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[IIere the clergyman will ask those who join at this time by letter, to rise. When they have risen, he will ask, "Do you assent to the Confession of Faith which has been read ?" .
Each candidate answers, " I do."
The clergyman will then address both classes :]
You do now heartily join yourself to this Church of Christ, and promise to submit to the regular administration of its government and discipline ; to observe conscientiously its special ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; to attend its religious meetings ; to give of your substance for its prosperity ; to labor with it for the conversion of sinners ; to strive earnestly for its peace, growth in
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grace, and purity ; to avoid every occasion for offence; to exercise toward its members a spirit of meek, forgiving, and faithful love.
Trusting in the grace of God, do you thus cove- nant and promise ?
[Each candidate answers, " I do." Baptism will then be administered. After which, they will be received as follows :]
We, therefore, the members of this Church, [here the Church will rise, ] affectionately receive you to our common communion, and, in the name of Christ, declare you entitled to all its privileges. We heartily welcome you to the fellowship with us in the labors and blessings of the gospel. We engage, on our part, to watch over you with Chris- tian tenderness and affection, and to promote, to the extent of our power, your growth in grace, your usefulness, and your happiness. [ The Church sits again. ]
And now, beloved, remember that the vows of the Lord are upon you ; they can never be thrown off; they will follow you through life, to the bar of God, to the retributions of the world to come.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the pres- ence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever ! AMEN.
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QUESTIONS.
The following Questions are affectionately recommended to the prayerful and frequent perusal of each member of this Church :
1. Are you in the practice of daily secret prayer ?
2. Are you in the practice of daily family prayer ?
3. Do you daily, with a prayerful desire to improve in Christian knowledge, read the word of God ?
4. Do you make it a matter of conscience to attend all the meetings for social worship appointed by the Church, when the providence of God allows ?
5. Do you feel it your duty to do something every day to bring sinners to repentance ?
6. Do you pray every day, that God would bless his truth to the conviction and conversion of sinners ?
7. Do you do, conscientiously, what you can, by your pe- cuniary ability, to promote the kingdom of the Redeemer ?
8. Are you doing anything to further the salvation of the rising generation, in Sabbath schools and Bible classes ?
9. Do you sincerely desire and pray for the salvation of the children and youth committed to your care ?
10. Are you at peace with all who love Christ ?
11. Are you as tender of the reputation of a brother as of your own ?
12. Will you keep your tongue from speaking evil of a brother, and if, in anything you are displeased with him, will
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you follow the gospel rule, and tell him your feelings be- tween him and yourself alone ?
13. Do you cultivate a spirit of Christian tenderness to- ward the failings and imperfections of your brethren ?
14. Do you make it a solemn matter of conscience never to visit any place of public amusement or social pleasures on which you cannot first ask the divine blessing ?
15. Do you feel a readiness to forgive, and pray for your enemies ?
16. Do you labor daily to promote your own, and the sanctification of your brethren ?
17. Do you pray daily for the minister, and the officers of the church ?
18. Do you labor to keep your heart constantly alive to a sense of obligation to God. to all the friends of the Saviour, and to your perishing fellow creatures ?
19. Do you feel it to be your solemn duty, to consecrate all you have and are to the Lord ?
20. Will you read these questions at least once every week, and pray God to search your heart in reference to the several points of Christian practice suggested by them ?
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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.
OFFICERS.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Pastor, ordained December 27, 1853
J. Russell Bradford, Deacon, chosen December 11, 1855. Henry T. Hogan, Deacon, chosen March 13, 1860.
The officers chosen annually are, for 1860, as follows :
George N. Bliss, Clerk.
J. Russell Bradford, Treasurer.
Marcus T. Robinson, Auditor.
Nathan P. Lamson,
Standing Committee, in con-
Charles N. M. Lincoln, nection with the Pastor,
Marcus T. Robinson, - Deacons, and Clerk.
MEMBERS.
[In the following list, "1." prefixed, denotes that the person joined this Church by letter from the Church mentioned after the name ; "1." following, together with a date, denotes removal from this Church by letter ; " ex." denotes exclu- sion. The names of persons joining on profession of faith, have no prefix. Names in brackets are such as have been acquired by subsequent marriage.]
1853, February 15 .- Original Members.
1. Reuben A. Lamb, from Eliot Church, Roxbury, died Nov. 22, 1858.
1. Mrs. Almia S. Lamb,
1. William M. Shute, Church of the Pilgrims, Boston.
1. Martha C. Shute,
1. Sara H. Shute,
1. Parker Merrill,
1. Mrs. Annie E. Merrill,
1. George S. Merrill,
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1853, February 15, continued :
1. Mrs. Anna Hewins, Second Church, Dorchester.
1. Abel Hewins, 66
1. Ellis Houghton, " 1. 1856.
1. Isaac S. Houghton, Jr. " 1. 1856.
1. Samuel C. Hill, Congregational Church, Pittsfield, N. H.
1. Mrs. Eliza L. Hill,
1. Mary Gray, South Church, Andover.
1. Mrs. Sarah H. Nye, Pine Street Church, Boston, 1. 1854.
1. Rev. Erasmus D. Moore, Bowdoin Street Church, Boston, 1. 1856.
1. Mrs. Harriet J. Moore, 1. 1856.
1. Augustus B. Keene, South Evan. Church, West Roxbury, 1. 1857.
1. Mrs. Prudence Keene, 1. 1857.
1. George Faulkner, ex. 1857.
.... March 13.
1. Mrs. Emily F. Sturtevant, Original Cong. Ch., Wrentham, 1. 1856. Mrs. Susan J. Hewins.
Jame- II. Tolman, died Jan. 8, 1856. Martha Johnston.
May 8.
1. Rev. Christopher Marsh, South Eran. Ch., West Roxbury, 1. 1858.
1. Mrs. Lucy G. Marsh, 1. 1858.
1. Elizabeth P. Marsh [Goddard], " 1. 1855.
1. Phebe F. Marsh,
1. Maria M. A. Marsh [Haven], " 66 1. 1859.
. November 13.
1. Mrs. Martha Poland, Second Cong. Church, Portland, Me. 1854, May 2.
1. Josiah I. Plimpton, Cong. Church, Milford, 1. 1858.
1. Mrs. Eliza W. Plimpton, " 1. 1858.
1. Mrs. Mary S. Silvester, Cong. Church, Fairhaven, 1. 1856.
1. Martha E. Woodward, South Evan. Church, West Roxbury. July 2.
1. Leister M. Clark, Shawmut Church, Boston, 1. 1856. Mrs. Maria I. Clark, 1. 1856.
Mary Ann Marshall [Wood]. Zilphia D. Marshall [Kendall].
1855, January 2.
1. Henry T. Hogan, (Deacon,) Pine Street Church, Boston.
1. Mrs. Amelia L. Brown, Park Street Church, Boston, 1. 1856.
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1855, January 2, continued :
1. John Buchanan, Cong. Church, Haddington, Scotland.
1. James Buchanan,
1. 1859.
1. Mrs. Catharine Buchanan, " 1. 1859.
Marian Buchanan [Henderson].
March 4.
1. Mrs. Marian Buchanan, Cong. Church, Haddington, Scotland.
1. Henry E. Rockwell, Cong. Church, Washington, D. C.
1. Mrs. Sarah J. Rockwell, Original Cong. Ch., Wrentham.
1. Horace T. Rockwell, Cong. Church, Washington, D. C.
1. Mrs. Elizabeth Wentworth, I. W. B. Ch., Ossipee, N. II.
1. George H. Rand, Cong. Church, Keene, N. H., 1. 1857.
1. Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, First Church, Dover, N. II. Mrs. Rebecca P. Quint.
May 6.
1. Mrs. Margaret L. Fowle, First Church, Woburn.
1. John A. Fowle,
1. Mrs. Adeline F. Fowle,
1. Nathan P. Lamson, Shawmut Church, Boston.
1. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Lamson, "
1. George Lyon, Mt. Vernon Church, Boston.
1. Mrs. Sarah B. Lyon, September 2.
1. J. Russell Bradford, (Deacon,) Eliot Church, Roxbury.
1. Mrs. Sarah J. Bradford, "
1. Mrs. Harriet G. Storer, Pine Street Church, Boston. November 4.
1. George W. Fowle, First Church, Woburn ..
1. Mrs. Eliza Fowle, Mrs. Rebecca J. Wellington.
1856, January 13.
1. John J. Wentworth, F. W. B. Church, Ossipee, N. H.
1. Sarah J. Pope, Edwards Church, Boston.
March 2.
Mrs. Caroline P. Rand, 1. 1857.
May 4.
1. Mrs. Sophia G. Ashton, Harvard Church, Brookline, 1. 1858.
1. Mrs. Alice Plimpton, Church of the Pilgrims, Boston, 1. 1858. Alba Page.
1. Edward L. Rand, South Evangelical Church, West Roxbury.
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1856, November 2. Janet Black.
1857, January 4. Harriet N. Winslow.
March 1.
1. Mary Weston, Shawmut Church, Boston. Elizabeth Kendall. May 3.
1. Thomas Mayo, Phillips Church, South Boston.
1. Mrs. Emma Mayo, "
Sarah Alden [Howard], M. E. Church, North Bridgewater. Henry C. Houghton.
Mrs. Rebecca K. Goldsmith.
Mrs. Mary P. Farnum. Harriet A. Keene, 1. 1857.
July 5.
1. Edward L. Tead, Shawmut Church, Boston.
1. Mrs. Lucretia H. Tead, "
1. Page Moore, M. E. Church, Roxbury.
1. Mrs. Emily A. Moore, "
1. Nathan C. Goddard, Cong. Church, Dorset, Vt.
1. John Page, Cong. Church, South Reading.
1. J. Hamilton Farrar, Park Street Church, Boston. Henry H. White.
Mrs. Lorinda B. White.
Lizzie C. White.
Mary E. Cleasby.
September 6.
1. George Henderson. J. Franklin Houghton. Abby K. Chapman [Houghton].
November 1. Thomas McClelland.
1858, January 3.
1. Mrs. Eliza M. Hunnewell, Central Church, Boston.
1. Margaret Bain [Fenn], Scotch Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. Edward Holt, 1. 1858.
March 7.
1. Mrs. Mary Prouty, Park Street Church, Boston. Cornelius T. Buchanan.
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1858, May 2.
1. Mrs. Ann Bradstreet, Evan. Cong. Church, Brighton.
1. Anne W. Swett,
1. Lucy M. Cleasby, Shawmut Church, Boston. George Weber.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Weber.
John Ashton, 1. 1858.
Marcus T. Robinson.
Henry Dickson.
Mrs. Martha P. Hollis.
Mrs. Mary E. Copeland.
Isabella M. Day, 1. 1858.
July 4.
1. Charles N. M. Lincoln, Winthrop Church, Charlestown.
1. Mrs. Mary A. Lincoln, " died April 8, 1860.
1. Martha E. Lincoln,
1. Stillman P. Harwood, Union Church, Westford.
1. Sarah E. Spear, Bowdoin Street Church, Boston. Rodney McLaughlin.
1. Mrs. Cynthia W. Mclaughlin, Park Street Church, Boston. Peter McClelland.
George Ivers.
Mrs. Eunice Ivers.
Mrs. Sarah L. Spear.
Mrs. Maria Hammond.
Mrs. Ruth R. Farrar.
Sarah M'Rae [Dick].
Jane A. Sykes.
Emily S. Hill.
Maria L. Ashby.
September 5.
1. Mrs. Julia S. Tenney, Cong. Church, Southbridge. Gideon Walker.
William O. Lincoln.
1. Mrs. Sarah J. Lincoln, Maverick Church, East Boston. November 7. Andrew J. Preble. Mrs. Olive A. Preble.
1859, January 2.
1. Ephraim O. Leach, Central Church, Taunton.
1. Mrs. Mary A. Leach,
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1859, March 6.
1. Mrs. Sophronia White, Cong. Church, Westminster.
July 3.
1. George N. Bliss, Evan. Cong. Church, East Cambridge.
1. Mrs. Lucia S. Bliss,
September 4. Elizabeth Gourley.
1860, January 1.
1. Thomas Kendall, Park Street Church, Boston.
1. Horace E. Robinson, Central Church, Boston.
1. Mrs. Georgette B. Robinson, Cong. Church, Greenland, N. H., died Feb. 12, 1860.
March 4. Adeline S. Reynolds.
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SUMMARY.
Original members, by letter, Feb. 15, 1853, 21
Received in 1853, by letter,
7
" " on profession, 3-10 0
Removed "
Members January 1, 1854, 31
Received in 1854, by letter, 5
" on profession, 3 -- 8 .
Removed " " by letter, 1
Members January 1, 1855, 38
Received in 1855, by letter, 24
" on profession, 3-27
Removed " " by letter, 1
Members January 1, 1856, 64
Received in 1856, by letter, 5
on profession, 3 -- 8
Removed " " by death, 1
" " letter,
9-10
Members January 1, 1857,
62
20
Received in 1857, by letter, 12
" " on profession, 13-25
Removed " " by letter, 5
" " by exclusion,
1 -- 6 81
Members January 1, 1858,
Received in 1858, by letter, 14
" " on profession, 25-39
Removed " " by death, 1
' by letter, 9-10
Members January 1, 1859, 110
Received in 1859, by letter, 5
on profession, 1 -- 6
Removed " " by letter, 3
Members January 1, 1860, 113
Received in 1860, (to April 30,) by letter, 3
" " on profession, 1 --- 4
Removed " " by death,
2
Members April 30, 1860, 115
Recapitulation.
Received by letter, 96
on profession, 52-148
Removed by death, 4
" letter, 28
" exclusion,
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Present number, as above, 115
Male members,
45
Female «
70
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