn. After leaving Amherst he was pastor\\nof the church in Chilmark, N. H., when he removed to\\nIndiana and died at Rockville, Oct. 10, 1855. During the\\ntwo years he was in Atkinson there was a revival. He\\nwas a doctrinal preacher, rigidly orthodox and strong on\\nelection, which he often preached. He was peculiarly\\nadapted to indoctrinate churches, and we can but regard\\nit as an overruling providence that he was sent to this\\nplace after the mild and somewhat unorthodox ministry of\\nMr. Farley. In person, he was tall, straight, and of light\\ncomplexion, social with his friends, and a model father.\\nHe died in debt to the New Hampshire Home Missionary\\nSociety $250, the amount of a legacy to the Society by\\nhis father, but his son, Hon. H. M. Spofford, during the\\npast year paid the debt, with interest, amounting to nearly\\n$700. Ten persons united with the church during his\\nministry of two years.\\nRev. Samuel Tolman.\\nLess than a month after the resignation of Mr. Spofford,\\nthe Congregational Society in Atkinson was formed\\nFeb. 19, 1834. The following year the present house of\\nworship was erected. After the erection of the church,\\nRev. Samuel H. Tolman supplied the pulpit till July 5,\\n1837, when he was installed and continued till Oct. 29,\\n1839. He was a native of Dorchester, Mass., and a grad-\\nuate of Dartmouth in 1806. He first studied medicine.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 1 5\\nthe profession of his father, but becoming pious, he studied\\ntheology with Rev. John M. Whiton, D. D., of Antrim*\\nN. H., and entered the ministry. When he came to\\nAtkinson he had been twenty-two years in the ministry,\\neight of which (from 1828 to 1836) were spent at So. Mer-\\nrimac, where there were two precious revivals, and the\\nchurch increased from eighteen to eighty members. After\\nhe left here he preached five years (from June, 1839, ^o\\nApril, 1844) at Lempster, where there was also a revival,\\nand thirty-five added to the church. During his first year\\nhere (1838), four united with the church. The following\\nyear there was a revival, and thirteen more were received.\\nDuring the three years and a half of his ministry, thirty-\\ntwo persons were received, a gi eater number, according to\\nthe time, than that of any other ministry here. The revi-\\nvals experienced under his ministry show that he was a\\ngodly man, and a successful minister. After forty years\\nof ministerial labor, he returned to Atkinson, April, 1854,\\nto spend the evening of his days. He continued in active\\nsympathy and co-operation with the church and its min-\\nister till his death, which occured April 2, 1856, in the\\nseventy-fifth year of his age, and his remains repose in\\nyonder grave yard. Rev. Samuel H. Tolman, of Lenox,\\nMass., formerly of Wilmington, in the same State, is his\\nson. His youngest daughter, Harriet, married Rev.\\nCharles Secombe, now of Francestown, N. H.\\nRev. Samuel Pierce.\\nAfter Mr. Tolman, Rev. Messrs. Mitchell, Deming,\\nParsons, of Oberlin, and others supplied the desk for\\nabout three years. In 1842, Rev Samuel Pierce com-\\nmenced preaching, and about a year later, April 19, 1843,\\nwas ordained as pastor. Mr. Pierce was son of Capt.\\nSamuel Pierce, of Haverhill, Mass., and great-grandson of", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "l6 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nNathaniel Peaslee, Esq., of the same place. He graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1835, 3-^ Andover in 1840. He died\\nless than a year after his ordination, March 27, 1844, at\\nthe age of twenty-seven. He lived and died in the family\\nof Hon. John Vose, and was buried in Atkinson burying\\nground, where stones, erected to his memory by Mrs.\\nJudith Cogswell, mark his resting place. He was much\\nrespected and beloved.\\nRev. Jesse Page.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Pierce, Rev. Norman Hazen and\\nothers supplied the desk till June, 1845, when Rev. Jesse\\nPage commenced supplying the pulpit. He was a gradu-\\nate of Dartmouth College in 1831, of Andover Theologi-\\ncal Seminary in 1835, S-^^d was pastor of the Congrega-\\ntional church, North Andover, Mass., from September,\\n1835, to June, 1843. He continued as acting pastor here\\nfor 24 years till March, 1869, when by reason of sickness\\nwhich affected his lungs, he was obliged to cease minis-\\nterial labor. During his ministry there were three precious\\nrevivals one in 185 i, when seven united with the church;\\none in J855, when sixteen were added, and another in 1863,\\nwhen seventeen were received, forty in all. Besides\\nthese, there were many conversions of students who unit-\\ned elsewhere, and are now filling places of usefulness and\\nhonor. Mr. Page also prepared the present excellent arti-\\ncles of faith and covenant, and church manual. By his in-\\nfluence abroad and efforts at home he has done much to\\npromote the prosperity of the academy and church. He\\nis still spared to be with us on this centennial day, aiding\\nand benefiting us by his co-operation and counsels. The\\nwhole number received during the twenty-four years of his\\nministry was lOi.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. I 7\\nRev. Charles F. Morse.\\nAfter the failure of Mr. Page s health, the pulpit was\\nsupplied for about three years by students from Andover\\nTheological Seminary. June, 22, 1872, Rev. C. F. Morse\\ncommenced supplying the pulpit, and was installed pastor\\nof the church, Sept. 17, of the same year. Mr. Morse is\\na native of Salem, Vt., the seventh in direct line from\\nAnthony Morse, who settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1635.\\nHe is a graduate of Amherst College in 1853, and of\\nAndover Theological Seminary in 1856. He sailed as a\\nmissionary to Turkey, Jan. 5, 1857, and returned to this\\ncountry, June 30, 1870. He labored among the Bulga-\\nrians of European Turkey.\\nDuring the one hundred years which closes to-day, fifty\\nyears, eight months and eight days, the church has had\\nsettled pastors about thirty-four years, acting pastors\\nand sixteen years, supplies by various individuals. It is\\nsaid the church has never been without religious services\\nwhen there has been no minister, services have been con-\\nducted by members of the church. During the greater\\npart of the time from the death of Mr. Peabody till the\\ncoming of Mr. Page, the church received aid from the\\nN. H. Home Missionary Society. The whole number of\\nmembers during the hundred years, including the nineteen\\noriginal members, is 289. The present number is eighty.\\nThe Cogswell Family.\\nBesides the ministers, there are others who have done\\nmuch to promote the welfare and prosperity of the church.\\nProminent among these has been the Cogswell family.\\nNathaniel Cogswell, who had been a merchant thirty or\\nforty years in the adjoining town of Haverhill, moved into\\nAtkinson in 1766, two years before the incorporation of", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "I 8 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nthe town. Religious services were held in his house, pre-\\nvious to the erection of the first church. He also gave\\nthe land for the church so long as it should be used for\\nthat purpose. He and his wife were among the nineteen\\noriginal members.\\nHe was the father of nineteen children, eight of whom\\nentered the service of their country during the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and performed, it is said, thirty-eight years\\nof service, a greater amount, it is believed, than was per-\\nformed by any other family in the country. And, what is\\nremarkable, these sons all survived the war, and became\\nhonored citizens of the country they had fought to free.\\nOne of them was Dr. William Cogswell, a Hospital Sur-\\ngeon in the army of the Revolution. He was born in\\nHaverhill, Mass., July 1 1, 1760, and died at Atkinson, Jan.\\nI, 183 I. From 1810 to the time of his death, he was an\\nactive member of the church, and his wife, Mrs. Judith\\nBadger Cogswell, who united with the church at the same\\ntime with her husband, continued an active, earnest mem-\\nber, distinguished for benevolence and warm friendship for\\nher pastor, till the time of her death, Sept. 30, 1859, i the\\nninety-fourth year of her age. She gave the present com-\\nmunion table and the chairs beside it, and, in 1845, the\\nbell, which weighs 1300 pounds and cost about $300. Dr.\\nCogswell also gave the baptismal basin. He was one of\\nthe first trustees of Atkinson Academy, and for many\\nyears president of the board of trustees. But the greatest\\nusefulness of this honored couple was the rearing and ed-\\nucating of a family of nine children, eight of whom lived\\nto grow up and fill places of honor and usefulness in the\\nchurch and in society. The eldest of these was Rev. Wil-\\nliam Cogswell, D. D., who received religious impressions\\nwhile attending the academy under the instruction of Hon.\\nJohn Vose. These impressions ripened into active Chris-\\ntian life while in Dartmouth College, and he wrote home\\nstirring letters to his parents and relatives, and Sept. 23,", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. I9\\n1 8 10, he united with the church in Atkinson, on the same\\nday with his parents and two sisters, Julia and Hannah\\nP., and received baptism with all his brothers and sisters,\\nnine in number, from Mr. Peabody. He was pastor of the\\nchurch in Dedham fourteen years, from 1815 to 1829, and\\nAgent and Secretary of the Education Society from Aug.\\n20, 1829 to April 14, 1 84 1. Afterwards he was Professor\\nof history and national education in Dartmouth College,\\nand president and professor in Gilmanton Theological\\nSeminary. He died at Gilmanton, Apr. i8, 1850, in the\\nsixty-third vear of his age. He was the author of Let-\\nters to Young Men, The Assistant to Family Religion,\\nThe Christian Philanthropist, or Harbinger of the Mil-\\nlennium, and The Theological Class Book. A copy of\\nthis last, perhaps the most useful, through the liberality of\\nhis brother, Francis Cogswell, Esq., of Andover, Mass., has\\nbeen placed in each family in the town. He advised and\\nencouraged the church to erect its present house of wor-\\nship and solicited funds to aid them. He laid the corner\\nstone at sunrise on the Fourth of July, 1835, when the\\nemotions of his heart filled his eyes with tears. His wife\\ncomposed the original hymn sung at the dedication. Fran-\\ncis Cogswell, besides the liberality above mentioned, was\\nthe first to deposit, April 17, 1871, one thousand dollars\\nin the Haverhill Savings Bank, in Haverhill, Mass., toward\\na permanent memorial fund, the interest of which should\\nbe expended under the direction of this church in the sup-\\nport of preaching and sustaining the Gospel ministry in\\nAtkinson.* He also gave the Bible and hymn book for\\nthe pulpit, and the two large chairs by the side of it. Rev,\\nNathaniel Cogswell, of Yarmouth, Mass., and Dr. George\\nCogswell, of Bradford, Mass., two other brothers, have\\neach given a thousand dollars for the same object as that\\nabove mentioned. Joseph B. Cogswell, of this town, an-\\nother brother, gave the land upon which the church is\\n*See Appendix, A.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nerected, and July 4, 1870, he wrote his brother, Francis,\\nasking him if he would not contribute toward a fund for\\nthe church, and it is said he has remembered the church\\nin his will, to an amount equal to that of his brothers.\\nThus from the first establishment of this church to the\\npresent time and onward, it has been and will be under\\ngreat obligations to the Cogswell family. May their prayers\\naccompany their beneficence and prove the means of\\nspiritual blessings to unnumbered souls.\\nThe Page Family.\\nAmong the original settlers of the town were Jonathan\\nand Edmund Page, from Haverhill, Mass. Edmund Page\\nwas born Nov. 7, 1709, and died Aug. 15, 1768, four years\\nbefore the organization of the church. His third son,\\nCapt. Jesse Page, who served in the Revolutionary war,\\nwas born Feb. 16, 1740 or 1741. He united with the\\nchurch June 11, 1780, and was distinguished for piety.\\nHis oldest son was Col. William Page, who united with\\nthe church, Nov. 29, iSoi, and was elected deacon, Dec.\\n29, 181 7, which office he held till his death, Sept. 13, 1847-\\nThe oldest son of Col. William Page was Rev. Jesse Page,\\nwho for twenty-four years, nearly one-fourth of the time\\nwe this day commemorate, has been your acting pastor.\\nHe suggested and has urged the necessity of an endow-\\nment of the church, not only as essential for its own pros-\\nperity, but also as a necessary preparation for the pros-\\nperity and success of the Academy, and deposited the\\nsecond thousand dollars toward this endowment. Another\\nson was Rev. W^illiam Page, who for more than twenty\\nyears was a faithful, judicious and earnest minister of the\\ngospel. He died Oct. 18, 1861.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 21\\nHon. John Vose.\\nNo one can study the history either of the church or\\nAcademy in Atkinson, without being impressed with the\\nwide-spread and salutary influence of Hon. John Vose.\\nHe was a native of Bedford; born July lo, 1766. He\\nfitted for college at Atkinson Academy, and boarded in\\nthe family of Rev. Mr. Peabod^. The city boys, who\\nboarded in the same family, at first were disposed to make\\nfun of the youth in homespun. But Mr. Peabody told\\nthem, If I mistake not, that young man will outstrip you\\nall. A prediction which proved true. He graduated\\nwith honor at Dartmouth College in 1795, and immedi-\\nately became preceptor of the Academy, and continued\\nits honored and distinguished instructor for twenty-one\\nyears. He was preceptor of Pembroke Academy for\\neleven years, and returned to Atkinson in 183 i. To no\\nother instructor is Atkinson Academy so greatly indebted.\\nHe nobly paid one-eighth of the debt which was likely to\\nsuspend the institution. While in Pembroke he was\\nchosen Representative to the General Court, and si*bse\u00c2\u00bb\\nq uoB 44y State Senator while in Atkinson. It was while he\\nwas a member of the Senate that the famous action of the\\nLegislature, reversing the charter of Dartmouth College\\noccurred. Mr. Vose courageously told the majority;\\nyou may decide this case as you please, but you will find\\nthat higher powers will reverse your decision. This was\\nthe case in which Daniel Webster so highly distinguished\\nhimself in the Supreme Court of the United States, when\\nthe decision of the State was reversed. Considering this\\nwas a complicated case, without precedent in law, Mr.\\nVose s declaration shows him to have been a man of\\nunusually clear and logical mind. He was the author of\\ntwo works on Astronomy, a large and a small. He united", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nwith the church in Atkinson, July 20, 1806, and ever after\\nwas an active, consistent Christian. He was chosen\\ndeacon previous to his removal to Pembroke, and again\\non his return. He died May 3, 1840, aged 73. He is\\nsaid to have been one of the best of men, leaving\\nbehind him but few superiors, and not many equals.\\nThough his means were limited, he contributed to every\\ngood enterprise, and trained up his family to give sys-\\ntematically. His wife, Mrs. Lydia (Webster) Vose, from\\nWest Haverhill, Mass., the sister of Hon. Stephen Peabody\\nWebster, of Haverhill, in this State, was well qualified to\\nbe his companion. Naturally gay and high-spirited, she\\nexperienced religion after the death of her Little Mary,\\nand united with the church at the same time with her\\nhusband, and ever after was a most earnest, active, and\\nconsistent Christian. Before the Sabbath School was\\nestablished, she had a gathering of children and youth on\\nSaturday at her own house, when she imparted to them\\nreligious instruction. It has been said but few have been\\nso ready to forego their own interests to promote the gen-\\neral welfare, as Mrs. Vose. Her influence is still felt by the\\nchurch. Let her memory be cherished.\\nAmong those who united with the church, May 3, 1839,\\nwere Mr. Ebenezer Todd and his wife, Betsey Todd. Two\\nof their sons graduated at Dartmouth College. One of\\nthem, William C. Todd, for six years was a successful pre-\\nceptor of the Academy, and has generously contributed\\ntoward the erection of the new parsonage.\\nDeacons and others.\\nThere have been eleven deacons. The first deacon was\\nNathaniel Knight from Newbury, Mass., one of the original\\nmembers of the church, chosen July 15, 1773. He was\\ngrandfather of John Kelly, Esq. He was a noted singer", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 2$\\nand is said to have deaconed off the hymns. He died in\\n1776. His brother, Joseph Knight, five years his senior,\\nwas chosen Nov. 19, 1779, and held the office thirty-seven\\nyears, till Feb. 2, 18 16. He was grandfather of Deacon\\nDaniel Knight, and also of the late Deacon Knight, of\\nPortsmouth, husband of Mrs. Helen C. Knight. The third\\nwas Benjamin Hale, elected Dec. 3, 1780, and died Dec. 4,\\n1 78 1. He lived on the east road, and was the grandfather\\nof Messrs. Josiah and Moses L. Hale, of Newburyport,\\nMass., who, with other members of the family have con-\\ntributed liberally towards the erection of the church and\\nparsonage. John Merrill, elected Nov. 5, 1783, and died\\nin office, Jan. 1 1, 1797. Hon. John Vose, elected Dec. 21,\\n18 1 7, held the office twelve years. Col. William Page,\\nelected Dec. 29, 1817, died in office, Sept. 13, 1847. Jo-\\nsiah Grover was elected June i, 1820, and resigned Sept.\\n20, 1836. Moses Dow, 2d, elected May 22, 1840, continued\\nin office till his death, Dec. 26, 1868. He was great grand-\\nson of John Dow, one of the original settlers of the town,\\nfrom Haverhill, Mass. Dea. Franklin Gilbert was elected\\nat the same time with Mr. Dow. Dea. Bailey Knight and\\nDea. Daniel Knight were elected March 4, 1870.\\nThe records show that among the members of the\\nchurch for the century there have been thirty-seven\\nKnights, seventeen Dows, sixteen Littles and nine Noyeses.\\nAmong the latter have been four sisters who have sung\\nin the choir more than thirty years each, and one of them,\\nMrs. Dea. Gilbert, was in the choir more than forty years.\\nAnother of these sisters, Mrs. Eliza W. Noyes, recently\\ndeceased, has given $200, the interest of which is to be\\ndevoted to the support of preaching. Many others might\\nbe mentioned. Many noble deeds of self-denial have been\\ndone, especially by the ladies. Perhaps some persons,\\nwho have been able to contribute but their mite, have\\ndone more to promote the welfare of the church than some\\nwho have acted a more prominent part. And He who", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nwill not allow a cup of cold water given in His name to go\\nunrewarded, will reward and honor all at the great day\\naccording to their love and devotion.\\nThe Churches.\\nNotwithstanding the reason assigned for the separation\\nof the town from Plaistow, was the better accommodation\\nof its inhabitants with religious privileges, at their first\\nmeeting, Nov. 3, 1767, they refused to build a meeting\\nhouse. But on the 29th of March, 176S, the town voted\\nto build a meatting house. Voted that the plase between\\nLeft. Johnathan Pages and John Dows, the easternly most\\nnole, 01^ the North side of the way be the Plase to set the\\nMeatting house. Voted that the Meatting house Be Built\\nBy subscription by those that have a min to and take the\\npew ground for there pay. The town appointed no build-\\ning committee, but those interested evidently had a meet-\\ning, and appointed a committee, which, from the deeds for\\nthe pew ground, appears to have been composed of the\\nfollowing persons, viz.: Samuel Little, John Knight and\\nJohn Ingalls, gentleman Thomas Noyes, John Dow,\\nMoses Kelly and Benjamin Hale, yeomen. This com-\\nmittee apparently commenced their preparations for build-\\ning, but there was dissatisfaction in regard to its location,\\nand a town meeting was warned for July 18, when it was\\nVoted to reconsider the vote of March 29; but being\\nunable to agree, Voted not to fix the place at this meet-\\ning. Meanwhile the Committee put up the frame on the\\noriginal site, but felt unable to finish, and in the warrant\\nfor a town meeting, Oct. 18, an article was inserted To\\nchoose a committee to sell the pew ground in said Meet-\\ning house frame at a vendue to obtain money for finishing\\nsaid house. This article was voted down. But the Com-\\nmittee seem to have succeeded in completing the building", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 2$\\nduring the winter and spring following. For, on the\\n1 8 of Dec. A. Domini 1769, in the tenth year of His Maj-\\nesty s reign, they deeded to James Noyes five feet\\nsquare for a pew ground, but as it was designated as\\nbeing between the pews of John Ingalls and Joseph\\nFrench, it is evident that other pews had been previously\\nsold. This pew ground was deeded for five pounds law-\\nful money.\\nThe building seems to have been patterned after Noah s\\nArk. As nearly as can be ascertained, it was forty by\\nfifty feet, without a steeple, the ridge-pole running east\\nand west, while the pulpit was on the north side. It was\\nentered by three doors, one on each end and one on the\\nsouth side opposite the pulpit. A row of box pews went\\nround the sides and in the centre were two rows of pews\\non each side of the broad aisle, five feet by seven and a\\nhalf, except the east row, which was divided into three\\npews on each side. The seats turned up, and when let\\ndown at the close of prayers, produced a clatter which\\nwould have astonished modern ears. It had a high box\\npulpit with sounding board perched high over head, which\\nat the present day might excite fears for the safety of the\\nminister. There were galleries on three sides. It was\\nsituated east of the burying ground and north of the road\\nleading to Hampstead. In this building, without carpets\\nor fire, excepting the few last years, did our fathers wor-\\nship for sixty-six years, till the present house was erected\\nin 1835. It was taken down in 1845. To the aged part\\nof the community this house must have had most sacred\\nassociations. In it their fathers worshiped. In it they\\nwere consecrated to God. In it they first attended church,\\nand there did they consecrate themselves to God. Sacred\\nedifice But thou and the greater part of those who wor-\\nshiped in thee have passed away.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nThe Present Meeting House.\\nAs early as iSi8 difficulty arose in regard to the meet-\\ning house. In March, 1819, three months previous to the\\ndeath of Mr. Peabody, the town Voted to let the Univer-\\nsalists have the privilege of using the meeting house the\\npresent year their proportion of Sundays, according to the\\ntaxation. In March, 1820, Voted that each denomina-\\ntion, viz. Congregationalists, Universalists, Baptists and\\nMethodists, have the liberty to supply the pulpit with a\\nteacher of their own persuasion their proportion of Sun-\\ndays, according to the taxes each denomination pays.\\nThis vote was repeated from year to year till 1827, when\\nit was voted that the Universalist Society occupy the\\nmeeting house the fourth Sunday in April next, and the\\nfourth Sunday in each of the next seven months. At the\\nsame time it was Voted that the Methodists occupy the\\nmeeting house the third Sunday in every month the year\\nensuing. In 1830, Voted that the Universalist Society\\noccupy the meeting house the fourth Sabbath in every\\nmonth, and the second Sabbath enough to make up their\\nproportion. This vote was repeated for several years.\\nThe occupation of the house by different denominations\\nwas a serious embarrassment to the church, and one of\\nthe causes which led to the resignation of Mr. Spofford.\\nLess than a month after his resignation, Feb. 19, 1834,\\nthe Congregational Society of Atkinson was formed.\\nEncouraged and aided by Rev. William Cogswell, D. D.,\\nand Rev. Jesse Page, the Society proceeded to erect the\\nfollowing year the present house of worship. It stands\\non land given by Joseph B. Cogswell, Esq., and is forty by\\nfifty feet, and was dedicated Oct. 21, 1835. It cost, besides\\nthe labor given, $1800.00, a little more than one-third of\\nwhich was given by individuals and churches from abroad.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 27\\nand the rest raised by the sale of pews, and contributions\\nby the church members and citizens. Such a building\\nwould now cost more than twice the amount.*\\nMusic.\\nIt is not appropriate that we close a review of the church\\nfor a century without a brief notice of the service of song\\nwhich constitutes so important a part of the worship of\\nGod. During Mr. Peabody s ministry, Watts Hymns,\\nwithout the select, were used, and the Ancient Har-\\nmony, so full of soul stirring music. Favorite tunes of\\nMr. Peabody were Judgment, Old Jordan, New Jerusalem,\\nand others. After Mr. Peabody, Watts and Select Hymns\\nwere used, till the present autumn, when the Sabbath\\nHymn Book was introduced. The first instrumental\\nmusic, as far as remembered, was a violin, then a bass viol,\\nso long played by Jesse Dow. The present pipe organ\\nwas procured in 1866, at a cost of $500. In raising the\\nmoney the people in Atkinson were assisted by friends\\nabroad. The small organ for the Sabbath School and so-\\ncial meetings was procured in 1869, at a cost of about\\n^140, the money being raised by a levee.\\nWe cannot close without a reference to the influence of\\nthis church. One hundred years ago, on a rainy day,\\nnineteen persons, eleven men and eight women, met\\ntogether at a private house, and feeling their obligation to\\nsustain the institutions of the gospel, consecrated them-\\nselves to God and his service. Had they been less self-\\ndenying, or less courageous had they said we will go\\nto neighboring towns to worship, how different would\\nhave been the result Literally, scores, who are now in\\nheaven, or filling places of usefulness and honor in the\\nworld, in all probability would not have been converted.\\n*For a full statement respecting the parsonage, not completed at the de-\\nlivery of this address, the reader is referred to appendix B.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORICAL ADDRESS.\\nThe more religious part of the community would have\\nremoved, and irreligion and immorality would have\\nflourished on soil now distinguished for intelligence and\\nmorality. And how great has been its influence upon\\neducation. Had there been no church in Atkinson, there\\nwould have been no academy, and had there been no acad-\\nemy it is not probable one-fifth of the more than forty\\npersons who have entered the learned professions from\\nAtkinson would have entered college or practised the\\nhealing art. And probably not 500 out of the more than\\n4000 students who have enjoyed the privileges of educa-\\ntion here, and who are exerting a wide influence in the\\nworld, would have ever enjoyed equal advantages for an\\neducation. And each one of these will exert an influence\\nover others which shall never cease. How great has been\\nthe influence of this little church But what shall be its\\ninfluence for the future Shall it be built up and flourish\\nShall the academy continue to exert an elevating and be-\\nnign influence during the century to come. Our fathers\\ndid not shrink from responsibility. They consecrated\\nthemselves and their children to God and relying upon\\ndivine strength, went forward. And if we imitate their\\nexample may not even greater results be achieved\\nOur fathers, where are they Not an individual who\\nwas present one hundred years ago at the organization of\\nthis church and ordination of Mr. Peabody is now among\\nthe living. They have gone. At the end of another cen-\\ntury not an individual now present will be living. Others\\nwill occupy our places. But what shall be our record\\nLet us be influenced by the sacred associations which clus-\\nter around this hour, reconsecrate ourselves, our children\\nand our possessions to God, and resolve that by his assist-\\nance we will faithfully discharge the duties devolved upon\\nus. And may His blessing attend the pilgrim church\\ndown the ages.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "I\\nAPPENDIX.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 31\\nA.\\nMemorial Funds.\\nThe following conditions annexed to his gift by Hon.\\nFrancis Cogswell, have been copied by subsequent donors\\nWhereas the said Francis Cogswell\\nhas on this 17th day of April, A. D. 1871, deposited in the\\nHaverhill Savings Bank, in said Haverhill, Mass., the sum\\nof $1,000 to the credit of the Deacons of the Congrega-\\ntional Church in said Atkinson, as a perpetual deposit in\\ntrust, on condition that the sum thus deposited is not to\\nbe removed or withdrawn except by a decree of court or\\nother legal proceedings. That the principal sum thus\\ndeposited is not to be diminished, and that the dividends\\nor interest only are to be paid to the order of the Deacons\\nfor the time being of said church, and expended under its\\ndirection in the support of preaching and sustaining the\\ngospel ministry in said Atkinson.\\nNow, therefore, in consideration thereof, we, the under-\\nsigned, Franklin Gilbert, Bailey Knight and Daniel\\nKnight, the Deacons of the Congregational Church in\\nAtkinson, N. H., hereby accept said contribution or dona-\\ntion in trust, on the conditions annexed thereto, and we\\ncovenant and agree with said Francis Cogswell, his heirs,\\nand executors, and administrators, that we, the said Dea-\\ncons, will and that our successors in said office shall, in\\nall coming time, permit the said sum of $1,000 to remain\\non deposit in said Haverhill Savings Bank, as a perpetual\\ntrust, until the same shall be ordered to be removed by\\ndue process of law.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "32 APPENDIX.\\nThat the principal sum of $i,ooo shall not be diminished\\nby any act of ourselves, or our successors in said office of\\nDeacons.\\nThat the dividends or interest only as received shall be\\nfaithfully expended in the support of preaching and in\\nsustaining the gospel ministry in said Atkinson, under\\nthe direction of said church.\\nThat we and our successors in said office of Deacons\\nwill enter in a book kept for that purpose, the amount of\\nsaid contribution or donation under the name of The\\nFrancis Cogswell Donation for the support of preaching ajid\\nsustaining the Gospel nii^iistry in Atkinson, N. H., and\\nregularly enter all the receipts as income therefrom, and\\nall the expenditures made from said income, stating the\\nparticulars thereof, for which proper vouchers shall be\\ntaken and filed, which book, accounts and vouchers are to\\nbe exhibited to the church yearly, at its annual meeting,\\nafter having been examined and audited by the Standing\\nCommittee, or some other committee appointed for that\\npurpose, and approved, if found to be correct, by the\\nchurch. Signed by the deacons.\\nThe bequest of Joseph B. Cogswell, Esq., is as follows\\nI give and bequeath to the Congregational Society in\\nAtkinson the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be invested\\nin good and profitable Stocks and the interest of the same\\nshall from time to time be laid out for repairs on the place\\nof worship of said Society.\\nProvided however if said Society shall ever build a new\\nHouse of Worship on the land where the House now\\nstands the above sum of Five Hundred Dollars may be\\ntaken and used by the Society to build such new House.\\nAnd I do give a further sum of Five Hundred Dollars to\\nsaid Congregational Society in Atkinson, the interest of\\nwhich shall be annually expended for the support of preach-\\ning the Gospel in said Society.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 33-\\nB.\\nThe Parsonage.\\nAs a necessary step toward securing a pastor, the Ladies\\nSociety in the spring of 1871 voted that their funds be\\ndevoted to a parsonage, and a few months later, determin-\\ned to solicit subscriptions for this object, a nucleus being\\nfurnished by a conditional gift from William C. Todd, Esq,\\nThe members of the congregation co-operated in the effort\\nwith great unanimity and self-sacrifice, and almost all per-\\nsons for any reason interested in the welfare of the place,\\nadded such aid as was in their power, even those families\\nto whom the church was already so much indebted. After\\nthe call of Rev. C. F. Morse, the house was built on seven-\\neighths of an acre of land purchased of Dea. Bailey Knight,\\nunder the supervision of a committee chosen by the Con-\\ngregational Society, consisting of Rev. Jesse Page, Dea.\\nBailey Knight, and James M. Nesmith, an experienced\\nbuilder who personally superintended the work. It is an\\ninteresting coincidence and significant of the good hand\\nof our God upon us, that the house was occupied by the\\npastor on the first anniversary of the day on which it was\\nresolved to attempt a subscription, and the last bill con-\\ntracted in its erection paid almost within a year from the\\nday its foundations were commenced the whole amount\\nfurnished through the ladies of the congregation in sub-\\nscriptions and all other ways being ^3210.07. To esti-\\nmate the actual expense of the house as it stands should\\nbe added the value of blinds and fence otherwise secured,\\nand a large amount of gratuitous labor.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34 APPENDIX.\\nThis property is conveyed to the Deacons of the Con-\\ngregational Church in Atkinson, and their successors in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0said office, and assigns forever in trust as follows, viz. to\\nhold and keep the same as a parsonage for the use and\\noccupancy of the minister or pastor of said church and\\nsociety, for the time being free of charge or rent, so long\\nas said society shall pay or cause to be paid the cost and\\nexpense of repairs, taxes, insurance and legal assessments\\nthereon and upon their failure so to do, to collect and\\nreceive the amounts necessary therefor from rents and\\nincome for the use and occupation of said estate, and to\\nhold and securely invest any and all sums of money\\nreceived by them in connection with this estate, or from\\nproceeds of any sale of the same, after deducting the nec-\\nessary expenses above recited, for the support and main-\\ntenance of the gospel ministry and preaching in said\\nAtkinson, the annual interest or income only to be so\\nexpended provided, however, that the said estate shall\\non no consideration be pledged or mortgaged for the pay-\\nment of any sum of money or the performance of any con-\\ndition or contract, and shall not be at any time sold or\\nconveyed by said trustees without the votes of said\\nsociety and church first had at lawful meetings, called for\\nthat purpose, concurring in and directing said sale and\\nconveyance a sale with the assenting votes of said\\nsociety and church as aforesaid, and reinvestment of the\\nwhole or part of the proceeds in another parsonage estate,\\nto be holden in the same manner as is here provided for\\nthis, and any balance of proceeds invested and held as\\nhereinbefore recited, to be deemed a full compliance with\\nthe terms of this trust.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX. 35\\nc.\\nContribution to the Ministry.\\nThe following persons from the town have become\\npreachers of the Gospel:\\nRev. MOSES DOW,\\nRev. WILLIAM COGSWELL, D.D.,\\nRev. NATHANIEL COGSWELL,\\nRev. JESSE PAGE,\\nRev. WILLIAM PAGE,\\nRev. NATHANIEL GROVER,\\nRev. JAMES MARSH HOW DOW,\\nRev. JOHN BADGER MERRILL.", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36\\nAPPENDIX.\\nD.\\nAtkinson in the War of the Rebellion.\\nThe following residents\\nof the Rebellion, very few\\nnishing so large a number\\ntion\\nJOHN E. AUSTIN,\\nMILES M. BOWLES,\\nEBENEZER BUCK,\\nDAVID O. CLARKE,\\nJOSEPH CARLTON,\\nWARREN CLOUGH,\\nWARREN COWDRY,\\nCHARLES DOW,\\nJOHN DOW,\\nGEORGE P. DOW,\\nH. DOW,\\nJOHN FOLINSBEE,\\nLOREN HEATH,\\nGEORGE W. HEATH,\\nJACOB HALL,\\nIRA HURD,\\nWILLIAM HURD,\\nFRANK P. IRISON,\\nJOHN S. C. KELLY,\\nHENRY KELLY,\\nof Atkinson served in the War\\ntowns in New Hampshire fur-\\nin proportion to their popula-\\nJOHN H. KNIGHT,\\nS. BURLY MASON,\\nEDMUND F. McNEIL,\\nALONZO McNEIL,\\nARTHUR L. MERRICK,\\nMARCUS MERRICK,\\nJACOB L. MORSE,\\nTHOMAS ADDISON NOYES,\\nOILMAN NOYES,\\nBYRON NOYES,\\nCYRUS FRANK NOYES,\\nEDWARD F. NOYES,\\nALBE NOYES,\\nFREDERICK W. NOYES,\\nPERKINS NICHOLS,\\nJOHN RYAN,\\nCHARLES D. RICHARDS,\\nFRANK W. RICHARDS,\\nORRIN S. RICHARDS,\\nJOHN H. SMITH.\\n3477- C5i", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3173", "width": "1807", "jp2-path": "historicaldiscou00mors_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "T^JllI);^?* C* O V/y%(^\\\\ \\\\\\\\r A^ t I le~ I Thomson F\\ni/Milfr^ f? oV^^eLNF A^ AJ J Cranberry Towi\\nV\u00c2\u00a3t^i# L^ ri^ -t (724)779-2111\\nPRESERVATION TECHNOLOGIES. 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