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Excerpt from Commemorative Services on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Its Present Ministry: And the One Hundred and Fiftieth of Its Foundation, on Tuesday, March 1, 1887, With Three Sermons by Its Pastor
Your minister completes to-day a half century's public service, and this West Boston Society rounds out a century and a half, a three-fold jubilee, of its existence as a church. God hides the germs of every living thing. We cannot give a nation's date. No record holds the moment by the clock of any scientific discovery. Banquo'sfquestion to the witches, if they can look into the seeds of time and say 'wth grain Will grow, hints the secrecy of every embryo of matter or mind. In regard to the religious foundation on this spot, we but know that early in January, 1737, less than a score of persons, just seventeen, from six worshipping bodies, at diverse points of the compass, with two preachers Prince and F oxcroft - to help, like a detachment of bees began to swarm, put their heads and hearts to gether and chose a minister, William Hooper, Whom they did not ordain till the 18th of May ensuing, then chipping the shell. It is curious to Observe. 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.
