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OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
PASTOR. REV. E. P. GOODWIN. D. D.
CLERK. J. W. SYKES.
TREASURER. . JAMES H. PEARSON.
DEACONS.
Tenn Expires January 1, 1876.
THOMAS M. AVERY.
HENRY L. HAMMOND.
Term Erpires January 1, 1877. HOWARD Z. CULVER. SILAS M. MOORE.
Term Erpires January 1, ISTs.
Term. Expires January 1, 1879.
WALTER N. MILLS.
ROBERT B. CURRIER.
JAMES H. PEARSON. DR. WILLIAM E. CLARKE.
PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. THE PASTOR, DEACONS, AND THE FOLLOWING BRETHREN :
CALEB F. GATES.
CHAS. E. CULVER. DAVID S. MUNGER.
WILLIAM W. FARWELL. CHAS. H. MORSE. J. W. SYKES.
CHURCH VISITOR.
MRS. SOPHIA F. ORTON.
SABBATH SCHOOLS.
HOME SCHOOL. W. H. REDINGTON, Sup't.
BETHANY SCHOOL. WALTER N. MILLS. Sup't
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
CLERK. J. W. STANLEY.
TREASURER. JAMES H. MOORE.
TRUSTEES. CHARLES E. CULVER, Chairman.
DAVID S. MUNGER. J. B. BROWN.
CHAS. H. MORSE. H. N. HOLDEN.
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PRINCIPLES OF FAITH AND GOVERNMENT, AND ECCLESIASTICAL RELATIONS.
To obviate misapprehension, it is here stated that this Church belongs to the numerous collection of Churches known as the Orthodox Congregational Churches of America, planted origi- nally by the " Pilgrim Fathers " of the " May. Flower " in 1620, and under whose influence New England has become what it is. These Churches are Calvinistic in faith, free in polity, and well known as having been among the early and most efficient supporters of all the benevolent enterprises of piety and philanthropy which characterize the present age. The Am. Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Am. Home Missionary Society, Am. Tract Society, the modern Temperance movement, the systematic operations in behalf of Seamen, originated with the Congregationalists, while all the other benevolent operations of the day have received their early co-operation. The religious belief is expressed in several general formularies, such as the Westminster Assem- bly's Confessions and Catcchisms, the doctrinal parts of the articles of the Church of England, and the Confession attached to the Saybrook Platform, and also in the various creeds of the local Churches : but no one of these is received as univer- sally binding on the conscience, or as the necessary test of fellowship. The Holy Scriptures alone occupy that position. his understanding of which, each Christian and minister, de- siring fellowship, is free to express in his own form of words to the satisfaction of his brethren.
ADMISSION TO THE CHURCH.
Those who have been accepted by vote of the Church shall present themselves on the following Sabbath, when their names are called, in front of the pulpit, when the pastor will say :
In appearing at this time to unite with this Church, you will first signify your agreement with us in the following
ARTICLES OF FAITH.
I. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
Ps. 19: 7-11; 110: 1-76 ; Is. 8: 20; Mat. 4: 4, 7, 10; 23: 43; Luke 16: 29; 24: 25-27. 44 -- 46: John 5: 39; Acts 2: 25-31; 4: 25; 17: 11; Gal. 1: 11, 12 ; 2 Tim. 3 : 14-17; 2 Pet. 1: 19-21; Rev. 1: 10-19.
And in accordance with the teachings of Scripture-
II. We believe in (a) one God. subsisting in (b) three per- sons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, (c) eternal. unchangeable and omnipresent, ((7) infinite in power, wisdom and holiness ; (e) the Creator and Preserver of all things ; whose (f) purposes and providence extend to all events, and who exercises a (g) righteous moral government over all His intelligent creatures.
(«) Deut. 6: 4: I>. 45: 5: 1 Cor. 8: 5, 6; Ep. 4: 4. (b) Mat. 2x: 19; John 1: 1 -- 3; 10: 30-38; 14: 7-11, 16, 26; 15: 26; 16: 7-15; 20: 28; Is. 9 : 6: Rom. 9: 5; 2 Cor. 5: 19; 13: 14; Acts 5: 3, 9; Phil. 1 . 2; 1 Tim. 3: 16: 1 Pet. 1 : 2; 1 John 5 : 20. (c) Dent. 33 : 9 ;; Is. 57 : 15; Ps. 90: 2; Numb. 23: 19; Ps. 139: 7-12; Jer. 23. 24; Mal. 3: 6; James 1 : 17. (d) Gien. 17: 1; 18: 14; Jer. 32: 17-19; Dan. 2: 20; Ep. 3: 10; I Tim. 1: 17; 6: 15, 16; Lev. 19: 2; 1 Sam. 2: 2; Ps. 5: 4.5; Hab. 1: 13. (e) Gen. 1 : 1 : 2. 4; Neh. 9: 6; Ps. 102: 25; Heb. 1: 3; 3: 4; Colloss. 1: 15-17; Ep. 3: 9. ( f ) 1 Sam. 2: 6->; Ps. 135: 6; Is. 45: 7; 46: 10, 11; Dan. 4: 35; Mat. 10: 29, 30; Acts 4: 26; Dp. 1: 11. (g) Gen. Is : 25; P's. 58: 11; 94: 2; 103 : 19 ; Rom. 7 : 12; Rev. 15: 3; 16: 5-7.
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III. We believe in (a) the fall of our first parents, and (b) the consequent entire depravity and lost condition of the human race.
(a) Gon. 3: 1-21; Ecc. 7: 29 (b) Gen. 6: 5 : $ : 21 : Job 14 : 4; 15: 14-16; Ps. 51 : 5; Jer. 17: 19; Mat. 15: 10; Rom. 3: 9-19, 23; 3: 13-19; 6:20; 7: 5, 18 , 8: 4-9; Ep. 2: 1-3.
IV. We believe that (a) God has provided a way of salva- tion for all mankind; that (b) the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, having taken upon Himself our nature, has, (c) by His voluntary suffering and death, made an atonement for sin; and that (d) every one who. with repentance for sin, believes in Christ, will be pardoned, justified and saved through that faith alone, and not through any personal merit.
(@) Is. 55: 1-7; John 3: 16, 17; Rev. 22: 17. : 8) John 1: 1-14; Rom. 9:5; Gal. 4: 4; 1 Tim. 2: 5, Titus 3 : 5; Ep. 2: 8 : Heb. 2: 11-17. (c) Is. 53: 4-8; John 10: 15-18: Rom. 5: 6-10; II-b. 2: 9; 1 Pet. 1 : 15, 19; 2: 24 ; 3: 18; 1 John 1 : 7; 2: 1, 2. (d) Mark 15: 15, 16; John 3 : 14-18 ;- Acts 2 : 38 ; 16: 31 ; Rom. 1 : 16-1% ; 3: 19-28 ; 8. 1; 1 John 1 : 7-9.
V. We believe that all who are thus justified through faith in Christ, are (a) first renewed by the Holy Ghost, (b) according to the eternal purpose of God, and will (c) owe their preservation in holiness, and their final salvation, to grace alone.
(a) John 1: 13; 3:3-8; Rom. 8: 4-14; Titus 3 : 5. (6, John 6: 37, 44, 45; 17; 2; Rom. 8: 28-30; Ep. 1: 3-6. 11 ; 1 Pet. 1: 2. (c) Luke 19: 42; John 10: 27-20; Phil. 1: 6; Ep. 2: 8; 1 Pet. 1 : 3.
VI. We believe that the children of God are " created in Christ Jesus unto good works," and that a renewed heart will evince itself in the various acts and duties of an obedient and holy life.
Mat. 5 : 16; 7: 16-29; Gal. 5: 22-26; Ep. 2: 10; 5: 25-27; Titus 2: 12; 3 : 8; 1 Pet. 1 : 14-16; 2: 11; 4:1-3.
VII. We believe that the Sacraments of the New Testa- ment are (a) Baptism and the (6) Lord's Supper ; that Baptism is to be administered to none but believers and (c) their house- holds, and that the Lord's Supper is to be received by His disciples.
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(a) Mat. 28: 19; Acts 2: 41; 8: 16, 36-38; 9:18; 10: 47, 48. (b) Mat. 26: 26-29; Mark 14: 22-25; Luke 22: 19, 20; Acts 2: 12, 46; 20: 7; 1 Cor. 11 : 23-26. (c) Gen. 17 : 1-14, compared with John 7: 22, and Gal. 3: 14-17; Luke, 18: 15, 16; Acts 2 : 39 ; 16 : 15, 31-33; 1 Cor. 1: 16; 7: 14.
VIII. We believe that there will be a (a) resurrection of all the dead ; and that God will hereafter (b) judge all men, and award to them (e) eternal happiness or eternal misery.
(a) John 5: 28, 29; 11 : 24, 25; 1 Cor. 15: 12-55. (b) Mat. 25: 31, &c .; Rom. 14: 10; Jude 14, 15; Rev. 20: 11-15. (c) Mat. 13: 36-43, 47-50; John 3: 16, 36; Rom. 2: 3-12; 6: 23; Phil. 3: 19; 2 Thes. 1: 7-10; 2 Pet. 3: 7.
BAPTISM.
The Pastor will first address those who come by Profession, and who have been baptized in infancy, as follows :
You, who were dedicated to God in your childhood in the ordinance of infant baptism, by your believing parents, do hereby declare your personal acceptance of the same and your belief that the regeneration hereby signified has been wrought within your soul by the Holy Spirit.
Then to the others the pastor will say :
You, who trust that your hearts have been renewed by the Holy Spirit, but who have never received the outward seal of the covenant, will now present yourselves for the ordinance of baptism.
When baptism has been administered, the Pastor will direct the attention of the candidates to the
COVENANT,
· saying : You will now assent to the following covenant with God and with this Church, remembering, however, that these duties, now solemnly recognized, were always binding upon you, but, until your conversion from sin, were wickedly disre- garded.
Believing it to be your duty to profess Christ before men, you do now, in the presence of God and this assembly, sol- cmnly declare the Lord Jehovah, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, to be your God and portion forever, receiving
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the Lord Jesus Christ as your Prophet, Priest and King, and the Holy Ghost as your Sanctifier, Comforter and Guide. You humbly and cheerfully devote yourselves to God in the everlasting covenant of His grace. You consecrate all your powers and faculties to His service and glory, and, relying upon the promised aid of the Holy Spirit, you engage to walk in all the statutes and ordinances of the Lord ; to assemble yourselves with His people for His worship ; to keep holy the Sabbath day; to maintain family and secret prayer, and to honor your high and holy vocation by a life of piety toward God and benevolence toward your fellow men.
, You do join yourselves to this Church and covenant to walk with its members in charity, faithfulness and sobriety, to submit to its government, and the discipline which Christ has appointed, and to strive earnestly for the peace, edification and purity of the Church.
[The Church will here rise, and the Pastor descend from the Pulpit. ]
RECEPTION.
We, then, as a Church, do affectionately receive you to our communion, in token of which, I, as the Pastor, extend to you the right hand of fellowship. [Here the Pastor will give the right hand to each person, with such word as he may be pleased to add.] We welcome you to a participation with us in the blessings of the Gospel, and promise to treat you with Christian affection, to watch over you with tenderness, and to offer our prayers to the great Head of the Church to assist you to fulfill this solemn covenant.
And now, beloved in the Lord, let it be impressed on your minds, that from these obligations you can never be absolved. Wherever you go, these vows will follow you, and will abide upon you to eternity. You have deliberately committed your- selves on the side of Christ and holiness, and hereafter you must be the servants of God. The eyes of the world will be
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upon you, and as you deport yourselves, so religion will be honored or dishonored. If you walk worthy of your profes- sion, you will be a comfort and a credit to us : otherwise you will be an occasion of grief and reproach. But we are per- suaded better things of you. and things which accompany salvation, though we thus speak. May the Lord guide and preserve you till death, and at last receive you and us to that blessed world where our love and joy shall be forever perfect. AMEN.
CONSTITUTION, OR ARTICLES OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
ARTICLE I.
MEMBERSHIP.
All persons may become members of this Church who give credible evi- dence of piety, and who assent to the Creed and Covenant.
ARTICLE II. GOVERNMENT.
The government of this Church is vested in the body of believers who compose it, who will receive advice, but will suffer no authoritative direction from other Churches, or their representatives.
ARTICLE III.
RULE OF DISCIPLINE.
The rule of discipline in private offenses shall be the law of Christ re- corded in Matthew 18: 15-17. In public offenses, every member cognizant of the same shall be responsible for laboring to bring the offender to repent- ance, or in failure of success, for communicating the case to the Church, or to the Pastor or Deacons.
Every accused person shall receive a written copy of the specific charges against him, at least ten days before the Church meeting in which his case is to be investigated.
ARTICLE IV.
UNREGENERATE MEMBER, NOT SCANDALOUS-HOW DISMISSED.
If any inember be convinced that he is not truly regenerate, but that he professed religion under self deception, and shall request a dissolution of his connection with this Church, if there be no scandal in his life requiring discipline, his request shall be granted, after due labor first used, by a simple vote declarative of the facts, which vote shall be publicly announced at the next succeeding communion season.
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ARTICLE V.
LETTERS OF DISMISSION.
Letters of dismission to Evangelical Churches shall be given to all mein- bers in good and unimpeachable standing who desire them, but, except in peculiar cases, such letters must be applied for within one year from the time of leaving, and the applicants must be free from indebtedness to the Church or Society.
When a letter is requested, the Pastor shall give notice of the fact upon the Sabbath, and if no objection be made by any one during the week, the letter shall be granted. Where objection is made, a vote of the Church shall be had.
· ARTICLE VI.
NEW MEMBERS-HOW RECEIVED.
Persons desiring to become members of this Church shall meet with the Prudential Committee (and such other members as choose to be present ), who are charged with the duty of inquiring into their Christian history and present religious experience, and by whom, through the Pastor, their names shall be publicly propounded on the Sabbath preceding the time for their reception into the Church. The vote upon their reception shall be taken by the Church at the regular meeting for prayer preceding the Com- munion Sabbath, and on that Sabbath they shall publicly assent to the Creed and Covenant of the Church.
ARTICLE VII. OFFICERS.
The permanent and temporary officers of the Church shall be a Pastor, eight Deacons, a Prudential Committee, a Clerk, and a Treasurer.
ARTICLE VIII.
THE PASTOR-HIS DUTIES-SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSION.
The Pastor, as soon as practicable after his installation, shall become a member of this Church. He shall have control of the pulpit and the exer- cises of public worship; shall discharge the duty of religious teacher in public and in private ; shall ordinarily be the Moderator in the meetings of the Church ; shall take charge in general of the spiritual interests of the congregation ; shall administer the Sacraments, and shall execute the disci- pline ordered by the Church.
In the settlement of a Pastor, the Church shall act by an Ecclesiastical Council, called in the usual manner, and such a council shall be mutually called by the Pastor and the Church to act upon the question of his dis-
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mission, whenever the Pastor shall desire it, or the Church or the Ecclesi- astical Society shall so vote in a meeting, notified on the preceding Sabbath, for that specified purpose.
ARTICLE IX.
DEACONS-THEIR DUTIES-PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE.
The Deacons shall hold their office for four years respectively ; the term of two of the number expiring each year. They shall aid the Pastor in the celebration of the Lord's Supper; shall take charge of the communion service, and of providing for the communion table ; shall have the oversight of the poor members for visitation and relief; shall conduct the Church meetings in the absence of the Pastor, or of any supply; and, with six other members, to be elected annually, shall form a Prudential Committee to examine and propound candidates for admission to the Church ; to divide the Church into fourteen sections, to be assigned to the members of the Committee, respectively, for visitation, and for a monthly meeting of prayer and conference ; to commence steps of discipline with unworthy members ; to consult with the Pastor with reference to the spiritual interests of the Church, and to render him and the Church such spiritual service as may be within their power.
ARTICLE X. CLERK-HIS DUTIES.
The Clerk shall keep a faithful record of the proceedings and acts of the Church, entering the same upon a book for future reference, which shall be submitted for revision and correction at the preparatory lecture preceding each communion Sabbath. He shall also keep a register of the Church inembers, with the date of their reception, and of their removal, and other similar particulars, and a record of the baptism of infants, and shall make. an annual report.
ARTICLE XI. TREASURER -- HIS DUTIES.
The Treasurer shall receive the money contributed at the communion ser- vices, and dispense the same under the direction of the Deacons. He shall also take charge of the contributions made to various benevolent objects, and pay over the same to the authorized agents. At the annual meeting he shall make a report of all his receipts and disbursements.
ARTICLE XII. .
SACRED MUSIC-ITS LEADERS AND METHOD.
The superintendence of the sacred music connected with public worship shall be under the charge of the Prudential Committee, or of a special
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committee, as may be judged best, who shall appoint the Chorister and Organist, and be responsible for their faithfulness. The ordinary Psalms and Hymns shall be sung to plain and familiar tunes, that all the congrega- tion may unite in the act of worship, while anthems, chants, hymns of a peculiar character, and such other exercises as require a purely chora performance, may be introduced as judged expedient by the Pastor and Chorister.
ARTICLE XIII. ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Church shall be held on the last Wednesday in December, when the regular elections shall be made and reports rendered.
ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENTS.
The foregoing articles may be altered at a meeting, of which notice shall have been given on the Sabbath preceding, with a statement of the proposed alteration, by a majority of the members of the Church, or by a vote of two- thirds of those present.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETY.
ARTICLE I.
NAME AND MEMBERSHIP.
The name of this Society shall be the First Congregational Society of Chicago, and all persons owning or hiring seats in its house of worship shall be members, and entitled to vote at all its meetings ; provided, they are not indebte l to the society in any sum three months past due.
ARTICLE II.
TRUSTEES AND THEIR DUTIES.
There shall be five Trustees annually elected to hold the property and manage the pecuniary affairs of the Society according to the laws of this State. Said Trustees shall be subject at all times to a directing vote of the Society, and shall have no power to buy, sell, mortgage or transfer prop- erty, without a specific vote of authority of the Society.
The Board of Trustees shall make an annual report of their doings to the Society.
ARTICLE III.
TREASURER AND HIS DUTIES.
There shall be a Treasurer annually elected by the Society, who shall. receive all moneys belonging to the Society, and pay out the same only on the written order of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and shall make an annual report to the Society of his receipts and disbursements, duly audited.
ARTICLE IV. .
CLERK.
There shall be a Clerk annually elected to keep a record of the proceed- ings of the Society.
ARTICLE V. AUDITOR.
An Auditor shall be appointed each year, who shall examine the accounts of the Treasurer and accompanying vouchers, and if the same are found to be accurate and duly attested, shall certify their correctness.
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ARTICLE VI. ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Society for the election of officers, and the transaction of other appropriate business, shall be the Thursday after the first Wednesday in the month of May.
ARTICLE VII. SPECIAL MEETING.
Special meetings may be convened at any time by notice from the pulpit, or insertion twice in two daily papers, by the Pastor, by the Board of Trus- tees, or by any five. members : but said notice must be given at least three days before the time appointed for the meeting, it being held sufficient, however, for the purposes of the Society, that a meeting on a Tuesday even- ing be notified on the previous Sabbath, at a service for preaching.
ARTICLE VIII.
QUORUM AND RULES AS TO DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
Twenty members shall constitute a quorum, but no sale, mortgage or transfer of property shall be made except at a meeting which has been notified on two preceding Sabbaths.
ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS.
Any proposed alteration of these Rules must be stated in the public notice of the meeting, before it can be entertained.
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COMPACT BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETY.
For the proper adjustment of the spiritual and secular interests and rela- tions of the Church and Congregation, the following articles of agreement have been mutually adopted by a separate vote of the Church and of the Ecclesiastical Society connected with it, and are placed by each, in its book of record, to be altered or rescinded, in whole, or in part, only in the same way.
ARTICLE I.
PRINCIPLE OF AGREEMENT.
All the spiritual interests and arrangements connected with public worship shall be under the exclusive control of the Church, and all the financial and other secular interests and arrangements of the congregation shall be under the exclusive control of the Society. This shall be the principle, or rule, to determine all doubtful cases, and in accordance with which the succeeding articles are adopted.
ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIETY.
All persons who purchase or rent seats in the Church edifice shall be members for the time being of the Society.
ARTICLE III.
SETTLEMENT OF A PASTOR. 1
In the settlement of a pastor, the Church shall always act first in making the call ; after which the Society shall vote to concur, or not to concur, as it may please, and shall have the exclusive right to designate the salary ; but in every vote of the Society touching the call or dismission of the Pastor, a majority of the Church members present as voters must be in the vote to make it valid.
ARTICLE IV. SACRED MUSIC.
The selection of Organist and Chorister, and the control of the sacred. music, shall be vested in the Church, as a part of worship; but the control of the salaries and of other necessary expenses connected with the music shall be with the Society.
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ARTICLE V.
SEXTON.
The appointment of the Sexton, and of his salary, shall belong wholly to the Society.
ARTICLE VI. CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.
The Pastor shall have liberty to use the Church edifice at his discretion to promote the spiritual interests of the Church and congregation, and the Church may also use the same for any meetings of a spiritual nature ; but for all other purposes, the control of the building shall be with the Society, or its Trustees, who shall not, however, allow it to be used for unworthy and worldly purposes, nor put it to any use which shall interfere with the arrangements of the Church and of the Pastor.
ARTICLE VII. SUPPLY OF THE PULPIT.
Whenever the pulpit is vacant by the absence or dismission of the Pastor the Prudential Committee of the Church shall have charge of procuring a temporary supply, and the Trustees of the Society shall determine the com- pen-ation ; but no person shall continue as a supply for a longer period than three months without a concurrent vote of the Church and Society.
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ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE
irst Congregational Chjurrh,
FROM ORGANIZATION, MAY 23, 1851, TO, AND INCLUDING, MARCH, 1873.
AT ORGANIZATION, MAY 23, 1851.
Names. How Received.
1 Philo Carpenter. Without Letter.
2 Mrs. Ann Carpenter. Without Letter.
Died, Aurora, III., Feb. 6, 1866.
3 Trumbull Kent Without Letter.
Died,-
4 Mrs. Emeline Ken By Letter.
Died,-
5 John Sheriffs. Without Letter, Dis. to Reformed Pres. Ch., Chicago, Jan. 6. 1858.
6 Benjamin F. Worrell, afterward Rev Without Letter. Dis. to Cong. Ch., Prairie City, Oct. 30, 1857.
7 William H. Worrell. Without Letter.
Dis. to l'ong. Ch., Farmington, In., March 18, 1857.
8 John Davis. Without Letter.
Dis. 1852.
9 David Eugene Davis Without Letter.
Excommunicated April 5, 1860.
10 Mrs. Matilda E. Davis Without Letter.
11 John H. Morris. Without Letter.
Excommunicated Jan. 19, 1800.
12 Mrs. Mary E. Morris Without Letter.
Died, July, 1854.
13 Mrs. Lydia Clifford Without Letter.
Died, Chicago, June 17, 186 ..
14 Hervey B. Mills Without Letter.
Died, 1853.
15 Walter Lull Without Letter. Dis. to Pres. Ch., Black Hawk, Col., June 14, 1863.
16 Henry G. McArthur, afterward Rev. Without Letter.
Dis. to McGregor, Iowa, July 11, 1859.
17 George R. Sloat. By Letter.
Died, March, 1869.
18 Mrs. Isabella Warrington By Letter.
Dis. to Union Park Cong. Ch., Chicago, Oct. 24, 1871.
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