. Origin and annals of "The Old south," First Presbyterian church and parish, in Newburyport, Mass., 1746-1896 . ad occasion to doso even in this town, where of six ministers no twoheld exactly the same theology. Dr. Spring, es-pecially, was an aggressive theologian. Dr. Hawes(of Hartford) preached his first sermon for He took exceptions in a kindly way, to itsdoctrinal statements. When Dr. Spring heard aboutit, he was delighted. Now (he said) you make twoof that sermon. Next Sunday I have the Union lec-ture in the evening—at which, of course, Dr. Danawould be present. uYou shall prea
. Origin and annals of "The Old south," First Presbyterian church and parish, in Newburyport, Mass., 1746-1896 . ad occasion to doso even in this town, where of six ministers no twoheld exactly the same theology. Dr. Spring, es-pecially, was an aggressive theologian. Dr. Hawes(of Hartford) preached his first sermon for He took exceptions in a kindly way, to itsdoctrinal statements. When Dr. Spring heard aboutit, he was delighted. Now (he said) you make twoof that sermon. Next Sunday I have the Union lec-ture in the evening—at which, of course, Dr. Danawould be present. uYou shall preach half in themorning and the other in the evening! But in 1815there came a happy occasion when such differenceswere forgotten. It was the ordination of the secondband of missionaries in this church. Then for thefirst time in New England and probably in the country,the Lords supper was celebrated together by nearlyseven hundred communicants, from various anddistant churches. It was the proper church for it;here, the burial place of Whitefield, who had himselfcrossed the ocean thirteen times on a Gospel 90. CHARLES S. DURFEE,1869-1872. WILLIAM W. NEWELL, Jr.,1874-1880.
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