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1 Kennison, Josie (A. A.) Kessler, Augustus
D 1894
Kent, George W.
King, Charles W.
Dr 1899
Klein, Florence Lillian
L 1895
1900 1894 Laing, Annie 1899 1 Laing, Jeannette B. 1892 Landphere, Lilian G. [Potter ] 1895 Latham, Frances A. (W. L.) 1892 1 Law, Fred H. L 1895 1892 1 Law, May E. (F. H.) 1899 1 Learned, Frances P. Van Norstrand (H. C.) 1894 1 Learned, Grace Whitney L 1900 1897 Lee, Rowena Mossette [Harwood ] 1893 Libby, John 1895 Libby, Josiah W. 1893 Libby, Nettie E. 1897 Lombard, Sarah A. (T.) 1890 1 Lord, Henry Lufler, Forrest Dimmock 1895 1889 1 Lufler, Henry 1889 1 Lufler, L. Rosalie (H.) 1895 Manning, Lilla [Talcott] 1899 Markham, Bessie (C. B.) 1900 Markham, Martha Josephine 1897 1 Maynard, Annie W. (J.) Maynard, David D 1898 1892 1893 1 Maynard, Ida (D.) 1891 1 McDonald, George D. McDonald, Jessie McLeod (G. D.) 1891 1891 1 McIvor, Henrietta [Armstrong] I891 1889 1 McQueen, Elizabeth C. (R.) McQueen, Isabel [Austin] 1889 1889 1 McQueen, Janet [Rennie] 1890 McQueen, Robert Jr. McQueen, Sarah (G.) 1890 1891 McRae, Donald 1. 1892
1 McLachlan, Andrew Dr 1899
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Kenney, Charles Hilton
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McRae, Jessie M. (D.)
1 Miller, Frances (B.)
1 Miner, Annie E. (O. E.)
Miner, Lucretia H. (C.)
1 Miner, Lucy Bishop (S. H.) Miner, Sidney Hale
1 Miner, Mrs. Sophronia Mitchell, Annie B. [Benton ]
1 Mitchell, John
1 Mitchell, Isabelle E.
1 Mitchell. Mary A. (J.)
Morgan, Constance Mead
Morgan, George Curtis
1 898 1899 1893 1893 1897
1 Muir, William Munn, Rosabel
1895
Mussel, Mary A.
1891
Neff, Benjamin Newman, Marion Estelle
1899 1898
1 Nichols, Jennie A. Stone (C. W.)
D 1893
1888 1887 1895 1891 1899
Packer, Emily I.
L 1894
1899
1 Palmer, Frances Lavonne (H. P.)
1899
1 Palmer, Henry Paschal
D 1896
1889 1896 Patch, Edward Allen 1896 Patch, Lillie Cowles (E. A.)
L 1899
1895 1894
1 Peck, Juliette Smith (C.)
1895
Perry, Charles A.
1895
Perry, Cora E. (W. A. B.)
D 1900
1897 1888 1891 1896
1 Pettibone, James G.
L 1890
1 Pierce, Idella N. (W. O.)
Dr 1899
1895
1 Porter, George H.
L 1898
1898 1895 1892
1 Potter, Charles T.
L 1898
Potter, Elijah H. Potter, James O.
D 1892
1 Potter, Martha A. (C. T.)
Powers, Louise R. [Munroe]
1894
Prentis, Josephine G.
1895
Prentis, Mary Daniels
1893
1 Purrington, Mary A. (Rev. I .. M.) 6
L 1892 D 1900
I891 1893 1893 1897 1895 1888 1888 1891 1893 1893 1893 1898 1888
1 Morgan, Sarah Maria (C. E.) Moss, Harry Lloyd
1 Muir, Jeannie G. L. (W.)
Noble, William J. Noon, David H.
Ortlı, Hermina
L 1899
Palmer, Edith St. Clair
Parker, Jessie Dow
Payne, Alonzo H.
Perry, Ernest A.
1 Pimer, Mrs. Georgiana Platz, Jane L. (A.)
1895 1891 1892 1897
Potter, Charles Edwin
42
1895 1890 1891 1892 1892 1889 1889 1892 1892 1892 1895
Randall, Mary Elizabeth (G. H.)
1 Rathbun, Fredrick A.
Raub, Elizabeth Paulding Brubeck ]
1 Reid, Andrew
Dr 1899
1 Reid, Jennie B. Richards, Florence M. [Small ] Richards, Henrietta [Crosby ]
Dr 1899 L 1900
1 Richardson, Alice M.
1 Richardson, Ella LeBaron
D 1896
1 Richardson, Mary A. Richmond, J. Henry
1895 1888
1 Richmond, Minnie M. (J. H.)
D 1894
1888
Rockwell, Charles P. Rockwell, Susie P. (C. P.)
D 1890
1893 1897 1888
1 Royce, Imogene H.
1 Ruddy, Nettie (N. M.)
1899 1899 1 Ruddy, Norman M.
Sargent, Amy Cooper (F. H.)
1891 1892 1890 1889 1889
1 Saunders, Mary E. (H.)
Saxton, William H. Jr.
L 1896
1892 1895
1 Scott, Margaret C. [Wilson ]
1889
Scott, Margaret H. [Strong] Searle, Harry L.
1895
Searle, Walter A.
1891 1891
Serafin, Augusta G.
1887
Serafin, Caroline [Whalley]
1891
Serafin, Florence M. V. (C.)
1891
Serafin, Fredrika
1892
Simms, William E.
1895
Sistare, Lycurgus Mackie
1892
Sistare, Mary E.
1895
Sistare, Mattie E.
1889
Small, Katie L. (R.)
1888
Small, Robert
1893 Smith, Alice Eliza
1888 Smith, Clark E.
1893
Smith, Edward LeComte
1891
Smith, Frank M.
Smith, George P.
1890
1 Stanton, Esther L. [Payne]
L 1899
1895 Stanton, Everett Cheesboro
L 1899
1887 Stanton, Fanny G. [Latham]
1890 Stanton, Nellie Daboll [Davidson ]
Dr 1899
1894 1 Starr, Marion G. (W. S.)
D 1896
1895
1 Sayre, Julia H. (J.) Scott, Fanny M.
Scott, Malcolm McFarland
Serafin, Annetta [Chapin]
D 1892
1895 1888 1 Smith, Mary Elizabeth (G. P.)
L 1897
1 Rogers, Amzi T. Rogers, Catherine T. (T. C.)
L 1894
43
St. Clare, Christopher
Strickland, Catherine B.
Strickland, Catherine Gunn (E.)
Strickland, Fanny D. [ Maynard ] Strickland, Margaret McFarland
1 Strickland, Sarah E. (W. T.)
1 Strickland, William T.
1 Strong, Anna S. (H. C.) Strong, George C. L 1897 Dr 1899
Swift, Ida M. (H. B.)
L 1895
1895
1 Taylor, Abbie S. (A.)
L 1899
1897 1895 1899 1892 1897 1894
Taylor, Emily May
L 1899
Taylor, Fanny G. (P.)
D 1899
Taylor, Peter
Taylor, Phebe Huldah
L 1899
1891 Terry, Kate W.
1891
Terry, Mabel Fithian
1891
Thompson, Catherine R.
1891
Thompson, Mrs. Ellen
1898 Thompson, George Franklin Wilox
1891 1896
1 Thompson, Mary Tracy, Carrie May
1894 1888
1 Tracy, Thomas
D 1891
1899
1 Topliff, Rose J.
1897
Tucker, Annie Louise
D 1898
1895 Tucker, Nellie Coit
Dr 1899
1893 1893 1888 1891 1889
1 Turner, Ernest
Turner, Nellie D.
Turner, Olive May
Turner, William K.
1899 1890 1888
1 Varnum, Dora F. (J. A.)
1888
1 Varnum, James A.
L 1900
1888
1 Varnum, Mattie A. [Stayner ] Wait, Jennie Ida (A. S.) Wait, Martha [Steers]
L 1897
1895 1895 1894 1894 1890 1891
1 Waterman, Walter A.
L 1897
L 1897
1898
Whittemore, Charles Harrison
1888 1 Whittlesey, George
1 Whittlesey, Mary F. (G.)
1894
1 Waterman, Mary B. (W. A.) Weaver, Allene Griffin Whiton, Lillian E.
D 1891
L 1891
1891 1901 1 Stevens, Eva C. 1897 1892 1895 1897 1888 1888 1895 1897 1892 1 Sutton, Catherine 1889 1895 Talcott, Edith May
1 Taylor, Jennie (J. C.)
Terry, Florence Esther [Booth]
Thompson, Jeannie I. [Gallup]
Turley, Damon
Utley, Clara B. (H. D.) Utley, Herbert D.
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1889 1 Wilder, Miss J. B.
1895 Williams, Isabel Frances
1891 Williams, Jennie E.
1895 1 Williams, Lydia C. (T. J.)
1889 Wood, Frank L.
1897 1 Woodworth, Grace B. (F. W.)
1892 1 Young, A. G.
1892 1 Young, Elizabeth K. (A. G.)
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SUMMARY.
Known to be members before October 5, 1670, - 13
Enrolled by Bradstreet, October 5, 1670, 25 Admitted by Bradstreet, - -
- 41 Admitted by Saltonstall, -
Admitted by Eliphalet Adams, 483
I57
Admitted between Adams and Byles,
25
56 Admitted by Byles, - - -
Admitted between Byles and Woodbridge, -
2 Admitted by Woodbridge, -
- 18
Admitted between Woodbridge and Channing, -
6 Admitted by Channing, 245
Admitted between Channing and McEwen, -
I Admitted by McEwen, - 635
Admitted by Field, 228
Admitted by Bacon, -
-
-
- 129
Admitted by Blake, 1887 to 1901, - - - 392
Total known admissions, 1642 to 1901, - - - 2460
- Admitted between Bradstreet and Saltonstall, 4
OFFICERS.
PASTOR: REV. S. LEROY BLAKE, D. D.
Ordained at Pepperell, Mass., December 7, 1864 ; installed at New London, March 30, 1887.
DEACONS: JESSE H. WILCOX, elected 1878.
GEORGE E. STARR, 1883.
WILLIAM BELCHER, 1883.
HENRY LUFLER, .6 1893.
PLINY M. HARWOOD, 1900.
CHARLES W. CHAPIN, I900.
RULES OF THE CHURCH.
I. NAME OF THE CHURCH.
This is the First Church of Christ of New London, Con- necticut. Its polity is Congregational.
II. OFFICERS.
The pastor is moderator and is entitled ex-officio, to repre- sent it with a delegate on all councils or other ecclesiastical bodies to which it is invited. If there is a vacancy in the pastoral office, a moderator pro tem shall be chosen. The other permanent officers are as many deacons as the Church may choose. Deacons shall be elected by ballot. Other officers may be chosen viva voice. A vacancy in the office of deacon may be filled at any preparatory lecture if the Church so order. The other officers of the Church, its com- mittees and the officers of its sabbath schools shall be elected annually at the annual meeting. Two weeks before the annual meeting the moderator shall appoint a nominating committee of three to nominate the annual officers of the Church.
At each annual meeting a standing committee shall be . appointed ; said committee to consist of the deacons and three lay members, one gentleman and two ladies, chosen so that one shall go out of office each year. The duties of this committee shall be such as usually pertain to such a com- mittee. This standing committee are members of the advi- sory board, and are a committee of discipline.
III. ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting shall be held on the Friday evening
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after the first Sabbath in January for the election of officers and listening to the reports of its treasurer and of the work of the Church.
IV. BUSINESS.
Business may be transacted at the close of any preparatory lecture, or on any Friday night, previous notice having been given. Delegates to represent the Church may be chosen at any Friday evening meeting. Notice of important items of business must be read from the pulpit the Sabbath before they are acted on.
V. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS.
I. Time of Admission. Unless otherwise ordered by the Church, members shall be received into its fellowship on Communion Sabbath.
2. Admission by Letter. Candidates shall present their letters to the standing committee. They shall then be pro- pounded and acted on as provided in the case of those to be received on profession of faith. At the point indicated in the form of admission their names shall be called and they shall come forward and assent to the following Covenant : Do you who come to us from sister churches thereby renew your Covenant with God into which you have already entered ? In entering into the fellowship of this particular Church, do you accept its statement of faith, engage to submit to its watch and discipline, to labor for the promotion of Christ's Kingdom through it, and to be true to your duties and obli- gations as members of it ? DO YOU THUS PROMISE ?
3. Admission by Profession. Candidates shall be examined by the standing committee and shall by vote of said com- mittee, be propounded not later than the second Sabbath be- fore the communion at which they are to be received. At the preparatory lecture previous to their reception, the Church shall vote upon it. They shall then be received according to the form adopted by the Church.
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4. Reception by the Church. After candidates have assen- ted to the Covenant, the pastor shall ask the Church to arise and receive them, and while the Church is standing he shall give them the right hand of fellowship on behalf of the Church.
VI. DISMISSIONS.
I. Requests for Letters. These shall be presented at the Friday evening meeting and may be acted on immediately unless objection is raised to granting the request in which case it shall lie two weeks and then be acted on. Letters shall be good for but one year from date unless renewed. All letters shall be granted to some evangelical church.
2. Dropping Names. Names may be dropped at the re- quest of persons themselves upon the recommendation of the standing committee. This implies no censure. Other names may be dropped with censure after the course laid down in Matt. 18: 15-17 has been pursued. Dropped with censure shall be the record made in such cases. Names of absentees may also be dropped as in the first case.
3. Removals from the Parish. Persons permanently re- moving from this parish shall be expected to take letters to some convenient evangelical church within a reasonable time, unless there is good reason to the contrary.
VII. FORM OF ADMISSION.
[The Pastor shall read the names of those who are to be received into the Church. As each name is called, the person shall arise and come before the altar. Then the Pastor shall address them as follows : ]
I. Address. Dearly Beloved :- Believing that you have been drawn by the Spirit of God, you have presented your- self to enter into one of the most solemn compacts possible, and to perform one of the most important and joyful acts of your life. Should you cling affectionately to that Redeemer whom you are now about openly to avouch, you will never cease to feel the blessed effects of the dedication you are
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about to make, and you will ever rejoice that God brought you to this hour; but if your soul draw back, and you put your Saviour to an open shame, this deed and this hour shall be everlasting witness against you.
Yet, beloved, we hope better things of you; and, thoughi we have thought it meet thus to admonish you, it is with the calm and cheerful hope that He who has called you in His love, chosen you in His merciful purposes, and adopted you into His family of grace, will never leave you nor forsake you, but will keep you by the power of His Spirit unto the end.
You have been deeply convinced of your personal sinful- ness : you have heartily repented ; you have believed in the forgiving love of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, without which, forgiveness is not possible ; you have dedicated your heart and life to Him : that dedication you are about to renew before the world, being duly mindful of Christ's injunction that all confess Him before men.
Believing that if the Holy Spirit had not drawn you, you never would have come to this hour, you will now give your assent to the following statement of faith, and to a covenant between you and your God, and with this Church.
2. Statement of Doctrine. In the presence of Almighty God, the searcher of hearts, and before this assembly, you profess your unfeigned belief of the Holy Scriptures, as given by divine inspiration ; your acceptance of all the doctrines contained in them ; and your submission to the whole will of God revealed in His word.
Particularly, you believe that the Lord Jehovah, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, is the one living and true God, that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God, equal with the Father, and the only Saviour of men; that the Holy Ghost is also God, and that He is the only sanctifier of those who believe in Christ to the salvation of their souls.
You also believe, that in consequence of the fall of man
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from his primitive state of innocence, all the human race, while in a state of nature, are destitute of holiness; and that a renovation of heart during the present life, through santifi- cation of the Spirit of God, is necessary to fit mankind for union and communion with the visible Church of Christ on earth, and for an entrance into the kingdom of Heaven.
You furthermore believe, that all who are the subjects of the renewing and sanctifying influences of the Divine Spirit, exercise supreme love to God, benevolence towards men, re- pentance of sin, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose righteousness forms the only ground of justification before God, and that the law of God still remains their rule of con- duct. DO YOU THUS BELIEVE ?
[At this point the Pastor shall say : do you who were offered to God in baptism by your parents in your infancy, now publicly assent to their faith and make it your own? Those who were baptized in infancy shall respond in an andible voice, WE DO. To such as were not baptised in infancy, the rite shall now be administered.]
[The Pastor shall say : you will now give your assent to the following Covenant in recognition of the duties which you assume on entering the visible kingdom of God on earth.]
3. Covenant. Humbly hoping that you are a subject of the new birth, of that faith in Christ which works by love and purifies the heart, and of that repentance which is unto life, you avouch the Lord Jehovah to be your God, Jesus Christ the Son of God to be your Saviour, and the Holy Spirit to be your Sanctifier.
Depending on divine grace for sanctification, consolation, and spiritual strength, and receiving the Word of God as the only rule of your faith and practice, you submit to the brotherly watch and discipline of this Church of Christ; and engage on your part to comfort, assist, warn and reprove its members as becometh a faithful follower of Christ. You do now solemnly give up yourself and all that you have, unto God; promising that you will endeavor to walk as becometh the Gospel of Christ, that you may give no cause for others
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to speak evil of it on your account, but that the name of God may be glorified in you. DO YOU THUS PROMISE?
[The Pastor will here call the names of those who are to unite by letter, who shall come forward and assent to the following Covenant.]
Do you who come to us by letter from other churches, thereby renew your Covenant which you have already made ? In entering into the fellowship of this particular Church do you accept its statement of faith, engage to submit to its watch and discipline, to labor for the promotion of Christ's kingdom through it, and to be true to your duties and obli- gations as members of it? DO YOU THUS PROMISE ?
[The Pastor will here ask the Church to arise.]
On your thus professing and promising, we receive you into this Church, and admit you to the full enjoyment of all its privileges,-promising, through Divine Grace assisting us, to aid you in the duties of the Christian life by our prayers and fraternal watchfulness, expecting in return, the same offices from you, that the purposes of this holy COVENANT may be answered. The Lord make us faithful to himself and to each other.
[The Pastor shall give each the right hand of fellowship for the Church.]
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