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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
up to 1873, the annual Commencements of Harvard College were celebrated in this new house, which is still standing; and it is perhaps not extravagant to apply to it the language used by President Quincy concerning the former house; namely, that no existing building in Massachusetts can compare with it in the number of distinguished men who at different times have been assembled within its walls. After the resignation of Dr. Newell, the church remained destitute of a regular pastor until March 31, 1874, when Rev. Francis Greenwood Peabody was ordained and duly installed as shepherd of the flock. Mr. Peabody was born in Boston, graduated at H. C. 1869, and at the Theological School in Cambridge, 1872. From the beginning, the First Church in Cambridge has had a regular succession of Deacons; and for the first two thirds of a century, it had also Ruling Elders. Until 1696, the Church Records are imperfect, so that the dates of early elections cannot be ascertained. The dates of dea