. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. %% \V* -^S T*% fit r!: ^fc^>V. As. \Vt \U lis. Pastorate of Thomas Brainerd. 225 served. It was his hope that the issue of the conflictmight bring indeed the emancipation of the slaves. From the beginning of the war he enlisted as trulyas any man who went to the front, and we believe laiddown his life for his country as really as any officer whofell upon the field of battle. His prophecy that thiswar should kill him was sadly fulfilled; but not untilhe had rendered loyal service
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. %% \V* -^S T*% fit r!: ^fc^>V. As. \Vt \U lis. Pastorate of Thomas Brainerd. 225 served. It was his hope that the issue of the conflictmight bring indeed the emancipation of the slaves. From the beginning of the war he enlisted as trulyas any man who went to the front, and we believe laiddown his life for his country as really as any officer whofell upon the field of battle. His prophecy that thiswar should kill him was sadly fulfilled; but not untilhe had rendered loyal service for his country. He was the great patriot pastor of others stood with him, but none before went from his own congregation into the UnionArmy one hundred and thirty men. Among these washis only living son, a graduate of Yale, and a physician,who enlisted as a surgeon and served with distinctionuntil the close of the war. He still lives in Montreal,and has never lost his interest in the old Oneof the last acts of Dr. Brainerd was to erect in theupper vestibule of the church the marble tablet bear-ing the names of the eigh
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