Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . Hingham, Mass., A. D. of Scribners Magazine. where I now am, is a place of considerableamount and very populous, consisting, as Iam informed, of about three thousandfamilies or housewives. Tis a place of asgreat trade and business, if not more, asany place in North America. In it aretwo ministers of theestablished Church ofEngland, two Dutchministers, one Frenchminister, a Lutheranminister, an Anabap-tist, also a Quakermeeting. The peoplehere who are favorersof our Church persua-sion, as I have toldyou, are yet but fewand none of
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . Hingham, Mass., A. D. of Scribners Magazine. where I now am, is a place of considerableamount and very populous, consisting, as Iam informed, of about three thousandfamilies or housewives. Tis a place of asgreat trade and business, if not more, asany place in North America. In it aretwo ministers of theestablished Church ofEngland, two Dutchministers, one Frenchminister, a Lutheranminister, an Anabap-tist, also a Quakermeeting. The peoplehere who are favorersof our Church persua-sion, as I have toldyou, are yet but fewand none of the rich-est, yet for all I amnot without hopes thatwith Gods blessingthey shall in a littletime increase. Thechief thing in all ap-pearance now wanting, with Gods bless-ing and concurrence, is a good large con-venient house—a church to congregatein. He concludes by saying : Ibelieve by this time you smell my dont know how to begin to beg any moreat your door, lest I should be reckoned. East Hampton, Long Island, A. D. 1731. Courtesy of Scribners Magazine. 474 THE BOARD OF THE CHURCH ERECTION FUND. [December, {to use our own Scotch word) if any of your substantial merchantsor some other synod could be prevailedupon to contribute toward the building ofa Scots church, ah, how acceptable it wouldbe to us! How serviceable it would be toreligion and our interest in this place!* To this plea there was sufficient responseto insure the success of the new enterprise,and the stream of blessing thus inauguratedhas flowed every since in fuller, richerstreams to the present day. RELATION OF CHURCH ERECTION TOCHCRCa EXTENSION. Such has always been the relation of<3hurch Erection to Church Extension, andthe central thought underlying such prog-ress has been the privilege and the duty ofthe older, stronger churches to give of theirabundance to the infant organizations—established in the outposts of advancingpopulation and civilization, but it is naturaland certain
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