Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley (1911)
Wight, Charles Albert, 1856- · [Chicopee Falls, Mass., The Rich print · leaf 50
t Edwards was preachingat the time the first great revival occurred under hislabors, when some three hundred members wereadded to the church. Sunday, March 13,1737, occurredin this building the accident to which reference is sofrequently made in histories of the time. According tothe tradition,… … THIKD MKRTlMi HOLSK—ERECTED IT.n and giving terrifying emphasis to the preacherssolemn words. The framework of the gallery and itsoccupants fell upon the people seated beneath, butfortunately no one was seriously injured. One natu-rally infers that this accident hastened the erection ofa new house…
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