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Excerpt from Historical Notices of Hartford
They had-aexpressedgliejr earnest desires to Mr. Hooker, that' he would home (ii/er ihto New England and take the pastoral charge ofthem. At their desire he left Holland, and having obtained Mr. Samuel Stone, a lecturer at T oweester, N orthamptonshire, for an assistant in the ministry, took his passage for New England, and arrived in Boston, September 4th, 1638. With him came the famous Mr. John Cotton, Mr. John Haynes, afterwards governor of Connecticut, Mr. Goff, and two hundred other passengers of im portance to the colony. Mr. Hooker proceeded to Newtown, where he found himself in the midst of a joyful and affectionate people, and was himself filled with joy. He embraced them with open arms, say ing in the language ofthe apostle, New I live, ifye stand fast in the Lord. He was soon chosen pastor and Mr. Stone teacher. The church was gathered at Newtown, October 11th; and after solemn fasting and prayer, the pastor and teacher were ordained to their respective offices. This was the pious band who afterwards transported themselves in their associated capacity to Hartford, which they first named Newtown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
