The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-08-26
4 HISTORICAL SKETCH
Read II Tbt LAYING d Ibe Corner
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fAH# NFM4aRl WIG 4Aft H@NNN Mt sNtett
Is rttil isieae as. sHd a,l ~ ekaEgQ
shai ap maAe IL Hst anletf ea'
siaat ae82 usr prayers wllN, ean
we aEpeel hah i REPETITION ~ thr pasl
fsslutes Aad rtgtsts
IhiA hvure " msftlt. aen bst 10 IL
heFSaeings ~ beauty and strength,
must H. ualg ~ expression u COR
desire " aofshsp our God IN iaf
beauiy - holiness
Then iei a. 8rha near ard "a ilip
tne pledge cur emuiaiiou n The iaih
rr VITO oyue here " Dsfss, 81 EaAs
year, ego AID from lbe sl1ii Il forrest
and ~ soii gave A. they aene sble -
ba.ld 40 the community with the
Worphip q God. aith Jesus Christ A.
iht Chlet coruci siohr
The team ~ Elorsd was chartered
August 9ah. 1851. % Gcrge I'll King
~ England etc. ~ aud with tho
advice u Benniag Neulaorib. Erq..
Governor o. New Hampshire. and 81
ihe .kings Council ~ the province
o, New kngland. "a miles square from
ihe corner u Manchetics. Tue tirstioat
meeting Was 10 be held 20 the fourth
Tuesday II November, 1901. aud there.
after % ,he second Tuesday IL F,bra
afy Every guarantee 10 cultivate
i've oat " every tlty acres Five han.
dred acres we're reserved fpr Governor
Wentsuuh An the best pine timber
wAs reserved for mAsts Tor the Royal
Navy.
Ont Rh0le share Of TIDE corporation
WAS reserved TOT ihc incorporated
Society for the propagation ~ Gospel
m foreign paris, one Tor q glebe foi
TIDE Church u England, one Tor the
.,rst settled minister, and one Tor the
benefit 81 a school in town. How
many shares there we're IN this Cor
porAiloB the story does not relate
april 18th, 1915. the shareholders, or a.
they we're called, the praprietors 0i
Dorset met AZ Great Darlington con
rernlng The laying out " lots Of 100
acres Ia each right.
TIE trsi selilnHenlo Of Dorset was made
ia l36s by feln Powel, from Mass
Achnseiis, Isaac Lacy, from Connec
heut, and Benjamin Baldwin. Abra-
ham Lnderhill. John Mauley, Dr.. aud
George Page, from New York. John
dsn'ey, j., one Of the FIRST settlers.
Was soon followed 10y BIZ father, Deacon
john Manley, and one Of the fathers Of
ihls Church
Dr. William jackson 10 The Quarter
ly Register Of November, 1912. giving
Z sketch Of the History II this Church
up 10 December. 1871. saws Deacon
NAulcy migrating litle the earliest
had succeeded 81 tunes ~ gathering /
the few scattered settlers tor worship |
ua the Sabbath. aud when Deacon /
Rent arrived with his numerous gospel |
trained family. which was but the /
twelfth family in town, these two holy /
pioneers on the succeeding Sabbath |
established that series OF Sabbath 1
meetings which has continued unbrOk
ed Tor more Than seventy years.
Hence u appears that public or
social Christian worship commenced m
Dorset very soon after Its lirst settle
Inent, IA i70s, aud that a. eaily as l770
uf lfiJ aud thence forward such wer
ship was maintained every Sabbath
day.
Deacon cephAs Kent whose residence
aud tavern was on the West ruad.
where Mrs. Humphrey nov resides,
came IN l773 from suiiield Connecticut.
With has six sous aud two daughters.
Little Il known 81 the towuof Dorset
until 1884, but as DR.. Pratt wrote Ia
his centennial address. Business
enough az home aud abroad Tor the |
litsi fifteen years OF Dorset They
made more history than they wrote;
they handled axe. hoe and gun more
Than the pen.
The congregational Church Of Dorset ,
was organized September - 1854, and 6
tue Church made choice OF Rev. Elijah
sill, who had been settled at New
Fairfield, Conn, for their pastor aud
moderator Tor the time beng. hnd 4
80 records OF hts installation or Tor hls
dismissal. lie seems 10 have remain. 4
q with The Church about live yenrs. I
Al the end of Nj. Siil's service one Of
/ ser ogu number, Rev. Dan. Kent.
having been licensed to preach. served r
tne church as pastor for thirteen
months, so u Is said
After his removal from lhetOwn Rev.
Dan. Kent was settled al Benson 10
THIS stale for many years.
After the dismissal ui Rev, Dan Kent {
there y no record Of preaching except )
a the pastors Of noghboring churches
came occasionally 10 pteaen, OF to ad.
minister The sarramenls
November lith. 1884. 1T regular
A. fttt4a a. 4 Z 4
J lhn Marley aud Nathan Kent wer,
elccied draeons aud Nathan Wheeler.
Leai. seth smith and Israel Bosiwick .
& mmlilee Tor the year. The
tAnrch then seems to bave changed .
The date Of their annual meeting. iol I
on March alsl, l7s5. John Mnnley was
G losen first deacon aud Cephas Kent s
I y sheer seeoud deacon. There ~ &
rreord 81 meeting held May. li59. p
When u MAS voted that the Church
= sculd have no committee 3
April Wih. li9, meeting of the
Church nas hsld at the residence ~ (,
Moses Kent nj which time Rev Mr. i
slll WIS possibly absent for Cant n
Seth Smith was chosen moderator aud z
Il was voted that Mr. san sh0nld have q
: commend. Perhaps he wan absent 3
'oking for another field Of labor III &
rvcAis, hoseyet. u haze been pre.eui s
" meeting held February l;ab. lial. .
From The date ~ February. lsgl y
here seems o. be 40 record ~ settled a
pastor Tor several years DnrNg lfa3 \
md into 1925 many Of the meetings z
sere taken ~ by eases ~ discipline % Al
jspl. Setl Smith. who during an abs
'unce IN Nrw York state viewing land th
y timber. was iosgelful ~ hls Sabbath Vi
iaiy bnd continued his llhnrs nu Sun- \
lay Capt. smith, whp whs ga officer "
4 the Church, Nas tried and called Il
ipun by a fellow committee. rrpri, a
handed, confessed hrs error. aud was "a
ecelYed back lBto tho Church White re-
~ are nssieNing TIE discipline 81 the A
barca, Hc desire 20 call hiiepliuu g. N
ne more case, though there were q. Al
Dried several such eases Solomon II
'ollins. ~ 80 connection glih o1f Al
steene3 inhrp elderly towuxnan. 90
'homNs " collins. because either 1 lit
lepabiieau 90 frieralisi President APP Is
.anleJ Fast Day, carried biz politics NJ
D fAr thai b. plDughod bis aeld eiihiu "
ighi " lhe chareh g0eFs, For lhis he ~
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