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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 71
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MINISTRY OF REV. MR. IS'OYES. Oo by silencing or disjilacing the aforesaid " successor ?" But more of this in the sequel. Mr. Noyes' '' Farewell Sermon" was preached in the South Church, June 2, 1861, being the day before his resignation was to go into effect, and was soon after published. It was a sort of stern-chaser, dis- charged upon his people as he was about to leave them. He virtually admits the declining state of the Church and congregation, but attributes it mainly to the people themselves. He tells how many thousand calls he had made (4,449) during his connection with the South Church, how many prayers he had offered (1,000) in the course of those visits, and how many other good things he had done. He says, — " During the four years of colleagueship, I received to the Church one hundred by profession and forty- six by letter ; and during the three years since, seventy- seven, — thirty-six by profession and forty-one by let- ter,— making a total of 223." If Dr. Stiles, in giving an account of his own ministry, should be equally grasping, there would be very little left for Mr. Noyes. He would say, as Mr. Noyes does, — " During the four years of colleagueship, 1 received to the Church one hundred by profession, and forty-six by letter." And on the same principle might he not add, — " JL also sowed the seed, and, ere I left, saw the grain spring up, which was harvested by Mr. Noyes in the following June." If Dr. Stiles should say this, — which he would be far enough from doing, — how would it strike Mr. Noyes ? Would he deem it quite
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0071. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 71. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n73/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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