68 History of Hingham. 



Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Seminary, who supplied the pulpit 

 for over a year, commencing in March, 1864. 



Rev. Henry W. Jones, a graduate of Amherst College and 

 Hartford Theological Seminary, who was installed in May, 1866, 

 and dismissed June 7, 1871 



Rev. Austin S. Garver, educated at Pennsylvania College and 

 a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary. He was ordained 

 as pastor Oct. 31, 1872, and his pastorate ended in July, 1875. 



Rev. Edward C. Hood, a graduate of Princeton College and 

 Union Theological Seminary, from September, 1875, to Septem- 

 ber, 1882. 



Rev. Edward A. Robinson, a graduate of Harvard College in 

 1879, and of Union Theological Seminary, who was ordained July 

 11, 1883. His pastorate ended July 29, 1888. 



Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, acting minister, from June 1, 1889, 

 to June 1, 1890. Mr. Goodspeed was a graduate of the School of 

 Theology, Boston University, and during his year of service in 

 Hingham was pursuing his studies as a member of the senior 

 class in Harvard College, from which he was graduated in 1890. 



Rev. Albert H. Wheelock, the present minister, a graduate of 

 Bangor Theological Seminary, in 1888. He was ordained July 3, 

 1888, as pastor of the Congregational Church in Topsham, Maine, 

 where he remained until he came to this parish in November, 1891. 



The deacons of the church have been Asa H. Holden, Caleb 

 S. Hunt, Samuel G. Bayley, Jacob 0. Sanborn, Tobias 0. Gard- 

 ner, George E. Kimball, and Charles Bates. 



During the pastorate of Mr. Hood the meeting house was ex- 

 tensively repaired, a new organ purchased and placed by the 

 side of the pulpit, and a piano purchased for use in the vestry. 

 Further alterations and repairs were made in the winter of 

 1886-87, and stained-glass windows were put in. The clock was 

 placed in the tower and started April 19, 1887. 



For about thirty years the church received financial aid from 

 the Home Missionary Society. In 1878 the system of raising 

 money for parish expenses by weekly offerings was adopted. 

 By a vote of the parish, May 17, 1882, self-support was assumed, 

 and it has been self-sustaining since that time. 



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In another part of this chapter it has been stated that the 

 parishes in Hingham did not divide upon denominational lines, 

 as was common in the latter part of the last century. For nearly 

 two centuries after the settlement of the town there were no 

 other churches within its original limits, except those which be- 

 came Unitarian. Doubtless the inclination of the sons to follow 

 in the footsteps of their fathers in matters pertaining to religious 

 faith and church allegiance will account for the fact that no 

 earlier effort was made to establish an Evangelical Congregational 

 Society here. The policy of this denomination in Hingham has 



