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The High-street Congregational Church was organized in 1846. Their
edifice was built by the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, which was formed
in 1842 and was disbanded, in 1844, under the ministration of the
Reverend A.D. McCoy. The Reverend Timothy Atkinson was pastor from 1846
to 1847; the Reverend Joseph H. Towne, from 1848 to 1853; the Reverend
O.T. Lanphier, from 1855 to 1856; the Reverend Owen Street, from
September 17, 1857.
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was originally built for the Baptists,
but was purchased in 1846 by the Reverend James T. McDermott, and
consecrated March 7, 1847.
[Illustration: SCENE BELOW HUNT'S FALLS.]
The Third Universalist Church was organized in 1843, and the edifice
known as Barristers' Hall was built for its use. It was disbanded after
a few years. The pastors were the Reverend H.G. Smith, the Reverend John
Moore, the Reverend H.G. Smith, and the Reverend L.J. Fletcher. The
Central Methodist Church occupied the edifice for a time, before they
secured the building of the Third Baptist Society. The Society was
gathered in 1854. The pastors have been the Reverend William S. Studley,
the Reverend Isaac S. Cushman, the Reverend Isaac J.P. Collyer, the
Reverend Chester Field, the Reverend Lorenzo R. Thayer, the Reverend
J.H. Mansfield, the Reverend Andrew McKeown, in 1865 and 1866, the
Reverend William C. High, in 1867. The Reverend Isaac H. Packard is the
present pastor.
[Illustration: FISKE'S BLOCK, CENTRAL STREET.]
In 1850, a Unitarian Society, organized in 1846, built the Gothic Chapel
on Lee Street, and occupied it until 1861, when it passed into the hands
of a society of Spiritualists. The Unitarian pastors were the Reverend
M.A.H. Niles, the Reverend William Barry, the Reverend Augustus
Woodbury, the Reverend J.K. Karcher, the Reverend John B. Willard, and
the Reverend William C. Tenney. It became the property of the St. Joseph
(French) Roman Catholic Church.
On July 5, 1855, the stone church on Merrimack Street was dedicated as a
Methodist Protestant Church. There preached the Reverend William Marks,
the Reverend Richard H. Dorr, and the Reverend Robert Crossley. The
building passed into possession of the Second Advent Society, which had
been organized as early as 1842.
[Illustration: LOWELL MACHINE SHOP.]
St. John's Episcopal Church was erected in 1861, and consecrated by
Bishop Eastburn, July 16, 1863. The Reverend Charles W. Homer was the
first rector. He was succeeded by the Reverend Cornelius B. Smith, in
1863, who, in 1866, was succeeded by the Reverend Charles L. Hutchins.
The present pastor is the Reverend Leander C. Manchester.
There are in Lowell thirty edifices exclusively devoted to public
worship.
[Illustration: EDSON BLOCK MERRIMACK STREET.]
We have followed the course of events which have developed the city of
Lowell from a small, scattering settlement to an important city, with an
area of nearly twelve square miles, occupied by more than sixty thousand
inhabitants. The daily life of its continually changing population has
not been dwelt upon. In the early days the projectors of the city cared
for the religion, the education, and the savings of those whom they
employed. New England farms contributed their fairest children to the
mills. The field was open to the world, and from every section flocked
those seeking honest employment. First in great numbers came the people
from England and Ireland, and, later, the thrifty French, Germans,
Swedes, and Canadians. All nations have contributed to the advancement
of Lowell, each adding of his labor or thought to the improvement of the
city.
Lowell is laid out with a certain irregular regularity. The mills came
first: the business came afterward; and one finds canals, business
blocks, and mills built close together. Only an intelligent study of a
map of the city will give one an idea of its plan. It was not modeled
after the city of Philadelphia.
[Illustration: A PLAN of SUNDRY FARMS &c. PATUCKET in the town of
CHELMSFORD. MDCCCXXI.]
Over seventeen millions of dollars are invested in manufacturing. There
are one hundred and fifty-three mills, over eight hundred thousand
spindles, and twenty thousand looms. The mills give employment to
thirteen thousand female operatives and ten thousand male operatives.
Two hundred million yards of cotton goods are yearly sent from Lowell to
clothe the world. Of woolen goods, more than eight million yards. Nearly
three million yards of carpeting are made in the city every year, and a
fabulous number of shawls. Thirteen million pairs of stockings were the
last year's product. The Southern States contribute yearly thirty-four
thousand tons of cotton, which is here made into the most delicate
fabrics. The calico and printed goods made in Lowell in the year 1882
would twice encircle the earth at the equator--and then all would not be
used to do it.
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