History of the Central Congregational Church, Middleborough, Massachusetts 1847-1947, Part 7

Author: Witbeck, Mertie E
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Middleborough, Mass., Central Congregational Church
Number of Pages: 116


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March 4


Anna M. Ratthei


March 4


Alice C. Ratthei March 4


Martha E. Ratthei (Keighley)


March 4


Samuel N. Shiverick


March 4


( 82)


Elsie R. Keyes


March 4


Eleen Richardson (Wells)


March 4


Nellie I. Kennedy (Heath) May 6


Rose A. Haskell December 30


Georgia A. Haskell


December 30


1921


1918


Rev. Joseph B. Kettle May 5


Mrs. Grace Kettle May 5


Joseph G. Kettle May 5


Albert G. Mathers May 5


Mrs. Amy E. Mathers May 5


Grace E. Mathers May 5


January 2


Arthur W. Reed June 2


Mrs. Annie Woodbridge January 2


Mrs. Martha A. Reed


June 2


David R. Walker


January 2


Elwyn B. Lynde


June 2


Mrs. Margaret A. Walker


January 2


Mrs. Mabel W. Lynde


June 2


Mrs. Rispah J. Thomas November 3


Angeline Candella (Bell)


November 3


1919


Ray C. Towne March 2


William I. Burdett


March 2


Mrs. Anna H. Burdett March 2


Mrs. Lavinia F. Benson March 2


Mrs. Edna L. Bailey


March 2


Mrs. Zarina Z. Stevens


March 2


Mrs. Mabel E. Duncklee


March 2


Mabel Persis Weeman (Kettle) (Maran) March 2


Mrs. Elizabeth Walker March 2


Robert C. Washburn March 2


Mrs. Bessie W. W. Chandler May 7


Mrs. Annie Washburn March 2


Mrs. Cyrenia B. Clark


May 7


Mrs. Anna Leland


September 4


Mrs. Florence R. Bailey 1920


September 7


Bernice L. Robbins (Richards)


January 4


Madeline A. Duncklee (Owens)


May 7


Mary M. Eddy


May 7


Charles L. Farrington May 7


Mrs. Catherine E. Farrington


May 7


Edith E. Volkman (Poland) May 2


John F. Garfield May 7


Benjamin K. Glidden May 7


Mrs. Dorothy H. Glidden May 7


Mrs. Christina M. Besse May 2


Mrs. Nellie K. Nourse September 5


Mrs. Lucretia C. Harding


May 7


(83)


Mrs. Lelah M. B. Hathaway


September 5 November 7


Doris H. Robbins


Mrs. Avis C. Johnson


November 7


Madeline D. Coombs January 2


Susan S. MacDonald January 2


Flora A. Hathaway (Dwyer)


January 2


Mrs. Ella F. Thompson


January 2


Rev. Richard G. Woodbridge


Elsie M. Haskins (Blake)


May 1


Florence H. Gaskin (Bacon)


May 1


Carolyn H. Blanchard May 1


Alice A. Fosberg (Northway) May 1 Mrs. Mary A. MacDaniel May 1


Mrs. Ida B. White July 3


1922


Grace Atwood (Holden) May 7


Marion N. Atwood May 7


Rose Anita Atwood May 7


Harold M. Babbitt May 7


Eva B. Brennan May 7


Margaret E. Brennan May 7


Esther E. Bryant May 7


Mrs. Alice R. Cunningham May 7 Virginia Cunningham (Smith) May 7 Lynette D. Duncklee (Harlow)


May 7


Mrs. Jessie Morrison (Reed)


January 4


Mrs. Annie McM. Kettle January 4


Mrs. Bernice Perkins May 2


Frances A. Gifford (Whitney) May 2


Annie D. Lee (Washburn) May 2


Lewis F. Harding May 7


Wilson G. Harlow


May 7


Joseph F. Westgate May 7


Mrs. Lucy E. Harlow


May 7


John T. Weston May 7


Adnah H. Harlow


May 7


Mrs. Alicia W. Weston May 7


Roger M. Harthorne


May 7


George E. Wheeler May 7


Howard C. Holden


May 7


John R. Thompson


May 7


Mrs. Jennie M. Holden


May 7


Mrs. Lillian M. Thompson


May 7


Arthur Holden May 7


Mathilda Anderson


May 7


Frederick P. Holden


May 7


Ruby Garnier


May 7


Harry W. Howes


May 7


Norris E. Bray


May 7


Mrs. Dorothy S. Howes


May 7


Mrs. Florence M. Bray


May 7


John G. Howes


May 7


Rev. John P. Garfield


May 7


James H. Kennedy


May 7


Mrs. Julia O. Garfield


May 7


George E. Kennedy


May 7


Owen R. Garfield


May 7


George D. Lee


May 7


Mrs. Emma J. Tisdale


May 7


Gwendolyn M. Mackillop (Kuppers)


May 7


Mrs. Ellen S. Standish


May 7


Lucile B. Mackillop


May 7


Mrs. Nellie Brennan


May 7


William C. P. MacNeil, Jr.


May 7


Orrin R. Smith


July 2


Mrs. Lucinda P. McLeod


May 7


Madeline M. Read (Meade)


July 2


Nelson A. Manwaring


May 7


Gladys E. Shaw (Bousquet)


July 2


Anna M. Manwaring (Fiske)


May 7


Mrs. Etta Pitman July 2


Mrs. Lydia L. Surrey


July 2


Ruth P. Wood


July 2


Charles F. Martin


May 7


Mrs. Mabel W. Martin


May 7


Charles A. Shaw


July 2


Catherine E. Pearce (Fielding)


1923


May 7


Earl C. Raymond


May 7


Louis Ritter


May 7


Mrs. Edith M. Ritter


May 7


Alice I. Robinson (Shaw)


May 7


John B. Savage


May 7


1924


Mrs. Janet H. S. Savage


May 7


Harry A. Aghaian May 4


Benjamin C. Shaw


May 7


Mrs. Nuvart Aghaian


May 4


Mrs. Lizzie N. Shaw


May 7


Abraham Bezzian May 4


Chester L. Shaw


May 7


Inezetta Bradley (Fosberg) May 4


May 4


Mrs. Antonina A. Simkus


May 7


Doris Davoll May 4


William J. Thibault


May 7


Garabed Dejermenian May 4


Mrs. Inez N. Thibault


May 7


Amy E. Furbish


May 4


Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr.


May 7


Winthrop R. Manwaring


May 4


Fred D. Towne


May 7


Agop Marangossian


May 4


Mrs. Emma J. Towne


May 7


Kevosk Panossian


May 4


Albert D. Walker


May 7


Barbara Pratt (Zink)


May 4


Marion A. Weeman (Howland)


Merle C. Riggs May 4


May 7


Robert Sellman


May 4


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Hattie B. LeBaron June 24


Hattie M. Peavey (Hallett)


June 24


Louise M. Robbins June 24


Mrs. Lura A. Gilpatrick June 24


Helen F. Manwaring (Jackson)


May 7


Mrs. Ella F. Shaw


July 2


Evelyn M. Sherman (Davis) May 7


Howard Chase


Mrs. Ella D. Howland


May 7


Eleanor Shaw (Belmont) May 4


George E. Weeman May 4


Walter R. Weeman May 4


Mrs. Annie D. Cuzner September 14


Paul S. Nickerson November 2


Mrs. Edith M. Nickerson November 2


1925


Evelyn L. Bailey (Elliott) May 3


Fletcher L. Barrows, Jr.


May 3


Ernest M. Cuzner


May 3


Carolyn D. Dennett (Lockwood)


May 3


Ruth L. Dunham (Jefferson) May 3


Anna C. Eddy


May 3


Frances Goodrich


May 3


Annie Karos May 3


Harriet M. Kennedy May 3


May 3


George S. Lang


May 1


Lillian M. Merrihew (Kelley)


May 3


Mrs. Louise A. Lang


May 1


Frederick Parmenter


May 3


Phyllis F. Brown


May 1


Dorothy E. Sylvia


May 3


Mrs. Alice M. Jones


May 1


Etta M. Tessier


May 3


Newman Thibault


May 3


1928


May 6


Mrs. Marion T. Belmont


May 6


Robert I. Belmont May 6


Arthur L. Cerda May 6


May 6


Dorothy E. Childs (Ryder)


May 6


Frank O. Crosier May 6


Mrs. Ednid S. Crosier


May 6


Mrs. Josephine G. Pierce


May 2


Mary Joy Crosier


May 6


Mrs. Grace Broadbent


May 2


Harlas L. Cushman


May 6


Mrs. Elsie A. Sears


May 2


Mrs. Viola M. Cushman


May 6


Ruth E. Duncklee (Sukeforth)


May 2


Ethel Hanscomb (Manwaring)


May 6


Dorothy M. Broadbent (Fredette)


Barbara Hathaway (Medeiros)


May 6


Jeanette F. Howes (Ferguson)


May 6


Arthur J. Jackson


May 2


Paul R. Horsman


May 6


Mrs. Ivy B. Jackson


May 2


Mrs. Martha J. Horsman


May 6


Elizabeth McDonald


May 2


John B. Howes


May 6


Dorothy S. Maranville


May 2


Barbara H. Lovell (Levine) May 6


Lewis A. Wells


May 2


Hazel M. Marble (Hopkins)


May 6


George N. Harlow


May 2


Ivan R. McLeod


May 6


Mrs. Margaret S. Fulwiler


May 2


Thelma McLeod (Lewis) May 6


Arthur W. Fulwiler


June 27


Mrs. Emma C. Morrison


May 6


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Elwyn B. Lynde


June 27


Mrs. Mabel W. Lynde June 27


1927


Erville D. Blandin May 1


Matthew W. Hanscomb May 1


Hollis C. Jackson May 1


Albert Jones May 1


Alwin C. Jones


May 1


Stella H. Robbins (Eddy)


May 1


Nathalie I. Thibault (Crowell) (Lowe)


May 1


Geraldine Stafford (Wood)


May 1


Charles F. Jones


May 1


Mrs. Gladys M. Jones


May 1


Eunice I. Jones


May 1


Walter A. V. Smith May 1


John C. MacDonald May 1


Miriam MacDonald May 1


Mrs. Mary F. Luke


May 3


Thomas Weston


May 3


Mrs. Sarah K. Hallock


May 3


Harriet L. Johnson


May 3


Edwin B. Ruggles


May 3


Carmen Cerda (Salter)


1926


Franklin A. Pierce May 2


May 2


Samuel G. Wells


Harry R. Belmont


Myron E. Orcutt


May 6


Robert Murdock May 4


Mrs. Florence S. Orcutt


May 6


Helen D. Pearson ( Robbins) May 4


Forest R. Perkins


May 6


Reuben R. Summers May 4


Bertha Pierce (Covell) May 6


Mrs. Matilda R. Summers May 4


Myron B. Thomas May 4


Helene E. M. Von Berg (Wright)


Philip W. Stafford May 6


May 4


Mrs. Bessie McL. West


May 6


Grace A. Weeman (Howard)


May 4


Edward L. Perry, M.D.


May 6


Doris E. Weeman (Marien) May 4


Mrs. Addie O. Perry


May 6


Mrs. Doris C. Weeman May 4


Harold T. Buxton May 6


Walter J. Weeman


May 4


Mrs. Marion W. Buxton


May 6


1931


Frederic Lanyon


May 6


George N. Duncklee May 3


Richard L. Dunham May 3


Mrs. Laura W. S. Pearson


June 24


Parker Holden May 3


May 3


Mrs. Alice E. Shurtleff


June 24


Elizabeth F. Walker


June 24


Louise A. Meier (Hornby)


May 3


1929


Donald A. Morrison


May 3


Mrs. Hazel N. Oliver


January 6


Bernard J. Owens


May 3


Mrs. Mary C. Drew


May 5


Madeline Shaw (Corey)


May 3


Frank J. Scheufele May 5


Ella C. Shultz


May 3


Mrs. Marion F. Scheufele


May 5


Nye A. White


May 3


Bertha A. Manwaring


May 5


Josephine F. White


May 3


Allan A. Witbeck


May 5


Virginia W. Caswell (Jennings)


May 5


Warren B. Washburn


May 5


Reginald S. Washburn


May 5


Richard S. Howes


May 5


Harriet H. Iseminger


April 24


Abbie E. Monan (Seaver)


May 5


Anna M. Cox


June 30


Katherine M. Morrison


April 24


Arthur B. Pearson April 24


Laura B. Pearson


April 24


James Murdock


June 30


Mrs. Edna M. Murdock


June 30


Ruth G. Rand


April 24


1930


Frank M. Raymond


April 24


Marjorie R. Brennan May 4


Lenora E. Gould


April 24


Mrs. Mary B. Brennan


May 4


Mildred L. Swanson


April 24


Mrs. Alice Broadbent May 4


Nina M. Weeman


April 24


Robert K. Broadbent


May 4


Albert Carey


May 4


Abby R. Field


May 4


Mrs. Carrie I. Crane


January 1


Raymond D. Hardy


May 4


Marjorie L. Barstow May 7


Dorothy Howes (Randall)


May 4


Frederick W. Eldridge


May 7


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1932


Thalia S. Drake (Jillson) April 24


Verna E. Howes - (Pierce) April 24


Boyd A. Iseminger April 24


Charles K. MacDonald


April 24


Margaret E. McDowell (Wicksten)


June 30


Beatrice I. Perkins


April 24


Ellen A. Perkins (Hinckley)


April 24


Mrs. Anne C. Rand


June 24


Agnes M. MacDonald


Stuart R. Main


May 3


Mrs. Florence W. Lanyon


May 6


Evelyn M. Pierce May 6


Ernest Spencer May 6


1933


Richard A. Rockwood


Mrs. Helen L. Whitcomb


May 7 May 7


Clarence E. Harris May 3


May 3


1934


Marguerite F. Beal


May 6


Shirley Pearson (Benson)


May 3


Robert J. Beal


May 6


William N. Perkins


May 3


Earle H. Berry


May 6


A. Kingman Pratt May 3


David W. Burgess


May 6


Samuel P. Shaw


May 3


Verna M. Cuzner (Taylor)


May 6


Barbara Soule (Bigelow)


May 3


Adelaide E. Edwards


May 6


Ronald G. Thatcher


May 3


Grant B. Hadsell


May 6


Richard L. Tilden


May 3


Benjamin S. Howes


May 6


Mrs. Barbara M. Tilden


May 3


James H. Jennings


May 6


Mrs. Gladys A. Wales


May 3


Armen G. Kayajan


May 6


Nye A. White


May 3


Nelson W. Palmer


May 6


Andrew M. Wood


May 3


Ruth W. Thomas


May 6


Raymond H. Wood, D.M.D. May 3


Elmore LeR. West


May 6


Mrs. Ernestine B. Wood


May 3


1935


Harvey T. Belmont


May 5


Rev. David J. Julius


January 3


Louise Bowman (Mackenzie) May 5


Mrs. Dorothy B. Julius


January 3


Philip C. Chandler


May 5


Mrs. Charlotte A. Howes


May 2


Ralph W. Cromwell


May 5


Mrs. Jessie M. Witbeck


May 2


Iva L. Cromwell


May 5


Mrs. Gladys Dimock June 20


Robert A. Crosier


May 5


Beverly T. Fish (Murray)


May 5


Donald K. Fish


May 5


William E. McDowell


May 5


1938


Maynard H. Goodridge May 1


Mrs. Gertrude M. Goodridge May 1


Helen Ferguson May 1


Mrs. Almeda B. Standish


May 5


Mrs. Elsie L. Wheeler


May 1


Mrs. Alida W. Hanscom


May 5


Charles Merrill


June 26


Mrs. Mildred Merrill June 26


Mrs. Ralph W. Baker, Jr. June 26


Mrs. Lillias M. Buck November 6


Malcolm D. Buck November 6


Edna M. Corayer (Olson)


November 6


Grace E. Corayer


November 6


Christie B. Crowell November 6


Arnette F. Hayward (Lavallee)


November 6


Mrs. Leila M. Allen


May 3


Arthur H. Doane


May 3


Mrs. Laura P. Doane


May 3


Phyllis Elliott (Draghetti)


May 3


Thomas Elliott


May 3


Mrs. M. Lazelle Drake November 7


Mrs. Alice E. Norris


November 7


Marshal Maranville


May 5


Mrs. Eva H. Perkins


May 5


Thomas C. Salter


May 5


Edward J. Fleming


May 5


Pauline Harris (Deane) May 5


Mrs. Annie B. McDowell November 3


Ruth J. McDowell


November 3


Harold G. Waite


November 3


Harriet F. Waite


November 3


1936


Mrs. Mildred F. Oglesby (Barden)


January 5


Hazel H. Read


November 6


1939


Arthur B. Alden


April 2


Dorothy E. Alden (Chisholm) April 2


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Mrs. Dorothy W. Harris Nathalie Hathaway (McNeeland)


May 3


1937


David M. Clark


April 2


Frank E. Minott


September 15


Edward K. Cromwell


April 2


Mrs. Mary P. Minott September 15


Roger H. Glidden


April 2


Arnold Melin November 3


Francis L. Keith


April 2


Mrs. Barbara H. Melin


November 3


Grace F. Logan (Sinclair)


April 2


John B. Lynde


April 2


Barbara W. Maynard


April 2


Glenice A. Perkins (MacNeill)


April 2


Claire N. Twinam, M.D.


October 5


Russell W. Perkins


April 2


Mrs. Claire W. Twinam


October 5


Stewart A. Washburn


April 2


Kurt Jellinek, M.D.


October 5


Robert T. Westgate


April 2


Mrs. Mary Jellinek


October 5


Leon Bogigian May 7


Araxie Bogigian


May 7


1942


Donald R. Kinzie


January 4


M. Alice Jones


May 7


Mrs. Susanna B. Kinzie January 4


Esther M. Spooner


May 7


Marion C. Deane (Butterworth)


Mrs. Dorothy M. Clark


May 7


Mrs. Alice M. Nute


May 7


Mrs. Lucy L. Jacobs


May 7


January 4


1940


Joseph B. MacAllister


January 7


Mrs. Ann W. Ayers


March 1


Mrs. Alice MacAllister


January 7


Stanley D. Benson


June 28


James M. Bonnar, M.D.


January 7


Mrs. Barbara K. Chamberlain


June 28


Mrs. Lillian S. Bonnar


January 7


Russell A. Chamberlain


June 28


Sylvia C. Drake


March 17


Mrs. Dorothy S. Greer June 28


June 28


Richard L. Glidden


March 17


Mrs. Stella S. Morrison


June 28


Marjorie G. Holt


March 17


Mrs. Louise M. Thatcher


June 28


Betty LeBlanc


March 17


Mrs. Martha A. Thomas


June 28


Constance L. Maynard March 17


Elliott Whitney


June 28


Mrs. Myrtle B. Whitney


June 28


Elizabeth B. McDowell


March 17


Anne L. McDowell


March 17


Elaine Norris (Grenier)


March 17


Gifford Phillips


March 17


Virginia R. Richmond (Winterson)


March 17


Katherine F. Soule


March 17


Richard H. Drake


April 4


Beverly A. Trites (Murphy)


March 17


Shirley J. Gaskin


April 4


Jane A. Keith


April 4


James S. Kenyon April 4


March 17


Frederic L. Lincoln


April 4


J. Douglas Johnston


September 15


Virginia S. Perkins


April 4


Mrs. Dorothy D. Johnston


Frederic J. Perry April 4


September 15


John B. Rice, Jr.


April 4


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1943


Mrs. Lois L. Babbitt


April 4


Frank L. Barstow, Jr.


April 4


William N. Beal, Jr.


April 4


Donald L. Bowles


April 4


Thalia M. Farrington (Soule)


Nelson R. Greer


Alice Howes June 28


January 4


Edith C. Deane (Dodenhoff)


Brenton S. Ayers


March 1


Mildred Hadfield


May 7


1941


Charles E. Haley June 29


Mrs. Helen C. Haley June 29


March 17


Joan Berry (Brown) (Osborne)


March 17


Joseph W. McAllister March 17


Winona J. Tessier


April 4


1946


Donald C. Shaw


April 4


Malcolm C. Drake


April 18


Mrs. Sadie Cobb


June 27


Mrs. Marian B. Drake


April 18


Harry G. Norris


June 17


Paul D. Harris


April 18


Joann Wheaton


June 27


Mrs. Elinor P. Harris


April 18


1944


Mrs. Louise L. Maxim


April 18


Charles B. Deane


March 5


Mrs. Lorena Eayrs


April 18


Mrs. Pauline Deane


March 5


Mrs. Josephine C. Battis


April 18


Mrs. Edith W. Gove


March 5


William F. Shaw


April 18


Mrs. Virginia Hochwald


March 5


Mrs. Lilla M. Shaw


April 18


Harvey C. Thomas


March 5


Mrs. Ella Gammons


April 18


Mrs. Elizabeth M. Thomas 1945


March 5


Phyllis Hueneke


April 18


Rev. Ralph B. Edwards


April 18


Ernest T. Morgan


January 7


Mrs. Marjorie E. Morgan


January 7


George J. Rogers


January 7


Ingvald Hansen


April 18


Jean Anderson


March 25


Mrs. Mildred Gifford


April 18


Watson W. Baker, Jr.


March 25


Mrs. Gertrude G. Martin


April 18


Marguerite Burnham


March 25


John F. Martin


April 18


Helen Joy Cobb


March 25


Frank Whitney


April 18


Anne Goodridge


March 25


Raymond H. Wood, Jr.


April 18


Patricia Goodridge


March 25


John Alger


April 18


Roger G. Eldridge


March 25


Robert Perkins


April 18


Mrs. Roger G. Eldridge


March 25


Richard Greer


April 18


Mrs. Gladys H. Holt


March 25


Craig Matheson


April 18


Paul R. Horsman


March 25


Duane Wheeler


April 18


Jean Hornby


March 25


Richard Jefferson


April 18


Phyllis A. Holt


March 25


Clyde S. Thomas, Jr.


April 18


Claire Jeanne Rice


March 25


Mrs. Frances L. Jones


April 18


Betty Lou Tessier


March 25


Martha L. Thomas


April 18


C. Mansfield Whitney


March 25


Nancy Rice


April 18


Robert B. Wood


March 25


Barbara Smith


April 18


Leon A. Hayward


March 25


Jean DeMoranville


April 18


Mrs. Leon A. Hayward


March 25


Mrs. Barbara Hale


June 2


Fred Boothman


March 25


Henry M. Davis


June 2


Mrs. Fred Boothman


March 25


Mrs. Henry M. Davis


June 2


Charles C. Whitney


March 25


Mrs. L. Maud Lincoln


June 2


Jo Anne M. St. Amand


May 6


Mrs. Myra A. Shaw


June 2


Olive Beal


May 6


Mrs. William M. Beal


May 6


Mrs. Doris M. Maynard


June 2


Ivan B. Sparrow


May 6


Mrs. Florence S. Sparrow


May 6


Mrs. Alice C. Harlow


April 18


Mrs. Marjorie E. Rogers


January 7


Richmond M. Gifford


April 18


Mrs. Miriam Edwards


April 18


Douglas Edwards


April 18


Anne H. Andrews


June 2


* Persons living in 1947 who united with the church fifty years or more ago. Number of members, 1847 - 1947, 1566


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MANUAL of the CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH in MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.


NAME


This organization shall be called the Central Congregational Church.


CHARACTER


This Church is independent in its organization, in its government, and in the management of its affairs. It is amenable to no other ecclesi- astical body except by its own consent, and according to the regular and established principals of Congregational Church Polity.


This Church will extend to, and receive from all other Christian Churches that fellowship, advice and assistance which the law of Christ requires; and it recognizes its duty and privilege to join with sister churches of the same faith and order in the various councils, conferences, and associations which are customary among them.


Believing no other organization necessary, this Church is associ- ated with no parish, or other religious society, but of itself conducts all its affairs.


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FORM OF ADMISSION


"What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.


I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.


Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I con- fess also before my Father which is in heaven.


For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."


Dearly beloved, called of God to be his children through Jesus Christ our Lord, you are here, that, in the presence of God and his people, you may enter into the fellowship and communion of his Church. You do truly repent of your sins; you heartily receive Jesus Christ as your crucified Savior and risen Lord; you consecrate yourselves unto God and your life to his service; you accept his word as your law, and his Spirit as your Comforter and Guide; and trusting in his grace to confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, you promise to do God's holy will, and accepting, according to the measure of your understand- ing of it, the system of Christian truth held by the churches of our faith and order, and by the church into whose fellowship you now enter, you promise to walk with this church in the truth and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.


We thus receive you into our membership. We welcome you to the fellowship that is in Christ. We promise with you to watch over each other in Christian love, and by our mutual assistance and prayers to seek to advance the cause and kingdom of our blessed Redeemer.


God grant that, loving and being loved, serving and being served, blessing and being blessed, we may be kept by the power of God through faith, unto salvation, and strengthened to bear worthily the name of him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood.


"Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the ever- lasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will,


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working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."


NOTE. The Minister may use any other form of admission that commends itself to his judgment and the judgment of the Church, if it contains in substance the same truths as here expressed.


CREED


We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, goodness and love; and in Jesus Christ his Son, our Lord and Savior, who for us and our salvation lived and died and rose again and liveth evermore; and in the Holy Spirit, who taketh of things of Christ and revealeth them to us, renewing, comforting, and inspiring the souls of men. We are united in striving to know the will of God as taught in the Holy Scrip- tures, and in our purpose to walk in the way of the Lord, made known or to be made known to us. We hold it to be the mission of the Church of Christ to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind, exalting the worship of the one true God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the pro- motion of justice, the triumph of peace, and the realization of human brotherhood. Depending, as did our fathers, upon the continued guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, we work and pray for the transformation of the world into the kingdom of God; and we look with faith for the triumph of righteousness and for life and glory everlasting. Amen.


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CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Middleborough, Massachusetts


BY-LAWS


ARTICLE I-MEMBERSHIP


Section 1. This church recognizes the right of all who are in spirit- ual fellowship with Christ, to membership.


Section 2. The membership of this Church shall consist of such persons of hopeful Christian experience as, after due examination and after proposal from the pulpit on some Lord's day prior to that of re- ception, are accepted by vote of the Church and assent to its covenant and by-laws. Membership shall begin ordinarily on some Lord's day.


Section 3. The continuance of membership shall be subject to the principles and usages of Congregational Church polity.


Section 4. Members removing from the watch and care of this Church, or habitually worshiping elsewhere, shall apply to the Pastor or Clerk for letters of dismission and recommendation to some particular Church. Such applications shall be announced at one of the weekly meet- ings of the Church, and if, at the end of ten days after the announce- ment has been made, no objection has been offered, or cause shown why the request should not be granted, the Clerk shall issue certificates in the usual form, which shall be valid for one year.


If the Church shall decline to grant the letter, complaint shall be filed against the applicant within ten days afterward, and in default thereof he shall be entitled to his letter, which shall be granted him by the Clerk.


Section 5. If any member shall withdraw from our communion for any reason not involving immoral or unchristian conduct, or de- liberate breach of the covenant, the Church may at such time and in such manner as it deems best, drop such member's name from the roll without censure, by vote, reciting the facts,


Section 6. This Church considers immoral or unchristian conduct, deliberate breach of the covenant, or the effort to disseminate essential error, sufficient cause for discipline; and if persisted in after proper ad-


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monition, for excommunication. In such a case it shall be the duty of the Church Committee to adjust the difficulty if possible, but if they fail in this they shall present the matter to the Church in a written re- port. If the Church votes to entertain the complaint, a written state- ment of the charges shall be communicated to the offender at least ten days before he shall be required to appear before the Church for trial.


Section 7. No member shall be deprived of Church privileges ex- cept in an orderly manner, and after due notice from the Church as provided in Section 6, this article. No vote of censure or excommuni- cation shall be passed except upon the concurrence of three-fourths of the legal voters of the Church present at any regular or special meeting.


ARTICLE II-OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES


The Officers and Committees of this Church shall consist of a Pastor, six Deacons, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Superintendent of the Sun- day School, a Church Committee which shall consist of the Pastor, six Deacons, and Superintendent of the Sunday School, and an investment Committee which shall consist of the Treasurer, the Chairman of the Standing Committee and three other members, one of the said three other members to be chosen for one year, one for two years, and one for three years at the annual meeting to be held in 1916, and one to be chosen for three years at each annual meeting thereafter, and a Stand- ing Committee which shall consist of three members one to be chosen at each annual meeting whose term of office shall be three years.


ARTICLE II SECTION I-REVISED APRIL 1, 1924


The Church shall also at its annual meeting, choose a Collector and an Auditor to serve under the direction of the Standing Committee; and shall choose a Music Committee, a Committee on Religious Education, and a Missionary Committee, each of three members, one to be chosen at each annual meeting whose term of office shall be three years, and under the same conditions as to qualifications for the office as those applied to the Standing Committee, (See Sect. 7, Art. 2.)


Section 2. The Officers and Committees of this Church with the exception of the Pastor, shall be chosen at the annual meeting to serve for one year, (except as otherwise provided) and until others are chosen


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and qualified. The term of office of Deacon shall be three years, two of whom shall be chosen at each annual meeting. No Deacon having served the full term of three years shall be eligible for re-election for one year.


The pastor shall be a member of this Church and shall be chosen by a vote of two-thirds of all the voting members present at a meeting called for that purpose. His term of office shall continue until terminated by a notice of at least two months from either party.


Section 3 In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any officer of this Church, the Church Committee and Standing Committee acting together shall have power to appoint some person to fill the va- cancy until his successor is duly elected.




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