On Nov. 1, 1823, there was a meeting of several members of the First Universalist Society, of Scituate, at the house of Capt. Charles W. Cushing, in Hingham.   With them also met a number of persons of the Universalist belief, from Hingham, and, under the inspiration of a mutual sympathy and the desire of spreading their faith, these latter organized as the First Universalist Society of Hingham.
   The following was their declaration of faith: —

   "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, being sensible of the unchangeable and universal love of God to mankind, exhihited in the Redeemer, and in humble thankfulness to Him for disposing our hearts to unite together in the bonds of Christian love and fellowship, think it our duty, as tending to the good order of society in general, and the improvement and edification of each other in particular, to form ourselves into a church of Christ, which, we conceive, consists of a number of believers united together in tbe confession of faith of the gospel."

   The meeting-house was erected in 1829, and was the same now occupied by the society, on North Street.   The corner-stone was laid May 18, 1829, and the house dedicated to the worship of God Sept. 19, 1829, on which occasion the sermon was preached by Rev. Hosea Ballou.
   Chapter 90 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1829 is "An Act to incorporate the Proprietors of the First Universalist Meeting-house in Hingham."   "Moses L. Humphrey, Henry Nye, Marshall Lincoln, Ensign Barnes, Jr., Jairus Thayer and others who have associated or may hereafter associate with them and their successors" were the persons named in the Act as the members of the corporation.
   Among the ministers have been the following: Thomas J. Greenwood, Joseph P. Atkinson, Albert A. Folsom, John F. Dyer, Samuel A. Davis, Jeremy H. Farnsworth, Josiah W. Talbot, M. M. Preston, Albert Case, John D. Cargill, Emmons Partridge, John E. Davenport, Phebe A. Hanaford, Daniel P. Livermore, and S. R. H. Biggs.