{"1": {"fulltext": "iiiiiiiiiliiiiiii", "height": "3367", "width": "2022", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "7vf\\nV\\nvi\\\\\\nJ,\\nI-", "height": "3238", "width": "1943", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "^iyj^y^^m.\\n^-U-.\\ns\\nv^.\\n\\\\v^\\nV\\n,0*\\nA\\n.-Jv-\\n^v o ;x\\\\,\\no o,^\\nV\\n.-Jv-", "height": "3263", "width": "1949", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CENTENNIAL DISCOURSE.\\nHISTORICAL OF THE\\nrn\\nOWN OF LONDONDERRY, I H.\\nPRESBYTERIAN CHUECH AND SOCIETY.\\n(Founded April, 1719.)\\nDelivered Sabbath, July 2d, 1876,\\nEev. LUTHER B. FEET, Pastor.\\nEXETER\\nNEWS-LETTER PKESS.\\n1876.\\nr\\nTilw", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abp^", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Centennial Discourse.\\nDeut., iv, 32 For ask now of the days that are past.\\nThe past has always been commemorated among men\\nby pillars, monuments, temples, or by festival, tradition or\\nhistory.\\nIt is natural, it is needful, it is commanded\\nRemember the daj-s of old Ask th}- father thy\\nelders And again, For ask now of the days that are\\npast, which were before thee, since the day that God cre-\\nated man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heav-\\nen unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing\\nas this great thing is or hath been heard like it.\\nTwo points of inquiry ai-e specified in the words that\\nfollow. One of them is, Hath God assayed to go and take\\nHim a nation from the midst of another nation as He\\ndid for you The object of the inquiry is declared in\\nthe injunction Know therefore this day and consider it in\\nthine heart, that the Lord he is God, in Heaven above, and\\nupon the earth beneath.\\nThus the sphere of inquiry is extended over all time,\\nand with the design to perpetuate the knowledge, and a\\nheartfelt remembrance of God, and of his sovereignty in\\nprovidence and the civil and religious landmarks of all\\nages are among the designated guides to that knowledge.\\nAs rivers are formed by the union of lesser sti eams, and\\nthese b} many rills and fountains, so nations and their in-\\nstitutions have their remote and immediate sources. Char-", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "acter is not a thing of to-day, but of years, and so through\\nthe ages alone do we learn the true lesson of God in provi-\\ndence.\\nNor may we omit to note, that by great and notable\\nevents the past has been divided into eras, which, however\\ndiffering among themselves, have yet been marked by cer-\\ntain characteristics in common. We read of violence, the\\ndeluge and Noah of Sodom, fire from heaven and Abraham\\nand Lot of Egypt, oppression, the plagues, the exodus,\\nand Moses and Aaron of Canaan, captivity and the proph-\\nets. The beginnings of the christian era were days of Christ,\\nthe crucifixion, Jerusalem numbered to the slaughter, and\\nof the apostles. The days of Rome and the reformation\\ntell of national humiliation, martyrdom, indulgencies, a spii\\nit of fear, and of Luther, Zwingle, Melancthon, Calvin and\\nKnox. The bare recital shows the indelible impress of the\\ncharacter and actings of God and man upon every age.\\nMan has always forgotten God, and oppressed his fellow\\nman.\\nGod has always foreborne, until the cup of sin was full,\\nthen he has visited wrath upon the offending, and brought\\nthe faithful out into a larger place of liberty of conscience\\nand of action. These are great and abiding truths, and of\\npeculiar force and interest, when, in asking of the daj s that\\nare past, we trace amid the foot-prints of God in providence\\nthe history of the town and of the Presbyterian church of\\nLondonderry.\\nThe earliest settlers were purely Scotch, though from\\nthe north of Ireland, as presentlj explained. They brought\\ntheir faith with them. It was neither acquired here, nor\\nchanged by compromise or admixture with anything found\\nhere. Their religion was that of the reformation modified\\nin manifestation by the previous religious character of the\\nScotch people, just as the same religion was variously de-\\nveloped elsewhere, according to the previous religious char-", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "acter of the people where it prevailed. We saj therefore,\\nin the spirit of the text, that in this prior character of the\\nScotch will be found the sources remote, while in the refor-\\nmation itself will be found the sources immediate, of the\\npresent history.\\nIt is definitely known that christians were found in the\\nlowlands of Scotland in the second centur} within one hun-\\ndred years of the revelation by John. There was also near the\\nclose of the fourth century a further introduction of Chris-\\ntianity by Ninian, of noble English birth, educated abroad,\\nand made a presbj ter. A third and still further introduc-\\ntion of Christianity was made about the middle of the sixth\\ncentury, by St. Columba, a relative of both Scotch and Irish\\nprinces. By such means was the foundation of the Scotch\\nreligious character laid, in immediate relation to the primi-\\ntive christian church, and all prior to the sacrilege of full\\npapal supremacy. Whatever else may be said of that prim-\\nitive church, it is the common fountain of all churches and\\nchurch histories of the name christian.\\nAfter Columba the christians of Scotland were called\\nCuldees (servants of God). They took their doctrine\\nand discipline directly from the Scriptures, in many vital\\npoints were directly contrary to Rome, and were remarka-\\nble for their simplicity and purity.\\nEame was not supreme in Scotland until the 12th cen-\\ntury and was outlawed there in 1560, within forty years\\nafter the reformation was a success.\\nDistant as all this may seem, it is of the asking enjoined,\\nthat we may know God in the providence of our origin, and\\nknow the true character of that people who as Presbyterians\\nwere the chief defenders of the faith and of protestantism in\\n1689, and who afterwards settled our town and founded our\\nchurch.\\nBut, the period of the Scotch reformation was also the", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "period of the greatest civil and religious strife between Scot-\\nland and England.\\nTwo laws of the British parliament the act of suprem-\\nacy in 1534 giving to the sovereign supreme ecclesiastical\\npower, and the act of uniformity in 1563, providing a spec-\\nial court for the suppression and punishment of dissent\\nwere oppressively felt in Scotland, as again subjecting con-\\nscience to forms of civil law, and as simply transferring the\\nintolerance of Eome to London. Even the triumph of Crom-\\nwell was in one respect an added coercion, for though a Pu-\\nritan and opposed to both Rome and England, he was no\\nless opposed to Presb}- terians, of whom there were eighty-one\\nin the parliament which he dissolved by force of arms. At\\nlength a spirit of separation came upon multitudes of the peo-\\nple, at a time loo when the province of Ulster in Ireland had\\nby attempted insurrection become forfeited to the king, who\\noffered the most favorable terms for its re-settlement. The\\nresult was an immediate emigration without a parallel in its\\naims and consequences, if not in numbers.\\nFor ask now of the days that are past Hath God\\nassayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of an-\\nother nation as he did for you The original movement\\nwas mainl} in two directions, and about 1G12. IVJan^-, chiefly\\nEnglish, passed over to the continent, and thence bj the May-\\nflower and other vessels later, found their way to New Eng-\\nland as the Ph mouth and Massachusetts colonies. Many\\nothers, chiefl}^ IScotch, passed over to Ireland and resettled\\nthe province of Ulster. These Scots of Ulster maintained a\\nseparate and most exclusive existence, rarely or never inter-\\nmarrying with the people about them. By emigration, how-\\never, they secured but in part that freedom of conscience\\nwhich the} sought. The} escaped the burdens of those sub-\\nsequent conflicts out of which Scotland won her ecclesiasti-\\ncal triumph, but were soon called to no less important trials\\nand for the equal benefit of Scotland and the world. These", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "they encountered with a heroism of defense unsurpassed, in\\nthe ever memorable siege of Londonderry, a chief city of\\nUlster, from December, 1688, to August, 1689.\\nIt was the decisive conflict of the time between Catholi-\\ncism striving for supremacy and Protestantism contending\\nfor rights of conscience, and the defenders of Londonderrj\\nwere awarded exemption from taxation by act of Parlia-\\nment.\\nStill they failed of that measure of freedom which the}--\\nhad a right to expect, and again was revived a spirit of em-\\nigration. Of a large number of colonists, sixteen men and\\ntheir families made the first settlement in town. On the eve\\nof their departure for America Rev. James Macgregor, after-\\nwards first minister in Londonderry, preached to them, from\\nthe words of Moses in his guidance of Israel, Ex. 33 15.\\nThey arrived within the town limits April 11, 1719, old\\nstyle, at a place called Horse-hill, between the present Derry\\nand East Derr3^ The day following Rev. James Macgregor,\\nbefore alluded to, delivered under a spreading oak the first\\nsermon ever preached in the town, from Isaiah 32 2. In\\nMay following, complying with a call for that purpose, Mr.\\nMacgregor solemnly- assumed pastoral charge of the settlers\\nas a church, taking his text from Ezekiel 37 26.\\nVerily, it was Abraham and his altars, and the town was\\nsettled and its church established.\\nAccessions now followed rapidly. From April to Sep-\\ntember, the families increased to seventj For the conven-\\niencies of near neighborhood, and protection against Indian\\nhostilities, the sixteen first settlers made their home lots,\\nso called, but thirty rods in width, by one mile in length,\\ngiving rise to a multiplicity of roads winding in every direc-\\ntion.\\nThe Township title was a source of manj difficulties.\\nApplication was first made to the general court of Massa-\\nchusetts, for confirmation of their /on/ier grant doubtless", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "that given upon the address on parchment, signed by 319\\npersons and sent over preparatory to immigration. Massa-\\nchusetts, however, renounced jurisdiction, and application was\\nthen made to the general court of New Hampshire, to which\\nwas returned an answer extending protection and the bene-\\nfits of government, but no grant, because the title was in dis-\\npute between the crown and the heirs of one Allen.\\nIn the meantime ascertaining that Rev. John Wheel-\\nwright had made a fair purchase from the Indians by deed\\nof May 17, 1629, and that John Wheelwright, his grandson,\\nwas then the owner, the settlers at once negotiated a fair\\npurchase from the latter. The deed was dated at Boston,\\nOctober 20, 1719. In vain may we ask of the daj-s that are\\npast for a nobler monument to the integrity of the fathers of\\nany people.\\nA charter on authority of the crown was granted June\\n21, 1722. Among other things, it reserved all mast trees\\nand a quit rent of one peck of potatoes yearly forever. Still\\nto maintain their title they were subjected to law-suits and to\\nmany conflicts with lawless bands of plunderers.\\nThe first regular town-meeting was held November 9,\\n1719. June 3, 1720, the town A^oted that a meeting house be\\nbuilt as sune as it can with conveniency, and on the 29th\\nof the same month that it be built within 7 rhods of a black\\nstake set up either upon or near to Mr. Macgregor s lott.\\nIt was finished the following year, and located within a\\nfew feet of the present house in East Derry. Thus in a lit-\\ntle more than two years after settlement they dedicated a\\nwell finished house of worship, while their own homes were\\nbuilt of logs. In 1723, a log schoolhouse was erected near\\nthe church, and soon after efforts were made to maintain a\\nschool in each quarter of the town six months each year.\\nThe}^ did not believe that ignorance is the mother of devo-\\ntion. All able bodied men were accustomed to attend\\nchurch, well armed and prepared against any sudden Indian", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "attack. Their first pastor, Rev. James Mac-\\ngregor, always marched into his pulpit with his\\ngun well loaded and primed. The gun is still\\npreserved.\\nThey were a frank people. Hard thoughts\\nwere not whispered about in private scandal,\\nbut the oflender was the first to hear.\\nThe} were high minded though poor.\\nSaid a good woman to her husband, building a\\nlog house, Aweel, Aweel, dear Joan, an it\\nmaun be a log house, do make it a log\\nheegher nor the lave (a log higher than the\\nrest).\\nThey were practical, adapting themselves\\nto circumstances. Vehicles were at first un-\\nknown, even women journeying on foot with\\nchildren in their arms. A little later riding\\non horse-back was the chief mode of convey-\\nance. Hon. John Prentice was the first to\\nn^e^^z/iyCc^tc\\nown a chaise near the beginning of the pres-\\nent century. It excited wonder and was\\ndeemed extravagant.\\nNo people w-ere ever more loyal to civil\\nauthority. In the old French war with Eng-\\nland, of 1745, Dr. Matthew Thornton, after-\\nAvards a signer of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, served as surgeon in a campaign of\\ngreat hardship against Cape Breton and upon\\nthe renewal of hostilities, in 1756, three com-\\npanies of a New Hampshire regiment, assisted\\nat the attempt upon Crown Point, serving", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10\\nunder Captains Robert Rogers, William Stark and the cele-\\n/ie-^1^A^y^\\nbrated John Stark, afterwards General in the revolution.\\nThese three captains and many of their soldiers\\nwere from Londonderry. But it was no servile loyalty.\\nThese Presbj^erian colonists had resisted unto blood, for\\nrights of conscience in the old world, and in the new they\\ncould not admit any definition of loj-alty that involved the\\ndenial of those rights. Among these the} reckoned equality\\nof civil rights.\\nWhen therefwe England raised the flag of coercion\\nagainst equality of civil rights they were prompt in defence.\\nEven before the encounter at Lexington a compan}^ of 3 oung\\nmen from Londonderry, under Captain Aikin, rescued from\\ntheir captors near Haverhill, Mass., four British soldiers who\\nhad deserted.\\nAs soon as General Gage was known to be marching\\ntroops from Boston into the interior, New Hampshire re-\\nsponded with 1200 men at Charlestown and Cambridge,\\namong them a large compan} from Londonderry. When\\nthe news of hostilities reached the town men dropped their\\nimplements and in a few hours all who could bear arms were\\nassembled on the common at the meeting house.\\nDecember 17, 1776, the town voted a committee to in-\\nstruct their delegates to the State assembly, as they say, at\\nthis calamitous time that they may know how to act the minds\\nof their constituents, as well as their own. Also that the\\nremainder of the powder shall be divided to everyone that\\nhath not already received of the same, as far as it will go,\\nprovided he produces a gun of his own in good order, and is\\nwilling to go against the enemy, and promises not to waste\\nany of the powder only in self defence, and provided also that", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "11\\nhe shows twenty bullets to suit his gun and six good flints.\\nIn January, 1778, the town voted to provide for the families\\nof soldiers in the Continental army.\\nAnd when, after peace, it was proposed to permit the\\nTories to return to the state, the town sent a memorial to the\\nLegislature, stating the crimes of murder, arson, plunder, ra-\\npine and carnage, of which the Tories had been guilty, and\\nsaying We expect that you will use your best endeavor\\nthat nothing may ever be done for those infernal wretches by\\nthe state, further than to provide a gallows, halter and hang-\\nman for every one that dare show their vile countenances\\namongst us. May every censure of such language as harsh\\nbe modified by that measure of righteous indignation due to\\nthe crimes and trials that provoked it. According to Parker s\\nhistory, the town furnished the following number of men to\\nsustain the armies of the Revolution, viz 99 in 1775, 62\\nin 1776, 180 in 1777 and 1778, 17 in 1779, 13 in 1780, 30\\nin 1781, 2 in 1782. Some of these are named more than\\nonce, because of short terms of service. Though the list is\\nnot free from mistakes, yet it is as nearly so as possible from\\npresent information.\\nOwing to the depreciation of Continental money stringent\\nmeasures were taken against sharpers and hawkers who\\nsought to enrich themselves out of the necessities of the peo-\\nple. Attorney s fees were voted to be cut down one-half, and\\nThey would not then be so fond of business, and people\\nwould have time to breathe.\\nNo higher compliment to the founders of the town and its\\nchurch is needed than the historical fact that during all their\\nwars The yell of the savage and the shriek of the murdered\\nnever mingled their discordant notes in Londonderry. The\\nreasons suggested are (1) the justness of the title acquired,\\n(2) the early college friendship of Rev. Mr. Macgregor with\\nthe governor of Canada, who caused the Indians under Cath-\\nolic influence to be restrained by the Romish priests.", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12\\nMarriages among the early settlers were occasions of great\\nfestivity, attended with the discharge of musketry, and the\\nsingular custom of friends of the respective parties meeting\\nin the highway, and choosing champions to run for the bot-\\ntle at the bride s residence. This was followed by a toast\\nfrom the victor. In closing the ceremony, the minister gave\\nspecific directions to the groom to salute his bride.\\nFunerals were characterized by great congregations.\\nEvery relative, however distant, and every acquaintance rea-\\nsonably near must attend to avoid giving offence. They\\nwere followed by large entertainments, sometimes at such\\nexpense as to impoverish the family.\\nThe first marriage in town was that of John Wallace to\\n^U{!\u00c2\u00a3o^\\nAnnis Barnet, May 18, 1721. The first funeral was that of\\nJohn Clark, January 13, 1720-1. The first person born in the\\ntown was Jonathan Morrison, son of John and Margaret,\\n^jnM^\\nT^x^^^-r-tA^iTi^^\\nSept. 18, 1719. James McKeen was born a few days later.\\nIt was an occasion of much anxiety which mother s son\\nshould obtain the prize of a farm or lot of land which was to\\nbe assigned to the first born son of Londonderry.\\nThis Jonathan Morrison was the uncle of Hon. Jeremiah\\nSmith, a man of much talent, and was reputed to be mill-\\nwright, blacksmith, carpenter, house-joiner, stone cutter and\\ngun-maker.\\nThe social habits of men were characterized by athletic\\nsports. For the pleasure of seeing who could soonest load a\\nwagon with barrels of cider, neighbors meeting by the way\\nwere known deliberately to unload, and load again for that\\npurpose. The social intercourse of the females was nearly", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "13\\nalways attended with the small wheel and flax, thus combin-\\ning pleasure and profit.\\nAs a specimen of wit, impossible to illustrate, it may be\\nstated that when the Legislature had voted to print the sermon\\nof Rev. Dr. Morrison preached before them, a member solemn-\\nly moved to print an additional number, provided they would\\nprint the brogue.\\nIn 1827 the eastern portion of the town was set off as a\\nnew town called Derry.\\nThe earliest manufactures were fine linen fabrics. Being\\nof superior quality they were soon counterfeited, and a commit-\\ntee was appointed to protect the town against the sale of\\noutlandish linens as they called the counterfeits.\\nWeaving was an honorable calling, chiefly done by men.\\nOne John Montgomery received from Congress forty pounds\\nin money and a diamond ring as a premium for linen woven\\nfor Washington and officers of the army.\\nClothing was all of domestic make. The hand-card, foot\\nwheel and loom were in nearly every house.\\nIn the absence of horses and oxen, grain to be ground\\nwas carried on the shoulders of men.\\nMany of the pioneers of civilization in other towns of\\nNew Hampshire, and in Vermont, Maine, New York and\\nNova Scotia were from Londonderry.\\nColonists went out to other towns in New Hampshire as\\nfollows To Bedford in 1737, Peterborough in 1741, Acworth\\nin 1766, Antrim, Henniker and Deering in 1767, New Boston\\nsomewhat earlier than 1774. Windham was made a separate\\ntown out of Londonderry in 1741.\\nChester, Manchester, Merrimack and Gofi stown were\\nalso, for the most part, colonies from Londonderry.\\nColonists to other places went out nearly as follows To\\nCherry Valley, New York, in 1741 the towns of Truro and\\nLondonderry, Nova Scotia, in 1760 Londonderry and Wind-\\nham, Vermont, in 1774.", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14\\nReligion was a principal thing with the people.\\nCatechising annually, even with Scripture proofs, was\\ncontinued more than one hundred years.\\nBy vote of the town a committee was occasionly chosen\\nto allot seats in the church, on what was called bester priv-\\nilege, i. e. a man s standing in reference to property, influ-\\nence and ability. Numerous protests are on record, of men\\ncomplaining that they were not awarded their bester privi-\\nlege.\\nThat this was little else than a committee of confusion,\\nthe following votes with their odd orthography, and as re-\\ncorded without punctuation, will suggest\\nVoted that the class that pays most reals in the present\\nreals shall have the first choise.\\nYoted that the committee shall forthwith proceed to\\ntake in the classes in the following manner that the first class\\nshall have liberty to chose their seat in any part of the meet-\\ning house they please where the seat ie above their reals and\\nif any other class that pays one shilling or more above the\\nfirst shall come in six minuets time and say they chose the\\nsame seat that the first is to chose elsewhere or they may\\nclass themselves otherwise for the same seat and in this man-\\nner till the whole house be divided.\\nEvidently on the bester privilege the house must have\\nbeen amply and accurately occupied. And as evidently the\\noccupants were not to be found sleeping in church, for about\\n1735 the town voted that if a man was found sleeping in\\nchurch he should be punished by sitting in the stocks. Of\\nthe oldest inhabitants, Captain Joseph Dickey, aged 92, a\\nsister of his, Mrs. Martha Boyd 96, another sister of his,\\nMrs. Ela 94, another sister Mrs. Dickey nearly 90,\\nJabez Towns 92, and Mrs. Robert Boyd nearly 90, fully\\ncorroborate many of the incidents, traditions and character-\\nistics narrated.\\nAs to the Presbyterians of Ulster, a Mr. Reed of Phila-", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "15\\ndelphia, and an Episcopalian, has honored them in saying,\\nA Presbyterian tory was a thing unheard of.\\nIt is a matter of history that the founders of civil gov-\\nernment in this country, and even ttie framers of the Consti-\\ntution of the United States were largely indebted to the\\nstandards of the Presbyterian church for the simple elements\\nof representative republicanism, which they enacted into the\\nfundamental laws of a free people.\\nThe Ulster emigrants were the founders of Presbyteri-\\nanism in America. It is said upon good authority that Pres-\\nbyterian churches in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania\\nwere formed prior to this in Londonderry. Still they were\\nof Ulster emigrants, and by a very brief priority at most.\\nThe church in Londonderry was at least among the very ear-\\nliest, and from its records is believed to have been in its ori-\\ngin, more intimately and directly, than any other, connected,\\nnot alone with Ulster but with the siege of Derry in the\\ngreat conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism. Two\\nof its ministers, Eev. James Macgregor and Eev. Matthew\\nClark, bore arms in that siege. Among others of the first\\nsettlers in Londonderry were those who participated in that\\nconflict, and were honored with exemption from taxation by\\nthe EngUsh parliament. Their lands here were known as\\nthe exempt farms.\\nThe church was, as stated, organized in 1719 Eev.\\nJames Macgregor the first pastor.\\nThe first Presbytery ia New England was formed at\\nLondonderry, N. H., April 16, 1745, by Eev. John Moerhead\\nof Boston, Eev. David Macgregor of Londonderry, and\\nEev. Eobert Abercrombie of Pelham, and the churches un-\\nder their charge. The last recorded meeting of this Presby-\\ntery was at Pelham in April, 1755, just ten years after its for-\\nmation. Its only record name is The Presbytery. Yet it\\nwas formed at Londonderry, and if the rule of history be fol-\\nlowed in designating important events, such as battles, coun-", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16\\ncils, treaties, by the names of their places, the historical name\\nof this Presbytery must be The Presbytery of Londonderry.\\nIn the records of the Synod of New England, formed at\\nSeabrook, N. H., 1775, and showing how it originated, there\\nis a copy entire of the minutes of the Presbytery of Bos-\\nton, with the following title page\\nThis book begins Sept. 24, 1770.\\nA true and correct copy of the minutes of the Eev. Pres-\\nbytery, now called the Presbytery of Boston, consisting of 12\\ncongregations, whose ministers are as foUoweth John Moer-\\nhead, Boston David Macgregor, Londonderry Jonathan\\nParsons, Newburyport Danl. Mitchel, Pembrook John\\nHuston, Bedford Moses Baldwin, Kingston Richard Gra-\\nham, Pelham Saml. Perley, Seabrook Thorn Pierce (his\\nplace y scribe know not) John Morrison, Petersburgh\\nSimon Williams, Windham John Strickland, Oakham.\\nThat this Presbytery of Boston was a new and distinct\\nbody, formed September 24, 1770, appears upon the above title\\npage, and from the fact that several of the twelve congregations\\ndo not appear to have belonged to the Presbytery of London-\\nderry. At the formation of the synod, the Presbytery of\\nBoston was dissolved and formed into the three Presbyteries\\nof Salem, Londonderry and Pelham, which constituted the\\nsynod. Parker s History of Londonderry says that other\\nPresbyteries were soon after formed in Massachusetts and\\nMaine.\\nIn 1782, this synod was dissolved and formed into what\\nwas called The Presbytery of Salem. After subsequent\\ndivisions and changes, there was formed Ma} 1794, a union\\nof the reformed Presbytery of Londonderry, and of the\\nEastern ]^resb3ftery the body thus united was called The\\nPresbytery of Londonderry. This title it continued to\\nhold until the late union of Old and New School, when it\\nwas changed to The Presbytery of Boston.\\nIt is worthy of note that during the early pastorates of", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "17\\nthis church, impurity of speech, the circulation of slanderous\\nreports, dishonest} and neglect of social religious duties,\\nwere subjects of prompt and faithful discipline.\\nOne for disrespect of his father was rebuked and exhort-\\ned to honor his parents another was censured for using\\nunjustifiable expressions of a profane character another\\nfor having found an axe in the road and not leaving it at the\\nnext tavern, as the law required. Still another for repi oach-\\nful words respecting the pastor his confession was read in\\npublic. Parker s history (1851) says In those days, the\\ncharacter of the minister was faithfully protected by the church,\\nagainst the scandals and malicious designs of those who de-\\nsired to destroy his influence. Defamers of the ministry\\nwerenot then countenanced and sustained as they now are\\nb} numbers in almost every community.\\nMarch 5, 1729, Eev. James Macgregor died, to the great\\nloss of the town and parish. He was succeeded by Rev.\\nMatthew Clark, from Londonderry, Ireland, as acting pas-\\ntor. He had been an officer in the defence of Londonderry,\\nIreland, and in one of the sallies made b} the besieged, he\\nwas wounded by a ball grazing the temple and so affecting\\nthe bone that it never healed. The sore was concealed by\\na black patch, as his portrait now shows.\\nAnd withal he was quite eccentric. In preaching upon\\nthe over-confidence of Peter, he said just like Peter, aye\\nmair forrit than wise, ganging swaggering aboot, wi a sword\\nat his side an a puir han he mad o it when he com to the\\ntrial, for he only cut oflF a chiel s lug, an he ought to ha\\nsplit douu his heed. He is said to have stopped in the\\ncourse of a sermon to say to a young British officer, who re-\\nmained standing to attract attention, Ye are a braw lad,\\nyo ha e a braw suit o claithes, an we ha e a seen them, ye\\nmay sit doun. Being a man of martial spirit, tradition says\\nthat while presiding over the presbytery, a training band of mu-\\nsic so excited him that he could not attend to business. To\\n3", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18\\nrepeated calls he replied, Nae business while 1 hear the\\ntap of the drum. But he was no less a devout man. He\\ndied January 25, 1735, aged 76 years, and at his special re-\\nquest was borne to the grave by those who had been his fel-\\nlow soldiers and fellow sufferers in the siege of Londonderry.\\nPrior to his death and in October, 1733, or shortly after,\\nRev. Thomas Thompson, of the presbytery of Tyione, Ireland,\\nbecame pastor. His first sermon was from those appropri-\\nate words of Peter to Cornelius, Acts 10 29, Therefore came\\nI unto you without gainsaying as soon as I was sent for I\\nask therefore for what intent you have sent for me. He\\nlived but about five years after his settlement. In 1734 Mr.\\nThompson had present seven hundred communicants at cue\\nseason. This number is reckoned to include members of\\nthe church residing in other settlements, and members of\\nother churches who came up as the tribes of Israel to\\nunite with their brethren.\\nCommunion seasons were then preceded by preaching\\non Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday was ob-\\nserved with great strictness as a sacramental fast-daj\\nAny violation of it b}^ secular concerns was a disciplinable\\noffence. One was disciplined for spreading out haj- to dr}-\\non such a day. The Monday following was a day of thanks-\\ngiving.\\nThese extra services gave rise to much preaching, re-\\nquiring the aid of other ministers. Ministers, elders, and\\ncommunicants from several churches often united in the sac-\\nrament on the Sabbath. Small pieces of metal called to-\\nkens, stamped with the initials of the churches were distrib-\\nuted, to prevent intruders.\\nLong, narrow tables were spread in the aisles. Some-\\ntimes three or four sittings, arranged according to age, would\\nbe necessary, protracting the services to the going down of\\nthe sun. These seasons were often attended with many\\nconversions.", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "19\\nThe use of tokens, and other peculiarities of those sacra-\\nmental occasions, have long since passed away, though the\\nchurch still adheres to the ancient custom of having but two\\ncommunion seasons in each year. The custom originated\\nwith the churches in Scotland, soon after the reformation\\nthere being generally made an ecclesiastical occasion. To\\nthe church in Londonderry, N. H., it continues a season of\\ngreat interest and importance.\\nDuring Mr. Thompson s pastorate a movement begun in\\n1733, was consummated resulting in a division of the parish\\ninto the east and west parishes. After the division Rev.\\nDavid Macgregor, son of Rev. James, became pastor of the\\nwest parish, 1736.\\nIn 1739-40, the west parish was invested with parish\\nprivileges by the General Court. The house in which Rev.\\nDavid Macgregor chiefly ministered was in Aiken s range\\nwest of the Pinkerton academy. He occasionally preached\\nin the Hill meeting house, so called, about one mile west of\\nAiken s range. This latter house had been erected in antici-\\npation of a division of the parish, but was abandoned for a\\nsite a mile still further west, in consequence of the matter of\\nforty families, hereafter recited. There is a graveyard of\\nancient date near the abandoned site, and many worthy and\\nfaithful are sleeping there.\\nThat this was a division, and not a colonizing, is evi-\\ndent from the whole transaction. The town was divided\\ninto two parishes, east and west, but parish lines were whol-\\nly disregarded. Forty families of the west parish were al-\\nlowed to attend and be taxed for worship in the east parish,\\nwhile forty families in the east were allowed to attend and\\nbe taxed for worship in the west. It is said to have been\\non account of preferences as to the pastors. For many years\\nthese families were accustomed to meet and pass each other\\nin going to church. Sometimes these meetings were attend-\\ned with quite ludicrous scenes, persons going miles on foot", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20\\ncarrying a second and better pair of shoes to put on just before\\nreaching church, two or more using a single horse, each rid-\\ning a short distance and hitching the horse for another to\\nride on coming up. It is reported of two persons engaged\\nto be married, that they died in old age and single, because\\nthey could not agree which meeting to attend.\\nWindham was set off as a distinct parish in 1741, from the\\neast parish.\\nWhatever else therefore may be said of the division, cer-\\ntainly all the old histories belong to the church for whom\\nthis discoui se is written, now and for many years the onl}\\nPresbyterian church (except Windham as stated above)\\nwithin the limits of the original parish. And this because\\neach half is part of the original whole, and because the\\nchurch in the east parish, (now Derry, set off from London-\\nderry as a town in 1827) long ago transferred themselves to\\nanother denomination. For many years it has been no more\\na Presbyterian church. It took no part in the formation of\\nthe first Presbytery in New England in 1745. It was not\\nrepresented in that Presbytery during its records of ten years,\\nnor in the Presbytery of Boston from its constitution in 1770\\nto its dissolution in 1775.\\nThe church of the west parish is therefore the only true\\ncontinuation of the Presbyterian church of Londonderry found-\\ned in 1719.\\nRev. David Macgregor joined heartily in the revival\\nwork of the great Whitefield who (Parker s history says) visit-\\ned the town and preached to multitudes in an open field. In\\nmiost of the meeting houses of that day the seats were plain.\\nThere were no luxuries of cushions, carpets, or stoves, and\\nyet a two hours service was relished.\\nEev. David Macgregor died May 30, 1777, aged 68, after\\na pastorate of over forty years. He was an animated, inter-\\nesting preacher, and his house was usually thronged.\\nThough not educated at college, yet Princeton conferred", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "21\\non him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. In 1755 the\\nBrick church of New York City extended to him a call, which\\nhowever he declined.\\nHe proved his high christian character by entering a\\ncriminal court, as counsel to defend a decided opposer. The\\nman was convicted, but Mr. Macgregor believing him to be\\ninnocent, afterwards proved it, and procured his pardon.\\nPrevious to his death the parish erected a new house\\nabout one mile west of the hill meeting-house at a place more\\ncentral. In this new house Eev. Dr. Morison was ordained\\nas Mr. Macgregor s successor, Feb. 12, 1783. He died March\\n9, 1818, after a pastorate of 35 years.\\nHis remains are in the cemetery near the church in which\\nhe was ordained.\\nHe was succeded by Eev. Daniel Dana, D. D., Jan. 15,\\n1822, Dr. Dana having then recently resigned the presiden-\\ncy of Dartmouth College. The church reluctantly acceded to\\nhis request for a dissolution of the pastoral relation in April,\\n1826.\\nRev. Amasa A. Hayes succeeded him June 25, 1828,\\nHe died Oct. 23, 1830, greately lamented.\\nOct. 5, 1831, Eev. John E. Adams was installed. In\\n1832 he married Miss Mary Ann Macgregor, grand- daughter\\nof Eev. David Macgregor. His pastoral relation to the\\nchurch was dissolved on his own request, by Londonderry\\npresbytery, in September, 1838. Just at the close of this pas-\\ntorate, im 1837, the parish erected a new edifice, on the Mam-\\nmoth road, near the centre of the town, about a mile west from\\nthe last location. The old church was removed and reconstruct-\\ned into a town hall, also near the town centre. It is eminently\\nproper that in a hall of such memories the ancient custom of\\nopening town meetings with prayer should be maintained as\\nit is here. The session house was also removed and con-\\nverted into a dwelling, and is now serving that purpose on\\nthe Mammoth road, about two miles north of the new church.", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22\\nThe new church was dedicated September 7, 1838, and\\nstill remains the house of God unto his people of the Presby-\\nterian church in Londonderry. In consequence of the last\\nchange of location twenty-three members on the easterly side\\nof the parish united with forty from the East Derry church\\nin forming a Congregational church in Derry lower village.\\nNovember 5, 1840, Rev. Timothy G. Brainerd was in-\\nstalled. He had nearly qualified for the bar before entering\\nthe ministry. During his charge a commodious manse was\\nerected on a pleasant site near the new church. His pasto-\\nrate, at his own request, was dissolved by the presbytery, April\\n25, 1855. He was succeeded by Rev. William House, installed\\nOctober 7, 1857. At his own request the pastoral relation\\nwas dissolved February 26, 1873.\\nDuring all these pastorates there were notable works of\\ngrace. The church has never waned in prosperity. Rarely\\nhas a church been blessed with such a succession of pastors\\nas the preceding, men so devout and eminently fitted for\\ntheir station.\\nThe present pastorate commenced, by unanimous call ac-\\ncepted, December 13, 1874,, followed by installation February\\n23, 1875. During its continuance twenty-seven have been\\nadded to the church on profession, and others are waiting to\\nfollow in the covenant act of the confession of Christ.\\nTh5 earliest church records of the west parish to Decem-\\nber 14, 1837, were lost some years since, while loaned for\\nevidence in a civil suit at law. The parish records, however,\\nare entire.\\nIn 1829 a Baptist church was organized in the north part\\nof the town, still occupying a handsome edifice there. In\\n1854 there was also organized a Methodist church, now\\nworshipping in a commodious house near the town hall.\\nA few considerations are worthy of note to close this his-\\ntory\\n1. That the Presbyterianism of America, through its", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "23\\nScotch original in the church of Londonderry and others of\\nUlster origin, may be traced in some elements of its history,\\nto the primitive christian church.\\n2. That the Presbyterian church of America is not\\nchargeable with anything real or imaginary, respecting the\\nantinomian controversy of 1637, nor respecting the witch-\\ncraft mania of Salem, Mass., culminating about 1692. This\\nlatter tragedy was in preparation here nearly at the time when\\nthey who founded Presbyterianism in America were defend-\\ning the faith of protestantism in the siege of Londonderry,\\nIreland.\\n3. That the Presbyterian church of Londonderry, N. H.,\\nif not the first, is among the very first to found Presbyterian-\\nism in this country,\\n4. That the present Presbyterian church of London-\\nderry, N. H., is the only immediate representative of the\\nPresbyterian founders of the toicn, since the transferrence of\\nthe east parish to another denomination.\\n5. That the Presbyterian church of Londonderry has\\nbeen signally blessed and prospered of God in all its pasto-\\nrates, and the work of grace attending them.\\nIt is worth preserving may God preserve it. AMEiq", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "SUCCESSION OF PASTOBS.\\nBEFORE THE DIVISION OF THE PARISH.\\nJames Macgregor, 1719 to 1729.\\nyfey^W/:\\nMatthew Clark,\\n1729 to 1733.\\nThomas Thompson, 1733.\\nAFTER THE DIVISION.\\nDavid Maegregore, 1736 to 1777.\\nWilliam Morison, 1783 to 1818,\\nDaniel Dana,\\n1822 to 1826.", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "25\\nAmasa A. Hayes,\\nJohn R. Adams,\\nTimothy G. Brainerd,\\nWilham House,\\nLuther B. Pert,\\nM^tr\\n1828 to 1830.\\n1831 to 1838.\\n1840 to 1855.\\n1857 to 1873.\\n1875\\nSUCCESSION OF ELDEES.\\nBEFOEE THE DIVISION OF THE PARISH.\\nDavid Cargil,\\nSamuel Moar,\\nJohn Barnet,\\nJames Alexander,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nJohn Cochran,\\nWilliam Ayer,\\nJames Adams,\\nRobert Given,\\nJames McKeen.\\nJames Reid,\\nJamJ^ M j^^^^^Yi\\nAFTER THE DIVISION.\\nDuring the Rev. David Macgregore s pastorate.\\nJames McKeen,\\nJames Clark,\\nJames Lindsley,\\nJohn Duncan,\\nJohn Gregg,\\nJohn Hunter,\\nSamuel Anderson,\\nJohn Aiken,\\nJames Leslie,\\nJames Nesmith,\\nGeorge Duncan,\\nJames Taggart,\\nRobert Morrison,\\nJohn McKeen,\\nSamuel Eisher,\\nJames Reid.\\nThe session having been reduced by death was enlarged\\nby adding during Rev. Mr. Morison s pastorate\\nJohn Bell, John Pinkerton,\\n4", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26\\nRobert Thompson, Abel Plummer,\\nJames Aiken, Jonathan Griffin,\\nAbraham Duncan, Thomas Patterson,\\nJames Nesmith, James Pinkerton,\\nWilliam Adams, David Brewster,\\nJohn Fisher, Jonathan Savory.\\n/C ^^/ic^\\nThomas Carlton, John Pinkerton, Jr.\\nIn 1827 John Holmes, Joshua Gooden and Benjamin Mc-\\n^{^^.-7-^2^\\nMurphy were elected. Vacancies have since been supplied\\nin part as follows\\nJu^^JSm-A.RY 1, 1834.\\nJonathan Humphrey, James Perkins.\\nRobert Boyd, Jr.,\\n]VIARCH: 4, 185S.\\nDaniel G. Coburn, Matthew Holmes.\\nDavid Anderson,\\nNOVETvIBER 39, 1863.\\nDaniel T. Shipley, James Nevins.\\nJohn W. Greeley,\\nDECEMIBEJR 39, 1873,\\nJohn Dickey, John A. Moor.\\nWarren Richardson,\\nTHE PRESENT SESSION CONSISTS OF\\nDavid Anderson, John W. Greeley,", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "John Dickey,\\nWarren Richardson,\\n27\\nJohn A. Moor.\\nMEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, NOV. 15, 1876.\\nThose marked with the letter ?i being non-resident.\\nMartha Boyd,\\nMary Ela,\\nJoseph Dickey,\\nSarah Simonds,\\nBetsey Cutler,\\nRhoda Page,\\nLucinda Woodburn,\\nJoseph Annis, n.\\nSarah S. Annis, n.\\nMary A. Boyd,\\nLydia Corning,\\nSarah Smith,\\nHarriet Crowell,\\nSarah Morrison,\\nBetsey C Annis,\\nJosiah Sleeper,\\nHannah J. Sleeper,\\nDavid Goodwin,\\nMary Goodwin,\\nJosiah Goodwin.\\nEsther Goodwin,\\nDaniel Goodwin,\\nWarren Richardson,\\nMary Richardson,\\nJohn W. Greeley,\\nMary Ann Greeley,\\nBetsey Chrispeen,\\nSamuel Gilcreast,\\nJoel Coburn,\\nRebecca Shipley,\\nWilliam M. Holmes,\\nJudith Holmes,\\nMary Nevins,\\nJane D. Anderson,\\nIsaac Dow,\\nElizabeth Dow,\\nBetsey Dow,\\nMary J. Goodwin,\\nRoxanna Coburn,\\nJonathan Savory,\\nAbigail Savory,\\nParley Wallace,\\nHarriet Wallace,\\nDavid Anderson,\\nPersis Anderson,\\nDavid Anderson 2d, n.\\nElizabeth Dickey, n.\\nMary Dickey,\\nThomas Boyd,\\nSarah A. Boyd,\\nBranch Sampson,\\nAlice Sampson,\\nLilley Cochran,\\nElizabeth C. Barker,\\nJane D. P. Mack,\\nFrances A. Mack,\\nDeha W. Hardy,\\nHannah Crowell,", "height": "3293", "width": "1815", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28\\nHarriet Coburn,\\nWilliam S. Pillsbury,\\nMartha S. Pillsbury,\\nMartha Hardy,\\nJohn Dickey,\\nCaroline P. Dickey,\\nHarriet E. Floyd,\\nAlmira J. Haynes,\\nMary Jane Smith,\\nLucy J. Holmes,\\nOrra A. K. Coburn,\\nMarinda Ladd, n.\\nWilliam P. Nevins,\\nJoseph S. Goodwin,\\nMary J. Gregg,\\nCaroline Murdock, 7i.\\nSophia Smith,\\nMary S. Blood,\\nSarah Blood,\\nMary Bancroft,\\nElbridge Wyman, n.\\nCharlotte Towns, n.\\nCharlotte A. M. Campbell,\\nEugene L. Campbell,\\nLuella A. Annis,\\nJohn A. Moor,\\nNancy E. Moor,\\nNancy P. Gilcreast,\\nMina A. Annis,\\nElla A. Gilcreast,\\nMary F. Boyce,\\nJulia D. Nevins,\\nEdward 0. Fifield, n.\\nFrances L. Fifield,\\nGeorgianna Fifield, n.\\nCaroline S. McAllister,\\nIsabella Ela,\\nMary D. Boyd,\\nRebecca Kimball,\\nSarah J, Young,\\nJane Perkins,\\nCharles Adams, n.\\nMary Adams, w.\\nAaron P. Hardy,\\nSamuel Crowell,\\nIsaac Kimball,\\nJames P. Dickey,\\nJudith C. Crowell,\\nJulia A. Averill,\\nEmeline Gilcreast,\\nElla E. Wiley,\\nMary A. Morse,\\nNancy A. Burnhatn, n.\\nCharlotte W. Boyd,\\nLucy M. Gould, n.\\nMary Gilcreast,\\nSarah G. Dillingham, n.\\nHelen F. Knight,\\nPersis T. Anderson, n.\\nMary J. S. Campbell, n.\\nFrances M. Blood,\\nBetsey Darrah, n.\\nRhoda A. Macgregor,\\nJane Sanborn, n.\\nNancy D. Caldwell,\\nCaroline C. M Allister,\\nNancy J. Whittier,\\nClarissa M. Boyce,\\nJonathan P. Gilcreast, n.\\nDaniel G. Annis,", "height": "3238", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "centennialdiscou00pert_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "29\\nHenry J. Caldwell,\\nAlonzo H. Nichols, 7i.\\nFranklin Leland Coffin, n.\\nIra Johnson,\\nCaroline L. Anderson, n.\\nEmily Brickett,\\nLouisa F. Buxton, n.\\nAnna C. Young,\\nSusie A. Goodwin,\\nJennet Dickey.\\nUNITED DURING THE PASTORATE OF REV. L. B. PERT.\\nSamuel P. Eobie,\\nAdeline Robie,\\nNellie A. Eobie,\\nJames F. Young,\\nElizabeth Young,\\nAndrew W. Mack,\\nHiram Cutler,\\nHarriet E. Hardy,\\nLizzie E. Crowell,\\nAlice J. Moor,\\nNellie 0. Moor,\\nCharles S. Pillsbury,\\nMary Pillsbury,\\nAbby Caldweli,\\nEllen P. Pert,\\nClara W. Boyd,\\nMelinda Avery,\\nPaulina Avery,\\nLaura Z. Dow,\\nAlbert Gr. Conant,\\nPriscilla Conant,\\nMartha J. Boyd,\\nMaria W. Boyd,\\nNellie M. Richardson,\\nFlorence E. Boyd,\\nHenry Crowell,\\nGeorge N. 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