History of Lowell and its people . - interested in the church, l)Ut were willing to be rid ofthe theatre. A large audience assembled at the first religious serv-ices in this building, owing in part to the fact that one Henry Patchhad circulated the report that a performance would be given thate\ening at the theatre. The attendance presumably did not continueto be satisfactory, for in 1834 the society adopted the free church sys-tem under the style of The First Free Church of Lowell. The for-mer name of the Third Congregational Church was resumed in , on May 31. 1836, Mr. Pease had
History of Lowell and its people . - interested in the church, l)Ut were willing to be rid ofthe theatre. A large audience assembled at the first religious serv-ices in this building, owing in part to the fact that one Henry Patchhad circulated the report that a performance would be given thate\ening at the theatre. The attendance presumably did not continueto be satisfactory, for in 1834 the society adopted the free church sys-tem under the style of The First Free Church of Lowell. The for-mer name of the Third Congregational Church was resumed in , on May 31. 1836, Mr. Pease had resigned. In 1837 mem-bers of the church sent a C(jmmunication to the other churches of thecity stating explaining their embarrassed financial condition and ask-ing ad\-ice as to the pro])er course to pursue. No records ha\e beenfound to show what reply was made to this communication, but it wasMr. Simonds recollection that in the spring of 1838 the remaining. 1. iNTloumi; \li:w ii|. st iATImiks cm i:iII. 2. ST. IlOiioKs ciiriirii. :i. coNCKrTioN riiruiii 4. IXTKItlOl: VII-.\V OF ST. JKAX T!.\ IT I .-? Tl-: ClllUCH. THE ANTE-BELLUM CITY 271 members voted themselves letters of dismission to other churches oftheir choice. The Second Universalist Society, hiter known as the ShattuckStreet Universalist Society, grew out of a meeting of May 22, 1836, inCity Hall, at which Rev. J. G. Adams was preacher. He officiated fourSundays and then a meeting was held in Mechanics building to comsider whether or not it was advisable to organize a society. A com-mittee reported that it was so expedient, and accordingly, on Septem-tember 4, 1836, about one hundred men and women signed the pream-ble and constitution. The first pastor, the Rev. Zenas Thompson,was installed February 5, 1837. The first annual meeting was heldMarch 27, 1837, at which Solon D. Pumpelly was chosen chairman;David Tapley, treasurer; W. B. Davis, collector; Isaac Place,
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