William Rice: A Memorial (Classic Reprint)

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The Completion of his academic course was followed by some months of rest, required by the state of his health. In 1841, he was re ceived as a probationer in the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The next sixteen years of his life were spent in the duties of the pastorate. His successive appointments were North Malden (now Mel rose), Saugus, Marblehead, North Russell Street (now Grace Church) in Boston, South Street in Lynn, Park Street (now Walnut Street) in Chelsea, Chicopee, Bromfield Street in Boston, and, again, Park Street in Chelsea. With the exception of Chicopee, the Churches which he served are in the immediate vicinity of Boston, and are included in the panorama from the top of Bunker Hill Monument. At the Close of the first year of his second pastorate in Chelsea, his health gave way to an attack of laryngitis, which assumed a Chronic form, incapacitating him for the duties of the pulpit. He accord ingly removed to Springfield, the home of his childhood, where his father was still residing.

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