REV. JOHN ADAMS.
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In the New Hampshire Collections for Decem
Der, the interesting Ecclesiastical History OF
New Hampshire" is continued; and among other
particulars, it contains some account OF the Rev
John Adams ofDurham. Mr. Adams graduated
at Harvard in 1745, and was settled at Durham in
1748. Some opposition was made to him at the
time, which however subsded, and lie continued
at Durham about 80 years, when new difficulties
arose, and he was dismissed. At the close of his
farewell sermon. Mr.. A. requested his people to
sing to the praise of God, and their own edifica
ton, the three first verses of the 120th Psalm.
Thou God of love, thou ever blest,


Pity my suffering state;


When wilt thou set my soul at rest


From lips which love deceitl


Hard lot of mine my days are cast


Among the SONS OF strife,


Whose never ceasing drawings waste


My golden hours oflife.


might fy to change my place,


How would choose to dwell


In some wide lonesome wilderness


And leave these gates of hell.
After his dismission, the proprietors Of New
field in Maine, made grant to him OF 400 acres
of land, and he removed there when there were
but - families in the place. He WAS physician
us we'll as minister, and was very useful in both
professions. He preached constantly, and prac-
iised physic in the towns of Limington, Limerick,
and Newfeld, till his death, June 4, 1872.
The following is the record Of the first blood
split in Vermont, in the revolution. 1t is at once
a literary curiosity, and illustrative Of the times.


EPITAPH


On tie Monument at Westminster, ".
In MEMORY or WILLIAM FRENCH,


Son of Mr.. Nathaniel French, Who


was shot at Westminster March ye 18th
1775 by the hands of Cruel Ministerial


tools Of George ye Sd in the Courthouse at
ali a clock at night in the 22d year OF


his Age


Here William French his Body lies


For Murder his blood for Vengeance cries
King George the third his Tory crew


tina with bswl his head Shot threw


For Liberty and his country's Good


he lost his life his Dearest Blood