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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 6: ecclesiastical history. (search)
Truth is the food of an immortal soul. Feed not any longer on the fabulous husks of falsehood. Never use any of the devil's playthings. The horse-shoe is a vain thing, and has no natural tendency to keep off witches or evil spirits. Be warned against all such trading with the devil. Although this form of evil has passed away, we have not got rid of the thing itself. In modern guises, we have witches who carry their divining hazel; and we have demons, with Beelzebub to preside. June 3, 1744: A violent earthquake occurred on this day (Sunday). It came, says Mr. Seccomb, when the first morning prayer was about half done. The people were much surprised; many screeched, and many ran out of meeting; and Mr. Turell left off prayer until it was over, and the people a little composed; and then he began again, and finished the exercise. We are not surprised at the deep agitation of the assembly, who probably believed that such extraordinary manifestations of natural laws were speci