CONTENTS.

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

CHAPTER VII.

1809-1815.

A WIDENING BREACH AMONG THE CHURCHES. - ANOTHER WAR.

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271-335

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-

sions. - The Old South Meeting-House in Danger. - Isaac Harris. - Death

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

CHAPTER VIII.

1816-1820.

BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

336-389

Death of Dr. Lathrop. - A New Bell. - Abigail Waters. - An Historic Prayer

Meeting. - A Vestry to be built. - Josiah Salisbury and Edward Phillips. -

The Rev. Sereno E. Dwight. - Society for the Moral and Religious Instruc-

tion of the Poor. - Education Society. - Samuel Hall Walley. - Christmas

Day, 1817.- Parish Affairs.
Death of Samuel Salisbury. - Concert of

Prayer. - Ordination of Missionaries. - Mr. Huntington's Address on Mis-

sions. - Essex Street Church. - The Rev. James Sabine. Old South Char-

ity School. Ordination of the Rev. John Pierpont. - Old South and Hollis

Street Churches. - Death of Mr. Huntington. - Mr. Dwight's Sermon. -

Mr. Codman's Sermon. - An Elegy. - A Committee of Inquiry. - A Mission

to Palestine. A Farewell Missionary Service. - Death of John Winslow. -

Death of Mrs. Mason. The Rev. Matthias Bruen. - Sundry Expenditures.

- A Letter from Mrs. Huntington. - The Rev. Benjamin B. Wisner. - His

Call to the Pastorate. The Church and the Parish. - The Dedham

Case.

390-456

CHAPTER IX.

1821-1836.

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

the Essex Street Church. - The Union Church gathered. - An Organ im-

ported. Death of Mrs. Phillips. - The Church in Green Street. - Ordina-

tion of Missionaries. A Church gathered for Liberia. - Death of Josiah

Salisbury. - Thomas Vose and Pliny Cutler. - Death of Edward and Wil-

liam Phillips. Salem Street and Pine Street Churches. - Communion Sab-

bath. -Dr. Wisner's Resignation and Death. - The Rev. Samuel H. Stearns.

- His Brief Ministry and Resignation. - His Death. - His Theological

Position

457-498

CHAPTER X.

1836-1884.

THE CIVIL WAR. -THE REMOVAL TO THE BACK BAY.

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

499-550

CHAPTER XI.

1884.

PARTISANSHIP DEFEATED.

Dr. Manning's Preaching. - The Rev. George A. Gordon called. - The Rev.

William J. Tucker, D. D. - Mr. Gordon accepts. - He joins the Old South

Church. - The Letter-Missive. - Partisanship. - Council for Dismission at

Greenwich. - Installation Council at the Old South. - Mr. Gordon's Paper.

-The Letter - Missive "condoned." Cross Examination.

Dr. Webb's

Questions. Dr. Withrow called upon for a Proof-Text. Dr.. Plumb's

Questions. - Embarrassment of the Opposition. - The Installation Supper.

-The Installation Services. - The Conscience Ecclesiastical. - Vicarious

Suffering. - From Age to Age. - Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

551-580

Of the Old South Church, Society, and Meeting-House. - Of the Ministers of

the Old South. John Bacon. - George W. Blagden. - Samuel Blair. -

Alexander Cumming. - Joseph Eckley. - George A. Gordon. - John Hunt.

Joshua Huntington. - Mrs. Susan Huntington. - Jacob M. Manning. -

Ebenezer Pemberton. - Thomas Prince. - Joseph Sewall. - Samuel H.

Stearns. - Thomas Thacher. - Samuel Willard.

INDEX

Benjamin B. Wisner

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OLD MILK STREET. (Etched by Sidney L. Smith)
GALLERY STAIRCASE.

✔CUP GIVEN BY MR. PRINCE.

CUP GIVEN BY ANTHONY BRACKETT

PORTRAIT OF ANDREW OLIVER

DR. SEWALL'S LAST ENTRY

✓ SACRAMENTAL SILVER

PORTRAIT OF DR. SEWALL, 1764

PLAN OF THE OLD SOUTH PROPERTY

MONUMENT OF JOHN HUNT

DOOR IN THE OLD SOUTH Cellar, MILK STREET

KING'S CHAPEL PULPIT

OLD STATE HOUSE

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nant 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: