. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. d on Bridge Street, and the name of thesociety was changed to the Trinity Methodist-Epi-scopal Church. Thechurch is in the Romanesque style of architecture, 122 feet long and 74 feetwide, with a tower and spire 185 feet high. Its cost, including land, was$73,000. The pastors here have been C. D. Hills, J. O. Peck, , MerrittHulburd, S. F. Upham, , and F. J. Wagner. Their pastor now isFrederick Woods. There is a Sunday school connected with the society,with 38 teachers and 377 scholars,
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. d on Bridge Street, and the name of thesociety was changed to the Trinity Methodist-Epi-scopal Church. Thechurch is in the Romanesque style of architecture, 122 feet long and 74 feetwide, with a tower and spire 185 feet high. Its cost, including land, was$73,000. The pastors here have been C. D. Hills, J. O. Peck, , MerrittHulburd, S. F. Upham, , and F. J. Wagner. Their pastor now isFrederick Woods. There is a Sunday school connected with the society,with 38 teachers and 377 scholars, and a library of about 1,000 church-membership, in 1883, was 447. The Sanford-street Congregational Church (colored) was the outgrowthof an independent church known as the Zions Methodist, which was forseveral years aided by liberal contributions from both Congregationalistsand Methodists. It is a fact of some historic interest, that the famousJohn Brown, subsequently called Ossawatomie Brown, while residing inSpringfield as a wool-merchant, from 1846 to 1849, was a frequent attendant. TRINITY METHODIST-EPISCOPAL Budge Street. 192 KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. at this church. By an almost unanimous vote, on the 23d of , it was re-organized as a Congregational church. The articles of faithpresented by the church were approved, and the recognition of the Congrega-tional churches was given by Rev. E. B. Clark of the First Church in Chico-pee. The council then ordained and installed William W. Mallory of New-Haven, Conn., as the pastor. The introductory exercises were conductedby Rev. H. M. Parsons; Rev. J. W. Harding of Longmeadow offered theordaining prayer; Rev. Dr. E. Davis gave the charge to the pastor; G. Buckingham, of the South Church of this city, gave the right hand offellowship; the charge to the people was by Rev. Roswell Foster. Thelongest pastorates have been those of W. W. Mallory, Samuel Harrison,and John H. Docher. The chu
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