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The Church, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth. 
 
 SERMON, 
 
 DELIVERED IN BRUNSWICK, JUNE 26, 1839, 
 
 BEFORE THE 
 
 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 
 
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 BY WILLIAM T. DWIGHT, 
 
 PASTOR OF THE THIRD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN PORTLAND. 
 
 PORTLAND : 
 
 ALFRED MERRILL, PRINTER. 
 
 18 3 9. 
 
THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY. 
 
 The Maine Missionary Society held its Thirty-Second Annual Meet- 
 ing, in the Congregational Meeting House in Brunswick, on Wednesday, 
 June 26, 1839— Rev. William T. Dwight, in the absence of the Presi- 
 dent and Vice President, was chosen President pro tern. The meeting 
 was opened with prayer, by Rev. Dr. Cogswell, of Boston. 
 
 The Treasurer, Woodburv Storer, Esq. presented his Report, certi- 
 fied by William Swan, and William C. Mitchell, Esqs., Auditors, 
 which was accepted. 
 
 The Annual Report, which had been prepared by Rev. Eliphalet 
 Gillett, D. D., Corresponding Secretary, was, at his request, read by 
 Rev. Benjamin Tappan, D. D. 
 
 On motion of Rev. Joseph R. Munsell, of East Brewer, seconded by 
 Rev. William L. Mather, of Wiscasset : 
 
 Resolved, That the Report of the Trustees be aceepted and published, 
 under the direction of the Trustees. 
 
 On motion of Rev. Professor Pond, of Bangor, seconded by Rev. 
 Charles Walker, of Brattleboro', Vt. : 
 
 Resolved, That, during the current year, the Maine Missionary Society 
 ought to be able to afford efficient help to all those feeble churches within 
 the State, which, in the judgment of the Trustees, are proper objects of 
 its beneficence. 
 
 On motion of Rev. Joel Parker, of New York, delegate from the 
 American Home Missionary Society, seconded by Rev. Robert Baird, 
 lately from Paris, in France : 
 
 Whereas the A. H. M. S., encourages the permanent settlement of min- 
 isters of the Gospel as pastors; and whereas it furnishes employment of 
 the most extensive, safe, and efficient character for the activity of the 
 church, at the present day ; therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That this society, as a branch of that institution, is entitled 
 to the warm encouragement and support of this whole community. 
 
 The Annual Sermon before the Society was preached by the Rev. Wil- 
 liam T. Dwight, of Portland. Prayer before sermon was offered by Rev. 
 Jotham Sewall, Senior. 
 
 Voted, That Rev. Jonathan B. Condit be a Committee, to present the 
 thanks of this Society to the Rev. William T. Dwight, for his sermon 
 before them this day, and to request a copy for publication. 
 
OFFICERS 
 
 Of the Maine Missionary Society, elected June 26, 1839. 
 
 Rev. William T. Dwight, Portland, President. 
 Rufus K. Page, Esq., Hallowell, Vice President. 
 Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, D. D., Corresponding and 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 Woodbury Storer, Esq., Portland, Treasurer. 
 
 TRUSTEES* 
 
 The President, ex officio. 
 
 Rev. E. Gillett, D. D. 
 
 Rev. David Thdrston, Winthrop. 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Tafpan, D. D., Augusta. 
 
 Rev. John W. Ellingwood, Bath. 
 
 Rev. David M. Mitchell, Waldoboro'. 
 
 Rev. Asa Cummings, Portland. 
 
 Rev. Swan L. Pomrqy, Baugor. 
 
 Rev. Thaddeus Pomerov, Gorham. 
 
 Woodbury Storer, Esq. 
 
 David Donlap, Esq., Brunswick. 
 
 Executive Committee. — Rev. Messrs. Gillett, Thurston, Tappan, El- 
 lingwood, Cummings and Storer. 
 
 Auditors. — William Swan and William C. Mitchell, Esqs. 
 
 The next meeting of the Society is to be holden at Hallowell, on 
 the fourth Wednesday of June, 1840. Rev. Elijah Jones, first preach- 
 er ; Rev. George E. Adams, his substitute. 
 
SERJIOV 
 
 I. TIMOTHY, 3: 15. 
 — "The Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of 
 
 THE TRUTH. 
 
 Adopting the views of those commentators, who, in their 
 construction of the passage, would unite, instead of disso- 
 ciating, these two sentences, I would remark, that to the 
 phrase which forms the first sentence — "the Church of the 
 living God" — we are evidently to attach no other significa- 
 tion than that of the Church universal, or the whole body of 
 true believers. Words as comprehensive and emphatic as 
 these, restricted in their import by no local nor other sub- 
 ordinate application, are never used in the New Testament 
 except as a description of the universal body of real disci- 
 ples, of the Church, in the broadest and noblest meaning of 
 the term. It is not then of the local church at Ephesus, the 
 economy of whose concerns had been temporarily entrusted 
 to Timothy, that the apostle here speaks ; nor of the church 
 of Rome, whose impudent pretensions were not advanced 
 until many centuries after the date of this epistle ; nor of 
 any modern church which is politically allied to the state, 
 a portion of whose ministers are lords temporal as well as 
 spiritual ; nor of any other ecclesiastical body, which, while 
 disclaiming all political power, asserts its organization to be 
 truly primitive and apostolical. It is regenerated and sanc- 
 tified men universally, considered as forming a collective 
 mass, who are here styled ''the Church of the living God." 
 Or if we are to admit of any other interpretation than this, 
 it is the whole body of visible, professing believers, who may 
 
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 claim this lofty and hallowed title ; and this claim is to be 
 allowed solely on the ground, that within their pale are em- 
 braced almost all true believers. 
 
 What import then are we to attach to the leading phrase 
 in the second sentence, "the truth ?" Plainly it is not truth 
 in the abstract which Paul intends, whether physical or met- 
 aphysical, mathematical or moral, for in this sense truth 
 rests not on the Church as its pillar and ground ; but it is 
 truth as divinely revealed to mankind and embodied in the 
 gospel, it is the system of true religion which is there an- 
 nounced to us for the regulation of our faith and practice. 
 This is truth the purest, most authoritative and exalted, with 
 it the Church as a divine institution is indissolubly connect- 
 ed, it is throughout the New Testament uniformly asserted 
 to be esssential truth in contradistinction to all other relig- 
 ious systems ; we cannot doubt accordingly that it is in this 
 passage termed, "the truth." It needs only be added that 
 when the apostle thus describes it, he intends it as exhibited 
 in the precise form in which it was revealed, and which it 
 bore at the moment when this epistle was written : it is the 
 truth, as diffused throughout the whole gospel, and not as 
 professedly concentrated in creeds, or confessions of faith, 
 or any human abstracts whatever. 
 
 Of the truth the Church is, "the pillar and ground." By 
 this repetition of the idea it is evidently intended that the 
 Church is the firm basis, the sure support, of the truth ; and 
 as the assertion is made without any qualification, that such 
 will constantly and perpetually be the fact. During the 
 continuance of the Christian dispensation and until the close 
 of time the truth, or, as a substantially convertible term, the 
 gospel, is to be sustained among men and ultimately diffu- 
 sed throughout the world by the Church of God. 
 
 In accordance with this exposition of the passage I shall 
 now proceed to consider, as the subject of the ensuing dis- 
 course, some of the particulars in which the Church may be 
 
regarded as the pillar and ground of the truth. And the 
 Church may claim tins title : 
 
 I. As the perpetual Depositary of the truth. 
 
 By this is meant that God has entrusted the truth to the 
 custody of the Church, that He has committed to her His 
 gospel from time to time as a sacred, inestimable deposit 
 which she was perpetually to retain. This bequest has been 
 in every age so precious in His own view, that He has nev- 
 er been willing to dispose of it in any other maitner. 
 
 For it is not one of the ordinary bounties of His provi- 
 dence which has been thus consigned. The air, the light, 
 water and heat, though essential to our comfort and exist- 
 ence on earth, minister solely to our corporeal wants, to the 
 nature which we possess in alliance with the animal, and 
 these gifts were accordingly too common, too subordinate, 
 to merit this peculiar designation. Neither was it a monu- 
 ment of mere human wisdom, which the researches of phi- 
 losophers or the sagacity of statesmen has erected, that was 
 to be disposed of. Codes of laws, schemes of civil polity, 
 systems of morals, poetical and barbarous mythologies, have 
 been devised without number during the first four thousand 
 years of our race ; but they have been all accounted, as to 
 their bearing on man's eternal interests, but foolishness with 
 God, and accordingly, while here and there a scattered re- 
 cord has floated down the stream of time, He has suffered 
 the mighty mass to sink irretrievably into the gulf of obliv- 
 ion. Neither was it a body of sacred traditions however 
 authentic and accurate, of which we speak, which one race 
 of ancient patriarchs and saints may have transmitted to 
 another during many successive centuries. Such a collec- 
 tion, if it in fact ever existed, was doubtless valuable to its 
 possessors, but it was to be superseded by fuller, clearer rev- 
 elations, and it was therefore suffered finally to perish. Had 
 the gift of God to man which we are contemplating been 
 but such as these, it would have descended like air and light 
 
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 upon the brutes, no less than upon our race, or some dubi- 
 ous fragment of the record, mutilated and corrupted, might 
 have still survived, or after having accomplished its purpose 
 it would long ages since have been forgotten forever ; but 
 the Church would never have been made its depositary. 
 
 But this gift was "the truth," the truth ; it was the sys- 
 tem of true religion ; it was the only scheme of faith and 
 practice for man as a fallen, but an immortal being. It was 
 to contain the whole account of God, of His character, gov- 
 ernment and will ; it was to be the record and that infalli- 
 ble, of His immediate, personal communications to mankind. 
 Such a gift is immeasurably precious, and it could be there- 
 fore entrusted to but one depositary — the Church. 
 
 A portion of the truth was thus entrusted in the earliest 
 ages. The Church, as it existed in the antediluvian patri- 
 archs, received, as there is reason to suppose, successive 
 communications from God, which were subsequently trans- 
 mitted through Noah and Shem to Abraham, and were at 
 length under divine dictation incorporated in their present 
 form by Moses. Thus the stupendous narrative of the cre- 
 ation with all its glories and of the apostasy with all its woes, 
 the story of the deluge and of the re-peopling of the earth, 
 the account of Abraham as the father of the faithful and the 
 ancestor of the dimly announced Messiah, were imparted, 
 not to Egyptian priests and magicians, not to the astrono- 
 mers of Chaldea and the magi of Persia, not to the shep- 
 herds of Arabia and Palestine, but to the Church. Philoso- 
 phy was to be suffered to speculate and invent its theories 
 respecting these primordia rerum of man, science in its 
 researches was to remove the rust of later centuries — only to 
 encounter the entire corrosion of more ancient monuments, 
 scepticism was to babble its conjectures and sport its contra- 
 dictions ; but the truth respecting them was to be entrusted 
 solely to the Church, and to be received by the world from 
 the Church alone. — As another portion of this sacred trust, 
 
the Law was next communicated ; and we intend here, not 
 merely the symbolical and shadowy ritual of the Jews, not 
 simply the civil and political code of the nation — which has 
 proved the storehouse for all enlightened legislation and ra- 
 tional liberty to modern times, but the great statutes of Je- 
 hovah's empire, the perfect standard of moral obligation to 
 God, to our fellow men, and to ourselves. These, as an- 
 nounced with a divine precision in the two great Command- 
 ments, as constituting the first and second table of the Dec- 
 alogue, or as expanded into the numberless precepts of the 
 last four books of the Pentateuch, were committed to the 
 same Depositary. — And then the Prophecies, either as in- 
 terspersed throughout the history of this singular people, or 
 as appended to that history and forming an independent 
 revelation, were subsequently entrusted, as still another por- 
 tion of the truth. The happy and holy destiny which yet 
 awaits the Jews as a nation, and the ultimate spiritual tri- 
 umphs of the Church over the pride and power, the philoso- 
 phy and enmity, of the world were thus revealed ; and scat- 
 tered through this vast compass of revelations, as sunbeams 
 interlace a western cloud and impart to it all its glory, were 
 constantly to be read the predictions respecting the incar- 
 nation, sufferings, atoning death and glorification of the Re- 
 deemer. — And then, when the fulness of time had come, 
 another and the final portion of the truth was received. 
 The gospel in its dawn, in its morning beams, and in its 
 fast ascending splendors, was now succeeded by the gospel 
 in its noon-day glory. The Redeemer became in fact in- 
 carnate, and brought in through the cross an everlasting 
 righteousness ; and scarcely was this transcendant work 
 achieved, before apostles and evangelists as the amanuenses 
 of inspiration recorded the wondrous narrative of their Lord 
 with His precepts and counsels, and then received those 
 fresh communications from His Spirit in the Epistles, which 
 render the sacred volume complete and perfect. 
 
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 It was thus, that the truth in its successive portions was 
 deposited with the Church ; not a chapter, nor paragraph, 
 nor sentence, of the divine record was originally confided 
 but to a member of the Church, who received it as her prop- 
 erty, and to be surrendered to her custody. No ancient 
 seer nor bard, no law-giver nor warrior over the wide earth, 
 whose name was not enrolled in the Church, however tow- 
 ering his genius or radiant his fame, was entrusted with this 
 deposit for a moment, was permitted to introduce a sentence 
 or vary an idea. 
 
 The great design which has shaped this immense course 
 of providence is every where apparent, that the truth should 
 be sacredly preserved ; that one perpetually changing, yet 
 perpetually subsisting, body should keep this inestimable 
 deposit entire and uncorrupted amid the thousand systems 
 of paganism and scepticism that were destined to overrun 
 the world. Whatever calamities the Church in her individ- 
 ual members was to suffer, whatever mutations as to her 
 forms or essential interests she was to undergo, and during 
 all coming time, she was to be a faithful depositary, and 
 thus the pathway of communicatiion was to remain ever 
 open between man and Ged. 
 
 And this momentous deposit, I would add, is still con- 
 tinued. From the apostolic age till the present hour the 
 truth has been consigned, not to cardinals, nor statesmen, nor 
 monarchs, but to the Church ; to her affection, her duty, 
 her vigilance, and to none other. From the burden of this 
 charge, even were she to desire it, she can never be exempt- 
 ed ; it rests upon her, and will ever rest, until the judgment 
 morning. 
 
 In her relation then as a perpetual Depositary, the Church 
 is the pillar and ground of the truth, God has ordained 
 her to be in every age its firm support, it seeks not, it ac- 
 knowledges not, any other. Had a different depositary been 
 
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 selected or the Church proved faithless, where would have 
 been the truth and its interests now ? 
 
 II. As affording a constant practical illustration of 
 the truth, in the lives of her members. 
 
 God's great design in giving the gospel, so far as this 
 world is concerned, must be, that its system of faith and 
 duty should be exemplified among men, that its eternal 
 rules of holiness should be actually obeyed. Every theory 
 of mechanics or civil polity or morals which is not in its na- 
 ture reducible to practice, is inherently worthless, it is a 
 cloud-built castle and nothing more ; and if it is not actually 
 reduced to practice, it is in fact worthless, whatever may be 
 its nature. Nor is this less true of the whole system of the 
 gospel. If the infinite Being whom it reveals sustains no 
 actual relations to myself, if I owe no practical duties to 
 Him, what interest ought I to feel, can I feel, in His char- 
 acter or government or will ; and if such were to be univer- 
 sally the case, would any ties unite Him to men or angels 
 or the moral universe ? 
 
 As certainly then as we possess the gospel, as God has 
 entrusted the truth to the Church, so certainly must it be 
 His design that its religion should be practically exemplifi- 
 ed in all its numberless relations. A satisfactory demon- 
 stration of its true nature, of its perfect excellence, can be 
 thus given to the universe, and it can be given in no other 
 manner. This is the manner in which God evinces His 
 own boundless perfections. It is through His infinite effi- 
 ciency, through His relations to His creatures as the supreme 
 Agent, that He challenges their ceaseless obedience and 
 love ; all His moral attributes as the Scriptures describe 
 them are those of benevolence and beneficence towards His 
 creatures, not an allusion is made to any attribute denoting 
 His incomprehensible relations to Himself alone. Were 
 the gospel then merely a combination of profound or gor- 
 geous hypotheses, or were it not in fact illustrated in the 
 
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 lives of men, we should be assured that it were not the gift 
 of God but a worthless imposture ; and as the Church does 
 constantly afford this illustration, she becomes the pillar and 
 ground of the truth. 
 
 The Church practically illustrates for example, the holi- 
 ness which the truth prescribes. I use this word in the 
 sense of moral excellence or conformity to the divine will, 
 whether we refer to the commencement of the Christian's 
 life, in his acts of repentance and faith, or to his subsequent 
 course of evangelical obedience ; whether we intend the 
 performance of his duties towards God, or his fellow men, 
 or himself. Repentance and faith constitute the first step 
 in the return of sinful man to God, without which such a 
 return is impracticable, and which the truth accordingly im- 
 peratively prescribes. Who then actually bow before the 
 mercy seat in filial contrition, and there plead Christ's ato- 
 ning sacrifice as the appointed channel of God's forgiveness 
 and favor? Is it the man of the world? Is it the idolater 
 of wealth, or the haughty noble, the sceptical scholar, the 
 giddy beauty, or the animated drudge who labors and lives 
 only for others ; or is it, universally and exclusively, the in- 
 dividual members of the Church ? Or if we seek for this 
 exhibition of holiness in a life of evangelical obedience, for 
 gratitude to God, for submission to His providential will, for 
 reverence towards His majesty, for heartfelt complacency in 
 His perfections ; if we seek for daily confidence in Christ as 
 a Saviour and for consecration to His service, or for justice 
 and beneficence in their varied forms towards others, or for 
 daily humility and self-government ; we shall find them in 
 the Church and throughout all her members, and they are 
 absolutely undiscoverable elsewhere. Not an act, not a 
 purpose, not an emotion, of holiness was ever known on 
 earth, except within the Church of the living God. 
 
 The Church thus illustrates also, the peace and joyful 
 hope which the truth professedly affords. The gospel pre- 
 
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 scribes not a solemn round of heartless duties, it is not a 
 system of Hindoo maceration or Roman Catholic penance, 
 but like the God from whom it emanates it is disinterested 
 love : the blessedness which it promises, is commensurate 
 with the duties which it enjoins. Tins blessedness com- 
 mences on earth in an habitual peace and in the hope which 
 anticipates eternity, it will be perfected in heaven in the 
 possession of indescribable joys. Whose then are the breasts 
 that are cheered by this habitual peace — the peace of for- 
 given sin, of an approving conscience, of benevolent desires 
 towards others : whose path is gilded by "the soul's calm 
 sunshine," descending on them from a paternal God and an 
 unchanging Saviour ? Who behold the light of heaven 
 piercing through their thickest clouds of sorrow, so that nei- 
 ther poverty nor bereavement, disease nor pain, disappoint- 
 ment nor ignominy, can overwhelm them ? Who often live 
 amid the visions of future glory, even now catching the echo 
 of angelic songs and tasting the fruits from the tree of life ? 
 Are all these worthless promises, or is their actual fulfilment 
 certain ? The Church in her own rich experience can an- 
 swer these interrogatories, and the Church alone ; each of 
 her innumerable members lives upon this peace, and conso- 
 lation and hope. They are not a day dream, nor a "cun- 
 ningly devised fable," but blessed realities, existing and il- 
 lustrated in the consciousness of every believer. 
 
 The Church thus illustrates also, the power of the truth 
 over the heart. The gospel professes as the instrument in 
 the hand of the Divine Spirit, to be able to exert and actu- 
 ally to exert an efficiency which is absolutely singular, which 
 acknowledges neither parallel nor resemblance among all 
 the displays of human or created energy. It is an efficiency 
 of which the result is the regeneration of our moral nature 
 and its sanctification throughout subsequent life, or the com- 
 mencement and progressive augmentation of a new spir- 
 itual existence. Were these assumptions false, were they a 
 
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 mere oriental hyperbole — intentionally denoting nothing 
 more than the influence of the moralist in producing an ex- 
 ternal reformation of manners, or were there no actual illus- 
 tration of such an energy — living and moving before us, the 
 whole system of the truth must fall unsupported and aban- 
 doned ; but the Church in each of her members is such an 
 illustration, and she is thus the pillar and ground of the 
 truth. Each of them has been in fact born again by the 
 word of God, each of them is sanctified through the truth, 
 each of them thus evinces the gospel to be the power of 
 God unto salvation. This change so radical, so momentous, 
 and to such numbers only incredible, is still a matter of con- 
 stant occurrence, its living subjects offer the testimony of 
 their own consciousness, so that there is no more satisfac- 
 tory evidence of the existence of a power that causes the 
 ebb and flow of the tide or the circuits of the lunar planet, 
 than of an energy in the truth that thus transforms the heart. 
 
 III. As the Defender of the truth. 
 
 The Author of the trutli when He deposited it with the 
 Church, foresaw that it would need such a defender against 
 the bitter, inextinguishable enmity that would assail it. Dark 
 as is the display of human depravity thus afforded, nothing 
 has ever provoked a hatred so intense or been pursued with 
 corresponding efforts for its destruction. The world lias 
 quietly endured, nay has cordially welcomed, every false re- 
 ligion and the foulest systems of immorality : ancient and 
 modern polytheism in their myriad forms, the fictions of the 
 Arabian impostor, the idolatrous corruptions of popery, and 
 the dogmas of a brutal or philosophical scepticism, have been 
 successively propagated, and men have gazed unmoved if 
 not approving. But while these exhalations from the pit 
 have enveloped countries and continents and scarce a note 
 of warning has been sounded, the truth has been opposed 
 by embattled armies ; the axe, the faggot, and the dungeons 
 of the Inquisition have awaited its adherents ; science with 
 
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 its alleged discoveries, sophistry with its wiles, ridicule and 
 falsehood with their poisoned darts, have been arrayed against 
 il ; the world has been its open or secret enemy. Had the 
 truth possessed no defender, its interests would long since 
 have been destroyed ; but that Defender under God has 
 ever been the Church, and she has thus proved its pillar and 
 ground. 
 
 The Church has defended the truth against the sophis- 
 try and falsehood of its enemies. This has been one fa- 
 vorite mode of assault from the days of Celsus and Porphyry, 
 from the age of the Gnostics and the Ebionites. The gos- 
 pel has been alike impugned by the philosophers of Greece 
 and Rome, by the leaders of heresy who succeeded them, 
 by the advocates of the usurpations of the papacy, by the 
 modern courtly infidel, and by the transcendental neologist. 
 Its scheme of faith and morals has been decried, as a mass 
 of inconsistencies and absurdities ; its origin has been de- 
 nied to be inspiration, and has been professedly traced to 
 the recollections of its fallible, or to the fictions of its dis- 
 honest, writers ; its simplicity and purity have been overlaid 
 and smothered by Romish traditions ; its vital, transforming 
 energy has been diluted into sickly sentimentalism or semi- 
 pagan ethics. History, the allegorical legends of Hindostan 
 and China, the astronomical sculptures of Egypt, and the 
 records notched in the everlasting rocks, have been all en- 
 listed in this warfare, so that from the ponderous tome down 
 to the farthing pamphlet an Alexandrian library has been 
 written to falsify the gospel. 
 
 But they that were for the truth in this contest have been 
 more than those that were against the truth. The Church^ 
 has summoned in every age the intellect, the learning, and 
 the piety of her sons to this consecrated warfare ; and as 
 this intellect has ever equalled and this learning usually far 
 surpassed those of their antagonists, victory has steadily 
 crowned the armies of the living God. The poetic and 
 
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 popular mythologies of Athens and Italy have been thus 
 rendered the jest of the school boy, during the last sixteen 
 hundred years ; while the heresies that were refuted by Je- 
 rome, Athanasius and their co-adjutors, have been for many 
 ages forgotten in the grave of oblivion, or, if occasionally 
 disinterred, it has been only to reveal, like an Egyptian 
 mummy, their lifelessness and deformity. The lordly pre- 
 tensions of the bishop of Rome, wherever they have lost the 
 support of the civil government, have been exposed in all 
 their insolence and emptiness from the days of Wicklifte, 
 Luther and Melanchthon, so that Romanism has long since 
 despaired of making any conversions but those of ignorance, 
 policy or fear. Nor less decisive, after a briefer contest, has 
 been the defeat of modern infidelity ; its shallow learning 
 and flimsy sophistry have been so often worsted that the 
 sceptic dares no longer avow himself, except as he may be 
 found in the French geometer who rejects revelation be- 
 cause its truth is not demonstrated like a problem of pure 
 mathematics, or in the brutal radical of our large cities who 
 is waiting only for the supremacy of club law, to compel a 
 universal Agrarian division of property. The last of these 
 contests around the outworks of evangelical truth, I intend 
 that which has been waging with German neologism, has 
 scarcely demanded, as essential to the victory, any direct 
 participation on the part of the Church. The defenders of 
 these shapeless and mutually hostile systems of error, are so 
 constantly changing their position and their weapons, that 
 they can secure no vantage ground ; all that seems neces- 
 sary is, to permit them to leap undisturbed from one bog of 
 unbelief to another and another, and then to disappear in the 
 quicksands that lie beneath. — Nor has the citadel within, 
 where dwells the truth in its spiritual life and power and 
 beauty, been less successfully maintained. In other words, 
 the transforming doctrines and holy precepts of the gospel 
 have been not only incidentally and occasionally explicitly 
 
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 defended, as has been just described, but they have receiv- 
 ed their full appropriate exposition and enforcement in eve- 
 ry form from innumerable pens ; so that none but the pro- 
 pounder of arguments and objections already a thousand 
 times refuted, ventures to affirm that the religion of the Bi- 
 ble ought not to sway equally the intellect and the heart. 
 
 The Church has no less effectually defended the truth 
 against the violence and force of its enemies. This has 
 been another favorite mode of assault, and far more ancient 
 than the one just considered, as lettered sophistry and false- 
 hood characterize the age of refined civilization only. Since 
 the day when the prophet Elijah complained that he was 
 left alone amid the martyred thousands of Israel, nay since 
 the exodus of the oppressed Hebrews under Moses, the truth 
 and its adherents have been devoted by its foes to utter de- 
 struction. Philistia and Idumea once combined to effect 
 this, Assyria fell in her giant legions before the angel of 
 the pestilence while vowing to effect this, the Jewish Phari- 
 see and Sadducee forgot their mutual hate and coalesced 
 against Him who was the truth embodied — to effect this. 
 A dreadful succession of ten imperial persecutions, and then 
 of Saracenic massacres, and then of papal crusades against 
 the Vaudois and the Albigenses and Waldenses, and then 
 of the Autos da fe of the Inquisition, were employed during 
 fifteen centuries, to effect this. 
 
 The weapons of the Church while defending the truth in 
 this fiery conflict have been sometimes the literal sword and 
 spear, but usually, and far more appropriately, has she been 
 clad in spiritual panoply. Armed with the breast-plate of 
 righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and 
 the sword of the Spirit, and praying always with all prayer, 
 has she marched forth ; and while the rack and the wheel, 
 the axe, the cross and the stake, have on every side been 
 glutted with the blood of her sons, she has still advanced- 
 conquering and to conquer. At one time, the saint-like 
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 patience and meekness of her confessors and martyrs have 
 awed their persecutors into harmlessness, or melted them 
 into friends ; at another, the righteous judgments of God 
 have swept away these foes from her onward path — so that 
 sooner or later persecution has been succeeded by triumph, 
 and the truth, seemingly prostrate, has risen the more erect 
 and firm, resting on the Church as its immovable pillar and 
 ground. 
 
 IV. As the Propagator of the truth. 
 
 The truth, in its very genius, is divinely benevolent and 
 diffusive. God has so framed the relations of men and the 
 economy of the moral universe, that duty ever calls us away 
 from self to Him as its supreme object ; and happiness, if 
 sought for in any path but that of disinterested good will to 
 others, cannot be found. This is the spirit and precept of 
 both the law and the gospel, this was the life of the incar- 
 nate Immanuel. In depositing His truth with the Church, 
 and in constituting her its perpetual defender, God's un- 
 changeable design must have been to render her the instru- 
 ment of its universal propagation and diffusion. Had no 
 such injunction as this — "Go ye into all the world, and 
 preach the gospel to every creature," been recorded, the 
 duty would be no less imperative. And had the Church 
 proved recreant to this charge of her glorified Lord, she 
 would ages since have become extinct in all her members, 
 and the truth with its eternal interests would have irrecov- 
 erably fallen ; as she has on the contrary in some good de- 
 gree proved faithful, as she is hereafter to diffuse salvation 
 wherever the waves can waft or the compass guide her sons, 
 she is rightly styled the pillar and ground of the truth. 
 
 The Church, I say, has already in some degree proved 
 faithful. Without referring to her history antecedent to the 
 crucifixion and ascension of her Master, what instrumental- 
 ity, it may be asked, did God use to diffuse the gospel, and 
 melt down Jewish bigotry into discipleship, and transform 
 
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 philosophic and barbarian heathenism into evangelical piety ? 
 Whose was the agency, which, co-operating subordinately 
 with that of the Holy Spirit and moulded absolutely at His 
 will, bore the glad light and warmth of salvation throughout 
 the darkness and death of the Roman empire, amid the 
 Scythians of the Euxine, along the whole wide margin of 
 Northern Africa, among the fire worshippers of Persia, and 
 to the western bank of the Indus, until the cross was erect- 
 ed in triumph upon the very throne of the Caesars ? Whose 
 were the dauntlessness and the benevolence that in subse- 
 quent ages overthrew the gory altars of the Druids in Brit- 
 ain and of Odin in Scandinavia, that traversed the wilds of 
 Sarmatia and the measureless steppes of Muscovy, until all 
 Europe had, nominally at least, bowed before the shrines of 
 the gospel ? And through every succeeding age until the 
 present hour has the truth been propagated by the Church. 
 Whether ostensibly aided by the papacy, or infected with 
 its corruptions, or menaced with its Inquisitorial fires, her 
 sons have sown the immortal seed — at one period amid the 
 vallies of Savoy, at another upon the mountains of Bohemia, 
 at another by the cottages of the Lollards in Britain, until 
 the master spirits of the Reformation spread it broad cast 
 over western Europe, and with their associates thus prepared 
 the way for that living harvest which now waves over the 
 eastern half of North America. 
 
 But this is but the dawn of her glorious destiny. The 
 local revivals of religion, which, during the last half century, 
 have so gladdened the hearts and multiplied the numbers of 
 her children, the translation of the Bible into a hundred dif- 
 ferent languages, the vast circuit of missionary and other 
 evangelical operations — limited not by continents nor oceans 
 but even now prospectively embracing the whole human 
 family, these are but the harbingers of that mightiest of all 
 human achievements which is still reserved for the Church — 
 the propagation of the truth throughout every empire and 
 
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 province, every city, hamlet and habitation on the globe. 
 The repetition of the wonders of the day of Pentecost with- 
 in the Sandwich Islands is to be but one amid a hundred 
 fulfilments of the promise, when, through the labors of the 
 Church, a nation shall be born in a day. Her sons are yet 
 to surmount the barrier wall of China, to be welcomed on 
 the shores of Japan, to break "the four-fold chain" of caste 
 throughout Hindostan, and to level with the dust every min- 
 aret of Persia and Turkey. Neither the desert of Sahara 
 nor the summits of mount Atlas shall exclude them from 
 meeting in central Africa, as the deliverers of her long op- 
 pressed myriads ; neither savage ferocity nor oriental big- 
 otry, neither the thunders of the Vatican nor the scimitar 
 and bowstring of Islamism, neither the enmity of the world 
 nor the wiles of the pit, shall frustrate the prayers and alms 
 and labors of the Church — until the diffusion of the gospel 
 shall be co-extensive with that of the sunbeams, and all earth's 
 tribes shall bow before Him who was once dead, and who 
 now lives and reigns forever. 
 
 The Church is therefore justly styled, "the pillar and 
 ground of the truth." God has appointed her to be its per- 
 petual depositary, she practically illustrates in the lives of 
 her members its spirit and power, she has been its constant 
 and successful defender, she is to propagate it as the only 
 system of doctrine and duty throughout the world. 
 
 With these views of this interesting subject we may prop- 
 erly remark : 
 
 That the Church is safe. If the Church is the pillar and 
 ground of the truth, then the interests of the latter are iden- 
 tified with those of the former, the truth must stand or fall 
 with tha Church. Independently then of the numberless 
 predictions which announce her hastening universal triumph, 
 nay were the mists of futurity penetrated not by the light of 
 one promise or encouragement, the Church might sit erect 
 and secure ; for she is assured that God esteems His own 
 
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 truth and the gospel which embodies it as so precious, that 
 He will prosper every interest which is insepareble from 
 theirs. Such indeed has not been the conviction of her 
 enemies. They have not only willed her extinction, but 
 have often attempted it, often foretold it ; malice has forged 
 its calumnies, scepticism has woven its sophistries, pleasure 
 arrayed its blandishments, persecution sharpened its axe, 
 and power marshalled its legions, to confound or seduce or 
 destroy her sons. But the day of triumph has ordinarily 
 been short, and then the providence of God has swept her 
 foes successively away — with scarce a monument or vestige 
 left to remind us of their destruction, while the Church has 
 arisen the stronger fsom her depression and swelled but the 
 loftier song of thanksgiving to her almighty Deliverer. 
 
 Her friends then should never fear, nor her enemies ex- 
 ult, for the past is but the omen of the future. Such is even 
 now her energy, so fixed are her foundations, so wide spread 
 is the conviction among half the governments on earth that 
 the truth which she propagagates must prevail, that no ex- 
 tensive combination for her overthrow is probably hereafter 
 to be dreaded ; but should the fiercest hurricane of earthly 
 and hellish wrath be yet destined to beat upon her, the Sun 
 of righteousness will speedily scatter the tempest, the gales 
 of peace shall waft her to a secure haven, while the wrecks 
 of her enemies shall be seen floating on every wave. Safe, 
 happy, blessed, is the Church, for she can never be separated 
 from the truth of God. 
 
 Our personal relations to the Church determine our char- 
 acter and destiny. As the Church and the truth are insep- 
 arable, our relations are identically the same to each ; we 
 cannot be the friends of the latter, if we are hostile or indif- 
 ferent to the former. This may be reluctantly credited by 
 many whose intelligent, speculative belief of the gospel is 
 often accompanied by an unblamable life, but who also know 
 that they have no fellowship with the Church of the living 
 
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 God. They would disunite, were it possible, the truth from 
 the Church, so that the laws of discipleship to Christ should 
 be obligatory only upon His professed followers, while the 
 divine favor should be fieely bestowed, both here and here- 
 after, upon others who assume not these obligations. But 
 this dissociation is impracticable, for the truth recognizes in 
 the Church and in her alone its depositary, its defender and 
 the agent of its triumphs. Her members are its living epis- 
 tles, its uninterrupted succession of witnesses, in whom God, 
 angels and men, behold illustrated the holiness which it en- 
 joins, the foretaste of heaven which it imparts, and its power 
 to renew and to save. Them accordingly the gospel char- 
 acterizes as new creatures in Christ, as the children of God, 
 as the heirs of all the promises, but it thus characterizes none 
 others. 
 
 Are you then, my hearer, one with the Church of God, 
 one with her members in your purposes and sympathies, in 
 your efforts and aims, in your hopes and joys ? Is her en- 
 largement in your own neighborhood and throughout this 
 state and country — until her boundaries shall be those only 
 of the wide earth, the subject of your earnest petitions, the 
 object of your liberal contributions, the theme of your fond 
 anticipations ? Are the sanctuaries where she worships 
 dearer to you than the halls of legislation, the marts of com- 
 merce, the bowers of science, or than even the loved circle 
 of your own family ? Are the ordinances in which her chil- 
 dren commune received by you as the memorials of her Re- 
 deemer's grace, and as the earnest of a more intimate com- 
 munion with Him above ? Then, you need no unearthly 
 vision to assure you that you are now a child of the High- 
 est, and that you shall hereafter shine forth as the sun in the 
 Kingdom of your Father. 
 
 Or can you not endure these tests, must conscience testi- 
 fy that you possess not one of these evidences of union to 
 the Church ? Then, you are not only an alien from the com- 
 
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 monwealth of Israel, but also a stranger to the covenants of 
 promise ; you have no hope, and are without God in the 
 world. 
 
 It is a peculiar duty and privilege to co-operate with 
 such associations as that, whose anniversary we are now 
 commemorating. They are but the auxiliaries and instru- 
 ments of the Church in the performance of the great work 
 which is to occupy her until the end of time — the propaga- 
 tion of the truth. In this work, the loftiest which ever tasks 
 the energies of men or awakens the sympathies of angels, 
 the Maine Missionary Society has been for thirty two years 
 an uniuterrupted, and through the blessing of God an hon- 
 ored, co-worker : one hundred and sixty churches through- 
 out the length and breadth of the State, built upon the foun- 
 dation of the apostles and prophets, gratefully acknowledge 
 it as having been directly instrumental in their organization, 
 or as having strengthened them in the weakness of their 
 "deep poverty." Its missionaries have annually gone forth, 
 like the seventy whom our Lord commissioned, over the 
 hills and plains and into the wildernesses of this land of 
 promise, and aided by His grace, have gathered many a lost 
 sheep into the house of our spiritual Israel. Often has the 
 wilderness and the solitary place been glad for them, often 
 through them has the desert been made to rejoice and blos- 
 som as the rose. The history and the efficiency of this So- 
 ciety are so widely known as to need no emblazoning, I stand 
 not here to pronounce its eulogy, many a heart — present 
 and absent — could do this more effectively, and its record 
 is also on high. 
 
 But I do stand here, addressing a great multitude of the 
 professed members, and doubtless of the real members, of 
 "the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the 
 truth," and to each of whom the truth is inestimably pre- 
 cious. They are living illustrations of its transforming, sanc- 
 tifying efficacy ; and a gratitude — whose measure eternity 
 
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 only can unfold, should daily excite them to live for its uni- 
 versal propagation, until, through their instrumentality and 
 that of the whole Church in present and coming years, "the 
 creature shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption 
 into the glorious liberty of the children of God." To them, 
 and to the philanthropist and patriot, to the friends of pub- 
 lic peace and private prosperity, the Maine Missionary So- 
 ciety has now once more made its Report, once more soli- 
 cits their cordial co-operation. 
 
REPORT 
 
 OF THE TRUSTEES OF THB HAI.tE MISSIONARY SOCIETV, AT THEIR 
 THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, IN BRUNSWICK, JUNK 26, 1839. 
 
 Division of labor is necessary to facilitate the accomplishment of 
 every great design. This is especially true, in the fulfilment of the 
 last command given to his disciples by our Saviour, while on earth, 
 to "Preach the gospel to every creature." This could not be 
 done by one man or by one body of men, the 12 and the 70 and 
 their associates. They could not be every where in the earth. Nor 
 by one generation of men. It is a protracted work, and they "con- 
 tinue not by reason of death." And yet the command is binding upon 
 all the Churches, and at all times. They cannot be relieved from 
 the responsibility, till the work is accomplished. Wherever situa- 
 ted, and in whatever age of the world they live ; whether planted in 
 the dark parts of the earth, where the population around them is 
 "wholly given to idolatry," or have "lines fallen to them in pleasant 
 places ;" whether living in a period nearer to, or more remote from 
 the consummation of the design, in the coming millennium, their time 
 and talents, their wealth and influence, all that they are, and all that 
 they have, are imperiously called into requisition, to spread the savor ot 
 Christ's name, and establish his dominion, in all parts of the earth. It 
 is now more than 18 centuries since the command was given, and yet 
 the greater portion of the world is still under the dominion of the prince 
 of the power of the air, the spirit that worketh in the children of diso- 
 bedience. There must be more vigorous effort, more combined and 
 persevering exertion, more self denying labors and more expansive 
 benevolence, as also more effectual and fervent prayers offered up, 
 by those who are "workers together with God," to usher in the light 
 of that day, when the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness 
 of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people 
 of the saints of the Most High. 
 
 Every portion of the Church, however, has its appropriate sphere 
 of action ; though the efforts of all tend to the same general issue. 
 We may he called upon to aid, as God has given ability, in all the 
 benevolent operations of the day ; to plant the standard of Christ 
 in the remote parts of the world and in the islands of the sea, and 
 arrest the progress of error and vice of every shape and form, in for- 
 eign lands. But it is especially incumbent on us, to dissipate the 
 darkness that hovers around ns, to remove evils that meet the eye 
 and press upon us on every side, to look to the feeble churches within 
 our own limits and strengthen the things that remain, and build up the 
 extended wastes ; so that no one may have occasion to adopt the 
 language of regret ; "Mine own vineyard have 1 not kept." 
 
 There is a broad field within our own State, the necessity for the 
 cultivation of which originated this Society, and for the accomplish- 
 ment of which object, its labors for almost a third of a century have 
 been uniformly and successfully devoted. — Every year has witnessed 
 some advancement in the cause. We are to day brought to our 32d 
 anniversary ; and the Trustees would submit to the members of the So- 
 ciety, and to its friends and patrons, their Report of the proceedings of 
 the year now closing; embracing a list of the missionaries employed, 
 their respective places of labor, with the various results; the state of 
 
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 the treasury, and a survey ot the field that calls for continued and 
 increasing operations. 
 
 Alphabetical list of Missionaries. 
 
 Mr. Charles E. Abbott, Farmington Falls and vicinity, Kennebec 
 Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. George W. Adams, Brooksville, Hancock Co. 1 3-4 months. 
 
 Rev. John Baker, Monson and Blanchard, Somerset Co. 3 1-4 
 months. 
 
 Mr. Baker was dismissed from Monson, during the last month, and 
 is now laboring in Kennebunkport. 
 
 Rev. George Brown, Waldo Co. 3 months. 
 
 Mr. Calvin Butler, Buokfield, Oxford Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Carelton, Lubec, Washington Co. 3 months. 
 
 Mr. Carleton closed his labors at Lubec, in March last, and has 
 since been installed to the pastoral care of the Church in Oxford. 
 
 Rev. James Carruthers, 12 months. 
 
 Mr. Carruthers was employed in different parts of the State, chiefly 
 in Lincoln and Kennebec Counties. Under his ministrations, in the 
 North Parish in Augusta, there was a revival of religion, and a number 
 of hopeful converts are reported. He also states, in a communica- 
 tion from Biddeford, under date of 13th instant ; "I came here on the 
 1st of May ; and for these three weeks past, the Lord has been pour- 
 ing out his Spirit. Nine give good evidence of a change of heart." 
 
 Rev. Ariel P. Chute Oxford, Oxford Co. 1 1-2 months. 
 
 Mr. Chute, has been dismissed from his pastoral care of the Church 
 in Oxford, during the year. 
 
 Rev. William Davenport, Perry, Washington Co. 3 months. 
 
 This Church has been aided hitherto, from its organization ; but 
 "will endeavor with the blessing of God henceforward to sustain its 
 own ordinances of worship. ' 
 
 Rev. Timothy Davis, Litchfield, Kennebec Co. 3 months. 
 
 Rev. Nathan Douglass, St. Albans and Palmyra, Somerset Co. 11-2 
 months. 
 
 Rev. Samuel S. Drake, Exeter and Dexter, Penobscot Co. 3 months. 
 
 Rev. George W. Fargo, Phillips and vicinity, Franklin Co. 3 
 months. 
 
 Rev. Samuel C. Fessenden, East Thomaston, Lincoln Co. 3 months. 
 
 Mr. Amos Fisk, Knox and Thorndike, Waldo Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Ephraim Fobes, Weld and vicinity,Franklin Co. 3 months. 
 
 "During the year, 5 have been united to the Curch in Weld. — 
 A number hopefully converted have not yet joined with any Church." 
 
 Mr. Pearson Follansbee, Bowdoin, Lincoln Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Benjamin Follett, Forks of the Kennebec, 1 month. 
 
 Rev. David Gerry, Brownfield, Oxford Co. 1 3-4 months. 
 
 Mr. Gerry is now supplying in the adjoining towns of Brown- 
 field, Hiram and Denmark; in each, one third of the time. These 
 three Churches, he states in his report, have united to sustain a min- 
 ister, and arrangements are making for a settlement. The Church 
 and Society in Brownfield, completed their new meeting house, 
 which was dedicated in November last. From that time the congre- 
 gation gradually increased, and the attention to religion also increas- 
 ed ; till it was thought advisable to have a protracted meeting. Ac- 
 cordingly one was commenced, on the 28th of May, all the religious 
 denominations meeting together; and the Lord poured out his Spirit 
 
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 upon us, in a wonderful manner. Between 25 and 30 are indulging 
 hope, that they have passed from death unto life ; and about 25 more 
 are seriously enquiring what they must do to be saved. This work 
 is very still, and appears to he deep and thorough. 
 
 The church in Denmark, also, has enjoyed a glorious refreshing 
 from the presence of the Lord. I have admitted 12 into that church ; 
 and there are 8 or 10 more, that will unite with them in a few weeks. 
 The dew of divine grace, too, has been shed down, in some meas- 
 ure, upon the people in Hiram ; and a few have recently indulged 
 hope in the mercy of God." 
 
 Rev. Solomon B. Gilbert, Lyman, York Co. 2 1-2 months. "Revival, 
 and': about 30 hopeful converts." 
 
 Rev. James Gooch, Denmark, Oxford Co. 3 months. 
 
 Rev. Simeon Hackett, Temple, Franklin Co. 1 3-4 months. 
 
 Rev. Israel Hills, Lovell, Oxford Co. 3 months. 
 
 The Report of Mr. Hills, under date of 24th May last, states: 
 "God has in rich mercy visited the churches of this Conference, 
 during the past winter and spring. In this gracious visitation Lovell 
 has shared. An unusual interest in the things of religion appeared 
 among the youth, last fall, which continued to increase, until it was 
 manifest that God was in the midst of his people. Several were 
 awakened, and a deep and solemn stillness pervaded our meetings. 
 Between 20 and 30 are indulging hope, and give different degrees of 
 evidence, that they have become the subjects of divine grace ; and 
 some are still in an anxious state of mind. The work, it is hoped, is 
 still progressing. None have as yet made public profession of religion. 
 
 Rev. George C. Hyde, Readfield, Kennebec Co. 6 months. 
 
 Rev. Horatio Ilsley, Cherryfield, Washington Co. 2 1-2 months. 
 
 Rev. Henry C. Jewett, Winslow, Kennebec Co. 1 3-4 months. 
 
 Rev. William V, Jordan, Dixfield, Oxford Co. 1 3-4 months. 
 
 Rev. Ivory Kimball, Limington, York Co. 3 months. 
 
 The report of Mr. Kimball shews the goings of God, among the 
 people of his charge. 
 
 "The Spirit, he says, has been poured down from on high. The 
 Church has been revived, and sinners have been plucked as brands 
 from the burning. A revival of religion commenced with the first 
 of April, and has continued until the present time. It commenced 
 with successive evening prayer meetings, which issued in a protracted 
 meeting, that was intensely interesting and solemn. There was a 
 coming up to the work ot God in the Church, and the result was, 
 great anxiety among sinners, inquiring the way of salvation. Many, 
 we hope, have obeyed the requisition of the gospel ; "Believe in the 
 Lor<£ Jesus Christ." 18 have united with the church, and about as 
 many more are indulging hope. In this number are included about 
 20 young men, between the ages of 18 and 35. This church has 
 never received so many to its communion at one time, since its or- 
 ganization, as it did on the first Sabbath of this month ; neither has 
 it before ever enjoyed such signal displays of God's grace, in the con- 
 version of sinners. The change has been verv great ; for which we 
 would thank God, and take courage." 
 
 Rev. Levi Loring, Anson and Athens, Somerset Co. 12 months. 
 
 Rev. Eaton Mason, Sweden, Oxford Co. 3 months. 
 
 In a communication from Sweden, it is stated ; "The past year has 
 been a year of revival of religion among us. We hope between 30 and 
 40 have experienced a change of heart." 
 
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 Rev. Henry A. Merrill, Biddeford, York Co. 1 3-4 montl**. 
 
 Rev. Josiali G. Merrill, Washington, Lincoln Co. 2 3-4 months. 
 
 Mr. Merrill, during his mission, has been installed to the pastoral 
 care of the church in Washington. 
 
 Rev. Tobias A. Miller, Kittery, York Co. 3 months. 
 
 This church, which had long been destitute and feeble, "has been, 
 the last year, blessed with the resettlement of the ministry." 
 
 Rev. Silas McKeen, Belfast, Waldo Co. 3 months. 
 
 The following is an extract from Mr. McKeen's report, under date 
 of 19th inst. 
 
 "The first Congregational church in Belfast, during the year which 
 now terminates, has, through the great goodness of God, been revived, 
 strengthened and encouraged, by the addition of 35 memhers, most 
 of whom have but recently ohtained hope of an interest m Christ, 
 and girded on the gospel armor. These were chiefly the subjects of 
 that work of grace, which God performed among us, in the spring of 
 the last year. The converts having had time to reflect, and act de- 
 liberately, appear to be steadfast in their profession, and persevering 
 in the service of their Lord. Harmony prevails in the church ; an 
 increasing love to the house and worship of God is manifest, and the 
 prospect of the firm establishment of orthodox religion here decidedly 
 encouraging. It gives us no little satisfaction to be permitted to in- 
 form you, that this church have recently voted not merely to return 
 to your Society fervent thanks for the assistance, which you have, 
 during their weakness and sore trials, so kindly and perseveringly 
 afforded them ; but to assure yon of their intention to support hereaf- 
 ter the ordinances of religion among them, without missionary assis- 
 tance. They know not how they may succeed, but are resolved to put 
 their trust in God, and make a united and strenuous effort. 
 
 I have no doubt that, if they do it with a right spirit, they will be 
 blessed beyond their expectations ; and have the consequent happi- 
 ness of seeing other feeble churches sharing more largely in your lib- 
 eralities." 
 
 Rev. Joseph R. Munsell, Lincoln and vicinity, Penobscot Co. 6 
 months. 
 
 Mr. Munsell, in a communication under date of 31st of last month, 
 observes: "During the time of my missionary labors, I have visited 
 Burlington, and preached there on the Sabbath. They keep up soci- 
 ety meetings ; and live in the hopes of a brighter day hefore them. 
 In Septemher, 1 went up to, what is called, the Aroostic settlement. 
 It is some way this side of the river of the same name. In this place, 
 the Lord was present by the saving influences of his grace. They 
 numbered 8 or 10 hopeful conversions. The interest on the subject 
 was general ; and they came in from all the wilderness round about, 
 to hear the word ot life. 1 visited also Springfield, a town about 20 
 miles east of Lincoln. This is getting to be a promising field of 
 missionary labor, as well as the Aroostic, and probably before long, 
 Congregational churches will be organized in both these places. 
 
 I am now about leaving this extensive field of labor, having accep- 
 ted an invitation to go to East Brewer. Since I have been in the 
 ministry, I have stood on this outpost of our Zion. I think 1 have a 
 claim to be relieved. 1 do not leave, because I am tired of the labor; 
 but it is in part because I cannot endure it. My health is not equal 
 to the work. I hope a suitable man will be selected soon, and sent 
 
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 here^ for there are many hopeful appearances, and religious meet- 
 ings are full and solemn." 
 
 Mr. Munsell has, for several years past, had the pastoral charge of 
 the church at Burlington ; and has supplied, as a missionary, in vari- 
 ous places in the vicinity. As he has now left that station, there is no 
 missionary from the border line, extending a hundred miles west- 
 ward ; a region embracing an increasing population, which will re- 
 main, in a great measure, a moral waste, unless cultivated by the hand 
 ol charity. There are now 4 churches, and 2 others about to be or- 
 ganized. At Houlton, where this society has formerly had a mission- 
 ary, the church is supplied by the Chaplain of the Garrison ; the troops 
 and the citizens meeting in the same place of worship. But his la- 
 bors are necessarily restricted to the place, leaving a vast destitution 
 around. Two or three missionaries, could means be obtained, should 
 be immediately sent to occupy this interesting field, a field already 
 white to the harvest. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Ordway, Parsonsfield, York Co. 1 3-4 months. 
 
 Mr. Ordway has been ordained to the pastoral care of this church, 
 during the year, under the auspices of this society. "An interesting 
 revival of religion is now in progress." 
 
 Rev. Robert Page, Levant, Penobscot Co. 3 months. 
 
 Rev. John Perham, Industry and New Portland, Franklin Co. 3 
 months. 
 
 Mr. Perham has been ordained over these two churches, with en- 
 couraging prospects of usefulness. 
 
 Rev. Clark Perry, Standish, Cumberland Co. 3 mouths. 
 
 Rev. John Sawyer, Corinna, Bradford and Kirkland, Penobscot 
 Co. 11-2 months. 
 
 Mr. Edwin Seabury, Lincoln and Hancock Counties, 1 1-2 months. 
 
 Rev. Jotham Sewall, Harpswell, Cumberland Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Daniel Sewall, Chesterville and Fayette, Kennebec Co. 1 3-4 
 months. 
 
 Mr. William S. Sewall, Clinton, Fairfield and Brownville, 3 
 months. 
 
 Rev. Nathan W. Sheldon, Gray, Cumberland Co. 2 1-2 months. Mr. 
 Sheldon has been installed to the pastoral charge of this church. 
 
 Rev. Oren Sikes, Mercer, Somerset Co. 3 months. 
 
 Rev. Charles Soule, Norway, Oxford Co. 3 months. 
 
 "Christians have been very much refreshed and blessed ; some 
 backsliders reclaimed, and some who had a trembling hope, been 
 strengthened, and 5 have publicly professed religion ; as also some 
 few sinners hopefully converted." 
 
 Mr. Joseph W. Smith, Lincoln, Penobscot Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Stone, 2d church York, York Co. 2 3-4 months. 
 
 This ancient church, though once large and flourishing, has for 
 many years been few in numbers and feeble in strength. It is now 
 gradually increasing, and renewing its vigor. Mr. Stone, during 
 his mission, has been installed its pastor. 
 
 Rev. David Starrett, Readfield, Kennebec Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Micah W. Strickland, Mount Desert, Hancock Co. 3 months. 
 
 Rev. Hermon Stinson, Pittston and vicinity, Kennebec Co. 1 1-4 
 months. 
 
 Rev. Seth Sweetser, Gardiner, Kennebec Co. 2 months. 
 
 During the year, Mr. Sweetser has been dismissed from this church, 
 and has taken the pastoral care of a church in Worcester, Masea- 
 
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 chusetts. The church in Gardiner lias since given a call to Mr. Aaron 
 C. Adams to settle with them, to which he has given an affirmative 
 answer, and his ordination is appointed on the 10th of next month. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Talhot, Wilton, Franklin Co. 1 3-4. 
 
 Rev. Josiah Tucker, Bingham and Madison, Somerset Co. 3 
 months. 
 
 Rev. George F. Tewksbury, Albany, Oxford Co. 3 months. 
 
 This place has been favored with some sprinklings of divine grace. 
 Mr. Tewksbury remarks,in his report under date of 5th inst. "Dur- 
 ing the year past, there have been 13 added to the church, 12 by pro- 
 fession, and, 1 by letter." He adds also ; "In March last we had a 
 protracted meeting ; which issued very favorably. We are encour- 
 aged to hope there have been 10 or 12 conversions. 5 have been ex- 
 amined for admission into the church, and we expect others will be 
 soon." 
 
 Rev. David Turner, New Vineyard, Somerset Co. 1 month. 
 
 Rev. Elias Wells, Sebec, Penobscot Co. 1 1-2 months. 
 
 Rev. Calvin White, Hebron and West Minot, Cumberland Co. 1 
 month. 
 
 Rev. Luther Wiswall, Jackson and Brooks, Waldo Co. 1 3-4 
 months. 
 
 Amount of missionary labor and general results. 
 
 The Trustees have had in the employ of the Society, during the 
 year now closing, GO missionaries, (13 in advance of the number em- 
 ployed, the year preceding,) the aggregate of whose labors is about 
 14 years. 39 of these are pastors of feeble churches, whose services 
 have been restricted to the people of their charge, and the remaining 
 21 have occupied more extended fields of labor. Revivals of religion, 
 though not so numerous as in some past years, have nevertheless 
 been witnessed under the ministrations of the missionaries, in a good 
 number of the churches. These have been chiefly in the western 
 section of the State. He that walks amid the golden candlesticks, 
 and holds the stars in his right hand, has shewn the power of his 
 grace, "the lighting down of his arm." From about 20 places, the 
 reports of the missionaries give notice of special displays of grace, 
 more or less extensive ; and the number of hopeful converts is esti- 
 mated at a little more than 300. Most of these revivals, however, are 
 of so recent date, that few comparatively have as yet joined to the 
 churches. 
 
 The Trustees have made provision for the supply of the destitute, 
 in some degree, in every section of the state. Not that all have been 
 supplied ; very far from it. But with the means confided to their 
 trust, "they have done what they could." And they have feared, (so 
 multiplied and pressing have been the calls,) that they had gone be- 
 yond their means. And for the last quarter of the year, they have not 
 felt themselves justified, in increasing the liabilities of the Society, by 
 making additional appropriations. 6 of the missionaries have been 
 settled, during the year, over feeble churches, under the patronage of 
 this Society. 
 
 State of tlie finances. 
 
 During the year, there has been received a legacy of Richard Cobb 
 Esq. late of Boston, of 2500 dollars. This amount liquidated the 
 debt of the Society, contracted at the last anniversary, for the pay- 
 ment of missionaries for previous services. The usual receipts into 
 
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 the treasury have not varied materially from those of the year pre- 
 ceding, amounting to 5611 62. Though the "pressure" may, in some 
 measure, have been taken off, the remembrance of it is still retained. 
 And indeed in some places of the state it lias been felt at no time more 
 than in the year past. 
 
 The expenditures of the Society, for the year have been about 
 6000 dollars. 4009 dollars of this are still due. There is a balance 
 in the treasury, in available funds, of 1591 94 ; leaving about 2500 dol- 
 lars to be received at this meeting, in order to enable the Trustees to 
 adjust the claims of missionaries, for labors already performed ; and 
 to obey the apostolic precept: "Owe no man any thing." This a- 
 mount, it is hoped and believed, will be received during these anni- 
 versaries, in favor of this Institution. 
 
 Field of Labor. 
 
 Allusion has already been made to the northeastern section of the 
 State. Jt presents a vast extent of territory, and is fast filling up with 
 an enterprising population. The means of grace must be gratuitous- 
 ly furnished to them, or they will remain destitute. JYbiv is emphati- 
 cally the time to send them the gospel, before they forget the influ- 
 ence of Christian ordinances they have left, and become reckless in 
 their course. One need not be a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, 
 to be able to divine what aspect of moral character, a people would 
 exhibit, living without Sabbaths and without Christian ordinances ; 
 or what kind of influence they would exert upon each other, and 
 upon the rising generation. It would be evil and only evil continual- 
 ly. And these means of grace must be furnished to them by their 
 brethren more favorably situated, till they have ability and inclination 
 to sustain divine ordinances themselves. The Trustees have before 
 them an application from New Brunswick, adjoining our own ter- 
 ritory, pressing as the cry from Macedonia, for help. And though 
 it cannot be responded to, as the operations of the Society are restric- 
 ted to the State ; yet it goes to shew more hilly the importance of 
 religious establishments here, to diffuse a healthful influence on both 
 sides of the border. Or, if nothing more, they might stand as a dyke, 
 to prevent the inundation of our own land by a flood of evil influen- 
 ces from abroad. 
 
 But this is not the only destitution in the field of labor. If it were, 
 the call might he easily met. There is something of a similar char- 
 acter in every part of the State. 
 
 In Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, there are 25 Churches ; and 
 many other places where Churches might be embodied ; and yet 
 only 6 pastors. There are several stated supplies, and occasional 
 preaching afforded in various places. 16 of these churches will need 
 aid. This Society has furnished aid to the greater portion of the des- 
 titute Churches in this region, in the course of the year past ; not to 
 the amount that could have been wished ; but in some measure in 
 accordance with the limited means possessed. As there are con- 
 stantly breakings-in upon the forest, and new settlements rising up, 
 much more must be done, to give a healthy influence to the opera- 
 tions of religion ; much more aid must be "furnished, to cause the 
 means of grace, in any good measure, to keep pace with a rapidly 
 extending population. 
 
 In the counties of Somerset and Franklin, there are 23 Churches, 
 with 14 pastors. But within these limits, there are only 6 places, 
 
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 where the people wholly sustain the ordinances of religion them- 
 selves. 
 
 In the counties of Kennebec and Oxford there are 38 Churches. 
 19 of these have pastors, and 10 have stated supplies. 14 of these 
 Churches sustain the ordinances of worship, and the remaining 24 
 look for aid, if they continue to enjoy the stated means of grace. The 
 late revivals of religion, however, in the county of Oxford, will 
 give some additional strength to their establishments. 
 
 In the 6 remaining counties, stretching along 300 miles of sea- 
 coast, being of an earlier date, are better supplied with the means of 
 grace. But even here, there are many feeble churches, that must 
 be aided, if they continue to live and flourish ; as also many waste 
 places to be built up, and some of them "desolations of many genera- 
 tions." 
 
 [t may be thought, perhaps, if the calls are so multiplied, and the 
 regions of destitution so vast, in the lengthof them, and in the breadth 
 of them, little or nothing can as yet have been done. There have been 
 the operations of many years, and much wealth, and care and labor 
 have been expended ; but where are the results ? The calls, instead 
 of diminishing, annually increasing. Much has already been done. 
 Not only has aid been afforded to the destitute, in successive years, 
 extending the restraining and salutary influence of the gospel into ev- 
 ery section of the State ; but two thirds of all the churches, that now 
 enjoy the stated means of grace, (and they are more than 130) have 
 been aided in securing these blessings, by the charities of the Chris- 
 tian public through the instrumentality of this Institution. How 
 different would have been the aspect of this day, on this "holy con- 
 vocation," had all these churches been left to struggle with their dif- 
 ficulties single handed, and many of them to languish and die ! 
 
 And still it is true, alas ! too true, that much, very much land yet 
 remains to be possessed. The calls for aid will wax louder and 
 still louder, till the work is accomplished. The means this society 
 possesses are all together too limited, to supply these extended wants. 
 Its resources should be doubled. Nothing short of this could, in 
 any adequate measure, meet the exigency. And if the wants were 
 pondered, reflected upon, prayed over, brought home to the conscience 
 and the heart, and their importance realized, it is confidently believ- 
 ed, this would be the case. Many would come up to the help of 
 the Lord against the mighty. They would cheerfully respond to 
 that declaration of the Most High ; The silver and the gold are 
 mine ; and it would be cast into the treasury of the Lord. Then, with 
 the blessing of God, the gospel would be preached in every place, 
 within our borders, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; 
 and we might hail with gratitude the fulfilment of the declaration of 
 the evangelical prophet ; "The wilderness and the solitary place shall 
 be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." 
 
 The Trustees, in conclusion, would commend the cause anew, to 
 the friends of the Redeemer, who have hitherto by their charities 
 sustained its operations, and who have not yet become weary in well 
 doing ; earnestly entreating the continuance and increase of their 
 alms and prayers and efforts. And especially would they commend 
 it to that God whose cause it is, with devout thanksgivings, that he has 
 hitherto vouchsafed his fostering care, and crowned their labors with 
 success. 
 
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RECEIPTS. 
 
 Thk Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums from June 
 25, 1838,, to June 24, 1839, viz : 
 
 Many— "A Friend," 1 00 
 
 " Aaron Cummings an 1838 2 00 
 " Mrs. Aaron Cummings " 2 00 
 » Ephraim Flint, " 2 00 
 
 ■" Aaron Cummings an 1839 2 00 
 " Mrs. Susan Cummings " 2 00 
 all by Rev. A. Cummings. 
 Alna — Cont in Rev. E. Merrill's 
 
 soc. 5 00 
 
 « Stephen Coker an 1838 2 00 
 " Mary A. Nelson do 2 00 
 " Rev. E. Merrill, dona. 2 00 
 » Mrs. II. A. Merrill, do 2 00 
 " Children of Rev. E. Merrill 1 00 
 five last s urns to const, in 
 part Benj.H. Merrill L. M. 
 " Paul Pearson to complete 
 
 hisL.M. 10 00 
 
 " Juvenile Soc. 1 73 
 
 " Miss Laura Stebbcns an 
 
 1838, 2 00 
 
 Andover — Church contributed at 
 
 Monthly Concert, 2 00 
 
 " Ezekiel Merrill 1 00 
 
 " Sam'l Poor and wife, 1 00 
 
 " Moses Merrill 50 
 
 by W. Goodenow. 
 
 Albion — Cont in Cong. Soc. by 
 
 Rev. Mr. Wilkins 2 90 
 
 Alfred Miss. Soc. Mrs. S. A. 
 
 Goodenow, Tr. by Rev. 
 Mr. Fisk, 16 80 
 
 Anson— Sub of Individuals 9724 
 
 cont in ch. & soc. 2 76 100 00 
 Athens — Subscriptions of indi- 
 viduals ' 100 DO 
 Augusta — Win. A. Brooks to 
 
 constitute himself L. M. 20 00 
 " James L. Child, $16 00, 
 to complete life mem- 
 bership of Daniel C. 
 Child and $4, towards 
 L. M. of Hannah Swan 
 Child, 20 0( 
 
 " Sewing Circle to const 
 Miss Susan Stanwood 
 a life member 20 00 
 
 Bath 
 
 Mrs. Tappan to complete 
 L. M. of Hannah W. 
 Tappan 10 00 
 
 A.Redington,jr. an 1838 2 00 
 John Means ' do 2 00 
 
 Levi Page, jr. do 2 00 
 
 Jonas G. Holcomb do 2 00 
 Larkin M. Leland do 2 00 
 Joseph E. Ladd do 2 00 
 
 Mark Nason do 2 00 
 
 John T. Gilpatrick do 2 00 
 George Griffin do 2 00 
 
 J. J.Kilburn do 2 00 
 
 Thomas Little do 2 00 
 
 Miss HannahTappan do 2 00 
 Henry Sewall, dona 10 25 
 
 Three other individuals 14 00 
 Ladies Association 50 00 
 
 Church includingMonth- 
 ly Concert coll. for 6 
 months 68 55 
 
 T. W. Smith, an 1838, 
 
 by Rev. Mr. Tappan 2 00 
 Monthly Concert 20 00 
 
 — Green Richardson, to 
 const, his wife Mrs. 
 Hannah T. Richard- 
 son, a life member 20 00 
 same, an 1838 2 00 
 
 Cont. in Rev. Mr. Elling- 
 wood's soc. $50 of 
 which by Mrs. Rich- 
 ardson to const Fred. 
 L. Richardson & John 
 G. Richardson 1. mem- 
 bers 69 62 
 Ammi R. Mitchell bal. 
 to constitute his wife a 
 life member 10 00 
 David Sewall an 1838 2 00 
 Eben Arnold do 2 00 
 Benj. Robinson do 2 00 
 Hartley Gove do 2 00 
 Henry Hyde do 2 00 
 Wm.'Donnell do 2 00 
 Richard Nutter do 2 00 
 Thomas Agry do 2 00 
 
35 
 
 " Daniel Larrabee do 
 " VVm. B. Trufant do 
 " John Masters do 
 
 « Thomas Harwood do 
 " Tileslon Cusliing do 
 " Jona. Hyde do 
 
 " Gilbert Trufant do 
 « John Stockbridge do 
 « Charles Sewall do 
 « David C. Magoun do 
 " S. G. Stinson do 
 
 " J.F.Trott part of do 
 " Wm. Richardson do 
 « T. C. Jackson ent. 
 " Charles Clapp, jr. in part 
 to const himself a L. 
 JVI. by D. C. Magoun 
 « Levi Houghton an 1838 
 " Gershom Hyde do 
 " Wm. M. Rogers do 
 » John Bovcy do 
 
 " Otis Kimball do 
 
 » Warren Houghton do 
 » Collection in Rev. Mr. 
 Palmer's soc. by hand 
 of Rev. Ray Palmer 
 « Female Missionary As- 
 sociation 3d ch. and 
 cong. by Rev. R. Pal- 
 mer 
 
 '« Adam Lcmont to const, 
 himself a life member 
 « Ebenezer Arnold 
 " Freeman Clark to const, 
 himself and his wife, 
 Frances L. Clark, life 
 members 
 « Female Cent Soc. Mrs. 
 
 Ellingwood, Tr. 
 " Wm. Donnell, to const. 
 his wife Mrs. Harriet 
 Donnell a L. M. by 
 Rev. J. W. Ellingwood 
 » Zabdiel Hyde to const. 
 Wm. Henry Hyde of 
 Portland a L. M. 
 Brookfidd, (Ms.)— Miss Persis 
 Howe, to const. Mrs. 
 Ann Waterhouse of 
 Portland a L. M. 
 Bucksport—Wm. Thurston an 
 1839 by Rev. A. Cum- 
 in ings 
 « From Ladies by E. F. 
 Duren, Tr. 
 Bangor — To bo added to cont. 
 in Rev. Mr. Pomroy's 
 cong. 
 Mrs. Win Bruce, 
 
 15 50 
 
 25 50 
 
 Win. Thurston, an 1838 2 00 
 E F. Duren, " 2 °° 
 
 H. Wilder, dona. 100 
 
 by hand ofE.F. Duren, 
 Tr. Penobscot Aux. So. 
 Cont. in Hammond St. 
 church, $20 of which 
 sub. of Prof. Shepard to 
 const. Geo. H. Shepard 
 a life member and $20 
 from John McDonald to 
 const, himself a L. M. 147 00 
 Cont. in Rev. Mr. Pom- 
 roy's church and soc. by 
 Rev. Mr. Pomroy 137 02 
 
 To be added to cont. in 
 first Cong. soc. by Rev. 
 Mr. Pomroy 
 James Crosby to const, 
 widow Hannah Crosby 
 and Eliashib Adams life 
 members 
 Mrs. Ordway 
 " Haskell 
 Mark Webster 
 Bethel — Cont. in Rev. Mr. 
 
 Frost's soc. by his hand 10 7o 
 50 
 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 25 
 
 50 
 
 Biddeford— Miss Betsey Hill 
 Belfast— Mrs. Sarah Houston 
 » Cont. in Rev. Mr. Mc- 
 
 Keen's soc. 
 " Samuel Butman 
 
 John Gilman an 1838 
 Henry Davidson do 
 Bailey Pierce do 
 John McKinley do 
 Luther Gannett do 
 Baldwin— Ephraim Flint by 
 Rev. Mr. Gooch 
 From Dea. Richardson's 
 family 
 Bristol— Anonymous "Surplus 
 money" in a letter to 
 Rev. A. Cummings 
 W. Chamberlain an 1838 
 Cont. at Bristol Mills 
 Sewall Pearson's an 1838 
 James G. Huston's do 
 Jos. T. Huston's do 
 20 00 " Thomas Woodward do 
 « Tho's Chamberlain do 
 by Rev. Mr. Kendrick. 
 Brqionvillc — Cont. in Cong, 
 soc. 
 (II) " Female Miss. soc. 
 
 " Female so. by Mrs. Wm. 
 Lord . 
 00 Brunswick— Mrs. Jane Hacke' 
 UU Mrs Nelson 
 
 mi 
 
 III! 
 
 2 00 
 
 30 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 Of) 
 
 3 00 
 
 8 00 
 2 00 
 11 45 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 
 111 39 
 
 2 41 
 
 62 
 1 00 
 
 3 00 
 
;j(> 
 
 " C. Eaton 
 " Mrs. Marsh 
 " Henry Pennell 
 " Ann Junes 
 " H. Dunning 
 " E. Harvey 
 " Dr. Page 
 " John S. Crosby 
 
 by Rov. Geo. E. Adams. 
 " From a Son to const. 
 Benjamin Woodman 
 of Burlington, (Me.) 
 a life member by Rev. 
 A. Cummings 
 " David Dunlap 1 
 
 " Professor Packard 
 " Rev. Wm. Alien 
 Bridirton — Cont. in Rev. Mr. 
 
 Page's soc. 
 Bremen — People in Cong. soo. 
 to const. James Carru- 
 thers u life member 
 " People in Cong, hoc 
 Buxton — Cont. at York Co. 
 Conf. at Buxton in June 
 " Rev. B&nj. Rice to const 
 his son Win. W. Rice a 
 life member 
 " Asa Brown 
 11 Josiah Jo.as 
 " Stephen Adams 
 " James Emery 
 " Female Gent soc. Mrs. 
 Lucy W. Rice, Tr. to 
 const, in part Zenas 
 Paine of Buxton, a life 
 member by Rev. B. Rice 
 " James Emery 
 " Female cont. to complete 
 L. M. of Mr. Z. Paine, 
 by Mrs. Rice 
 " Josiah Foss 
 Brownjicld — Samuel Stickney 
 
 an 1837 and 1838 
 Cornish — "From a Friend of 
 Missions" by Royal Lin- 
 coln 
 Castine — Trinitarian Soc. 
 " Mrs. Samuel Adams to 
 const. Rev. B. B. Bcck- 
 with a life member 
 Corinna — Mrs. Nutter by E. F. 
 
 Duren, Tr. &c. 
 Chesterville — Jos. French an 
 1838, by Rev. J. Sevvall 
 " Cont. in Cong. soc. 
 Camden — Cont. in Rev. N 
 Chapman's soc. 
 " A friend in Camden 
 
 1 00 
 I 00 
 
 1 00 
 50 
 50 
 50 
 
 2 00 
 50 
 
 30 00 
 
 00 00 
 
 5.00 
 
 50 00 
 
 11 25 
 
 20 00 
 18 00 
 
 17 09 
 
 20 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 50 
 
 16 00 
 5 00 
 
 4 00 
 2 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 5 00 
 20 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 50 
 
 •i 00 
 9 11 
 
 23 08 
 r. oo 
 
 23 oo 
 2 00 
 1 50 
 1 00 
 
 23 41 
 
 5 00 
 
 4 50 
 
 2 00 
 1 00 
 
 Female Miss. soc. Mrs. 
 Huldah llobbs, Tr. 
 Jos. Jones, an 1838 
 Jonah Howe 
 Juven. soc. Betsey Start 
 Calais — Cont. by Rev. Mr. 
 
 Crossett 
 Cape Elizabeth— Mrs. E. II. 
 Webster by Rev. A. 
 Cummings 
 Cumberland — Female Miss. so. 11 25 
 Cont. in Rev. Mr. Wes- 
 ton's soc. 
 
 Nicholas Ridcout, jr. an 
 1838 
 Rev. J. Weston 
 Dcnnysrillc — Cont. by Rev. 
 
 Mr. Crossett 30 59 
 
 Dresden — Dea. Woodman by 
 
 Rev. E. Gillett 50 
 
 Denmark— llev . James Gooch 
 
 dona 2 00 
 
 Mrs. Mary C. Gooch, ent 1 00 
 do do do an 1838 2 00 
 Cont in Rev. Mr.Gooch's 
 soc. 
 Dixficld — Cont. in church by 
 Rev. Mr. Jordan 
 Mrs. Sarah B. Eustis 
 Dixmont — Mrs. Frederick A. 
 
 Butman an 1838 
 Deer Isle — Female Cent soc. 
 Mrs. H. P. C. Haskell, 
 Treas. 
 East Brewer — Cong, church by 
 
 E. F. Duren, Tr. &c 
 Ellsworth — From Rev. Mr. 
 Tenney's soc. by hand 
 of Rev. Horatio Islcy 
 Miss Rebecca Fickey 
 Ladies Circle of Industry 15 00 
 Cont. in Cong. soc. by 
 E. F. Duren, Tr. of Pe- 
 nobscot Co. Aux'y so. 
 Eliot — Female Benevolent so. 
 
 by Rev. Mr. Bacon 
 Eastbrook— Mrs. Charlotte Par- 
 sons by Rev. A. Cum- 
 mings 
 Eastport— Cont. at Monthly 
 Concert and donations, 
 Central Cong. soc. by 
 hand of G. A. Peabody 30 00 
 " Central Cong. so. month- 
 ly conceit by Geo. A 
 Peabody 
 Foxcroft — Cong. eh. by E. F 
 
 Duren, Tr. &c. 
 Falmouth — Female Miss, soc 
 
 5 00 
 
 9 50 
 5 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 20 00 
 7 79 
 
 10 50 
 1 00 
 
 10 50 
 10 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 35 00 
 
 4 7J 
 
:H 
 
 iMids Betsey Morrill, Tr. 10 00 
 Second church and soc. 
 to const. Mrs. Lydia Ste- 
 vens a member for life, 
 by Rev. Joseph Stevens 20 14 
 Fairfield — iBaac Somes, dona 
 
 by Rev. Thomas Adams 8 00 
 Farmington — Female Miss. soc. 
 Mrs. E. F. Rogers, Tr. 
 to const. Mrs. Abigail S. 
 Green, a life member 
 " Rev. Mr. Rogers to com- 
 plete L. M. of Isaac R. 
 Adams 
 " Cont. in Rev. Mr. Rog- 
 ers's soc. by Rev. Mr. 
 Rogers 
 " Jacob Abbot, $20 of 
 which to constitute Mrs. 
 Sarah Dummer of Hal- 
 lowell, a life member 
 Fryeburg — Sewing Circle, Mrs 
 Anne K. Barrows, Tr. 
 to const, widow Eliza- 
 beth Hurd, a life mem- 
 ber 
 » Jos. Colby in part to 
 const. Mrs. Catharine 
 Walker a lifo member 
 " Cont. in Rev. Mr. Ilurd's 
 soc. 
 Gorkam — Benevolent Society 
 by Rev. T. Pomcroy 
 " Young Ladies Sewing 
 Circle by same 
 Gouldsborou<rli— Mrs. Maria 
 Bucknam by Rev. A. 
 Cummings 1 00 
 
 Gardiner — Cont. in Cong. soc. 14 41 
 
 20 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 8 84 
 
 25 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 42 75 
 18 00 
 
 15 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 
 20 00 
 2 00 
 
 17 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 
 95 00 
 
 6 06 
 
 By 
 
 by 
 By 
 
 by 
 
 Monthly Concert 
 '• Female Miss. soc. 
 Rev. S. Sweetser 
 Gray— .Cont. in Cong, soc 
 
 N. W. Sheldon 
 Harrison — Cong, church, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Searle, 
 Hampden — Cong, church, 
 E. F. Duren, Tr. &c. 
 " Willard Wheeler by do. 10 00 
 " Wm. Babcock by do. 10 00 
 " Jacob Curtis, Jr. do 
 The three last sums 
 to be appropriated to the 
 Ministerial support of the 
 Rev. Robert Page, Le- 
 vant Me. 
 ■• Benjamin Crosby to aid 
 
 10 53 
 5 37 
 
 86 
 
 11 50 
 
 10 00. 
 
 in support of Rev. J. R 
 Munsell Missionary at — 
 Lincoln ^ "»' 
 
 Hallo veil— Ladies Miss. Ass. 
 Miss Harriet Page, Tr. 
 " Benj. Pago an. 1838 
 " Miss Harriet Page do 
 •« Miss Julia Ann Page do 
 " Cont. in Female prayer 
 meeting, to const. Mrs. 
 Mary Caroline Thurston 
 a life member 
 " Eben Dole an 1838 
 " Monthly Concert collec- 
 tions 
 " A. Alden an 1838 
 «« Win. Stickaey do 
 " E. Bond do 
 
 " Cont. in Cong. soc. 
 " Mrs. Elizabeth Leach, to 
 complete L. M. of Mrs. 
 Elizabeth F. Shepard 
 " Wm. Stickaey to const, 
 his mother Mrs. Dorothy 
 L. Stickney a life mem- 
 ber 
 " Mrs. Hannah Dole, to 
 const, herself a life mem- 
 ber 
 " Mrs. Sophia E. Bond to 
 const. Geo. Shepard, 
 son of R. G. Lincoln a 
 life member 
 " Rev. E. Gillet, sub. in 
 part to const, his daugh- 
 ter Grace H. Gillet a life 
 member 
 " James Gow an 1838, 
 by Rev. E. Gillet 
 Harps-wall — From a friend to 
 Missionary effort, by 
 Rev. Jotham Sewall 
 Jos. Eaton, an 1838 
 Industry— Cont. by hand of 
 
 Rev. I. Rogers 
 Kenncbunk-Port—F'usl Parish 
 contributed by three In- 
 dividuals by Rev. Silas 
 Baker 
 Lebanon — John Moody jr. an. 
 1S38 
 " Cont. in Rev. Mr. Lor- 
 ing's soc. 
 Limerick— Rev. C. Freeman 
 " Mrs. C. Freeman 
 " Samuel Mai tin 
 " Wm. Swazey 
 
 5 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 5 50 
 
 11 00 
 2 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 4 00 
 1 00 
 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 
38 
 
 ••' John A. Won ill 
 
 " Mrs. Mary Morrill 
 
 " Ebon Adams 
 
 " Simeon Barker 
 
 " Other subscriptions 
 
 «« Cont. in Rev. Mr. Free- 
 man's soc. 
 
 " Rev. C. Freeman 
 
 " Samuel Martin 
 
 " John A. Morrill 
 
 " Eben Adams 
 
 " Mrs. S. A. Freeman 
 
 '« Other Sums 
 
 " Cont. in Cong. Soc. 
 [.(rant — Church dona 
 
 " Church, to be added to 
 cont. 
 Limington — Cont. in Cong. so. 
 
 " Female Retrenchment so. 
 Litchfield — Thomas Smith an 
 1838 
 
 " Isaac Smith do. 
 
 " Zachariah Smith do. 
 
 " Female Cent soc. 
 
 " Cont. by Rev. Timothy 
 Davis 
 fjtibec — Rev. Isaac Carlton to 
 const himself a L. M. 
 
 " Cont. in Rev. I. Carlton's 
 soc. by hand of Rev. 
 Mr. Carlton, 
 Madison — Subscriptions of In- 
 dividuals 
 
 " Cont. in Cong, soc 
 
 " Benj. Weston, an 1838 
 Minot — David Green an. 1339 
 by Rev. A. Curnmings 
 
 " Female Aux'y soc. 
 
 " Collection in Rev. Mr. 
 Jones's soc. by Rev. E- 
 lijah Jones 
 
 " Daniel Freeman an 1838 
 
 " J. Allen do 
 
 " S. Pool do 
 
 " A. Packard do 
 
 " Mrs. E. Jones do 
 
 " D. Freeman do 
 
 " Win. Ladd 
 Miscellaneous — In part to const 
 an individual a life mem- 
 ber from W. 
 
 " From another individual 
 by hand of Rev. Mr. 
 Searle 
 
 Cumberland Conf. chs. 
 coll'd at meeting in 
 Freeport 
 
 4 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 06 
 
 1 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 7 62 
 
 4 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 7 50 
 
 9 90 
 
 10 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 1 50 
 
 4 25 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 6 42 
 
 3 58 
 
 20 00 
 
 7 10 
 
 53 09 
 
 3 50 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 3 65 
 2 50 
 
 25 
 
 a oo 
 10 oo 
 
 8 50 
 5 00 
 
 7 50 
 
 13 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 15 00 
 
 5 60 
 
 75 
 
 54 37 
 
 Rec'd interest on $300 
 bequeathed by lateBrycc 
 McLellan from Oct. 25, 
 1838, to Jan. 7, 1839 
 
 Interest on money loaned 
 
 To be added to coll. at 
 Climb. Conf. Chs. Free- 
 port by Rev. W. B. Ad- 
 ams 
 
 Int. on money loaned 
 
 Somerset Co. Conf. 
 
 Cont. in Rev. Mr. Un- 
 derwood's soc 
 
 A mariner, dona 
 
 Legacy of Bryce McLel- 
 lan, late of Bloomfield, 
 deceased, by his Execu- 
 tor, Brooks Dascomb, 
 the Interest of ichich 
 only to be used 300 00 
 
 Lincoln Co. Conf. of chs. 19 50 
 
 York Co. Conf. of chs. 14 19 
 
 York Co. Conf. of chs. 
 by Rev. Ivory Kimball 20 31 
 
 Dividend on 15 shares in 
 Casco Bank 
 
 Dividend on 7 shares in 
 Manufacturers' and Tra- 
 ders Bank 
 
 Cumb. Conf. of chs. cont 
 at Minot, by Charles G. 
 Downes 
 
 Oxford Conf. chs. by 
 Wm. Goodnow 
 
 Legacy from Executors 
 of late Richard Cobb of 
 Boston 2500 00 
 
 Machias — Female Miss'y soc. 20 75 
 
 Rev. S. D. Ward by Rev. 
 A. Curnmings 
 Mount Desert — Ladies in Rev. 
 M. W. Strickland's soc. 
 by his hand 
 Milo — Mrs. Priscilla Lee, by 
 Rev. Dr. Tond 
 do. 
 Monmouth — N. Pierce, by Rev. 
 
 Mr. Thurston 
 North Bridgton — Cong. ch. by 
 
 Rev. Mr. Searle 
 
 Rev. Jos. Searle 
 Mrs. Searle 
 North Augusta — Cont. 
 
 Female Miss'y soc 
 
 Rev. E. Gillett 
 Newfield — Cont. in Cong 
 
 and soc. by Rev. 
 
 15 00 
 
 21 00 
 
 19 65 
 
 47 50 
 
 3 00 
 
 12 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 
 4 83 
 
 
 4 00 
 
 
 3 00 
 
 
 2 62 
 
 by 
 
 
 
 6 19 
 
 ch. 
 
 
 Mr. 
 
 
39 
 
 mi 
 
 18 54 
 
 10 00 
 
 Smith in part to const. 
 Tim'y Symmea a L. M. 
 Worth Yarmouth-Id parish, 
 Domestic Female Miss. 
 80C. Mrs. Caleb Ho- 
 bart, Tr. 
 « Cont. in Rev. Mr. Ho- 
 
 hart's soc 
 " Wm. Sweetsir an 183S 
 First Church and Society. 
 " Sylvanus Blanchard, in 
 part to const. Mrs. Han- 
 nah Prince a L. M. 
 " Jacob G. Loring in part 
 to const his wife Mrs 
 
 Des.ah Loring a L. M. iu J Ladi eg in Cong, soc 
 
 « Wm. Chandler Ko „ Charles 
 
 » Wm. R- Hunter 
 " Friend 
 
 « Jeremiah Mitchell 
 << Tristram G. Cleaves 
 " Daniel Mitchell 
 « T. G. Mitchell 
 " Ezekiel Merrill 
 
 « David Pratt 2d 1 JJI ^prfMr! W. B. Has- 
 
 » Matthias Allen *" *, a Lice ntiate, by 
 
 « Jos. Chandler, jr. '» «« A c M , foxcroft, 
 
 « David Seabury to com- »» 
 
 ptatehtoUfemamlMnliip 10 •Jl^ — B^w- Mr. Hulin 
 " Paul Prince, jr. 
 
 10 00 
 
 . I » I I 
 
 member 
 
 Second Parish, Female 
 
 Domestic Miss'y *oe. 
 
 Mrs. Hobart, Tr. >«' - ,J 
 
 Cont. in 2d Parish by 
 
 Rev. Mr. Hobart, ' » 
 
 First Parish Female Cent 
 
 soc. Mrs. Shepley, Tr. 
 
 by hand of Rev. Mr. 
 
 jYctt-Castfc_-Cont.HiRev.Mr. 
 
 Sewall's soc. 
 Washington Dodge an 
 1888 
 
 Rev. Mr. Sewall bal. of 
 sub 
 
 3 00 
 1 00 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 5 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 2 00 
 1 00 
 5 00 
 1 00 
 
 3 001 
 10 00 
 
 t. Rev. Charles 
 Soule and wife life mem- 
 
 40 0<) 
 hers , . 
 
 Avails of a gold necklace 
 by Wm. E. Goodenow 
 Mw Gloucester— Sewing Cir- 
 cle, Lower Village, to 
 complete life member- 
 
 3 65 
 
 10 00 
 
 Samuel Mason 
 
 Thomas Chase, jr. in part 
 
 to const, his wife Mrs. 
 
 Sarah Chase, a L. M. 
 Samuel Sweetsir 
 
 do do an 183b 
 
 Enos Chandler in part to 
 
 const, himself a L. M. 
 
 Reuben Chandler 
 
 Donation 
 
 R. L. Storer 
 
 Thomas J. Brown 
 
 Jere. Mitchell, 2d 
 
 Allen H. Weld 
 i Eleazer Burbank 
 
 < Jacob Mitchell 
 
 < Fred. A. Pomroy 
 
 « Rev. David Shepley 
 
 « John Cutter, jr. 
 
 ■•* John Cutter 
 
 « do an 1838 
 
 " Cont. in church and soc. 
 
 « Newell Soc. by Rev. Mr. 
 
 Shepley 
 « First Parish, from Juve- 
 nile Soc. in part to const 
 Miss Anna Baker a life 
 
 1 00' 
 
 10 00 
 5 00 
 2 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 /(//( *•»** - - - 
 
 sub. by Rev. Mr. Cum- 
 
 mings 
 Cx f or d— J. Tewksbury dona 
 
 by hand of Rev. Asa 
 
 Cummings 
 Monthly Concert 
 Cont. in Cong. soc. by 
 
 Rev. Mr. Chute 
 
 1 00 
 
 5 00 
 5 67 
 
 6 33 
 
 1 00 \Otisfield- Individuals in Rev. 
 J. P. R.ichardson's soc. 
 to complete life member- 
 ship of Elias Hancock 
 Silas Blake an. 1838 
 To be added to cont. in 
 Cong. soc. 
 2 00 \0ld 2W-Mrs. N. Bates by 
 
 13 00 
 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 oo 
 
 2 00 
 
 26 00 
 
 Rev. Mr. Lovejoy 
 Rev. Mr. Lovejoy an 88 
 Orcno— (Stillwater) cont. in 
 
 Rev. Mr. Parker's soc. 
 
 by his hand 16 80 
 
 Orland— Mrs. Sarah T. Buck 
 
 an. 1837 and 1838 by 
 
 Rev. D. Thurston 4 00 
 
 Pittsfon— Female Sewing Cir- 
 
 cle by Miss Cutts 10 00 
 
 {Poland— Cont. in Rev. Mr. 
 
40 
 
 Williams's soc. 3 20 
 
 Eliza S. Williams half of 
 her share of Surplus 
 Money by hand of Kev 
 
 Thos. Williams 1 0i 
 
 Phipsbiirg — From individuals 
 
 by Hev. J. Boynton 3 00 
 
 " Mark L. Hill air. 1838 2 00 
 
 " Cont. in Cong. soc. 1G 50 
 
 Pt rry — Monthly Concert 8 51 
 
 «' Donations 2 00 
 
 Palmyra — Cont. in Cong. ch. 
 
 and soc. by Rev. Mr. 
 
 Douglass 2 12 
 
 < ; Nath. Tenneyan 1838 2 00 
 Pa ssa d it til; rag — M rs . A n n Law- 
 ton 2 0( 
 Prospect — Female Miss. Asso. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah B. Leach, 
 
 Treas. 33 75 
 
 ■" Subscriptions in Rev. Mr. 
 
 Thurston's soc. by Rev. 
 
 Mr. Thurston 66 25 
 
 Phillips— Cont. in Cong. soc. 3 74 
 " Female Miss. Soc. Mrs 
 
 S. C. Fargo, Treas. 2 00 
 
 Portland— Asa H. Cutter 3 00 
 
 " J. B. Osgood an 1839 2 00 
 
 " Mrs. J. B. Osgood an '39 2 00 
 
 " Mrs. Martha F. Trask by 
 
 Wm. Swan 100 00 
 
 " Henry Jackson an 1839 2 00 
 " E. Steele an 1838 & '39 4 00 
 " E. C. Stevens an do 2 00 
 " C. G. Downes an do 2 00 
 " John Chute an do 2 00 
 " N. Cross an do 2 00 
 
 " Edward Howe an do 2 00 
 " James Todd an do 2 00 
 •« Oliver Everett an do 2 00 
 " Jos. Adams an 1838 
 
 and 1839 4 00 
 
 " Alfred Merrill dona 2 50 
 
 " To be added to coll. in 
 
 3d Cong. soc. (T. B.) 2 50 
 " Female Miss'y Soc. Mrs. 
 
 Elizabeth Greely, Treas. 
 
 to constitute Rev. Jona. 
 
 B. Condit and his wife 
 
 life members 68 25 
 
 ** Missionary Sewing Circle 
 
 Miss Eliza Merrill, Sec. 
 
 pro tern, to be applied to 
 
 benefit the Cong. ch. in 
 
 Albany, Oxford Co. 93 02 
 
 " Sam'l C. Shapleigh bal. 
 
 of sub. 2 50 
 
 Amelia Cutter by Rev A 
 Cummings 50 
 
 Arternas Carter 5 00 
 
 N. Cram an 1838 2 00 
 Ezekiel Day do 2 00 
 
 John Chute do 2 00 
 
 Jos. M. Gerrish do 2 00 
 
 Oliver Everett an 1837 
 and 1838 4 00 
 
 Thomas Forsaith an 1837 2 00 
 E. C. Stevens an 1838 2 00 
 C. G. Downes do 2 00 
 
 Edward Oxnard an ]836, 
 '37, & '38 6 00 
 
 Female Cent soc. in 3d 
 Cong. Soc. by Mrs. Chs. 
 M. Davis, Tr. 9 04 
 
 Nathaniel Blake an 1837 
 & '38 4 00 
 
 Wm. Lord an 1838 2 00 
 
 Curtis Meservey do 2 
 
 Miss Penelope Martin don 3 
 Miss Eliza Martin 6 
 
 James Todd an 1837 & 
 1838 4 
 
 James M. Dodge dona 5 
 Paul E. Merrill an 183S 2 
 Jeremiah Stevens do 2 
 Gabriel Mark 1 OR 
 
 "From a Friend," 10 
 
 Wm. C.Mitchell an 1839 2 
 Female Miss. Sewing Cir- 
 cle Miss Caroline E. 
 Merrill, Treas. to const. 
 Rev. J. B. Condit, 3d 
 time, Mrs. Condit 2d 
 time and Mrs. Wood- 
 hull life members 100 
 Cont. in 2d Parish by E. 
 Wyer 85 14 
 H. Southgate an 1837 
 1838 and '39 6 
 Ladies Sewing Circle in 
 3d Cong. Soc. Miss Deb- 
 orah Gordon, Treas. to 
 const. Mrs. Sam'l Clark, 
 Mrs. J. B. Osgood, Mrs. 
 Thomas Stevens, Miss 
 Lucy Noyes and Miss 
 M. Delano life members 100 
 Cont. in 3d Cong. Soc. 
 by John Chute 70 54 
 Miss A. D. Hall to be ad- 
 ded to cont. 1 
 To be added to coll. by 
 J. Libbey 3 50 
 $10 of which sums is in 
 
1! 
 
 50 
 
 2 31 
 
 part to const Edward 
 Gould a L. M. 
 " High St. soc subs, and 
 conU. by J. B. Gardner 143 
 
 « Female Miss. So. Mrs.E. 
 
 Greeley, Tr. 61 81 
 
 Robbinston— From subscribers 
 
 by hand of J. M. Balkam 5 
 Rradjield— Mrs. Margaret Page 
 towards her life mem- 
 bership by Dr. Gillett 1 
 « Mrs. Margaret Page in 
 part to const herself L.M. 2 
 Raymond— A Lady by Rev. 
 
 Thomas Williams 1 
 
 Sanford— John Frost, 2d 
 St. Mbans— "From a young 
 man," 
 « Cont. in Rev. Mr. Doug- 
 lass's soc 
 Standish— Cont. in Cong, soc 
 Rev. Mr. Perry, Pastor 
 " Rev. Mr. Perry an 1838 
 Sumner— Increase Robinson 
 
 " Individuals 
 Strong — Female Miss, soc Mrs. 
 " May, Treas. 
 « Cont in Rev. Mr.May's so 6 64' 
 South Pans— Leonard ShurtlerT 
 
 by Alfred Merrill 
 South Berwick— Her. Andrew 
 
 Rankin sub 
 Saco— S. L. Goodale to const 
 his wife, Mrs. P. A. 
 Goodale, a L. M. by 
 Rev. A. Cummings 
 " Benevolent soc of first ch 
 and parish to const Jo- 
 seph M. Hayes, James 
 S. Rumery and James 
 Sawyer life members 
 " Cont. after annual Ser- 
 mon $20 of which was 
 from Miss Maria P. 
 Griffith of Portland to 
 const Rev. J. B. Condit 
 of Portland a L.M. 141 
 to be added to cont Miss 
 H 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 12 
 
 11 40 
 
 P. 
 
 10 50 
 
 20 
 
 63 6 
 
 From Mrs. Lord of Ken- 
 
 nebunk port to be added 
 
 to cont 
 To be added to cont after 
 
 sermon 
 Avails of a gold ring to 
 
 be added to cont after 
 
 sermon 
 
 6 
 
 in 
 
 " Jona. King an 1839 2 
 
 " Benevolent Soc. of first 
 parish by S. L. Goodale 55 
 Scarboro'— Mrs. Seth Storer an 
 
 1838 
 ■•« do do don 
 
 " Cont in Rev. Mr. Jame- 
 son's soc 
 " Cont. in do. by Rev. Mr. 
 
 Jameson 
 " Rev. Mr. Jameson an 
 1839 
 Turner— John Turner, dona. 
 by Alfred Merrill 
 " Cont. in Rev. Mr. Gree- 
 
 ly's Soc. 
 " Luther Cary an 1838 by 
 | Rev. Mr. Greely 
 
 •< Cong. ch. cont. by W. 
 Goodenow 
 Topsham — Cont. in Cong. So. 
 [Temple — Female Aux'y Miss. 
 Soc. Mrs. Eliza Scales, 
 Tr. in part to const. Jo- 
 seph H. Conanta L. M. 
 Thomaston— Mrs.Daniel Vaug- 
 han dona by Rev. A. 
 Cummings 
 " Female Miss. Soc. Mrs. 
 
 H. L. Prince, Tr. 
 " J. S. Abbot to const. Ja- 
 cob Abbot of Farming- 
 ton a L. M. 
 Hezekiah Prince dona 
 J. H. Rivers 
 David Kellogg 
 William Cole 
 Geo. Robinson 
 J. Elliot, jr. 
 J. M. Gates 
 John Holmes 
 R. Woodhull 
 Female Miss. Soc. Mrs. 
 H. Prince, TV. 
 Cont. in Cong. Soc. 
 East Thomaston— Cont. inRev. 
 Mr. Fessenden's Soc, 
 « A Gentleman by Rev. 
 Mr. Fessenden 
 Unity— Cont. in Cong, soc 
 Vassalboro— Otis Hnwes 
 " Soc church cont. by Rev 
 Seth Hardy 
 IValpole— Cont. by Rev. Mr 
 
 Kendrick 
 Winslow— Cont. in Cong. soc. 
 '« Fred. Paine an 183S 
 
 7 
 24 6-1 
 
 4 46 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 
 06 
 
 15 
 
 in 
 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 1 
 5 
 2 
 
 4 18 
 6 82 
 
 1 
 
 2 74 
 
 1 25 
 
 2 32 
 
 4 55 
 4 75 
 2 
 
42 
 
 *« "A Friend" in part to 
 const Miss Emily Bridge 
 a L. M. by Rev. Mr. 
 Jewett 10 
 
 " From a friend to complete 
 life membership of Miss 
 Emily Bridge 10 
 
 «< Frederick Paine an 1839 2 
 
 " Cont. in part by F. Paine 2 
 IVinthrop — Stephen Sewall to 
 const Mrs. Mary Garland 
 wife of Rev. Edmund 
 Garland of Ohio a L. M. 
 by hand of Rev. N. 
 Douglass 20 
 
 « Daniel Carr an 1833 2 
 
 " B. Southworth by Rev. 
 D. Thurston 4 
 
 " Contribution 12 
 
 " Female Soc. for For. and 
 Dom.Miss. Mrs. E. New- 
 man, Tr. by Rev. D. 
 Thurston 1 7 
 
 " Miss Lydia Gushing by 
 Wm. Hyde 
 Woolwicli — From Individuals 
 
 by Rev. Mr. Goss 3 
 
 IVdd—S. Holt 1 
 
 " Charles Russel 
 
 " J. Foster by Rev. E. 
 Fobes 
 Waterford — Mrs. Mary Warren 
 to complete her lifemem- 
 bership 15 
 
 " Avails of a gold necklace 
 left by the wife of Wil- 
 liam Warren by Rev. J. 
 A. Douglass 3 
 
 " Cont. in Rev. Mr. Doug- 
 lass Soc. 20 
 
 " Henry Sawin and wife by 
 Rev. A. Cummings 3 
 
 West Thomaston — From an un- 
 known hand in a letter 
 
 45 
 
 12 
 
 per mail, dated Jan. 31, 
 1839, coutaining the 
 following: "Fifteen Dol- 
 lars for the Maine Mis- 
 sionary Society, from 
 West Thomaston," 
 Washington — From people by 
 Rev. Mr. Carruthers 
 " People in Cong. Soc. 
 ' Avails of a watch by Rev. 
 J. Carruthers 
 Warren* — Cont. in Rev. E. F. 
 Cutter's Soc. to consti- 
 tute James Starret a life 
 member 
 " Benevolent Soc. 
 " Donation 
 " Jesse Page an 1838 
 " James Starrett an 1838 
 " Wm. Hovey do 
 " Lewis Vaughan do 
 " Rev. E.F. Cutter do 
 " Mrs. Cutter do 
 
 " Benevolent Soc to const 
 Rev. Philander O. Pow- 
 ers and wife of Broosa in 
 Asia life members 
 " Rev. E. F. Cutter sub 
 Wilton— John Barker an 1838 
 " Elisha Bass " 
 
 " Female Missionary Socie- 
 ety in part to const John 
 Perham a L. M. 
 Windham — Rev. J. W. Shep- 
 ard's subscription 
 " Cont. in do. by hand of 
 
 Rev. Mr. Shepard 
 " Cont. in Rev. Mr. Shep- 
 ard 's so 
 JFe^s— Joseph Gilmanan 1838 
 
 by Rev. Mr. Oliphant 
 Windsor — Cong. ch. by Rev. 
 
 J. Carruthers 
 Waterville — Re v. Tho's Adams 
 
 l r > 
 
 12 
 
 22 10 
 3 90 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 
 4 35 
 
 9 35 
 
 The sums in the foregoing lists, amount to $8495,72 1-2. 
 
 W. STORER, Treasurer M. M S. 
 Portland, July 1839. 
 
LIFE MEMBERS. 
 
 Abbott, Mrs. Betsey, Weld, 
 
 Abbott, Miss Salucia, do. 
 
 Abbott, Miss Clara Ann do. 
 
 Abbott, John S., Thomaston, 
 
 Abbott, Mrs. Eliza T., do. 
 
 Abbott, Jacob, Farmington, 
 
 Adams, Rev. Thomas, Augusta, 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Catherine L., do. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Ceo. E., Brunswick, 
 
 Adams. Mrs. Sarah A., do. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Darwin, Alstead, N. H. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Charles S. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Weston B., Lewiston, 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Harriet B., do. 
 
 Adams, Miss Melinda C, do. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Jonathan, Deer Isle, 
 
 Adams, John Jr., Newrield, 
 
 Adams, Samuel, Castine, 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Lucy S., do. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Solomon, Portland, 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Adeline, do. 
 
 Adams, Isaac R., Farmington, 
 
 Adams, Eliashib, Bangor, 
 
 Allen, Rev. William, D. D. N. Hamp- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 Allen, John Wheelock, do. 
 
 Allen, William, Norridgewock, 
 
 Arnold, Mrs. Mary Jane, Bath. 
 
 Auld, Mrs. Elizabeth, Boothbay, 
 
 Ayer, Rev. Thomas, late of Albany, 
 
 Baron, E: W., Lebanon, 
 
 Barrows, Reuel, Fryeburg, 
 
 Barrows, Mrs. Ann K, do. 
 
 Barrows, Mrs. Ann A. do. 
 
 Barrows, John S., do. 
 
 Barrows, — son of Dr. B. do. 
 
 Barrows, George B., 
 
 Baker, Edward W., Portland., 
 
 "Baker, Azariah. Edgecomb, 
 
 Baker, Rev. A. It. Medfoid, Ms. 
 
 Baker, Rev. John, Kennebunkport, 
 
 Bailey, Lebbeus , Portland, 
 
 Barrett, Amos, Winthrop, 
 
 Babcock, Rev. Elisha, formerly of Wis- 
 cassett, 
 
 Bacon, Rev. Elisha, Sanford. 
 
 Bacon, — son of Rev. E. B. do. 
 
 Bacon, George, Freeport, 
 
 Bacon, Mrs. George do. 
 
 Beckwith,Rev. George C. late of Port- 
 land, 
 
 Beckwith, Mrs. Martha W. do. 
 
 Bcckwith, Rev. B. B. Castine, 
 Belden, Rev. Jonathan, Augusta, 
 Bettes Mrs. Caroline M. Kennebunk, 
 Bigelow, Rev. Asahel Walpole, Ms. 
 Bishop, Rev. Nelson, Clinton, 
 Bixby, George, 
 
 Bond, Mrs. Sophia E., Hallowell, 
 Bond, Elias, do. 
 
 Boynton, Rev. John, Phipsburg, 
 Boynton, Rev. Alden, 
 Burr, Rev. Jonathan, Boston, 
 Bulfinch, John, Waldoborough, 
 Bullard, Rev. Asa, Boston, 
 Bullard, Mrs. Asa, do. 
 Bumham, Seth, Kennebunkport, 
 Burbank, Jedediah, Bethel, 
 Burbank, Mrs. Frances do. 
 Buswell, Henry C, Fryeburg, 
 Buswell, Mrs. Elizabeth O. do. 
 *Byram, Mrs. Lucretia R., Portland, 
 Blanehard, Charles, Blanchard, 
 Blanchard, Nath'l do. 
 Blanchard, Sylvanus, N. Yarmouth, 
 Blanchard, Dorcas, do. 
 
 Blake, Mrs. Mary C, Bath, 
 Blood, Rev. Mighill, Bucksport, 
 Blood, Mrs. do. 
 
 Blodgett, Bliss, do. 
 
 Bradley John, Portland, 
 
 Bradley, Mrs. Catharine, do. 
 Bradley, John Jr. do. 
 
 Bradley, Samuel, Hollis, 
 Bradley, Rev. Caleb, Westbrook, 
 ^Bridge James, Augusta, 
 Bridge Miss Emily, do. 
 Brown, Amos. Gorham, 
 Brown, Thomas, Portland, 
 Brown, Mis. Ann, do. 
 Brown Theodore S., Vassalboro,' 
 Brown Albert G., do. 
 
 Brown, Mrs. Mary Ann, do. 
 Brown, Samuel J. M., do. 
 Brown, Benj. H., do. 
 
 Brown, Edward P. do. 
 
 Brown, Mrs. Sarah S. do. 
 Brown, Benj. do. 
 
 Brown, William S. do. 
 
 Brown, Rev. George, Mount Desert, 
 Brown, Rev. John Croumbie, St. Peters- 
 burg, Russia, 
 Brown, Mary Lincoln, Bangor, 
 Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth, Andover, Mass. 
 
44 
 
 Brown James, Danvers, Mass. 
 Brooks, William A. Augusta, 
 Campbell, Rev. George W. formerly ol 
 
 South Berwick, 
 Carlton, Rev. Isaac, Lubec, 
 Carlton Isaac, Bethel, 
 Carpenter Rev.Eber, formerly ol York, 
 Carruthers, Rev. James, Portland, 7 
 
 times, 
 "Carruthers, Mrs. Robina, " 
 "Carruthers Miss Jane, 
 Carruthers Miss Ellen, " 
 
 Cogswell Rev. Jonathan, East Windsor, 
 Cogswell Mrs. J. do. 
 
 •Cook Amos J. Fryeburg, 
 Cook Mrs. E. do. 
 
 *Co©k Francis, Wiscasset, 
 Coker Stephen, Alna, 
 Colby Joseph, Fryeburg, 
 Colby Mrs. Elizabeth, do. 
 Cole Rev. Albert, Bluehill, 
 Collins Sally, New Gloucester. 
 Condit Rev. Jona. B. Portland, 3 limes 
 Condit Mrs. J. B. do. 2d time, 
 
 Conant J. H. Temple, 
 Cordis Samuel, Winthrop, 
 Cornish Rev. Clark, 
 Cummings Rev. Asa, Portland, 2d time, 
 Cummings Mrs. Phebe, do. 
 Cummings Henry T. do. 
 Curtis Samuel, Wells, 
 Cutter Rev. Edward F: Warren, 
 Cushman Rev. Daniel, Boolhbay , 
 Clark Rev. William, 
 Clark Henry, KeiiHebunkport, 
 Clark Mrs. Eloisa H Wells, 
 Clark Miss Lois, Portland, 
 Clark Mrs. Samuel, do. 
 Clark Freeman, Bath, 
 Clark Mrs. Freeman, do. 
 Clapp Mrs. Jane T. do. 
 Clapp Mrs. Rachel do. 
 Clapp Charles, Jr. do. 
 ^Cleaves Mrs. Biddeford, 
 Cleaves Miss Mary do. 
 Cleaveland Prof. Parker, Brunswick, 
 Chase Stephen, Fryeburg, 
 Chase Mrs. Sarah, North Yarmouth, 
 "Chapin Rev. Perez, Pownal, 
 Chamberlain Benj, P.Salem, Mass. 
 Chapman Rev.Nath'l Camden, 
 Chandler Samuel, Elliot, 
 Chickering Rev. John W. Portland, 2d 
 
 tim6, 
 Chickering Mrs. J. W. Portland, 
 Child James L. Augusta, 
 Child Mrs. Jane H. do. 
 Child Daniel C. C. do. 
 Child Eliza Ann, do. 
 Church Rev A. B. Calais, 
 Chute Rev. A P. 
 *Crosby Rev. John, Gastine, 
 Crosby Mrs. Hannah, Bangor. 
 Crossett Rev. R. Dennvsville, 
 Crossett Mrs. Dorothea, do. 
 Codman, Mrs. Lucrelia, Portland, 
 
 Dana Nath'l Bosiou, 
 
 Davis Rev. Timothy, Litchfield. 
 
 Delano Miss M. Portland, 
 
 Deering Steuben, Augusta, 
 
 Dickinson John, Amherst, Mass. 
 
 Dike John, Salem, Mass. 
 
 Dike John, Beverly, do. 
 
 Dinsmorc, Wm. W. Norridgewock, 
 
 Dodge Mrs. Jane C. Portland, 
 
 Dole Carleton, Augusta, 
 
 Dole Ebenezer, Hallowell, 
 
 Dole Henry Lyman, do. 
 
 Dole Samuel Munson, do. 
 
 Dole Mrs. Hannah do. 
 
 Donnell Mrs. Harriet, Bath, 
 
 Dorrance Oliver B. Portland, 
 
 Dorrance Mrs. Jane do. 
 
 Douglass Rev. John A. Waterford, 
 
 Douglass Mrs. Lucy A. do. 
 
 Douglass Miss Ann. Portland, 
 
 Dow Rev. Moses, formerly ol York, 
 
 Downer Mrs. Mary B. Portland, 
 
 Dummer, Mrs. M. Jacksonville, III 
 
 Dummer Mrs. Sarah, Hallowell, 
 
 Duncan Rev. A. G. Brooks, 
 
 Dunlap David, Brunswick, 
 
 Dunlap, Mrs. Nancy McKeen, do. 
 
 Duren Freeman Hyde, Bangor, 
 
 Dutlon Samuel P. Bangor, 
 
 Drake Rev. Samuel S. 
 
 D wight Rev. Wm. T. Portland, 
 
 Dwight Mrs. Eliza L. do. 
 
 Eaton Rev. Eben, Mt. Desert, 
 
 Eastman Mary A, North Yarmouth. 
 
 Ellis Rev. ftlanning, Brooksville, 
 
 Ellingwood Rev. John W. Bath. 
 
 Ellingwood Mrs. John W. do. 
 
 Elwell Payne, Waldoborough, 
 
 Emerson Rev. Noah. Baldwin, 
 
 Fales Oliver, Thomaston, 
 
 Fargo Rev. George W. Solon, 
 
 Farley Mrs. Betsey, Waldoborough, 
 
 Fessenden Rev. Joseph P. Bridgton, 
 
 Fessenden Mrs. Phebe, do. 
 
 *FessendenMrs. Sarah, Fryeburg, 
 
 Fisk Rev. Charles R. Brewer, 
 
 Fisk Rev. Albert W. Alfred. 
 
 Fisher Rev. Jonathan, Bluehill. 
 
 Fisher Rev. Josiah, 
 
 Fobes Rev. Epliraiin, Weld, 
 
 Fowler Rev. B. Nortlifleld, Mass. 
 
 Foxcroft Joseph E. New Gloucester, 
 
 Fuller Rev. Joseph, 
 
 Fuller Mrs. Catharine, Alfred, 
 
 Flint William, New Vineyard. 
 
 Freeman Rev. Charles, Limerick, 
 
 Frost Rev. Charles, Bethel, 
 
 Frye Isaac, Fryeburg, 
 
 Frye Mrs. Ann, do. 
 
 Gale Rev. Wakefield, Gloucester, Mass 
 
 Gale Mrs. Mary L. do. 
 
 Garland Samuel, Parsonsfield, 
 
 Garland John, Newfield, 
 
 Garland Mrs. Mary, Ohio, 
 
 Gillet Rev. Elipha'let, I). D. Hallowell, 
 
 Gillet Mrs. Mary G. do. 
 
45 
 
 Oilman Mrs. Lucy D. Hallowell, 
 
 Goss Rev. Jacob C. Woolwich, 
 
 Gould Mrs Althea, Portland, 
 
 Gordon Miss Deborah, do. 
 
 Gooch Rev. James, Hebron, 
 
 Gove Hartley Wood, Bath, 
 
 Goodale Mrs. P. A. Saco, 
 
 "Gleason John,Thomaston, 
 
 Green Mrs. Abigail S. Farmington, 
 
 Greenleaf Rev. Jonathan. New York, 
 
 Greenleaf Rev. Win. C. Andover. 
 
 Green Rev. Beriah. formerly of Kenne- 
 bunk, 
 
 Greely Rev. Allen, Turner, 
 
 Greely Mrs. Eunice T. do. 
 
 'Greely David, Portland, 
 
 Greely Mrs. David, do. 
 
 Gregg Rev. William. 
 
 Greenwood Mason. Portland, 
 
 "Greenwood Mrs. Maria, do 
 
 Greenwood Miss Maria Isabella, do. 
 
 *Hale Rev. Jonathan S. Windham, 
 
 Hale John M. Ellsworth, 
 
 Hale Mrs. Sarah M. do. 
 
 Haskell Wm. B. New Gloucester, Li- 
 centiate, 
 
 Hacket Rev. Simeon, Temple, 
 
 Hacket Mrs. Vesta, do. 
 
 Holcomb Jonas G. Augusta, 
 
 Hamlin Hannibal, Waterford, 
 
 Hamlin Miss Fanny , Portland, 
 
 Hamlin Rev. Cyrus, Constantinople, 
 
 Hancock Elias, Otisfield, 
 
 Hardy Rev. Jacob, Strong, 
 
 Harlow Nathaniel, Bangor, 
 
 Harlow Mrs. Mary do. 
 
 Harlow Charles VV. do. 
 
 Harlow Sarah P- do. 
 
 Harlow Nath'l Henry do.' 
 
 Harlow Thomas S. do. 
 
 Harrington Enoch, Freeport, 
 
 Harrington Mrs. Enoch, do. 
 
 Hathaway Rev. George W. Bloomfield, 
 
 Hawes Rev. J. T. Edgecomb, 
 
 Hawes Mrs. Temperance, do. 
 
 Hayes Joseph M. Saco, 2d time, 
 
 Hcyes Mrs. Susan, do. 
 
 Hiil Mark L. Phipsburg, 
 
 Hill Mrs. Abigail S. do. 
 
 Hills Rev. Israel, Lovell, 2d time. 
 
 Hills James, Cornville, 
 
 Hills Mrs. Ann B. do. 
 
 Hobart Rev. Caleb, North Yarmouth, 
 
 Hobart Mrs. Sarah Ann, do. 
 
 Hodgdon Israel, Parsonsfield, 
 
 *Holt Rev. Fifield, Bloomfield, 
 
 Hopkins Rev. Samuel, Saco, 
 
 Hopkins Mrs. S. do. 
 
 How Mrs Susan, Abbot, 
 
 Hubbard Rev. Anson, Monson, 
 
 Hulin Rev. George H. 
 
 Hurd Rev. Carlton, Fryeburg, 
 
 Hurd Mrs. Sophronia E. do. 
 
 Hurd widow Elisabeth, do. 
 
 Hyde John E. Portland, 
 
 Hyde William Henry, do. 
 
 Ingraham Rev. John H. Augusta, 
 
 Ingraham Mrs. John H. do. 
 Ingraham Mrs. Martha, Portland, 
 "llsley Mrs. Lucy, do. 
 
 Jackson Rev. Abraham, Machias, 
 Jackson Henry, Portland, 
 Jameson Rev. Thomas, Scarborough, 
 
 Jenkins Rev. Charles, Portland, 
 
 enkins Mrs. A. S. L. Greenfield, Mass. 
 
 ewett Rev. Henjy C. Winslow, 
 
 ewett Mrs. Henry C. do. 
 
 ewett Jeremiah, Alna, 
 
 ames Rev. Elijah, Minot, 
 
 Johnson Rev. Samuel, Augusta, 
 
 ohnson Mrs. Samuel do. 
 
 ohnson Samuel W. do. 
 
 ohnson Thomas, Bremen, 
 Johnson Mrs. Anna, do. 
 Kendrick Rev. Daniel, Edgecomb, 
 Kendrick Mrs. Sally do. 
 
 Kellogg Rev. Elijah, Portland, 
 Kellogg Mrs. Eunice do. 
 Keeler Rev. S. H. 
 Kent Rev. Cephas H. 
 Kidder Mrs. Elizabeth E. 
 Kimball Rev. Ivory, Limington, 
 Kimball Mrs. Ivory, do. 
 Kimball Iddo, Thomaston, 
 Ladd William, Minot, 
 Lane Rev. Joseph, 
 Lawton Rev. C. J. Prospect, 
 *Lee Samuel C. Calais, 
 Leland Dorcas K. Saco, 
 Leland Jane M. Bath, 
 Lemont Adam, do. 
 Lewis Mrs. Mary, Portland, 
 Lewis Mrs. Brewer, 
 Lewis Rev. Wales, East Brewer, 
 Libby Joseph, Portland, 
 Libby Mrs. Lucy, do. 
 "Libby Rev. Daniel, Dixfield, 
 Lincoln Geo. Shepard, Hallowell, 
 Lincoln Royal, Portland, 
 Little Mrs. Hannah, Danville, 
 Little Rev. Valentine, Lovell, 
 Littlefield Samuel B. Wells, 
 *Loomis Rev. Harvey, Bangor, 
 Loper Rev. S. A. late of Hampden, 
 Long Rev. Joseph A. E. N. H. 
 Lord Mrs. Phebe, Kennebunkport, 
 Lord Miss Susan, (now Mrs. Clark, 
 
 Nashua,) 
 Lord Mrs. Lydia, Kennebunkport, 
 Lord Mrs. E. L. do. 
 
 Lord Daniel W. do. 
 
 Lord Charles A. New York, 
 Lord Nathaniel , Rangor, 
 Lord Rev.N. D. D. Hanover. N. H 
 Lord Thomas N. Hallowell, 
 Loring John, Norridgewock, 
 Loring Rev. Levi, Athens, 
 Loring Desiah B. North Yarmouth. 
 Lovejoy Rev. Jos. C. Oldtown, 
 Lovejuy Mrs. Sarah, do. 
 Lovejoy Miss Elizabeth, Albion, 
 Maltby Rev. J. Bangor, 
 Maltby Mrs. Margaret M. G. do. 
 "Marsh Thomas S. Bath, 
 
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 iVlarsh Mrs. Phcbe C. Portland, 
 Marsh Mrs. Nancy \V. Biddeford, 
 Marsh Miss Elizabeth P. Boston. 
 Magoun David C. Bath, 
 Magoun Mrs. Hannah C. do. 
 May Rev. William, Strong, 
 May Mrs. U. M. do. 
 
 Martin Miss Penelope. Portland, 
 Marrett Mrs. Dorcas, Standish, 
 Masters Mrs. Caroline, Topsham, 
 Mather Rev. Win. L. Wiscasset, 
 Mather Mrs. Amanda P. do. 
 McKcen Rev. .Silas, Belfast, 
 McKeen Mrs. Hannah J. do. 
 McDonald John, Bangor, 
 McLellan William. VVarren, 
 *McLellan Bryce, Bloomfield, 
 *Mead Rev. Asa, East Hartford, 
 Mead Mrs. Jane G. Gorham, 
 Merrill Rev. Josiah G. Washington, 
 Merrill Rev. Enos, Alna, 
 Merrill Mrs Hannah A. do. 
 Merrill ltev. Stephen, 
 Merrill Rev. Henry A.Norwav, 
 Merrill Mrs. Mehitable, Portla'nd, 
 Merrill Miss Sarah H. do. 
 Miller Joseph R. Kennehunk, 
 Miller Deborah, Old Town. 
 Miltimore Rev. William, JN. H. 
 Mitchell Rev. David M. Waldoboro' 
 Mitchell Mrs. D. M. do. 
 
 Mitchell Miss Sarah Jane, Andover, 
 Mitchell Miss Lucretia L. Portland. 
 Mitchell Ammi R. Bath, 
 Mitchell Mrs. Nancy 'P. do. 
 Mitchell Jacob, North Yarmouth, 
 Mosely Mrs. Nancy, New Gloucester, 
 Morse Samuel, Waldoborough, 
 Morse Rev. Stephen, Biddeford, 
 Moody Mrs. Sarah, Hallowell, 
 Munsell Rev. Jos. R. Brewer, 
 Nason Mark, Augusta, 
 Nason Bartholomew, do. 
 Newell Mrs. Esther M. Durham, 
 Newell Rev. Daniel, formerly of Bridg 
 
 ton, 
 Newell Rev. Israel, Durham, 
 Norton Winthrop B. Oxford, 
 Norton Charles E. South Berwick, 
 Nourse Rev. Peter, Ellsworth, 
 Noyes Miss Lucy, Portland, 
 Oliphant Rev. D. formerly of Wells, 
 Osgood, Mrs. Abigail, Eryeburg, 
 Osgood Mrs. Joshua B. Portland, 
 Page Rev. Caleb E. Bridgton, 
 *Page Mrs. Sarah B. do. 
 Page Benj. K. Hallowell, 
 Page Simon, do. 
 
 Page Mrs. Simon, do. 
 Page John Odlin, do. 
 Page Rufus K. do. 
 Page Mrs. Martha H. do. 
 Page Mrs. Abigail Neal, Brunswick, 
 Page Jesse, VVarren, 
 Page Rev. Robert, Levant, 
 'Payson Rev. Edward, D. D. Portland, 
 Payson Mrs. Ann L. do. 
 
 Payson Miss Louisa S. do. 
 
 Palmer Rev. Ray, Bith, 
 
 Palmer Mrs. Ray, do. 
 
 Parker Rev. Wooster, East Brever, 
 
 Parker Rev. Ereemau, Wiscasset, 
 
 Parker Mrs. Wealthy Ann, Castine, 
 
 Parker Edmund, Amherst, N. H. 
 
 Parker Mrs. Mary, Bangor, 
 
 Parker Miss Mary H. do. 
 
 Packard Rev. H. D. D. formerly of Wis 
 casset, 
 
 Parsons Rev. Eben G. Erceport, 
 
 Paine Zenas, Buxton, 
 
 Pearson Paul, Alna, 
 
 Peters Rev. Absalom, New York, 
 
 I'eet Rev. Josiah, Norridgewock, 
 
 Peet Mrs. Sarah do. 
 
 Peckham Rev. Samuel, 
 
 *Perham Rev. John. Industry, 
 
 Pearl Rev. Cyril, Gorham, 
 
 Tike Daniel, Bangor, 
 
 Pomeroy Rev. Thaddeus, Gorham, 
 
 Pomeroy Mrs. Emily S. M. do. 
 
 Pomroy Rev. Swan L. Bangor, 
 
 Pomroy Mrs. Ann Q. do. 
 
 Poland Miss Caroline C Portland, 
 
 Potter Miss Caroline C. Augusta, 
 
 Powers Rev. Philander O. Broosa, 
 
 Powers Mrs. Philander O. do. 
 
 Philbrook Mrs. Elizabeth, Bath, 
 
 Prince Ezekiel, Eastport, 
 
 Prince John M. Bangor, 
 
 Prince Mrs. Hannah, North Yarmouth, 
 
 *Quincy Marcus, Portland, 
 
 Rankin Rev. Andrew, South Berwick, 
 
 Reed Isaac G. Waldoborough, 
 
 Bice Thomas, Winslow, 
 
 Rice Mrs. Thomas, do. 
 
 Rice Rev. Benj. Buxton, 
 
 Rice Mrs. Lucy do. 
 
 Rice Win. W. do. 
 
 Rice Charles Jenkins, do. 
 
 Richardson Rev. James P. Otisfield, 2d 
 lime, 
 
 Richardson Mrs. Mary, do. 
 
 Richardson Mrs. Eunice T. Sidney, 
 
 Richardson William. Bath, 
 
 *Richardson Mrs. William, do. 
 
 Richardson John, do. 
 
 Richardson Miss Harriet E. do. 
 
 Richardson William P. do. 
 
 Richardson Henry S. do. 
 
 Richardson Mrs. Hannah T. do. 
 
 Richardson Erederic L. do. 
 
 Richardson John G. do. 
 
 Richardson Mrs. Maria, do. 
 
 Rielly Miss Margaret, Portland, 
 
 Ripley Rev. Lincoln, Waterford, 
 
 Ripley, Mrs. Phebe. do. 
 
 *Robie Thomas S. Corham, 
 
 Roberts Rev. Beimel, late of Perry, 
 
 Rogers Rev. Isaac, Farmington, 
 
 Rogers Mrs. E E. do. 
 
 Rogers Benj. 'P. Providence, 
 rRussell Mrs. Hannah, North Yarmouth, 
 JRumery James S. Saco, 
 ISawyer Re*. John, Bangor, 
 
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 Sawyer James, Saco, 
 
 Saunders Amos, Waterford, 
 
 Selden Calvin, Norridgewock, 
 
 Seidell i\] rs. Harriet, do. 
 
 Seabury David, IN. Yarmouth, 
 
 Sewall Rev. Jotham, (Jhesterville M 
 time, 
 
 Sewall Mrs. Jenny, do. 
 
 Sewall Henry, Augusta, 
 
 Sewall Rev. Samuel, Sumner, 
 
 Sewall Matilda J. Winthrop, 
 
 Sewall Stephen, do. 
 
 Sewall Mrs. Stephen, do. 
 
 Sewall Rev. Jotham, jr. New Castle, 
 
 Sewall Mrs. Hannah, Hallowell, 
 
 Sikes Rev. Oren, Mercer, 
 
 Sikes Mrs. Julia K. do. 
 
 Soule Rev. Charles, Norway, 2d time, 
 
 Soule Mrs. Charles do. 
 
 Soule Moses, Freeport, 
 
 Souther Samuel, Fryeburg, 
 
 Souther Mrs. Mary do. 
 
 Souther John W. do. 
 
 Scales Nath'l Durham, 
 
 *Scott Rev. Jonathan. Minot, 
 
 Shepley Ether, Portland, 
 
 Shepley, Rev. David North Yarmouth, 
 
 Shepley Mrs. Myn N. do. 
 
 Shelden Rev. Nathan \V. Cray, 
 
 Shelden Rev. Anson, Robbiuston, 
 
 Shelden Mrs. Susan, Rumford, 
 
 Shepard Rev. Ceorge, Bangor, 
 
 Shepard Mrs. G. do. 
 
 Shepard Geo. H. do. 
 
 Shepherd Mrs. Elizabeth F. Hallowell, 
 
 Shepherd George, Lincoln, 
 
 Sherman Mrs. Narcissa B. Columbia, 
 Tenn. 
 
 Smith Rev. Thomas M. Catskill, N. Y. 
 
 Smith William, Kennebunkport, 
 
 ¥ Smith Rev. Prof. John, Bangor, 
 
 Smith Rev. Amasa, Cumberland, 
 
 Smith Rev. Daniel P. Parsonsfield, 
 
 Smith Mrs. Mary Jane do. 
 
 Smith Isaac, Portland. 
 
 Smith Rev. Levi, late Kennebunkport, 
 
 Smith Mrs. L. VV. do. 
 
 Sprague Mrs. Mary, Bath, 
 
 Sprague Peleg, Jr. do. 
 Sprague Wm. B. do. 
 Sprague Seth, do. 
 
 Sprague Nancy E. do. 
 Sprague Harriet E. do. 
 Sprague Mrs. Sarah, Hallowell, 
 Sproul Mrs. Jane, Waldoborough, 
 Starrett Rev. David, Weld, 
 Starrett Calvin, Washington, 
 *Slarrett George, Bangor, 
 Starrett James, Warren, 
 Stallard Thomas, Portland, 
 Stanwood Miss Susan, Augusta J 
 Stevens Rev. Joseph B. Falmouth, 
 Stevens Mrs. Lydia, do. 
 
 Stevens Mrs. Thomas, Portland, 
 Stevens Miss Lucy A. do. 
 Steele Rev. M. Machias, 
 Stickney Rev. Moses P. Easlport, 
 
 Stickney William, Hallowell, 
 Stickney Mrs. Dorothy U. do. 
 Stinson Kev. Hermon, Weld, 
 Stinson Mrs. Lucinda VV.do, 
 Storer Woodbury, Portland, 
 Storer M:s. Mary B. do. 
 Storcr Seth. Scarborough, 
 Stone Rev. Samuel, York, 
 Stone Kev. Thomas T. East Machias, 
 Storrs Rev. Richard S. Braintree, Mass 
 Strickland Micah W. Mt. Desert, 
 Strickland S. Wilton, 
 Swan William, Portland, 
 Swan Mrs. Mary, do. 
 Swan Miss Martha E. do. 
 Swan Mrs. Mary, Winslow, 
 Sweetser S. North Yarmouth, 
 Sweetser William, do. 
 Sweetser Harriet J. do. 
 Sweetser Rev. Seth, Worcester, Mas^ 
 Sylvester Samuel, Bangor, 
 Sylvester Mrs. Charlotte, do. 
 Talbot Rev. Samuel, Wilton, 
 Talbot, Mrs. Samuel, do. 
 Talbot Peter, Winslow, 
 Tappan Rev. Benjamin, D. D. Augusta, 
 Tappan Mrs. Bcnj. do. 
 
 Tappan Benj. Jr. do. 
 
 Tappan T. L. Winthrop, do. 
 
 Tappan Elizabeth T. do 
 
 Tappan Jane W. do. 
 
 Tappan Mary A. do, 
 
 Tappan Catherine H. do. 
 
 Tappan Anna W. do. 
 
 Tappan Hannah W. do. 
 
 Tappan Dr. E. S. do. 
 
 Tappan Rev. Daniel D. Alfred, 
 Tappan Rev. S. S. Frankfort, 
 Tappan Mrs. E. L. do. 
 Tappan Mrs. Abigail M. Winthrop, 
 *Taylor John, Bath, 
 Tenney Rev. Thomas, Gorham, 
 Tenney Rev. Sewall, Ellsworth, 
 Tenney Mrs. Sarah, do. 2d time, 
 
 Tucker Rev. Josiah, Madison, 
 Tucker Mrs. Esther, do. 
 Turner John, Turner, 
 Turner Mrs. Deborah, do. 
 Tewksbury Rev. Geo. F. Albany, 
 Tyler Rev. B. D. D. East Windsor, 
 Thatcher George A. Warren, 
 Thornton Mrs. E. B. Saco, 
 Thompson Edward, Pownal, 
 Thurston Rev. David, Winthrop, 
 Thurston Mrs. David, do. 
 Thurston Rev. Stephen, Prospect, 
 Thurston Mrs. Stephen, do. 
 Thurston Rev. E. Hallowell, 
 Thurston Mrs. Mary Caroline, do. 
 *Trauk Mrs. Martha, Portland 
 Trufant Gilbert, Bath, 
 Upham Prof. Thomas C. Brunswick, 
 Underwood Rev. Joseph, New Sharon, 
 Vaill Rev. Joseph, Brimfield, Mass. 
 Vaill Mrs. Joseph, do. 
 Vinton Rev. John A. New Sharon, 
 *Wales Rev. Nathaniel, Belfast, 
 
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 Walker Oliver, kennebunkport, 
 Walker, Mrs. Eliza, Fryeburg. 
 Walker Mrs. Catherine, do. 
 Ward Rev. Stephen D.Marhias, 
 Warren William, Walerford, 
 Warren Samuel, do. 
 
 Warren Mrs. Mary, do, 
 Waterhouse Mrs. Ann P. Portland, 
 Webster Ebenezer, Jr. Cape Elizabeth, 
 Webster Mrs. Mary Jane do. 
 Webster William, Fryeburg, 
 Weston Rev. Isaac, Cumberland, 
 Weston Rev. James, Lebanon, 
 Weston Mrs. James, do. 
 Weston Nathan, Madison, 
 Weston, Benj. Jr. do. 
 ''Weston Kev. Daniel, Gray, 
 Weston Mrs. Jane W. Eastport, 
 Weston Mrs. Ann S. Bangor, 
 Weston Mrs. Sarah, Fryeburg, 
 
 Wilkins Kev. M. Fairfield, 
 Williams Rev. Thomas, Poland 
 Williams Daniel, Augusta, 
 Williams E. B. do. 
 Williams Mrs. Hannah, do. 
 Williams Miss Helen, do. 
 Williams Samuel, 
 '•Wines Rev. Abijah, Deer Isle, 
 Wines Mrs. Ruth, do. 
 
 Witherell Rev. Samuel B. 
 White Rev. Seneca, 
 White Rev. Henry, Jackson. 
 White Rev. Calvin, late of Cray, 
 Whitney Dr. Baldwin, 
 Whipple Rev. J.K. late of Dixmont, 
 Woodbury Mrs. Octavia, Ponland, 
 VVoodman Benj. Burlington, 
 Woodhull Kev. R. Thomaston, 
 Woodhull Mrs. Sarah F. do 
 Woodhull Mrs. Portland. 
 
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