Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-04-09
REV. NEHEMIAH ADAMS, d. d.

Mr.. Adams widely known as the author of
the "South Side View of Slavery, written a
few years since, has been settled as minister of
the Essex Street Church in Boston, for quar-
ter of century. He has large society, in a
prosperous condition, and much attached to
their pastor On the 2Sth OF March last, his
Parish celebrated the 25th anniversary of his
Installation. Services were held in the evening
in the church, consisting of Music, Prayers, Ad-
dresses, &C., and at the close of these exercises
the audience were invited to acollation prepar-
ed in the vestry below. Mr. Adams sent special
cards of invitation to his College classmates,
ten OF whom were present on the occasion, glad
to greet each other and to congratulate the be-
made very chaste and appropriate address in
which he spoke Of the great kindness of his
Pensioners, the harmony that had prevailed
among them and the efficient aid he had receiv-
ed from the deacons of the church. He had
spent the forenoon of his life among them, be
said, and il it were Gods will he should like to
spend the afternoon with them, and go home at
night. The principal address on the occasion
was made by Hon. Rufus Choate, one of the
chief lights of Mr. Adams's society.
Mr. Choate alluded to the changes that had
taken place during the last twenty-five years
and then proceeded to state some of the rea-
sons that had induced him and others to attend
the stated services of that church. OF his
Pastor he said, I've have marked the dali,
beauty of his life, his consistency, his steadfast
ness, his afectionatencss, his sinccrity-tran
sparent to every eye,-his abilities, his moder.
alton, his taste, his courage
As one reason for attending the Essex-street
church Mr. Choate said ave have every one
assuredly felt, as we came here from Sunday to
Sunday and took our seats in our pew, that We
should hear nothing in the world but religion
preached from that pulpit, and no manner o.
politics, state national, directly or indirectly
And further he said, 81 have uniformly found
it to be true that heard nothing, was assailcd
by nothing, was secularzed by nothing, was de-
Tended or attacked by nothing which had
done, nothing for which had voted or acted in
the political world without. All of us spent
the week before, and all of us we're obliged to
spend the week afterwards. more or less in tina,
sduc meateu, neaylng political world there We
acted, there we had to debate, there We lost our
temper but thank my Pastor that am able
to say, in the presence of so many, and such
respectable clerical friends as those see abou,
me, that never in an Introductory PRAYER, never
in a hymn, occasionally, or in the ordinar,
course of public worship selected, never by an,
illustration in any sermon, by any train of as.
ISOLATION, right or wrong was carried back into
the world that had left, and which should
have been willing, for that day at least to have
forgotten forever"
We hope for the honor of New England and
the credit of her clergy, that there are not man,
ministers within her limits, who say nothing or
Sunday that has any bearing upon mems dutie,
as patriots and citizens and we certainly have
no envious feelings towards any man, however
learned or eloquent, whose political principles
or actions during the week, will not bear the
light of Christian truth on the Sunday. b.