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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 68

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60  MINISTRY  OF    REV.  MR.  NOTES.
suit.  Perhaps  the  most  impartial  statement  which
can  be  had  at  this  time,  is  the  Report  of  the  Stand-
ins'  Committee,  submitted  to  the  Church  at  a  meet-
infi-  held  on  the  24th  of  the  same  month,  to  consider
the  above  communication.  Said  Committee  consisted
of  Charles  H.  Warner,  Dr.  John  Nicoll,  and  R.  S.
Pickett,  elected  members,  and  Deacons  Minor  and
Horsfall,  together  with  the  Pastor,  members  ex-officio.
Of  tlie  five  lay  members,  three  belonged  to  that  wing
of  the  Church  which  has  since  broken  off  from  the
main  body,  and  two  of  them  (Dr.  Nicoll  and  Mr.
Pickett)  were  among  the  warmest  friends  Mr.  Noyes
had  in  the  Church.  The  Report  of  that  Committee
was  as  follows  : —
Explanatory  Statement  from  the  Committee  of  the  Church.
"  It  is  well  known  to  most  of  the  members  of  the  Church,
that  within  the  past  year,  and  more  particularly  within  the
])ast  six  months,  the  attendance  on  our  Sab])ath  services
and  the  other  regular  weekly  meotiugs  of  the  Church,  has
seemed  to  be  graduully  diminishing.  Notice  has  been  ta-
ken of  this  by  the  Pastor  and  the  Committee  of  the  Church,
and  by  other  members.  Conversation  on  the  subject,  and
inquiry  as  to  its  cause,  revealed  the  fact  that  many  mem-
bers of  the  CHiuroh  and  congregation  were  in  the  habit  of
frettucntly  going  to  the  meetings  of  other  churches,  and
that  a  considerable  number  of  the  regular  and  constant  at-
tendants on  the  meetings  of  our  own  Church, — including
those  ui)ou  whose  liberality  the  enterprise  has  mainly  rest-
ed for  its  support, — were  stron^dy  imi)ressed  with  the  con-
viction that  this  enterprise  could  not  l)e  carried  forward  suc-
cessfully under  the  ministrations  of  our  present  I'astor.
This  led  to  some  informal  consultations  on  the  subject,
which  resulted  in  a  communication  of  the  facts,  as  they
were  then  understood,  to  Mr.  Noycs,  by  the  Committee  of
the  Chunh.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0068. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 68. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n70/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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