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45. The Modern Sanctuary Chancel of The Church of the Pilgrimage
Our Chancel continues to have a central Pulpit and Communion Table, both of which were long the tradition within Congregational churches. The Cross on our sanctuary front wall in front of the Dossal Curtain was added about 1950--a change which most Congregational heritage churches in America made in the 1930's-1950's time period. Our Church Choir, Organ Console, and Organ Pipes are located in our Chancel. On the main floor of the sanctuary in front of the Chancel there is a large Piano on the left and a Baptismal Font on the right.
46. The Church of the Pilgrimage and Its Continuing Quest
47. The Origins of the United Church of Chris
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1. Mayflower II ~ Showalter image |
2. The Pilgrims' Meeting-House/Fort ~ Showalter image |
3. Cannons in the Meeting-House/Fort ~ Showalter image |
4. The Pulpit in the Meeting-House/Fort ~ I thank eminent Pilgrim scholar Dr. Jeremy Bangs for his information on this pulpit and railing. In 1988 he designed, based on his research, the ones shown here at Plimoth Plantation. He has described that research in his book, Images of Leiden and of Pilgrim Topics. Sadly, by 2019 that pulpit and railing had been removed from this Meeting-House/Fort. ~ Dr. Bangs currently is Director of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum Foundation of Leiden, Netherlands. See that museum's Facebook page at Leiden American Pilgrim Museum. Previously, Dr. Bangs was Chief Curator of Plimoth Plantation (1986-1991) and visiting curator of manuscripts at Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, MA (1994-1996). He has published several books and many articles about the Pilgrims. ~ Showalter image |
5. 1744-1831 Meeting-House of the First Church ~ Lord, Arthur. "The Pilgrims' Church in Plymouth," The New England Magazine, new ser. v. 7, 1892-1893, p. 780 at The Third Church, erected 1744 - [HathiTrust]. |
6. Rev. Chandler Robbins ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image |
7. Rev. James Kendall ~ Lord, Arthur. "Portrait of James Kendall," Plymouth Church Records - 1620-1859. Part II, p. 538 , Publication of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston, Volume XXIII, 1923 at Plymouth Church Records, Part II - [Google Books]. |
8. Third Church's First House of Worship ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image - Photo about 1890's. - The land for this building was purchased from Thomas Jackson Jr. The deed showing its purchase is at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds and is accessible online at Plymouth County Registry of Deeds - [Go to TitleView, Deed Book 00088, web pages 291-293]. - This house of worship for Third Church was built in 1801, as indicated in the following sources. - Hurd, D. Hamilton. "History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches." p. 180, J. W. Lewis & Co., Chicago, 1884 at History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts - [HathiTrust]. - Thacher, James. "History of the Town of Plymouth, from Its First Settlement in 1620 to the Present Time." Second Edition, pp. 290-291, Marsh, Capen & Lyon, Boston, 1835 at History of the Town of Plymouth - [Google Books]. |
9. The 52 People Who Gathered the Third Church of Christ in Plymouth in 1801 ~ "Third Church of Christ in Plymouth, Ledger 1, 1801-1823," p. 4 - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. ~ 53 members of First Church were dismissed from the First Church in order to follow through with their intention of gathering the Third Church in 1801. Of those 53, only 52 actually joined Third Church when it was gathered. The one missing person from that group was Mercy Robbins who, as it turned out, never did become a member of Third Church. |
10. The Church Covenant Entered Into On October 1, 1801 ~ "Third Church of Christ in Plymouth, Ledger 1, 1801-1823," p. 10 - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
11. The Job Description for Third Church's Ministers ~ "Third Church of Christ in Plymouth, Ledger 1, 1801-1823," p. 8 - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
12. Rev. Adoniram Judson Sr. ~ Grose, Howard (Ed.). "Judsoniana: Gleaned from various sources by the editor." Missions: A Baptist Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, Number 6, June 1914, p. 500 at Adoniram Judson, Senior - [HathiTrust]. |
13. Deacon John Bishop's House ~ Showalter image |
14. Eight Churches Which Emerged ~ Lord, Arthur. "Offshoots From the First Church, Plymouth." Plymouth Church Records - 1620-1859. Part 1, p. liv, Publication of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston, Volume XXII, 1920 at Plymouth Church Records, Part 1 - [Google Books]. |
15. Rev. Adoniram Judson Jr. ~ Magee, John L., lithographer; Lewis Colby & Co., publisher at Adoniram Judson, DD - [Wikimedia Commons], cropped, reduced size, CC0 1.0 . |
16. The Burial Hill Gravestone of John Bishop and Abigail ~ Showalter image ~ John's birthplace noted in Davis, William T.,"Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth." Part 1, A. Williams and Company, Boston, 1883, p. 102 at Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth - [Google Books]. |
17. The End of Massachusetts Town Taxes Supporting Religion ~ In 1821, a state wide referendum was held in which Commonwealth voters were asked to ratify a MA Constitutional Convention’s proposal to abolish support, by MA towns, of Protestant ministers and required attendance upon the instructions of the clergy. That proposal was defeated by a vote of 19,547 to 11,065. ~ A similar proposal [though not specifying “Protestant” ministers] was presented again to MA voters in a November 11, 1833 referendum. That proposal was ratified by an overwhelming vote of 32,354 for it and 3,272 against it. Thus, the Massachusetts Bill of Rights was amended accordingly and state support of religion came to an end in Massachusetts. ~ Hartwell, Edward M. "Appendix, I. Changes Effected by Amendments of the Constitution," Referenda in Massachusetts and Boston, City of Boston Statistics Department, City of Boston Printing Department, 1910, p.9 at: Referenda in Massachusetts and Boston - [Google Books]. ~ Referendum in Massachusetts, "Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California", Volume VI, May 1911 to January 1912, San Francisco, California, 1912, p. 333 at Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California - [Google Books]. ~ Buck, Edward, "Massachusetts Ecclesiastical Law"," Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1866, pp. 64-65 at Massachusetts Ecclesiastical Law - [Google Books]. |
18. Washington Allston ~ At: Washington Allston - [Wikipedia] creator QS: P170, Q468272, Washington Allston - [Wikimedia Commons], cropped, reduced size, CC0 1.0. |
19. The 1840 Church of the Pilgrimage ~ "1870 Manual of The Church of the Pilgrimage" - The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives booklet. |
20. The Construction and Financing of the 1840 Church of the Pilgrimage ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image |
21. The 1840 Pew Plan ~ Showalter image created from information in "The Plan of the Pews in the Church of the Pilgrimage" document placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
22. The Third Church's 1840 Sanctuary Described ~ [left image] Stuart, James et alia. "Chap: III. Pl: VII." The Antiqvities of Athens. Vol. 1, J. B. Haberkorn, London, 1762, cropped, reduced size, at The Antiquities of Athens - [Archive.org]. ~ [right image] Showalter image ~ "Old Colony Memorial," Saturday, November 28, 1840, 967, p. 2. |
23. 1840 Church of the Pilgrimage Dedication ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image |
24. 1841 Tower Bell ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image |
25. The Third Church's Sanctuary 1856-1887 ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archive image |
26. Congregationalism's Famous Burial Hill Declaration ~ John Adams Whipple photo at National Congregational Council at Plymouth Rock, June 22, 1865 at the Metropolitan Museum, New York - [Metropolitan Museum of Art], (CCO 1.0). |
27. Third Church's Invitation to Congregationalists ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - Vol. 3rd, 1851-1883," January 30, 1870 meeting - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
28. Third Church Becomes "The Church of the Pilgrimage" ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - Vol. 3rd, 1851-1883," January 30 and May 5 church meetings in 1870 - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
29. 1871 Female Members Are Finally Granted the Right to Vote ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - Vol. 3rd, 1851-1883," February 13, 1871 meeting - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
30. A View from the Top of Burial Hill ~ Kingman, Bradford. - "Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892: With Biographical and Historical Notes."New England Illustrated Historical Publishing Company, 1892, at Burial Hill in Plymouth MA - [Wikipedia], cropped, reduced size, CC0 1.0 . |
31. The 1840 Church Rededicated in 1888 ~ Showalter image, also "Notes taken by Mrs. A.B. Handy - 1940, p. 2" and "History of The Church of the Pilgrimage" by Rev. Gary L. Marks, p. 11, in The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives |
32. The Incorporation of The Church of the Pilgrimage ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage was incorporated on January 20, 1890 under then Chapter 404 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1887 and noted at that time to be new Corporation No. 3958 - document copy in The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives. ~ 103 churches in Massachusetts were incorporated under that 1887 statute in the period from 1887-1890. Of that number, 46 [including our church] were Congregational. In 1890 there were said to be 565 Congregational churches in Massachusetts. ~ "Church Incorporation Under the Laws of Massachusetts, 1891," Press of Springfield Printing and Binding Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1891 ~ "The Congregational Year-Book, 1891," National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United State, Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, Boston, 1891, p. 214 at The Congregational Year-Book, 1891 - [Archive.org]. ~ The Bylaws of The Church of the Pilgrimage in 1901, 1939, and 1947 in The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives. |
33. The Church's Tower Severely Damaged by Storms ~ "Damaged by the Gale," Boston Journal, Tuesday, January 13, 1885, Vol. LII, Issue: 17010, p. 2. ~ The Great Storm!, The Worst Ever Known in Plymouth, Wreck Strewn Shore, Great Loss of Life on the Coast," The Old Colony Memorial, December 3, 1898, p. 4. ~ "At Last," The Old Colony Memorial," August 5, 1899, p. 4. ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - 1889-1930," February 15, 1917, p. 288 - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. ~ The church's September 20, 1953 worship bulletin in The Church of the Pilgrimage's Archives. |
34. The Church of the Pilgrimage Redesigned in 1899 ~ Photograph by Alfred Stevens Burbank, abt 1906 - The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives image ~ On June 26, 1899, the church voted to accept the more elaborate of the two plans presented to it for the repair of its storm damaged tower. In that period, the Bylaws of the church apparently also recognized a group connected to The Church of the Pilgrimage which it referred to as the "Congregation." The church's Bylaws in 1901 [and presumably earlier] defined the "Congregation" as being made up of "such persons of lawful age as habitually worship with the Church and contribute in its recognized methods for the support of its services." According to church records, at the time the church voted on those tower repair plans, the Congregation in a separate meeting also voted on them, with the result that the Congregation concurred with the church members' vote. |
35. Inspiration for the Redesign ~ At: Tango7174 , Veneto Vicenza2 Madonna Monte Berico tango7174 - [Wikimedia Commons], reduced size, CC BY-SA 4.0 . |
36. The Journey from Wine and Common Cup ~ "Minutes," The General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts, 1876, Minutes of the Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting, Lowell, June 20-22, Congregational Publishing Society, Boston, 1876, p. 12 at 1876 Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts - [Archive.org] . ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - Vol. 3rd, 1851-1883," April 26, 1877 church meeting ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - 1889-1930," November 5, 1899, p. 101 and January 22, 1900, p. 103-104. - Both these church ledgers placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
37. Helping to Establish a Congregational Ministry and Church ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - 1889-1930," various church meetings November 2, 1899, p. 100 and later. - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
38. The Church's Changed Sanctuary ~ The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives [Belcher family] image and document: "History of the Church of the Pilgrimage" by Henry Stegmaier, 1940. ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - 1889-1930," November 19, 1909 meeting, pp. 211-212 [Vote was taken to proceed with the sanctuary redesign/renovation.] and January 12, 1911 meeting, p. 228 [It was noted that "all the Pilasters had to be made over" in the renovation.] - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
39. The Present Covenant ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - Vol. 3rd, 1851-1883," June 24, 1883 meeting - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. ~ The church's February 21, 1926 worship bulletin (Minister: Rev. Theodore Busfield) in The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives. |
40. An Historic Event in Plymouth - 1918 ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Book of Church Records - 1889-1930," Early 1918 entries, pp. 299, 301 - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. ~ Nolan, Seth. "100 years ago, coal shortage, bitter cold sent Northeast US into 'dire' situation, "Williamsport Sun-Gazette," Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 18, 2020 at 100 years ago, coal shortage, bitter cold sent Northeast US into ‘dire’ situation. ~ 1918 Pandemic Influenza Historic Timeline, “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” at 1918 Pendemic Influenza Historic Timeline. ~ August 27, 1918, Flue Epidemic Begins in Boston, “Massmoments.org,” at Flu Epidemic Begins in Boston. |
41. The Church's 1954 Addition ~ Showalter image ~ The church's September 20, 1953 and May 16, 1954 worship bulletins in The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives. |
42. The Church of the Pilgrimage and the United Church of Christ ~ Showalter image ~ The church's June 23, 1957 worship bulletin in The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives. |
43. The Meeting-house/Fort Replica at Plimoth Plantation - 1957 ~ "The Pilgrims' Fort-Meetinghouse News," November 1957 - The Church of the Pilgrimage Archives. |
44. Significant Changes in 1968 and 2005 ~ Showalter image |
45. The Modern Sanctuary Chancel ~ Showalter image ~ "The Church of the Pilgrimage, Church Records - 1931-1948," January 22, 1950 meeting - Ledger placed on deposit in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth by The Church of the Pilgrimage. |
46. The Church of the Pilgrimage and Its Continuing Quest - Doug Post image |
47. Origins of the United Church of Christ chart ~ Carl E. Schneider, Ph.D.; Eden Theological Seminary; Eden Publishing House; St.Louis, Missouri; Copyright 1966. Redrawn by Scott Holl, 2005, Used with permission. |
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