FOOTNOTES:
[1] Mrs. Peaslee Badger died 1834, at Compton, Lower Canada. Major Peaslee Badger died at Gilmanton, N. H. M. P. Cogswell, in transmitting the news of his death, says—"I now have the painful duty to perform of giving you information of the decease of your honored father, who died at Gilmanton, October 13, 1846, at 12 o'clock at night, and was buried on this day, the 15th, in the old family burial ground, by the side of his father and mother. The Rev. Daniel Lancaster preached a good discourse at our old Smith Meeting House, from Ecc. 12: 7; he spoke well and feelingly of the Major; of his high order of talents, of his remarkably retentive memory of the Scriptures, and so forth. Thus has our honored father gone down to the grave, as said Mr. Lancaster, like a shock of corn fully ripe in its season, at the age of 92 years and six months, lacking ninedays. The day was beautiful for the season; Gov. Badger and family, as likewise all the relatives in Gilmanton and vicinity were present, and the whole scene was solemnly impressive."
[2] The History of Gilmanton, from the first settlement to the present time, 1845. By Daniel Lancaster, p. 256. Also, Memoir of Hon. Joseph Badger, p. 1.
[3] See American Quarterly Register, vol. xiii, No. 3, p. 317.
[4] 3,450 ft. high.
[5] 3,320 ft.
[6] 4,636 ft.
[7] 1000 ft.
[8] 6,314 ft.
[9] This title was then very commonly given to all Baptist ministers. For some years, however, it has been gradually growing obsolete.
[10] This and its accompanying stanza.
[11] At Ionia, Onondaga Co., N. Y., 1835.
[12] Rom. 1: 16.
[13] This part of the journal was written in 1816.
[14] His brother, Peaslee Badger.
[15] The one that coerced him to pray when a child.
[16] This letter, and another signed by two deacons in Newhampton, are before me. They witness to the great power and success of his ministry; also to his Christian life.
[17] Proverbs, 27: 7.
[18] The same mentioned on page 21.
[19] Zech. 14: 7.
[20] In a sense that to you needs no explanation.
[21] Ps. 7: 16.
[22] Ps. 9: 15.
[23] Ecc. 10: 8.
[24] Acts 20: 31.
[25] John 17: 3; John 1: 18; Matt. 11: 27.
[26] Then Ontario County.
[27] In 1818, this town was constituted out of the town of Pittsford.
[28] It is stated that the first regularly organized Conference in the United States, occurred at Hartwick, Otsego County, N. Y., 1818. See Pall., vol. ii., p. 169.
[29] Now Stafford, Genesee County, N. Y.
[30] Christian Herald, Portsmouth, N. H., Vol. II, p. 61.
[31] Christian Herald, Portsmouth, N. H., Vol. II, p. 63.
[32] Both were active members of the Union Convention held in Covington, Genesee, January, 1820.
[33] His degree in Masonry was the Royal Arch.
[34] At first, it was a voluntary assemblage, called general because all denominations were invited to participate; later, delegates from local Conferences were appointed.
[35] Mr. Church lived in the town of Friendship, six miles west from Mr. How.
[36] Her mother, Mr. How's first wife, died 1816.
[37] The La Fayette Ball given at that time, he says, cost $100,000; and about 12,000 persons were said to have been present.
[38] This spring emits carbureted hydrogen gas. It has not only lighted the apartments of the citizens, but has been used in cooking.
[39] Then all the towns east of the Genesee, in this section, were in Ontario County; Monroe County was not then formed.
[40] In a later address of Mr. Loring, than the one whose statements were quoted by Mr. Himes, published in 1844, which was the 40th anniversary of the Boston Church, Mr. L. observes—"Elder Badger arrived in September, and commenced preaching. His labors were successful, and many gathered to hear the word. In the winter following, a considerable number professed conversion, and were received by the Church. Under date of Lord's day, March 23, 1828, there stands on the Church record the following entry:—'At the close of the afternoon service, Elder Badger, with the candidates for baptism, previously prepared, proceeded in ten carriages to South Boston, where they were followed by a large portion of the congregation. After solemn prayer, the ordinance was administered after the example of our glorious Lord.' Elder Badger remained with us about a year, and during his stay I believe this house was generally as well filled as at any period since its erection."—p. 18.
[41] J. G. Loring and Wm. Gridley are deceased; the former but recently.
[42] Mrs. Badger.
[43] His answer to the committee, in which he declines their invitation, is dated at Boston, August 14, 1828.
[44] Gospel Luminary, Vol. III, p. 95.
[45] The name of his residence in Mendon.
[46] Bible Doctrine of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, Atonement and Faith; to which is prefixed an Essay on Natural Theology and the Truth of Revelation. By Wm. Kinkade. Revised by J. Badger.
[47] Pall., Vol. II, p. 287. A general convention from the different States.
[48] In the town of Broadalbin.
[49] Now Fulton County.
[50] Pall., Vol. II, p. 387.
[51] The leading men in starting the general association and the publication of the Christian Palladium were O. E. Morrill, J. Badger, J. Bailey, B. Miles, and others. O. E. Morrill was particularly active and prominent in this useful movement.
[52] The debate with R. D. Owen, as it was called, was evidently no debate. No direct issue was formed between them, and there was no direct conflict of mind with mind on any essential question. It was mostly the rare phenomenon of two men talking alternately in the same place on different subjects.
[53] Debate on the Roman Catholic religion, pages 59, 186, 172.
[54] Editor of the Christian Teacher.
[55] J. J. Harvey.
[56] At Marion, Wayne County, N. Y.
[57] 1828.
[58] January, 1844.
[59] To Joseph Marsh, Editor of the Palladium.
[60] The Christian Church at Royalton, N. Y., was the first erected in the State west of the Genesee river.
[61] One of the means of torture in the Spanish Inquisition.
[62] Faust, p. 89.
[63] The first local Conference regularly organized in the United States, for the transaction of general business and for the keeping of a pure ministry, was called by him at Hartwick, N. Y., 1818. He was the leading spirit of that body, and ably met the objections that were raised against its objects. In 1817 he wrote some letters to individual preachers, pleading for an association of churches and ministers, to which ministers should be responsible for the characters they sustain.