Author: Samuel L. Gerould

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Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781332168415

Excerpt from The New England Meeting House With a History of the Congregational Meeting Houses in Hollis, N. H: A Discourse on the Centennial Anniversary of the Building of the Present Meeting House The Old Home Week Association at its first meeting this year expressed a desire to observe the centennial anniversary of the erection of our meeting house in connection with its Old Home Week observances. A vote was passed requesting a discourse suitable to the occasion on Old Home Week Sunday, and a committee was appointed, consisting of Charles S. Spalding, Cyrus F. Burge and Daniel W. Hayden, to co-operate with a like committee appointed from the church, in furnishing facts for use on the occasion. The church subsequently appointed as its committee Dea. Enoch J. Colburn, Miss Emma L. VanDyke and Wilbert P. Farley. Old Home Week Sunday brought together a congregation of nearly four hundred fifty people. The choir, George A. Ladd, chorister, occupying the old singers seats or gallery, had made special preparation for the day, and was led in its singing by two violins, a cornet, and a double bass viol. At the conclusion of the morning service Silas M. Spalding asked the privilege of speaking, and then called for a vote expressive of a desire that the discourse be printed. The response was so hearty that arrangements were immediately made to put it in type. The cut of the meeting house of 1804, which is given herein, was drawn from descriptions, and as these vary it is possible that in minor details it may not be accurate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.