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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 89
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MINISTKY OF KEV. MR. CAKROLL. 79 was duly received, and laid before the Committee at a meeting held last evening ; whereupon the following reso- lution was passed, which I am instructed to communicate to you, vi/ : ''Resolved, That the Committee have read with great satisfaction the letter from Rev. J. H. Carroll, signifying his re-acceptance of the call extended to him by the So- ciety's Committee and the Church; and they trust that a kind Providence will fulfill all the good wishes expressed therein, regarding his restored health and future usefulness among us." With fraternal and Christian regards, I remain, very truly yours, E. S. MINOR, Clerk of South Church Society's CoTtunittee. In the three or four months whicli elapsed between Mv. Carroirs acceptance of the call, and the com- mencement of his labors as Stated Supply, there was ample time for any who doubted his antecedents, to inform themselves fully on that head. And we may here remark, that if certain individuals had made a tithe of the effort to acquaint themselves with his real history, which they did to discover some stain upon his character, or some delinquency in his life, they would have been more than satisfied, if any thing good could satisfy them. They would have found that he was the son of distinguished parents ; that his father occupied positions of the highest em- inence in his profession, and all with great accept- ance and usefulness ; first, as successor to Rev. Dr. Beechcr, in Litchfield, Conn. ; then as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church on Brooklyn Heights ; then as President of Hampden Sidney College, Va. ; and
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0089. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 89. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n93/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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