. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. in New London Cumstock was sexton of the firstmeeting-house, as this old recordshows : Old Goodman Cumstock ischosen sexton, whose work is to orderyouth in the meeting-house, sweep themeeting-house, and beat out dogs, forwhich he is to have 40 shillings ayear: he is also to make all graves :for a man or woman he is to have 4 shillings, for children, 2 shillings agrave, to be paid by survivors. Three subsequent edifices occupiedthe same site on Bulkeley Squ


. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. in New London Cumstock was sexton of the firstmeeting-house, as this old recordshows : Old Goodman Cumstock ischosen sexton, whose work is to orderyouth in the meeting-house, sweep themeeting-house, and beat out dogs, forwhich he is to have 40 shillings ayear: he is also to make all graves :for a man or woman he is to have 4 shillings, for children, 2 shillings agrave, to be paid by survivors. Three subsequent edifices occupiedthe same site on Bulkeley present elegant structure oppositethe Post Office was first used in on an eminence, which lendsadditional height to its lofty spire, con-structed of gray granite, and on agenerous scale, it is one of the finestexamples of church architecture in theState. The history of the occupation of thepastorate of the society is as follows :Its first Pastor—and until 1658—Richard Blinman ; 1661tol6G5, Ger-sliom ]5ulkeley: then Simon Brad-street, who died in office in l(>8o,and during whose occupancy of the. SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — BROAD, HEMPSTEAD AND FEDERAL STREETS. The Pastor of the Second Congregational Church is Rev. James W. Bixler. The Church Dates Its Organization From April 1835. Services as Follows; Sunday. A. M., Preaching by the Pastor: Sunday School at 12 M.: Meeting of the Junior Society of Young Peoples Christian Endeavor: at P. Meeting of the Endeavor Society Proper: P. Regular Sunday Evening Service: Friday Evening Meeting at 45 picturesque 1Hew Uondon. pastorate it was that the famous sectknown as Rogerenes was in evi-dence. Gurdon Saltonstall was thenext Pastor, from liiOl to 1708, whenhe was elected Governor of the in 1709 Eliphalet Adams, whosework in connection with the churchwas terminated by death in 1753. In1757 the Rev. Mather Byles, Jr., wascalled to fill the pulpit, his term


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