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United Church membership catalogue, 1742–1855 · scan page 19

Uncorrected OCR. Name spellings, dates, symbols and column order may be wrong. Verify against the original scan. Includes member death markings and dates. White-Haven is part of this New Haven congregation’s historical name; it is not West Haven. Overlaps the 1867 North Church manual.

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cording  to  Matthew,  slinll  have  l)i_'i;-n  talci'ii,  roiuplaint  may  be
made  to  this  Comuiitteo  iiisteail  of  the   Church.
3.  It  shall  he  tli<^  'liity  "f  tlie  Cdinuiittec  to  aseerfaiii  tlie
facts  ill  eacli  case  whicli  may  come  bcfure  them,  and.  if  the  case
cannot  be  pro]KTly  settled  otlh-rwiM',  tli>;v  :^hall  make  rcjmrt  to
the  Churcli,  biitli  df  the  fai't>,  an.]  of  the  measures  projH-r,  in
their  ojiiniuii,  to  l)e  taken.
4.  Tiiis  Committee  shall  have  power  to  summon  before  theiu
all  nieinbei's  of  this  Church,  accused  of  any  offi'iise,  to  examine
them,  and  to  give  them  such  l.irothc  riy  counsel,  a>  may,  in  their
ju<lgment,  tend  to  reclaim  tliem,  if  tliey  are  found  to  be  of-
fonders.
5.  This  Committee  shall  liave  power  to  call  upon  any  of  the
brethren  of  the  Cliurch  to  aid  them  in  the  (Hscharge  of  their
duties.
G.  This  Committee  sliall  meet  statedly  once  a  month,  and
ofti-ner,  as  cases  ma}   reipiiie.
Ikit  this  Church  declare,  that  in  appointing  this  Committee,
they  do  not  discharge  or  les-^en  the  obligations  of  the  individual
members  of  this  Church,  to  watch  over,  aduiouish,  and  reprove
one  aiiotlier.
THE   AxxuAi.   mep:ting   and   keports.
XII.  1.  On  or  near  tlie  second  Sabbath  evening  in  January,
thei'e  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Church  tbr  the  review
of  the  pniceding  year,
2.  Tliere  shall  be  reports  by  Committees  }>reviously  ap-
pointed;  (1)  respecting  the  additions  to  and  removals  from  the
Church  ;  (2)  respi'cting  the  contributions  of  the  Church  and
Congregation  to  objects  of  Christian  lieiievolence  ;  (3)  respect-
ing the  religious  instruction  uf  the  young,  especially  in  the  Sab-
bath School  ;  (4)  respecting  tlie  state  of  religion  in  the  Church
and  CoiiLrreLfation.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P002-0019. United Church membership catalogue, 1742–1855, printed page not verified, PDF page 19. Church of Christ in the United Society (New Haven, Conn.); digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/catalogueofmembe00chur/page/n19/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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