The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-04-12
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND
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RESOLUTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE
RESIGNATION OF THE PASTOR REV.
Fl. G. HITCHCOCK.
AT the regular weekly meeting Of the
Congregational Church, held Wednes-
day evening, April 4, 1877, Judge J. J.
Petit offered the following resolutions
with reference tC the resignation of
the pastor, which were adopted with
out dissent as the voice Of the meeting:
RESOLUTIONS OF THE CHURCH.
WHEREAS, the Rev. III. c.. Hitchcock
has presented his resign alton as Pastor
Of the First Congregational Church and
Society Of Kenosha, to take effect the
first Of May next, and the said church
being duly convened to consider the
same; and
WHEREAS we, the members Of said
church, who for more than seven years
have sat under his pulpit ministrations
and been conversant with him in the
amenities of social life, are moved
with deepest regret at the prospect of
having this long-existing and most
pleasant relation between him and our
selves sundered; and
WHEREAS, during the time he has
been settled with us, both he and his
estimable wife have suffered prolonged
and grievous Affections by sickness and
repeated bereavements in their house
hold, all Of which have been borne by
them with marked christian fortitude
and resignation; and
WHEREAS, in all our affections he has
ever been our sympathiZing and conso-
ling friend, invoking the blessing of
Almighty God in our sorrows, so now
we, as ever, would implore divine illu-
mination in this present dispensation,
to guide us in the right way, TO the
end that that which seems SO inscruta-
BILE may be made plain, and oar present
trial be overruled to the glory Of God,
and the promotion ofhis kingdom in all
our hearts. Therefore,
Resozoed, That we are deeply sensible
that, i'll this step of our beloved Pastor,
this church loses one who by his char
acter both as man and q minister has
greatly endeared himself to the church
and congregation, and to our entire
community; who by his department
as pastor has been an example to be-
levers, chaste in word and converse
ton, rich in the graces of the Spirit, in
faith, incharity, in purity; whose pull
pit ministrations have been eminently
sound in doctrine according to the glo-
rious gospel of the blessed God, and,
whether presented in the form Of eX-
tempOraneOuS or written address, have
been always with noble thoughts, fit
ting words, and impressive manner.
From his lips the message of salvation
has come to us warm from feeling
heart, clothed in the solemn language
Of the eternal world, often tenderly pa
thetlc, always persuasive and forcible,
tending to arrest attention, to alarm
the careless, to move the affections, to
nourish and strengthen the children
OF God in the ways of holy living.
ReS01Ued, therefore, that with warm
expressions Of gratitude for seven and
a half years of such a ministry, we
would beseech our Heavenly Father
to prepare the future way before our
beloved pastor, to keep him and his
family as under the shadow of his al
mighty wing, that they may still be,
as they have been, a blessing to the
cause of Christ and his church Wher-
ever their future lot may be cast.
ResozUed, That these resolutions be
entered in the records of this church,
and that a copy of them be subscribed
by the officers of the church and pre-
sented to the Rev. III. C. Hitchcock.
ACTION OF THE SOCIETY.
At a meeting OF the Society held on