Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . of New York, in thecountry. The Winthiopestate passed and Mrs. Nor-ton to the church, andin consequence of itscentral location has be-come of great value. Itsparishioners once dweltwithin sight of its stee-ple, but now few can befound within sound ofits bell. .Milk Street,Franklin Street, Sum-mer and AVinter, Brom-field and School, havenot a residence of them at leastwere once filled avith the abodes of the most respectable inhab-itants of the city, but commerce has said ]Move on ! and thethe population has vanished be
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . of New York, in thecountry. The Winthiopestate passed and Mrs. Nor-ton to the church, andin consequence of itscentral location has be-come of great value. Itsparishioners once dweltwithin sight of its stee-ple, but now few can befound within sound ofits bell. .Milk Street,Franklin Street, Sum-mer and AVinter, Brom-field and School, havenot a residence of them at leastwere once filled avith the abodes of the most respectable inhab-itants of the city, but commerce has said ]Move on ! and thethe population has vanished before it. Curiously enough, the Old Soutli, arising from a schism inthe First Church, like it originated in CharlestoAvn, when alsowas organized the First Baptist Society. Like the Baptists,. THE OLD SOUTH. 228 LANDMAIMvS OF BOSTON. also, tliis society was jtrcjclaimcd against, l)ut erected a houseof worship, the third in Boston. The theological disputes,questions of doctrine or church government in which thissociety originated, liowever interesting, cannot be given Thacher was the tirst minister, settled in Feliruary,1G70. The hrst house was of wood, and stood until 1729,when it Avas taken down to give place to the then new brickedihce. In the front was placed, in 18G7, a tablet bearing thefollowing inscription, so that all who run may thus read a littleof the history of the church : — OLD SOUTH. Church gathered 1669. First House built 1670. This House erected, 1729. Desecrated by British Troops, 1775-6. This little memorial contains a succinct account of the churcheven to the last line, Desecrated by British Troops, whichwas strenuously objected to by many at the time the tablet wasplaced there. The occupation of churches by troops has beencommon in all war
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