. Souvenir, Elijah Kellogg Church Harpswell, Maine . BIT OF HARPSWELL NECK THE OLD MEETING HOUSE The old meeting house, one of the best preserved and mostinteresting in the state, was built in 1 758-9, tho not completed formany years. The square pews, the high pulpit with its soundingboard, the old galleries with the curious panels, are still preserved,and few buildings speak more eloquently of the past than this. The oldest son of the first pastor, Elisha Eaton, Jr., was acarpenter in Boston, and his diary, Sept. I 759 speaks of window^frames and sashes with other stuff for meeting-house at H
. Souvenir, Elijah Kellogg Church Harpswell, Maine . BIT OF HARPSWELL NECK THE OLD MEETING HOUSE The old meeting house, one of the best preserved and mostinteresting in the state, was built in 1 758-9, tho not completed formany years. The square pews, the high pulpit with its soundingboard, the old galleries with the curious panels, are still preserved,and few buildings speak more eloquently of the past than this. The oldest son of the first pastor, Elisha Eaton, Jr., was acarpenter in Boston, and his diary, Sept. I 759 speaks of window^frames and sashes with other stuff for meeting-house at Harpswelland gives date of putting it on board vessel. One still sees themany-paned sashes of the old windows, and wishes they mighttell of the fiery patriotism of 76, and the knotty doctrinal points onwhich they have shed the light of As one swings the old pew doors, imagination sees the sturdysettlers with muskets at hand, patiently listening to the two orthree hour sermon. In The Pearl of Orrs Island Mrs. Stowedescribes the church; and its famous pastor, Rev. Samuel Eaton,was the original of Parson Sewall. After the building of the new church in 1843, there was adifference of opinion concerning the fate of the old church, somepreferring to have it torn down; but happily it was decided that the town had a legal claim, and since 56 it has been used for atown house. The boards, one and one-half inches thick, the hand-made clapboards, with birch bark beneath, the hand-made nailsand curiously wrought hinges, may still be seen. ELISHA EATON Rev. Elisha Eaton was the fir^ setded pastor of theHarpswell church, although not the first preacher. He came fromBraintree, Mass., (where he hadalready served a long pastorate) in1 753. His tefjn of service was shortfor the time, eleven years. Hegraduated from Harvard in 1 729,and
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