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General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. from Its First Settlement

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...an innovation that there were serious fears of its failure. The first committee appointed to sell the pews were Isaac Hunt, George King, Isaac Chamberlain, Samuel Rockwell and Paul Smith, Jun. The proceedings were a success, and that method of raising money for the expenses of the Society has been continued, with a few temporary exceptions, to the present time. In the year 1813, it had become apparent that the society was growing weaker in its means of supporting the necessary expenses of its institutions, and that the congregation was growing less in numbers. The emigration of its members and the increase of dissenters contributed largely.to that result. Anxious for the maintenance of the Puritan system and for the continuance of the administration of gospel ordinances in their time-honored method in Sharon, the men of property in the parish undertook to raise, by subscription, a permanent fund, to be safely invested in securities by real estate, the income of which was to be applied to the payment of the expenses of the society. The whole sum was subscribed before the matter was brought before! the society for its acceptance. The articles of subscription were drawn up in the most careful manner, to insure the safety of the investments, and to direct the use of the fund to the purposes intended by the donors. The church is allowed to change its form of administration from Congregational to Presbyterian, but in other respects all deviations from the strictest rules of old New England Puritanism are forbidden. At a society's meeting holden on the first day of November, 1813, the fund was transferred to the society and accepted by it upon the terms and conditions specified in the article of subscription. It was placed in the care of...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. from Its First Settlement. To get started finding General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. from Its First Settlement, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 68

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1152925105

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...an innovation that there were serious fears of its failure. The first committee appointed to sell the pews were Isaac Hunt, George King, Isaac Chamberlain, Samuel Rockwell and Paul Smith, Jun. The proceedings were a success, and that method of raising money for the expenses of the Society has been continued, with a few temporary exceptions, to the present time. In the year 1813, it had become apparent that the society was growing weaker in its means of supporting the necessary expenses of its institutions, and that the congregation was growing less in numbers. The emigration of its members and the increase of dissenters contributed largely.to that result. Anxious for the maintenance of the Puritan system and for the continuance of the administration of gospel ordinances in their time-honored method in Sharon, the men of property in the parish undertook to raise, by subscription, a permanent fund, to be safely invested in securities by real estate, the income of which was to be applied to the payment of the expenses of the society. The whole sum was subscribed before the matter was brought before! the society for its acceptance. The articles of subscription were drawn up in the most careful manner, to insure the safety of the investments, and to direct the use of the fund to the purposes intended by the donors. The church is allowed to change its form of administration from Congregational to Presbyterian, but in other respects all deviations from the strictest rules of old New England Puritanism are forbidden. At a society's meeting holden on the first day of November, 1813, the fund was transferred to the society and accepted by it upon the terms and conditions specified in the article of subscription. It was placed in the care of...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. from Its First Settlement. To get started finding General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. from Its First Settlement, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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