The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22


one would suppose who had not studied
the subject,
The bell in the steeple of the First Bap-
tist Church, at Providence K. the
church organized as tradition says, in 1889,
by Roger WilliamS-waS cast in London,
about the year l7T75 1t first bore this
inscription.
For freedom of conscience the town was
first planted;
Persuasion, no, force was used 10y the
people,
This church Is the Oldest and has not re
cautci,
Enjoyiu- aud granting bell, temple and
steeple
Ia l7S7 the bell was broken, and had
To be recast Ii was then made To bear
this inscription:
This church was formed \. d. 1899,
the first in the state, and the Oldest Of the
Baptists in America.
1t wa, reca>t again in March. aud also
in September of the year 1874. II now
bears this inscription.
-Thi, church was founded in 1859, by
Roger Williams. its first pastor and the
first as,crter Of liberty Of conscience 1t
was the first church in Rhcde Island and
the iir,, Baptist Church in America
This I'D liberty tell Is >till rung every
muruiug at sunrise, every day At noon,
and every evening at nine o clock
NEwBURG'- HISTORIC BELL
An ulI bell. placed with several other
treasured relies in the Washington Head
quarters al Newbur.. has history worth
telling Il j. small. weighiu. barely tween
tv hye pounds. exceedingly >weet-toned,
and WAS made. a. q Latin inscription in
lurm- u-. at amsterdam, in the year lTl6
In l1I9it was presented by Queen Anne to
lho settler, Of Newburs They had no
church eiiicc q, that time, and It was lent
tu thr Lutheran Church at New York
where It hung for some time, calling the
KnirAcrbgeker, to worship, ringing in their
ariiiug,, and kuelling at their funerals,
until iu 1893 the pioneers built a church,
aud she bell was removed TO \cwbur- Il
was thc first aur ever hung in that region.
i,> later career was one OF yleis,i.ude Ia
rr1ees- x time lis original owEer- died, or
i-in,-I their brethren in the more fertile
Nalley gg the Gcue.ee. English people
supplied their places. and the bell then
came into possession 5f the Church d Eng
land. which .pccccicd the Lutheran. or
che State Church 81 The former putch
r.lauT Bu, b7 1876 she English Church
hlI fallen into bad oiar in the colonies,
AND aHaat that time ,hc bell va, taken
fr,m i,- tower auj hidden in a swamp. 1t
l- said. to prevent it. falling into the hands
af "a, WhI-~ After the peace Of II 3
j, RESUMED luGy in the rhureh In l79N
o. at- hang in the academy. and rang the
village children o. school. and also did
dul. a., a cuurt bell From l-5l e. s7S
II wa. p>ei a- a signal bell Tor the stables
%: agr If The cjiy br,els. and 10 lS1l Il
became the property of a lady residing IN
Nevburs. who has rcceutly gwen 1t to the
trustees Il the Washington Headquarters,
o. be- preserved gith the other treasures
at that historic building
rur CHIMES or II MICHAEL -
The chimes of =. Michael : Church, in
Charleston. : G.. have peculiar history.
The bells are uiuc in number, and of an
usual purity and sweetness ut tone They
we're east iu England When S; Michael 5
was bu.h about uue hundred and thirty
wears age When the War Of the keyu-
lug.sn clmc the bells we're sent 10 England
fur ,lty kerriu- After she treaty Of
r,agc hai been cousgmma,ed negotiations
aefe apeugi 10 London tor the return uI
.he bells rs the hrst American minister {,
TREAT Britain lie succeeded, and the
BEN, were sent a Charleston. and upon
their arrival were received with triumphant
agatiau- aud escorted by a large procession
ta she church. in the beliry OF which they
were replaced During the late Cyil Wal
.h, citizens aI Charleston were de>lruus OF
protecting the bell, from danger, and as III,
,.errle uf - Michael was made the tar
-,-s fer the cannon ot the besiegers. the
bells were taken down aud ,ent 10 Colum
b.a tur safe keeping When sherman :
army took Columbia the sheds in the yard,
Of the State House. in which the bells haC
been placed and which also contained the
marble triezes aud other sculptures in.end
ga tur the decoration Of the Capitol, wert
broken in. aud the sculptures and bell
were smashed into fragments, and tn,
she'd, were sct ON fire At the conclusion
1T the war the pieces Of the bell .sare care
fully gathered together, boxed and shippet
% "a commercial house in Liverpool, to
.e,h,r with extracts from the records o
Il. Michael showing where the bells wer,
cast. and the proportions Of the metah
forming their component parts. Upon IN
uuiry it was found that there was still II
existence in England the firm Of bel
founders. unchanged in name, and consist
iug Of the descendants of the proprictors a
the time the bells were made The rec
orlls Of this firm contained descriptions o
the bells, and the proportions there giyer
we're found to correspond with those givel
from Charleston. The bells were mad
anew. therefore, Of the same metal, an,
for the fifth time they were carried acros
the Atlantic, and arrived safely at Charles
ton. Their return was made the occasion
Of great rejoicing in the city.