History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . ratedto religious worship. A large organ, costingfive thousand dollars, was later placed in therear of the 1883 the society voted to accept an offer from Mr. WilliamAbbot to give, upon certain conditions, twenty-five hundred dollarstoward the erection of a new chapel. A beautiful and commodiousbuilding was the result of this offer and the undertaking of the soci-ety, and it was opened with appropriate services by the pastor June20, 1881. The entir
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . ratedto religious worship. A large organ, costingfive thousand dollars, was later placed in therear of the 1883 the society voted to accept an offer from Mr. WilliamAbbot to give, upon certain conditions, twenty-five hundred dollarstoward the erection of a new chapel. A beautiful and commodiousbuilding was the result of this offer and the undertaking of the soci-ety, and it was opened with appropriate services by the pastor June20, 1881. The entire cost, including furnishings, was seventy-fivehundred dollars. This chapel has been recently enlarged, at an ex-pense of four thousand dollars. The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the organization of thesociety was celebrated Thursday, November 18, 1880. The churchwas beautifully decorated with flowers and plants. The exercises,which began in the afternoon, included a historical discourse by thepastor, the history and description of the four meeting-houses byJoseph B. Walker,—from which many interesting facts have already. North Congregational Church. THE NORTH CHURCH. 707 been taken,—an original hymn by George Kent (who was a memberof the society fifty years before, and who wrote a hymn for the onehnndreth anniversary), and a history of the Sabbath school by JohnC. Thorne. In the evening a historical sketch of the Mnsic andMusical Instruments used by the Society since its Organization wasgiven by Dr. William G. Carter, the organist. The evenings exer-cises closed witli speeches and the reading of letters from absentmembers and others. Mr. Thorne says that Sunday-schools were first established in Con-cord in 1818. Instruction of a religious character had been regularlyinculcated in families and in the public schools by the first settlersof the town and their descendants. For at least eighty years afterthe settlement of the first minister the Westminster AssemblysSh
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