Excerpt from History of the Free Congregational Society of Florence, Mass: With Its Articles of Association and by-Laws
From the first it was the custom of the people, in what are called "The Community times," to hold Sunday meetings, not so much for the " worship of God" in any conventional sense, as for the instruction of man in everything that pertained to human welfare. One of the cardinal principles of these meetings was freedom of discussion. After the co-operative experiment was abandoned, those members of the association who remained in Florence, together with their friends, continued to hold Sunday meetings, though not regularly, down to the time of the formation of the "Free Congregational Society of Florence." In pursuance of the following call, signed by twenty-seven citizens of Florence who had been interested in these Sunday meetings, and who believed that the friends of religious freedom should avail themselves of the strength there is in union and organized effort, a meeting was held at the time and place therein named.
To the People of Florence and Vicinity:
All interested in the promotion of good morals, general education and liberal religious sentiment, whether Catholic or Protestant, or of whatever sect, creed or nationality, are invited to meet in the South School House, on Sunday, May 3, 1863, at 3 1-2 o"clock, P. M., to organize arrangements for the better attainment of the objects above-named.
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