(MASSACHUSETTS) Register of sermons baptisms and deaths at t

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(MASSACHUSETTS.) Register of sermons, baptisms and deaths at the Dorchester South Meeting House. [66] manuscript pages. Folio, 11 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches, original wrappers; a few leaves trimmed or excised, minor staining. Dorchester, MA, 1810-1816

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The Dorchester South Meeting House, also known as the Second Congregational Church of Dorchester, was founded in 1804. It became a Nazarene Methodist church in the 1990s. This volume records on 59 pages a summary of sermons at the church from 1810 to 1816, listing the minister and the principal texts. The Rev. John Codman was the principal minister, but guest ministers were common. A few of the volumes from the period of the War of 1812 seem to address contemporary concerns, such as on 23 July 1812 shortly after fighting began: "Fast Day, Mr. Codman, James 4-1. From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence even of your lusts that war in your members." In the rear of the volume are recorded 7 pages of baptisms and deaths for the same period.