. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. (jen. Ueoige T. of tlie Ne%L< Haiiipshire Uiiitariaii Assoeia-tion; Chaij-man of the Board of Trnsiees of the FirstUnitarian C/inrch, of Littleton. thirteen oriuinal members, ])ut amidthem all these five stand out withpeculiar luminousness and there is aworld of determination in the signa-tures as they appear upon the oldchurch jiage,—James B. Morrison,George T. Cruft, Porter B. Watson,Hosea B. Patterson, and Charles The minister had been work-ing. The Second Church
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. (jen. Ueoige T. of tlie Ne%L< Haiiipshire Uiiitariaii Assoeia-tion; Chaij-man of the Board of Trnsiees of the FirstUnitarian C/inrch, of Littleton. thirteen oriuinal members, ])ut amidthem all these five stand out withpeculiar luminousness and there is aworld of determination in the signa-tures as they appear upon the oldchurch jiage,—James B. Morrison,George T. Cruft, Porter B. Watson,Hosea B. Patterson, and Charles The minister had been work-ing. The Second Church of Boston,whose pastor was the Rev. KdwardA. Horion, in whose honor the hallbelow the auditorium is named, 330 IHE UXnAKIAX MOVEMENT L\ EllTEETON. gave him $1,500. Out of his ownsahiry he donatetl some $900. Theloan fund advanced $1,500. Alliance brandiesthroughout New England contrib-uted amounts to the cause, and in1886 a lot of land, throusrh the in-. Joseph S. Frye. strumentalit)- of Joseph S. Fr3e, whoalthough not a member was one ofthe strougest workers in the Uni-tarian movement from the time of in-stigation to the dale of his removalto the West, and Rev. James B. Mor-rison, was secured and the founda-tions were laid of the First Unitarianchurch of Littleton. Now there came into prominencein the life of the church seven youngwomen. Following the example ofthe Rev. James B. Morrison, they,too, became infested with the spirit ofmouey-getting. The first entertain-ment ever given by the society wasarranged 1)\- the seven, and themone} which tliey cleared from the affair was deposited in the lyittleton-vS ivings bank. It is related of themthat at the complelion of the churchwhen workmen, under the directionof Mr. Morrison, were putting downa second hand carpet donated by thePlollis street church of Boston, sev-eral of these young women happenedin and not liking the apjuarance,ordered the carpet taken np, went tothe bank autl drew ou
Size: 1345px × 1857px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectnewhampshirehistoryp
