{"1": {"fulltext": "K2 B3\\nopy 1\\nREMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD.\\nRev. Dr. BARSTOWS\\nHALF-CENTURY\\nSERMON.", "height": "3212", "width": "2115", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3196", "width": "1827", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD.\\nA^\\nSemi-Cenlennial Di.^\\nPREACHED IN THE\\nFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,\\nKEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE,\\nJuly 1, 186S,\\nBY THE\\nI\\nAT THE CLOSE OF HIS\\nFIFTY YEARS^ PASTORATE.\\nJ^UBLISHED BY j^IS CHILDREN\\nNEW YORK:\\nTHOMAS WHITTAKER, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER,\\nNo. 2 Bible House.\\n1873-", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nZ007.\\n1", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Re)neniher the dioja of old coitsider the years of wain/ e/ener-\\nations ask thy father, eind he vill show thee thy elders^ and they\\nwill tell thee. Deut. xxxii. Vin.\\nThis is part of the song of Moses, whieli he uttered\\nin the hearing of all Israel just before he ascended to the\\ntop of Pisgah, to behold the goodly land, and to die.\\nAnd I avail myself of these words, as a fit introduc-\\ntion to what I would say, on this fiftieth anniversary of\\nmy ministry in this place, I invite you to remember\\nthe days of old to consider the hundred and thirty-\\nfour years that have passed, since the first movement for\\nthe settlement of this town.\\nThe Proprietors Book gives the following account\\nof the Ijeginning of things in Keene, then called the\\nUpper Ashuelot\\nWhereas the committee that have laid out the Home Lotts in\\nthe towns westward on Ashuelot lliver and Poquaig,* have notified\\nall persons that are desirous to take up Lots on the terms and con-\\nditions this Court f has directed, to meet at Concord (Mass.) on\\nWednesday, the 26th instant and it being necessary after these\\nLots are drawn, that tlie grantees he assembled, and come into proper\\nmethods for the settlement of their said Lotts, etc., that after sixty\\npersons for each township shall have drawn Lots, and given Bond,\\nand paid their rive pounds according to the order of this Court,\\nJuly, 1732, that they forthwith assemble at Concord, and then and\\nthere chuse Moderator, Proprietor s Clerk, and agree upon Ruls\\nand methods for the fulfilment of the respective grants, and to\\nAthol. f The General Court of Massachusetts.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "make anv furtliev Divisions, and for calling otlier meetings for the\\niiture, and any other matters or things lor the speedy settlement\\nof said towns.\\nSent up for concurrence,\\nJ. (^uiNCY, Speaker,\\nCouncil, June 19th, 17;U.\\nRead and concurred,\\nJ. WiLLAKi), iSec y.\\n21st, consented to,\\nJ. Bkloiikk, [(?oy.]\\nA true co])y Examined pr. Simeon Frost, Deputy ISec^y.\\nA true copy Examined p. Samuel Haywood, Proprietorti Clerk.\\nIn pursuance of tlie above, on the 26th day of June,\\n1734, the General Court s Committee met at the house\\nof Mr. Jonathan Bell, Inn-holder in Concord, Mass., in\\norder to* admit proprietors into the Upper Township, on\\nAshuelot River. The names of S Committee are as\\nfolloweth, viz\\nWILLIAM DUDLKV, ESQ.. JOHN CHANDLER, ESQ..\\nEBEXKZKli BAIIUEL, ESQ., MR. SAMTEL HANDLER.\\nDANIEL El FS, ESQ., MR. JOHN HODSOX.\\nEDWARD GODDARD, ESQ.. MR. ISRAEL WMLLIAMS.\\nOn tlie (hiy aliove said, the said Plon^ Committee\\nreceived as proprietors of the Upper Townslii}) on A.sli-\\nuelot River, the persons hereafter named. Said grantees\\nreceived their lots by draught, in order of the numl)er8\\natii.ved hereafter to tlieir names resp. ctively. Each\\ngrantee paid five pounds money to the said committee\\nupon admittance, except the Minister and the Ministry,\\nand School Lots\\nThus it ii]i|ic;ir.s iliat tlic |iii)|iriclcirH |iiii(i tlir( c huiiilred ]ioiuiiln for tlicHC\\nl)r( iiiisi .s.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "1.\\n(^APT. SAMUEL SADEY,\\n32.\\n2.\\nJEREMIAH HALL,\\n33.\\n3.\\nSAMUEL HAYWOOD,\\n34.\\n4.\\nJOHN WITT,\\n35.\\n5.\\nJOSEPH WKKiHT,\\n36.\\n6.\\nJOSEPH FLOOD,\\n37.\\n7.\\nSOLOMON KEES.\\n38.\\n8.\\nJONATHAN MORTON,\\n39.\\n9.\\nTHOMAS WEEKS,\\n40.\\n10.\\nISAAC POWER,\\n41.\\n11.\\nWILLLAM HOATON,\\n42.\\n12,\\nEBENEZER ALLEN,\\n43.\\n13.\\nMINISTER LOT,\\n44.\\n14.\\nDANIEL HAWS,\\n45.\\n15.\\nJOHN HAWKS.\\n46.\\n16\\nPHILEMON CHANDLER,\\n47.\\n17.\\nROBERT MOOR,\\n48.\\n18.\\nISRAEL HOW.\\n49.\\n19.\\nWILLIAM WITT,\\n50.\\n20.\\nJONATHAN WHITNEY,\\n51.\\n21.\\nJOSEPH HILL,\\n52.\\n22.\\nWILLIAM PUFFER,\\n53\\n23\\nBARTHOLOMEW JONES,\\n54.\\n24.\\nJOSEPH PRIEST,\\n55.\\n25.\\nJONAS KEES,\\n50.\\n26.\\nWILLIAM SMEED,\\n57.\\n27.\\nJOSEPH HILL,\\n58.\\n28.\\nSCHOOL LOT,\\n59.\\n29.\\nMINISTRY LOT,\\n60.\\n30.\\nEDWARD HALL,\\n61.\\n31.\\nDAVID MOSS,\\n62.\\n63. STEPHEN\\nBLi\\nISAAC HEATON,\\nDAVID CHANDLER,\\nBENJAMIN WHITNEY,\\nJOSEPH ALLEN,\\nNICHOLAS SPRAKE, JR.,\\nABRAHAM MASTER,\\nNATHAN FAIRBANK,\\nNATHANIEL ROCKWOOD,\\nJOHN CORBETT,\\nJOHN GUILD,\\nJOSEPH ELLIS,\\nJOHN NIMS,\\nJONATHAN SOUTHWICK,\\nROBERT GREY,\\nTHOMAS ABBOTT,\\nJOSIAH FISHER,\\nJABEZ WARD,\\nISAAC TOMBERLIN,\\nJONAS WILSON,\\nEBENEZER WITT,\\nAMOS FOSTER,\\nDAVID HARWOOD,\\nEDWARD TWIST,\\nJOHN BURGE,\\nEBENEZER MASON,\\nDANIEL HOAR.\\nELISHA ROOT,\\nMARK FERREY,\\nJOSIAH FISHER,\\nELI AS WITT,\\nSAMUEL WITT,\\nAKE.\\nAt the time in question, it was supposed that tlie\\nvalley of the Ashuelot was in Massachusetts, and Gov-\\nernor Belclier, in 1732, recommended to the Great and\\nGeneral Court, that care be taken to settle the ungi*ant-\\ned lands.\\nAt a general meeting of the Proprietors of the Upper\\nTownship on the Ashuelot River, on the 18th day of\\nSeptember, 1734, held on said Toiovship by adjournment\\nfrom the 27th day of June last past, to make arrange-", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "ments for laying out roads, and building mills and pro-\\ncuring surveys of lands preparatory to settlement, it\\nwas propounded wlietlier Messrs. Josiali Fisher of Ded-\\nliam, Samuel Witt of Marlboro, and Jolni Hawks of\\nDeerfield, be a committee to survey the whole of the\\nentervail in said Township, etc. and that they have\\nliberty to Imploy a Sur\\\\ eyor, and Deacon Alexander, of\\nNorthfield, to assist them. This was voted on the affirm-\\native:\\nVoted, that Messrs. Josiah Fisher, Samuel Witt, and\\nJohn Hawks, be a Committee to search and find the V)est\\nand most convenient way to travel from the Upper unto\\nthe Lower Township.\\nAmong other votes then passed was this That this\\nmeeting be adjourned until the last Wednesday of May\\nnext, at 12 of the clock on said da} to be at the dwell-\\ning-house of Mr. Ephraim Jones, Inn-holder, in Con-\\ncord, [Mass.]\\nOther meetings were held in Concord, Mass., from\\ntime to time. But on the 30th September, 1736, a\\nmeeting of the Proj)rietors was opened according to ap-\\npointment, at tlie hf)fise-^of of Joseph Fisher; ])ut was\\nimmediately removed to the house of Nathan Blake.\\nThis was pr( ba))ly the first house that was erected in\\nthe townsjiij). No person had hitherto attenij)ted to\\nwinter in the lace. Those who came in summer to\\nclear tlicij- lands, brouglit tlieir j)rovisi()ns witli them.\\nJ^ut in tlie summer of 17 at least one house was l uilt;\\nand Xatlian J^lake, Setli Heaton, and William Smeed,\\nmade ])fe])arations to j)ass the winter in the \\\\vilderness.\\nTlicii- liduse was at tlic lowci- cud oi Main Street. Mr.\\nI ll Lower Tiiwhslii]) was aftcrwunis naiiifd Swiur/.ry.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Blake had a pair of oxen and a horse and Mr, Heaton\\nalso, a horse. They had collected grass in the open\\nspots, for the support of these beasts and in the early\\npart of tlie winter, they employed them in drawing logs\\nto the saw-mill, which they had built on Beaver Brook.\\nMr. Blake s horse fell through the ice in Beaver Brook,\\nand was drowned. In the beginning of February, their\\nprovisions were exhausted and they sent Mr. Heaton\\nto Northfield to procure supplies. But before he left\\nNorthfield, the snow began to fall and when he arrived\\nat Winchester, where there were a few families, it had\\nbecome so deep, and covered with so sharp a crust, that\\nhe was told that he might as well expect to die in\\nNorthfield, and rise again in Upper Ashuelot, as to ride\\nthither on horseback. He nevertheless attempted it,\\nbut soon found it impossible to succeed. He then\\ndirected his course toward Wrentham. Messrs. Blake\\nand Smeed soon gave their cattle free access to the hay,\\nand on snow-shoes sought the abodes of civilization.\\nEarly in the Spring they returned, and found the oxen\\nnear tlie Branch, below where Mr. Kobmson resides.\\nThe oxen recognized their owner, and gave signs of\\npleasure, which drew tears from his eyes,\\nWhen only one dwelling-house had ])een erected, the\\nsettlers were resolved to record God s name among them.\\nIt was on September 30th, 1736, tha t it was voted that\\nthey would build a Meeting-House, at the Upper Town-\\nship on Ashuelot so called, 40 feet long, 20 feet stud,\\nand 30 and 5 feet wide to underpinn, cov^er, and inclose\\nthe same, and lay down l^ords for the lower tloor and\\nto set the same at the south end of the town street, at\\nViik Hale s Annals, p. 10.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "8\\nthe place appointed by the General Court s Committee\\nand that Messrs. Jei emiah Hall, Samuel Daniels, Joseph\\nRichardson, Stephen Blake, and Josiah Fisher, be a\\nCommittee to build, or let the same and to see that the\\nS^ work be completely performed by the 26th day of\\nJune next. Thus you see that the first settlers of this\\nplace could not come into the tabernacle of their house,\\nnor go u}) into their bed, until they found out a place\\nfor the Lord, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.\\nHow different were they from some of their descendants\\nand successors; who care not for the House of the Lord,\\nnor for the sound of the church-going bell nor for the\\nexercises of prayer and praise\\nAfter five years, (1741) that meeting-house, which\\nwas at the south end of Main Street, was removed to the\\nmiddle of the street, south-east of where Gen. James\\nWilson s house now stands the travel passing on the\\neast side of it.\\nLi the early pai t of the summer of 1737, and while\\nfew houses were yet built, it Avas voted to assess the\\nsum of 240 pounds on the Pi opi iety, to sui)port the\\npreaching of the (xospel in said township, and other\\nnecessary charges arisen or arising in S Propriety.\\nIt is not known how or \\\\vhen the Rev. Jacob Bacon,\\ntheir first minister, came into the place. But it was\\nduring the same yetir above mentioned; for in October,\\n1737, it was voted That the worthy Jacol) Bacon\\ndi aw the Lotts for the wlude Pi (^])rit*ty. This was\\nat the second division of tlie mead\u00c2\u00bb w-hind. In the\\ncourse of the same year, he was appointed Proprietors\\nClerk; and tlie first entries which he made in the Pro-\\nprietors Hook, were in April, 173 s. Mr. Bacon received\\na call to become their ])astor, May r)th, 1738; gave", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "9\\nan affirmative answer on tlie 5th of August following\\nand was ordained October IStli of the same year, when\\nthe church was organized consisting of nineteen male\\nmembers. It is evident from this, that the church was\\nestablished before the wives of the settlers had come\\nhither for a permanent residence in the place.\\nThe following was the call presented to the Rev.\\nMr. Bacon l:)y the Proprietors Committee\\nTo Mr. Bacon,\\nWorthy Sir\\nWe the subscribers being chosen a Committee by the\\nProprietors of the U[)per Aslmeh^t, y* fifth day of May Current to\\nrepresent tliem in hvying- tiieir proposals before yourselfe for your\\nacceptance of v\u00c2\u00b0 work of y ministry which proposals are as fol-\\nloweth, (viz.:) First: the Proprietors by a unanimous vote clioose\\nyourselfe to be their minister and in the second place, voted to give\\ntowards your settlement in S*^ Township y^ sum of one hundred and\\nfifty pounds in Bills of Credit; and in the third place, they voted\\nthe sum of one hundi ed and thirty pounds of the Old Tenor, [\u00c2\u00a332\\n10 sterling] according to the present value of it for your yearly\\nsalary, for ten years, and then add ten pounds to your yearly salary.\\nThese, Sir, are the proposals, which we desire yourselfe to take into\\nyour Consideration, in order to your acceptance and humbly Desire\\nyour answer to us, (who have tlie whole aftair committed to us by\\nthe Propriety) in a convenient time, that we may know what further\\nis necessary to be done in this aftair.\\nSir, We are your humble servants,\\nJerej[iah Hall,\\nDavid Foster, I\\nIsaac Clark, Cornmittee.\\nJosiAH Fisher,\\nEkexezer Nims. J\\nThe Council that orcbiined Mr. Bacon, and organized\\nthe church, were The Pastors and Delegates from the\\nIt is difficult to tell precisely what was the value of the Old Tenor at\\nthat date.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "10\\nchurches of Wrentham, Sunderland, Northfield, and\\nMed way, viz. Rev. Messrs. Messenger, Rand, Doolittle\\nand Buckuani.\\nThe following are the nineteen persons who then\\nconstituted the church, viz.\\nJEREMIAH HALL, JOSEPH ELLIS,\\nDAVID FOSTER, JOSEPH RICHARDSON,\\nWILLIAM SMEED, EBENEZER NIMS,\\nSETH HEATON. JOSEPH (iUILD,\\niNATHAN BLAKE, EDWARD DALE,\\nJOSIAH FISHEI}, SOLOMON RICHARDSON,\\nJOSEPH FISHER, ABNER ELLIS,\\nJOHN BULLARD, EBENEZER DAY,\\nOBADIAH BLAKE.\\nDavid Foster and Josiah Fisher were appointed\\nDeacons, at a church-meeting soon after the organization\\nof the church.\\nThe Rev, Mr. Bacon was a gi*aduate of Harvard\\nCollege in ITol. He continued a much-beloved pastor\\nof this church, for nearly ten years some were added\\nto the Lord during his miiustry, but the record was de-\\nstroyed, at the time of the burning of the town by the\\nIndians. Mr. Bacon was excused from all further obli-\\ngation to the people, by an informal vote of the Proprie-\\ntors, just before they abandoned the town.\\nIt was on the loth of July, 1745, that the Indians\\nbegan their de])rcdations, by shooting Deacon Josiali\\nFisher, wliilc (hi\\\\ iiig his cow to pasture. Audit soon be-\\ncame necessary for all tlie settlers to betake themselves\\nto the fort, which w as nearly on the site of the residence of\\ntlie late Dr. V. (i. Adams. Mrs. ArKeimy and Mr. John\\nBilliard were killed April L ad, 174(;; and Mr. Nathan\\nTlii.- vole wiis tuki M oil tile I oniiiKin. in tin- liastf of their dciiarture.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "11\\nBlake* was carried captive to Canada; and several\\nl)uildings were burned. The people spent wretched\\ndays and nights, still living in tlie fort until tlie spring\\nof 1747, wlien it was resolved to abandon the settle-\\nment. This resolution was carried into effect immedi-\\nately: when the Indians set fire to the meeting-house,\\nand all the other l)uildings except the mill on Beaver\\nBrook, and the house of the miller and Mr. Bacon was\\ninformally dismissed, as above remarked. He afterward\\nresided, it is believed, in Old Rowley, Mass. The late\\nveneralde Thurston, of Maine, of l)lessed memory, was\\none of his descendants.\\nThe town was forsaken for about three years. It is\\nnot known precisely when the settlers returned. But\\napplication was made April 11th, 1753, to Gov. Ban-\\nning Wentworth, of New Hampshire, to procure a char-\\nter, which charter embraced the original limits of the\\nUpper Ashuelot, and a small strip additional on the\\neastern side. Their corporation then received the name\\nof Keene.f\\nIt may not be amiss here, to record the fact, that as\\nearly as 17-10, there was a contest between Massachusetts\\nand New Hampshire, concerning the right of possession\\nof the Valley of the Upper Ashuelot. The inhabitants\\nsettled it as a part of Massachusetts; and when it was\\ndecided that it belonged to New Hampshire, they pre-\\nsented a petition to the King s Most Excellent Majesty,\\nNathan Blake was the grandfather of Mr. Abel Blake. He remained\\namong the Indians about two years, and was held in high estimation as a\\nchief. After his return to Keene he lived many years, and died in 1813, in the\\none hundredth year of his age.\\nf It is mentioned in Hale s Annals,X\\\\i t\\\\t is probable Gov. Wentworth\\nnamed the place Keene in honor of Sir Benjamin Keene, who was Minister\\nfrom England to Spain, al out that time.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "12\\ntliat they might be annexed to the Province of Massa-\\nchusetts. They even appointed Thomas Hutchinson,\\nEsq., to present their petition, who went to Enghmd for\\nthe purpose, but failed of accomplishing the object of\\nhis agency.*\\nThe first meeting of the town, under the new charter,\\nas KEENE, was in May, 1753. And then the regard of\\nthe people for religious order was shown by the erection\\nof a meeting-house of slabs, on a green spot near to\\nwhere Mr. Robert Stewart now resides. f This was for\\na temporary place of worship, until a more suitable\\nhouse could be l)uilt. And in Decenil)er of the same\\nyear, it was voted to l)uil(l a meeting-house 45 feet\\nlong, and 35 feet wide. It ^vas at tirst resolved to\\nplace it near to where the Aaron Hall house now\\nstands.J But it was finally erected on the south side of\\nthe Common. That meeting-house was used till the\\nautumn of 178(3 when it was taken down, removed to\\nthe west side of the Common, and set up as the Court-\\nHouse of Cheshire County. Fifty years ago, it was\\nfamiliarly known as the Old Court-House. This was,\\nmany years afterward, removed to Washington street;\\nand a part of it is now the house of Capt. Pierce.\\nBut to go ])ack a little, in our history. It was in\\nJune, 1753, that Keene and the Lower Township on the\\nAshuelot Iliver, (that is, Swanzey) united in giving the\\nRev. Ezra Carpenter, a call to settle in the work of the\\nministry. He was a graduate of Harvard College in\\n1720. He had before been settled in the Old Colony,\\nVide Hale s Annals, 1(5.\\nt Apjjletnn House, Main St., opposite Marlhorougli st.\\nI Since removed, and given place to Mr. Henry Colony s house.\\nNearly upon thr site of tlie Soldiers .Monument.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "13\\nand was a man of higli character. His connection with\\nKeene and Swauzey, continued seven years, l)oth\\nchurches being one, until it was judged expedient for\\nMr. Carpenter to devote all his labors to Swanzey, and\\nKeene sought another minister.\\nWhen Mr. Carpenter was installed over Keene and\\nSwanzey, Oct. 4th, 1753, there were present, by their\\nElders, etc., the First Church in Hingham, the Third\\nChurch in Plymouth, the Church in Kingston in the\\nCounty of Plymouth, the First Church in Lancaster, the\\nChurch in Nichewong, the Church in Poquoiag (Athol),\\nthe hurch in Deertield, the Church in Sunderland, and\\nthe Church in JN orthiield.*\\nDuring Mr. Carpenter s ministry, there were 52 l)ap-\\ntisms of persons iii Keene, and several were added to\\nthe church. But the record of the latter is lost. The\\nabove record of baptisms, was made by the Rev. Edward\\nGoddard, from the old l)ook.\\nOn June 11th, 1761, the Kev. Clement Sumner was\\nordained Pastor of this church. He was a graduate of\\nYale College in 175S, and his labors continued eleven\\nyears when, in consequence of difficulties, he was dis-\\nmissed, at his own request, by an ecclesiastical council.f\\nVide Records of Clmrclies in Swanzey.\\nf It may not be uninteresting here to mention, that when Mr. Sumner was\\nsettled, his salary was fixed at tliirty-five pounds sterling, and his firewood,\\nwitli an annual increase of one pound ten shillings sterling, until fifteen\\npounds should be added\\nAnd be it here remarked, that his salary was estimated on commodities,\\nas follows, viz. wheat at Ss. 2\\\\^d. sterling; pork 3 per pound beef at 2d.\\nper pound Indian corn at l.y. 8rf. per bushel rye at 2,y. i]d. per bushel labor\\nat 2s. per day.\\nThis was rescinded afterward, upon Mr. Sumner s suggesting that the\\narticle of beef was stated above the market price! What would he have\\nthought, had it been stated fts high as it is in 1868, instead of two pence per\\npound", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "14\\nIt was during his ministry, that the practice of owning\\nthe covenant, as it was called, and having children\\nbaptized, was brought into use. Twenty persons thus\\nowned the covenant, and seventy-three were added to\\nfull communion, during his ministry. But we have no\\nrecord of baptisms by him. Mr. Sumner was never set-\\ntled again; but he preached for a time in Thetford, Vt.,\\nand lie died in Keene, March 29th, 1795.*\\nThe following persons were members of this church\\nat its re-organization (1701), under Mr. Sumner, viz.:\\nDAVID FOSTER, EBENEZER DAY,\\nOBADIAH BLAKE, JONAH FRENCH,\\nJOSIAH (UJILD, EPHRAIM DOKMAN,\\nSETH HEATON, NATHAN BLAKE,\\nMICHAEL METCALF, JOHN SESSIONS,\\nEBENEZER NLMS, JOSEPH ELLIS,\\nDAVID NIMS, MICHAEL METCALF, J UN.\\nTliat fourteen male members. Their Avives had prob-\\nal)ly not removed their relation from other churches, on\\naccount of the unsettled state of tilings. But we tiiid\\nthat the following persons were received letter^ under\\nMr. Sumner, viz.:\\nJOHN DAY, EXPERIENCE FISHER,\\nABIEL DAY, THANKFUL WILLARD,\\nDEBORAH (RTILD, GIDEON ELLIS,\\nTHANKFUL HEaTON, URIAH WILSON AND WIFE.\\nELIZABETH BLAKE, SARAH BAKER,\\nEBENEZER CLARK, SARAH WYMAN,\\nANNA CLARK, SARAH FOSTER,\\nANNA METCALF, MARY SANGER,\\nELIZABETH SUMNER.\\nThat is, 4 males and 14 females.\\n*Rev. Mr. Suiiiiht was luirii-d in tin- old cciiu tfry on tin- hanks of Beaver\\nBrook where his griivc, with those of other wortliy fathers of Keene, has\\nbeen desecrated and for ;:otten. His widow survived him, some lT^ years. She\\ndied about 1820, and was J)uried in West Swanzey. Dr. Barstow preached her\\nfuneral sermon, soon after his settlenu-nt in Keene.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "15\\nAnd the following were admitted to fnll communion\\nby profession, under Mr. Sumner, viz.\\nMERCY ELLIS,\\nSAMUEL HOLMES AND WIFE,\\nACHSA HALL,\\nWILLIAM WOODS AND WIFE,\\nESTHER GUILD,\\nATBIUAIL STILES,\\nTIMOTHY ELLIS,\\nABIGAIL BRIGGS,\\nBENJAMIN OSGOOD AND WIFE,\\nMRS. BALCH,\\nSAMUEL WOOD AND WIFE,\\nGIDEON ELLIS, JUN., AND WIFE,\\nWILLIAM ELLIS,\\nDANIEL KINGSBURY AND WIFE,\\nMILLATIAH CONLEY,\\nWILLIAM HOW^ARD AND WIFE,\\nEBENEZER KILBORN,\\nHEPZIBAH DORMAN,\\nELISHA BRIGGS AND WIFE,\\nMISS HALL,\\nSUSANNAH BALCH,\\nABIGAIL NIMS,\\nELIPHALET CARPENTER,\\nMILLATIAH HALL,\\nJOSIAH ELLIS AND WIFE,\\nABIJAH METCALF,\\nESTHER BLAKE,\\nBENJAMIN ARCHER AND WIFE,\\nJEMIMA CLARK,\\nPETER HAYWARD AND WIFE,\\nSARAH COOKE,\\nNATHANIEL KINGSBURY WIFE,\\nHANNAH WHEELER,\\nSIMEON CLARK,\\nJESSE CLARK AND WIFE,\\nREUBEN DANIELS,\\nTHANKFUL POND,\\nJESSE HALL,\\nTHOMAS W^ILDER AND WIFE,\\nELIZABETH BLAKE,\\nJONATHAN ARCHER,\\nMARY W^LLARD.\\nThat is, 23 males and 33 females or 56 in all.\\nAnd the following owned the covenant, viz.:\\nDR. FRINK* AND WIFE, HULDAH CLARK,\\nGIDEON ELLIS, JUN., AND WIFE, MARY WILSON,\\nJOSEPH BROWN AND WIFE, REBECCA WOODS,\\nSAMUEL WADSWORTH WIFE, LUTHER BRAGG AND WIFE.\\nISAA(^ ESTY AND WIFE, ABRAHAM WHEELER AND WIFE,\\nPHCEBE WADE, ELIZABETH BRAGG,\\nMARIA SWAN.\\nThat is, 7 males and 13 females or 20 in all. Eleven\\nof these were afterward admitted to full communion.\\nThe Covenant of the church under Mr. Sumner, em-\\nbraced very nearly the same topics as our present Cove-\\nnant. The Articles of Faith were thirteen, expressed in\\nFather of Polly Frink.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "16\\npait by the language of the Assembly s Catliecbism,\\nembodying the princii)al doctrines of the Reformation.\\nand such were probably the original articles of the\\nChurch at its formation.\\nOn the 2d of December, 1777, it was voted unani-\\nmously: To give Mr. Aaron Hall, (who has been\\nlabouring with us for some time,) a call to settle in the\\nwork of the ministiy. Mr. Hall oT)jected, That he\\ncould not see his way clear to answer their call, unless\\nthe Church would reject the practice of persons owning\\nthe Covenant, to have their children baptized.\\nAt length the church voted unanimously, to recon-\\nsider the vote which permitted persons to offer their\\nchildren in Baptism, who only owned the Covenant\\nand for the future, not to admit any upon this half-way\\npractice^ as it is called. It was also voted at the same\\nmeeting, That whosoever belonging to this Chui ch,\\nshall have any objections against either the doctrines or\\nconduct of his Pastor^ shall, without dealing with him\\naccording to the rule given by our Blessed Lord, in\\nMatthew 18th, concerning an offending Brother, or re-\\npair to another minister, oi^ an officer in the Civil Law,\\nor to any other person, to consult or concert measures\\nagainst his Pastor that such a conduct shall be looked\\nupon as a breach of the order of the Gospel, and accord-\\ningly be proceeded against, in the Church. And the\\nsame shall be observed in regard to a private Brother.\\nWhat confusion would have been avoided, had all that\\never belonged to this church, followed this rule of con-\\nduct\\nThe difficulty of Avhicli Mr. IL-dl complained, being\\nremoved, he was ordained tlieir Pastor, Fel). 18th, 1778.\\nHe was a graduate of Yale College in 1772; received", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "17\\nhis Master s degree in 1775, at Yale, and also at Dart-\\nmouth, in 1778. He had a long and happy, ministry\\nwas universally respected, and died lamented, in the 68d\\nyear of his age, and the 3 7th of his ministry, August\\n12th, 1814. During his ministry, 211 were received into\\nthe church, and 871 were baptized.\\nThe church consisted of 77 meml)ers when they re-\\nnewed covenant, after abolishing the half-way practice,\\npreparatory to Mr. Hall s settlement, only five of the ori-\\nginal members being then alive, viz.: David Foster, Seth\\nHeaton, David Nims, Obadiah Blake and Nathan Blake.\\nWhen Mr. Hall was ordained, the Rev. Mr. Hibbard\\nopened the solemnity by prayer; Rev. Mr. Olcott\\npreached Rev. Mr. Brighara, of Marlborough, made the\\nordaining prayer Rev. Mr. Fessenden, of Walpole, gave\\nthe charge Rev. Mr. Goddard gave the Right Hand of\\nFellowship, and the Rev. Mr. Sprague, of Duldin, closed\\nthe solemnity by prayer\\nIt was during Mr. Hall s ministry, that our present\\nmeeting-house was built, viz., in the summer of 1786,\\nand the two following years. It has since been twice\\nremodeled.\\nIt was no small work to build a meetino;-house in\\nthose days, when money was scarce and transportation\\ndifficult. But resolution triumphed over difficulties.\\nThe inhal)itants were divided into ten classes, and each\\nclass was assigned to some efficient man, to see that\\nhis class provided their propoi-tion of materials for the\\nbuilding. The pews were sold in anticipation of doing\\nthe work, and paid for in cattle, at a certain appraise-\\nMr. Hall s salary was, at first \u00c2\u00a380, or $266.66 and it was increasi. d from\\nyear to year, until it reached the amount of $500.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "18\\nment. But those cattle, after being driven to Wrenth-\\nam, Boston, or other places, were sold at a great dis-\\ncount. Besides, the difficulty of procuring lime, glass,\\nnails, and other necessary materials, was very great. Be it\\nremembered by all the young people of this community,\\nas a mark of England s oppression of these colonies, that\\nbefore the declaration of American Independence, the\\ncolonies were not allowed to manufacture even a hob-\\nnail, to say nothing of other manufactures, that so all\\nmight be dependent upon Old England for supplies.\\nThe following charges of one of the Building Commit-\\ntee, may serve to give some idea of their difficulties, viz\\nTo a journey, in Feb., 1787, to Sutton, Franklin,\\nand Boston, to purchase oil, glass, and vane expense,\\n\u00c2\u00a31 4.V.\\nTo a journey down with 97 head of Cattel to\\nWrentham, Dec, 1787; also, to a journey to Providence,\\nto buy glass for meeting-house, and expence of keeping\\nsaid Cattel\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00a35 Ss. 10^/.\\nMay, 1788, to a journey down to Providence after the\\nglass, and carting glass from Providence to Wrentham,\\nalso, a journey from Providence to Boston \u00c2\u00a30 Ids. Id^\\nThe following shows how exceedingly difficult it was\\nto procure Lawful money in those times, viz January\\n19tli, 1787, voted, 1st, to hire one hundred pounds of\\nsilver money toward finishing the meeting-house and\\n2d, voted, that Deacon Daniel Kingsbury be appointed\\nto procure said money, if j)ossi hIe.^\\nAfter the death of the Rev. Mr. Hull, the Rev. David\\n*Tlie heads of the ten classes above- mentiom-d, were: 1. John Iloutrhton;\\n2. Cornelius Sturtcvant 3. Joseph Blako 4. Timothy Ellis; 5. Isaac Billings;\\n6. Daniel Guild;?. Nathan Blake; 8. Benjamin Osgood 9.\\n10. James Wright; and the Building Committee were Lieut. Benj. Hall,", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "19\\nOlipliant (a graduate of Uuion College iu 18( 9,) was in.\\nvited to preacli as a candidate for settlement. He came\\nin tlie autumn of 1814, about the time of tlie annual\\nThanksgiving. And he was ordained pastor of this\\nchurch, May 24th, 1815.\\nThere was not a union of the people in the settlement\\nof Mr. Oliphant, and a remonstrance against it was pre-\\nsented by the minority. Yet the Council proceeded to\\nhis ordination. Rev. Mr. Dickinson, of Walpole, offered\\nthe first prayer Rev. Mr. Hall, of New Ipswich, preached\\nthe sermon Rev. Mr. Pratt, of Westmoreland, offered the\\nordaining prayer Rev. Mr. Ainsworth, of Jaffrey, gave\\nthe Charge; Rev. Mr. Burge, of West Brattlel)oro Vt.,\\nexpressed the Fellowship and Rev. Mr. Edwards, of\\nAndover, Mass., offered the concluding prayer.\\nUnder the administration of Mr. Oliphant, ninety-\\none were added to the church, and one hundred and\\ntwenty-nine were baptized. His ministry continued\\nscarcely three years. But he made a deep impression\\nupon many minds; and he will probably find many\\namong this people, as the crown of his rejoicing in the\\nday of the Lord Jesus.\\nIt is unnecessary, here, to recount the difficulties\\nwhich resulted in the dismission of Mr. Oliphant, in the\\nautumn of 1817. He was soon settled as Pastor of the\\n3d church in Beverly, Mass., where he had a successful\\nministry of sixteen years. He was afterward installed\\nover a church in the State of Maine. His present resi-\\ndence is Andover, Mass.*\\nDea. Daniel Kingsbury, Major Davis Hewlett, Lieut. Reuben Partridge, Mr.\\nAbijali Wilder, Mr. Benj. Archer, and Mr. Thomas Baker. Their records and\\nvotes are in the hands of the Pastor\\nMr. Oliphant died in 1873.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "20\\nThe speaker, a graduate of Yale College in 1813, came\\nto tliis place Feb. 26t]i, 1818. He found the people so\\nexcited by the difficulties which arose concerning Mr.\\nOliphant, that he resolved to leave them, the moment\\nthat his first engagement had expired. And having been\\ninvited to another place,* he gave encouragement to\\nthat people that he would comply with their request,\\nwhen his engagement in Keene had ended, if they were\\nat peace among themselves. But such were the leadings\\nof Providence, that he was constrained to abide here.\\nAnd he may be allowed to quote from the N. H.\\nSentinel of fifty years since, the following notice\\nORDINATION.\\nKeene, July Ath, 1818.\\nOn Wednesday last (Istinst.), Mr. Zedekiah S. Barstow was\\nordained to tlie Pastoral care of the Church and Congregation in\\nthis town. The Introductory prayer was made by Kev. Mr. Cooke,\\nof Acworth sermon by the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, of Hadley,\\n[Mass.], from Titus, 2d, 15th, Let no man despise thee; consecra-\\nting prayer by the Rev. Mr. Fish, of Marlborough Charge by Rev.\\nMr. Wood, of Chesterfield vVddress to the Cliurch and Congrega-\\ntion, by Rev. Ur. Tliayer, of Lancaster [Mass.] Riglit Ilantl of\\nFellowship, by the Rev. Mr. Crosby, of Charlestown and theCon-\\ncluiling |)rayer, by Rev. Mr. Dickinson, of Walpole. l^enediction\\nby the Pastor.\\nIn the invitations of the Church and Society, and in all the\\nsubsequent measures relative to the settlement of Mr. Harstow, there\\nhas not been a dissenting vote. This harmony of action seems, and\\nwe trust will ])rove, but the harbinger of a ])li asant and liap))y life\\nto the Pastor, and of his usefulness in promoting the best interests\\nof his numerous flock.\\nThe exercises were commenced by tlie choir performing the\\nanthcui, (lod is our hope and shield, and c osed with the anthem\\nl ()I.stifhl, Muss.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "21\\nby Williams, O praise tlie Lord, and the Ilallelujali Chorus by\\nDr. Miller.\\nIt does not behoove the speaker to say much of him-\\nself, or of his manner of life among this people. But he\\nhas found work in almndance to be done has preached\\nmoi e than 8500 sermons; has l)een invited to serve on\\n202 Ecclesiastical Councils has married 560 couples\\nhas performed 115 services at ordinations, installations,\\nand dedications^ of which, 48 were the preaching of the\\nsermon.\\nDuring this pastorate, 782 members have been added\\nto the church, if we include those now propounded; 838\\nhave been baptized, and many to whom the speaker has\\nministered, are now scattered throughout the Union.\\nWherever he goes in the far West, he is accosted with\\nmany proofs of kindness and affection, by those who\\nwere once worshipers here.\\nDuring Mr. Oliphaiit s ministry, our Baptist brethren\\norganized a church of 14 members in the west part of\\nthe town, to which the Rev. Messrs. Hale, Moore and\\nWheeler, successively ministered for a season. This\\nchurch, however, disbanded about the year 1833. The\\nBaptist church, now in existence here, was formed July\\n22d, 1 832, under the name of the Union Baptist Church\\nof Keene. The title, Union, however, was soon\\ndropped. The majority of its constituent members were\\npersons who had withdrawn from the old church. The\\ntwo seem not to have been friendly to each other. But\\nthe troui le was soon ended by the extinction of the old\\nchurch. The present church has had 415 members, of\\nwhom 181 have been added to it by baptism, and its\\npresent membership is 134. The first pastor was Rev.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "22\\nC. Gr. Wheeler, who was ordained Aug. 21st, 1832. He\\nremained, however, only about one year. The church\\nseems to have had no pastor from Aug., 1833, to October,\\n1838. At that time Kev. John Peacock came, and sup-\\nplied the pulpit somewhat more than a year. During\\nhis stay, the house of worship was built. It was dedi-\\ncated Sept. 17th, 1839. Rev. Mark Carpenter became\\npastor in April, 1840, and remained until October, 1844.\\nRev. Horace Richardson was ordained pastor May 6th,\\n1845, and left in March, 1846. Rev. Gilbert Robbins\\nwas settled in July, 1846, and remained pastor until\\nJune, 1857. Rev. Leonard Tracy was pastor from Aug.,\\n1857, to June, 1863. The Rev. W. N. Clark, the pre\\nsent pastor, began to supply the church in Sept., 1853,\\nand was ordained, January 14th, 1854.\\nThe Unitarian Congregational Society, of this place,\\nwas formed in the spring of 1824, and the church in\\nconnection with it was constituted Dec. 27th, 1825, con-\\nsisting of 13 members. During the ministry of the Rev.\\nThomas Russell Sullivan, 64 were added to the church\\nduring Rev. Abiel Abbott Livermore s ministry, 60;\\nand during that of Rev. VV. O. White, 90, making in all,\\n220 members.\\nOur Methodist l)rethren organized their communion\\nin November, 1835, consisting of 30 members. Their\\nnumbers have greatly increased. At the present time\\nthey have 185 members, and since their church was first\\nestal)lished, 300 have been added.\\nTlie Episcopal and Roman Catholic conmiunions are\\nprosperous, but the speaker has not succeeded in ob\\ntaining their precise satistics.\\nDuring October, 1867, one hundred and twenty-one\\nof our members judged it expedient to colonize and form", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "23\\nanother Congregational clinrcli, under the impression\\nthat they could be more prosperous, than by continuing\\nwith us. Since that time, numbers have been added to\\ntheir communion, and their present membership is about\\n160. But the history of this movement is so recent,\\nand so well understood, tliat it is not necessary to enter\\nupon it here.\\nDuring the fifty years of this pastorate, what changes\\nhave been witnessed in Keene Fifty years ago, our church\\nbuilding stood in the middle of the common, facing Main\\nstreet, and in rear of it was a long row of horse-sheds, be-\\nyond which, where now are so many beautiful dwellings,\\nthere was only a cow pasture. On Eoxbury street, there is\\nno house now standing that was then there, except that of\\nMr. Edwards, and a small one-story house beyond. On\\nCourt Street, upon the west side, were the houses of Mr.\\nPrentiss, Mr. Tilden, Mrs. Elijah Parker, and what was\\nthen called the Old Sun Tavern. And on the east side, the\\nhouse where the Rev. Mr. Karr resides, the house of Mr.\\nDodge, and the house where Deacon A. Wright died.\\nAll the rest are entirely new. The changes in the other\\nstreets, are equally great and impressive. And what\\nchanges have been witnessed among the inhabitants of\\nthe whole town No less than 2,698 have passed to\\nthat undiscovered country, from whose bourne no\\ntraveller returns. Only two* couples now live to-\\ngether in the family state, that ^vere so living, fifty years\\nsince and only one couple, in the house where they then\\nlived.\\nAnd ^vhat progress has been made during the\\nhalf-century, now closed, in science, literature, com-\\nAlex. Grimes and wife, and Thos. Ellis and wife.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "24\\nmerce, maiiiifactures and all the arts of life What\\na multiplicity of inventions and discoveries; what im.\\nprovements by the application of steam in the arts;\\nin the modes of travelling in the circulation of in-\\ntelligence by tlie press, and by the magnetic tele-\\ngraph The inventor of the magnetic telegraph\\n(Morse) an as in college with the speaker. We took pas-\\nsage together in the first steamboat that plied the waters\\nof Long Island Sound. The first journey of the speaker,\\nfrom New Haven to Keene, occupied three days. It\\nnow requires but six or seven hours.\\nAnd other things have in an equal ratio, progressed\\nthroughout the civilized Avorld. What pages of the\\nworld s strangest history have been written within\\nthe limits of this pastorate When I first came to this\\nvalley. Napoleon the Great had just finished his wonder-\\nful career, and gone into exile at St. Helena, that rock\\nof the ocean, where he died three years afterward. Louis\\nXVIII. sat on the throne of France, as the representa-\\ntive of the restored house of the Bourbons. Three revo-\\nlutions have since occurred in res^ard to that throne.\\nPius VII. wore the Papal Tiara, though degraded by\\nNapoleon, and held in less honor than his predecessors.\\nGeorge HI. of England still lingered in imbecility in his\\nbed-chamber, while the Prince Kegent waited impatient-\\nly for the death of his father, which should give him the\\nthrone of Great Britain, wdth the title of George IV.\\nJames Monroe had passed one year of his first term of\\noffice as President of the United States. Jefferson and\\nthe elder Adams, Madison and Jay, and their noble com-\\npeers, were still alive. Only twenty States then consti-\\ntuted our Republic, with scarcely nine millions of in.\\nhabitants. As many more States have since been added,", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "25\\nwith three times as many millions of square miles and\\nthe population of the repuhlic has been quadrupled\\nThe West was then terra incogrrita and the vast\\nregion l)eyoDd the Mississippi, where now the iron horse\\nranges more than 040 miles, was described in the school-\\nboy s Atlas, as unexplored territory.\\nMexico, in the meantime, has passed through eight\\nchanges of constitutional liberty, anarchy, and misrule.\\nAnd what changes have been wrought in Italy, Austria,\\nPrussia, and the Papal States\\nAll, surely, will acknowledge that it has l)een an\\neventful half century in that it has revolutionized\\nnations extended the Scriptures in almost two hundred\\nlanguages and dialects of men and opened nearly all\\nthe nations of the earth, for the introduction of the\\nglorious Gospel of the Blessed God\\nAnd now, what has the speaker to regret, but that\\nhe has done so little in comparison with what he ^^dshed\\nto do, to bring men to the Saviour, and to give the king-\\ndom to the Son of God And in closing his ministry,\\nhe earnestly beseeches all whom he has ever addressed\\non the high concerns of theii immortal interests, to give\\ndiligence that they may be found of God in peace. Do,\\nnow, consider these forcible ^vords of the poet\\nOh what is time\\nI asked an aged man, a man of cares,\\nWrinkled, and curved, and white with hoary liairs.\\nTime is the warp of life, he said O tell\\nThe young, the fair, tlie gay, to weave it well\\nI asked a dying sinner, ere the stroke\\nOf ruthless Deatli, life s golden howl had broke;\\nI asked him, What is time 7 hne he replied,\\nI ve lost it Ah, the treasure 1 And he died", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "26\\nWith tills discourse, ray dear friends, I close the half\\ncentury of my pastorate. Resigning altogether, herewith,\\nthe active duties of the ministry, commending you to\\nGod, and the word of His grace, and committing this\\nbeloved flock to the care of my much-esteemed successor,*\\nI seek that repose ^vhich is due to infirmity and to age-\\nnot indeed that I shall ever cease to care for your\\nwelfare, but in no meddlesome mood, when released from\\nthe absorbing cares of a shepherd of the flock. I little\\nthought, Avhen, just fifty years ago this morning, I stood\\nup here, a young man, a novice in the ministry, to be set\\napart to the life-service of the Master, that my entire\\nministerial life Avould be passed among the same people,\\nand that it would end ^vhere it began, at the close of\\nhalf a century. But God, in His wise and merciful prov-\\nidence, has so ordered it. And no^^ after an experience\\nso long and so varied, as shepherd of this flock, the\\nsame still, though changed by the vicissitudes of nearly\\ntwo generations, having baptized and married parents^\\nand their children, and their grand-children I again\\nstand before you to-day, to say\\nBeloved Friends, Farewell And may the God of\\nPeace dwell in you, and bless you evermore\\nThe Rev. W. S. Karr.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "ORDER OF EXERCISES\\nAT\\nTHE 1st congregational CHURCH, KEENE, N. H., JULY 1, 18(58,\\nON THE OCCASION OP\\nTHE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINATION OF THE\\nREV. Z. S. BARSTOW, D.D.\\n1. ANTHEM,\\nBij the Ciioii;.\\n2. INTRODUCTORY PRAYER,\\nJh/ Rev. J. Oucutt, D.D., of N. Y. City.\\n3. READING OF THE SCRIPTURES,\\nBy Prof. Henry E. Parkej:, of Dartmouth College.\\n4. PRAYER,\\nBy Rev. Dr. Bouton, of Concord, JV. II.\\n5. PSALM 90,\\nO God Our liel}) in ages past,\\nBy the Choir.\\n6. DISCOURSE,\\nBy Kev. Di:. B.\\\\.rst(\\n7. CLOSING PRAYER,\\nBy Rev. W. S. Karr, of Keene.\\n8. ANTHEM,\\nBy tlie Choir.\\n9. BENEDICTION,\\nBy Rev. Mr. Gayloro, of ISFetshua.", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "NOTE.\\nThe exercises at tlie cliurcli, were followed l)y a Public Dinner,\\ngiven to Dr. Barstow, at the Town Hall, Ly the citizens of Keene.\\nAll denominations were represented at the table the attendance\\nwas very large, and the exercises, consisting of sentiments and\\nspeeches, were of the most interesting character. It is to be regret-\\nted, that, as the occasion was one so intimately connected with the\\nhistory of the ToAvn, for a period of fifty years, no provision was\\nmade at the time for securing a complete and a permanent record\\nof the proceedings, beyond the brief sketches which appeared in the\\nnewspapers of the day.", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3212", "width": "1843", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3196", "width": "1875", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n013 996 907 8", "height": "3380", "width": "1980", "jp2-path": "rememberdaysofol00bars_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS\\nmill mil Mill mil mil mil mil liiilillilli mil III! 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