History of the Old South meeting-house in Boston . chin Boston, conformed itspractices to the recommen-dations of the Synod, al-though there were not a fewof the members who were dissatisfied therewith. All . _ ^_ ,_^_^ trouble was avoided, how- ^^^^J^iji^:^^:^. _ --.^;^^^ever, by the Christian influ- first church in bostox, ig33— of the E,ev. John Wilson, a venerable man, at that timepastor of the Boston church. Upon the death of Mr. Wilson the pulpit was made va-cant for the first tima. Meanwhile the numbers of theantisjnodists had increased in the society. They becamesufficiently
History of the Old South meeting-house in Boston . chin Boston, conformed itspractices to the recommen-dations of the Synod, al-though there were not a fewof the members who were dissatisfied therewith. All . _ ^_ ,_^_^ trouble was avoided, how- ^^^^J^iji^:^^:^. _ --.^;^^^ever, by the Christian influ- first church in bostox, ig33— of the E,ev. John Wilson, a venerable man, at that timepastor of the Boston church. Upon the death of Mr. Wilson the pulpit was made va-cant for the first tima. Meanwhile the numbers of theantisjnodists had increased in the society. They becamesufficiently numerous to dictate the choice of a new minister,and united in calling to their pulpit Rev. John Davenport,whom Cotton Mather called the greatest of the antisynod-ists. The liberals, as we may perhaps term the minority,declared that the calling of so eminent an opponent of thedecisions of the Synod would be a virtual declaration againstthe conclusions of that body, and in direct contradiction to Its roof was thatched, and its walls were of 8 the proceedings of the church. But all objections wereoverruled, and Mr. Davenport was installed pastor. The dissatisfied members of the church were not simply-stirred upon the surface. They had opposed the settling ofMr. Davenport from principle, and could not conscientiouslyacquiesce. Twenty-nine, including some of the most re-spectable of the colonists, seceded from the First Church,and took isteps towards a separate organization. This wasthe beo-inning of the Old South Church, which, as is thus O O 7 7 seen, originated in opposition to sectarian partisanship andtheoloo-ical narrowness. Its foundation was one of the ear-liest protests against illiberal government, and one of thefirst steps towards complete separation of church and such a beginning, as well as of its subsequent history,the members of the Old South Society, and with them everyenlightened citizen, may be justly proud. Its beginning washi wisdom, and its car
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