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This is a small, handy book written as a "take along" and is inspirational throughout. Its basic premise that "Friendship is the divinest of all our human relations". Throughout, it explores the friendship relationship between man and the divine and expounds on them. It is an inspirational document and supplements several other similar documents also by Lucy Larcom.

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Jonathan Edwards was a very influential and respeted religious leader in his lifetime. He was born in Connecticut in 1703 and came from a notable line of clergymen. The book covers three periods of his life. The first period was as parish minister from 1703 to 1735. and the theology he conveyed to the congregations. The second period was 1735 to 1750 called the Great Awakening where Edwards was instumental in spreading his theological convic...

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This booklet is a presentation at the 325 th anniversary of the First Church in Wenham. The history is sectioned on the five places that served as the church meeting house and interacts with wenham history in so doing. There are several sketches of cuurch property

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Memoir of Elijah Shaw, an early 18th century Christian Elder. Written by his daughter L.J. Shaw with an introduction by Elder D. Millard

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005.010 - Directory

A soft covered eleven page 1982 directory of the Dane Street Congregational Church in Beverly. There is a very brief history of the church, lists of the fellowship and working groups, and a photographic and written directory of all of the church's parishioners. There is a page dedicated to the ministers and administrators: Senior Minister James C. Glasser, Associate Ministers Renee U. Garrett and Rex H. Garrett, Jr., Director of Music Avard W....

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005.031.006 - Booklet

A cream colored soft covered booklet with the title, The First Parish Unitarian: A History. This book chronicles the three-hundred year history of the First Parish written by Martha Southwick. There is also a poem written by Joseph Edwin Wolf. A tercentenary calendar and black and white photographs are also included.

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005.048.001 - Card, Admittance

A light blue admittance card for the St. Alphonsus Church reception that was held on Sunday, August 29, 2004 at Jimmy's Allenhurst in Danvers. The dinner was at 2 PM at the cost of $20.00 per adult. Number 49 was written in ink on the top right corner.

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