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Excerpt from Discourse: Delivered to the First Parish in Hingham on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Opening of Its Meeting-House for Public Worship; Sunday, January 8, 1882
Without further preface let me proceed to the pleasant duty before us. With what a sigh we read that one, short sentence in Hobart's Diary, under date of January 8, 1681 This Sabbath we first met in the new meeting-house. 'how much more we crave to know! 'ne know to-day what has been confirmed for some time, - thanks to the diligent investigations of lovers of history! - that the Old meeting-house which bore the palisade's protection, and had sufficed for the early life of Hingham, was outgrown; that in decid ing upon the best location for a new one, disagreements arose, and the state authorities intervened; that at last the spot where we are assembled was Chosen, and the work went forward. We know the names of those who had seats in the new house, and in what order. In a general way we can picture the interior. It was devoid of plastering, without a ceiling; there was but one pew in the whole house, the rest of the space being filled with benches; there was no paint. We know that two Children were baptized on that first Sunday, and their.
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