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Special business meetings may be called by the pastor and deacons, and shall be called upon the written application of five members to the pastor, or in his absence, to the senior deacon.
The annual meeting of the church shall be held on the first Monday in January.
II. OFFICERS.
I. PERMANENT OFFICERS.
The permanent officers shall be a Pastor and Deacons.
At each annual meeting one deacon is to be chosen for the term of five years. The four last chosen shall be the acting deacons. The senior shall serve as counselor and adviser.
II. ANNUAL OFFICERS.
A Clerk, who shall keep the record of the church.
A Prudential Committee, of which the pastor and deacons shall be ex officio members. The number of brethren to be chosen shall be five. It shall be the duty of this committee to examine all applicants for admission to the church, and pre- sent to the church a report of the names of those whom they approve, any candidate whom they may not approve hav- ing the right of appeal to the whole church. They shall also act as a committee of preliminary inquiry in all cases of dis- cipline, shall look after, and from time to time report the names of absent members, shall designate the objects to be brought before the church for its contribution, and from time to time examine the records and certify to their correct- ness.
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A Treasurer, who shall take charge of all church funds and contributions for charitable purposes, and make a full written report of the same, at the annual meeting.
A Committee of three, for the nomination of delegates.
A Superintendent and other requisite officers, for the Sab- bath school.
III. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The annual officers shall be chosen at the annual meeting, except those pertaining to the Sabbath school, who shall be chosen at the regular meeting, next but one, preceding the anniversary.
All officers shall be chosen by ballot, and without any pub- lic nomination, unless a committee be appointed for that purpose.
III. MEMBERS.
I. RULES OF ADMISSION.
Persons wishing to unite with this church on profession of their faith, must present themselves before the Prudential Committee for examination. The committee may, if they deem it best, require conference with such persons as desire admission on the recommendation of other churches. All candidates for admission shall be propounded before the church two weeks previous to their admission ; a vote upon the question of their admission shall be taken at the prepara- tory lecture.
11. DISMISSIONS.
The church holds it the duty of members, taking up resi- dence elsewhere, to remove their church relations also, within a limited time, or to communicate to the officers their reasons for not doing so.
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Requests for letters of dismission may be announced upon the Sabbath, and if, at the end of two weeks, no objection has been made to the Clerk, he shall issue to the applicant the customary certificate, which shall be valid one year from date. It should be returned within that time if not used. In cases of long absence the church may require satisfactory evidence of correct deportment during the absence, before granting let- ters of recommendation.
III. DISCIPLINE.
Since gospel discipline is indispensable to the purity and well-being of the church, this church declares that whenever any member of it knows cause of complaint against another member for disciplinable offences, Christian watchfulness re- quires him to make known the same to the church, through the Prudential Committee, in order that the offender may be properly dealt with and the offence removed ; provided, how- ever, if the offence be of a private nature, the complainant shall pursue the course prescribed in Matthew xviii. 15-17. If the Prudential Committee, in a private case, are unable to bring about a reconciliation, or in a public ease are satisfied, after due inquiry, that there are wrongs existing that require discipline, they shall present a formal complaint to the church.
Any member accused before the church, shall be notified of the charge, and allowed a fair investigation and opportunity for making defense. While the trial is pending, the accused shall abstain from excreising the privileges of a member of the church.
An important object of discipline being the reclamation of the offender, the church will welcome evidence of penitence, and, being satisfied of it, will restore the member in the spirit of meekness. But if the wrong be proven, without repent- ance, the offender must be cut off from fellowship, unless the
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case should be such that some less extreme procedure appears more in accordance with the laws of Christ.
No vote of censure shall be passed except by the concurrent vote of two-thirds of the voting members present at a regular meeting. In case of the excommunication of a member, pub. lic notice shall be given of the fact.
IV. EXPENSES.
Such of the current expenses and home charities of the church, as may not be provided for by the income of funds, shall be met by stated Sabbath collections.
V. AMENDMENTS.
No alteration shall be made in the foregoing rules, unless at a regular meeting, after notice of the proposed change at a previous regular meeting, and by will of two-thirds of the vot- ing members present. By a unanimous vote a rule may be temporarily suspended.
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CATALOGUE
OF THE Officers and Members of the Church, JANUARY, 1874.
Complemento ! PASTOR. REV. PAYSON W. LYMAN.
DEACONS.
HARRISON ROOT,
LYMAN SABIN,
CHARLES L. WASHBURN,
HEMAN E. MOODY,
TERTIUS COWLES.
MEMBERS.
The date of admission is opposite the name.
(!) Received by letter, otherwise by profession of faith.
. The name in italics following the Christian name of a female was her maiden name.
The name in a parenthesis ( ) following the name of a female is, or was, the name of her husband ; w signifies widow.
Abbey, George M., A
1850
Adams, Clara Dhweight (w. Levi),
/ 1865
Alden, Freeman, . 1850
Alden, Thomas, 1850
Alden, Julia A. Walker (Thomas),
1850
Alden, Hattie E., .
1865
Allen, Beulah (w. Roswell), / 1846
Allen, Lovisa Sherman (Samuel), / 1858
Aldrich, Andrew W., 1868
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Aldrich, Clara J. Dwight ( Andrew W.), .
1867
Ayers, Harriet Randall (Galen), . 1871
Ayres, Caroline,
/ 1866
B
Baggs, Ann Alexander ( Amnasa),
1871
Bardwell, Oromel, ·
1819
Bardwell, Antipas S.,
1853
Bardwell, Caroline C. Sykes ( Antipas S.),
1853
Bardwell, Maria S.,
1860
Bartlett, Joab,
/ 1831
Bartlett, Sophronia D.,
1850
Bartlett, Cyrus S., .
1830
Bartlett, Emily Stebbins (Cyrus S.),
1831
Bartlett, Addison HI.,
1856
Bartlett, Violet I. Bardwell ( Addison H.),
1864
Barton, Harriet I. Taylor (Marcus),
/ 1873
Bassett, S. Lavinia,
/ 1869
Billings, Clarissa Cowles ( Austin),
1840
Bishop, Olive W. Ramsdell (Francis),
1857
Blackmer, Gardner D.,
1867
Blackmer, Eliza Walker (w. Jason),
/ 1855
Blackmer, Lizzie A., .
1858
Blake, Rev. Henry B., . .
/ 1874
Blake, Mary R. Wolcott ( Rev. II. B ),
/ 1874
Blake, Henry W., .
/ 1874
Blake, Flora,
1 1874
Blodgett, Alonzo C.,
: 1846
Blodgett, Ellen M., .
1856
Boyden, Israel,
1868
Boyden, Louisa Ruggles (Israel),
1868
Bridgman, Nancy C.,
1831
Bridgman, Clarissa Washburn ( w. Henry ),
1838
Bridgman, Emeline (w. Willard),
1852
Brown, Harriet W., 1.
/ 1866
Brown, Josephine, . .
/ 1873
Bruce, Dexter B., .
/ 1860
Bruce, Emily A. Russell (Dexter B.),
/ 1860
Bruce, Charles R.,
1871
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Bruce, George H.,
1871
Burnett, Addison, .
/ 1845
Burnett, Bathsheba Sanford ( Addison),
1843
Burnett, Bathie S.,
1871
Burnett, Mary A. Cheney ( Enoch),
1873
C
Chamberlain, William S., 1871
Chamberlain, Nettie M. Hunter (Wm. S.),
1871
Chandler, Philander, / 1865
Chandler, Myra Keith ( Philander),
/ 1865
Chandler, Minnie M., .
1869
Chandler, Susie E.,
1867
Chapman, Theodore W., .
/ 1855
Chapman, Emeline Walker (Theo. W.), .
/ 1855
Clark, Jane M. Ramsdell (Amos),
1867
Cleaveland, Harriet S. M.,
1869
Cowles, Tertius, .
1835
Cowles, Julia L. Towne (Tertius),
1834
Cowles, Samuel D.,
1863
Cowles, Sarah Walker (Samuel I).),
1850
Cowles, Jennie L., .
1867
Cowles, Israel T., .
1871
Cowles, William L., .
1871
Cowles, Martha Sedgwick ( Angelo),
1867
Currier, Josephine M. Haskell (Ira),
1867
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Dickinson, Charlotte Bartlett (w. John), . 1852
Doolittle, Sarah T. Raboteau (w. Mark ), . 1818
Dorman, Asahel, 1843
Dorman, Adella II.,
1871
Dorman, Florence L.,
1872
Dudley, Emeline M. Duncklee (S. M.),
1852
Dunbar, Mary Blood (Charles), .
/ 1838
Dwight, Sophia A. Cook ( Harrison), 1845
Dwight, Clara L., .
1858
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E
Edgarton, Mary A. Hartwell (w. Benjamin), ·
/ 1872
Ely, Electa Keyes (John), . . / 1859
F
Ferry, Chloe W. Sweatland (Thomas),
/ 1871
Ferry, Mary C. Alden ( Arthur),
1865
Ferry, Lucy E., ·
1863
Filer, Emily L., .
1867
Finley, Jacob W., .
1830
Finley, Esther Williams (Jacob),
/ 1841
Fisher, Salem,
1813
French, Eliza R. Dwight (w. James),
1858
G
Goodale, Mellicent Woods (w. Moses), 1838
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Hall, Pennina, / 1869
Hannum, Elizabeth Robbins ( Elijah), 1834
Hannum, Martha M. Dickinson ( w. Lyman),
1850
Hardacher, Harriet Rider, 1868
Hawks, White HI., 1868
Hawks, Martha E. Ayres ( White II.),
1868
Hazen, Clara F. Dwright (Dr.),
1856
Herrick, James F.,
/ 1866
Hitchcock, Ephraim B.,
1 1850
Holland, Dorothy Stebbins (w. Luther),
1827
Holland, Horatio, . 1850
Holland, Philenda C. Woolworth (Jonas),
/ 1855
Hyde, Emily Dorman (w. George W.), . / 1871
Hyde, Mary E. Jordan (Cephas), / 1871
Hunting, Adeline E. Mason, (-)
1864
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K
Keith, Mary E., . 1867
Keith, Emma D., .
.
1867
Keith, Jonathan E.,
1871
Kelley, Sarah A. Bishop (Simon),
1867
Knowlton, Agnes M., (-)
/ 1873
L
Leach, Marcia Jepson (w. Jefferson),
1850
Leach, Mary E.,
1850
Lemon, Emma,
.
1871
Lightburn, Louise,
1874
Longley, Maria D. Sabin (Joshua G.),
1856
Longley, Katie E.,
1872
Lyman, Rev. Payson W.,
/ 1871
Lyman, Carrie E. Root ( Rev. P. W.),
1864
M
McCoy, Samuel,
1869
McCoy, Caroline Pratt (Samuel),
1850
Mellen, Elizabeth D.,
1865
Montague, Ephraim,
/ 1831
Montague, Laura Sabin (Ephraim),
1827
Montague, Elizabeth,
1843
Montague, Jane A. Moody ( Harvey),
/ 1843
Montague, John L.,
1856
1 1872
Montague, Corinna J. Alden (John I.), Montague, Harlan P., .
1856
Moody, Heman E.,
1838
Moody, Sarah A. King ( Heman E.),
1 1844
Moody, S. Adelaide,
1867
Morse, Lydia Sibley ( w. Jason), .
/ 1852
Munsell, Sarah E. Dwight ( Ambrose),
1867
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2S
N
Nichols, Wilbur F., ·
1871
Nye, Lucy (w. George),
1827
O
Owen, Fannie Bissell (w. Ralph),
1818
Owen, Emma E., .
/ 1871
P
Pearl, Jennie A. Dickinson (w. Frank),
1872
l'ease, Calvin H., . .
/ 1867
Pease, Phebe Atchinson (Calvin II.),
/ 1867
Pease, Harriet Bradford ( Vashni),
1869
Pepper, Simeon,
1819
Pepper, Pamelia King (Simeon), .
/ 1843
Phelps, Rev. Frederick B., 1864
/ 1865
Phelps, Sarah Dickinson (Rev. F. B.), Pratt, Elisha,
1850
Pratt, Fanny M.,
1850
Pratt, Sophronia Arnold (w. Warner),
1850
Preston, Jabez,
/ 1858
Preston, Lydia Gray ( Jabez),
1 1857
R.
Randall, Jerusha Kilburn (w. Lemuel),
1850
Randall, Alonzo D., 1850
Randall, Amy A. Oavn ( Alonzo D.)
1856
Randall, Ella A., .
1869
Randall, Charles L.,
1850
Randall, Fanny E., .
1850
Reynolds, Harvey F.,
1 1869
Reynolds, Ellen C. Southwick (Harvey F.),
1 1869
Rice, Lyman, 1850
Rice, Sophia Rice (Lyman), . 1 1850
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Rice, Mary A. D., . ·
1871
Rice, Frank G., 1871
Robinson, Lizzie M. Walker (James L.),
1871
Root, Harrison,
1832
Root, Caroline Holland ( Harrison),
1831
Root, Elihu,
1863
Root, Hattie M.,
1869
Root, Susie B.,
1871
Root, Eliza Dwight (w. Elihu), .
1831
Ruggles, Mary Hutchinson (w. David),
/ 1827
S
Sabin, Thomas, .
/ 1814
Sabin, Lyman,
1835
Sabin, Lucy Stebbins (Lyman),
1831
Sabin, Laura S., .
1865
Sanford, Sarah E. Cowles ( Mason),
1 1864
Searle, Bela P.,
1 1862
Searle, Juliet Warner (Bela P.), .
1 1862
Searle, Maria I.,
1 1862
Searle, Charles B.,
1868
Searle, Susie T.,
1871
Searle, Anna J.,
1874
Shaw, Susanna Dwight (w. Mason),
1806
Shaw, Ansel C.,
/ 1870
Shaw, Nancy Burnett ( Ansel C.),
1856
Shaw, Horatio,
1867
Shumway, Betsey Russell (w. Eddy),
1832
Shumway, Mary C. Holland (w. Jolin),
1838
Shumway, George N.,
1871
Shumway, Emma A.
1869
Shumway, Carrie HI.,
1872
Shumway, Mary L. Pratt ( w. Charles),
1850
Shumway, Nettie,
1871
Shumway, Solomon,
1850
Shumway, Ellen Warner ( Willard),
1850
Shumway, Harriet (w. Loren), 1870
Shumway, Rufus K.,
1868
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30
Shumway, Eliza A. Shumway ( Rufus K.),
1868
Shumway, George F.,
1868
Shumway, Mary M. Works (George F.), 1868
Shumway, Dwight F., 1871
Shumway, Jennie F. Baggs (Dwight),
1869
Shumway, Charles E., 1871
Shumway, Ora M. Stevens ( Charles E.). 1871
Shewbrooks, Marcia A. Works (w. Henry),
1852
Sikes, Increase, 1858
Sikes, Clarissa Sikes (Increase),
/ 1860
Sikes, Orrin, l 1867
Sikes, Ellen Pomeroy (Orrin),
1867
Sikes, Laurilla M.,
1867
Sikes, Anna Maria, 1868
1850
Slauter, Emeline Goodale (Platt T.),
1856
Slauter, George T., ·
1871
Smith, Eunice, . .
1855
Smith, Lyman,
1868
Smith, Olive M. Wentworth (Lyman),
1868
Smith, Emma L., .
1873
Smith, Loman A., . .
1868
Smith, Emma J. Goodell (Loman A.),
1868
Southwick, Charles B., 1863
1856
Spears, Mariamne Pepper (John P.),
1853
Stacy, Alanson,
1827
Stearns, Henry,
/ 1872
Stearns, Jeannette Edgarton (Henry ),
/ 1872
Stearns, Mary S., . 1 1872
1850
Stebbins, Ardelia Cowles ( Ely W.),
1850
Stebbins, Frederick L., .
1871
Stebbins, Frank E., .
1871
Steverson, Samuel,
1869
Steverson, Mabel Freeman (Samuel),
1869
Strong, Adolphus, .
1819
Strong, Maria Filer ( Adolphus),
1826
Stoddard, Ortincia H. Cowles (Geo. A.),
1867
Slauter, Platt T., .
Southwick, Angeline C. Goodale ( Charles B.),
1
Stebbins, Ely W., .
31
T
Towne, Elizabeth B. Smith (w. Amasa),
/ 1862
Towne, Sarah E., . . .
1850
Towne, Edward F., 1850
Towne, Mary Rice (Edward F.), . 1852
Tuthill, James H., 1868
Tuthill, Annette D. Randall (James H.),
1856
Tenney, Carrie E. Walker (D. E.),
1869
W
Walker, Esther S., 1813
Walker, Mary Whitman (w. Hezekiah),
1818
Walker, Mary M., .
1850
Walker, James W.,
1871
Walker, Orrin,
1850
Walker, Mary Sikes (Orrin),
1 1827
Walker, Juliet E., .
1850
Walker, Myra G. (w. Gilbert),
/ 1873
Walker, Oromel, .
1 1835
Walker, Nora M., .
1 1869
Walker, Maria Tower ( Rensalear),
/ 1849
Walker, Lucy,
1818
Walker, Lyman,
1830
Walker, Caroline Stebbins ( Lyman),
1831
Walker, Hattie M.,
1871
Walker, Sarah E. Rice (w. Henry ),
1871
Walker, Emery P.,
1850
Walker, Julia Hanks (Emery P'-),
1856
Walker, Caroline Walker ( Elijah),
1863
Walker, Juliet Clark ( Harry ),
1866
Walkley, Susan B. Atkinson (Selden),
1867
Ward, Almira,
1829
Warner, Charles L.,
/ 1861
Warner, Sarah A. Thompson ( Charles L.),
/ 1861
Warner, Ella M , .
1868
Warner, Margaret S. Towne (Cutler),
1869
Warren, Jonas,
.
/ 1869
32
Warren, Eliza Northam (Jonas), .
/ 1869
Washburn, Charles L., 1842
Washburn, Susan A. Warner (Charles L.),
l 1867
Washburn, Mattie E.,
1874
Washburn, Fanny Morse (w. Franklin), .
.
Webber, Jonathan,
/ 1857
Webber, Sarah Sedgwick (Jonathan),
/ 1857
West, Marietta Cady ( Howard), .
1873
Whitman, James, 1827
1840
Whitman, Betsey Pearl (w. Marcus),
1813
White, Wilbur F., .
1867
White, Orrilla C. Shearer ( Wilbur F.),
1867
White, Marie Lesure (Samuel),
/ 1871
White, Ellen Munn ( Abraham F.),
1868
Williams, Dorothy P. (w. Jesse),
/ 1849
Williams, Jesse M.,
1850
Williams, Emily J. Powers (Jesse M.),
1850
Williams, Merrill E.,
1871
Williams, Frank S.,
1871
Willis, Isaac,
1819
Winter, Dexter,
/ 1871
Woods, Rebecca Vining (w. Joseph),
1818
Woolworth, Nancy French (w. -- ),
/ 1862
Wright, David,
/ 1867
Wright, Abbie Keith (David)
/ 1867
Wright, William H.,
1871
RECAPITULATION.
Males, .
98
Females,
198
Whole number, . 236
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Whitman, Mary Webber (James),
/ 1864
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