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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 192
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182 MISCELLANEOUS. nected with any Association or Consociation. EflForts have more than once been made to bring us into one or the other of these relations, but always without success. And now we see the wisdom of our choice. As an Independent Congregational Church, which we always have been and continue to be, we can manage our own aflfairs without troubling other Churches with our differences, if any we have, or having their differences thrust upon us. But although a Congregational Church, we are not sectarians. And here is another advantage of our position. We can listen to faithful preachers of other denominations with as much pleasure as if they bore our own name. It has so happened, or been so ordered, without any design of ours, that all orfr ministers have been Presbyterians, with the exception of Rev. Mr. Noyes during a part of his connec- tion with us ; and that, with the same exception during the latter part of his incumbency, they have all held the posi- tion of Stated Supply, and 'not of Pastor, technically so called. We were organized as a Church by a Congrega- tional Council while under the charge of a Presbyterian Stated Supply, (Rev. Dr. Stiles,) and have continued under a Presbyterian Stated Supply, except as above, to the present day, — a period of more than eleven years. Yet on neither of these grounds have we ever encountered any interference or remonstrance from other Churches, until now. It is now discovered that you are not a Pastor! Why are you not 1 So far as this Church is concerned, the objection came from those, or some of them, who called this Ex-parte Council. And it was to secure their concur- rence in the call, as well as to meet yo«r own wishes, (which were known to some of us,) that you were invited as Stated Supply, and not as Pastor. And now, in closing this letter, already too long, we desire to express our admiration of the moral heroism which has enabled you successfully to resist the manifold influences which have been brought to bear upon you, tend- ing to swerve you from your one great purpose of " knowing nothing among us save Jesus Clirist and him crucified." In one of your earliest discourses in this Church, you declared that such should be your aim, and nobly have you
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0192. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 192. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n196/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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