An Ancient Church

The remodeled Second church, that of the Congregational society, at North Beverly, Mass., is 184 years old and is the first and only house of worship the society has ever had. The Second parish of Beverly is one of the old societies of the couuty. When incorporated by the general court in 1713, it was as the "precinct of Salem and Beverly." Objection has been made on the part of certain Beverly people to the 6eparation of the parish. The first meeting townrd forming the society was held in November, 1713, and a committee appointed. At a later meeting the surn of L350 was raised toward building a meeting house. The house was built and fiuished and dedicated the following year. Originally it was 60 feet by 40. In l?71a porch wasadded to the front end by Caleb Dodge at his own expense. In 1751 a steeple was built and a 400 pound bell was purchased. Two years later Robert Hooper gave a bell to the church. The house was placed on its present site in 1837, when it was en larged and tboroughly remodeled. When General Gage was stationed at Dan vers and lived in the Cojlins house, at the time be sent bis messenger down to Salem to termiuate the sitting of the assem bly because it was ábout to form a provincial congress, he attended church in the Korth Beverly house of worship. For inany years the ceiling was not plastered, but later some of the wealthy members had the spaces over their own pews plastered at their own expense. When Robert Hooper gave the church the bell, he was given a pew in the churcb, and the parish voted to have it plastered overhead at the expense of the society. - Boston Herald. The greatest men are uot always in tbe most exalted offices. It is often with men as with building stones - the greater they are the harder it is to elévate them to high positions. The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure is to correct ourselves. - Demosthenes-