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c Mrs. Jane Van Keuren, c Mrs. Susan M. Wilkin, c Mrs. Amanda Topping, p Mrs. Rachel Brown,
e Miller Van Keuren, .
c Mrs. E Van Keuren,
c Halsey Topping,
c Mrs. Francis Crist,
p Malinda Sears,
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p Jane W. Sears,
p Lydia Ann Booth,
c James O. Scott,
c Mrs. Margaret Graham, c Mrs. Eliza H. Conning. 1859.
p Mrs Elizabeth Blake c Mrs. Mary Moran, c Mrs. Annie E. Scott, c Mrs. Mary A. Booth
c Electus Douglass,
c Steiner C. Theilgard,
Sarah Jane Topping,
c Mrs. Sarah E. Douglass c Nancy Hoey, p Anna E. Blake,
1860.
Thomas Goldsmith, c Mary E. Conger,
c Sarah V. Conger, p Samuel H. Wait,
Admitted during the Ministry of Rev. Dr. Fairchild.
1861.
c Gideon Pelton,
c Mrs. Sarah Pelton,
p Sarah A. Pelton, c Mrs. Sarah Wood,
c Louisa Wood.
Admitted during Ministry of Rev. Joseph M. McNulty.
1862.
p Eliza Bull,
Mrs. Hannah B. McNulty. 1863.
p Eliza Conklin, p Mrs. Zillah Dusenberry,
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c Mr. Dow, e Mrs. Dow.
1864.
p Hannah Conning, p Mrs. E. M. Wilber,
p Charlotte Norris,
p William McBride,
p Sarah Dusenberry.
c Mrs. Anna Sears,
p Mary Senior,
1865.
p Iosilah Millspaugh,
c I. W. Stephens,
c Mrs. Mary Stephens, p Mrs. Margaret Eager,
c Mrs. Mary A. Quackenbos.
1866.
p Delia Giles,
D) Lizzie Crawford,
p Theodore Shafer,
c Mrs. Jane Wiley,
p William Luquere,
p Sarah Teter,
c Theron N. Little, p Isaac McCord.
p Carrie L. Gridley,
c Mrs. Abby Hallock,
c Isaac Wiley,
p Mrs. Emeline Thompson
c Mrs. Sarah Luquere,
c Mrs. Catharine Johnson,
p Margaret Giles,
1867.
p Daniel M. Wade, p George W. Decker, p James E. Myers, p Hannah Hadden, p Georgiana Comfort, c Mrs. Mary Leeper,
p Charlotte C. Wade,
p William M. Topping,
p Ferris Johnson,
p Susan Jane Tingle, p Mrs. Sarah Ann Van- Keuren,
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c Mrs. Mary Leeper, c Mrs. Emma Decker, c Alexander G. Russell, p Mrs. M. A. Teter, p Constant Wadsworth, p Elizabeth Wadsworth, p Mrs. Sarah E. Gillespie, p Henrietta Van Voorhis, p Hannah C. Wade, 1> Sarah Ann McCord, p William L. Mckinney, c John C. Wilber, p Mrs. Harriet H. Smith, p Mrs. Sarah Milligan, p Amelia Chandler, p Jane M. Conning,
p Virginia Conning, c James Vanderoef, · Mrs. Harriet Vanderoef, c John J. Vanderoef, D Jane Ann Boyd, c Mrs. Charles Miller.
1868.
p Benjamin Mckinney, p Mrs. McKinney
p Mrs.Sophia J. Benedict, p Moses Miller,
p Frederick Bodine, p Mittie Bodine, p Mrs. Keturah M. Mead, p Catharine Maloney, p Joseph M. Leeper, p Mrs. Eliza Mckinney, p Joseph McNulty.
Admitted during the Ministry of Rev. Richard Bentley.
1869.
c T. Jansen Fowler,
c Mrs. Anna Fowler,
c Judson A Boice,
c Christiana Boice,
c Mrs. Anna Bentley,
c Anna Bentley,
c Eliza Bentley, c Mary Bentley.
p Mrs. Nancy McNeal, p Catharine H. Crist,
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c Elmer Harlow,
c Mrs. Julia K. Hill,
p Phebe Thompson,
p Elizabeth McBride,
c Samuel Martin.
c Mrs. Corlinda Harlow,
c Mrs. Phebe Tweddle,
p Mary Topping,
c Mrs. Anna H. Titus,
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1870.
P Ralph E. Mowbray, p Mrs. Sarah I. Mowbray
p Ferris Hulse, c Elizabeth Harlow,
c Egbert I. Norris, c Mrs. Jane E. Norris,
p Mary Anna Miller, c Ahial Decker,
c Mrs. Sarah JaneDecker, c Amelia Decker,
p Mrs. Jane Houston, p Mrs. Sophia Brannon.
1871.
c Mrs. Josephine Samuels, p Mrs. Anna Lees,
p Virgil Comfort, c Mary Burns,
c Mrs. Jane A. Shafer, c Mrs. Catharine White
Admitted during the Ministry of Rev. John Ward.
1872.
p Martha R. Douglass, c Eleanor Brush, 1873.
p Lilian Helms, p Cæsaia Hornbeck,
c Mrs. Clara A. Ward, p W. J. C. Anderson,
c Charles Brown, c Mrs. Charles Brown,
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1874.
p William H. Senior, p George E. Senior,
p Mrs. Mary Ann Mead, p Margaret Miller,
p Mrs. Bessie Senior,
p Hannah Sears, p Isabella Mead, p Jane Miller,
p Georgiana B. Gillespie, p Harriet Vanderoef, p Mary Samuels, p Mary Ward, p Hannah Luquere,
p Emma Conning,
p Anna D. Leeper,
p Margaret Drake,
p Mrs. Olive Helms,
p John L. Senior,
Mrs. Murphy.
Admitted during the Ministry of Rev. James C. Forsythe.
1875.
p Hezekiah Giles, c Mary Ann Mowbray, c Mrs. Persis M. Forsyth, c Emma F. Millinger, p Charles A. Giles,
c Mrs. Mary C. Decker, c Alanson H. Gillespie,
p Edward W. Miller, Mrs. Mary Vail, c Mrs. Elizabeth P. Gil- [lespie.
1876.
p Henry V. McNeal, p Agnes H. McNeal, p James H. Van Keuren, p Thomas W. Senior, p Theodore J. Crist, p Cecilia J. Crist,
p Jane E. Wiley,
p Mrs. Hannah Deyo,
p Mrs. Sylvester Morris
p James R. Senior,
.
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p George Senior, p John White, p John J. Van Keuren, p Susan Mapes,
p Samnel Giles,
p Stephen D. Wilkin, p Mary E. Van Keuren, p Mary Wilkin,
p Alice C. Shafer,
p Mrs. Rachel Kain,
p James A. Bowman,
p Andrew Wilson, p David Drake,
p Margaret Ann Hagan,
p Emeline G. Jennings, p Jacob H. Gillespie,
p Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, c Mrs. Rachel W. Giles,
c Mrs. Sarah M. Gillespie, c Alice S. Gillespie, p John W. Norris,
p Benjamin Sears, .
1877.
p John J. Decker,
p William J. Smith,
c William Titus,
c Sarah W. Smith,
& Mrs. Ellzabeth Smith,
c MrsCharlotteClineman p Elsie Mead,
c John V. Vail, c Mrs. Ellen Gilcrist,
p William Conning,
p Mrs. Mary E. Conning
p Elizabeth McVoy,
. c Phebe P. Sears, 1878.
c Mrs. Mary Comfort, c Margaret C. Wilson, c Anna S. Wilson.
p Mary Alice Burnett,
p Mrs. Esther H. Miller p Harriet E. Bowman, p Henry T. Miller, p Mary E. Piggot, p Georgiana Decker, p David B. Decker, p Thomas Wood, c Mrs. Sylvanas Howell, c. Mrs. Sarah Ketcham,
p Mrs. Mary N. McNeal
c Mrs. Martha Titus,
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1879.
p Susan Virginia Crawford, c Aaron Constable, c Mrs. Sarah F. Constable, c Sarah J. Bull,
p Matilda Barnes, c Gertrude C. Barnes,
c Robert Edwards.
1880.
p Alnetta Gillespie,
p Bartram G. Leeper,
c A. B. Leggett, M. D., 1881.
c Mrs. Anna Vanderoef
p Frederick McHugh, c Mrs. C. Leggett.
c James Sheard,
c Mrs. Mary F. Crist,
c Mrs. Sarah M. Weller,
c Mary Sheard, c Mrs. Anna Millspaugh
c Lettie Weller,
1882.
p Grace O. Kidd,
p Mary C. Decker,
c Mrs. Rachel Mile,
c Sophia B. M. Smedes,
c Catharine J. Smedes,
c Frederick Miles,
p Jennette Kidd,
p Sarah Schoonmaker,
c Matthew Smedes,
c Georgiana Smedes,
c Fanny Smedes,
1883.
p Mary E. Clearwater, p Anna B. Sears, p Sarah S. Hawkins, c Fanny K. Norris, 1884.
p Jennie Wilkin,
c Joseph Lawson,
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c Mrs. Emily Lawson, c Anna Lawson,
c Isabella Lawson,
c Mrs. E. C. Mattison,
p Ida Wilkin,
p George H. Van Keuren,
p Estella E. Mattison,
c Mrs. Aletta Halstead,
c Margaret Lynch,
1885.
p William H. Thompson, p Mrs. Susan Thompson
" Mary C. Thompson,
p Mrs. Esther Manny,
p George Eager, Jr., p Mary O. Burnett,
p Ida La. Hommedieu,
p Phebe Jennings,
p Ada Cris;,
e Mrs. Minnie E. Smith,
p Ideletta C. Sears,
c Henry C. Smith, M.D. p Mrs. Eliza Clearwater p Hannah M. Sheard,
c Mrs. Jane Chambers,
p Laura H. Smedes, p Mrs. Mary F. Hackley, c Allan Cameron,
c Mrs. Agnes Cameron, c C. H. Van Blarcom, c FannyJ. W. Van Blarcom c Mrs. Mary L. Bodine,
1886.
p Sarah E. Mott, c Mrs. Sarah A. Waring
p Mrs. Ruth A. Jennings, p Katie Crist,
p Emma Ketcham, p Jennie M. Leeper,
p Mary David, D Mary Bell Crist,
p Clara L. Crist, p John E. Logan,
p Mrs. Jannette R. Scott, p Eliza Sears,
p Townsend Bull, c Mrs. Mary McComb
c Mrs. Ellen Mowbray, [Bull.
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1887.
c Jennie Morris, p David B. Squires,
p Mrs Mary C. Squires,
p Charles Borland Hill,
p Miller Van Keuren, p Mrs. E. M. VanKeuren,
c Joseph Stratton, c Emma Stratton,
p Mary Lawson Hackley, p Sally Stratton Hackley p Cornelius D. Hawkins,
1888.
p .Mary Elizabeth Comfort, p Anna M. Gillespie, p Delia Giles Bull,
p Charles R. Stanley,
p Lizzie M. Chambers,
p W. H. Senior, Jr.,
p George Eager, M. D., p Joseph Stanley, p George Stewart, p Mrs. Anna G. Hallett,
p Fanny R. Morris,
p Leah B. Morris,
c Mrs. Carrie M. Turton,
p Mary Ann Stanley, p Chas. Harvey Harris, p Susie B. Chambers, p N. P. Hill,
p Mrs. Anna C. Bever,
p Mrs. Charles Crist,
p Estella Thompson, p Ada Deyo,
p Maggie E, Morris,
p John Miller,
1889.
p Jonathan Hawkins, p Titus Bull, .
p Harry W. Vanderoef, c Mrs. Leah Lindsay,
p Lizzie C. Vauderoef, p Julia N. Crist,
c Mortimer Reeve, c Mrs. Fannie Reeve,
c Miss Charlotte T. Reeve.
1890.
c Elsie J. Ostrander, Ref. Church, Shawangunk. c Edna Hawkins, Pres. Church, Hamptonburgh. c Rachel Hawkins, 66
p S. Alice Norris.
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PRESENT MEMBERS, -
Moses McMonegal, Mary B. Tuttle, William E. Sears, Eveline Graham, Mrs. Georgiana Gridley, James O. Miller,
Mrs. Mary Ann Senior, Julia Hart, Peter E. Miller,
Mrs. Jane S. Miller, Julia Graham,
Mrs. Susan M. Wilkin,
Mrs. Eliza H. Conning, Mrs. Sarah E. Douglass, Carrie L. Gridley, Mrs. Jane Wiley, Charlotte C. Wade, Mrs. Mary Leeper, Virginia Conning, Mrs. Harriet Vanderoef, John J. Vanderoef, Frederick Bodine, Mrs. Eliza Mckinney, Catharine H. Crist,
Mrs. Charles Miller, Mrs. Keturah Mead, Mrs. Nancy McNeal, Mrs. Julia K. Hill, Mrs. Jane E. Norris,
Theodore L. Jackson, Ann Morris,
Harriet Louisa Kimbark Mrs. Elizabeth Burnett,
Mrs. Marriett Caldwell, Margaret B. Wait, Thomas Helms, Keturah McMonagle, Mrs. E. Van Keuren, Mrs. Frances M. Crist, Electus Douglass, Mrs. Margaret Eager, Mr. Isaac Wiley, Daniel M. Wade,
Mrs. Sarah Van Keuren, William L. McKinney, James Vanderoef,
Egbert I. Norris, Mary Anna Miller,
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Mrs. Sarah J. Decker, Mrs. Anna Lees, Cæsaia Hornbeck, Mrs. Bessie Senior, Hannah Sears, Isabella Mead, Jane Miller, Harriet Vanderoef, Jane E. Wiley, Mrs. Olive Helms, Mrs. Persis M. Forsyth, Edward W. Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth Gillespie, Henry V. McNeal, Agnes H. McNeal, Cecilia J. Crist,
Stephen D. Wilkin, Mary E. Van Keuren, Mary Alice Burnett, Georgiana Decker, Jacob H. Gillespie, Mrs. Sarah M. Gillespie, John J. Decker, Mrs. Martha Titus, Mrs. Mary E. Conning, Mrs. Mary Comfort, Susan Virginia Crawford, Matilda Barnes, . Alnetta Gillespie, Bartram G. Leeper,
Amelia Decker, Lilian Helms, William H. Senior, George E. Senior, Mrs. Mary Ann Mead,
Margaret Miller. Georgiana B. Gillespie, Hannah Luquere, Mrs. Hannah Deyo, Mrs. Sylvester Morris, Emma F. Millinger, Alanson H. Gillespie,
James H. Van Keuren, George Senior, John J. Van Keuren, Susan Mapes, Mrs. Esther H. Miller, Emeline G. Jennings, Mrs. Sarah D. Ketcham, Alice S. Gillespie, William Titus, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Smitlı, Elizabeth McVoy, Margaret C. Wilson,
· Mrs. Anna J. Vanderoef, James Sheard,
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Mary Sheard, Mrs. Annie Millspaugh, Mary C. Decker, Matthew Smedes, Georgiana Smedes, Fanny Smedes, Sarah S. Hawkins, Mrs. Emily Lawson, Isabella Lawson, Margaret Lynch, William H. Thompson, Mary C. Thompson, George Eager, Jr., Mrs. Eliza Clearwater, Hannah M. Sheard, Mrs. Jane M. Chambers, Mrs. Mary F. Hackley, C. H. Van Blarcom,
Mrs. Mary L. Bodine,
Mrs. Ruth A. Jennings, Emma Ketcham, Mary Bell Crist,
John E. Logan, Eliza Sears,
Mrs. Mary F. Crist, Mrs. Laura M. Weller, Sarah B. Schoonmaker, Sophia B. M. Smedes, Catharine J. Smedes, Anna B. Sears, Fanny K. Norris, Anna Lawson, Ida Wilkin, George H. Van Keuren, Mrs. Susan Thompson, Mrs. Esther Manny, Phebe Jennings, Idelette C. Sears, Laura II. Smedes,
Fanny J. Van Blarcom, Sarah E. Mott,
Katie Crist, -
Jennie M. Leeper, .
Clara L. Crist, Mrs. Jannetta R. Scott, Townsend Bull,
Mrs. Mary McComb Bull, Mrs. Ellen E. Mowbray, Jennie Norris, Daniel B. Squires, Mrs. Mary C. Squires, Charles Borland Hill, Miller Van Keuren, Mrs. E. M. VanKeuren, Emma Stratton, Joseph Stratton,
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- Mary Lawson Hackley, Cornelius D. Hawkins, Anna M. Gillespie, Mary Ann Stanley, Charles Harvey Harris, Susie B. Chambers, N. P. Hill,
Mrs. Anna C. Bever, Estella Thompson,
Ada Deyo, Maggie E. Morris, John Miller,
Titus Bull,
Mrs. Leah Lindsay,
Julia N. Crist,
Mrs. Fannie Reeve,
Sally Stratton Hackley, Mary Elizabeth Comfort Delia Giles Bull, Charles R. Stanley, Lizzie M. Chambers, William H. Senior, Jr., George Eager, M. D., Joseph Stanley, Mrs. Anna G. Hallett, Fannie R. Morris, Leah B. Morris, Jonathan Hawkins,
Harry W. Vanderoef, Lizzie C. Vanderoef,
Mortimer Reeve,
Miss Charlotte T. Reeve
Elsie J. Ostrander, Rachel Hawkins.
Edna Hawkins, S. Alice Norris.
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CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I. YOU BELIEVE, That there is one only liv- ing and true GOD, infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver, and governor of all things; that this one GOD exists mysteriously in three persons, the FATHER, the SON and the HOLY GHOST, the same in substance, and equal in all perfections.
II. That the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of GOD, the only infal- lible rule of faith and practice.
III. That our first Parents were made perfect- ly holy; but, by disobedience, fell from the state in which they were created; in consequence of which, all their posterity are, by nature entirely sinful.
IV. That GOD, in his infinite and sovereign mercy, has provided a SAVIOUR, even JESUS CHRIST, His dearly beloved and only begotten Son, who having become incarnate, by his obedi- ence unto death, "even the death of the Cross," made a complete atonement for sin; so that, all who believe in Him obtain the forgiveness of their sins and a sure title to eternal life.
V. That salvation is freely offered to all; but that all mankind having by nature that carnal
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mind which "is enmity against God," are so com- pletely sinful that no one will repent of sin and believe in CHRIST, until GOD, according to His determinate and eternal counsel, renew his heart, by the sovereign and efficacious influence of his Holy Spirit.
VI. That all true believers persevere in faith and holiness, being kept by the power of GOD through faith unto salvation.
VII. That the Law of GOD, which requires perfect holiness of heart and life, is the rule which Christians are bound to observe.
VIII. That Baptism and the Lord's Supper are Christian ordinances; the latter of which is to be administered only to professing believers; and the former to professing believers and to their households.
IX. That it is the duty of heads of families ain family religion by habitual religious instruction, and daily prayer with their households.
X. That the first day of the week, "The Lord's day," is to be strictly observed in obedience to the fourth commandment as the Christian Sabbath.
XI. That at the end of the world, there will be a Resurrection of the bodies of all mankind, and a day of judgment; when CHRIST, the Judge, will sentence the wicked to endless punishment, and receive the righteous to life everlasting.
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SACRAMENT OF BAPTIS M.
Beloved in the Lord: You present yourselves in this manner before God and those who are here to witness this transaction, that you may devote these, your children, to God in the ordinance of baptism. The transaction is not a device of man, or a mere formal ceremony. It is an appointment of Jesus Christ, significant in its import. and in- volving solemn responsibilities. The application of water to your children, in the name of the Trinity, will not, of itself, effect their renovation, or secure their salvation. It reminds you, how- over, that they are, by nature, entirely destitute of holiness and totally deprived, and so stand in need of cleansing by the blood of Christ and the renovating influence of His spirit, and that God has been please ! to enter into a gracious covenant with His people, through the Redeemer, and to give them a seal, or outward confirmation of this covenant, and of His faithfulness to its promises. In this transaction you profess your faith and per- sonal interest in this covenant, and declare your conviction that these children, whom God has given to you, also have a part in the covenant, and stand so related to it that it is proper to ap- ply the seal of the covenant to them. You also
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profess to consecrate these children to God, to be His, acknowledging His right to use and dispose of them according to His own pleasure, and your obligation to train them up, in all the methods of His appointment, for His service. Let me remind you that the fulfillment of the obligation will put in requisition all your wisdom, and all the gracious aids which God has promised to His believing peo- ple. It will be incumbent on you, according to the measure of your ability, to instruct these, your children, in the principles of the religion which you profess; to restrain them from sin; to set be- fore them a godly example; and to pray with and for them.
These, and all other known duties incumbent on you as Christian parents, do you, with the help of God, engage to perform ?
[Baptism is here administered, and prayer offered for the Divine approval and blessing.]
THE PUBLIC WELCOME OF MEMBERS.
You do. now, solemnly and publicly confess the Lord to be your God; you dedicate to Him your soul and body, your time, talent, influence, and all that you possess; and you promise, in re- liance upon His grace, to live a sober and godly
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life, in the denial of all unrighteousness, and to endeavor, in all your conduct, to adorn the doc- trine of God, your Saviour, by a faithful discharge of all your obligations, public and private, as the disciples of Christ.
You engage to walk in Christian fellowship with this church, to study her peace and prosper- ity, to honor her discipline, to observe her ordi- nances, and to co-operate with her in sustaining at home, and in sending abroad, the privileges and institutions of the Gospel.
You also promise to maintain your Christian profession and to hold fast your Christian vows, whereever you may be called to reside; and that, should you have occasion to change your church relation, you will endeavor to effect the change in an orderly manner, and without any unnecessary delay.
Do you thus covenant ?
[The church standing will then, through the officiat- ing Minister, welcome the new members in the following words : 7
In view of these professions we, the officers and members of this church, cordially greet you as the disciples of Jesus Christ, and as members of His body. In His name, we welcome you to
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fellowship with us in the duties and labors, in the hopes and joys of the Gospel.
"The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His counte- nance upon you and give you peace."
THE UNDERSIGNED, having been duly ap- pointed a committee to prepare and pub- lish a brief history of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Montgomery Village, N. Y., hereby submit the foregoing as the result of their labors, with the hope that it may meet the approval of the congregation.
THEODORE L. JACKSON, FREDERIC BODINE.
Dated, June 1st, 1890.
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