The Mandate of God, for Israel's Advancement: A Sermon, Delivered in Trinity Church, Milton, and St. Michael, Litchfield, Nov. 5, 1845; Being One Hundred Years Since the Formation of the Episcopal Church in the Town of Litchfield, Conn (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Mandate of God, for Israel's Advancement: A Sermon, Delivered in Trinity Church, Milton, and St. Michael, Litchfield, Nov. 5, 1845; Being One Hundred Years Since the Formation of the Episcopal Church in the Town of Litchfield, Conn

This account was copied from the blank leaf of a Bible, owned by Mrs. Deborah Plumb, wife of Mr. Ebenezer Plumb, daughter of Elijah Griswold, grand daughter of Capt. Jacob Griswold, and mother of Rev. Elijah Plumb, an excellent min ister of the Episcopal Church, who died a few years since at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, beloved and respected, by all who were acquainted with him.

The first religious service, after the English ritual was per formed by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, President of King's College, afterwards called Columbia, in the city of new-york, and afterwards Rector of Christ Church, Stratford.

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