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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 221
Uncorrected OCR. Name spellings, dates, symbols and column order may be wrong. Verify against the original scan. Includes an alphabetical past-member list, death dates and explanations of death and dismissal symbols. Also contains sermons and church history. A dismissal to another church is not a death.
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SEEMON. I. SAMUEL VII. 12. "Thkx S.\.s[Cel took a Stone, axd set it betu-eex Mizpeh axd She.v, and called the xame of it Ebexezek, satixg, Hitheuto UATU THE Lord helped us." There are occasions in associated life, signaled by remarkable deliverances, or distinguished by marked tokens of Divine favor, which call not only for passing remembrance, but for formal and permanent recogni- tion. Many such belong to the Church of God, and one is referred to in the historic context. Behold that scene at Mizpeh ! The sacrificial altar is reared, — upon it smokes the lamb, slain for a burnt oiFering ; around it, already gathered, is idolatrous and obdurate Israel, now repentant and returned to G-od ; while before it, a holy i)rophet prays a i)rayer in which heart, voice, vision, all are lifted — a prayer of consecration and intercession for his people, which, mounting on the breath of the evening sacrifice, ascends with it, a sweet-smelling savor unto God. But lo ! in the midst of solemn sacrifices and prayers, Philistia's embattled hosts
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0221. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 221. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n225/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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