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. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. The Founding of the Church. 27 The efforts of the pastors and officers of the MarketStreet Church to secure the complete organization ofthe Pine Street congregation were wise and early as March, 1767, the Committee secured acongregational meeting to consider the subject of call-ing a minister to take charge of the work at the tem-porary house of worship, and to give especial attentionto those who would likely enter the new church. Thisis described as a meeting of the con
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. The Founding of the Church. 27 The efforts of the pastors and officers of the MarketStreet Church to secure the complete organization ofthe Pine Street congregation were wise and early as March, 1767, the Committee secured acongregational meeting to consider the subject of call-ing a minister to take charge of the work at the tem-porary house of worship, and to give especial attentionto those who would likely enter the new church. Thisis described as a meeting of the congregation, and suchas would belong to Pine Street Church. Either thenumber attending this meeting was surprisingly small,or only a part of those present took an active part,for when a vote was taken it was found that there wereonly forty-six ballots, thirty-eight for, and eight againstcalling a minister. Decision was postponed, and themeeting adjourned to convene on March this second meeting the vote stood forty-two for,and thirteen against. Affairs were evidently in painfulconfusion, for th
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