Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-01-27
Organization VI the Second Congregational
Church OF Los Angeles.

AT a public meeting, held at the
close of the religious service in the La
Dow school house on Sunday last, VIM.
Dryden in the chair, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted,
viz: Resolved,
1st. That we approve of the prin-
ciples of cOngregatiOnalism as eX-
pounded by Rev. j. Bates, and prefer
that church of that order be founded
in this community.
I'd. That such church shall be called
the Second Congregational Church of
Los Angeles.
Sd. That church building be erect
ed to cost when complete not less than
$500.
4th. That subscription for the erec-
ton be now commenced, and thai
Capt. +. B. Clark be appointed to calf
upon the residents in the district, and
Rev. J. Bates be requested to visit
Northern California to obtain further
help.
9Th. That the following persons be
appointed Trustees of the church, Jas.
A. Barrows, Capt. f. b. Clark, f. $.
Butterworth, j. A. Nichols, VIM. Dry
den and r. II. McGue.
9th. That building committee be
formed to consist of the following per-
SONS: Capt. +. b. Clark, VIM. Dryden,
7. G. Alexander, f. II. La Dow and
J. H. Snyder.
18th. That the best thanks of this
meeting be given to the Rev. J. Bates
for his valuable services in missioning
this hitherto neglected district, and
that he be urgently requested to con-
tinue to supply us with preaching.
8th. That we sincerely thank
Miss Florence Bent, J. A. Bar
rows and Capt. f. b. Clark for their
services in conducting the singing of
the Sabbath School, and we urgently
request that they will continue their
valuable help until the school shall
come self-supporting.
be given to Mr.. VIM. Dryden for the
cooperation and assistance he has af-
forded to this new enterprise, and that
he be respectfully requested to con-
tinue his services.
f. b. CLARK, Secretary.
Captain Clark has shown us his list
OF subscriptions which already amount
to 81 800. This is good beginning
and it speaks well for that small COM
munity. Surely if $1,000 can be raised
by. those few settlers for such an OBJ
ject, there ought to be no difficulty in
collecting $4,000 for similar purpose
in this city. An attractive church ed
ifice would be an ornament to the
place. 1t would give an additional
value to real estate, and hence the
property holders as well as the mer-
chants, are interested in assisting our
Congregational friends to build asmore
costly structure near the center of the
town. For the purpose of organizing
such movement we understand
meeting of the Trustees is being held
to-day.
We congratulate the Rev. J. Bates
on the success of his efforts to infuse
more life and energy into the men,
bers of his denomination. In his adj
dress on Sunday last he claimed for
Congregationalism the true apostolic
succession. He said it was a mistake
to suppose that Congregationalism
originated either with the pilgrim
fathers or with the puritans in Eng
land under Cromwell. 1t began in
Judea. He believed that the Syna-
gogue at Nazareth after the resurec-
ton of Christ. became q Congrega-
tional Church. The primitive church.
es of the New Testament were all in
dependent, they allowed no conven-
tions outside their own circle to leg
islate for them. Their motto was, Zone
Is our Mas ter even Christ, and all are
our brethren And while he admitted
that their form of service was liturgi-
cal, or like that Of the Episcopal
Church of our day; he contended that
the government was strictly congrega-
tional, and that in the primitive
Church there were no bishops over
other bishops, and that the Scriptural