The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . , built for the Rev. Mr. Scales,are now seen a few rods distant fromthe site of the garrison, both places be-ing identified by tablets erected bythe town. That the Rev. JamesScales was orthodox. in that hewas a Calvinist Congreeatioualist.•practically goes without saying in thehistory of Hopkinton. as well as hisrecognition as a learned man whenwe remember that he was a graduateof Harvard College in the class of1733. The Rev. James Scales was a manof versatile genius. In the course of 33: Ifirst Church in Hopkinton hi
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . , built for the Rev. Mr. Scales,are now seen a few rods distant fromthe site of the garrison, both places be-ing identified by tablets erected bythe town. That the Rev. JamesScales was orthodox. in that hewas a Calvinist Congreeatioualist.•practically goes without saying in thehistory of Hopkinton. as well as hisrecognition as a learned man whenwe remember that he was a graduateof Harvard College in the class of1733. The Rev. James Scales was a manof versatile genius. In the course of 33: Ifirst Church in Hopkinton his life he practised medicine and lawas well as pleached the Gospel. How-ever it is as an executive characterthat we desire to specially considerhim. In the primitive social situa-tion of the township which became liberty. An individual man who can-not sue and be sued is less a freemanthan a bond servant. So is the asso-ciation of men that cannot exercisecorporate responsibility less a than a servile protectorate. The ;/? . ??? ? • -- . ;I f . i -—*. .. .,*. .^-„*r^.-,^iL !M^j*4- :;?:;Kfi-^~i Congregational Church. Hopkinton Hopkinton, the history of the organi-zation of the first church reveals notonly his handiwork but also his hand-writing. The Rev. James Scales hadalso executive legal acumen. As thecivil agent of the community, he sawthe force of the sentiment of judicial Eev. James Scales set his mind on theincorporation of the township. Hefound a social community withouteven a legal name but only a number,subject in all its executive acts to theapproval of the parent colony, and hemade it a town, with the legal name First Church in Hopkinton 8:53 , i Hopkinton, and gave it incorporate,:i,i responsible legal powers in itself;This was in the year 1765. The rec-,jTiiiio!) of this service to the publicwas attested by the vote of the townthis same year to allow him twentyfive pounds, old termor, therefor. The Rev. James Scales was the min-ister of the church a
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