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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 179
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THE EX-PAKTE COUNCIL. 1G9 To Churches of either of these denominations, the Churches rejjresented in the Ex-i:)arte Council and others of the same class, would recommend any of their members who wished to join them, — but not to the South Congregational Church. Their ministers, too, would on fit occasions exchange pulpits with ministers of either of those denominations, — hut not with the minister of the South Congregational Church. 6. The action of the Council, so far from establish- ing a non-intercourse between the South Church and the members of other Congregational Churches, has had exactly the opposite effect. We do not now refer to the numerous families, recently belonging to other congregations, who have taken slips in the South Church, but to the many visitors, from all the other Churches, who come occasionally, and some of them frequently, (and they are always welcome,) to hear the proscribed minister. If they could hear him sometimes in their own Churches, it might satisfy their curiosity, or whatever motive impels them to hear him ; but as they can not, their only alternative is, to go and hear him in his own Church, where they are pretty sure to find him, and not some stranger, in the pulpit. 7. The action of the Council, by placing us outside of the pale of Congregational Churches, has placed us within easy communication with Churches of other evangelical denominations. Accordingly, many per- sons from all those denominations are frequently found in our audiences, and feel themselves all the more at
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0179. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 179. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n183/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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