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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 137
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THE EX-PAKTE COUNCIL. 127 subjoined extract of a letter dated Nov. 3d, 1862, from Mr. Carroll to Mr. E. S. ]\[inor, one of llie petitioners to the Council, who, at the above-mentioned date, was a deacon in this Church. This letter has been in his possession more than a year : " I i)ray for our rulers. This I do every Sabbath ; that God would endue them with his Holy Spirit ; give them wisdom from aljove, which is alone protitable to direct ; crown with His blessing and success their every effort which shall secure the real good of the land, thereby effecting His own purposes in it and concerning it, and redeeming them thus from narrow, groveling views. I pray for the soldiers; this I do every Sabbath ; that God would encamp round about them ; that he would preserve them in body and soul, in health and morals, in all their interests for time and eter- nity ; and for tlieir families and friends as well ; and for Peace, in Clod's own way, (and His ways are not our ways ;) for Peace in God's way of thinking — purposely, therefore, ' shutting out of view the great principles 7ce think involved,' (inasmuch as God's thoughts are not as our thoughts ;) for Peace, which if God sends, must be righteous and ' free from crime.' I pray for the country; I do this every Sab- bath ; that God would pity her and interpose in her behalf, so that she may no longer be made one vast Golgotha, but the land of Immanuel. It is not enough that I thus recog- nize Government as an institution of God, and the ' powers that be, as ordained of God,' — no ! but because in holiest approach unto the Most High, I do not advocate a certain policy ;— because before the throne of God I do not intone the Shibboleth of a party." ''3. In the pulpit and in private conversation he has characterized the action of the Government as tj^rannical and unjust, and has implied that the attempt of the Government to maintain itself by force against the rebellion, is criminal ; and when members of the church have cour- teously inquired of him concerning his views, that they might know whether he had been misunderstood on these points, he has refused to giv€*any satisfactory answer." Mr. Carroll has characterized a certain action of the Government as "tyrannical and unjust." This Mr. Carroll
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0137. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 137. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n141/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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