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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... EVENING EXERCISES. A crowded audience assembled in the evening, and the exercises were opened with singing by the choir, and prayer by Rev. Arthur Potts, of Little Falls. The following Introductory Remarks were made by Rev. Dr. Hudson, pastor, of the church. If I were to make an address to-night, which I do not propose to do, I should speak to you about "our representatives" and by "our representatives " I mean the members of this church on earth and in heaven. In looking into our church manual, I find that since its organization in 1791, seventeen hundred and ninety persons have been connected with the church. Of this number twelve hundred and three united on confession of their faith, and five hundred and eighty-seven by letter from other churches--a goodly number, certainly, of whom, it is safe to say, the vast majority, were sincere followers of the Lord Jesus Christ--"living epistles" of the truth, and illustrating in their lives, the sanctifying and ennobling influence of the Gospel. In this roll of membership, I find the names of fifty-one clergymen, and of twelve foreign missionaries, namely: Samuel W. Brace, D. D., Edward Robinson, D. D., LL. D., Salmon Strong, George F. King, Hiram H. Kellogg, Asahel Grant, M. D., Nestorians; Bilious Pond, George W. Thompson, Joel E. Bradley, Eleazar S. Barrows, John Gridley, Wayne Gridley, Samuel W. Raymond, M. D., Theodore B. Lyman, D. D., William G. Hubbard, George W. Gridley, Benjamin W. Dwight, LL. D., Dwight E. Lyman, John N. Powell, A. Delos Gridley, D. D., Frank F, Ellinwood, D. D., Eurotas P. Hastings, Get/Ion; Addison K. Strong, D. D., Anson J. Upson, D. D., Benjamin R. Catlin, Edward S. Lacy, Hiram E. Johnson, John F. Kendall, D. D., William Lusk, Jr., John A. Paine, Ph. D., Albert P. Worthingtou, Lewi...
