New Haven · Membership and death references
South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 262
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252 REV. MR. CARROLL'S SERMON, mitted by profession, and 154 by certificate. Of the 168 who have been members, but are not so at present, 73 were admitted by profession, and 95 by certificate. Of the whole number dismissed, 23 were removed by death, 5 by discipline, and 140 by cer- tificate. The addition of 59 members, in the two years just closed, (41 by profession, 18 by letter,) is more man- ifestly a cause of special gratitude to God, because it has occurred during a period of great depression in the Churches generally, throughout the State and nation. Now compare this general resume with that of the Congregational Churches in the State. From the min- utes of the General Association, covering the last year of which we have returns, (the calendar year 1862,) we find that the aggregate number of persons admit- ted to all the Congregational Churches in Connecticut by profession, was 83 less than the number removed by death. In the same document, page 104, we find this further general review : " For the last four years, 187 Churches, two thirds of the whole num- ber, have lost more by death than they have gained by profession. In these years, ten large Churches — only one of them a city Church — with 2,633 mem- bers, have added only nine by profession, while they have lost 233 by death ; twenty-six times as many as they have added. In the last five years — 1858 to 1862 — 4 Churches, with 170 members, have added none by profession. In the last four years — 1859 to
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0262. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 262. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n266/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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