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...noon the contact of the lava bed on the sandstone near Greenfield will be seen; here the lower surface of the lava is seen in cross section to be broken up into coarse fragments, now united by a sandy cement which is continuous with the sandstone below, and passes into a volcanic cement above, showing "where the slaggy surface of the flow was under rolled on a muddy bottom and the mud was forced up into the fissures," meeting in the cracks the still liquid lava from above...
...GREENFIELD, Mass., Jan. 27. - Rev. Dr. John F. Moors died here this afternoon, after an illness of long duration. The cause of his death was diabetes...
...public schools and seminary. He entered Harvard in 1838 and graduated in 1842. He graduated from the Divinity School, Cambridge, in 1845; was ordained and made pastor of the Unitarian Church, Deerfield, Jan. 28, 1846 and dismissed in April, 1861; was installed pastor of the Unitarian Society of Greenfield, April 22, 1861. Here his principal life work was done. He remained pastor until 1885, and came to be the most widely known clergyman of liberal faith in the Connecticut Valley and Western Massachusetts. He did not confine himself to church work, but assisted in everything that upbuilds good citizenship...
After retiring from the pastorate of the Greenfield Unitarian Church he engaged in active missionary work in New England, and a number of New Unitarian churches resulted from his efforts, his work being successful. About two years ago he retired from active work, but as long as his strength lasted he responded to the calls of the community...
Principal Disputants. - Affirmative: A. D. Greenfield, L. - Negative: D. King...