Excerpt from Prime Ancient Society of Fairfield, Connecticut, 1639-1889: An Historical Paper
When the pilgrim fathers voyaged to New England they were taking large part in that movement which signified the civil and religious enfranchisement of the race. The various communities that centred the life of these pilgrim workmen became distinctive fields of operation. They each contributed to the common solution of those problems which vexed and disturbed Christendom. What has been the contribution of this First Church of Christ in Fairfield to tho solution of these problems? The narrative of church life and church work stretching through two hundred and fifty years will give us answer.
The little company that threaded its way through the wilderness to Unquowa was pushed into such course by the prevailing impulse. Great are the crimes committed in the name of religion. But God compels the very forces of evil to shape themselves into agents of His Providence. So that mistakes, animosities, troubles, warfares, which revert to scruples of conscience, antiphonies and genuflections, garbing of preachers, adornment of churches, ecclesiastical polities, religious feelings are all turned to good service in the nurture of a free church and the construction of a free government.
Roger Ludlow was a man that embodied the spirit of his times. He was natural leader of men. Dorchester, in Massachusetts, was his first home on our continent. Having served four years as assistant governor of Massachusetts, (1630-1634), he came to Connecticut in 1635 to investigate the necessities of this colony. He, with seven other men, was commissioned by the Massachusetts Court to govern the colony.
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