. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . ladelphia on April 26, 1881. In 1843 the growth of the city southward toward the Neck wasmarked by the organization of the new Church of the Messiah inFlorence street, which, under the ministry of the Rev. George , sprang at once to useful life. The parish worshipped for awhile in a hall at the corner of Washington and Common corner-stone of the new church was laid Nov. 10, 1847, and thechurch was consecrated Aug. 29, 1848. In 1843 the mission workof the Rev. E. M. P. Wells, which afterward became so well known,an
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . ladelphia on April 26, 1881. In 1843 the growth of the city southward toward the Neck wasmarked by the organization of the new Church of the Messiah inFlorence street, which, under the ministry of the Rev. George , sprang at once to useful life. The parish worshipped for awhile in a hall at the corner of Washington and Common corner-stone of the new church was laid Nov. 10, 1847, and thechurch was consecrated Aug. 29, 1848. In 1843 the mission workof the Rev. E. M. P. Wells, which afterward became so well known,and which was never wholly abandoned till his death, began at whatwas called Trinity Hall, in Summer street. About the same time theRev. J. P. Robinson began a mission for sailors in Ann street, which \ n i;v OF < IIl i:< 11 GROWTH IN BOS1 ON 501 for many year- excited the interest and elicited th« generosity of the[episcopalians of Boston, and which sfill survives in what i- called theFree Church of St. Mary, for sailors, in Richmond street. In 1846. TOWER OF THINITY CliruCII. BOSTON. an individual act of Christian generosity provided the building ofSt. Stephens Chapel in Purchase street, the gift of Mr. WilliamAppleton, where Dr. Wells labored in loving and humble sympathyand companionship with the poor until, on the terrible night of ;, 1872, the greal fire swept his church and house away. lie was aremarkable man, with a genius lor charity, and a childlike love for God. 502 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Meanwhile a parish was slowly growing into life in the populousdistrict of East Boston. St. Johns Church was organized there in1845. After many disappointments and disasters it finished and occu-pied its house of worship in 1852. In 1849 St. Marys Church inDorchester was added to the number of suburban churches. In 1851St. Marks Church, at the South End, finds its first mention in therecord of the acceptance of its rectorship by the Rev. P. H. Green-l
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