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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Center Baptist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"He held meetings, preached, visited the sick, attended funerals and was constant in all duties that pertain to the pastor of a church at what is now…"

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Ordained in 1787, he preached in his native Oxford for the next nine years. From 1796 to 1806 he served as the pastor for a church in Boothbay, Maine."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… every man who advocates right and is sincere in what he preaches." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… Touching the Causes and Remedies of Intemperance, preached in Augusta, 1845 X Mug, 1780-1800 English Pearlware with underglaze blue painted…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Methodist ChurchStrong Historical Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland, and northward, until on October 15, he preached at…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"In 1826 Jacob was also licensed to preach by The Hampshire Association. He stayed as a professor at Amherst until 1829."

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First Parish in Portland

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Rather than preaching moderation, they branded all drinkers as rum dealers. Indeed, Dow left the moderates behind, including wine drinker Governor…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… conduct school for part of the week, returning to preach and teach school at the Kapitoleum the other half of the week."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The first pastor was John Leman, who preached to his congregation for the sum of $200.00 a year, 2/3 in money and 1/3 in provisions."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The Minister of the North Church was preaching one Sunday when he honored Mr. Daniel Bonney for providing a a tin cup on a chain for men to get a…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He would spend the rest of his life preaching wherever he could find an audience. But his biggest audiences would come at the camp meetings that were…"