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the following spring. It is a tasteful building, twenty-two by 

 forty feet, with an alcove for the minister and choir. The total 

 cost, exclusive of labor performed by various members of the 

 society, was over $800. To a small society of twenty-two mem- 

 bers the erection of this chapel seemed quite an undertaking; but 

 friends from Hingham and adjoining towns gave encouragement 

 and substantial aid, which, combined with the persistency and 

 faith of the members of the society from its commencement, 

 completed a building which exceeded the expectations of those 

 directly interested in its construction, and which would be a 

 credit to any community. The chapel was dedicated Sunday, 

 May 16, 1891, with appropriate exercises. At the exercise of 

 dedication an appeal was made to the congregation by one of 

 the visiting speakers, for aid to reduce the debt incurred in 

 building the chapel, and $151 were contributed. The society is 

 now free from debt. The organ, chairs, and some other furni- 

 ture were the gift of the sewing society. Services are held every 

 Sunday. There is no settled minister, but clergymen from 

 Hingham and adjoining towns officiate at the services. This 

 society is doing a good work. 



Although the original limits of the South Parish extend to the 

 southern boundary line of the town, yet the natural boundary line 

 of Liberty Pole Hill marks the division between Glad Tidings 

 Plain and Liberty Plain and the adjacent country. The thickly 

 settled portion of extreme South Hingham forms a village quite a 

 distance from the Meeting-house, and partly from this cause and 

 perhaps also from a diversity of opinion there has been a demand 

 for a nearer place of worship. 



As has been previously stated there had been occasional relig- 

 ious meetings and Sunday-schools through many years in this 

 part of the town. Beginning some forty years or more before 

 the formation of this society, meetings were held regularly for a 

 number of years in the schoolhouse, which brought together on 

 Sundays a large congregation, not only from this immediate 

 vicinity, but also from Scituate and Hanover. Rev. George 

 Lincoln preached. There was a large Sunday-school connected 

 with these meetings. In 1859-60 there were religious services 

 in Liberty Hall, at which Rev. J. F. Dyer preached. 



The formation of the United Social Society of South Hingham 

 is the natural outcome of these earlier efforts to maintain regular 

 religious services. 



