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Confession of Joiti). 
 
 We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and 
 New Testament, are the word of God, written by 
 inspiration of the Holy Spirit; and that they con¬ 
 tain the only infallible rule of faith and practice. 
 
 2 Tim. 3: 16. 2 Peter 1: 21. Heb. 1; 1. 1 Peter 1; 11. 
 
 PARTICULARLY. 
 
 1. We believe in the existence of one Infinite 
 God, who, although one God, subsists in an incom¬ 
 prehensible Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 Deut6:4. Gen. 1 26, 3; 22. 11: 7.’^Mat. 28: 19. 1 Cor. 8: 4. Isaiah 
 
 6: 8. 2 Cor. 13: 14. Isaiah 44. 6, 8, 14: 5, 6. Daniel 4: 17, 25, 26. 1 
 
 John 5; 7. Numbers 5: 23—26. Isaiah 48: 16. 
 
 2. That God created all things, and that, in a 
 sovereign manner, he so governs the whole, as to 
 execute his eternal purposes respecting them in 
 Providence and Redemption. 
 
 Gen. 1: 3. Job 37: 16. Acts 2: 23, 4: 27, 28 Proverbs 16:4 Psalms 
 39: 1—4 Phil. 2: 13 Isaiah 43: 7. 
 
 3. That God made man at first upright, in his 
 own moral image, and constituted him public head 
 and representative of his posterity; and that in con¬ 
 sequence of his disobedience, his descendants are 
 totally destitute of holiness, and that all their mor¬ 
 al exercises, while unregenerate, are wholly sinful. 
 
 1 John 3: 4 2 Cor. 6: 14 1 Cor. 2. 14 Rom. 5: 12: 15—19 Jer. 17- 
 
 8 Gen. 6: 5, 8: 21 1 Cor. 15: 22 John 5: 42 Cr*!. 2: 13. 
 
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 4 . That God so loved the Vv^orld, that he gave 
 his only begotten Son to suffer and die as a sacri¬ 
 fice for sin, that uhosoever believelh on him might 
 not perish, hut have everlasting life. 
 
 Dent. 5; 20. 32 29 1 John 4; 9. 10 Heb. 9; 22 Hos. 11;'8 Rom. 
 
 8 Rev. 7; 14, G: 9 Ex. 34; G, 7 John 3: IG Lev. 17: 11 Eph. 1: 7. 
 
 5. That the atonement made hy Jesus Christ, is 
 sufficient for the whole human family. 
 
 1 John 2; 2 2 Cor. 5; 14. 15 :\Iar. 22: 4 Heb. 2; 9 John 1; 29, 3: 16, 
 
 17, G: 51, 12: 47 Luke 14; 17 1 Tim. 2; G. 
 
 6. That men are voluntary in their opposition to 
 God and holiness; and that the nature of this op¬ 
 position is such, that no one ?ri// believe in Christy 
 but as faith is wrought in the heart, by the renew¬ 
 ing influences of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 2 Cor. 8; 12 Job G: G Ps. 81; 11—13 Pre v. 23; 2G Acts 4:20 Gal 
 5: 14 Titus 1: 2 jMat. 22; 12. 
 
 7. That God did from eternity elect some of our 
 sinful race unto everlasting life, through sanctifica¬ 
 tion of the Spirit, unto obedience and belief of the 
 truth; and that repentance, faith, and obedience, 
 are not the cause, but the effects of their election. 
 
 Eph. 1: 4 Acts 13; 48 1 Peter 1;’2 .Acts 13: 48 John 15: IG 1 Cor 
 
 4; 7 Rom. 8: 30 John 15; IG, 19, 17: 2, G, 9, 24. 
 
 8. That all who truly believe in Christ, will per¬ 
 severe in holiness, being kept by the power of God^ 
 through faith unto salvation. 
 
 John 10; 27—29 Ps. 37: 23, 24 Phil. 1: G Jer. 32; 40 1 Peter'1; 4» 
 
 5 Rom. 8; 30, 38, 39. 
 
 9. That all men, and the people of God particu¬ 
 larly, are under solemn obligations to observe the 
 moral law as a rule of life, and to abound in love 
 and good works. 
 
 Rom, 3; 31 Mat. 5; 17, 18, 48 Mark 12; 30,31 Isaiah 42;21 Luke 
 16; 17. 
 
 10. That although all men are bound to profess 
 
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 faith in Christ, yet none have any right to the priv¬ 
 ileges of the Church, but those who give credible 
 evidence of a change of heart, and are united to the 
 visible kingdom of God. 
 
 Mat. 10; 32, 33 Mat. 26: 27, 28 Ezra G; 21 Prov. 23: 26 Acts 8: 37 
 2 Cor. 13: 5 Luke 22: 19 Prov. 23: 2G. 
 
 11. That Christ hath appointed two sacraments 
 for the use and edification of the Church, which are 
 Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. 
 
 Lohd's Supper —Luke 22: 19 Mat. 26; 27, 28 1 Cor. xi, 23—26.— 
 
 Baptism. —Gen. 1:7 7, 22: 18 Rom. 2: 28, 29 1 Peter 3:21 Deut. 30:6 
 
 12. That believers in Christ are solemnly bound 
 to have the seal of baptism set upon their offspring, 
 and to train them up in the nurture and admonition 
 of the Lord. 
 
 1 Chr. xvi, XV—xvii Jer. 30, xviii, xx 1 ('or. 7: xiv Eph. G; 4 Luka 
 
 iviii; XV, xvi Prov. 22: 6 
 
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 1^. That the first day ot the week is the Chris¬ 
 tian Sabbath, and is to be sanctified by an lioly 
 resting all the day, even from such worldly employ¬ 
 ments and recreations as are lawful on other days; 
 and by spending the whole time in the public and 
 private exercises of God’s ^vorship, except so much 
 as is to be taken up in the works of mercy. 
 
 Ex- 20:8—11. Isa. 5G: 2,—58:13,14. Vlark 2; 27. 28. Ezek. 44-24 
 Mark IG: 9. Ps. 118; 24. Acts, 20; 7. Rev. 1; 10. Mark 2; 28. 
 
 14. That watchfulness over the life, holy medi¬ 
 tation, a conscientious attention upon public, fami¬ 
 ly, and secret worship, together with the steady 
 practice of righteousness, truth, sincerity and char¬ 
 ity towerds man, and of sobriety, chastity and tem¬ 
 perance towards ourselves, are the indispensable 
 duties of eveiy Christian. 
 
 Prov. xvi, 32 25, 28. Eph. 4; 31, 32. Jude xix Phil. G: 5 Josh, i, 8 
 Luke xxi, 34 Mat. v, 28. 
 
 15. That God vriil have a Church in the world 
 
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 to the end of time, when the dead shall be raised, 
 the judgment shall sit, the righteous shall be re¬ 
 ceived into everlasting life, and the wicked shall be 
 doomed to endless misery. 
 
 John 28, 29. Acts 24; 15, 26; 8 . Jude 6. Mat. 25; 4 '!, 46 , xiii, 30, 
 40 —42, 49, 50. Luke xiii, 23—28. 
 
 ^oncuant. 
 
 You do now in the presence of the heart-search¬ 
 ing God, before angels and men,so far as you know 
 your own heart, solemnly avouch Jehovah, Father 
 Son, and Holy Ghost, to be your God. 
 
 You receive the Father as your Father; the 
 Lord Jesus Christ as your all sufficient and only 
 Redeemer; and the Holy Ghost as your Sanctifier. 
 Renouncing all ungodliness, and every worldly lust, 
 you do give up your all, soul and body to be the 
 Lord’s, promising to walk before him in holiness 
 and love, all the days of your future life. 
 
 You receive the brethren of Christ in this place, 
 as your brethren, and his friends as your friends;— 
 promising to watch over them with all Christian fi¬ 
 delity and tenderness. You do also submit your¬ 
 self * to the government of Christ, in his Church, 
 and to the regular administration of it in this Ch. 
 in particular. 
 
 You covenant to walk in communion with the 
 
 • Or, yourselves. 
 
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 brethren, not only whilst you continue to be mem¬ 
 bers of this church, but in all other places also, in 
 which you may reside, where the ordinances of the 
 gospel are maintained; endeavoring to promote di¬ 
 vine worship, and Christian love and fellowship, by 
 all the means of Christ’s appointment, and within 
 your pow^r. And finally, you agree to live as a 
 humble Christian,^ in a regui; r and faithful attend¬ 
 ance on the worship and ordinances of Christ in 
 this place, and in the performance of all your sol¬ 
 emn engagements to God and this church, untd by 
 death or otherwise regularly removed. 
 
 All this you solemnly engage in humble depend¬ 
 ence on the grace of God. 
 
 We do now receive you into our communion, and 
 promise to watch over you with Christian afifection 
 and tenderness, ever treating you in love as a mem- 
 berf of the body of Christ, who is head over all 
 things to the Church. This we do, imploring of 
 the great Shepherd of Israel, our Lord and Re¬ 
 deemer, that both you and we may have wisdom 
 and grace to be faithful in his covenant, and to glo¬ 
 rify him with the holiness that becomes his house, 
 forever. Amen. 
 
 • Or, as humble'ChriftiaDi. 
 f Or, as member I. 
 
Ncimc0 of ilTcmb£r0. 
 
 
 tCT' Th« jtKT in which memb ^rs were admitted, li placed at the head 
 of their name: — 
 
 1837. i 
 
 N. West,t 
 Catharine West, 
 Abram Tyler, 
 
 Abel Goodell, 
 Betsey Goodell. 
 Olive F. Goodell, 
 Harriet Gale,t 
 Sophia Lyman.* 
 Philena Chappcl. 
 Sarah W. Hitchcock 
 Samuel Tompkins. 
 Mary Tompkins,! 
 Sarah Tompkins,! 
 Thos. Siinrnoni, 
 Mary Simmons, 
 Susan Simmons, 
 Betsey Simmons, 
 Elisha King! 
 
 Almira King. 
 
 Lusher Gav. 
 
 Eliza Gay,^ 
 
 Lucy Gay.* 
 
 Henry Wilcox, 
 
 Mary Wilcox, 
 
 John Kendall,* 
 Deborah Kendall,* 
 Roswell Payne, 
 Alvira Payne, 
 Roswell Payne. Jr." 
 Eraslus Swift.! 
 
 j Louisa Swift. 
 
 M iss Louisa Swift. 
 Samantha Swift. 
 Wealthy Waters. 
 Martha Waters."^^ 
 Sarah Waters. 
 
 Julia AVaters. 
 
 James Waters.* 
 Nehemiah H. Losev 
 Lucretia H. I-^osey. 
 Geo. W. G. Ferris. 
 Parris Richardson.! 
 Mary Richardson.§ 
 Adoniram Kendall.* 
 Mary Kendall.* 
 Mary Bailey. 
 
 Hugh Conger.f 
 Eliza Conger. 
 
 Laura B. Conger.* 
 Cordelia Conger* 
 Clarissa Phelps, 
 Pluma 5. M Phelps* 
 Royal A. M. Phelps 
 Patrick Dunn, 
 Charlotte Dunn,f 
 John McMullen, 
 Glarigsa Mills, 
 Lucian Mills. 
 Elizabeth Mills. 
 Hannah Adams, 
 j Elizabeth P'inch, 
 
 George Avery. 
 
 H. Troop Avery, 
 Cornelia Avery.* 
 'rhomas Kendall,§ 
 Samantha Wheeler,* 
 Mary (yonger. 
 
 Emily H. Co’ton. 
 Harriet C. Colton. 
 Sarah C. Colton. 
 Mrs. Norris,[| 
 
 Fanny Hitchcock. 
 Mary Hitchcock.* 
 Henry Hitchcock. 
 Henry Lyman. 
 Dency Root. 
 
 Sophia Lyman.! 
 Olive Dewey.§ 
 
 Wm. S. Gale. 
 Harriet Y. Gale. 
 David Griffith.* 
 Angeline B. Conger. 
 Sarah Payne. 
 
 Mary Payne. 
 Martha Hyde. 
 Phlemon Phelps.^ ’ 
 Eli Farnham. 
 Jerusha B. Farnhetqi 
 Wm. Holyoke, 
 
 Lucy Holyoke. 
 Charles W. Gilberl 
 Elixabelh Boots,| 
 
 • ! t n the end of this list of 
 
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 II. H. May, 
 
 Delia D. May, 
 
 Levi Sanderson. 
 Eliza Sanderson. 
 Agrippa S. Marlin* 
 L. K. Marlin. 
 Hannah W. Martin* 
 Flovd Buckingham. 
 Laura Buckingham, 
 .fane Buckingham. 
 Lucy C. Hamblin.* 
 Harriet C.Hamblin* 
 Maria K. Earn ham. 
 Sabrea Ann Skinner 
 Abigail Prentice. 
 Barber Allen. 
 
 Polly Allen. 
 
 John Bryant.§ 
 
 Sally West.t 
 Wm. M. Ferris. 
 James McDuff.t 
 Neziah Gilbert. 
 Lydia C. Phelps,t 
 Catharine A. Phelps 
 Hiram Marsh.^ 
 Laura S. Marsh.^ 
 
 L. Milton Marsh.* 
 Hiram S. Marsh, 
 Levi S. Stanley. 
 
 S. Charlotte Stanley 
 
 1838. 
 
 A. Z. Haynor,* 
 James Bunce. 
 Harriet Bunce. 
 Joseph Frost. 
 Martha P Frost. 
 Harvey Jerauld. 
 Wm S Farnham, 
 Henry Ferris," 
 Elizabeth Ferris, 
 Abraham Neely, 
 Charlotte Neely,t 
 
 C R Palmer, 
 
 Nanc} Palmer. 
 
 D. R. Reed. 
 
 Sarah M. Williams 
 
 1839. 
 
 Sylvanus Ferris. 
 Sebastian Adamst 
 Eunice Adams. 
 
 Sarah Hamlin. 
 
 S P Averey. 
 
 J. G. West, 
 
 Amy West. 
 
 Enos McEnlear. 
 
 G D Colion. 
 
 I. W. Colton. 
 
 C. S. Colton, 
 
 Abigail Colton, 
 
 John West, 
 
 Dwight Keit,§ 
 Samuel Hitchcock. 
 Mary Woodman. 
 Eunice Woodman. 
 Wm H. Lockwood" 
 Lucy Gridley 
 Lucinda N. Goodell 
 Julia E Sanderson, 
 Lavina Lewis,§ 
 Charles F. Martin, 
 Samuel Holyoke, 
 George Gale, 
 Gustavus Marsh, 
 George Comstocki 
 William Adams,''' 
 Elziua Daily, 
 Edward Daily, 
 Thomas F Tragle§ 
 Fidelia Fox, 
 
 Leonard Chappell 
 Fidelia West, 
 Joseph Holyoke, 
 Edward Holyoke 
 Jonathan Simmonst 
 
 Isaiah Tompkins, 
 
 S. F. Dolbear, 
 Caroline Goodell,t 
 Louisa Daily, 
 Sheldon Goddard, 
 Hannah Goddard, 
 
 F. B. Parkinson,* 
 Aaron Goddard," 
 Geo. Babcock,§ 
 Susan Powell,* 
 Esther Brown, 
 
 C. F Camp,* 
 Wealthy Camp,* 
 Franklin Tompkins* 
 Tracy J’ompkins, 
 
 1840. 
 
 Chauncey Colton, 
 Rebecca Spencer,t 
 Levi Spencer,^ 
 Minerva Spencer* 
 Martha Williams,t 
 Esther Coon ,t 
 Frederick Barilet, 
 Norman Churchill, 
 Anna Churchill, 
 Caroline Dolbear, 
 Caroline Ferris, 
 
 Ann Watson,* 
 
 A, S. Bergen,! 
 Fidelia Bergen, 
 Marcus Bolden, 
 Sarah Belden, 
 Priscill I Belden. 
 Aar( n Belden, 
 Nalhaniel Belden,* 
 Pamela Stevens.* 
 Miss Belden,* 
 
 Mary Edgerton, 
 Philena Rooks, 
 Alfred Bergen,* 
 Arrnanda Prentice, 
 Minerva Bush, 
 
 
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 Jane Bush, 
 
 \Vm H. Kipp* 
 Americus C.Higgins 
 Wm B. Hamblin, 
 James Bull, 
 
 Mary Bull, 
 
 Daniel Williams,! 
 Octavia Hamblin, 
 Deborah Conofer, 
 Luther Lyman,* 
 Henry Buckly,§ 
 William Bartlet,* 
 Sarah Adams, 
 Morris S. Wattles,* 
 Amanda Payne,* 
 Sarali Rooks, 
 Elizabeth Rooks, 
 Avorden Delong,§ 
 Marshal Delong, 
 Benj. Stanley, 
 
 John S. McClure,* 
 John Hoin, 
 
 Emily Horn, 
 
 Mary Adams, 
 
 , George Bergen, 
 Josiah Dodge,§ 
 Wealthy Gridley,§ 
 Julia Gridley,§ 
 Fidelia Gridley,! 
 Mary Jerauld, 
 Aurinda Ferris, 
 
 Joel Starboard, 
 Mathew Chambers, 
 Hannah Chambeis, 
 Cordelia Chambers* 
 Aaron Pomroy, 
 Aaron V. Penoyer,! 
 Jones Harding 
 Mary Harding,! 
 Josiah Gale, 
 
 Mary Gale, 
 
 Margaret Gale, 
 Martha Coon, 
 
 Eliza Payne, 
 Harriet Waters, 
 Edward P. Waters 
 Cephonet Tompkins 
 Ruih Tompkins, 
 Byron S West, 
 Eunice Adams, 
 Edward P. Williams 
 Elizabeth Dunn, 
 Ann Dunn, 
 
 1841. 
 
 Silas Olmstead, 
 Emily Payne,* 
 Lucretia Payne,* 
 Lewis Weeks, 
 
 Mary Weeks, 
 
 Mary Kellogg,* 
 Abigal Chandler,* 
 Julia Chandler,* 
 Eliz’th Trowbridge* 
 Eliza Pratt, 
 
 Betsey Delong, 
 Francis Leonard,* 
 Julius Delong, 
 
 Mrs. Delong, 
 
 Mr. Cairns,! 
 
 Julia Gilbert, 
 
 1842. 
 
 Joel Marlin, 
 
 Phebe Martin, 
 Catharine Martin. 
 Emily A. Churchill. 
 Elizabeth Churchill. 
 iMary Churchill, 
 
 I. W. Chandler, 
 Catharine Cairns,* 
 
 H. Gaston, 
 
 I. H. Nicholas. 
 Lester H. Fuller, 
 Harriet Fuller, 
 
 Isaac iM. Kneeland,* 
 
 Electa Kneeland,* 
 Henry Zewis,§ 
 Laura Sophia Mills! 
 Lucius Nutting, 
 Edward G. Smith, 
 Nelson Jones,* 
 
 1843. 
 
 Lucius Gary, 
 
 Louisa Gary, 
 
 Gratia Gould,! 
 
 J. Q. Adams, 
 
 Silas T. Helms, 
 
 R. Curtis Ed^erton* 
 Sanford Richardson* 
 Emily Olmstead, 
 Innes Grant, 
 
 Delia Grant, 
 
 Mary Pierce, 
 Southwick jDavis, 
 
 1844. 
 
 Elizabeth Taylor* 
 H, N. Field,* 
 Charity Ann Field,* 
 Almiron Phelps,* 
 Harriet Phelps,* 
 Geo. T. Porter, 
 Noble Marsh, 
 
 Maria Marsh, 
 
 Harly Trowbridge* 
 Edward Baker. 
 Nullivan Cone,* 
 Anna Rowe,* 
 
 J. R. Lawrence,* 
 
 1845. 
 
 Onias Skinner, 
 Tirzah Skinner, 
 Joseph E, Roy,* 
 Elizabeth ,Bunce, 
 James Perrigo, 
 Hannah Perrigo, 
 
?>usan Neal, 
 
 Nancy Barber, 
 Charlotte Bridley, 
 Ladomick Rikert. 
 Elizabeth Rikert, 
 Anna Rikert. 
 Charles D. Burnett*’ 
 Dorcas Davidson, 
 
 1846. 
 
 Roxana Bartlett, 
 Elizabeth Bartlett, 
 Rev. J. Blanchard, 
 Mary A. Blanchard. 
 George Bent, 
 
 Eliza Cole * 
 
 Foster Mitchell,"^ 
 Malissa Mitchell.* 
 Ntatira Chappell, 
 Elizabeth Parker,* 
 V. L. Lockwood, 
 James S. Davis, 
 Samuel Stevens, 
 Martha Stevens, 
 Wm. T. Bartle, 
 Zimri Pond, 
 
 Dr. Daniel Reed, 
 Cinda Reed, 
 Abigail Colton. 
 
 Ann Heath,* 
 Sandford Boon, 
 Lucretia ^oon, 
 
 Wm. Poe, 
 
 Margaret Poe, 
 
 John W. Poe, 
 Caswell T, Poe, 
 Richard C. Dunn, 
 Caroline Dunn.* 
 
 C. W. Gilbert, 
 Harriet V. Gilbert, 
 Ann Belden, 
 
 -Bcnj. Bates, 
 
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 I 1847 . 
 
 Levant Dilly, 
 
 Isaac V. Gilbert, 
 Mary E. Melendy, 
 George Npencer, 
 Isaac Simmons, 
 
 Julia Simmons, 
 Nancy Hunter.* 
 Catharine O.Beecher 
 Minervi Axtell, 
 Sylvester Axtell, 
 Elias Gilbert, 
 
 Susan Gilbert, 
 
 Sarah Gilbert, 
 
 Lucy R. Gale, 
 Justin H. Sisson, 
 Ozias J. Marsh, 
 James W. Bergen, 
 David D. Colton, 
 James Jerauld, 
 
 Ruth M. Holyoke, 
 Homer C. Allen, 
 Alonzo T. Boon, 
 Henry Hawkins, 
 Maria Worden. 
 Martha A. Brown, 
 Ann E. Harding, 
 Mary A. Harding, 
 Rebecca W. Evans, 
 James H. Noteware, 
 Sheldon W. Allen, 
 Emily Finch, 
 Clarinda Finch, 
 
 Job Farley, 
 
 Samuel Ewing 
 Prudence Ewing, 
 Edwin D. Pa?mer, 
 Charles H. Payne, 
 Stephen Martin, 
 Geo. Holyoke, 
 
 Wm. H. Chambers, 
 Carlos Havens, | 
 James T. Stewart,*' 
 
 [ Geo. Churchill, 
 Erastus S. Wilcox, 
 Maria Kellogg,* 
 Elizabeth Allison, 
 Mary E. Palmer, 
 Laura M. Ferris, 
 Lucy Holyoke, 
 Emily Bush, 
 
 Fidelia Allen, 
 
 John P. Prentice, 
 Mary 11. Wilcox, 
 Robert Bush, 
 Frederick Clyde, 
 James F. Dunn, 
 John C. Ferris, 
 Francis Colton. 
 Edward N, Payne, 
 Lucy W. Simmons, 
 Mary J. Gilbert, 
 Meribah B.Simmons 
 Marv C. Weeks, 
 Ann A. Prentice, 
 Mary Grant, 
 Charlotte M, Daily, 
 Cornelia A.Churchill 
 Francelia Daily. 
 Simeon Martin, 
 
 Ruth Axtell, 
 
 Ermina Fincli,' 
 Deborah S. Boon, ' 
 Elizabeth Adams, 
 Harriet P. Delong, 
 ParadineE. Richardf?‘ 
 Polly Davidson, 
 Orson Bartlett, 
 Alson J. Streeter,' 
 Henry C. P'oote, 
 Aaron W. Kellogg,* 
 Sarah Davidson, 
 Matilda E. Davidson 
 Josephine S. Brisbee 
 Frances ^Gary, 
 Sut^an Kellogg,* 
 
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 Frances Chappell, 
 Nathaniel Relden, 
 Susannah Belclen, 
 Harriet Stevens, 
 Sarah Belclen, 
 Milford K. Hamlin, 
 Sarah Ann Moore, 
 Dyer Ford, 
 
 Sophia Ford, 
 
 Abigail C. Hiirlbut, 
 Joseah A. Bent, 
 Wm. Burnard, 
 Cvrus Ross, 
 
 1848. 
 
 W. A. Wood, 
 
 Maria Wood, 
 Elizabeth Wood, 
 Susan VVood, 
 
 Ansel Benham, 
 Aurelia Benham, 
 Evans Jones, 
 
 Mrs. Stone, 
 
 A. H. Moore, 
 
 Daniel Belden, 
 
 Avis P. Stanley, 
 James Neeley, 
 Sabrina Neeley, 
 
 E, J, Parker, 
 
 Jacob P. Richards, 
 Rosanna Hurlbut, 
 Helen Maria Reed, 
 Ellen Burch. 
 
 Jonas S. Kuhn, 
 Alexander fcr.Gower 
 Henry F. Jerauld, 
 S.irah A. Blazer, 
 Jairus R. Preston, 
 
 M iria Neeley, 
 
 Jane Botterill, 
 
 J. W. Barbel, 
 
 Henry Groscup, 
 Mary Hammond, 
 Deborah Ann Boon, 
 Samuel L. Andrews 
 Henry K. White, 
 Eliza Williams, 
 'riieodore Hammond 
 Mary Hammond, 
 James Hammoud, 
 Susan P. Hammond 
 Edward A. Lyon. 
 Elisha Hiird, 
 
 Harriet Hurd, 
 
 Orra Hurd, 
 
 Clarrissa Hurd, 
 Elizabeth Babbitt, 
 Cornelia Babbitt, 
 
 * Dismissed by Letter. 
 
 •j- Dead. 
 
 t Excommunicated. 
 
 § II G( ne without Letter. 
 '' Suspended. 
 
 Licensed to preach. 
 
 Emily Babbitt, 
 Addison Babbitt, 
 Albert Babbitt, 
 
 Rev. Mr. Babbitt, 
 
 J. S. Mahan, 
 Frances Burr, 
 Franklin Duncan, 
 Edwin D. Babbitt, 
 N.H. Blakesly, 
 Laura Blakesly, 
 Mary L. Sanderson 
 Edwin Hurd, 
 
 David Blakesly, 
 
 P. H. Wells, 
 
 1 8 4 9 . 
 
 Warren C. Willard, 
 Caroline Willard, 
 Isaac Delano, 
 
 Alice Delano, 
 
 James Delano, 
 
 Mary S Delano, 
 Ann Delano, 
 Caroline L. Gaston, 
 Laura S. Lee, 
 Rebecca Hammond, 
 Everett B. Hurlbut 
 Warren S. Hurlbut, 
 Henry M. Hurlbut, 
 Paulina Barber. 
 
OF THE 
 
 In the prosecution of the ‘‘ plan for establishing 
 Literary Institutions in the west,” a purchase of 
 land was made, where Galeshuig no^sv stands, by a 
 committee sent out for that purpose, in Oct. 1845. 
 It was undertaken by ministers, elders and mem¬ 
 bers of the Presbyterian church, chiefly in Central 
 and Western New York. A few bietbren of the 
 Congregational churches, were among the number. 
 In all, there w^ere about 30 families. By some, it 
 was thought best to form a church of the proposed 
 emigrants, and select a pastor before leaving xYew 
 Y^ork. It was, however, on further consideration, 
 thought best to omit it, until they should arrive at 
 their new homes in the west. It was well that this 
 prevailed, as a considerable number of the families 
 found themselves unable to remove. Others, how'- 
 ever, the following year, who had heard of the de¬ 
 sign, and purchase of land, or who were in the State 
 looking for a place of settlement, more than made 
 the original number good ; so that in the fall of ’36 
 nearly 40 families had arrived at Henderson Grove, 
 in the vicinity of the purchase, where they hired, 
 or erected temporary dwellings. In iMay preced¬ 
 ing this, Rew G. W. Gale, and Mr. J. McMullen 
 -arrived at Henderson Grove, where thev found Mr. 
 
Abel Goodellj and H. Ferris, who had been some¬ 
 time in the county, awaiting the arrival of the set¬ 
 tlers. In a few weeks after, Mr. Nehemiah West 
 and several others, arrived with their families. 
 
 From this time, public worship was regularly 
 maintained in the settlement, first in private houses 
 and afterwards in the school house,which was built 
 the succeeding fall. While Mr. Gale was gone for 
 his family, and until his return in Oct., sermons 
 were read on the Sabbath,except in a few instan¬ 
 ces ; when they were favored with preaching by 
 neighboring minsters. 
 
 Late in the summer, about 36 more of the set¬ 
 tlers, old and young, arrived in a canal boat at a 
 near point on the Illinois river; but all sick, in con¬ 
 sequence of their long passage in the heat of sum¬ 
 mer. The principal brethren who guided this en¬ 
 terprise, viz:—Col. Isaac Mills, Luther Lyman, Sc 
 John C. Smith, were just permitted to look upon 
 the land of their hopes, and admire its beauty, then 
 closed their eyes upon it forever. They all died, 
 soon after their arrival, and went, as we trust, to 
 the better country—that is, the heavenly. The 
 two former, were ruling elders in the churches 
 where they lived,—men of deep piety, who left 
 their homes in the East, with the hope of effecting 
 more good to the cause of Christ, in the great val¬ 
 ley of the West. Mr- .1. C. Smith, who planned 
 the enterprise of removing by water,and Col. Mills, 
 were with others, trustees of the projected institu¬ 
 tions. Mysterious Providence ! How inscrutable 
 are the ways of God! and yet how wise and good! 
 What is now dark, eternity will illumine. 
 
 Mr. N. H. Losev, now Professor in the College, 
 
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 came on in the summer, and made a survey of the 
 town, according to the plan previously formed by 
 the Trustees, in New York. In the fall of the 
 same year, he returned with his family from Mich¬ 
 igan, where they had been left, and early in the 
 winter, opened the school in which both classical 
 and common branches were taught. In that win¬ 
 ter the Rev. J. S. Avery came to visit his friends 
 at their new home. He remained for some weeks, 
 and aided the officiating pastor, both on the Sab¬ 
 bath and at other times. The labors were blessed. 
 God was pleasdd to pour out his Spirit upon the in¬ 
 fant settlement, and a considerable number, chiefly 
 youth, were the hopeful subjects of renewing grace. 
 There was but little room for the conversion of 
 others, as nearly all the heads of families were pro 
 fessors, and maintained the worship of God in their 
 houses. The Rev. John Waters arrived in the 
 winter with his family, having been detained by the 
 illness of his daughter, east of the Illinois river.— 
 Mr. Waters was one of those who joined the en¬ 
 terprise, at an early period, and who, though ad¬ 
 vanced in years, did not hesitate to encounter the 
 trials and privations ii separable from such an un¬ 
 dertaking, to aid such an object. His assistance 
 in the settlement, was timely and acceptable. 
 
 Measures were soon taken to form a church.— 
 After a series of interesting meetings preparatory, 
 (in which the Rev. Mr. iVoel, of Knoxville, who 
 had been appointed by the Presbytery of Schuyler, 
 to aid in the formation of the church, gave his as¬ 
 sistance,) it was organized at Plenderson Grove by 
 Rev. John Waters and Geo. W. Gale, then mem¬ 
 bers of the Oneida Presbytery, N. Y., Feb. 25, ’37 
 
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 The Articles of Faith now iised^ by the church w^as 
 adopted, and 82 persons united;—18 on confess¬ 
 ion, chiefly the fruits of the revival above mention¬ 
 ed, and the rest by letter from Fresbyterian and 
 Congregational churches at the east. In April fol¬ 
 lowing, officers were chosen; viz—Nehemiah West 
 Nehemlah H. Losey, and John Kendall, elders;— 
 Thomas Simmons and Abel Goodeil, Deacons, and 
 set apart to their respective offices. Elder John 
 Kendall, being appointed to attend the meeting of 
 Presbytery, in the same month, witli the Rev. G. 
 VV. Gale, the church was taken under he care 
 of the Presbytery of Schuyler,§ by request. During 
 the summer of 1837, a part of the settlers having 
 built houses at the town, and on the Prairie, public 
 worship was held alternately at the grove and the 
 town, in a building hired for the purpose. Most of 
 the families having left the grove before the follow¬ 
 ing winter, it was held constantly in the town, in 
 the place before mentioned. The Academy having 
 been erected early in the winter of 1838, worship 
 was then held there, until the present church was 
 built. To th^ early settlers, the place where the 
 worship of God was first established—the Spirit 
 poured out, and the churcli formed,—will ever be 
 associated with many and deeply interesting recol¬ 
 lections. In the beginning of the year 1839, new 
 resolutions were formed, and efforts were put forth 
 by the pastor and the church for the revival of 
 God’s work. The church was visited by the pas- 
 
 *The same as were used in the Presbytery of Oneida, N. Y. 
 
 §This Presbytery then extended over the Military Tracr, and consisted 
 of 12 or 14 ministers. It was afterwards separated into branches, called 
 Old and New School; and subsequently divided into Knox and Schuyler. 
 
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 tor and the elders—meetings were soon increased, 
 and continued to increase in numbers, frequency 
 and solemnity, and a few were cherishing a hope of 
 eternal life, and others inquiring;—when the pas¬ 
 tor, feeling the need of assistance, the Rev. Hora¬ 
 tio Foote, formerly an evangelist in New York,and 
 known 1o many of the settlers, was invited to come 
 down from Rock River, v/here he was then resid¬ 
 ing. His labors w^ere timely and efficient—the spir¬ 
 it was pouied out, and a large number, for the pop¬ 
 ulation, were the hopeful subjects of saving grace. 
 
 From the commencement of public worship in 
 the settlement, April, 1839, nearly 3 years, the 
 Rev. G. W. Gale officiated as pasU r—aided oc¬ 
 casionally by others, and especially, by the Rev. 
 J. Waters. During that time, in addition to those 
 who first joined the church,!07 wmre added—mak¬ 
 ing in all, 189. Of these, 66 united on confession, 
 the rest by letter; 6 were dismissed to other 
 churches, 1 excommunicated, 2 suspended, and 1 
 died —22 children baptized. Four more elders 
 were added also, in Jar. 1839, viz : William Hol¬ 
 yoke, and Hiram Marsh, Agrippa S. Martin, and 
 Levi Stanley. 
 
 In the spring of 1839, Mr. Gale left home to at¬ 
 tend the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ch., 
 in Philadelphia, and spent some time at the East, 
 and the Rev. Mr. Foote w^as invited to remove 
 from his residence, aud labor with them one year. 
 He arrived in June, and left about the same time 
 the following year.^* In that time, 16 w ere added to 
 
 * Mr. Foote labored frequently and successfully in other places, during 
 that time, as an Evangelist. 
 
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 the churcli^—6 on confession,and the rest by letter 
 —113 dismission, and but o-ne death; viz: the wife 
 of the Rev. Mr. Gale. At the close of Mr. Foote’s 
 labors, the Rev. Mr. Gale resumed the pastoral du¬ 
 ties, by request of the congregation, for one year. 
 In the latter part of the summer (1840,) it pleased 
 God to grant the church a powerful revival of his 
 work, it commenced in the Academy then taught 
 by Hiram Marsh, an elder of the church, and Levi 
 Spencer, an assistant,—both subsequently licensed 
 to preach the gospel, by Knox Presbytery, and 
 both much blessed as laborers, in this part of the 
 Lord’s vineyard. From the academy, it spread 
 through the congregation, and but few of the adult 
 population were left, who did not cherish a hope in 
 Christ. Many youth of the Sabbath School were 
 the hopeful subjects. Like the vegetation of the 
 reed, vvdiere the rock was near the surface, some 
 endured for a time only; yet there were not with¬ 
 standing,rich & permanent fruits of the Spirit’s op¬ 
 eration. Within this time, 58 were added to the 
 church; all but 13 of these on confession. 11 were 
 dismissed, 1 suspended, and 1 died—17 children 
 were baptised. In the summer of 1841, the Rev. 
 H. H. Kellogg arrived to take the Presidency of 
 the College, to which he had been chosen. In the 
 incipicncy of the CollegCj the duties of teaching be¬ 
 ing performed by the professors, he was unani¬ 
 mously invited to supply the pulpit, and perform 
 other pastoral duties, calling to his aid other resi¬ 
 dent ministers, as he might find it necessary. His 
 labors in the church continued a little more than a 
 year, when he was succeeded by Mr. Gale, who 
 supplied the desk till July 1843, when he left to 
 
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 prosecute an agency for the College, in the eastern 
 states. Mr. Kellogg had left for Europe early in 
 the preceding spring. Within these two years in 
 which the pulpit was supplied by Mr. Kellogg and 
 Mr. Gale, 36 were added to the church—all but 6 
 by letter, and those chiefly members of the College. 
 18 were dismissed, 5 suspended, 5 died, and 25 
 infants were baptised. Four more elders, and two 
 deacons were added to the church—elders Nor¬ 
 man Churchill, Eli Farnham, John McMullen, and 
 Abraham Bergen. Deacons, Samuel Tompkins, 
 and Ahraham Neeley. The remaining part of the 
 summer, and in the fall, the })ulpit was supplied 
 chiefly by Mr. Marsh, a licentiate of Knox Presby¬ 
 tery, and Rev. J. Waters. Mr. Hollister, a Con¬ 
 gregational minister, residing in a neighboring tov»m 
 was empioyed during the winter. Early in the 
 succeeding summer, the Rev. Lucius H. Parker, a 
 Congregational minister from tlie East ,arrived with 
 his family, and was employed for one year, and 
 again employed lill late in the fall of 1845. Dur¬ 
 ing this period, viz : from July 1843, to the close 
 ol'the year 1845, 34 persons were added; all but 7 
 by letter. 29 were dismissed, 1 suspended, 5 died, 
 and 24 infants were baptised. In the summer of 
 1845, dissatisfaction arose among some, part of the 
 church in relation to the governmont—^^a portion of 
 them being, by education and preference, congre- 
 gationalists. The discussion resulted in tlic modi¬ 
 fication of the government, called a compro^nise the 
 substance of which, is as follows :— 
 
 1. All the members may have a voice in the re¬ 
 ception of candidates into the church. 
 
 2. The eldership shall be rotary each.iiohliiig^, 
 
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 his office in the church, for 3 years; when he may 
 be re-elected, or some one else chosen in his stead 
 The Deacons, subject to the same rule. 
 
 3. Any member, when cited lor trial, may, if he 
 chooses, be tried by the adult members of the ch. 
 instead of the session; but in such cases, he can 
 have no right of appeal to Presbytery. 
 
 4. The Ch. may choose delfgates to the Ass’n. 
 
 Few discussions of this nature could be conduct¬ 
 ed with more mrderation than this, or terminate 
 more happily; and well it might. While the com¬ 
 promise secures to the portion of the church, w’ho 
 desired a change, all the privileges they could rea¬ 
 sonably ask, it leaves the rights and privileges of 
 the others, unimpaired. It had ahvays been cus¬ 
 tomary to examine persons applying for admission, 
 in the presence of the church, and for them by vote 
 to express their satisfaction with the candidate; and 
 in many Presbyterian churches, candidates are 
 propounded for admission, that objections may be 
 made, if there be any, to their reception. Rotation, 
 in the eldership, is practiced in many Presbyterian 
 churches. The office is not temporary, but simply 
 the exercise of it in that church. The person, if 
 re-elected in the same, or chosen by any other ch. 
 is not re-ordained. The Association, being a body 
 without any judicial powmrs, then^ could be no ob- 
 
 -jection to the deputing of some one by the brethren, 
 to meet with them, for counsel and correspondence. 
 Such wms the expedient adopted to preserve the 
 unity of the church. The time may come w^hen 
 numbers and other considerations, may juslif}^ a 
 separation, but that time has not yet arrived. 
 
 To carry out this comprontise, it was thought 
 
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 best that a new election of officers should be made, 
 when all the former officers, with few exceptions, 
 were chosen again. This w^as a high commenda¬ 
 tion of those officers,and evidence of the confidence 
 which the church entertained in their ability to ful¬ 
 fil the duties of their respective stations. 
 
 The Rev. H. H. Kellogg, having resigned the 
 Presidency of the College, was unanimously chosen 
 to supply the pulpit; and begun his labors early in 
 Jan. 1846. Soon after, he received a call to settle 
 as pastor of the church ; and was installed by Knox 
 Presbytery, Feb. 3, ensuing, d'he Rev. Jonathan 
 Blanchard, who had just arrived to fill the Presi¬ 
 dential chair, vacated by Mr. Kellogg, preached the 
 sermon—Rev. S. S. Miles delivered the charge to 
 the people,—Rev. S. G. Wright, to the pastor.— 
 Other parts of the service were performed by other 
 members of Presbytery, as usual in such cases. It 
 was a season of deep interest to the church, and to 
 all who witnessed it—being the first and only ordi¬ 
 nation of a pastor over this church, and the only 
 one ever witnessed by many of the youthful portion 
 of the congregation. In the winter of 1846-7, it 
 pleased God to pour out his Spirit in an unusual 
 measure upon the church. Meetings for prayer 
 were held every day, and for preaching and meet¬ 
 ings of inquiiy, every evening, for several weeks.— 
 In these labors, the pastor was aided by Rev. Levi 
 Spencer, President Blanchard and others. Many 
 were the hopeful subjects of grace, from the man of 
 grey hairs, to the child of the Sabbath School.— 
 Controversies and suits at law, which in some in¬ 
 stances, existed, (as is too often the case, when piety 
 declines.) w’ere arnicablv settled and removed from 
 
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 court-““reconciliations effected, where alienation 
 between members existed—mutual confessions 
 were made—and peace and love made to reign 
 through the church, and the community. Such 
 are the happy fruits of the gospel,when through the 
 spirit, it is made the power of God unto salvation; 
 and such, through grace, will be its effect, over all 
 the world, and among all people. The wolf shall 
 dwell with the Lamb—the leopard lie down with 
 the kid—the calf and the young lion, and the falling 
 together ; and a little child shall lead them.’ In 
 May 18t7, Mr. Kellogg informed the church that 
 his health would not permit him to continue their 
 pastor, and requested them to unite with him in a 
 petition to Presbytery, to dissolve the pastoral re¬ 
 lation. The church, in view of Mr. Kellogg’s ill¬ 
 ness. concurred in the request, and appointed a 
 Com.to draft a resolution in relation to the circum¬ 
 stances, and expressive of their regret. A special 
 meeting of Pies, was called, agreeably to the joint 
 request of Mr. Kellogg, and the congregation, and 
 the pastoral relation dissolved, June 23, 1817. Rev 
 G. W. Gale was appointed to preach on the oc¬ 
 casion, and declare the pulpit vacant. During the 
 pasturate of Mr. Kellogg, 78 were added to the 
 ch.—19 on profession, and the rest by letter. 9 
 were dismissed, 6 died, and 16 infants baptised.— 
 Among the deaths, was that of Nehemiah West, 
 an elder of the church from its beginning; a Trus¬ 
 tee of the College, & one of the most active & early 
 friends of the settlement and Institution. He died 
 Feb. 1817. Within this time, a new and spacious 
 
 * Pres, Blanchard was very active and auceessful in this matter. 
 
Cli. edifice was erected; to the building of which^ 
 no one contributed more, either in counsel or pe¬ 
 cuniary means, than Mr. Kellogg. Altho’ not fin¬ 
 ished, it was opened for worship, during the warm 
 season in 1846. The first sermon was delivered in 
 it on the 21st of June, by Rev. G. W. Gale, from 
 Ps. 127 : I. After the dismission of Mr. Kellogg, 
 who left soon after, and returned to his former res¬ 
 idence in the state of N. Y., Rev. J. Blanchard 
 was invited to supply the pulpit, and as far as his 
 labors in the College would allow", perform parochi¬ 
 al duties. These labors, except when absent, on 
 business for the College, he has continued to per¬ 
 form to this time. In the winter of ’47-8, a series 
 of meetings were daily held for several weeks by 
 Pres. Blanchard. These efforts were greatly bless¬ 
 ed. A considerable number, principally youth be¬ 
 longing to the College and academy, were the hope¬ 
 ful subjects of conversion. Early in the year ’48, 
 the ch. w^as completed, and dedicated to the wor¬ 
 ship of God; on which occasion, a thousand or 
 more people were assembled. It was a season 
 of great interest. The dedicatory sermon was 
 pleached by Pres. Blanchard. 
 
 From the foregoing statements, it appears that 
 540 persons have been received into the ch , up to 
 this time—239 on confession, mostly the subjects 
 of Divine grace, in the repeated seasons of spiritual 
 refreshing, with which God has been pleased to 
 bless the ch., and 301, by letter. 
 
 . It is proper to add that prayer meetings, concerts 
 ^lind contributions for the various benevolent enter¬ 
 
 prises of the day, have been regularly attended to 
 by the Church. 
 
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 It may be proper to add that the prosperity of 
 the College has advanced with equal step. The 
 Academic Department ^vas opened in Dec. ’38, & 
 up to Juh^ ’48, 736 different pupils had been con¬ 
 nected with it, and 94 with the College, which com¬ 
 menced operations a few years later. The Cata¬ 
 logue for the present year, soon to he issued, will 
 show a large increase,—probably 300 or more, in 
 the Academy, and about 50 in the College. A large 
 portion of these were either pious w’hen they came 
 to the Institution,or became so after entering them. 
 Many of them have been employed over the sur¬ 
 rounding country in teaching. 
 
 To the originators especially, of this enterprise, 
 which was commenced and has been prosecuted 
 with prayer and reliance upon the Divine blessing, 
 for success, the retrospect in this sketch w'ill be full 
 of interest. It cannot fail to awaken in them tho’ts 
 both pleasing and painful—pleasing in view of what 
 God hath done through them, and painful at the 
 recollection of their owm unworthiness, to be made 
 the instruments of so much good. 
 
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