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Show Kept Its Ministers Long. "Tho town of Lancaster, Mass., In which I live," said Mr. Hnrold Parker, "Is n placo of llttlo size not over 2,000 population and yet It has enough of Individuality and quality, not to speak of history, behind It to mako Its Inhabitants very proud of living there. In tho first placo it Is ancient, a chartor having been granted grant-ed It In JCS3, and tho samo year witnessed wit-nessed the establishment of tho flrst parish church, which I can nssuro you Is no commonplace Iioubo of worship. "Tho present structuro Isn't so very old nnd yet It dntes from 1810 and looks good to last another century. Tho remarkablo feature, however, is that In Its history of ovor 260 years this church has had but eight ministers, minis-ters, Including the Incumbent. Several Sev-eral of them wero pastors for fifty years or moro and the average Is over thirty years, which I Imagine Is a roc-ord roc-ord no other religious congregation can duplicate." Baltimore American. |
