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History of Spencer From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1841, Including a Brief Sketch of Leicester
History of Spencer From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1841 Including a Brief Sketch of Leicester Author:James Draper General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1841 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: BAPTISTS. The first Baptist Church in Spencer was constituted June 30, 1819. Their meeting house was built the next year, 1820, and is situated at the Northeast part of the town, near to the line of the town of Paxton. The society is small and is composed of individuals from the adjoining towns of Spencer, Rutland, Paxton and Leicester. Their first minister was the Rev. . Amos Levafor, who was ordained in the winter of 1821. How long he continued with them, is uncertain. The next minister, was Mr. Phippin, who preached 1827 and 1828. Edward Kenney, was employed in the ministry for 1829 and 1830. Rev. Moses Harrington preached for the society for 1834 and 1835. The next minister was Willard Glover, who preached only for the year 1837. Elder Luther Goddard of Worcester, preached occasionally for 1838 and 1839. Mr. Urijah Underwood is engaged as their pastor for1840. The above account is meagre and very imperfect, but as the records of the society are unfortunately lost, it is all that could be obtained. Our belly also on the earth, fast cleaving hold doth take; Rise for our help and us redeem, even for thy mercies sake. , With emerods in the hinder parts . He strake his foes withal: And put them into a shame that was perpetual." The following is a typographical specimen, taken from the edition printed in 1609, as used by the Pilgrims. " Attend my people to my law, and to my words incline ; My mouth shall speak strange parables, and sentences diuine; Which we ourselues haue heard and learnd, euen of our fathers old, And which for our instruction too, ovr fathers haue va told." ...« less