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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 58
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50 MINISTRY OF DR. STILES. and which afforded to thousands not belonging to his immediate congregation, and many of them from dis- tant places, opportunity to hear the words of life and salvation from one of the most remarkable men of the age. And although now a wall of separation is built up between his former people and himself, so that neither he can come to them nor they go to him, yet they have the assurance in their own hearts that such of them as are true believers, will soon meet him in a world where wars and fightings and alienations are known no more. Dr. Stiles left his people at a most interesting period, when the wave of religious revival which commenced in the Fulton street Prayer Meeting and afterwards spread over a great part of the land, had begun to flow, and had already, in its incipient in- fluences, reached New Haven, The experienced ship- master does not more clearly foresee the coming storm, than Dr. Stiles discerned in advance the signs of those times. Several weeks anterior to the date of his resignation, he remarked to the present writer that he believed we were on the eve of one of the greatest revivals ever known. He alluded to the manifesta- tions of a pervading religious feeling in New York, Newark and other places, and expressed his belief that it was the precursor of events which would make heaven and earth rejoice.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0058. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 58. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n60/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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