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ldied June 20, 1830." But the meeting house was past use and abandoned in I1819. Elder Lillibridge outlived both his meeting house and his congrega- tion, being the solitary member of it to join the new Baptist church on Will lington Hill in 1928; and dying Janua- ry 19, 1881, aged 86. As his grandson l Burnham writes, Thus ended the ministry and life of him who had been faithful pastor of the old church for almost 50 years" No better obituary of him could re written than the text used by Rev. S. s. Mallory at his bu- rial, namely: For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep" Acts 1886.
 Members of the old church whose certificates are on record are: Thomas Peck, David Skinner, Captain John Johnson, Jason Chapman, Daniel Lee, John Sibley, Benjamin Cushman, Da- Vid Vinton John Davis, Zebediah Mar cy Joseph Fenton, Avery Davis.
 Moose Meadow Church
 There's an old white church that
 stands by the wildwood,
 Where the wild roses bloom in sum-
 mer by the door;
 And our thoughts turn back to the days of our childhood,
 Again we hear the pastor in his earnest appealing,
 To flee from our sins and the wrath
 that is to come;
 And to search the Scriptures to all of
 us revealing
 The straight and narrow way to our
 eternal home.
 The grand old fathers are peacefully sleeping,
 And the dear old mothers hands are folded by their side;
 They rest from their labors in our
 heavenly Fathers keeping,
 And in his loving presence they will
 evermOre abide.
 The old White Church" still stands by the wayside,
 But the language of the preacher is
 strangeato our ears; 5tr-..
 Now worship there strangers from far across the ocean, E.
 In place, of purs that worshiped there l in bygone years. ,i.e, | copal church, which stands in Roaring Brook district, shows that, meeting was called August 30, 1856, to vote on tuilding the M E. church at Moose Meadow. l.. B. Griffin was called to the chair, and Asa Brooks, IT,, was appointed secretary. Voted that John Caldwell, Harvey BidwelI, and Olney Estin be appointed. committee to circulate subscription paper for building said church, to be of wood, 36 by 34 feet. Voted that two more te added to the board of trustees namely: Olney Estin and Bezalion | (BeZaleeD White, who was excused at his own request, and Ephraim Rob. bins was appointed in his place. Vot- ed that David Potter, Benj. Lillibridge and Asa Brooks, Jr., be building com. mittee. Voted that James F. Brooks be committee for circulating the sub scription paper.
 January 1, 1888, met to sell slips which brought prices ranging iron thirty-seven dollars to twenty-onei there were twenty-six sold, which drought $72743. Those that bought were David Evans, Harvey Bidwell David Potter, Benj. Brooks, Jason Bugbee, Benj. Lillibridge, Olney Estin SlyVanus Battey, David Pearl, Nathan Morse, William Soule, Bezalion White Ephraim Robbins, George Anderson 10. DimOck, Jacob Clark, Gardner Lewis, Zebediah Marcy, Amasa Morse F. Whiton. Otis Anderson, John Per ry, Asa Brooks, Jr., bought three The members included several Ad- ventists who agreed that the Method ists might occupy as long as they kept a pulpit supply. No record was kept for four years after the building oi the church. Charles Morse preached in 1845 and Otis Perrin in 1847; there
 were others of whom there is nc record on this church book. James F. Brooks is the first pastor on this record, which was for 1864. Some ot the missing pastors were Rev. Johr Dixon, Isaac. Stoddard, Horace Moul
 ton, Rev. MT. Turner. After James F Brooks came Rev. James Parker, 1866 z; Rev. Otis Perrin, 1868, and for { while after. More recently, Rev. Bras
 tus Benton, Rev. MT. Taylor, Dr Church, %. Dodge, Henry Meacham
 James W. Tregaskis, w. c. Newell Wilbur Newell, L. s. Goodell. In 1892
 Henry D. Adams; 1924 H. P. Snow
 1895-6, Oscar Terry. The last grouI were B. M. Anthony, George w. Crabb c. A. Purdy, s. F. Maine, O. E. Tour
 telotte, J. s. Wadsworth, Charles Da : wis, Thomas lyric, and G. A. Grant
 the last,
 Signs of enthusiasism in the earl, period were campmeetings held at tn, , Russell Fuller place, and grove meet ; ings held in Burnham Lillibridge'
 grove, held by Horace Moulton. , Roaring Brook, rural district, de
 serves name in history, not only fo
 religious enthusiasm, but also for tn patriotic spirit of it's young men, eigh
 teen of whom enlisted and shoulderet arms and marched away to fight fo the Union in the Civil War; namely , Clark, Morton, and Sherman Lilli bridge, Adorno, John, Marvin and Mar win A. Fisk; Amos, John, and Samue
 Nichols; Samuel Bartlett, Harry Dud ley, Ed, Bolger, George Frink, Georg and William Irons, George and Juliu
 Maine. The Nicholses served befor
 settling in Willington.. s.. Within the past 25; years especially - many church members and church at tendants have moved away, and thei , farms have been bought by those O
 other language and other faith. A present there are only two of tn l Methodist members remaining. Flo several years the Slavic Lutheran y have held services in the meetin house
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