The Worcester book : a diary of noteworthy events in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1883 . , and a by-law of this Clubprovided that no person should become a member of it exce]>t by aunanimous ballot. .An ecclesiastical fire was, and for years had been,raging in the Old South Church, which set the whole town in a Waldo seceded from the (.)ld .South .Society, and built, at his ownexpense, a new meeting house, which was cc»mpleted in 1S23, and hasbeen successively called the CV;/r7«;.t/Church, the CVw/ra/Church, andoften at first, the Waldo Church, (ien. Nathan Heard and Hon
The Worcester book : a diary of noteworthy events in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1883 . , and a by-law of this Clubprovided that no person should become a member of it exce]>t by aunanimous ballot. .An ecclesiastical fire was, and for years had been,raging in the Old South Church, which set the whole town in a Waldo seceded from the (.)ld .South .Society, and built, at his ownexpense, a new meeting house, which was cc»mpleted in 1S23, and hasbeen successively called the CV;/r7«;.t/Church, the CVw/ra/Church, andoften at first, the Waldo Church, (ien. Nathan Heard and Hon. JohnDavis retained their membership in the ()ld South thurch, and wereboth decided friends of its pastor. Rev. Charles \. Ooodrich, a collegeclassmate of Mr. Davis, but the special object of Mr. Waldos dislikeand hostile measures. It so ha]ipene<-l. that, without any purpose ofin-volvingor affecting ecclesiastical , Mr. Heard and Mr. Davis wereI proposed as meinbers of the old Fir,- Cluh, and on balloting for theiradmission, each was hlmknl by the single ballot of Mr. Waldo; and. The Ckntral Chikch. NOTKWOKTHV KNKNTS. 89 his exclusion of them from membership led to the formation of theMt^TrAI. Fire SoCIKTV.—Mannsi-npf «f t/n- /\\-7. Geor^^i- Alien. The Jiij^inal menilieis of this liuily were Artemas Ward, Austinl>eiiny, Lewis lli^clow, Jonathan Wenlworth. Kiisha hdagj^, NathanHeard, iiin., lohn l)avi>, John (/uulidgt, Stephen (loddard, [osephSwett, Henry Roj;ers, Aaron Howe, Sewail Hamilton, Thomas li. Katon,Simeon iJurt, Harmon ChamberHn, Benjamin lloward. Enoch Flagg,1 ianiel I ieywood. William Manning, John V. Clark and John M. Earle. TiiL- follouini^ w(^re subsequently admitted: Benjamin liutman,KiL-dfi ii:k W. Iainr, Wjllinin 1 *. WhccIcr. (iardiier A. Iaine, Williamllovcv. WlHard Brown, (\ius St>.ickwell. Asael Btllows, l-rancis , Litvell Baker, Luther Buinelt, jr., Samuel 1 iarrin^ton, jr.,(iforj^e Hay. L. W. Stoweli, /t^nas Studley, L
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