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Paine declined the invitation. After hear- ing several candidates, the Parish voted, Dec. 30, 1761, "to hear Mr. Joseph Sumner (of Pomfret, Conn. ) if he might be had ;" and on the 30th of March, 1762, the Parish concurred with the church in the choice of Mr. Sumner, to be their Pastor ; and voted VOL. I!. 3 iJj HISTORY OP SHREWSBURV. him the same settlement as to Mr. Paine, and sixty six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence, lawful money, annually, as a sal- ary. Having accepted the call..., he was ordained on the 23d day of June, 1762, at the age of twenty three. The Meeting House being small, and unsafe for so large a col- lection of people, as assembled, the ordination solemnities were held out of doors, on a platform erected in front of the Meeting House, and the day observed by the Parish with fasting and prayer, iu conformity 'vith a vote of the church, in which the Parish con- curred ; " to observe said day, as a day of fasting and prayer, as being most agreeable to the Scripture rule of ordaining, as said church apprehends.
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