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Identifier: christianannualf1900dayt (find matches)
Title: The Christian annual for the year of our lord ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Christian church
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio : The Christian Publishing Association
Contributing Library: Congregational Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Regional Library System

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lessedresults. Woodstock, Vermont,was the early center ofthe work of our people,and in 1812 a conference of Christian preachers gathered inthe village. As we infer from our records, Frederick Plum-mer was there; so were Elias Smith and Abnor Jones, and ourSaul,—Jasper Hazen,—was among these prophets of God,,participating zealously in their good work. A year later, 1813, was doubly memorable to our brother.It was the year of his marriage and that also of his ordina-tion. Abigail C. Thomas, who became his wife, was remark-able for her Christian experience, her intelligence, and hersocial gifts. The young man was well married. For the twofollowing years he lived and preached in Hartford, his nativetown. He then moved to Woodstock, where he purchased afarm of his father-in-law, and for three years divided histime between farming, teaching, and preaching. There wasalso a political side to his life, for in 1823 he was appointedRegistrar of Probate, and the same year and the year follow-
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ing was sent to the legislature. In 1832 we find him theproprietor of a large tannery, which he had built in his town.Elder John Rand resigning the pastorate of the WoodstockChurch, Jasper Hazen was chosen pastor, and for twenty-eight years continued in this relationship, resigning thenthat he might remove to Albany, New York. In 1826 he, witha few other noble helpers, had timber hauled from the woods,hewed, and framed, and a sufficiency of brick burned toconstruct a church edifice. That his work as a builder wassubstantial is shown in the fact that the same edifice, some-what changed, is still used by the people of Woodstock. Thelarger part of the cost of the building stands to his credit —a sacrifice and labor of love. Early in the twentiesBrother Hazen, withothers, compiled andpublished, A ChoiceSlection of Psalms,Hymns, and SpiritualSongs. Later he pub-lished a spelling book,which had quite generallocal adoption, and in1827, associated with.A^bner Jones, he pub-lished the Gospel

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