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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 208
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198 MISCELLANEOUS. The regular weekly prayer meeting has been held every week but one throughout the year. The largest number present at any time was 44 ; the smallest, 9. Average, 25. The average attendance at the Sabbath School has been 115 ; one more than last year. By the report of the Ladies' Sewing Circle, we find that their income, and con- sequently theii' disbursements, have been considerably less than in any previous year. Your Committee are not aware that there have been any hopeful conversions, or that there has been any particular religious interest, either in the Church or congregation. There has been but one addition to the Church, either by profession or letter ; while 22 have removed their relations from us to other Churches. Four have been removed by death ; and four have either already gone or are about to leave us, to engage in the service of their country. Others, whose names appear on the list of Church members, have for a long time past absented themselves from Church gatherings, and from the Communion. YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER, 1862. Charles F. Hotchkiss, G. H. Butricks and Robert Latta, Committee. It speaks volumes for our good, kind-hearted officers, on whom we have placed the charge of all our organizations, and who at all times, and amid the various sectional inter- ests that have crossed the path of the Church, have ever been at their posts, true to us and the Church of Christ. How difficult the duty of satisfactorily supplying the pul- pit for so long a time, and yet how well it has been done. On the 1st Sunday in June last, our present dear Pastor was by our united hearts and the best affections of his people, regularly installed in our pulpit, though not by an Ecclesiastical Council. A perceptible change in the various branches connected with the Church was at once seen. From the 10th of January last, when your Committee's labors commenced, (they having been appointed at a special meet»
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0208. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 208. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n212/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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