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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 178
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168 THE EX-PARTE COUNCIL. vented members of the South Church from joining other Churches, One case in particular is before our minds, where an exemplary member asked and re- ceived a certificate to another Congregational Church, near which she resides, but finding she could not be admitted on the strength of that certificate, unless endorsed by the Scribe of the Council, she returned it to the South Church, and was received back into our fold in the usual way. She is still a member. 5. The action of the Council has established the independence of the South (church beyond dispute. This position it intended to occuj)y from the first. But experience has taught us that by the simple act of assisting in the organization of our Church, as requested by its first members, and by a few subse- quent acts of intervention ivhen invited by us, the denomination claims to have got us within its meshes, insomuch that any half a dozen of its ministers, by calling themselves a Council, can regulate our affairs without our consent and against our remonstrances, even to the extent of transferring our members to other Churches. As much as this is exemplified in the action of late Ex-parte Council. The South Church repelled the interference, and thus brought the Council to an acknowledgement of its independ- ence, by witlidiawing fellowship from it, and advising other Congregational Churclios to do tlio same. It is now, in theory at least, i. e., in their theory, further off from other Congregational Churches, than if it were a Baptist, Methodist, or an Episcopal Church.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0178. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 178. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n182/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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