72 History of Hingham. 



preached at one of these evening services, which were conducted 

 mostly by Rev. Mr. Street, of Weymouth. There were occasional 

 services during the summer of 1870 and 1871. 



Finallv, in 1879, a successful effort was made to establish per- 

 manent Episcopal services. July 6, 1879, services were con- 

 ducted, in Southworth's hall, on Broad Bridge, by Rev. Julius 

 H. Ward, of Boston, and they were continued regularly through 

 the summer, and as often as twice in each month in the following 

 winter, under the charge of Rev. Thaddeus A. Snively, of Quincy, 

 and Rev. George S. Bennett, of Dorchester. In November, 1879, 

 a Sunday-school was organized. 



The apostolic rite of Confirmation was administered, for the 

 first time in Hingham, by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, 

 S. T. D., Bishop of Massachusetts. June 13, 1880, to six persons. 



Through the summer of 1881 the services were in charge of 

 Rev. Percy C. Webber, and during the following winter, of Mr. 

 Sherrard Billings, as lay reader, then a candidate for holy orders, 

 and a student at the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge. 



July 1, 1881, a lot of land on Main Street, opposite Water 

 Street, was purchased for -f 1,000, and a fund for the erection of a 

 church was started. 



At Easter, 1882, a mission was organized; and July 1,1882, 

 Rev. Charles L. Wells was placed in charge. Mr. Wells was a 

 graduate of Harvard College in 1*79. 



Services continued in Southworth's hall until 1883. 



With the proceeds of a sale, the efforts of the Women's Guild, 

 and amounts subscribed by generous friends, sufficient funds were 

 procured to justify the building of a church on the lot already 

 purchased, and ground was broken for it in November, 1882. Mr. 

 Edgar A. P. Newcomb, of Boston, was the architect, and gene- 

 roiisly contributed his services. The church was finished and 

 consecrated June 5, 1883, by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Henry Pad- 

 dock, S. T. D., Bishop of Massachusetts. The occasion was one of 

 much interest. Over two hundred persons were present at the 

 services of consecration, in which about thirty clergymen assisted. 



The dimensions of the church are sixty-four by twenty-four feet, 

 and it has a seating capacity for about one hundred and fifty. 

 Its cost was about $3,000. 



The chancel window was the gift of Miss Blanche Shimmin 

 in memory of her grandmother, Mary George Parkman. The 

 large window in the west end of the church was the gift of Mrs. 

 George S. Glover and Governor John D. Long in memory of 

 Mary Woodward Long, the daughter of Mrs. Glover and wife 

 of Governor Long. 



The chancel furniture and font were gifts as well as the 

 organ, the latter presented by St. Paul's Church, of Stock- 

 bridge, Mass. 



The brass jewelled receiving basin came from London, England, 

 and was also a gift. 



