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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 109
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MINISTRY OF REV. MR, CARROLL. 99 too weak, or too much di.slieartened, to carry her into port. But the eflfect was exactly the contrary. Both the Church and Society were chereed and encouraged by the absence of a power which, to a considerable extent, had been available only for mischief. True, there were individuals among the opposition, includ- ing one of the Deacons, who had performed their duties faithfully towards the Church and Society, as they understood them ; but others were a mere dead- weight, doing nothing towards the support of public worship, and seldom attending the religious exercises of the Church, though always on hand, or liable to be so, whenever there was any voting to be done. In July [1863] a little incident occun-ed which jiromised for a time to give them considerable capi- tal ; we allude to the bell affair. A few members who had before been wavering, seemed now to be with the opposition. The leaders of the movement took heart, and under the excitement of the hour, seemed really to ho2)e to accomplish their object. Accordingly they got up a paper, with as many signa- tures as could be obtained, requesting the Clerk to call a meeting of the Church, in order to consider the expediency of ashing Mr. Carroll to resign. But here a new diflficulty presented itself. In place of the resigned Clerk, a successsor had been elected (Rev. Mr. Barrett) who was not in sympathy with the " movement" party. When therefore the disaffected members applied to him for the above object, he saw fit to exercise his discretion, under the advice of the
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0109. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 109. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n113/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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