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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 76
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68 MINISTRY OF REV. MR. NOTES. their brethren on affairs of common interest, and to influence their votes if they could convince their judg- ments. But this, so far from being an " unprece- dented assumption," is a universal and just claim. Yet it appears to be the only basis for the charge preferred by Mr. Noyes under this head ; for, in an- other place (p. 13) he says, "If the majority, after being teased and tormented by them [the minority] for a time, should yield to their unreasonable demands, his pleasant and useful relation to them would be broken up, and he set adiift, when he might have labored on successfully for years." So, after all, there is no assumption of power on the part of the minority ; they only " ^ease and foiTuent :" just as a fly leases and torments an elephant, until at length the noble animal, overcome by its importunity, sur- renders at discretion ; and thus the " small yet influential minority" becomes a majority. But to drop the figure, — we know of nothing to jjrevent a minority, however small, from endeavoring to bring the majority over to its views by sound argument or undeniable facts ; and if successful, the presumption is, that the minority were right, and the majority wrong. In the case before us, there was no necessity for such an effort : for no sooner had there been a comparison of views, than it was seen at once that a large major- ity were in favor of a change. And when the vote was taken on the acceptance of Mr. Noyes' resigna- tion, it was, as we said before, all but imanimous. It was a perfectly free, fair and full vote of the
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0076. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 76. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n78/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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