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86  MINISTRY  OF  REV.  MR.  CARROLL.
He  then  asked  a  dismission,  for  the  purpose  of  going
to  Europe,  hoping  to  gain  more  perfect  health  and
strength,  as  well  as  to  see  what  was  worth  seeing
in  foreign  lands,  and  esi:»ecially  to  hear  the  distin-
guished preachers  of  England  and  Scotland,  such  as
Guthrie,  Spurgeon,  Cummins,  and  others.  On  his
leaving  Aiken,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions
were  adopted  by  the  Church  :
"  May  Uh,  1860. — Whereas,  the  relation  which  has  sub-
sisted between  the  Aiken  Presbyterian  Church  and  the  Rev.
J.  Halsted  Carroll,  having  been  dissolved  by  his  voluntary
resignation  of  the  office  which  he  has  held  for  nearly  two
years, — it  is  fit  and  proper  that  some  expression  of  our
sentiments  should  be  made  and  recorded  on  the  occasion
of  his  departure  from  this  field  of  labor : — Be  it  therefore
"  Resolved,  That  this  Church  and  congregation  entertain
a  very  grateful  sense  of  the  valuable  services  rendered  by
Mr.  Carroll  in  the  founding  and  organization  of  our  Church ;
of  his  zealous  devotion  to  the  promotion  of  our  enterprise,
and  his  successful  efforts  in  raising  tlie  means  for  the  con-
struction of  our  house  of  worship  ;  and  that  we  shall  also
ever  affectionately  cherish  the  recollection  of  his  sympa-
thising attentions  to  the  members  of  his  flock,  in  their
mingled  experience  of  joys  and  sorrows,  during  the  period
of  his  pastorship.
"  Resolved,  That  with  the  hope  that  the  able  and  eloquent
discourses  which  characterized  his  ministry  amongst  us,
replete  with  the  most  orthodox  views  and  pious  exhorta-
tations,  and  which  may  well  be  compared  to  'apples  of
gold  in  pictun'S  of  silver,'  may  ])rove  as  the  good  seed  in
the  parable,  and  by  the  blessing  Cod  yield  in  due  season  a
rich  harvest  of  spiritual  fruit,  we  tender  to  him  our  best
wishes  for  his  future  hapi>iiiess  and  ])rosperity.
"  Resolved,  That  the  above  jireamble  and  resolutions  be
entered  on  the  Session  books  of  our  ('hurch,  and  a  copy  of
the  same  be  forwarded  by  the  Clerk  of  Session  to  Mr.
Carroll.
W.  P.  FINLEY,  Clerk  of  Sessionr

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0096. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 96. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n100/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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