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tinued to minister unto those of his old parishioners
who seceded with him from the old
society, and disapproved of his withdrawal
from its service;and these ministrations he
continued, from time to time, until his death,
some fifteen years later.
It may not be profitable to pursue the history
of these religious dissensions. There was no
unanimity in settling the successor to Mr.
Whiting, the Rev. Mr. Bliss, "who was one of
the most distinguished clergymen of that
day." One ecclesiastical convention after an-
other was called to investigate charges against
him, and sometimes opposition conventions
were running at the same time, called by op-
posing parties, which seemed likely to grind
the poor clergyman between the upper and
nether mill-stones of ecclesiastical synods.
Finally, another split in the church was effect-
ed, like that under Mr. Whiting, and thus was
formed the " West Church," at which Mr. Whi-
ting and others were the preachers. Similar
troubles broke out upon the attempt to settle
Mr. Bliss's successor, Mr. Emerson, which,