Two Discourses: Delivered March 8th and 15th, 1863, on the Completion of a Century and a Half From the Organization of the Congregational Church in West Hartford, Conn (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Two Discourses: Delivered March 8th and 15th, 1863, on the Completion of a Century and a Half From the Organization of the Congregational Church in West Hartford, Conn

It appears that in accordance with a vote of the proprietors of the undivided lands in the West Division of Hartford, passed J an. 30, 1672, there was laid out, by a committee, in November, 1674, a strip of these lands, next to Farmington bounds, a mile and a half wide east and west, and extending north and south across the town. This strip was divided into lots, running en tirely across it, each lot being a mile and a half in length, and varying in width from three to ninety-'one rods, according to the interest of each of the proprietors, of whom the names of sixty eight are recorded, with the number of the lot assigned to each. The eastern boundary of Farmington at that time was the road passing north and south by Mr. Edwin W. Belden's.

The Ecclesiastical Society of the West Division in Hartford was incorporated by act of the legislature, passed at its May ses sion in 1711, in accordance with a petition* - signed by twenty eight residents - presented at its session in October of the pre ceding year. The boundaries of the Society were, Windsor on the north, Farmington on the west, Wethersfield on the south, and on the east, the east ends of the West Division lots. It was afterward enlarged so as to include a part of F armington, and also extended considerably on the east. In 1806, its name was changed by the legislature to the Society of West Hartford.

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Excerpt from Two Discourses: Delivered March 8th and 15th, 1863, on the Completion of a Century and a Half From the Organization of the Congregational Church in West Hartford, Conn

One generation passeth away, and another generatin cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

The race of man continues, but the period during which anyone generation or individual of that race remains on the earth, is very brief. Men come on to the stage full of hope and energy; they form their plans, and prosecute their enterprises, as though they were always to remain. But after even a brief century has passed, we can learn who they were and what they did only by searching among the records and monuments they have left us; and these are too often so scanty as to afford us but little knowledge. The divine plan is, not that the inhabitants of the earth should remain the same from age to age, but that they should come in successive generations, and develop their powers, form their characters, and perform their work in their appointed time, and pass away, and make room for others to come after them. And this is a most wise arrangement, excellently adapted to promote the great ends of life. It is favorable to improvement and progress in that which is good. When people have passed the period of youth and early manhood, they become conservative, and as they grow old, they are more and more averse to change.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.