Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871 · scan page 25

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THE
ANNM'AL
MKKriNt;
AM)
liKl'OlMS.
XIT.
I. On or iibotjt tlin
lirst
(l:iy of J;inu:iry, in
e;icli voar, tlierej
shall be an
annual
ineotinir of tlin
Cimrcfi for
tho
review of the
preceding year.
Q. A Corninittee of tlirr^o
.sli:ill
l)e anpointofl at each aiimial incot-
ing", whose duty
it shall he to pre[)are
t'or the ncjxt nrinnal meeting
an
accurate
list of
tlie
members of the Church, with the [)laco
of!
residence of each member.
It
shall also
b(} the duty of this Coni-
ntiittee
to rep')rt to the ('hurch,
at the same
meotiii'j-,
the names ot
giich members
as
are
pernrinnntly absent from
the town of New
Haven,
includini.'' all who
shall have
\)(^(^u, at
that time, absent
for
more than six months.
The same Committee shall furthermore re-i
port
the names
of such members of other churches
as shall have
been at that
time, for six months orlonijer, stated communicants
in
this Church.
The same committee
s[i;ill
report the names of such
j
as
sh ill
have ceased
to
be
meaibers
durinir
tli'.^
precedin^r year,
i
whether by death,
dismission,
or e.Kcom.uunication
; and
also
the
;
nam':'s of such as have becui
nlded by profession or by letter.
Tiiere shall be appointed, at each annual
moetin'j*, a commit-
tee wliose duty
it shall be to report, at tiie next annual
meetin:,'',
o'l
the state of reliufion in the (Church, and on what
it has done, or
at-
tempted, for the cause of the gospel durinir the year.
TIIE CHURCH
LIBRARY.
A IjIBRaky of reli'r'ions l)()oks tor tfie irra tin tons use of all person-^
statedlv attendini^'-
[)id)lic worship witli the First Church,
is kept
:i'
the cliapel of the cimrch, and
is opened Just
before
tiie
tortMiooi.
service, every Lord's day
;
also
atter tiie
ConfiMcnce
Muelinir
oi'
Tuesday cvenini'' and on
Fridav atti^rnoon,
betwe(Mi
tour and
tiv
o^clock.
The mnuber of voIumk^s
is now
rj:{7,
and
additions
o"
recent
and
valuable
bonks me
made
as ofhn
ns fmuls
pcrniil
Anv
w(.)rsfiipiT
in
the
r()n'_rr(^|Tation may
obtain
a copv
of
tli'
Library
catalo;rne and
rules, by
applyiu'^'"
to
the
Librarian.
The Library Committee, which
is a[>pointed by the (Church
anri'i
ally, are for t!ie present year, the Pastor, Deacon Lyman, Mr. Ilenr}

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P008-0025. Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871, printed page not verified, PDF page 25. New Haven (Conn.). First Church of Christ; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualoffirstchu00newh_0/page/n25/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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