. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. The Second Fight for Independence. 165 the election was without nomination. When the secretballots were counted it was found that twenty-sevenmen had been voted for. No one of the elders whowere left out received more than twenty-four thirteen who were chosen, except one who receivedeighty votes, had from a hundred and eleven to onehundred and thirty ballots to their account. This wasa perfectly free election. We could not imagine amore important providence than that which
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. The Second Fight for Independence. 165 the election was without nomination. When the secretballots were counted it was found that twenty-sevenmen had been voted for. No one of the elders whowere left out received more than twenty-four thirteen who were chosen, except one who receivedeighty votes, had from a hundred and eleven to onehundred and thirty ballots to their account. This wasa perfectly free election. We could not imagine amore important providence than that which led thismeeting to give us such an elaborate and completerecord of its proceedings. We think it shows theexact attitude of the mind of the great body of thepeople. William Haslett, John McMullin, and Robert Mc-Mullin were men of fine Christian character, who hadfor years been faithful servants of the church. Itwould be ungrateful for us not to make this record, buttheir position could not be approved by a very largenumber of their devoted friends. Indeed, the de-scendants of William Haslett appeared afterw
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