An Historical Discourse Delivered in the First Congregational Church of Greenwic
An Historical Discourse Delivered in the First Congregational Church of Greenwic
Child, Frank Samuel, 1854-1922
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This division received the sanction of the General Court in June, 1713. After the dismission of Mr. Bowers the Rev. Mr. Jones sup- plies the Church for a season. In 1715 the Rev. Richard Sackett was the preacher. Mr. Sackett was a man of pleasing address and popular with the people. He graduated from Yale College 1709. After preaching for Old Greenwich some two years, he accepted a call to New Greenwich and became their zealous minister for eleven years. His death occurred in 1727. During these... years the number of clergymen was increasing. In 1713 we lind that Connecticut had one ordained minister for eighty families and for ever}^ four hundred souls. The moral tone of this part of the country was also becoming purer and stronger. Law and gospel joined hands. The legislature spake the sentiment of the clergy. "Like Moses and Aaron, " '^In 1708, the Conn, legislature also enacted "That all ministers of the gospel that now are or shall hereafter be settled in this colony, during the continuance of their public service in the gospel ministry, shall have their estates lying in the same town where they dwell and all its folks belonging to their several families exempted ; and they are hereby exempted and freed from being entered in public lists and payments of rates.
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