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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 161
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THE EX-PARTE COUNCIL. 151 They were sometimes, then, — when the females chose to vote 1 Exactly. This was and is our custom. " No instance is known in wliicli females voted b}- ballot previous to the meeting when Mr. Carroll was settled by female votes." No one said they did. No one said that the vote on accepting Rev. Mr. Noyes' resignation was by ballot; — whether tlie 70 for accepting it and the five for rejecting it, voted by raising the hand or by ballot; but, that they enjoyed the right of voting, and did vote ; and if entitled to vote, (which the petitioners now admit,) they could vote either way. It is the right, not the mode, which is claimed, and the former includes the latter. "This argument [from the Covenant,] proves, if anything, that females have the right of being appointed deacons, acting upon com- mittees, the right of discus.sion in business meetings, and of praj'er and exhortation in prayer meetings." Begging pardon, this does not follow. The covenant does not authorize what the Scriptures forbid. The Scrip- tures forbid females becoming deacons. Acts, vi., 3. " Look ye out among you seven imen." The Scriptures forbid females to become exhorters in meeting. I. Tim. ii. 10, 11. The privileges conferred by the covenant upon ALL who take it, are limited by the Scriptures. Female members who take it, take it with this limitation, of course. While not i)ermitted to become deacons, or to exhort, they ARE entitled to all the privileges of membership not forbid- den by the Scriptures. Voting is one of them. No where is it forbidden in the sacred volume. We judge that the Standing Oommittee ake "prepared to follow out this argument to its logical conclusion." MR. CARROLL'S LOYALTY. A considerable portion of the petitioners' Rejohider is occupied with the question of Mr. Carroll's loyalty. There are several kinds of loyalty in this country at the
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0161. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 161. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n165/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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