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The Rev. Joshua Huntington. - A New Pulpit. — Mr. Huntington's Ordina-
tion. Mr. Channing's Address. - Removal of the First Church. The Sec-
ond Church in Dorchester. — The Rev. John Pierce's Sermon.—The Rev.
John Codman. - His Ordination. - Mr. Channing's Sermon. -The Em-
bargo Act

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A WIDENING BREACH AMONG THE CHURCHES. ANOTHER WAR.

Death of Thomas Dawes. - The Rev. Henry Kollock. - Park Street Church
gathered. — Its Meeting-House. — Mr. Huntington's Marriage. — New Par-
sonage Houses. - A Report on the Funds. The American Board of Mis-
The Old South Meeting-House in Danger.

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of Dr. Eckley. - His Funeral. - Dr. Lathrop's Sermon. - Anniversary
Week. Fire at Newburyport. The Rev. Edward D. Griffin. - State of
the Churches in 1811.- Letter of the Rev. Francis Parkman. Ordination of
Foreign Missionaries. — The Missionary Spirit. - Another Embargo Act. —
The Prince Library. The War of 1812.-Two Ordinations. — Parish
Affairs. The Proposals of 1705 revived.-A Bank Defalcation. - The
Treaty of Ghent. — The September Gale, 1815. — Absent Members

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THE SPIRIT OF PARTY. CHURCH EXTENSION.

Mr. Wisner's Acceptance of the Call. Arrangements for the Ordination. -
The Council. Mr. Lowell not allowed to give the Right Hand of Fellow-
ship. Letter to Mr. Lowell. - The Rev. Ebenezer Burgess. - Divisions in

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The Rev. George W. Blagden called and settled. — The New Brick Meeting-

House. - Proprietors of Pews in the Old South Meeting-House incorpo-

rated. - Old South Block. - Opinion of Jeremiah Mason. - A Branch

Chapel. Proposal for a Co-Pastorate. - The Rev. Jacob M. Manning

called. His Installation. - The Uprising of the People in 1861.-Flag-

raising at the Old South. - Enlistments in the Yard of the Old South. —

Mr. Manning goes to the War as a Chaplain. — His Sickness. - The Close

of the War. The Death of Abraham Lincoln. — The National Council of

1865. Convened at the Old South. A Congregational House desired, but

not a House of Bishops. — The Burial Hill Confession. - Freeman Place

Chapel.-Dr. Manning's Bi-Centennial Sermon. — Purchase of Land in

Boylston Street. — Dr. Blagden's Resignation. - The Fire of 1872. — The

Meeting-House vacated.—It is leased to the U. S. Government. - A Pro-

posal to the Massachusetts Historical Society. - The Issue between the Old

South Society and the Public. — The Case of the Minority. — The Position

of the Majority. - Charles Stoddard. — The Spiritual and the Material. —

Questionable Zeal. — Fellowship and Dictation. - Mrs. Norton's Intentions.

— As to the Rights of the Public. — A Private Trust. — Decision by the Su-

preme Court. Hearing before Mr. Justice Colt. The Final Decree. —

Sale of the Meeting-House. Subsequent Attempt to annul the Contract.

Resignation of Dr. Manning. His Last Illness and Death. - Death of

Dr. Blagden

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CHAPTER I.

1750-1758.

A NEW PSALM BOOK.

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EIGHTY years had

passed since the formation of the Third or South Church and the installation of its first minister, the Rev. Thomas Thacher. During this period, it had received eleven or twelve hundred members into its fellowship, more than eight hundred persons had owned the covenant in the presence of its congregation, and more than five thousand children had received the ordinance of baptism from its pastors. Emerging from the storm of strife in which it had been organized, it had taken its place immediately as one of the leading forces in the moral, social, and religious life of the town, and at the middle of the eighteenth century it was second to no church in New England in its Christian activity and usefulness. Another quarter of a century of great prosperity lay before it, and then, at the beginning of the American Revolution, with many other interests and institutions, it was to enter upon an experience of depression and loss.

We return now to the records of the church:

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