. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . upon the land where itnow stands, given by Captain Nichols Tower. Meanwhile a church had been organized with twentymembers by the help of several other churches, includ-ing the Old South of Boston and the First Church ofBraintree. The animosities which grew out of that division in theold parish were hard to suppress. Families were dividedso that husband and wife going together to public worshipupon a Sabbath morning would separate at the Common, THE TOWNS CHURCH AND ITS DIVORCE. 371 one going into the old meeting-house and the othe
. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . upon the land where itnow stands, given by Captain Nichols Tower. Meanwhile a church had been organized with twentymembers by the help of several other churches, includ-ing the Old South of Boston and the First Church ofBraintree. The animosities which grew out of that division in theold parish were hard to suppress. Families were dividedso that husband and wife going together to public worshipupon a Sabbath morning would separate at the Common, THE TOWNS CHURCH AND ITS DIVORCE. 371 one going into the old meeting-house and the other intoits new rival. The old pastor and certain prominent citizens, meetingupon the street, ignored each other. For many years thetown had in it feelings of bitterness and of sadness overthe breach, but the second parish grew until its buildingwas twice enlarged. From that year, 1825, the townnever again undertook to be responsible for the publicworship of its citizens. By common consent the manage-ment of the first parish was left to that parish instead of. Photo, Harriet A. Nickerson. Congregational Church. Built 1824. being done by the town. The towns ownership of thebuilding seemed to melt away into the hands of its pewowners, who became incorporated as an ecclesiastical so-ciety as the State law provided. Several other parisheshave been organized in the town since then, including theBeechwood Congregational, the Roman Catholic, and theEpiscopal churches, which will be spoken of in a laterchapter. 372 HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. The support of churches has become purely voluntary,without any supervision by the town government. Thusthere are many citizens who bear none of the burden ofpublic worship. It may seem unjust to distribute the bur-den so unequally ; but we Americans who divorce thechurch from the state feel that the ones most benefitedby the church are the supporters of it, and the ones mostinjured by neglecting it are those themselves who neg-lect it. There is only one
Size: 1893px × 1319px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidnarrati, booksubjectbotany
