Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ....was given to Mr. Apthorp, 50 per annum, and 18 in lieu of house and glebe; making, with the stipend from the Society, an income of 118 a year. On October 17th 1768 he wrote: "My duty lies within a narrow circle, and affords nothing of importance. I content myself with the hopes of meriting the silent approbation of the Society by a steady, unaffected discharge of what comes under my cure." May 14th 1770: "The Church of Cambridge affords nothing of consequence to communicate, except the happiness of assuring you of its regularity and tranquillity." April 25th 1772: "The congregation increases notwithstanding the late loss of two principal families by death and removal. My communicants make a superior figure to most in the country." March 12th 1774: "There are between fifteen and twenty families, six of them possessed of ample fortunes, the rest in very easy circumstances, who have retired from business. The income of the Church seldom exceeds 70 per annum. The populace are almost daily engaged in riots and tumults. On the 7th inst. they made a second destruction of thirty chests of tea. Political commotions run extremely high in Boston; if not suppressed soon, the whole province is in danger of being thrown into anarchy and confusion." On the 14th of September 1774 he preached at the King's Chapel, Boston, in presence of General Gage, before a Convention of the Episcopal Clergy, on the text: "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." St. John xiii. 17. As Mr. Serjeant's congregation comprised many noted loyalists, and his Church was in the very focus of the excitement at the beginning of the war, it was scarcely to be expected that he would remain long without molestation. Like many others of the clergy..."
