. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . 848, the connection of Rev. Mr. De Wittwith the Ghent church was dissolved to enable him to ac-cept a call to the church of Canajoharie. During his min-istry eight had been added to the church, two by confessionand six by certificate. During a portion, if not all thetime, of his pastorate the church had to depend on theBoard of Domestic Missions for aid in supporting its pastor,—a dependence that was to continue up to 1855. Thevacancy occasioned by the resignation of
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . 848, the connection of Rev. Mr. De Wittwith the Ghent church was dissolved to enable him to ac-cept a call to the church of Canajoharie. During his min-istry eight had been added to the church, two by confessionand six by certificate. During a portion, if not all thetime, of his pastorate the church had to depend on theBoard of Domestic Missions for aid in supporting its pastor,—a dependence that was to continue up to 1855. Thevacancy occasioned by the resignation of Rev. Mr. De Wittlasted scarcely a month, for Sept. 24, 1848, the consistorymade a call upon Rev. John Gray, for many years settledat Schodack, but then of Cohoes. They were fortunate insecuring his speedy acceptance. He assumed the duties ofhis office the first Sabbath in October, and for exactly sevenyears faithfully and earnestly labored to serve the Masterand the church. Full of experience, gathered throughyears of missionary labor, alike in the foreign and do-mestic fields, and fifteen years of the pastorate in this. RfSiDENCE a FfluiT ¥\HK rTOWNSEND POWELL HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. country, with a heart on fire with love for souls, aready and pitliy preacher, utider him the church grad-ually strengthened, and the prospect became more parsonage was purchased for him by a number of mem-bers of the congregation, who retained the title, but gavethe use of it to the pastor. It is now the residence of Winn. During his pastorate the Rev. Mr. Gray received thirty-two into communion of the cliurch, nineteen of whom wereon confession. Twenty-six—thirteen by confession andthirteen by certificate—^were received during the last yearof his settlement. Shortly preceding and attending theresignation of Mr. Gray, there was an unfortunate breachof the long-prevailing harmony of the church, and which,costing the church its pastor and its parsonage, threa
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