American Congregational Year Book Vol 5 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...while he was there, on a foundation he could not adopt, and though strongly urged to unite, and harshly condemned for his refusal, he maintained his position, unmoved by the censure heaped upon him. He graduated in 1817. After leaving college, Dr. C. taught school in Danvers, Ms., for a few months, and jcined the junior class in the Andover Theological Seminary, December 6, 1817. There he remained about two years, when his health failed, and he feared he should be obliged to give up his intention of entering the ministry. Under the advice of physicians, he left the seminary and went a journey, and finally became connected with Bowdoin College, as a tutor, in the years 1819-20. His health so far improved, that he accepted a call from the First Church and Society in North Yarmouth, and was ordained to the pastoral office February 14, 1821; successor to those men of God, mighty in the word and in prayer, the venerable Gilman, Brown, and Woodbury, and welcomed by the church, to whom they had ministered, as a man sent from God. " His brief pastoral life at North Yarmouth," says his successor, "was exceedingly and lastingly rich in its beneficial influence upon the people." It was brief indeed, for, after a few years, the same difficulty that occasioned the suspension of his studies at Andover, returned, and he was compelled to give up preaching. At the desire of his people, he retained his pastoral office until his suecessor's ordination, February 17, 1829, when he was released from his charge, with high testimonials to his ability and christian character, both from the church and the Ecclesiastical Council. Dr. C. became editor of the Christian Mz'rror August 18, 18.26, about four years after the commencement of...