HISTORY

OF THE

FIRST CHURCH, CHARLESTOWN,

IN NINE LECTURES, WITH NOTES.

BY WILLIAM I. BUDINGTON,

PASTOR OF THE CHURCH.

"God of our fathers! while our ears

Shall hear the chronicles of old-
Thy wondrous deeds in ancient years,
Which sires unto their sons have told ;-

May we their spirit catch, and give
Ourselves, anew, to Truth and Thee;

And, like those worthies, dare to live
FREEMEN IN CHRIST, the only Free!"

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES TAPPAN.

1845.