. A history of old Braintree and Quincy : with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook / by William S. Pattee. structing a stonechurch. This committee reported, Nov. 6th, in favor of such ahouse, and their report was nearly unanimously accepted. A building committee was chosen, viz :—Thomas Greenleaf,chairman, Noah Curtis, John Souther, Lemuel Brackett andDaniel Spear. The cellar was commenced April 9th, 1827, and on the 11thof June, the corner stone was laid with aj^propriate prayer was offered and an address made by the pastor, Whitney. Hon. Thomas Greenleaf, cliairman of the
. A history of old Braintree and Quincy : with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook / by William S. Pattee. structing a stonechurch. This committee reported, Nov. 6th, in favor of such ahouse, and their report was nearly unanimously accepted. A building committee was chosen, viz :—Thomas Greenleaf,chairman, Noah Curtis, John Souther, Lemuel Brackett andDaniel Spear. The cellar was commenced April 9th, 1827, and on the 11thof June, the corner stone was laid with aj^propriate prayer was offered and an address made by the pastor, Whitney. Hon. Thomas Greenleaf, cliairman of the buildingcommittee, made some interesting remarks and read the inscri])-tion^ on the plate, which was deposited in a lead box, togetherwith the several deeds of land presented to the town by the latePresident Adams. The new church was located on the north-west of the old, 1. The inscription is as follows: A temple for the public worshij) of God, and for public instruction in the doctrines and duties of the Christian religion. Erected by the Congregational Society in the town of Quiucy; the stone I. U N I T A R 1 A X CHURCH, RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 243 and immediately contiguous; so close indeed were the corners ofthe two buildings, that in order to complete the right end of thestone portico, it was necessary to remove the tower of the oldchurch. The new church was dedicated to the service and worship ofthe one living and true God, on Wednesday, Nov. 12th, Dr. Gray offered the introductory prayer; Rev. Mr. Brooksread selections from the Scriptures ; Rev. Dr. Lowell offered thededicatory prayer; the pastor of the church, Rev. Mr. Whitney,preached from Genesis xxviii: 17 ; Rev. Dr. Porter offered theconcluding prayer. The church is built of granite, with a ])ediment in front, sup-ported by four Doric pillars, the shaft of each being a singleblock. It contains one hundred and thirty-four pews on thelower floor and twenty-two in the galleries. According to thereport of the
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