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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 171
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THE EX-PARTE COUNCIL. 161 evidence j power to deliberate on the proper course to be taken in reference to that subject; power to advise the parties inviting them, what to do in the matter, with no power to direct or order any particular course, or to reverse individual Church action ; and, with power to pray a GOOD DEAL AIORE FOR DiVINE ASSISTANCE THAN MANY Councils do, they have power to dissolve." "Their only power is reason. So far as they have any authority, it is through their piety, their integrity, their manliness and their common sense. For, ' the decree of a Council,' well says Richard Mather, 'hath so much force as there is force in the reason of it.' " Alas ! then, for the force of the decree of the Council recently held in reference to the aflfairs of the South Church in New Haven. A Member. MISSTATEMENT OF FACTS In the Defense of the South Church. That the public may learn what reliance is to be placed upon the statement of facts by the defenders of the South Church and of their officiating Pastor, I would draw atten- tion to the assertions of the communication from "A Mem- ber," in respect to the voting of females, in the Chapel street Church when the present Pastor was called ; and in the North Church, when a resolution of confidence in the Rev. Dr. Dutton was passed. In neither of these CASES WAS there A VOTE CAST BY A FEMALE, NOR WAS THERE ONE PRESENT. When Mr. Eustis had received a call from the brother- hood of tlie Church, and from the Society, he preached to the congregation, and at his request, after a Tuesday eve- ning lecture, there was an informal expression, by those present, of their desire in respect to his acceptance of the call, which had already been tendered. At that meeting the proposition was made, not as the blundering informant of the writer states, by Deacon W., who was not Deacon uutil ten years afterward but by an opponent of the Pas- U
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0171. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 171. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n175/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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