History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . rnest endeavor and devotion, termi-nated by a call to the pastor from a church in Dubuque, la. Hewas dismissed by council August 31, 1882. During this pastorate the South Church Relief society was Evans gave to it at the outset thesum of two hundred dollars. At his deathin April, 1903, he bequeathed to it the sumof ten thousand dollars, one half of suchbequest to be kept as a fund in memoryof his first wife (Sarah E.), and one halfin memory
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . rnest endeavor and devotion, termi-nated by a call to the pastor from a church in Dubuque, la. Hewas dismissed by council August 31, 1882. During this pastorate the South Church Relief society was Evans gave to it at the outset thesum of two hundred dollars. At his deathin April, 1903, he bequeathed to it the sumof ten thousand dollars, one half of suchbequest to be kept as a fund in memoryof his first wife (Sarah E.), and one halfin memory of his second wife (Pauline L.),the income of the whole to be applied to the benevolent purposes of said Relief so- Chapel on The Plains ciety. For a series of years the South church sustained a Sunday-school (later a church) on the Plains and another at the south end ofMain street. The fifth pastorate was that of Reverend William H. Hubbard,called from Merrimac, Mass., and installed June 4, 1883. One ofthe notable events of that year was the National Triennial Councilof Congregational churches for the United States, which assembled. 762 HISTORY OF CONCORD. in this church the second week of October, bringing hither distin-guished delegates from many distant churches. Mr. Hubbard waszealous as pastor and citizen, and a man of high purpose. He re-signed the pastorate and was dismissed by council September 22, 1885. At various periods when the church has had no pastor ReverendAlfred Goldsmith, Reverend Samuel G. Brown, Reverend Samuel , Reverend Cyrus W. Wallace, Reverend William J. Tucker,and Reverend S. R. Dennen have occupied the pulpit, besides Rev-erend Daniel Temple and Reverend William P. V. Bartlett, herein-before mentioned. In 1886 material improvements again became desirable. Thepews were then rearranged with four aisles, and refurnished, and thechoir gallery and pulpit space enlarged. These changes involvedthe loss of sixteen pews. There was also general renov
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