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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 44

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36  MINISTRY  OF  DR.  STILES.
good  seed  into  their  hearts, — ^believed,  and  were  saved.
Others,  who  were  ah'eady  church-members,  were
attracted  to  and  around  him,  and  on  the  evening  of
November  8,  1852,  twenty-nine  of  them,  most  or  all
of  whom  resided  in  the  south-western  portion  of  the
city,  were  organized  into  a  Christian  church,  in  con-
nection with  his  ministry.  [For  names,  see  Cata-
logue at  the  close  of  this  volume.]  They  had  previ-
ously appended  their  signatures  to  the  following
declaration  : —
"  We,  the  undfisigncd,  having  considered  the  increasing
population  of  this  section  of  the  city,  and  its  inconvenient
distance  from  places  of  public  worship,  and  having  felt  the
consequent  importance  of  Christian  privileges  in  the  midst
of  us,  and  being  providentially  provided  with  a  sanctuary
for  the  service  of  God ;  looking  up  to  God  for  holy  motive
in  our  solemn  work,  aud  for  His  gracious  blessing  upon  it,
with  a  view  to  the  constitution  of  a  Christian  church, — do
hereby  subscribe  the  above  as  our  Confession  of  Faith  and
Church  Covenant."
These  documents  are  published  in  connection  with
the  Catalogue,  at  the  close  of  this  volume.  They
were  chiefly  prepared  by  Rev.  Dr.  Stiles,  and  are  as
good  an  epitome  of  Christian  doctrine  and  fellow-
ship as  can  well  be  found.  On  the  evening  aforesaid,
the  twenty-nine  persons  who  had  thus  united  them-
selves in  covenant,  although  previously  belonging  to
three  religious  denominations,  and  to  churches  in
three  different  States,  were  publicly  organized  into  a
church,  called  "  The  South  Congregational  Church,"
by  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  whom  they  had  invited

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0044. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 44. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n46/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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