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College Street Church manual, October 1858 · scan page 23
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10 STANDING RULES. faith, and their certiticatos of diMiiission and recom- mendation be presented at least one week j)reviou3 to their bcini:^ received. Members in rei^ular standinc^ in other Christian churelies, arc weh'omed to coninnuiion witli this church at the Lord's table. But, at the ex))iratioa of a year, they are expected to present to the church letters of recommendation from the churches to which they belouLT, or e\i)lain the reason for not dohig so. DISMISSIOX OF MKMBERS. AVhenever any mend)er of this cliurch, in Gfood standiuLT, shall ask fur a (bsmission and recom- mendation to any Church of Chri>t, .it shall be granted; and members, on removal fi'om tlie city, or on uniting ]>ernianently with anotlier congrega- tion, shall be rcqiilred to take a dismission fi'om us, and imito with some church in or near the j)lace where they reside, irifhin one year. Wlien this is not done, tliev should explain to the church the reason for further delay. DISCIPLIXE. 1. ]Mend)ers are ]>roper subjects f)r discipline, who are inunoral in tlu ir lives; who embrace iieret- ical opinions; who unnecessarily neglect the pub- lic worship of Go<l; who refuse to contribute, ao
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P005-0023. College Street Church manual, October 1858, printed page not verified, PDF page 23. New Haven (Conn.). College Street Congregational Church; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualofcolleges00newh/page/n23/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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