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190  MISCELLANEOUS.
previous.  The  blessed  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  to  a
greater  or  less  degree,  have  ever  attended  the  truth  deliv-
ered to  our  congregation  on  the  Sabbath  by  our  Pastors ;
and  it  is  worthy  of  remark  that  many  of  their  extraordinary
and  earnest  appeals  have  been  sent  home  to  the  hearts  of
those  who  were  occasional  in  their  visits  to  our  sanctuary  ;
thus  sowing  the  seed,  to  grow  and  ripen  for  the  harvest  at
the  Great  Day.  We  may  never  gather  them  in  this  fold
upon  earth  ;  we  may  never  see  them  again  here ;  but  we
may  see  them  in  the  mansions  of  our  blessed  Saviour,  and
hear  them  tell  that  their  acquaintance  with  the  truths  of
the  Gospel  commenced  in  these  temples  consecrated  to  the
service  of  God.
The  Sunday  evening  meetings  in  the  Chapel,  where  the
subject  matter  of  the  day's  service  has  been  reviewed,  have
during  the  year  been  extremely  well  attended,  and  the  op-
portunity to  apply  these  great  truths,  has  not,  we  trust,
been  in  vain.  The  usual  number  in  attendance,  has  been
about  130  persons.
Connected  with  our  Sabbath  exercises,  is  another  auxili-
ary in  the  cause,  of  no  less  importance.  We  allude  to  the
meeting  following  the  afternoon  service,  called  the  "Young
Men's  Prayer  Meeting."  '  This  is  held  in  the  Chapel,  and
has  been  kept  up  ever  since  that  building  was  completed.
Here  a  feeling  of  brotherly  love  has  been  exhibited,  well
worthy  the  imitation  of  all  our  other  organizations ;  for  your
Co  1  mittee  are  constrained  to  say,  that  in  this  branch  of
the  Church  an  earnestness  in  prayer,  a  freedom  of  exhorta-
tion, and  an  anxiety  for  the  welfare  of  the  Church,  have
been  displayed,  that  will  add  great  strength  to  the  cause,
and  to  the  Church  in  its  future  history.  The  average
number  present  at  these  meetings  is  ]6.
The  Tuesday  evening  praycir  meetings  held  in  this  room,
are  among  the  most  interesting,  and  as  your  Committee
hope,  profitable  branches  of  the  Church,  both  to  its  members
and  tlie  strangers  whom  we  often  see  in  our  circle.  The
Church  is  largely  represented  in  these  meetings,  and  it  has
uniformly  been  so  during  the  year.  The  average  atten-
dance for  the  year  has  been  51.  The  largest  number  pres-
ent at  any  time,  was  on  the  26th  of  February,  when  the
meeting  numbered  74  persons.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0200. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 200. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n204/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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