The Day of Small Things a Centennial Discourse Delivered in Northborough Jun
The Day of Small Things a Centennial Discourse Delivered in Northborough Jun
Joseph Alden
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. I cannot forbear adding, in a note, a more extended notice of the Rev. Mr. Whitney, taken from my " History of Northborough, " which is now out of print. " The services at his ordination were performed by the following per- sons : —Rev. Mr. Morse, of the Second Church in Shrewsbury (now Boylston), made the Introductory Prayer ; Rev. Mr. Whitney, of Peters- ham, the father of the candidate, preached from Matthew xxviii. 19, 20 ; Rev. Mr. Parkman, of Westborough, made the Consecrating Prayer, a...nd gave the Charge ; Rev. Mr. Smith, of Marlborough, expressed the Fellowship of the Churches; and Rev. Mr. Bridge, of Chelmsford, made the Concluding Prayer. " " Distinguished for the urbanity of his manners, easy and familiar in his intercourse with his people, hospitable to strangers, and always ready to give a hearty welcome to his numerous friends ; punctual to his en- gagements, observing an exact method in the distribution of his time, having a time for every thing, and doing every thing in its time, without hurry or confusion ; conscientious in the discharge of his duties as a Christian minister, catholic in his principles and in his conduct, always taking an interest in whatever concerned the prosperity of the town and the interests of religion, he was, for -many years, the happy minister of a kind and an affectionate people He was extensively known by his ' History of Worcester County ' ; a work highly valuable for the facts it records, many of which would probably have been lost, had they not, with great pains and fidelity, been collected and embodied in this work.
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