Show JOHN CHAIR presented to church he once served as M n ster boston A quaint old chair once be longing to john eliot the famous 7 cha r once owned by john el ot fa apostle to ind ana apostle to the indians is to be the cen ter 0 a great gathering on sunday evening of march 17 this chair was presented with ampro exercises by the first church of dorchester to the first church of eliot sq are near the isor folk house the fust church in dorchester came into possession of the chair two gener actions ago through a former minister dr thadeus mason harris settled in dorchester and his been cherished these many years in the church as a venerable aelic at the s of the pastor rev eugene R ahli i en it was recent 1 voted to present the chair to the roxbury ch arch in recognition of the fact that john eliot the apostle to the indians had been minister in roxbury for many years the eliot church so called was the most suit able place for it A recently erected tablet in the first church of roxbury placed h gh up on the wall back of the pulpit gives in bilet epitome belots life s history it leads JOHN ELIOT apostle to the indians born at gidford widford 1604 H s 11 st deais seasoned with the fear of god the word and prayer I 1 educated at jebus college b ida i can e to tt e new world 1631 to tl e LI u ch in R b ry ordained as teacher W eld whom he su ceded ae pastor t e iry I 1 at n 8 1 ool the baiot hool in jan a a I 1 la n one of tl e auti ors of the bay 1 salm book 1646 began his ma telous work among tl e catl e tribes of new inland 16 0 rounded at natick the I 1 arst I 1 dian lh r 1 in the s colony lomp t d tl e of tl e aible in zeal baqual to st paul in charity I 1 i al t st 1 rands he traversed the 1 an 1 for 40 years in perils of tie wilderness in perils of the heathe in I 1 ear to bear tl e gospel to tl e cl aldren of the woods wl we f to him tl e ch dren of cod D ed may 21 1690 birst among puritan saints |