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HAND-BOOK
OF THE
high Street Congregational Church,
PROVIDENCE, R. I.,
CONTAINING
THE
CONSTITUTION, CONFESSION OF FAITHI, COVENANT, RULES, OFFICERS, CALENDAR,
LIST OF MEMBERS, AND
ITEMS OF HISTORY.
NO. III, 1861.
PROVIDENCE: PRINTED BY M . B . YOUNG. 1861.
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HAND - BOOK
OF THE
High St. Congregational Church,
PROVIDENCE. R. I.
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high Street Congregational Chauch.
FORMED DECEMBER 18, 1834. HOUSE OF WORSHIP DEDICATED JAN. 8. 1835.
PASTORS.
WILLIAM BEALE LEWIS,
Ord. April 16, 1835; Dis. July 11. 1837: Died Dec. 27, 1849. REV. NATHANIEL SMITH FOLSOM. Installed Sept. 6, 1838 ; Pastorship ended Mar, 19, 1840. REV. LEONARD STICKNEY PARKER,
Installed Dec. 30, 1840; Dismissed Oct. 5, 1843. REF. ARTIIUR GRANGER,
Installed June 13, 1844; Died in Office Aug 2, 1845,
REV. WILLIAM JAMES BREED. Installed Nov. 11, 1846; Dismissed April 13, 1852. REV. SAMUEL WOLCOTT,
Installed April 20, 1853 ; Dismissed Sept. 12, 1859.
REV. LYMAN WHITING, Installed Dec. 21, 1859.
DEACONS.
Josiah Chapin, Chosen Mar. 23, 1832, Res'd June 5, 1849. Aaron Wood, 4 2 . 1835. Oct. 3, 1387.
John C. Cass, Nov. 7. 1837,
June 4, 1839.
Benjamin S. Bourn, ' July 9, 1830.
April 6, 1852.
James Eumes, June 19, 1849,
Henry P. Knight, "
" " 1849,
Died May 15, 1857.
Stephen H. Tabor, Jan. 20, 1852,
Isaac N. Beach, June 15, 1852,
IIIGII ST. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
CONSTITUTION. -0-
ARTICLE 1. . The great end and design of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in estab- lishing his church on earth. was the glory of God, and the common benefit of fallen, lost and sinful men, of all descriptions, tongues and lan- guages :- and there is no superiority of one meniber above another in respect to rights and privileges, but all are equal.
ART. 2. This church is a Pædobaptist Con- gregational Church. and is independent in its government and discipline. It acknowledges no head or superior but Christ alone ; and that all powers of government, in all cases, originate in, and are derived from the church collectively, so that any powers of office exercised in the church must be by the appointment of the church, and revocable at pleasure.
ART. 3. The church has a right, and is com- petent, in and of itself, to choose and appoint its own Pastor or Bishop, Deacons, and all other odicers that they may deem necessary in order to its due organization, and for its spiritual im- Grovemeat. It has also a right to make null nts at p'ogsure, where
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ART. 4. That all questions that come before the church shall be acted on in a meeting of the church, duly notified, in such manner as the church may direct; and, after being maturely considered and debated, shall be decided by a majority of the male members present, (except- ing as provided in the seventh article. ) It shall be the duty of the majority to labor to gain the minority, but, if they do not succeed, it is the duty of the minority peaceably to submit; that decency, order and harmony be preserved in the church.
ART. 5. The Pastor or Bishop of this church shall be a member of it, and, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the church.
ART. 6. No person shall be admitted a mem- ber of this church without having assented to its Articles of Faith and Covenant.
ART. 7. This Constitution, and the Articles of Faith and Covenant of this Church, shall not be altered or amended, excepting by the unani- mous vote of all the members of the church pres- ent, at least at two successive monthly meetings of the church, notice having been given each sabbath next preceding the meetings, from the pulpit, of its intended alteration or amendment.
ART. 8. To adopt this Constitution it shall require the unanimous vote of all the members of the church present, at a meeting specially ap- pointed for the purpose.
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS.
The Minister desiring the candidates to come before the congregation, after a brief suitable address of welcome and admonition, rehearses to them the
CONFESSION OF FAITII.
You believe that there is one only living and true God; a Spirit, infinite, eternal and un- changeable, and possessing every natural and moral perfection.
Ex. 20: 3. Deut. 4: 35, 30. 6: 4. Isa. 37: 16, 43; 10, 11; 44: 6. John 17: 3. 1 Cor. 8: 4, 6. Eph. 4: 6. I Tim. 2: 5. Ex. 23: 20. Jn 1: 18, 4: 24. I Tim. 6 : 16. Heb. 11: 27. Job 11: 7. Ps. 145: 3. Deut. 33: 27. Ps. 90 : 2; 93: 2. Isa. 44: 6, 57: 15. 1 Tim. 1: 17; 6: 15, 16. Rev. 1: 8. Numb. 23 : 19. I Sam. 15: 29. Job 23 : 13. Mal. 3 : 6. Heb. 13: 8. Jam. 1: 17. Matt. 5: 48.
You believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the perfect rule of our faith and practice.
II Tim. 3: 16. Prov. 30: 5. Heb. 1: 1. II Peter, 1 : 18-21. II Sam. 23: 1. Jer. 1: 9. Luke 1: 70. Deut. 4: 2. Ecc. 12: 13. Isa. 18: 20. John 12: 48. Rom. 2: 16.
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You believe that God is revealed in the serip- tures as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost : that these three are the one God, and in all the divine attributes are equal.
I Cor. 8: 6. Ju. 17: 3. Gen. 1: 26. 3: 22. Isa. 6: 8. I Jn, 5: 7. I Pct. 1: 2. Matt. 28: 19. Luke 3: 22. Jn. 4: 16, 17, 26. II Cor. 13: 14.
You believe that the purposes of God are eter- nal and immutable; that he created all things for his own glory ; and that his providence and government are universal, wise and holy.
Ps. 33: 11. Isa. 14: 24. 46 : 9 and 55 : 10 & 11. Eph. 1 : 11. Ez. 34: 6, 7. Dan. 4: 35. Rom. 9: 15-18: 11: 33; 16: 27. Rev. 4: 11, Eph. 1: 8 and 8: 9, 10 Jude 25. Rev. 15: 3.
Yon believe that man was created holy; that he fell from that state by sinning against God : and that in consequence of the fall, mankind are, by nature, destitute of holiness, and sinners against God.
Gen. 1: 27. Ecc. 7: 29. Gen. 3: 17-20. Rom. 5: 12. Gen. 6: 5 and 11. Ps. 14: 1-3. Rom. 3: 9-12. Gal. 3 : 21, 22. Eph. 2: 1, 2, 3 and 12. Jer. 17 : 1 and 9. See also Rom. 1.
You believe that Jesus Christ is both God and man ; that by his sufferings and death he made an atonement for sin, sufficient for all mankind ; and that through him salvation is freely offered to all. on condition of repentance and faith.
I Tim. 2: 5. Jn. 1: 1. ITcb. 1: 8. Jude 25. Jn. 5: 17, 10: 30, 33, 36-38. Phil. 2: 5. I John, 4: 3. Matt. 8 : 1 and 20. Luke 2: 52. John 1: 14. Heb. 2: 16-18. Lev. 17: 11. Isa. 53. Matt. 20: 28; 26: 28. Ac. 20: 28. Rom. 3 : 24-26. and 5: 6-9. 1 Cor. 5 : 7, and 15 : 3. Eph. 2 : 13. 1. Pet. 2: 24. I John, 1: 7. Jn. 1 25. 1 Tha. 2: 6. Ileb. 2. 9. Jn. 3 : 16, 17.
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You believe that all who truly repent of their sins, and believe in Christ, were chosen in him be- fore the foundation of the world; that they are regenerated by the special influence of the Holy Spirit ; that they are justified on account of Christ's righteousness, and will be kept by the mighty power of God, through faith unto salva- tion.
Jn. 15 : 16. Eph. 1: 4. II Thess. 2 : 13. Jn. 3 : 3, 5, 7. Ps. 51 : 10. Ezk. 11: 19. Tit. 3 : 5. Rom. 5 : 1 and 10. Col. 1: 20-23. Jn. 6: 39. Rom. 8:30. Phil. 1: 6. I Pet. 1: 5.
You believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has established a visible church in the world. the terms of admission to which are, a public profes- sion of faith in him, sustained by credible evi- dence of a change of heart; that the Christian Sabbath and the Gospel Ministry are institutions of divine appointment; and that the Sacraments of the New Testament are-BAPTISM and the LORD'S SUPPER.
Matt. 16 : 16 and 18. I Cor. 3. 9 and 11. Eph. 2 : 20- 22. Matt. 26: 26-30. I Cor. 11 : 23-26. Deut. 26 : 17. 18. Isa. 44: 5. Matt. 10: 32. 33. Rom. 10: 9. Ex. 20 : 8-11. Deut. 5 : 14. Mk. 2: 27, 28. Ex. 16: 23-30; 34: 21. Lev. 23 : 3. Isa. 62: 6. Luke 10 : 1, 2. Mk. 16: 15. Ac. 20: 24. I Co. 1: 1 and 17. Tit. 1: 3. Matt. 28 : 18. Ac. 10 : 48. Mk. 10: 14. I Cor. 1: 10.
You believe that there will be a general resur- rection of the dead. when Jesus Christ shall judge the world in righteousness ; and that the wicked shall go away into everlasting punish- ment, and the righteous into life eternal.
Rev. 20 : 12, 13. Heb. 6: 12. I Cor. 13 : 12-20. Ac. 17:31. Rom. 14 : 10. Jn. 5 : 22. Ac. 10 : 40. II Tim. 4 : 1. Matt. 25: 31, 33 and 46. II Thes. 1: 9. Jn. 5: 28, 20.
These . doctrines you publicly confess.
THE COVENANT.
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You do now, in the presence of the heart-search- ing God, and before angels and men, acouch the Lord Jehovah to be your God, the Lord Jesus Christ to be your Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit to be your Sanctifier. You do solemnly devote all your powers and possessions to the service and the glory of your Maker ; promising that, in depend- ence on divine grace. you will yield a persevering obedience to God's commands ; will content earn- estly for the faith once delivered to the saints, and seek, above all things, the honor and interests of Christ's kingdom.
You cordially join yourselves to this church of Christ, and engage to submit to the regular admin- istration of its government. You covenant to ut- tend the worship of God and the ordinances of the gospel with this cherch, and promote, to the utmost of your power, its purity, its peace, and its prosperi- ty.
You promise to cultivate brotherly love towards those who are of the household of faith, especially the members of this church, and to walk in wisdom towards them that are without ; striving to adorn your profession by a blendless life, and by holiness of heart ; and discharging all your duties with an habitual reference to the judgment day.
Casting yourself on Christ, you thus covenant and engage ?
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WE, then, the members of this Church, do now affectionately receive you to our commu- nion ; we welcome you to fellowship with us in the blessings of the gospel; we covenant to watch over you in love as members of the body of Christ, and promote your spiritual wel- fare with all fidelity and tenderness.
And may the blessing of our covenant God- the Father, the Son. and the Holy Ghost-abide with, strengthen and cheer you amid the toils and trials of your earthly pilgrimage. May you and we prove faithful to these vows, and to the Master's cause, glorify him with the holiness which becometh his house, and at last be made pillars in the temple of our God above. And to free and sovereign grace shall be the glory forever. AMEN.
The Seal of Baptism and the Fellowship of the Church follows.
high Street
Congregational
ORDER AND DISCIPLINE.
Officers.
The permanent Officers of this Church are, a Pastor, or Pastors, Dea- cons, Clerk. Treasurer, Standing Com- mittee and Superintendent of the Sab- bath School.
The Deacons hold their office during such a period as is the pleasure of the church.
The Clerk, Treasurer and Superin- tendent are chosen at the Annual Meeting.
One of the three members of the Standing Committee is also chosen at each annual meeting,-to serve for three years.
The Pastor, Deacons and Clerk are ex-officio members of the Standing Committee.
Meetings.
The ANNUAL MEETING of the Church is held on the Tuesday following the first Sabbath in January. Stated. meetings, for church business, on the Tuesdays following the first Sabbaths in Feb. April, June, Aug. Oct. and Decem.
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Special SPECIAL MEETINGS may be called by Meetings. , the Pastor, or, in his absence, by the Deacons, or by any two of the Stand- ing Committee.
Annual 1 The Clerk, Treasurer, and Super- Reports. fintendent will make each a report at the annual meeting.
Admission. Persons desiring to join the church by profession. will apply through the Pastor, to the Standing Committee, who will recommend to the church such applicants as approve themselves suitable candidates for church mem- bership.
Persons to be received on profession are publicly propounded one or more Sabbaths.
Persons bringing letters from other Churches to this church, shall, before the presentation of them to the church, signify to the Pastor or Standing Committee. their assent to the Articles of Faith, Covenant, Rules and By- Laws of this church; and a vote of admission thereupon shall constitute them MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
Discipline.
The purpose of Discipline is the re- covery of offending members, the removal of scandals, and the purifica- tion and edification of the Church.
Manifest violations of some moral precept found in the Scriptures,-of
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some covenant vow,-the belief and profession of opinions opposed to, and subversive of the Confession of Faith, or any part of it .- the neglecting of family prayer or of the religious train- in of children,-the devoting of any part of the Sabbath to purposes of worldly business and pleasure,-the using or the furnishing of intoxicating drinks as a beverage,-the participa- ting in vain amusements, like dancing or attendance upon theatrical exhibi- tions, and the refusing to bear a fair part in the support of the gospel, are just grounds for discipline.
Mode.
It is the duty of members of the church to deal kindly with their breth- ren concerning many minor offences which ought not to be brought before the church, and members charged with offences shall be held to be innocent until proved guilty. Offences may be brought before the church by the complaint of individual members, or by common fame, and in case of a re- markably gross and shocking offence, known to all. and not denied by the accused, direct and summary discipline may be used.
In ordinary offences the process of discipline shall be carefully conformed to the rule Christ has given, Matt. xviii. 15-18.
0 fficers.
PASTOR: REV. LYMAN WHITING.
DEACONS :
JAMES EAMES, ISAAC N. BEACH, SAMUEL K. THOMPSON, STEPHEN II. TABOR.
CLERK : EDWARD A . PABODIE.
TREASURER : JOSEPH T. SNOW.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SABBATH SCHOOL. AMOS C. BARSTOW.
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CALENDAR.
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PUBLIC WORSHIP : Lord's Day, at X3 A. M., III, P. M., from April 1st to Oct. 1st. At IIL P. M., from Oct. Ist to April 1st.
EVENING SERVICES, ( In Lecture Room, ) from May 1st to Ang. 1st, at VIII, P. M. ; from Ang. Ist to Nov. 1st. and from Feb. 1st to May Ist, at VIIL P. M. ; from Nov. 1st to Feb. 1st, at VII, P. M.
N. B. SABBATH EVENING SERVICES, through the year. one half hour earlier than those of the corresponding weeks. SABBATH SCHOOL : At IX. A. M .. through the year.
YOUNG MEN'S PRAYER MEETING : Each Sabbath,- one hour before p. M. service in Conference Room.
MONTHLY CONCERT FOR MISSIONS : First Sabbath evening of each month.
SABBATH SCHOOL CONCERT : Second do.
MEETINGS FOR CONFERENCE AND PRAYER, on Tuesday eve- nings,-except in August.
A CHURCH MEETING, for Business and Devotion, on the Tuesday evening's after the first Sabbaths in February, April, June, August, October and December. Other meetings as notified.
PUBLIC LECTURE, on Thursday evenings.
LADIES' PRAYER MEETING : Thursday of cach weck ; and- MOTHERS' MEETING : Last Thursday of each month, in Committee Room, 3 P. M.
ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING : Tuesday evening after first Sabbath in Jannary.
COLLECTIONS .- As selected at Annual Meeting, (for cur- rent year, ) January, for Missions : February, American Tract Society, Boston : April. American Education So- ciety ; June, Seamen ; September, R. I. Home Missions ; October, American Missionary Association ; November, American Bible Society : December, American Congre- gational Union.
A YEARLY CONTRIBUTION, for the poor, on the Sabbath he- fore Thanksgiving. Weekly do., in Sabbath School, by Classes.
PASTOR'S STUDY-adjoining Lecture Room.
High Street ongregational Church.
ITEMS OF HISTORY.
NOTE.
A QUARTER CENTURY MEMORIAL ANNIVERSARY Was ob- served in connection with the installation of the present pastor. The joint services occupied the two days, (Tues- day and Wednesday,) December 20th and 21st, 1859.
On the Sabbath preceding, the Pastor elect preached a discourse in which a portion of the history of the Church was rehearsed. The proposal from the hearers to publish it was deferred to the time this Book of the Church should be compiled. The historical portions of the discourse, with collections since made, are accordingly placed here.
The Scripture introducing the theme, is Josh. 4 : 1-10, -the account of the memorial pillar set up on the bank of the Jordan from stones taken out of its channel, etc.
Twenty-five years,-one quarter of a cen- tury ago this day,-then Thursday, December 18th, 1834, at 11 o'clock, A. M., an ecclesiasti- cal council of eight Churches, sending fourteen pastors and delegates, "convened at the Lecture Room of the High Street Church." Rev. A. II. Dumont was chosen Moderator, Rev. T. T. Waterman, Scribe.
Letters naming forty-one persons, as dismissed and recommended by other churches to form a new church, were presented .* Two of the num-
* Sce names in list of members.
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ber were confined by sickness. One person, Mr. Edwin D. Elliott, was received on profession, after examination by the Council, thus enrich- ing the constituting service with that bright seal of favor to Zion, a soul covenanting to be the Lord's. These forty persons were then em- bodied into a Church of Christ. The public re- cognition was on the afternoon of that day."
As a new-born soul moves the angels of God with joy, a newly founded Church, the chosen place for the renovation of souls, must diffuse delight among not only angels, but among all the sons of God. So we recall that day and ser- vice.
Of the original forty members, twenty-eight only survive,-" the rest are fallen asleep;" and of that remnant but TEN continue in this household of faith. Dispersion accompanies death, and parted disciple-families are found in all lands, yearning for the "shining shore," the home of the ransomed.
With those yet abiding with us, we can all in sympathy go back to that winter's morning and its solemn joy. The candidates are mostly youth- ful persons, with a few mature and proved. in the Master's service. Anxiously they greet cach other. A work serious and large, is before them. A sanctuary was indeed nearly finished, but it was so much the work of a few noble-hearted individuals, that as a church they could scarcely call it their own. No pastor with " friendly crook" was at their head to guide their untried feet in the way. The portion of the field they
* Rev. T. T. Waterman preached.
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had chosen had no growth of hallowed associa- tions upon it. It was outside, or beyond the cus- tomary paths to the house of prayer, in a neighborhood needing much more than befriend- ing the ordinances of the blessed gospel. The undertaking was problematical. Will it sua- ceed ?- would cross the most confident mind. and like a shadow flit before the strongest among them, as difficulties and hindrances came in sight. By the firesides of those " first covenan- ters" grave conversations often tried the ques- tion of personal duty. "Shall we go there ?" "Shall { go? go from this church of my fa- thers,-of my infant dedication,-yea. of my soul's spiritual experience, and perhaps conse- cration,-go from those well established ordi- nances, to the risks and trying certainties of this new enclosure of Zion ?" In secret prayer, at the family altar, and in meeting for delibera- tion, how many anxious supplications went up in search of the path of personal duty ! It was a grave and solemn question. Some perhaps, relied on at first, drew back as the time for con- secration came near. Some ardent at the out- set, lost ardor as the burdens settled on the bearers; while others, little trusted at first, ching more lovingly as the ark of sacred hopes jostled and struggled in its setting forth, and these, as always, rose in strength and value, as they loved and toiled. Ah, the account in " THE book of remembrance" of those who then thought upon His name, and "spake often one to another" about it. You, survivors, may have forgotten much of it ; "yet will I remember saith the Lord."
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Through these recollections we are happily led onward to the recorded beginning which preceded the founding of the church. Churches are the natural offspring of churches. As the disciple of Christ. is to disciple all in his reach,- to reproduce himself in the conversion of others, so the church of Christ, by the law of its spirit- ual life, is to reproduce itself in churches spring- ing from itself. But colonial churches, in sor- rowful frequency. are the fruit of quarrels, or of wilful discontents; no the offspring of a holy self-denying ardor, to plant the gospel ordi- nances among those who have them not. This church, happily, was not the child of strifes, nor "a son of contention," but, to the glory of Christ the Head, out of the quickened zeal and love for souls, coming into hearts during the memorable revivals in the parent of churches, was it born.
" During the year 1836, and the two succeed- ing seasons," says a Ms. statement, "the Beneficent and Richmond street Churches in this city were greatly revived and refreshed by the special influences of the Holy Spirit, and many, converted from sin to holiness, united with these churches, thus happily increasing their numbers and graces." " Some of these con- verts, with a few older members," feeling an anxious desire for the conversion and spiritual . advancement of their neighbors, united in a plan `to plant a sanctuary on this then spiritually desolate hill-top of the town; " their own pa- rent churches at the same time approving the object, and aiding it by their prayers, sympa- thies and counsel."
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It was not, however, until the evening of May 29th, 1833, that " decisive measures" were reached. Then met, Josiah Chapin, Wyllis Ames and Jonas Childs, who jointly determined on the effort. "It was," says the account, "a solemn and interesting season with these breth- ren, believing as they did. that the object for which they were assembled, and the decision they might form, were calculated under God to affect the future interest and well-being of im- mortal souls, and vary the history of Christ's Church on carth."
" A SOLEMN meeting !" Well might it be,- frail men as they were, yet their hands put forth to a work for Christ, uniting the forces, designs and fruits of his adorable mission. as nothing else can do, for his Church is his visible Bingdom.
Look at those men, with a spiritual vision going beyond all the difficulties and toils beset- ting their work, and resting on "the future in- terest and well-being of souls." To the latest day of life in this Church, may the spirit of that de- vout mission-impulse stir and impel this family of Christ. We give thanks that this vine was planted here by working members ; that its hu- man origin was from " laborers in the vineyard." May its every branch be alive with that hal- lowed passion.
After severally seeking, in earnest prayer, that "wisdom and grace they felt to be need- ful." they resolved that it was time to say, "let us arise and build." On this evening they further agreed to buy " the parcel of ground" on which the Church now stands, to
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petition the Honorable General Assembly for a Charter or Act of Incorporation. That petition was signed by Josiah Chapin and sixteen others, but the Charter was not granted until the Octo- ber session. The Act is dated November 8th, 1833. A great depression overtaking all busi- ness at that time, the work was stayed until the following spring. when about five thousand dol- lars were subscribed. The foundations of the house were begun in July, and on the eighth day of January, 1835, the completed Sanctuary was solemnly dedicated to the worship of the Father. Son and Holy Ghost.
In the month of October preceding, Mr. WIL .- LIAM BEALE LEWIS, of Brooklyn, N. Y., as- sented to a request of the Committee to preach four Sabbaths as a candidate for settlement when the Church should be formed. At the expira- tion of the time his hearers, in grateful har- mony, unanimously chose him to be the pastor; and upon the organization of the Church, De- cember, 18, 1834, formally presented the request to him. "This invitation was accepted," but a severe sickness prevented his ordination until April 16th, 1835, on which day he was ordained and installed pastor of this Church and congre- gation .*
Much praver preceded and attended all these foundation labors Spiritual prosperity was the immediate result,-upwards of fifty persons being added to the Church in Rev. Mr. Lewis' brief pastorate of two years and three months.
* From a Mss. "Historical Statement," dated January 20th, 1835, Chester Pratt Clerk, most of these facts were collected.
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A call from the Jay Street Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., removed him hence, July 11th, 1837. There he labored nearly twelve years, and died December 27th, 1849, aged 37 years. His name is as fragrance to this Church until now. Their first love, and only minister or- dained by themselves. a man of winning endow- ments, and, while yet a youth, much owned of God in his labors, it is deservedly so.
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