Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-03-27
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ssgefs eisii. s DISMISSAL. isRgo13 J 4,
.yg Several of MI aDougherty's friends
biswishing toisses the paper. whichsh he reac
- before the Council. in. the Newsletter i
&, Is therefore published below; sdi rs5
esr Mr. Dougherty's recent Donation from
4 his people amounts in rnoueys and Other
gifts of real value, to fraction over one
sahundrsd and Airty.fre dollars sc COX I
ygs1He did not need this, in parting official
~ with his people togconyince him. OF
sstheir, christian attachment. 0fthat it
is gratefulato him to know. he has proofs
y more decisive than even material gifts.
,ls3 Moderator 3 Gentlemen cfthe Council;
fss.--You urc convened, at the present time,
- to give your sanction and that Of the
salchurches you represent to that separation
which has been effected by my people and
myself The connection which We thus
"a dissolve has continued almost sirteen
( gears. s7as oh al 5ssl sssi.grs of 81
ssss These have been years more or less
2 sventful tous all TO many ofour homes
they have brought bereavement and sor-
Is row, while. to the nations heart they,
u have broughta Great Agony. such as the
ages past have rarely experienced. -
50 Still, in the religious concerns of me and
ing people, they have beeuy years ofharmony
s. In our counsels o. friendship in our in,
Intercourse, and of a constantly deepening
relish tor the Divine things of Rcvela
ton; indeed-it may with propriety be
said. growing in the. knowledge Of our
q Lord Jesus Christ. saiIl a5p .rsdsm u
s,,l From the time we FIRST came together
Gp April 1851 there has been progress,
~. more or less general, in gracious affections.
., God has been letter and better under
stood, and his claims on man more and
more gratefully conceded and yielded to-
For his Son. jesus the Christ, there has
been growing appreciation in all his Of
fees; to which may add a pleasing pro.
d, gress in the mutual confidence of the
members Of the church among themselves,
20 and Of the general membership toward
. their, miniater. bs,r,.l.s ,t.s-..g --s
= In this church during these years if has
:, been seen, in many delightful instances,
that the Gospel "iis the posrsr Of God IN
: /, to saluatioa. The truth, as it is in Jc.
sus-I say as it is in Jesus--has been
received and honored as it not often is
And, although these cxcellencies cannot
DO rightfully claimed for all the church,
still, it is to be hoped that most Of Them
are in the right way to the ultimate in.
heritance Of believers charity would say
all are. 4
.''l 1t is, then, Moderator and Gentlemen.
TO recognize the separation Of these ties
between my people and myself that you .
are here today. And although this sep
nration did not require council to give f,
it validity, yet as it is and long has been
the usage Of our churches to install their
Pastors and to dismiss them by such &C.
olcsiastical circumlocution. it was deemed q
BY US not improper to conform to that
Z venerable usage. Hence we sent for you, b
and you have done we'll that you have
come l'''''a ID '''i'S''N'+as9 yea SSo' IA {
us My preliminary paper You have a. /,
ready listened to. To that statement /
0 wish to add this farther word. My PEG. !,
pie have not done by me what certain
y states are said to do by thier Judges
refuse all exercise Of the function after
the threcscorc and ten are reached. But
If my people have not. done it, Nature
has, and that with voice too stern to al
aulow cfquestion or to admit of choice.
.sw Complicated bodily ipdrmi,ies. brought /
on.by long years Of pastoral and preach /;
ing labor, aud removable. If at oil. only !,
by rest, have caused this resignation
sxsI6houh good and CRATE ul rest enable Ft
! meseycr ggaiu to resume the, Divine func!g I
tion 9, ny public ministry, which is i'm
probable, the Good Master whom | serve
with my spirit win find mo field.
,tMeanwblleo Irest 10 him. and will love
lat0senjoy the society of his people. n II
a, ssu yts..i. 4. JAMEs DoroHgRTY.
49, johnson, March ~, ] 867. ,''a I'D
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