Print of Acton's first meeting house...
Item # 702113
December 21, 1882
THE ACTON MONITOR, Massachusetts, Dec. 21, 1882 This is the volume 1, number 7 issue by "The Evangelical Society of Acton". The front page features a print of: "The First Meeting House of Acton".
Four pages, good condition.
AI notes: The Evangelical Society of Acton was a 19th-century religious organization in Acton, Massachusetts, formed as part of the broader evangelical movement in New England. Like many local evangelical societies of the era, its mission focused on promoting Christian faith and moral reform within the community, supporting religious education, Bible study, and charitable works. These societies often sponsored lectures, prayer meetings, and publications, sometimes in collaboration with local churches, and were important in shaping the town’s spiritual and social life. In Acton, the Evangelical Society would have served as a hub for congregants seeking organized worship and moral guidance outside of—or alongside—the formal parish church structure, reflecting the 19th-century trend of lay religious activism in Massachusetts towns.
Four pages, good condition.
AI notes: The Evangelical Society of Acton was a 19th-century religious organization in Acton, Massachusetts, formed as part of the broader evangelical movement in New England. Like many local evangelical societies of the era, its mission focused on promoting Christian faith and moral reform within the community, supporting religious education, Bible study, and charitable works. These societies often sponsored lectures, prayer meetings, and publications, sometimes in collaboration with local churches, and were important in shaping the town’s spiritual and social life. In Acton, the Evangelical Society would have served as a hub for congregants seeking organized worship and moral guidance outside of—or alongside—the formal parish church structure, reflecting the 19th-century trend of lay religious activism in Massachusetts towns.
Category: Post-Civil War
