. History of the First church in Dunstable-Nashua, , and of later churches there. tances in Nashua, — did they continue tolike him as well as in his earlier years? Let us see! The Nashua Daily Press/ in its issue of April 14,1900, said: — Prof. John Wesley Churchill, , diedat his home in Andover, Mass., on Good Friday, at theage of 61 years. He was a son of the late Capt. John of blessed memory in the Main street Method-ist Church and in the hearts of all Nashuans who knewhim. . Brought up in this city, he came here frequentlyin the lifetime of his parents, kept in touch wi
. History of the First church in Dunstable-Nashua, , and of later churches there. tances in Nashua, — did they continue tolike him as well as in his earlier years? Let us see! The Nashua Daily Press/ in its issue of April 14,1900, said: — Prof. John Wesley Churchill, , diedat his home in Andover, Mass., on Good Friday, at theage of 61 years. He was a son of the late Capt. John of blessed memory in the Main street Method-ist Church and in the hearts of all Nashuans who knewhim. . Brought up in this city, he came here frequentlyin the lifetime of his parents, kept in touch with the people,and delivered the address at the bi-centennial of old Dun-stable and the dedicatory sermon of the present FirstCongregational Church. ... He had often preached inthe church mentioned, of which he was ... a Of his memory, no words are too eulogistic to bespoken. He was a sincere man, faithful in all things, ascholarly gentleman, a reader without a peer, a ministerof the gospel of eloquence and power. He rests from hislabors, and his name is Present First Congregational Church. Biographic Sketch of Prof. Churchill. 89 The Nashua Daily Telegraph, in its issue of April14, 1900, said of Prof. Churchill: — Although not aresident of this city for many years, John Wesley Churchillhas always been looked upon as a Nashua boy. . .Nashua was always loyal to him, and the boys and girlswho were in school with him never wearied in speakingtheir praise of him to the younger generation. The Manchester Mirror of like date, after speakingof his scholarly attainments and ability as a preacher andelocutionist, said: — He was the embodiment of unself-ishness and a husband and father of unusual tenderness anddevotion. A little more than a year after Prof. Churchills de-cease, a life-like portrait of him, of rare artistic merit, waspresented to Phillips Academy. The gift was fittinglyannounced, in an admirable letter from Prof. John PhelpsTaylor, as follows:
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