. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. DR. BRA1NERDS GRAVE Decorated for the Centennial of the Church, May, 1868; takenbefore the monument was erected From a photograph by O. H. Willard. x JGE& Pastorate of Thomas Brainerd. 231 joy with his two little grandchildren. Soon after hereached that home, these children suddenly died. Thiswas more than he could bear. On the evening ofAugust twenty-first, striving to hide his aching heart,he bade the family good-bye, and retired. He did notrise again. His remains were brought to
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. DR. BRA1NERDS GRAVE Decorated for the Centennial of the Church, May, 1868; takenbefore the monument was erected From a photograph by O. H. Willard. x JGE& Pastorate of Thomas Brainerd. 231 joy with his two little grandchildren. Soon after hereached that home, these children suddenly died. Thiswas more than he could bear. On the evening ofAugust twenty-first, striving to hide his aching heart,he bade the family good-bye, and retired. He did notrise again. His remains were brought to the oldchurch, and after a service never to be forgotten, werelaid in the churchyard in the spot now marked by thebeautiful granite shaft which his devoted wife erectedto his memory. I never saw Dr. Brainerd in the flesh, but I havefelt his influence a thousand times, and am sure thatI shall know him when Heaven opens for RICHARD HOWE ALLEN A. B. (Centre); D. D. secretary of the Freedmans Board; seventh Pastor of Old Pine Street From a photograph in possession of the church.
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