Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-12

Z Memorable Reunion 81 ~ Uausiinn-
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Z rNef taken place ~ Massachusetts was thht ui
tho Garter descendant. held at Woburn yes
tcrday, lunr rith. The beginning Of the
movement which resulted IN tho occasion
date. hack nearly Three years but the hrsi
practical step was taken last September when
[ q preliminary meeting was held and definite
plan, decided upon, Officers were chosen,
aud . committee appointed to see that these
| plan, vcrc properly carried out 1t was dc.
tcrmin,d that the present year, the two hun
drrdth anniversary W the death NJ Res,
I Thombs Cauet the hr,t minister of Wohuu,
and the pogcntot NJ many II those in New
l England hranng that name should Vitncs,
/ the hri hmil, convention, anil that It should
bc held In the ,ety place OF his curly mini.lta.
tions
THE plan did not simply begin and end with
the idea of The conventions there was purpose
beyond that. The gathering would bring to.
| gcihcr from all parts OF the union representa-.
tive, Of the scattered hranohc, OF the family
old friends could once more be brought face To
face. aud new ones would be made the ties
" kinship, however distant, would I've welded
and strengthened, and the ancient blood, III
vrricd during tho past two hundred years into
innumerahlc channels would flow again In
ono common current. This would seem
enough hut the committee proposed to make
the OCCASION suhsenc more permanent put.
pose, that Of furnishing the foundation and
ndimentaD materials ior complete history
Las, a
lmnaty work has already been performed by
early New England historians, and some fami.
lies had KEEP, their line Of generation clear. but
hundreds OF the name can go back but two or
three generations. leaving gap gilmore than a
century to ill., To close this gap, 10 untangle
the knots OF relationship, and to make clear all
doubtful points, Is now the important work
which those interested have ,et themselves to
accomplish.
Z" In the year I64o the General Court
granted a tract Of land to the town Of Charles.
town covering the present site of Wobum,
which for two years bore the title OF 'CharleS.
town Village. November a,h, Of that year a
commission was appointed to set the bounds
point place for the village. AT that time
, the whole country between the two places was
an unbfoken wilderness, and the sole guide fol
the hunter OF settler was the compass. The
! commissioners were once rtwicelos, while pros.
pccling, and on ono occasion suffered severely
from going aStray in snowstorm. The ia,
i following the appointment OF the commission
J the Church OF Charlestown selected another o
seven persons to see to the erection OF 0
c church, Captain Johnson. one of the seven
{ declaring that il was as unnatural for a right
New England man to live without an abb,
! ministry as for smith to work his iron with
I out FIRE. When the commission laid ou
/ the hounds Of the village it was suppose
y tina, bu, few would care to 60 so far into tn,
: wilderness but when meeting was held tc
: ascertain, so many sgniiied desire to SO tina
Y public fears were expressed that Charlestowi
a would I've depopulated We do not learn tina
+ this fear had any effect in keeping any OF III,
n adventurous settlers at home, nor do we know
exactly how many immigrants there were to tn,
Village, but there were enough at any raj,
II to push the movement for the erection Of
{. church
1.-TWO unayailing attempts were made ii
the autumn Of I6II to secure minister, an,
. the commissioners and people were alike dis
II hearened, for in those days there were nj
& theological institutions 10 supply the demands
q slender rs they were, for spiritual teachers
Hearing at last of Mr.. Carter, who was the
living in WATERFOWL, the commissioners pa
y him visit, and at last secured promise from
him of occasional help. The church a
= Charlestown gave permission for services to b
, held at the Village, and on November 81
, I64I, the first sermon ever preached in tina
IS portion of the New England wilderness wa
Is delivered. There is no record Of the place c
congregation, whether the little meeting wa
held in one of the ncwly.erccted houses, O
NJ whether il took place out Of doors in some con
venient spot. Mr.. Carter who was the
hardly more than thirty years Of age, took 70
" his tex, the words from jeremiah iv. J, Thu
OF saith the Lord to the men OF Judah and Jeru
salem, Break up your fallow ground, and so,
10 not among thorns. Two weeks later
o. again preached to the people, who were so in
tent upon securing his permanent services tha
they Sc, abou, building him house. In I647
: June 5, the settlers, who still retained men
~ bership with the Charlestown church, aske
- for dismissal and leave to form themselv,
n into new society.
ne "On the r4,h Of August, I642, the Fir
H. Congregational Church Of Woburn was esial
#, lished with great solemnity, mos, Of the prom
n. nent clergymen within twenty miles being pre-
ii. en,, among them Messrs. Symmes and ALLIE
OF Charesiown, Wilson and Cotton Of Boston
:. Shepard Of Cambridge, Eliot of Rosbur,
:, Maiher OF Dorchester, and President Dunsi'
,g Of Harvard College. One Of the magis,ra,,
Of the colony was present, likewise. for Il
prevention OF errors and proceedings tn
as nigh, breed disturbance in the common
he wealth. The members who were to consii,u
h- the new society were only seven in humble
but they were earnest God-fea:ing men, an
A, formed in themselves foundation that cou
of no, be shaken. On the I'd day Of Decemb
o., following Mr.. Carter was ordained. II
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light matter, compared with those Of modeI
', times. johnson. in his history tells US that NJ
y Carter exercised in prayer and preaching Il
w greater par Of the day, after which the eide
continued in prayer. and the laying on
hands, with other ceremonies, followed.
Is Two months before. the General Cou
CT, had passed hye-word act Charleston
a, Village is called woobome,' No that the TOW
m. and church had almost the same beginnin
ed The church building itself was OF the me
~ humble description. it, posts were div
ed into the ground, instead Of being mor,ised in
sills, and. the roof was probably ,haiche
Iha hell nfncuIel lairI Mak moi placed npS