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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
lical Church was organized March 30, 1842, and erected a commodious meeting-house on the easterly corner of Austin and Temple streets, which was dedicated Jan. 3, 1844. Meetings had previously been held in a chapel, erected on the same lot, and dedicated May 3, 1842. Generally speaking, the members of this church were zealous advocates of the immediate abolition of slavery. Their first minister was Rev. Joseph C. Lovejoy, Bowd. Coll. 1829, who was installed Jan. 26, 1843. He resigned May 10, 1853, and was afterwards active in politics. He died here, Oct. 19, 1871, aged 67. Rev. Charles Packard, Bowd. Coll. 1842, was installed April 26, 1854, was dismissed March 21, 1855, and was succeeded by Rev. Charles Jones, whose ministry extended from May 25, 1855, to Oct. 16, 1857. Rev. George E. Allen, B. U. 1850, was installed May 20, 1858, and resigned July 12, 1861. After a series of discouragements, by advice of a council, the church was disbanded Oct. 3, 1865, and many of its member