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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 211
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MISCELLANEOUS. 201 YEAR ENDING NOVEMBi^^E, 1864. C.F.HoTCHKiss, "VVm.M. Hubbard and Pascal Withey, Committee. Your Committee beg leave to report that the number of additions to the Church since our last annual meeting is 25; of whom two came to us from other Churches, and 23 by confession of faitli, including one who returned a certificate previously given her by this Church. Included in this number are also several v,ho, having been denied letters by their own Churches, were admitted on profession of their faith, after examination and recommendation by the Stand- ing Committee. Since the last annual meeting our congregations on the Sabbath have steadily increased in numbers, and on several recent occasions have been very large. The Tuesday eve- ning prayer meetings have been well sustained throughout the year, with an average attendance much larger than last year. During the period the Sunday evening meetings have been held in the Chapel, we all know how admirably they have been attended ; and the subjects selected by 3Ir. Car- roll, with his full and interesting remarks on them, have been instructive to us, as well as the many strangers who have been attracted thither. We are now permitted to commence a new series of discourses on Scripture charac- ters, to which, we trust, we shall see increased attention. The Sabbath School, under the direction of brother C. H. Warner, is in a flourishing condition, and has safely sur- mounted all the evil influences that many of the seceding members brought to bear upon it. The Bible Class, under the direction of our good brother Kirkulf, has an increasing attendance, numbering nineteen the last Sabbath. The Ladies' Sewing Society favored us a few evenings since with the report of their doings, and shared with us the bounties of their beautifully arranged tables. That institution also has surmounted all its share of trials the past year, and opens for the future witli a better prospect than it did one year ago. At its annual meeting there were
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0211. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 211. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n215/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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