Excerpt from Manual of the First Evangelical Congregational Church in Cambridgeport: Containing the History of the Church, Its Rules, Articles of Doctrine, Form of Admission, Covenant, and Catalogue of Members A house of worship having been erected on Norfolk Street, it was solemnly dedicated to Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, on the day of the organ ization of the church. This house was built by sub scription, and was held by the Deacons, in trust, for the use of the religious society worshipping in it, but subject, with certain restrictions, to the ultimate and entire control of the church. 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.