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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 47
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MINISTRY OF DR. STILES. 39 The Chapel, which Avas completed and opened for use about the beginning of 1853, became at once the place for holding all religious meetings, except the regular preaching services of the Sabbath. Between those services was held the Sabbath School. On Sabbath evenings there was a large gathering in the Chapel proper, attracted by the powerful extempore addresses and prayers of Eev. Dr. Stiles ; on Tues- day evening there was a lecture or prayer meeting ; on Wednesday afternoon and evening, in their room over the Chapel, a meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Society, which was instituted November 11, 1852, (three days after the organization of the Church,) and which at this period assembled every week ; and on Friday evening a prayer-meeting. The Ladies' Society devoted the afternoon to sewing for benevo- lent purposes ; at tea-time they sat down to a plain but inviting supper, having all the ajDparatus for making tea and otherwise furnishing the tables, with- in their own precincts ; after tea, an hour or two more was spent in sewing ; then the Pastor took charge of the meeting, and the remainder of it was devoted to strictly religious exercises, — including an address, singing and prayer. These meetings were turned to excellent account by the Pastor, who con- versed familiarly with the persons in attendance, and when he found cases of special seriousness, which he often die], he would invite them into his study, in the adjoining room, and talk and pray with them, after the usual manner of an Inquiry Meeting.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0047. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 47. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n49/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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