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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 207
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MISCELLANEOUS. 197 ber present at any one of these meeting is 60 ; the average attendance, 38. The average attendance on the Sabbath School during the year is 114; and the whole number of names on the Secretary's book is neai'ly 200. These fig- ures, compared with those of 1858, show a gain of over forty per cent. YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER, 1861. Wm. C. Scobie, Thomas E. Barrett and Alfred W. Minor, Committee. Your Committee find themselves unable to present as favorable and cheering accounts as have been presented in former reports. The unhappy state of our country has perhaps been one prime cause of this ; tending, as it does, to withdraw the minds of the Church from spiritual to tem- poral things, and consequently disturbing the harmony of purpose and unity among its members. Some time in the month of May, our Pastor, Rev. G. W. Noyes, sent in his resignation, preached his farewell ser- mon on the 2d of June, and was dismissed on the 3d. Since then the pulpit has been filled by an irregular supply. During the past year the attendance upon the Sabbath services has been very irregular, the whole congi-egation at times numbering considerably less than one hundred, and that too, before Mr. Noyes was dismissed, and without any good reason why the attendance should not have been larger. The regular Sabbath evening meeting has through- out the year been sustained by a very few members of the Church ; the numbers present being frequently too small to sustain the interest of the meeting. The young people have continued their meeting, with an average attendance fully equal to the standard of previous years. This meet- ing, which was established a few weeks before the formation of the Church, has been felt by those who have attendeJ it, to be one of the pleasantest gatherings connected with the Church. Average attendance during the year, 14 ; being one more than the average of last yeax. 17
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0207. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 207. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n211/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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