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Show JOHN ELIOT'S CHAIR. Presented to Church He Once Served as Minister. Roston. A quaint old chair onco belonging be-longing to John Eltdt, tho famous Chair Once Owned by John Eliot, Famous Fa-mous Apostle to Indiana. anostlo to tho Indlnnn, is to bo tho center cen-ter of n great gathering. On Sunday ovonlng of March 17, this chair wns presented with appropriate appro-priate exorcises by tho First Church of Dorchester to tho First Church of Roxbury, Eliot square, near tho Norfolk Nor-folk house. Tho First Church In Dorchostor enmo Into possession of tho chair two generations gener-ations ago through n former minister, Dr. Thndous Mason Harris sottlod In Dorchostor 1793-183G and his boon chorlshcd theso many years lu tho church as a vonornble relic. At tho suggestion of tho pastor, Rov. Eugene R. Shlppen, It wns recent ly voted to present tho chair to tho Roxbury church In recognition of the fact that as John Eliot, "The Apostlo to tho Indians," had been minister In Roxbury for many years tho Eliot church, so-called, was tho most suitable suit-able placo for It. A recently 'erected tablet In tho First Church of Roxbury placed high up on tho wall back of tho pulpit gives In brief epltomo Eliot's life's history. It reads: JOHN ELIOT. : : Apostle to tho Indians. : : Horn nt Wldford, 1001. : :' Ills Klrst Yearn Sonitoncd With tho : : Kcnr of Clod, . tho Word und I'rayor. : : Kducutod ut Justin College, : : CiiinlirldKe. : : Cnmo to tho Now World. 1C31. : : rroenguKeri to tho Cliurch In : : Hoxfoury. : : Ordained nn Teacher with Weld. 1G32, : : Whom He Succeeded us Pastor, 1G41 : : 1GI3 Founded tho : : rtnxbury I.ntln School, : : ICS!) tho Kllot School, : In Jamaica I'laln. : : Ono of tho Authora of tho : : liny l'nulm Hook. : : 1613 Bcemi Ills Mnrvcloun Work : : Among tho Native TtIIich : : of New KiiKland. : : 1GG0 Founded, nt Nutlck, tho : : First Indian Church : ; In tho MnHsnchu.sottH Colony, : : 1CC3 Completed the Translation : : of the Illhle. : In Zcnl Kqunl to Ht. Paul. : : In Cluirlty Kmml to St. Frnncls. : : He Traversed the l.und for to Years : ' : In I'erllH of tho Wilderness, : : In I'erllH of tho Heathen. : : In FcurlcsxiK-HM to Hear tho Oospcl : ; to tho Children of tho Woods, : ; Who Were to Jllm : : tho Children of Ooil. : : Uleil May SI. 1C90. : : First AinonK Puritan Saints, : A |