Manual of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah

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HISTOBtCAL SKETCH: CHUECH RULES: FORMS OF ORGANIZATIOX AND OF WORSHIP: LIST OF MEMBERS.
SAVANNAH, GA.:
TBK MORNING NKW3 PBIKT, 1890.

OFFICERS END COMMITTEES.

R K ?. I. S. K. AIS 0 S, D. D, Pastor Emeritus*.

BET. J. IRED'K IWPfS, D. D, Pastor.

ELDEES.

CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD,

WM. M. WAKELEE,

JOSEPH CLAY,

RANDOLPH AXSON, D. R. THOMAS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

GEORGE J. MILLS, Chairman.

GEORGE C. FREEMAN,

C. M. GILBERT,

J. C. ROWI/AND,

W. W. MACKALL.

BUILDING COMMITTEE.

JOHN L. HARDEE, JOHN I. STODDARD, J. RANDOLPH AXDERSON,

MALCOLM MACLEAN, J. M. BARNARD, GEORGE J. MILLS,

D. R. THOMAS,

W. W. MACKALL.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEAXS.

GEORGE J. MILLS,

-C. Gf. AJTDERSON.

CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD, M. Y. HENDERSOX,

A. R. LAWTON, JR., C. M. GILBERT,

GEORGE C. FREEMAN,

JAMES L. RANEGTN,

DANIEL HOPPS,

C. R. WOODS,

HORACE A. CRANE.

CHURCH CALENDAR FOR 1890.
SUNDAY SERVICES.............................i i A. M. and 8 P. M. SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICE.........Sunday Afternoon (as below). LECTURE AND PRAYER MEETING......Thursday Afternoon.
The hours for Afternoon Services are as follows: 4:30 P. M. in February and March. 5:00 P. M. in April and May. 5:30 P. M. in June, July, and August 5:00. P. M. in September; 4:30 P. M. in October. 4:00 P. M. in November, December, and January.
COMMUNION DAY on the Second Sunday of March, June, October and December.
BAPTISM OF INFANTS, at the Sunday Morning Service, one week after each Communion Day.
SESSION MEETING for reception of members and other business, on the First Thursday of each month, after the Prayer Meeting.

HISTORICAL SKETCH.
THE INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHUBCH OF SA VANNAH completed its twenty-first year during the "Colonial Period" of Georgian history; and for seventy-two years it stood as the only Presby terian Church of any kind in this city. Not merely as being thus the oldest Presbyterian Church here, but as closely knit by repeated acts of mut ual kindness with Churches of other denomina tions, through a hundred and thirty-five years, its history is intertwined with the whole course of re ligious life in Savannah, Of such a history, begin ning as it does with the first generation of the city's life, it will be possible to note only the more promi nent facts in this brief sketch. A more detailed ac count, with copies of original authorities in full, will be found in the Church History, prepared by Mr. John I. Stoddard, and published in 1882; wherein it is fully shown that the Church was in its origin Presbyterian,- and Independent Presbyterian, and that it has continued so to be, without interruption, to the present day. The earliest written document which survives on the record is the copy of a " grant of land " from King George II., dated Jan. 16,1756, and registered in the archives of Georgia. The date of this grant shows that the Church must have had

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an organized existence at least as early as the year 1755, and the document itself certifies that those who had organized it and had applied for the grant were " professors of the Doctrines of the Church of Scotland, agreeable to the Westminster Confession of Faith." Among the outward signs of this Scot tish ancestry, which still remain, are the Geneva gown, used by the pastors, and the long table spread
in the aisles for the use of communicants at the Lord's Supper.
There were obvious reasons for the fact that these Scotch Presbyterians made iheir new organization an " Independent Presbyterian " Church, in the practi cal necessities of the case. The geographical posi tion of Savannah was such as to prevent any ade quate intercourse with the parent Church in Scot land, in those days of slow and irregular communica tion. Moreover, there was no Presbytery in exist ence, within the limits of Georgia itself, and any con nection with a Presbytery in some other province would have been merely nominal, even if such a con nection had been sought. This Presbyterian Church was by no means the only one which was at that time "Independent Presbyterian" in name or in fact; nor is it the only one which continued this par ticular form of Presbyterianism from choice, even when it could no longer be regarded as a matter of necessity. A prominent instance within this neigh borhood was that of the Scotch Church in Charleston, which continued to be an Independent Presbyterian Church for more than one hundred and fifty years after its organization in 1731; and which, on con-

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necting itself with a Presbytery in 1882, was given the title of " First Presbyterian Church in Charles ton," in recognition of the fact that it had not ceased to be Presbyterian by continuing for a century and a half to be Independent Presbyterian. Similar or ganizations are stDl to be found in other cities also.
In the case of onr own Church, this particular form of Presbyterianism, which was adopted at its origin, has been continued through each successive generation without interruption to the present day. The circumstances have been such that this peculiar ity of organization has been for the welfare of the Church itself; and such an instance is not without benefit to Presbyterianism at large, by showing that it is a system of organization which can be applied with success, not only to a wide-reaching denomina tion, but also to a single congregation, unconnected with any other by official ties.
The first House of Worship used by this Inde pendent Presbyterian Church of Savannah was a brick building, erected on the "Lot K.," mentioned in the grant of 1756, which is described, according to the present names of the streets, as between Bryan and fct. Julian streets, facing west on Market square and extending east to Whitaker street.
The first settled pastor was the Rev. John Joa chim Zubly, D. D., whose learning, ability and force of Christian character did so much to shape for good .the course of church life in the young organization. His influence was the more marked, as he was called to the pastorate in April, 1758, and assumed full charge in 1760, continuing until 1778. This period of

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eighteen or twenty years, at the very ontstart of the new enterprise, has left its impress upon the entire succeeding history of the Church. Dr. Zubly was born at St. Gall, Switzerland, August 27, 1724, was ordained in London August 19.1744, and came immediately to take charge of churches in the vicin ity of this city. He was thus known to the commu nity here most favorably for at least thirty-eight years before his final departure from Savannah. His choice to act as representing jGeorgia in the Conti nental Congress of 1775 and 1776, is but one further indication of the widely felt atd strong impression made by him in those early days.
After Dr. Zubly, followed the Rev. Messrs. Phillips (1778 to 1790), Johnston (1790 to 1793), McCall (1794 to 1796), Monttith (1797 to 1799), Smith (1800 to 1803) and Clarkson (1803 to 1806). The first church edifice was burned in 1796, and the frame building which replaced it was finished in 1800, be ing erected on "Lot Q" on St. James square, between York and President streets, just opposite the present Trinity Methodist Church, to the eastward. Sundayschool work is traced back as far as the year 1804, though no separate building was as yet provided for it.
The next period of marked advance began with the pastorate of the Rev. Henry Kollock, D. D., in 1806. The building on Wrighi square, known at the time of its removal in 1889 as occupied by the Kollock family, was purchased in 1815 for a parsonage at a cost of $8,000. But the chief outward memorial of the advance made by the

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Church under Dr. Kollock's pastorate was the erection (1817-1819) of the granite building which for seventy years thereafter was such a prominent feature in Savannah. It speaks much for pastor and people, and for iheir standing with the com munity at large, that in a city which is said to have numbered only about 10,000 inhabitants such a building should have been erected. Its cost, exclu sive of the five lots, was over $96,000, and though its seating capacity was such as to accommodate 1,350 persons, it is described as none too large for the con gregation which used it. The middle aisle was eleven feet wide, and the side aisles four and a half feet each, the main building being eighty by a hun dred feet, and the steeple 223 feet high. The records of the time show many indications of the interest felt in the new structure, such as the attendance of the President of the United States with his suite, and other prominent personages, at the dedication services. The stately simplicity of the building, with its singularly successful adaptation to the climate and environment, made it at once the most striking feature in the architectural outline of the city, even to the casual passer-by; and it had much to the eye of a permanent worshipper which served to awaken that marked attachment to it which entered into the very heart of the people. In the stone tablet over the main entrance the building was declared to be "sacred to Divine worship," and Dr. Kollock's dedication sermon fittingly emphasized the fact that it was solely for spiritual uset. lu fact, this outward home was but in keeping with the en-

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larged and striking development of the Church fam ily which occupied it. It was not only the Church of Stone, but first and most of all the Church Spir itual, which was built up during the pastorate of Dr. Kolloek.
His death came only seven months after this ded ication service, and the whole city united to do honor to his memory. He was born in 1778, the year when Dr. Zubly's pastorate ended ; was or dained hi 1800, and given the degree of D. D. at Princeton in 1806, when, at the age of twenty-eight, he began pastoral work here in Savannah. At one time it was his desire to have the Church connect itself with the Presbytery, of which he himself had
become a member. So strong was the disinclination of the people toward such a connection, however, that Dr. John Cumming was sent to the Presbytery with Dr. Kolloek expressly in order to make it known that Dr. Kollock's membership with that body was confined to himself personally, and did not in any way alter the continued independence of the Church. (See documents quoted in Mr. Stoddard's History, etc.)
After Dr. Kollock's death, the pulpit was supplied for brief terms by several ministers in succession, and then the Eev. Samuel D. Howe, D. D., of New Brunswick, held the pastoral charge from 1823 to 1827.
It was during these years (1820 to 1827) that Lowell Mason, the well-known composer, acted as organ ist for this Church. One pleasant reminiscence of his stay is connected with his composition at that

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time of the tone which has ever since been so gen erally used for Heber's missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains." This tone was first song at a missionary meeting in this Church, Mr. Mason acted as Superintendent of the Sundayschool from 1815 to 1827, and this continued through that period to be the only Sunday-school in Savannah. Its sessions were held in the Chatham Academy, and the Sunday-school building was not erected for some years after this.
This year, 1827, which closed the pastorate of Dr. Howe, also witnessed the formation of the next Pres byterian Church in Savannah, namely, that which took the name "First Presbyterian Church," on ac count of its being the first organized in connection with Presbytery. Mr. Lowell Mason and other mem bers of the Independent Presbyterian Church who preferred to be under the jurisdiction of the General Assembly, were the founders of the new enterprise. According to the official records of the Presby tery, the First Church was organized at a spec ial meeting held in Savannah June 6, 1827. The result has proved that there is abundant room for both, and the two Churches have been helpers, one of the other, in many good works. Indeed, it might seem strange that no such step was taken still ear lier, and that the Independent Presbyterian Cnurch should have stood'thus alone for seventy-two years before any other Presbyterian Church was formed in Savannah. It is a fact which we may warrantably interpret as no small tribute to the fidelity and effi ciency of those who composed its membership in

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that earlier period of which we have jast been speak ing. This earlier period may be considered as clos ing with the three years (1828-1831) immediately following the event just narrated, years during which the Church was in charge of the Bev. Daniel Baker, D. D., then of Washington, D. C. Ninety-eight members were added to the Church under his care in 1831, but he felt himself called elsewhere, and his work here was terminated in that year.
With the same year, 1831, begins the later period of the Church history; marked by the long-continued successive pastorates of the Rev. Dr. Willard Pres ton (1831 to 1856) and the Eev. Dr. I. S. K. Axson (1857+). In 1833 a Sunday-school building was erected on the lot to the south of the church across the lane; and just before Dr. Preston's death the present parsonage was erected, though he did not live to occupy it. The lot on which the parsonage was built is at the rear of the church, on South Broad street, corner of Whitaker, and measures sixty by ninety feet. The house itself cost over $17,500. Dr. Preston's death occurred, as has just been mentioned, before the building was entirely finished, in April, 1856. A tablet was erected to his memory in the church, and a monument placed over his re mains in the cemetery; the grateful affection with which he was regarded being also shown by the pay ment of an annuity to his widow until her death, twelve years later.
Dr. Axson was called to pastoral charge in 1857, o that there was but brief interval between these two pastorates, which, in succession, have carried

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the Church over a period of more than a half century. This feature of permanence, so much de sired and appreciated by the Church, is, in the case of Dr. Axson, the more remarkable, from tbe fact that he began work in such a condition of ill-health as to make it seem probable to him that his stay here could hardly be more than a brief one. It has continued, however, by God's blessing and to the great satis faction of this people, for more than thirty-two years.
In 1869 the Eev. N. P. Qnarterman was called as Assistant Pastor, partly for the relief of Dr. Axson in the genera] work of the Church, but especially for the care of its mission work on Anderson street.
For some time previous to this, prayer-meetings had been held in that vicinity by the young people of the Church, and a Sunday-school formed. One of the church members, Mrs. Mary Frew, presented a lot as the site for a chapel, and the Church ac cordingly erected the building which is now in use. It was completed and occupied in 1869. Mr. Qnar terman remained for the four years until 1873. In 1874 the Kev. E. C. Gordon was called as Junior Pastor, which .position he occupied until the fall of 1880. His place was then filled by the Eev. Eobert P. Kerr. Upon Mr. Kerr's departure, in 1882, it was resolved to remit to the Anderson Street congrega tion tbe choice of its own pastor. In November, 1886, an arrangement was made whereby a Bench of Elders was elected by that congregation, to whom this Chorch remitted the affairs pertaining to that part of the field. The minutes of the Anderson Street Ses sion are submitted for approval to the Session of this

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Church, and this Church still continues to supply a large part of the funds for the work and of the help ers in carrying it on. There is, however, an increase in the proportion which that congregation is able to assume for itself, and the Mother Church regards with satisfaction the promising outlook before this, the youngest Presbyterian Church in Savannah.
Another interesting feature in the Church life of the present is the administration of the "Telfair Fund." This comes from the bequest of Miss Mary Telfair, a member of the Church, who, at her death in 1875, left to it the building on the southwest corner of Bull and Broughton streets, in order that the funds arising from its possession might be of service to the Church itself, and also that it might be onabled to enlarge its benevolent distributions by giving 1,000 yearly for the relief of feeble" Churches in Georgia. Miss Telfair's will was disputed before the Courts for several years, but was eventually sustained, and this Church, to which she was so devotedly attached, has since then enjoyed the privilege of rendering larger help to the cause of Christ, as represented in the needy fields of work under care of the Presby terian Assembly in this State.
During the eight years through which the will was tinder consideration by the Courts, the interest had accumulated to such an extent that, when it was paid over to the Church, that 'part of it which was availa ble for parish purposes was laid aside and used toward the erection of a new Sunday-school build ing, on the site occupied since 1833 by the former structure.

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With the close of 1885, Dr. Axson remitted the full discharge of the active duties of the pastorate on ac count of advancing age. The church, however, arranged that he should continue as Pastor Emeri tus, and provided an annuity sufficient to insure his maintenance in easy and honorable circumstances through the remainder of his life. Such deeds speak louder than words of the work he has done and the place he holds in the midst of this community.
In November, 188l>, the Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, D. D., began his term of service with the Church and continued through the year 1887. Through the latter part of 1888 the pulpit was sup plied by the Rev. Alien F. DeCamp. The system of rotary eldership was adopted by the church during this period, and various other provisions were adopted concerning details of church life and work, which will be found in the Rules, etc., contained in this pamphlet. The first election of elders to serve for a limited term was held on February 19,1888.
The pulpit becoming vacant with the beginning of 1889, a call was given to the Rev. J. Frederick Dripps, D. D., of Philadelphia, on the 24th of Febru ary. Having accepted this call, he entered upon the discharge of his duties on Sunday, March 31; but before the next Sunday had arrived there came an occurrence -which may best be described in the lan guage of the following extract from the records of the Session, prepared by its clerk and signed by all its members:
" On the evening of Saturday, April 6,1889, a heavy calamity was sent upon this Church and coDgrega-

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tion. At about 7 o'clock p. m. a fire broke out in a large dry-goods store on the southeast corner of Bronghton and Barnard streets. It soon gained tierce headway, fanned by a northwest wind that was almost a gale, and a shower of sparks, cinders, and burning coals were scattered over a vast area of the city to the southward and eastward of the building in which the fire originated, the result being a great conflagration. Some of these combustibles lodged upon the projections of the church steeple and set it on fire at a point above the reach of all efforts to ex tinguish it, and in a little while the whole steeple was in a blaze. The fire spread to the main body of the church, entirely destroying it. and now of the stately temple in which our fathers worshipped, and in which, for seventy years, the Word of God was faithfully preached to a waiting people, there remains but the ruined walls.
" But disaster did not end here. The commodious Lecture-room and Sunday-school building, erected but five years since on the lot just south of the church, also caught fire and became a total wreck. At one time it was feared that the parsonage would likewise be destroyed it was in great danger; but willing hands labored to save it, and by the help of God their labors were successful.
" Thus, in a few short moments, this people, as a congregation, was made homeless. But in the very hour of our great depression came signal and cheer ing proof of the unity of God's people and the com mon brotherhood of all who profess the name of Christ. While the ruins of our church were yet

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smoking, a deputation from Christ Church was at hand to press upon us the use of their venerable building, and on the following day similar offers were received from the First Presbyterian Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, the Baptist Church, Trinity Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, and the Anderson Street Church.
" On Monday, April 8, Session met with the Board of Trustees and some members of the Church to dis cuss the situation, and it was formally
"Resolved, That it is our desire and intention to re build the church.
" On the Thursday night following, a meeting of the members and pewholders confirmed this action by a unanimous vote.
"And now, that those who come after us may see that God's promises are true, and that He comforts and sustains His people in every trial, we, as a Seshicn, wish to put upon record here our unwavering belief that this dispensation of His Providence is for our spiritual good, and for the upbuilding of His king dom. Humbly bowing to our Father's will, and ask ing His guidance, we pledge our time, our means, and our most earnest effort to the work of once more rearing upon its old foundations this temple to the living God. Amen."
To this it may be added that the spirit which it expresses has, by God's blessing, animated the whole Church.
After holding services in Christ Church on the day succeeding the fire, and in the First Presbyterian Church on the following Sunday, the Church ac-

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cepted a cordial invitation to make perma nent use of the new Sunday-school building of the Trinity M. E. Church. This provided a room seating five hundred persons, most comfortably fur nished, and used by Trinity Church for Sunday-school purposes only. The room was offered for our Sun day-school use also, but the Session judged it inad visable to interfere thus with the regular services of the Trinity school. Until the removal of our Sun day-school to Armory Hall it was enabled, through the courtesy of those in charge, to make use of Hun ter Hall, in Chatham Academy, while the Infant School was provided with accommodation in the home of Mrs. Lathrop, No. 145 South Broad street.
On the Thursday after the fire, meetings were held afternoon and evening in the lecture room of the Baptist Church.
On Sunday morning, April 21, the Rev. Dr. Dripps was regularly installed as pastor, the sermon being preached by the Rev. W. T. Thompson, D. D., of Charleston, who also gave the Charges to pastor and people, while the Constitutional Questions were asked by the Rev. Dr. Axson, who presided. This installation service was held at the earliest available opportunity after the fire, as an indication that the regular work of the Church was to proceed without interruption or lessening of energy, even amidst the trying circumstances then existing.
The Divine presence with the Church in its new conditions of life and work was further signified in connection with the June Communion, the first which was held after the fire. It was encouraging to have

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an addition of thirty-two members, twenty-five upon confession of faith, but it was not these nnmbers so mnch as the marked indications of special grace at tendant npon their ingathering which made the occa sion so helpful to the congregation.
There was so mnch difficulty attendant npon the work of preparing the plans and specifications neces sary for an accurate reproduction of the former building, that the month of November had arrived before they were delivered to the Building Com mittee by the architect, Mr. William G. Preston of Boston. In the same month a formal contract was made with the Messrs. Lewman to erect the building complete before Dec. 1st, 1890, for the sum of $114,250, which would make the entire cost, including all furniture, etc., not less than $125,000. The work began at once, and on Jan. 13, 1890, the corner-stone was laid, that day being the seventy-third anniversary of the laying of the former corner-stone in 1817. A full account of the interesting and helpful exercises npon this occasion will be found in the Savannah Morning News of January 14, 1890.
After the hymn, "The perfect world by Adam trod," an invocation was offered by Rev. J. E. L. Holmes of the Baptist Church, on Chippewa square, and Psalm cxxii. was read by Hev. J. W. Rogan of the First Presbyterian Church. This was followed by the hymn, "How firm a foundation ye Saints of the Lord." Addresses were then made in expression of sympathy and congratulation by Rev. Mr. McClesky, the pastor of Trinity M. E. Church, and Rev. Mr. White, the rector of Christ Church, who spoke on

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behalf of onr sister Churches, and also by Samuel B. Adams, Esq., the Counsel for the City Corporation, who had been requested to represent the community in general on this occasion. All these addresses were foil of the most hearty good-will toward this church, and were marked by the spirit of sincere Christian fellowship. In the same spirit a response was made by Eev. Dr. Dripps, after which the venerable Dr. Axson formally laid the corner-stone, and Dr. Dripps offered prayer for Divine blessing upon the work. The services were closed with singing the doxology, "Praise God from Whom all blessings flow," and the Apostolic Benediction. The Mayor and Alder men, the city clergy and a large body of other friends were present.
The impression made'by the entire ceremony was most happy and encouraging. Such congratulation and good-will from sister Churches and from the com munity at large furnish a singularly cheering ac companiment to the work, and one which is the better appreciated by this Church because it has always sought to maintain on its own part the same spirit of fraternity.
It is a significant fact, that until its destruction, the former church building was freely used in every suitable way for the broad and general interests of Christ's kingdom. On the very day of the fire it was ac commodating the Young Men's Christian Association of Georgia in Annual Convention. It was always the favorite rallying, point for united religious work. When other congregations were in need of shelter, it was freely placed at their disposal, and used by them.

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Besides the distribution of the thousand dollars yearly to feeble churches, from the Telfair Fund, already mentioned, this congregation contributes largely and regul.ii-ly to the various enterprises of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and to similar causes. In the city of Savannah there is no benevolent enterprise with which it could find a suitable way to co-operate, to which it has not ren dered aid; doing this, not only by its own act as an organized body, but also by moving its members to go forth, in groups or singly, to work and to give.
For example, the gracious and interesting work for young orphans, in " Little Minnie's Mission," is a child of this Church, founded by one of its mem bers, who still continues to support it, and receiv ing from the Church .a constantly-increasing interest and affectionate sympathy.
Hardly less intimate is the tie of affection with which it is bound to the Telfair Hospital for Women, a noble charity, originated and endowed by a devoted member of this Church.
The Industrial Relief Society, although originating and continuing as distinctively a union organization, traces its founding to one member of this Church, and the large endowment which it is now receiving
to another. Even the institution which bears the name " Sa
vannah City Hospital" owes its magnificent endow ment to a member of this Church, whose gift is commemor^ied by a marble tablet in the hospital build ing.

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Both in the cumber of workers, and in the arduous responsibility of the positions which they occupy, the members of this Church are faithfully discharg ing the obligations for aid and co-operation which it owes toward such organizations as those already named, and also to the Savannah Y. M. C. A., the Port Society, the Widows' Society, the Needle Woman's Friends' Society, the Female Orphan Asy lum, the Georgia Infirmary, and the like.
Without going further, this may suffice to show that this Church considers itself as but a steward for its Lord, and endeavors, as best it may, to discharge its debt of love to all in His name.
The officers who issue this Manual are confident that such facts as these are enough to justify and confirm the utmost possible devotion, on the part of each member, toward this beloved Church, and the cause for which it stands.
The various forms in which the Church proposes to carry on its work and worship for the coming year will be found appended to this historical sketch.

CONSTITUTIONAL * PRINCIPLES
AND * CHURCH * RULES.
CONSTITUTIONAL PBINCIPiLES.
I. The Constitution of any Church derives all its authority from Holy Scripture; and each of the laws and principles thereof mast be understood and applied as subordinate to the Scripture.
II. This Church, according to the Scriptural prin ciple which is recognized by its grant and charter, consists of the body of communicant members and their baptized children who have here united them selves together for the purpose of Christian worship and service, "agreeably to the Westminster Confes sion of Faith."
IH. Its organization as an Independent Presby terian Church implies (1) that its relation to other churches is simply one of fraternal comity, and not of subjection or control, and (2) that its govern ment of its own affairs, while vested in the brother hood of members, is exercised through a Session or Bench of Elders, chosen and appointed to that duty ; i. e., it is a Presbyterian Church, in that its government is thus representative through its Elders, instead of being purely democratic; and it is au Independent

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Presbyterian Church, in that it is not subject to any appellate judicature, such as Presbytery, Synod or General Assembly.
IV. The condition required in order to full mem bership in this Church is, tbat the applicant make profession of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and obedience to Him: this profession being accompanied by habits of life which are not inconsistent there with. Membership terminates only with death or dne process of discipline or dismissal.
V. The officers of this Church are a Pastor or Pas tors, a Bench of Elders, and, when practicable, a Board of Deacons. The Elders and Deacons are to be chosen from among those members of the Church who are marked by the high qualifications prescribed in the New Testament, and, while ordained for life, they are to serve for a limited term, as provided in the Church Rules.
VI. To the Session, consisting of the Pastor or Pastors and Ruling Elders, is committed the general oversight and direction of the spiritual affairs of the Church, including the admission of new members, the dismissal of those removing to other churches, processes of discipline, the administrarion of the Lord's Supper, the order of worship, the collection and distribution of gifts for charities and missions, the care of all funds belonging distinctively to the Church which are not committed to the Board of Trustees, and in general all the business of the Church which is not otherwise provided for. When a Board of Deacons exists, some of the above duties are to be assigned to it by the Session, and

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more especially, as in the Apostolic Church, attention to the wants of sick and poor persons.
VII. Inasmuch as all officers of the Church ex ercise a delegated power, it is considered proper that their responsibility to the Church should be duly recognised, and that their acts should be regu larly reported to the Church for its approval.
VIII. In order to the proper conduct of this Church, it is held to be of essential importance that there shall be an annual meeting of its members, at which the annual report of the Elders, Deacons and other officers shall be presented and acted upon.
CHURCH RULES AND BY-LAWS.
OFFICERS OP THE CHURCH.
RULE 1. The officers of this Church shall be a Pastor, or Pastors, not less than six Ruling Elders, and as many Deacons as the Church may deem neces sary, to discharge the duties of the office. But if, at any time, whether through the withdrawal or death of an Elder, or the non-acceptance of the of fice by one elected to it, there should be vacancies in the Bench of Elders, reducing its' members to less than six, those who do hold the office shall still be considered the Session of the Church, and their acts of binding force; provided, however, that in cases of discipline not less than three Elders shall constitute a quorum of Session.

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VACANCY OF THE PASTORATE-
BULB 2. When it becomes necessary to fill the pulpit, it shall be the duty of the Elders, acting in conference with the Trustees, to present to the con gregation the person, or persons, who, in their judg ment, are suited to the needs and desires of this Church and congregation. Until a permanent Pastor shall be elected the Elders and Trustees shall have authority and be required to provide temporary sup ply, or supplies, for the pulpit this authority not to extend over a period of one year unless renewed.
RULE 3. The election of a Pastor shall be by bal lot. Only the communicants and the pewholders may vote in the election for a Pastor. The Pastorelect shall be notified by the Elders and Trustees of his call, and arrangements for ordination and instal lation shall be made by them and the Pastor-elect. Although no limitation of time is placed upon the tenure of the pastoral office, it may be terminated by mutual agreement, or by the settled decision of the Pastor to retire, or by the vote of the majority of those who are entitled to vote for the call of a Pas tor. There shall be a reasonable notice of not less than three months of the proposed termination of the pastoral relation. A copy of these rules shall accompany the call.
RULE 4. The compensation to be allowed a Pas tor shall be fixed by the Elders and Trustees.
RULE 5. The Pastor shall keep a record of all baptisms, marriages, and deaths, which record shall be the property of the church.

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THE ELECTION OF ELDERS.
BULE 6. Only communicant members shall vote in the election for Elders. The term of service for an Elder shall be six years, but, in this first election, the period of service shall be determined by the re spective ages of the Elders elected, the two oldest serving for six years, the two next in age for four, and the two youngest for two years, and every two years thereafter there shall be an election to fill the vacancies that occur. This rule applies to Deacons as well. The election of Elders and Deacons shall be by ballot, a choice depending on the majority of the votes of those present.
RULE 7. When the Session shall decide on the excommunication, suspension, or public admonition of a member there shall be the right of appeal to the male members of the church who are over twentyfive (25) years of age. After a fair hearing the vote of this tribunal shall be final. The accused person shall have the right of representation by counsel, both before the Session and before that portion of the Church to which he has the right of appeal, but no person shall be permitted to act as counsel who is not a communicant in good standing in a Christian Church.
BULK 8. Any communicant who removes his resi dence permanently from the city, or remains absent for more than one year, shall not be entitled to a vote on any question, and any member who shall be absent for four years without satisfactory reasons shall be transferred to some other church or dropped

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from the roll after due notification, or put on the list of members lost sight of.
RlTLE 9. All collections taken up daring any of the church services shall be under the control of Ses sion exclusively, as also the selection and control of the choir and all other matters pertaining to the service.
RULE 10. All matters pertaining to the secular affairs of the Church, care of property and payment of all salaries, shall be under the control of the Trus tees exclusively.
RULE 11. No one under sixteen years of age shall be entitled to"a vote in the affairs of this Church at any time.
BtJJLE 12. No voting shall be allowed by proxy in this Church at any time except by resident members in full communion and pewholders unavoidably de tained from the meeting. Proxies must be in writ ing and must specify the purpose for which they are given.
RUIJS 13. Trustees shall be elected annually ac cording to the terms of the charter.
ROLE 14. The Trustees shall have no power to sell or dispose of any property of the Church without first obtaining authority from the Church, nor shall they have power to incur any debt in the name of the Church unless specially authorized by the Church so to do.
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the Church and Sunday-school without the consent of Session.
RULE 16. A quorum of any Church meeting shall consist of fifty members.
RULE 17. One week's notice shall be given from the pulpit of all Church meetings for the transaction of business when practicable.
RULE 18. The chairman of any meeting shall be elected by the body assembled.
RULE 19. The annual meeting of the Church shall be held on the evening of the second Monday in Jan uary, of which notice shall be given from the pulpit at least one week in advance. The meeting being called to order, a chairman and secretary shall be chosen by those present. The latter shall serve as secretary of all Church meetings until the next an nual meeting, and it shall be bis duty to keep an accurate record of all meetings. The meeting shall be opened by the reading of the Scriptures and prayer. The records of the preceding annual meet ing and of subsequent meetings shall be presented and acted upon. Other business which may properly be transacted by the Church may be brought for ward, and the meeting shall be closed with prayer.
KULE 20. Special meetings of the Church may he called by the Pastor at any time, and shall be so called at the request of any five members, due notice being given according to Eule 17.
RULE 21. There shall be an "Annual Church Book" published by Session, containing a record of the an nual and other Church meetings, roll of members, etc.

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BULB 22. The above rules and by-laws are subject to amendment by a two-thirds vote of the members present at an annual meeting, notice of such pro posed amendment having been given at any previous meeting.

OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
RULE 23. The officers of the Sunday-school shall consist of a Snperintendent, First Assistant Superin tendent, Second Assistant Superintendent, Librarian and Secretary and Treasurer. All the above officers shall be elected by the ex-officers and the teachers of the school by ballot (or viva voce should the meet ing so decide) on the last Sunday of November of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to serve for one year. After the election, a ratification by the Session of the Church shall be necessary be fore the offices shall be considered as filled for the year. The selection of Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of the Primary Department and of the teachers will devolve upon the Superintendent of the school. The rules of order for the government of the school shall also be made by the Superintend ent in office. The Superintendent is expected to make a report on the last Sunday of his term of office to the teachers concerning matters of interest in the school during the year, including the amount of money collected, and how disbursed. He is also ex pected to make a similar report to the Church at the annual meeting, unless one has already been made at the Sunday-school anniversary. A meeting of teach ers shall be held each month or oftener to transact

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business or exchange views concerning the welfare of the school, at which meeting the minutes of the last meeting shall be read and a record of the meeting kept by the Secretary of the Sunday-school.

ORGANIZATION FOR * WORK
AND * WORSHIP.
It is highly important that the plan by which this Church is organized for service should'be clearly un derstood by all, in order to the intelligent co-opera tion of each member.
According to its own statement, this Church itself is "the body of communicant members and their baptized children who have united themselves to. gether for the purpose of Christian worship and ser vice, agreeably to the Westminster Confession of Faith;" and " its government, while vested in the brotherhood of members, is exercised through a Ses sion or Bench of Elders chosen and appointed to that duty;" or, as again repeated, "its government is representative through its Elders, instead of being purely democratic."
It is further provided that " to the Session, which consists of the Pastor or Pastors and Ruling Elders, is committed the general oversight and direction of the spiritual affairs of the Church, * * * and in general all the business of the Church which is not otherwise provided for."
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itself upon the fact that all authority is originally vested in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that He com mits authority to the whole body of communicants, with the provision that its actual exercise shall be entrusted to Elders chosen by the people under His direction. His inspired word provides for the ex istence of this office of Eldership, and His divine Spirit provides direction in the choice of men to ex ercise it. On the one side, therefore, these Presby ters, or Elders', represent the people who elect them, and on the other side they represent the Lord Him self, under whose direction they are elected and from whom all their authority is derived. They are responsible for the exercise of this authority, both to the Lord and to the people. This relation between t4-h' e people, the Elders, and their common Lord is given visible expression with peculiar solemnity at those times when the Church undertakes its most sublime and important transaction, namely its Com munion with Christ; when the body of communi cants before the table, headed by the Session within the chancel, are bowed in adoration before the King himself.
This Church, as a religioas organization, consists, therefore, of these " communicant members and their baptized children," as headed by the Presbyters or Elders, one of whom is the Pastor; and being thus organized, it commits authority, for divers purposes, to various persons. Special business which affects spiritual interests alone, including the election of Elders, is committed to a Church meeting, i. e., to an assembly of communicants such as are, accord-

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ing to the roles, qualified to rote. Special business which is of such a nature as to affect other interests also, including the election of a Pastor, is committed to a "Meeting of the Congregation," which differs from a Church meeting in one respect, namely, that persons who are pewholders without being also com municants are admitted to take part with the body of Church members in this matter.
This Church, thus composed of communicant and baptized members and organized with Elders for the sake of religious work and worship, is also the owner of certain property and funds for the maintenance of this work and worship. The business transac tions which thus become necessary it performs through its Board of Trustees, which acts as the agent and representative of the Church for this par ticular purpose. These various relations were main tained without any charter from the State for more than a half century. In the year 1806, however, the Church decided to facilitate the performance of this part of its business by procuring a charter, whereby it received the rights and privileges of a body corpo rate. Under this charter, the Board of Trustees is legally recognized as entitled to hold, in the name of the Church and for its use, the property which the Church owns, and to perform any business transac tion of which the Church may have need.
In the Rules adopted by the Church it commits to this Board " all matters pertaining to the secular af fairs of the Church, care of property, and payment of all salaries;" with the proviso that " the Trustees shall have no power to sell or dispose of any prop-

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erty of the Church without first obtaining authority from the Church; nor shall they have power to in cur any debt in the name of the Church, unless spe cially authorized by the Church so to do." This "oversight of the outward business of the House of God" is so valuable and important an element in church work as to call for special recognition in this connection.
In the present emergency of our church life the responsibility of re-erecting the House of Worship has been entrusted to a Building Committee and a Committee on Ways and Means, whose honorable and difficult work speaks for itself.
Of the more directly spiritual work of the Church no part is more important than that which it trans acts in the Sunday-school, a work to which the Ses sion gives especially close supervision and assist ance, and whose current expenses are payable from the common church fund. The Pastor of the Church is the Pastor of the Sunday-school; and, in fact, the meetings of the Sunday-school are as truly meetings of the Church itself as either of the other assemblies for worship on the Lord's Day.
In addition to such work as this, which combines together both sexes, and all ages, there are other forms of church work which are best performed by some special class of members. The plan here adopted includes, therefore, on the one hand, the Pastoral Aid Society for Woman's Work, with an auxiliary for young ladies, and one for school girls; and, on the other hand, the organization for boys,

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and that for young men, with which the older men alre associated as honorary members.
The object desired is to afford the utmost freedom for the development of any new form of work, even beyond the societies and committees which are now on the list, until every member of the church has a place with some company of workers; while, at the same time, these various companies are so united into groups, and brought thereby within the supervision of the Session, that the needful unity of church life is fully maintained. In no case is any work undertaken for the mere sake of increasing ac tivity, bat only so far as Divine Providence points out a duty to be done, and willing hands are found to do it. The utmost possible simplicity in organiza tion has been sought, and success in the work has in no wise been expected from the machinery itself, but rather from the living Spirit of Christ, under whose influence it is formed and operated.
Every Sunday morning, forty-five minutes before the church service, there is a prayer-meeting for boys and one for girls, and, in each case, every mem ber present takes an active share, ordinarily, in every part of the exercises. Among the other results of these organizations is the interesting work of the girls at the Little Minnie's Mission, and that which is carried on by each of the Look-Out Committees. Attention might also be called to the young men's work as ushers, etc., and that of the young ladies in providing flowers and aiding the music, as also hi executing orders for fancy work, so as to earn money for contributing to the building fund. A weekly

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Bible reading is held for ladies on Tuesday after noons, and for the younger ladies on Friday morn
ings. The most complete explanation of the system in
its details will be found in the working of the Pas toral Aid Society, which groups together the various organizations for Woman's Work. These include the usual Home and Foreign Mission Societies, with a City Mission Society and organizations for differ ent kinds of work within the congregation itself.
There are also committees for aid to those benevo lent institutions in the city which desire co-opera tion from the people of this Church. The Church itself accepts willingly the sacred obligation to ren der all possible aid to such charitable societies; and the members of these various committees help to ward the discharge of this obligation, both by the work which they themselves perform, and by their endeavors to enlist other workers and contributors from the congregation, or to secure from it any other form of sympathetic co-operation which may be de sired.
The aim of the Pastoral Aid Society is simply that of securing the harmony and orderly working of these active societies and committees. This aim it seeks to attain by bringing them all together in a united assembly, meeting three times in the year, at which a written report is received from each, and opportunity is given for mutual conference; and also by the appointment of an Executive Committee, which serves to ensure that even in the intervals be tween these meetings there shall be mutual helpful-

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ness and orderly combination. This Executive Com mittee acts also as an Advisory Committee for the Young Ladies' Auxiliary and the Girls' Auxiliary.
The Constitution and By-Laws of this society will be found herewith.

THE PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.

CONSTITUTION.

I. NAME. This Association shall be called the

Pastoral Aid Society of the Independent Presby

terian Church of Savannah.

II. OBJECT. Its object shall be to aid in the

pastoral care of church work by bringing together

for conference and co-operation the various ladies'

societies and committees of the congregation, and

by forming others when needful, subject always to

the approval of the Church Session.

III. MEMBERSHIP. Any lady in this congregation

who is willing to do service in connection with one

of the aforesaid societies or committees shall be eli

gible as a member of this Society, and her accept

ance of membership shall be expressed by signing

this Constitution.

IV. OJRGANIZATION. 1. Its officers shall be a

President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a

Treasurer.

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Committee. It shall confer with the various socie

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secure their effective co-operation, and may form new organizations when needful, or add new mem bers to those already existing, by consent of the parties interested, its proceedings being subject always to the approval of the Society.
3. Each of the organizations herein represented shall be entirely free in the performance of its own work, while avoiding all interference with that of others; and in order to secure their sympathy and co-operation, it shall present a report of its work at each regular meeting of this Society.
4. Whenever there may be formed a committee for aid to a benevolent institution outside of this Church, its object shall be to make the institution better known among our people and to secure for it any co-operation which it may desire from them. Such committee shall consist, when possible, of those members of this Society whom the institution itself has recognized as managers or helpers.
V. MEETINGS. 1. The regular meetings of this Society shall be held within the last week of October, January and April.
2. The annual meeting shall be held in April, at which time the Executive Committee shall present, through the Secretary, a report of woman's work in this Church for the preceding year, and the election for officers shall be held.
3. Special meetings may be called by the Execu tive Committee at any time.
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excused by the Executive Committee shall be con sidered as having resigned her membership.
6. The motto of this Society shall be
"FAITH WORKING THBOUGH LOVE."
7. This Constitution may be amended by a threefourths vote of those present at any regular meet ing, provided that notice be given in advance to the Executive Committee.

BY-LAWS.
I. The list of organizations represented in this So ciety shall be as follows:
The Home Mission Society. The Foreign Mission Society. The City Mission Society. The Church Visiting Committee. The Social Reception Committee. The Sunday School Aid Committee, to organize the scholars for aid to the building fund. The Committee on care of Church Buildings and
Parsonage. The Ladies' Bible-Beading Committee. The Committee on the Telfair Home Bible Class. The Committee on Boys' Free Night School. The Advisory Committee for the Auxiliaries to this
Society. The Committee for aid to Anderson Street Sunday-
school. The Committee for aid to the Little Minnie's Mis
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The Committee for aid to the Savannah Hospital. The Committee for aid to the Auxiliary of the Georgia Infirmary. The Committee for aid to the Female Orphan Asylum. The Committee for aid to the Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary. The Committee for aid to the Savannah Port Society Auxiliary. The Committee for aid to the Savannah Widows' Society. The Committee for aid to the Industrial Belief Society. The Committee for aid to the Needle-Women's Friends' Society, and to the Woman's Exchange.
II. The regular meetings shall be held on Thurs day afternoons at the close of the Prayer-meeting.
III. The order of exercises shall be as follows: 1. Devotional exercises. 2. Boll-call. 3. Beading of minutes. 4. Calling the roll of societies and standing com mittees in order to receive the report of each. 5. Unfinished business. 6. New business. 7. Adjournment.
IV. At the annual meeting the following order shall be observed after reading the minutes and before the reports from societies and committees:
1. Appointment of committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year.
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3. Report of Nominating Committee and election of officers.
Y. Amendment may be made to these by-laws at any regular meeting.

FORMS OF WORSHIP.
THE USUAL ORDER OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AT THE MORNING SERVICE.
1. Doxology. (The congregation rising.) 2. Invocation. (The congregation standing.) 3. Hymn. 4. Scripture lesson. 5. Prayer. 6. Notices. 7. Collection, with sentences from Scripture, fol lowed by brief prayer. 8. Hymn. 9. Sermon. 10. Prayer. 11. Hymn. (The congregation rising.) 12. Benediction, preceded and followed by pause for silent prayer.
EVENING SERVICE.
The Doxology, Invocation, and Collection are omitted.
INFANT BAPTISM.
This is usually administered one week after the communion of the Lord's Supper, immediately fol lowing the first hymn of the morning service.
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THE USUAL ORDER AT THE LORD'S SUPPER.
1. Doxology.
2. Invocation. 3. Opening hymn. 4. Notices, with any needful statement concerning the order of exercises. [The Elders come forward after the singing of the hymn following the sermon, which, in case new mem bers are received, is the Consecration hymn, but otherwise the Sacramental hymn. Opportunity for leaving the church, or for any needful change of position, is given after the singing of the Sacramental hymn, but all persons are invited to remain through the entire service.] 5. Collection for the poor, with sentences from Scripture, followed by brief prayer. . 6. Scripture lesson. 7. Sacramental address. 8. [Consecration hymn, reception of members, and hytun of fellowship.] 9. Invitation to the Lord's Supper. 10. Sacramental hymn. 11. Prayer, and distribution of the bread. 12. Prayer, and distribution of the cup.
13. Closing hymn.
14. Benediction, preceded and followed by pause for silent prayer.

THE * PUBLIC * RECEPTION * OF CHURCH * MEMBERS.
By the Presbyterian constitution, the entire re sponsibility of deciding upon applications for Church membership is entrusted to the Session, which con sists of the Pastor and Elders, so that the member ship of any applicant begins from the moment he is accepted by vote of Session. It is, however, ex pressly required in the case of any unbaptized per son who is thus made a member of the Church, that he shall enter upon the actual exercise of his mem bership by repeating before the congregation his confession of faith in Christ, and thereupon receiv ing baptism. Even in the case of those who have received baptism in infancy as born within the pale of the visible church, it is highly expedient that when their membership is confirmed and completed by an admittance to fall communion, they also shall repeat their confession of faith in the presence of their fellow members, in order to have public leeognition and welcome from the Church.
It is carefully to be noted that the confession which is required in order to membership is simply that of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and obedience to Him. The words which were used in A. D. 1729 on behalf of the Presbyterians in this country are heartily endorsed by this Church, viz.: "We are willing to admit to fellowship in sacred ordinances

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all such as we have ground to believe Christ will at last admit to the kingdom of heaven."
There is a most important difference between the requirement which is made upon private members and that which is made upon public officers. The Church, as an organization, does hold faithfully to the system of doctrine which is contained in the Westminster Standards; and before any person is given authority to represent the Church by holding one of its public offices, he must be able to declare that he in person does sincerely accept and believe that system as true. But private members are con sidered as learners rather than teachers. All that' is asked concerning their religious opinions is, that they do not interfere, with trusting and obeying Christ as their God and Saviour, or with seeking the peace and welfare of the Church. It is upon these cherished principles of our beloved Church, which combine faithfulness to the truth with the utmost breadth of Christian liberality, that the following services are formed.

FOR MEMBERS ALREADY BAPTIZED.
BELOVED IN THE LORD : It is your custom to give public recognition and welcome to the baptized mem bers of the Church whom Ihe Session has received into full communion upon confession of faith. We present to you for this purpose (A and B), who. will now come forward.
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your membership has been made fall and complete. You are now to repeat that confession openly in the presence of your fellow members, and thereupon to receive their welcome. The covenant which was made for yon by your parents at baptism, yon do thus, by your own act, ratify and confirm; the Lord also confirm you unto the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[IN CASE ANT ARE TO BE BAPTIZED.
The Session has admitted into the Church (C and D), loho will noio make public confession of faith, and thereupon receive baptism.]
DEABLY. BELOVED: Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said: " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of Man also con fess before the angels of God."
Now, therefore, in the presence of men and angels, and of the Lord Himself, do you take God to be your Father, the Son to be your Saviour, and the Holy Ghost to be your Sanctifier; and to this glori ous Trinity, one God, do yon heartily consecrate yourself forever ?
Do you engage to be diligent in the use of the means of grace, such as prayer, the reading of the Scriptures, and devout attendance on the public wor ship and ordinances of God's house ?
Do you promise to seek the peace, the purity and the prosperity of this Church, to walk in brotherly love with its members and to render due submission to its constituted authority ?
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Divine grace, do you engage to keep this covenant to the end of life ?
\T,he Ordinance of Baptism will now be administered with prayer for tke divine blessing.
[IN CASE ANT HAVE BEEN BECEIVED BY. LETTEB.
The Session recommends to your Christian confidence and affection, as duly received into thijt Church upon a riificate (Ejrom the Church of /'), who will now arise.']
And now, in token of acceptance and welcome, let all the members of this Church arise. "
We, therefore, your fellow members in the Body of Christ, do give you hearty welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus to sit down with us at His taMe. Tour covenant with the Lord of the Church has brought you into covenant with the Church itself. We accept the same on our part, and invoke for you, as for ourselves; the grace to keep it faithfully, even to the end.
The right hand of fellowship will now be given to you by the Pastor and Elders while the hymn of fel lowship is sung by the Church:
Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ;
The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above.
Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord _ make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon yon and give yon peace. Amen.

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THE * INVITATION - TOTHE - LORD'S SUPPER.
Let us hear the Word of the Lord concerning this Holy Sapper, as it is written in the first epistle to the Gorinthiaus at the eleventh chapter:
"For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesna, the same night in which He vas betrayed, took bread: And when he had given thanks, He brake it, and said: Take, eat: this is my body which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also He took the cup, when he had supped, saying: This cup is- the new covenant in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death, till He come."
It is, therefore, by the express command of our Lord himself, that we observe this Communion Feast. Until He come again Hia people are to eat this bread and drink this cap, in remembrance of Him.
I am charged to remind you that " it is of inesti mable benefit, to strengthen Christ's people against sin; to support them under troubles; to encourage and quicken them, in duty; to inspire them with love and zeal; to increase their faith and holy resolution; and to beget peace of conscience, and comfortable hopes of eternal life."

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I am also charged to give warning that the profane and scandalous, and those who are Willfully purposed in their hearts to continue indulging themselves in any known sin, are not to approach this holy table.
On the other hand, I am to invite unto it those of you who are sensible of your lost and helpless state by sin, and who therefore depend upon the atone ment of Christ for pardon and acceptance with God; who are sufficiently instructed in Gospel truth to un derstand the meaning and use of this ordinance; and who desire to renounce their sins, being determined by Christ's grace to lead a holy life, in love toward God, with peace and charity toward men, " forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath for given you."
I therefore cordially invite all such as are here described, and especially if they are visitors from other Churches, to partake with us. It is the table of the Lord, and not oars ; whomsoever the spirit of the Lord invites, let not man hinder from coming.
Neither let us be discouraged because of the sins and imperfections which yet remain within us, even against our will, but remember his own most gracious word,
" Come onto me all ye that labor and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest."
"They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick ; I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners."
" Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."

THE PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS.
Let us hear the word of God as it is written in the Gospel according to Mark, at the tenth chapter, beginning with the thirteenth verse: "And they brongbt young children to Him, that He should touch them ; and His disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased, and said unto them : Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in His arms, put his hands upon them and blessed them."
DEAKLT BELOVED: In this comfortable word of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are encouraged to bring our little children unto Him for His blessing. And although we are at all times to bring them before Mm in the sure hope of his favor, yet are we chiefly so to do when we present them for the holy ordinance of baptism, wherein the seal is set to their member ship in His church, and to onr covenant with the Lord himself concerning them.
In this covenant, He engages on His part to be a God unto us and to our seed after us; and on onr part, we engage by His divine help to teach them the Word of God, to pray with them and for them,

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to set before them an example of piety and Godli ness and to endeavor by all the means of God's appointment to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Do you now accept this covenant on your part, and engage by God's help to keep it faithfully ?
Prayer. Baptism. Prayer. Hymn.

THE MARRIAGE SERVICE.
God, be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us.
DEARLY BELOVED : This holy estate of matrimony was established by God, onr Creator, in the Garden of Eden. It was confirmed by the gracious presence and blessing of God, our Savior, at the wedding in Can a. And God, the Holy Ghost, hath declared it honorable in all, and made it a s} mbol of the union between Christ and his Church.
Wherefore marriage is in itself a holy thing, and well pleasing in the sight of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Let us pray.
Most gracious God, our heavenly Father, we be seech Thee for these, Thy children, that they may, with reverent trust in Thee, enter into this covenant of marriage. Look upon them with Thy favor and blessing; and do Thou bear witness to their vows, whicli are made not only to each other but to Thee. Grant this, C Father, with the lorgiveness of our sins, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Amen.
In further token of your desire and purpose, let each of yon now take the other by the right hand.
[TO THE MAN.]
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wife? Do yon promise to love her, honor her, de fend her, sustain and cherish her in joy and in sor row, in health and in sicknes, in prosperity and in adversity; to be faithful to her in all things, as becometh a good husband, and never forsake her, so long as you both do live ? [I do.]
[TO THE WOMAN. I
Do you, [B,] take him whom you now hold by the hand, before God and these witnesses, to be your husband? Do you promise to love him, honor him, cherish and obey him, in joy and in sorrow, in health and in sickness, in prosperity and in adversity; to be faithful to him in all things, as becometh a good wife, and never forsake him as loug as you both do live ? [I do.]
[IN CASE A RING IS TO BE USED.]
The man shall place the ring upon the Ihird finger of the woman's left hand, and hold it there while the min ister speafa as follows:
[To THE MAN.] Do you now give this ring in token that you will truly perform these your vows ?
[To THE WOMAN.] Do you receive this ring in token of the same on your part ?
Let each again take the other by the right hand.
Now, therefore, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I pronounce you husband and wife.
What God hath joined together let not man put asunder. Let us pray.
O God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in Whose name these twain have now been joined to-

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gether, shine upon them with the fullness of Thy Divine Love, that they may faithfully keep this holy covenant of marriage, and may so dwell together in the unity of the spirit all their days, that in the world to come they may have life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine npon you and be gracious onto you; the Lord lift up bis countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen.

LIST OF RESIDENT CHURCH MEMBERS.
Austin, Mrs. Ann ........................... 1858 Adams, Mrs. Suzette R......................1861 Anderson, Mrs. Margaret R.................. 1861 Axscn, Mrs. Ella L..........................1864 Axson,Kandolph .............. ......... ..1867 Anderson, Co!. Clifford W........... ........1875 Anderson, J. Randolph......................1876 Andersen, Mrs. Florida L.................... 1876 Anderson, Mrs. Hannah.....................1877 Anderson, Miss Sallic ....................... 1880 Axson, Miss Alethea S.......... ............ JSSl Axson, Miss Ellen W.............. ......... 1886 Archer, John Lee.......................... 1886 Axson,Randolph K........................1887 Burford, Mrs. Mary Kate....................1876 Burroughs, John W.........................1879 Burroughs, Miss Alethea A.................. 1881 Blackshear, James E...... ............. ...1881 Blackshear, Mrs. K M..... ........ .......1881 Bashlor, Miss Frances E.................... .1882 Butler, W.C................... .... .......1883 Butler, Mrs. Mary W....................... .1883 Ballantyne, Mrs. Jane.. .................... 1885 Ballantyne, Miss Mary ..................... 1885' Burdell, Robert F.......... ................1885 Burroughs, Joseph H............ .... .... .... 1887 Buckner, Mrs. Hattie McL. .................. 1889 Bell, Charles ............................... 1889 Bell, Mrs. Kate M...........................1889 Bulloch, Miss Margaret...................... 1828 Basinger, Mrs. Jane.:...................... .1831 Branch, Mrs. Charlotte S.....................1840 Baker, William H....... ............... ....1855

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Baker, Mrs. Mary G................. ........1860 Brown, Mrs. Mary D........................1864 Butler, Boberfc M........... ... ...........1866 Barnard, Mrs. Fannie E..................... .1869 Bee, Mrs. Eliza C........................... .1871 Bleck, Mrs. Annie G.........................1871 Ballantyne, Thomas...................... .1875
BurdeUC Mrs. Mary I........................ 1884 Cubbedge, Mrs. Danella..................... .1874 Clay, Joseph ............................... 1875 Cbisholm, Miss Georgia B....................1878 Clay, Miss Mary Eliza...................... .1881 Clay, Thomas Savage.... ................... 1881
Champion, William D................ ..... .1882 Crosby, Miss Jessie ......................... 1884 Craig, John ................................ 1885 Clay, Thomas C. .......................... .1889 Clay, Mrs. Caroline M. ..................... .1889 Clay, William L.............. ........ .. .1889 Clay, J. Starke .......... ........ .........1889
Clav, Miss Eliza C..........................1889 Clay, Samuel L. ............................1889 Cunningham, Malcolm....................... 1889 Canningham, Miss Jane L. ..................1889 Coburn, Miss Mary O. ..................... .1889 Cosby, Mrs. Mary* L..... ............ ........1851 Chisholm, Mrs. E. C. (Walter S.) ........... 1855 Cunningham, Mrs. Jane C. (C. M.)............ 1866 Cnnningham, Mrs. Sarah H. (H. C.) ......... 1871 Cope, Mrs. May (George L.).................. 1873 Cope, Mrs. Harriet S. (J. E.).................1874
Cunningham, Mrs. Mary..................... 1874 Cohen, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott................. 1890 Dasher, Israel.................... .......... 1842 Duncan, Mrs. Martha D...................... 1863 Dougan, Mrs. Elizabeth A....................1873 Dyer, Miss Marv H. ....................... 1874 Dongan, Peter M........... ................1881

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Dancy, Mrs. Sallie ..........................1882 Donalson, Mrs. Sarah E........ ............. 1875 Davenport, Archibald C..................... .1888 Davenport, Mrs. Jane E..... .... .... ........ .1888 Dale, Miss Jennie........................... 1887 Dixon, Miss Lettie.......................... 1887 Dixon, Miss Carrie W.......................1889 Dripps, Mrs. Emily D. ............. ...... . .1889 Dripps, Eobert D.......... ...... ......... 1889 Dunwoody, Mrs. Cornelia B.................. 1888 Drummond, Mrs. Helen 0. . ............... .1888 Drummond, Mrs. May............ .......... 1884 Davis, Mrs. Catherine ............ .......... 1879 Edmondson, Mrs. Alida...................... 1873 Elliott, Mrs. Corriiine ............ .......... 1880 Frew, Mrs. Mary ......... .................1840 Farr, Thomas C............................. 1859 Farr, Joseph M. .. ........................ 1859 Farr, Mrs. Mary !..... ....... ..............1859 Farr, Miss Mary M.. ........................ 1866 Fawcett, Mrs. Isabella........... .......... .1866 Falconer, William.......................... .1882 Farr, Bichard B......................... .. 1884 Farr, Thomas C., Jr. ........................ 1885 Farr, Miss M. Isabelle.......................1884 Fleming, B. G. .............................1885 Fleming, Mrs. Annie ........................ 1885 Fleming, Miss Vida.........................1885 Fleming, Miss Eleanor ...................... 1885 Freeman,. Mrs. Sarah E. .....................1889 Fleming, Bobert G. .........................1889 Grant, H. F. ............ ................. 1868
Gray, George S. ............................1841 Gilbert, Mrs. Anna M........................1860 Gladding, Mrs. Susan E..................... .1863 Gardner, Mrs. Florence .... .............. .1866 Gilmer, Miss Louisa P...................... .1870 Gray, Miss Maggie.......................... 1870

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Gilbert, Charles M......................... 1874 Gilmer, Mrs. Louisa......................... 1875. Gribble, Mrs. Eliza.......................... 1880 Gilbert, Miss L. B.......................... 18S1 Grigor, Mrs. Elizabeth ......... ............ 1882 Gnann, Miss Olive ...... .... .............. 1883
Gregg, Albert L. ... ......................1884 Gilbert, Miss Lillian K............... ......1S84 Glover, Mrs. Virginia........................ 18S5
George, Miss Lina .............. '..... ..... 1885
Grigor, D........ ....... ... ............ : 1885 Gibbs, Mrs. Martha L. ..................... .1875 Gibbs, C. M. .......... ......... ..... .... 1889
Greenlaw, J. J. ................... ... ... 1888 Grigor, Miss Bessie Lee............ ........ 1889
Grigor, Miss Minnie E..... ... ........... 1889 Grigor, George Gordon..... ... ........... 1889 Gilbert, Mrs. Susan B. TV. . ........ ........ 1889 Hardee, Mrs. Isabella S................ .... .1837
Hollis, Mrs. Caroline ..... .................. 1842 Harden, Thomas H............. ............1845 Habersham, Mrs. J. C. ..................... .1845 Habersham, Mrs. M. A...... .. . .... .... 1858
Hardee, Mrs. Helen M...... ... .. ........ 1858 Hardee, John L............ ........ ... 1869
Hopkins, Mrs. E. P........... ............. 1868 Houstoun, Mrs. Sallie ........... ...... .. . 1871 Hauamond, Mrs. Mary Ella .................. 1875 Houstonn, Dr. J. P. S. ..................... 1875
Hopps, Mrs. Mary S.......... ............... 1877
Hull, Miss Lucy G........... .............. 1877 Hunter, Miss Annie............... ....... 1878 Hays, Miss Jennie.... ....... .............. 1878
Hopps, Dr. Daniel ................... ..... 1881 Hopkins, William Trenholm.................. 1882 Hunter, Miss Minnie ........................ 1882
Hunter, Miss Lilie .......................... 1882
Hardee, Miss Helen S. ........... .......... 1882

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Henderson, Mrs. Frances...... ..............1883 Hart, Miss Lon............ ............... .1884 Hopkins, Mi*s Emma.............;......... 1884 Henderson, Mrs. M. E....... . .......... 1884 Harris, Mrs. L. O. ..........................1886 Hutton, Hugh M. .........;................ .1886 Hutton, Mrs. A. L...........................1886 Haines, Robert L. . ... .................... 1888 Huger, Mrs. Mary S.......:........ ...... ..1882 Hummel, Mrs. L. M. ........... ........... 1888 Hunter, Miss Nellie .........................1887 Hunter, Miss Amy W.. ...................... 1887 Hopkins, Edward M........................ 1887 Hopkins, Mathew M....... ................ 1887 Hopkins, Mrs. Louisa M..................... 1887 Hull, Miss Harriet G. . .....................1889 Inglesby, Mrs. Mary ....................... .1888 Johnson, Julian B. ....... ............... 1889 Jaudon, Miss Susie G................... .... 1889 Jencks, Miss Fannie....... ................. 1864 Jerguson, Andrew P. ........................ 1882 Johnson, Miss Mary ........................ 1883 Johnson,Mrs. J. R.......................... 1884 Jaudon, Mrs. Mary E...... ......... .... 1885 Johnson, Mrs. Anuie C........... ........ 1885 King, Mrs. Mary E. ......................... 181 King, Mrs. Annie W... ... ............... 1866 King, Clifford B .......................... 1876 Keltei born, Miss Ellen ...... ............1883 Kramer, Miss Matilda. ......................1889 Keevill, Mrs. Auuie.......................... 1888 Kreeger, Robert G................. ........ 1888 Lewis, John N............................. 1827 Lewis, Mrs. Frances S. ...................... 1831 Law, James J.................. .......... 1842 Lamar, Mrs. G. A. .......................... 1843 Lawton, Mrs. Sarah G....... ............... 1847 Lovell, Mrs. Emily..................... .... 1864

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Law, Miss Williamini........................1864 Lovell, Mrs. Hopie..........................1869 Law, William F............ ................ 1870 Lathrop, Mrs. Margaret A.... ... ......... 1873 Lndden, Mrs. M. J............... ......... .1876 Lpfbnrrow, Mrs. Marian L................ . 1879 Lindner, Miss Pauline.......................1882 Lindner, Miss Matilda.... ... ......... ....1884 Lindner, Miss Elizabeth..................... 1884 Lindner, Henry............................ 1886 Lindner, Miss Gussie........................ 1886 Law, Mrs. Annie G......................... 1888 Lindner, William ............. ............1889 Lindner, Miss Hattie........... ........... 1889 Lovell, Joseph N........................... .1889 Lewis, Miss Margaret ....................... 1876 Muir, Mrs. Ellen M. ..................... .1867 Mills, George J. ........................... .1870 Maclean, Mrs. Mary. ............... ....... 1871 Mackall, Mrs. Anna D.......................1874 Maclean, Malcolm ...................... ... 1875 Mell, George A.... ....................... .1876 Mackall, W. W............................. 1877 Massey, Miss Fannie..... ..................]877 Miller, Jefferson D.......................... 1881 Mather, Elliot W................ ..... .. 1882 - Myers, Mrs. Mary E...................... .1882 Mallard, Wallace W........................ 1882 Mock, Miss Dora........................... .1883 Moyle, James ............................. 1883 Miller, James..... ......................... 1885 Miller, Mrs. James.......................... 1885 Mavs, Mrs. Margaret...................... . 1885 Maxwell, Miss Grace........................1888 Mills, Miss Sarah 0. ...................... .1889 Mills, Mrs. Elizabeth H..................... 1839 Myddleton, Mrs. A. E......... ............ 1849 Munford, Mrs. A. S....... .............. ....1850

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Miller, Miss Elizabeth.......................1855 Miller, Miss Vit ginia........................ 1862 May, Mrs. Catherine N...................... 1864 Mills, Mrs. Hattie M........................ 1866 Mills, Mrs. Euphernia.............. .... .... .1866 Mackall, Mrs. Louisa F.................... .1866 Muir, Frances .... ........................ 1867 Munnerlyn, Miss Elizabeth ........ ......... 1S77 Marshall, W. J ..........................1889 Marshall, Mrs. K- G....... ............... .1889 McOarter, Miss Mary A.............. .......1848 Mclntosb, Mrs. Georgia ...................... 1849 McLeod. Mrs. Julai M.......................1850 Mclntosh, Miss Agnes....................... 1851 McAlpin, Mrs. Maria.. .....................1866 McKinnon, Mrs. Virginia .... .... ............ 1876 McCall, Miss Mar? I .... .................1888
McArthur, Frederick E.. ................... 1887 McArthur, Mrs. Mary A..................... 1887 McArthur, Mrs. Harriet .................... 1887 McAlpin, Miss Florence L. .................. 1887 McAlpin, Miss Ellen......................... 1877 McAlpin, Miss Elizabeth H................. .1878 Mclntosh, McQueen ..................... .. 1879 McAlpin, Miss Sallie M...................... 1883 McCall, Francis I................ .......... 1885 McCall, Mrs. Mary I.................... . .1885 Nevitt, Miss Mariah L. ...................... 1842 Newell, Mrs. Ella J ........ ................ 1866 Newell, Miss Eoberta JL5...................... 1878 Noble, Mrs. Emma ... ....................1881
Newell, Miss Josephine H............ .......1889 Olmstead, Charles H........ .... ......... .1863 Olmstead, Mrs. Florence L............ ...... 1865 Olmstead, Miss Florence W. .................1889 O'Keefe, Mrs. Reubenia......................1875 Postell, Mrs. Sarah...... ............ ...... 1840 Pritchard, Mrs. Mary................. ...... 1866

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Peek, Miss Hattie...........................1870 Peek, Eben B ..............................1870 Pape, Mrs. Nina............................ 1370 Pritchard, George B..... ... ............ ....1872 Peek, Mrs. Cornelia H................... ... 1873 Pritchard, Mrs. Julia D. ..... ............... 1888 Pritchard, Miss Mary J...................... 1889 Perkinson, W. V................. .......... 1889 Pape, Miss Nina A................... ....... 1887 Peek,Henry T.................... .... ....1874 Peek, Miss Mary M......... ...............1874 Pritchard, Edward... ...................... 1877 Patton, D. G ...............................1881 Patton, Mrs. Frances........................1881 Price, Miss Delia ........ ................. 1884 Pitzer, Miss Lou............................ 1884 Pritchard, G. Barnard, Jr. ................... 1885 Purse, Mrs. Minnie Lou ....... ........... 1885 Pigman, Mrs. Mary T................. ...... 1S85 Preston, Joseph W..........................1886 Preston, Mrs. M. E. G. ..... .............. 1886 Prouse, James W. ...................... .. 1886 Qnarterman, Miss H. A..... ........... . 1888 Heed, Mrs. Kuth E.......................... 1831 Eogers, Mrs. Mary E........................ 1842 Rowland, Mrs. A. E. ......'.................. 1853 Robertson, Mrs. Elizabeth ............ ... 1854 Eeid, Miss Ruth W. ........................ 1855 Reid, Frank W. ........................... 1856 Rowland, Miss Mary C...................... 1859 Reid, ML-.S Margaret W............. ........ 1860 Rpbertson, Miss Margaret.............. . . 1866 Richmond, Mrs. Mary B. .... ............ .... 1867 Rankin, James L............. .............. 1870 Rutherford, Mrs. William. ............. .... 1873 Rankin, Mrs. Susie S........... ............1875 Robertson, Miss Mary....................... 1880 Russell, Mrs. Lucretia....................... 1880

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Russell, Mrs. Leonora A.....................1883 Rogers, Miss Jessie S ...................... 1889 Stiles, Mrs. Margaret V......................1832 SSilva, Mrs. Margaret ....................... .1853 Stoildard, John I.. ......................... 1858 SouUard, Mrs. C. A..........................1858. SilvH, James................................ 1859 Sturtevant, William B. ..................... .1859 Stoddard, Mrs. Agnes E.................... .1861 Slileg, Eugene. .............................1864 She Iman, Mrs. Sarah C .................... .1866 Schley, George ....... .................... .1868 Sams, Mrs. VV. J. ..... .................... .1868 Stiles, Mrs. Anna........................... 1871 Schley, Mrs. Mary C....................... .1871 Schley, Julian.............................. 1872 Stoddard, Mrs. Mary M..... ............... 1872 Schley, John Montfort......... ........ . ....1873 Schley,Henry M. ..........................1875 Schley, Miss Georgia........................ 1875 Stiles, Samuel V............................ 1877 Stewart, Miss Anne .........................1878 Stoddard, Henry M....................... .1880 Sheftall,E.T........... ...... .............1881 Smyth, Mrs. Rebecca ..................... 1881 Stoddard, Miss Isabella I.................... 1884 Stone, Miss Fannie..........................1884 Sturtevant, Mrs. W. O.......................1886 Sweat, Miss Georgia ....................... .1886 Stiles, Dr. Samuel Wallace ................. .1886 Shaffer, George W..........................1839 Sugden, Percy............................. .1888 Sturdevant, W. A......... .................1887 Shellman, Miss Annie L..... ...............1887 Shellman, Miss Sallie C.....................1887 Stiles, Mrs. Georgia.........................1887
Stoddard, Miss Mabel E.................... 1889 Stoddard, Edward S....................... 1889

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Shellman, Miss Mattie M..................... 1889

Thompson, Miss Susan B.................... 1848

Thompson, Miss Georgia E. -. .............. 1853

Train,Mrs. Elizabeth...... .......... ......1858

Tilden, Mrs. Clara M...................... - -1859

ThomHS,D. R......... ....................1867

Thomas, Mrs. Jane M.......................1867

Tilton, Mrs. Rosa...........................1870

Tilton,O. L.......... ................ .- 1874

Thomas, Mrs. Malvina H..... ............. .1875

Thompson, Miss Addie..................... .1880

Tiemayensis, Mrs. Maj L.................... 1881

Thiot, Mrs. Sallie B..................... . .1882

Tilton, Theodore W. .......................188-2

Taylor, Miss Ettie ............... ........ 182

Thomas, Miss Jennie M..................... 1884

Thomas, J. Murchison . .................. .'1884

Thompson, Mrs. Josephine G................ 1886

Turner, Mrs. Gussie.........................1886

Tiedeinan, I. B.............................1888

Tiedeman, Mrs. L. B....................... .1888

Tilton, Miss Maud Constance ......... .... 1839

Van Giesen,U..............................1886

West, Mrs. Nannette H.................... 1871

Wellman, Miss Margaret M................. .1871

West, James .............................. 1873

Williams, W. T ........................... .1875

Wiggins, Mrs. Georgia....................... 1877

Waples, W. D............................ - .1878

Williams, Miss Sarah M.....................1878

Whatley, J. Lawton.........................1881

Wylly, Mrs. R. H ..........................1882

Williams, Davant.......................... 1884

Wylly^ R. E. Lee...........................1884

Wade, Mrs. Mary A......................... 1886

Washington, Miss Susan M............

1886

Woodfin, Mrs. Nela A.......................1881

Whatley, Mrs. Mary W...................... 1852

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White, Mrs. Matilda B ...................... 1853 Wakelee, William L. ............ ........... 1855 '
Wade, Mrs. Margaret H. ............ ...... 1855
Wakelee, Mrs. Isabella A.................... 1862 Woodbridge, Mrs. Florence............... .. 1862 Waples, Mrs. Isabella....................... 1862
Way, Col. Oharleton H..... ................ .1865 Williams, Mrs. Mary C ................ .... 1869 Wylly,L.R.......... ............ ........1887 Wylly, Miss M. Currer .... ................. 1887 Wylly, Miss Julia........................... .1887
Wade, Miss Carrie H............ ........... 1889 Walter, Miss Caroline T........... ........ 18b9 Walter, Miss Scotia F....................... 1889 Wylly, Mrs. Emma L........... ............ 1889

COLORED MEMBERS.

Baker, Kate.

Jen ekes, Laura.

Buraet, Matilda.

Law, Margaret.

Cuthbert, Abby.

Lord, Jane.

Ellison, Annie.

Mackay, Rebecca.

Falany, Julia.

Morel, John B.

Green, Sue Stiles.

Michols, Kate.

Henderson, Dennis.

Rutledge, Elizabeth.

Hornsby, Edward.

Seidling, Martha.

Walker, Elizabeth.