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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 193

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MISCELLANEOUS.  183
redeemed  the  pledge.  We  thank  you  for  it,  and  God  for
sending  us  such  a  man.  Go  on,  beloved  Pastor,  and  He
will  bless  you,  if  man  do  not.  You  have  His  promise,  which
cannot  fail : — "  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  revile  you
and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  manner  of  evil  against
yoM  falsely,  for  my  sake."  Matt.  v.  12.  Histoiy  is  full  of
examples  which  show  that  no  strange  thing  has  happened
to  you.  Remember  Luther,  Bunyan,  Whitefield,  Paul,
Jeremiah,  and  above  all,  Christ.  The  Clergy  are  often  the
greatest  persecutors.  Our  own  feeble  support  we  pledge
you ;  but  that  is  a  small  matter  compared  with  what  you
apparently  lose.  Fame,  popularity,  is  a  dazzling  bait  to
a  youthful  mind,  but  that  we  cannot  promise  you  in  our
retired  locality,  proscribed  and  maligned  as  we  have  been,
in  common  with  yourself.  It  is  however  within  your  grasp,
if  you  will  only  consent  to  abandon  your  principles,  and
violate  your  convictions  of  duty.  So  your  Divine  Master
was  offered  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world  and  the  glorj'  of
them,  if  only  He  would  fall  down  and  worship  the  Devil.
He  successfully  resisted  the  temptation,  and  so  have  you,
through  Him. — Large  salaries  are  an  attraction  to  most
men,  but  we  have  no  large  salaries  to  offer.  If  we  are
rightly  informed,  a  call  has  been  placed  in  your  hands  from
a  Church  in  New  York  City,  [they  appear  to  have  no
trouble  about  your  being  an  ordained  minister,]  with  more
than  double  the  salary  you  are  receiving  from  us.  We  see
it  stated  in  a  New  York  paper,  that  another  Church  in
New  York  was  about  to  call  you,  when  they  learned  that
they  had  been  anticipated  by  the  first  mentioned.  And
yet,  notwithstanding  these  overtures,  we  expect,  perhaps
too  confidently,  that  you  will  still  "  abide  with  us."  We
feel  a  bond  of  affection  in  our  hearts  which  seems  to  make
you  our  own.  And  we  know  that,  to  a  delightful  extent,
the  attachment  is  mutual.  May  the  Lord  bless  you  and
keep  you,  and  continue  to  bless  us  and  this  community
through  your  instrumentality.  Such  is  the  earnest  desire
and  prayer  of  your  Church  and  people.
Signed  by  over  130  members  of  the  Church  and  congre-
gation.
New  Haven,  January  1st,  1864.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0193. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 193. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n197/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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