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The Second Universalist Church was organized in 1836, and their house was built the following year.  The pastors of this church have been the Reverend Z. Thompson, from 1837 to 1839; the Reverend Abel C. Thomas, from 1839 to 1842; the Reverend A.A.  Miner, D.D., from 1842 to 1848; the Reverend L.J.  Fletcher; the Reverend L.B.  Mason, from 1848 to 1849; the Reverend I.D.  Williamson, from 1849 to 1850; the Reverend N.M.  Gaylord, from 1850 to 1853; the Reverend John S. Dennis; the Reverend Charles Cravens; the Reverend Charles H. Button; the Reverend L.J.  Fletcher, from 1859 to 1862; the Reverend F.E.  Hicks, from 1862 to 1866; the Reverend John G. Adams, from 1866; the Reverend R.A.  Greene, from 1877.

The John-street (Orthodox) Congregational Church was organized May 9, 1839.  The house was dedicated January 24, 1840.  The Reverend Stedman W. Hanks, the first pastor, was ordained March 20, 1840, and dismissed February 3, 1853.  He was succeeded by the Reverend Eden B. Foster, D.D., who resigned his charge in 1861, but resumed it in 1866.  During his absence the Reverend Joseph W. Backus was pastor.  The Reverend J.B.  Seabury was installed as associate pastor in 1875.  The present pastor is the Reverend Henry T. Rose.

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In 1840, the Third Baptist Church was organized.  In 1846, the edifice, afterwards occupied by the Central Methodist Church, was built for this society.  The pastors were the Reverend John G. Naylor, the Reverend Ira Person, the Reverend John Duncan, the Reverend Sereno Howe, the Reverend John Duer, and the Reverend John Hubbard.  The church was disbanded in 1861.

The Worthen-street Methodist Episcopal Church was organized October 2, 1841, and the edifice was erected the following year.  The succession of pastors has been the Reverend A.D.  Sargent, the Reverend A.D.  Merrill, the Rev. J.S.  Springer, the Reverend Isaac A. Savage, the Reverend Charles Adams, the Reverend I.J.P.  Collyer, the Reverend M.A.  Howe, the Reverend J.W.  Dadmun, the Reverend William H. Hatch, the Reverend A.D.  Sargent, the Reverend L.R.  Thayer, the Reverend William H. Hatch, the Reverend J.O.  Peck, the Reverend George Whittaker.  The present pastor is the Reverend Nicholas T. Whittaker.

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The St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church was gathered on Christmas, 1841.  The Reverend James Conway, the first pastor, was succeeded in March, 1847, by the Reverend Peter Crudden.  The present rector is the Reverend M. Ronan, assisted by the Reverends John D. Colbert and Thomas F. McManus.

In 1843, the Lowell Missionary Society was established.  The Reverend Horatio Wood officiated in the ministry and labored in free evening schools and Sunday mission schools, successfully.

The Kirk-street Congregational Church was organized in 1845; the edifice was built in 1846.  The Reverend Amos Blanchard was installed the first pastor and continued to his death, January 14, 1870.  He was succeeded by the Reverend C.D.  Barrows.  The present pastor is the Reverend Charles A. Dickinson.