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78  MINISTRY    OF    REV.    MR.    CARROLL.
minister,  and  upon  the  strength  of  the  reciprocal  love  I
bear  you  as  a  Church  of  Christ,  I  base  my  hearty  accept-
ance of  your  renewed  proposal : — feeling  too,  that  the  same
Providence  re-decides  me  which  first  led  me  to  you,  gave
me  a  call  from  you,  directed  my  affirmative  answer,  com-
pelled afterwards  the  withdrawal  of  it,  and  now,  by  your
recent  action,  permits  and  prompts  my  re-acceptance.
The  interval  of  separation  ere  we  expect  to  meet  and
mingle  in  endearing  fellowship,  I  trust  will  be  one  of  prepa-
ration and  prayer  on  the  part  of  both ;  preparation  of  mind
and  heart,  that  will  but  furnish  more  thoroughly  for  every
good  word  and  work,  both  preacher  and  people.  My  time
shall  be  yours,  spent  with  reference  to  you,  though  absent
from  you;  whilst  my  heart  is  already  yours,  in  all  its
warmest  out-goings  of  Christian  love.
Permitting  me  again  to  thank  you  for  the  honor,  sympa-
thy and  attachment,  manifested  toward  me  in  this  renewal
of  your  call,  I  close  this  my  answer  with  a  hope,  and  a
prayer  ; — the  earnest  hope  that  by  the  kind  blessing  of  our
dear  God,  I  shall  be  entirely  restored  to  wonted  health  and
vigor  at  the  expiration  of  the  mentioned  months, — and  with
the  oft-repeated  prayer  that  Jesus,  the  great  Head  of  his
Church,  will  give  me  multitudes  of  deathless  souls  as  the
seals  of  my  ministry  among  you,  to  be  set,  at  last,  as  pol-
ished jewels  in  His  own  radiant  crown  of  rejoicing.
In  the  bonds  of  the  Gospel,  and  in  the  sweet  hope  of
heaven,
I  remain,  faithfully  and  affectionately,
.  J.  HALSTED  CARROLL.
To  Messrs.  T.  Horsfall,  E.  S.  Minor,  and  others,  Committee.
This  final  acceptance,  by  Mr.  Carroll,  of  the  call
which  had  been  tendered  him,  was  responded  to  in
behalf  of  the  Society's  Committee  as  follows  :
New  Haven,  Feb.  15,  1862.
Rev.  J.  Halsted  Carroll,
Mij  dear  Brother  .-—Your  letter  of  the  12th  inst.,  ad-
dressed to  the  Committee  of  the  South  Church  Society,

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0088. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 88. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n92/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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