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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 82
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72 MINISTRY OF REV. MR. CARROLL. The Deacons called ujjon Kev. Dr. Thompson, for- merly of the Chapel Street Church in this city, Rev. Dr. Hatfield, Rev. Dr. Asa D. Smith, and Rev. Mr. Coe, of the Am. Home Missit)nary Society, all of them strong anti-slavery men, from whom, and from other sources, they learned that Rev. Dr. Hovey was one of the most estimable ministers in the city ; that he was not a Secessionist, nor in any proper sense a j)ro-slavery man, nor disloyal to the government. And when another Committee of this Church and Society waited upon his Presbytery, to present our call, there was a general outburst of, "We cannot spare him ;" " Nobody can fill his place ;" " He is doing invaluable service where he is," &c., &c. His own Church also were in great alarm at the prospect of losing him ; paid up the arrearages of his salary ; offered him more ; and by a strong Committee urged upon the Presbytery the absolute necessity of retain- ing him where he was, unless they were willing to see his large Church and Society, with its eleven hundred Sabbath scholars, broken up and disbanded. Accord- ingly the Presbytery passed a Resolution, requesting the South Church to desist from the further prosecu- tion of the call. Dr. Hovey felt himself bound by the rules of the Presbyterian Churcli to abide by the decision of the Presbytery, and so the call was with- drawn. This was voted at a meeting of the South Church, Deo. 1, 18G1. Tlie failure to secure the services of Dr. Hovey was a great disappointment to some of our members, who
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0082. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 82. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n86/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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