. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . entury ago,for town purposes, and also occupiedas the home of the Pembroke Grangesince its organization in 1885, whilea few rods to the southward, is thefine new brick Pembroke Academybuilding, occupied by one of the fewold-time academies of the State,enjoying renewed prosperity afternearly a century of existence, andserving every purpose of a town highschool, besides attracting pupils fromabroad. Pembroke, like most of our NewHampshire towns, was settled by aGod-fearing, and a humanity loving
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . entury ago,for town purposes, and also occupiedas the home of the Pembroke Grangesince its organization in 1885, whilea few rods to the southward, is thefine new brick Pembroke Academybuilding, occupied by one of the fewold-time academies of the State,enjoying renewed prosperity afternearly a century of existence, andserving every purpose of a town highschool, besides attracting pupils fromabroad. Pembroke, like most of our NewHampshire towns, was settled by aGod-fearing, and a humanity loving,people, and in the early days of thesettlement (the town being firstknown as Suncook, and embracing afar larger territory than at present)a pastor was called, Rev. Aaron Whittemore being the first was ordained and installed March12, 1737, some five years after theerection of the first log church inwhich services had been held fromtime to time by such preachers ascould be employed. Mr. Whittemores pastorate ex-tended over a period of thirty years,till his death November 17, 1767, but. Congregational Church, Pembroke was by no means a season of uninter-rupted prosperity, many difficultiesarising, not the least of which wasdissension in the flock, a considera-ble portion of whom were Presby-terians, not in sympathy with theCongregational polity, and seekingconformity with their own plan ofchurch government and worship—somuch so that they ultimately set upa church of their own, and maintained 124 The Granite Monthly separate worship for a number ofyears, though the same was ultimatelyabandoned, and the two churchesunited. Rev. Jacob Emery, was the nextpastor, being installed, August 3,1768,continuing until his dismissal, March23, 1775. There was no settled pas-tor for the next five years, but inMarch, 1780, the Rev. Zaccheus Colbywas settled and continued in thepastorate for twenty-three years, tillMay 11, 1803, when he was dismissed.
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