South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 198

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188  MISCELLANEOUS^
YEAR  ENDING  NOVEMBER,  1855.
Lewis  M.  Mills  and  Thos.  Horsfall,  Committee.
During  the  past  year,  the  number  of  those  received  into
the  Church,  has  been  encouraging  in  no  small  degree,
amounting  to  iifty-two,  of  whom  thirty-four  were  by  pro-
fession and  eighteen  by  letter.  The  largest  number  re-
ceived at  any  one  communion  was  twenty-one.
The  Gospel  in  its  purity  has  been  preached  twice  every
Sabbath,  the  efficacy  of  which  we  trust  may  be  seen  in  a
great  measure,  from  the  fruits  of  holy  living  among  the
members  of  the  Church,  and  in  the  deep  interest  manifested
on  the  part  of  the  impenitent,  in  the  oft  repeated  inquiry,
"What  shall  I  do  to  be  saved?"  And  the  evening  service,
where  a  review  of  the  great  and  important  truths  presented
during  the  day  from  the  pulpit,  has  been  made,  has  had  the
tendency,  in  our  opinion,  to  fix  on  the  mind,  and  impress
upon  the  heart  and  conscience,  whatever  has  been  presented
in  the  public  assembly.  Thus  has  been  afforded  opportu-
nity for  self-application  and  self-examination,  producing  the
peaceable  fruits  of  righteousness.
At  the  close  of  the  afternoon  service,  the  Young  Men's
Prayer  Meeting,  numbering  at  times  as  high  as  three  and
thirty,  and  averaging  about  twenty,  has  been  well  sustained
during  the  year,  in  which  those  who  have  just  entered  the
Redeemer's  service,  have  been  gathering  strength,  and
where,  by  their  united  prayers  and  exhortations,  a  unity  of
sympathy  has  sprung  up,  arming  them  with  a  moral  power
which  has  stood  by  them  in  their  hours  of  temptation  and
trial,  when  engaged  in  the  busy  scenes  of  the  world.  In
this  meeting  it  is  worthy  of  remark,  that  every  one  has  felt
it  to  be  his  duty  to  sustain  the  exercise.  Every  one  has
been  at  his  post,  and  all  have  considered  the  time  devoted
to  this  hour,  as  consecrated  and  precious.
The  Monthly  Concert  for  the  conversion  of  the  world,
has  been  sustained  with  great  interest.  Here,  not  only  has
the  Church  been  ready  to  cry  mightily  unto  God  for  the
outpouring  of  His  Spirit  on  the  dark  places  of  the  earth,  as
our  beloved  Pastors  have  set  forth  tlie  great  wants  of  the
dying  nations,  and  held  up  the  glorious  promises  for  their

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0198. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 198. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n202/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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