Historical and descriptive sketch of the Church of the pilgrims . which, withtheir contents, had been disposed of at an auction sale on thepremises, that very day, — after prayer by David Hale, theresolution was reached to endeavor to establish the Church ofthe Pilgrims, in The first meeting of persons pro-posing to unite in the organization, was called for the first dayof December, 1844, at the house of Richard P. Buck, cornerClinton and State Streets, in Brooklyn, Here a committee offive was appointed to prepare Articles of Faith and Covenant,^ * Choates Works, vol. i, p. 379. Bos
Historical and descriptive sketch of the Church of the pilgrims . which, withtheir contents, had been disposed of at an auction sale on thepremises, that very day, — after prayer by David Hale, theresolution was reached to endeavor to establish the Church ofthe Pilgrims, in The first meeting of persons pro-posing to unite in the organization, was called for the first dayof December, 1844, at the house of Richard P. Buck, cornerClinton and State Streets, in Brooklyn, Here a committee offive was appointed to prepare Articles of Faith and Covenant,^ * Choates Works, vol. i, p. 379. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1862. Thesewords of the orator gave rise to the stirring song by Rev. C. H. Hall, in honor ofthe Pilgrims, whose stanzas end with the couplet, — And to a howling wilderness, this glorious boon they bring, A CHURCH WITHOUT A BiSHOP — A SXATE WITHOUT A KiNG. * The result of the labors of this committee was, for substance, the presentArticles and Covenants of the church, based mainly upon those of Park StreetChurch, in .HLKDll OK THE , U1UR)KLV.\. N. on Henr> Slrr^t. i 5 and to make suitable arrangements for formal again December nth, it was unanimously resolved,that in view of the solemn responsibilities connected with theformation of a church of Christ, Friday, the 20fh instant, beobserved by us as a day of fasting and prayer, concluding withreligious services in the evening. This having been observed, a council convened, to consti-tute the church, at the house of Hiram Barney, No. 70Pierrepont Street, Saturday, December 21st. There werepresent, Rev. H. Bushnell, d. d., pastor of the North Con-,gregational Church in Hartford, Conn., Bro. Sam. C. Hill,delegate from the Tabernacle (Cong.) Church in New York,Rev. Benj. Lockwood, pastor of the Congregational Churchin Jersey City, N, J., with Bro. Thomas Weldon as John Marsh, Rev. Milton Badger, d. d., Rev. J. Brace,and Rev. A. Camp, of N
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