. Bethany sketches and records . THE PRESENT CHURCH, BUILT IN 183I. RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY DAYS. Edwin Buckingham many years ago narrated his Recollections of EarljDays, which were taken down for the Seymour Record, from which we ta<e thefollowing: The old meeting house which I first remember, stood on what used to becalled Meeting House Hill, on what is now called the Shun Pike Road, incontradistinction of the Turnpike on the east side of the town It was a largebuilding—larger by far than the present Congregational church—but yet not toolarge for the attendance, as it was the only church i
. Bethany sketches and records . THE PRESENT CHURCH, BUILT IN 183I. RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY DAYS. Edwin Buckingham many years ago narrated his Recollections of EarljDays, which were taken down for the Seymour Record, from which we ta<e thefollowing: The old meeting house which I first remember, stood on what used to becalled Meeting House Hill, on what is now called the Shun Pike Road, incontradistinction of the Turnpike on the east side of the town It was a largebuilding—larger by far than the present Congregational church—but yet not toolarge for the attendance, as it was the only church in whicb constant services wereheld in that section of the country, and the inhabitants were by law compelled to BETHANY 23 attend churrh. This old church was torn down the year 1830, and the timberswere used in building the present church on the hill north of it. ? This old church was built of large heavy timbers, with a belfry on the northend. The interior had plastered walls, a box pulpit in the west end high enough tope
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