. The Christian annual for the year of our lord ... NoETH,(FiEST) Christian Church, New Bedford, Ma^s., Rev, William J. Reynolds, Pastor. NEW ENGLAND 73. Rev. William J. Reynolds, Pastor North (First) Christian Church, New Bedford, Mass. Rhode Island and Mass. Conference. {Reported by Secretary Baker.) Territory—Rhode Island, Southeastern Mass., andEastern Conn, fitstorj/—Some churches of this con-ference antedate both the denomination and the re-public. The Church of Christ in Swansea does so bya whole century, tracing by extant records her historysince 1680. Conference records are preserved
. The Christian annual for the year of our lord ... NoETH,(FiEST) Christian Church, New Bedford, Ma^s., Rev, William J. Reynolds, Pastor. NEW ENGLAND 73. Rev. William J. Reynolds, Pastor North (First) Christian Church, New Bedford, Mass. Rhode Island and Mass. Conference. {Reported by Secretary Baker.) Territory—Rhode Island, Southeastern Mass., andEastern Conn, fitstorj/—Some churches of this con-ference antedate both the denomination and the re-public. The Church of Christ in Swansea does so bya whole century, tracing by extant records her historysince 1680. Conference records are preserved from1827, when the name was The Connecticut ChristianConference. In 1875 the Rhode Island and Connecti-cut, originally the Connecticut Conference, united withthe Rhode Island and Massachusetts Conference,forming the present body. A number of active churchorganizations in eastern Connecticut have since thenlived and disappeared. The main strength of the con-ference is now in the vicinity of Narraeansett Bay. The prevailingcustomamongthe churches is to makethe manifest desire to live godly in Christ Jesus thecondition of affiliation. Those well
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