The Last Sermon

The last sermon in the Fourth First Parish Church on the hill in Ipswich was preached on February 22, 1846 by Rev. David T. Kimble, pastor of the church since 1807.  He was to retire soon after.  The interesting part of this sermon are the names mentioned, the history of the church and the enumeration of the ownership of the pews.  I am adding a Table of Contents to the sermon to point out these areas and to break it up.  I am also including a directory to pictures of the church in its various time periods.  None of these were included in the original publication.  Because some may get bored I have also added a number of links to this page just so you can get out.

Table of Contents

	Cover  (Included for the curious.  It is a picture of the 1846 cover)
	Title Page
	Letter to Pastor Requesting Publication and Reply
	Start of Sermon
	History of the Building and its Predecessors
	Sale of the Pews
	The Pulpit
	The Changing Interior
	The Clock
	The Bell
	Memories and Saving Souls

Pictures

South Parish 1747 -- Probably similar to existing North Church of time

First Church Constructed 1749

First Church 1884

First Church 1895

The Red Church

First Church 1965

First Church 1968

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