. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. agers and committees, attend to the details of the meet-ings. The society is in a prosperous condition, and is constantly receivingmany additions. The New-Jerusalem Church. —The Springfield Society of the NewJerusalem — more commonly known as the Swedenborgian — was institutedMarch 27, 1853 (seventeen persons uniting to form it), for this use: — The worship of our Lord Jesus Christ in his divine humanity, the onlyGod of heaven and earth, and other than whom there is no Saviour. Thestudy of his
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. agers and committees, attend to the details of the meet-ings. The society is in a prosperous condition, and is constantly receivingmany additions. The New-Jerusalem Church. —The Springfield Society of the NewJerusalem — more commonly known as the Swedenborgian — was institutedMarch 27, 1853 (seventeen persons uniting to form it), for this use: — The worship of our Lord Jesus Christ in his divine humanity, the onlyGod of heaven and earth, and other than whom there is no Saviour. Thestudy of his word, that we may in verity shun all evils as sins against him,and may obey his commands, in his strength, thus enabling him to build usup in true spiritual manhood, —the only image and likeness of himself in AINGS HANDBOOK- OF SPRINGFIELD. >97 which he creates us, and in which we can work with and for him, either onthe earth or in the heavens. This society has had 40 members. They met at each others homes, andin the Studio on Chestnut Street, till March 3, 1869. when they dedicated. New-Jerusalem Church, Maple Street. the chapel on the east side of Maple Street, near the corner of State, whichthey now occupy, with sittings for over 100. The average attendance, how-ever, is much below that number. They have never had a settled services, which are conducted by different clergymen or students, andto which all are cordially welcomed, are sustained wholly by voluntaryofferings. ioS AINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. The Second Advent Church was organized in i860; built a house ofworship on Vernon Street in 1867; was burned out in 1875; and now holdsregular Sunday services in Franklin Hall (formerly the Pynchon-streetMethodist-Epi6copal Church), on Pynchon Street. The congregation num-bers about 300, and the Sunday school 100. Its present pastor is ElderGeorge H. Wallace, formerly of Castleton, Vt.; and its Sunday-school super-intendent, T. R. Weaver. Its past
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