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Excerpt from The Form of Covenant, of the Old South Church, in Boston, Massachusetts: With Lists of the Founders, the Pastors, the Ruling Elders and Deacons, and the Members
Rules of the Old South Church in Boston in relation to the admission and dismission of Members. March 27, 1826. Voted, That hereafter the follow ing shall be the method of proceeding in relation to appli cations for admission to this church on dismission and recommendation from other churches, viz: The applicants shall be conversed with by the pastor for the purpose of ascertaining whether they approve of the covenant, and are disposed to conform to the faith and government of this church, and their letters of dismission and recom mendation shall be examined and approved by the com mittee already appointed for that purpose, agreeably to a vote of this church passed Jan. 1, 1816. If the pastor and the committee are satisfied with the results of their examinations, the names of the applicants shall be men tioned, as applying for admission to this church on dis mission and recommendation from other churches, at the same times at which persons applying for admission on profession are propounded. At the expiration of a fort night from the time of their application being thus men tioned before the congregation, if no objection to their admission has, in the mean time, been stated to the pastor, their testimonials shall be read to the church and the vote taken upon their application, immediately before the usual proceedings in relation to the admission of those who are to be received on profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
