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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 214
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204 MISCELLANEOUS. interests and good name of our little flock, avoiding every thing that tends to strife and ill feeling, ready to put aside our own selfish ends to comfort and cheer our brethren, — in other words, act according to the Golden Rule, — and then no root of bitterness will spring up among us, but we shall be a happy people whose God is the Lord. Our use- fulness will be felt, our zeal for the Church quickened, and we shall see conversions to Christ more frequently than we now do. This is what we want. We want all our house- holds converted. We want our souls to go out in earnest, united prayer that God will save not only us, (for this is selfish,) but our kindred, friends and neigbors, — nay, a per- ishing world. These appliances are for that end. Our dear Pastor is here with iis for that object ; and it is for us, from this time forth, to shake oflf our indifference about men's souls, and work. All our distracting anxieties as a Church, — all the ele- ments of strife, — like the dark clouds of the storm, have passed over us, and we can have no claim to an excuse for future inactivity. May God in his infinite goodness, who has so kindly directed us in the year that is past, be our director and support for the year to come ; and may we all, from this good hour, be willing to be guided in the ways of truth and righteousness, ready to meet the summons when- ever God shall call us hence, to death and to judgment. SOUTH CHURCH FINANCES. The Ecclesiastical Society connected with the South Church, was organized on the 5th of December 1857. Dr. Stiles had resigned his position as Stated Supply on the 15th of the previous month. Until the organization of the Society, the principal proprietor of the buildings paid the ministers' salaries and most other expenses, in his own way, receiving from the Treasurer of the Church such part of the revenue from slips as was not required for incidental expenses. Said proprietor kept no exact account of his payments ; but from such data as are at his command, he
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0214. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 214. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n218/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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