THE 
 
 FRENCH PROTESTANT, 
 
 (HUGUENOT) 
 
 CHURCH IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
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 THE 
 
 FRENCH PROTESTANT, 
 
 (HUGUENOT) 
 
 CHURCH IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
ported by unfailing courage. But these years of endurance 
 and suffering liave made their mark. The funds wliich 
 sustained the Church liave grown smaller. The fortunes 
 of its supporters have been impaired or wrecked. The 
 necessities of tlie times liave prevented the congregation 
 from giving the pecuniary aid which it needs, and tliey are 
 now threatened witli the sad necessity of closing their Church 
 forever. To prevent this calamity, they liave determined to 
 make one last effort. They seek to establish a permanent 
 fund by means of which their Church may be preserved through 
 all time, as the memorial of the virtues, the suffering, the 
 heroism and the martyrdom of their Huguenot fathers. A 
 memorial, not in stone and l)ronze, l)ut a living temple of God, 
 in which shall sound ever praise and prayers to the great Father 
 who has so miraculously preserved their ancestors and them- 
 selves, in which shall be preserved and taught the simple tenets 
 and the holy faith, which nerved the arms and strengthened 
 the hearts of Huguenots in time of disaster, famine, perse- 
 cution, rapine and ruin. A living memorial of the truth of 
 the Gospel, shedding its light, and extending its beneficial 
 influence abroad. 
 
 To this end they cordially and affectionately invite the aid of 
 all descendants of Huguenots in this and in other lands, 
 asking their liberal co-operation and assistance in this holy 
 work, sacred and dear to them as well as to themselves. The 
 fund will l)e carefully invested and religiously preserved. The 
 Church can thus be made a monument in all the coming years 
 to the children of Protestant France, of the grand endurance, 
 and sublime courage oi their forefathers. 
 
 HENRY A. DeSAUSSURE. 
 
 CHARLES H. SIMONTON. 
 
 WM. C. RAVENEL, M. D., 
 
 ISAAC HAMMOND, 
 
 JAS. S. MAZYCK, 
 
 Committee. 
 
THE HUGUENOT CHURCH, 
 
 CHARLESTON. S. C. 
 
 FOUNDED 1681-.2 
 
 Huguenots were strangely a part of the very beginning 
 of American history. The first Protestant settlement upon 
 this Continent was that of Jean Kibaut, within the present 
 limits of South Carolina. AVhen the colony failed, from Provi- 
 dential causes, and the permanent occupation of the State 
 was adjourned for more than a century, we find Huguenot 
 names among the immigrants who came in 1670, with the 
 first English Governor, William Sayle. 
 
 The first child born in New York City was Jean 
 Yigne, and the first born in Albany, New York, was Sarah 
 Pappelyea — children of Huguenot parents. Peter Stuyvesant, 
 the famous Dutch Governor of New York, married Judith 
 Bayard, the daughter of a Huguenot minister, and the Gover- 
 nor's sister, in turn, married a Bayard. The Yice-Governor 
 of New York, DeLille, was a Huguenot. In 1670, one- 
 fourth of the population of New York City were Huguenots. 
 
 The PilgrimColony of Plymouth, Massachusets, was of date 
 1620, and among the passengers of the Mayfiower, who formed 
 that colony, was one who has been regarded as the typical 
 Puritan Maiden — Priscilla, the heroine of history, romance, 
 poetry and art; the Priscilla of Miles Standish, John Alden 
 and the poet Longfellow — Priscilla Molines, the daughter of 
 William Molines, a Huguenot. 
 
 John Esten Cooke, the historian of Yirginia, says of the 
 Huguenot colony which came to that State in 1699 — "They 
 infused a stream of rich and pure blood into Yirginia society. ' ' 
 
 In 1680, the date of the settlement ''of the present City of 
 
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 riiarlesToii, Soiitli Carolina, a colony of Huguenots arrived 
 there, having been sent out l)y the English Government to 
 cultivate oil, wine and silk. But the larger immigration came 
 in.lt'»S5-6j Avhen French Protestants flocked to the State in 
 great nnnihers. Thev formed four settlements, one in the 
 City of Cliarleston, and the other three in the country. Each 
 of these settlements had its Church. The people were reniark- 
 jihle for tlieir piety, industi'v and probity, and for tlie liHrmony 
 and identity of feeling and interest in which they lived. 
 
 The three Churches of French Pi'otestants outside of the 
 city were, after a time, merged in the established Church of 
 the colony. The (1nn-ch of England became established in 
 1706. Too poor to sustain, uninterrupted, by their own reli- 
 gious ordinances, subject to great disabilities had they been 
 able; offered support for their Church and minister by the 
 established Church, they gradually yielded. Practically, they 
 did not conform to Episcopal authority until after the decease 
 of their Huguenot niinistci's. 
 
 The Huguenot Churcli establislied in the City of Charles- 
 ton, however, retained its autonomy and identity, and continues 
 to this day. Its first recognized Pastor was Elias Prioleau, 
 who [led from France at the Revocation of the Edict of Xantes, 
 in 1685; l)ut there is the strongest reason for believing that 
 the Church in Charleston was in full existence at the time of 
 his arrival, and that it was served by a j)astor who had come 
 out with tlie colony in Kiso, or soon thereafter. Fleeing to 
 the new world for the privilege of free worshi]), it is scai-cely 
 necessary to have documentary proof of the fact that they 
 organized themselves into congenial Church relations M'ithout 
 a moment's neecUess delay. The will of Cpesar Moze, made 
 in 16,S7, betjueaths a sum of money to the "Church of French 
 Protestant Ilefugees,'' then existing, and the purpose of the 
 bequest is to aid in the establishment of another Church in 
 the country. Since that early period, the Huguenot Church 
 of Charleston has contimied, under a long succession of Pastors, 
 until it is now — 1S98 — the onlv Church on this Continent 
 
which retains the distinctive features of the Huguenot service. 
 The Spiritual concerns of tlie Clnirch are managed by a Consis- 
 toiy, composed of the Pastor, and a bencli of Ehlers, elected 
 by members of the Corporation. Its temporal concerns are 
 controlled by the Corporation. The Confession of Faith was 
 composed by John Calvin, and is that adopted by the Reform- 
 ed Church of France in 1659. A liturgical form has always 
 been used in the Church. The liturgical form first adopted 
 is believed to have been that of the Church" at Geneva. After 
 the lire of IT-iO, which destroyed all the records of the Church, 
 the Liturgy of Neufchatel and Yallangin was adopted, and 
 is still in use. From the year 1816 to 1819, the French lan- 
 guage was partially disused — preaching alternating between 
 this and the English. This gave much dissatisfaction, and 
 a return to the exclusive use of French was made. But that 
 tongue had largely ceased to be spoken or understood, espec- 
 ially by the young, and, therefore, in 1828, it was determined 
 to employ only the English tongue in the service. 
 
 The French Liturgy was referred to a committee of eminent 
 gentlemen for translation. This translation is that which has 
 ever since been used in the Cliurch. Some changes were 
 made in the order and aranagement of the liturgy of l^eufchatel 
 and Yallangin, and some additions, copied from the book of 
 the French Church in London and kindred sources. Some 
 occasioanl and concluding prayers were supplied. The sources 
 from which the Book of Common Prayer was furnished were 
 laid under tribute. As the Reformed Church of France 
 had no burial service — their funerals being in silence, and at 
 night, because otherwise prohibited by the Government, the 
 comndttee had either to prepare one entirely new, or adopt 
 one ah-eady in use. They chose the Scriptural and impressive 
 burial service of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Following 
 the example of the Churcli of France, this Church has always 
 kept Christmas, Good Friday and Easter. 
 
 The present beautiful and chaste Church edifice is beheved 
 to be the fourth upon the present ^site — the others having 
 
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 given way, in tui-n, to new ones, and one being swept away 
 in a great lire wliicli visited Charleston. The Chuicli now 
 used for worsliip is pm-ely Gothic in arcliitectnre, and chaste 
 and classic in all its appointments. It was competed and occu- 
 pied in May,lS45. Its interior is adorned with nniral tablets 
 of great beauty and interest. One to a generous benefactor 
 of the Church in later days, Mr. J. F. D. Lanier, of IS^ew York 
 City, and this stone also records the muniticent gift of his son, 
 Mr. CI larles Lanier, for the restoration of the Church l)nilding 
 after the earthquake of 1886. An elaborate and beautiful 
 stained window, also erected by the Hon. Elihu B. AVashbm-ne, 
 our embassador at Paris during the horrors of the French Com- 
 nmne, connnemorates the name of his wife, the grand daughter 
 of General Gratiot, the companion in arms of the illustrious 
 Huguenot, Francis Marion. 
 
 The Huguenot Church of Charleston, S. C, has had a 
 a long succession of Pastors, beginning with that of Rev. 
 Elias Prioleau, in 1686. The present Pastor, Charles S. 
 Vedder, D. D., LL. D., has occujtied that relation for thirty- 
 three years— 1866 to 1899. 
 
MURAL TABLETS IN THE HUGUENOT CHURCH, 
 CHARLESTON, S. C. 
 
 1699— Rev. ELIAS PRIOLEAU. Dedicated to-^tlie memory of Elias 
 Prioleau, Minister of tlie Gospel according to the doctrines 
 of the Reformed Church of France. A native of Pons in 
 Saintonge. He was one of the Emigrants, who, on the Rev- 
 ocation of the Edict of Nantes, sought freedom of conscience 
 in South Carolina. When he commenced his Ministerial 
 labors in France is not known ; but some of his ManuscriiJt 
 addresses, still preserved, show that he was engaged in them 
 in 1677. In this country he continued those labors as Minister 
 of this Church. His father, Samuel Prioleau, son of Antonio 
 Prioli, was born in Venice about 1618; was educated in France, 
 where he embraced the doctrines of the Reformation, and 
 became a Minister of Christ, first at Rochelle, and afterwards 
 at Pons, at tvhich place he died in 1688. The Rev. Elias Prio- 
 leau died in the autumn of 1699, at his farm on Midway, now 
 Back River, in St. James Goose Creek ; and there, his remains 
 repose. This tablet is erected by several of his descendants, 
 worshippers in this edifice, built on the site of that in which 
 he preached. 1850. 
 
 1735-1770-183.-)— ISAAC MAZYCK, and his sons, ISAAC AND PAUL 
 MAZYCK. In memory of Isaac Mazyck ; born at St. Martin, 
 in the Isle of Rhe, 11th of June, 1661, left France in 16is5, in 
 consequence of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz, settled 
 in South Carolina in 1686, and died 7th of March, 1735; and of 
 his eldest son, Isaac Mazyck; born in Charleston, 6th of 
 March, 1700, died 25th of July, 1770. He was many years a 
 leading member of the Provincial Assembly, and was appointed 
 one of the Assistant Judges of the Province in 1740. Their 
 remains were interred at the East end of the old French Pro- 
 testant Church, and are now covered by this building. This 
 monument is erected in obedience to the testamentary direc- 
 tions of Paul Mazyck, sixth son of the latter, who was born 
 4th January, 1744, and died 6th June, 1835. His remains are 
 deposited in the cemetery of this church. 
 
 1716— LOUIS GOLTRDIN. Louis Gourdin, the ancestor of the family 
 of Gourdin in South Carolina, was born in the Pro\'ince of 
 Artois, France, a Hugiienot, and on the Revocation of the 
 Edict of Nantz hi ] 685, a refugee, he came to the Pro\-ince of 
 Carolina, settled on the Echaw, near the Santee River, and died 
 
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 in 1716. Time has consigned to oblivion his virtues and his 
 frailties; nevertheless, venerating his steadfastness to prin- 
 ciple, and grateful that, under the Divine guidance. he has given 
 them an inheritance in a land blessed with civil and religious 
 liberty, the fourth and fifth generations of his descendants 
 dedicate this tablet to his name and memory. "The lines have 
 fallen unto me in pleasant places." 1860. 
 
 1726-1727— ISAAC PORCHER, M. D., axd his wife. CLAUDE 
 CHERIGNY. In memory of Isaac Porcher. M. D., a native 
 of Severe, Province of Berry, in France; and of his wife, 
 Claude Cherigny, a native of La Roche Posay, Touraine. 
 Attached to the faith professed by the French Protestant 
 Church, they sought a refuge from persecution after the Rev- 
 ocation of the Edict of Nantes, first in England, and afterwards 
 in the Province of Carolina, where they found a home in the 
 Parish of St. James, Berkeley Coimty. After a union of forty- 
 four years and eleven months, she died September ] 0th, ] 726, 
 aged sixty-five years and foxir months; he died March, 1727. 
 This tablet is erected in pursuance of the intention of Samiiel 
 Porcher, of St. Stephens, their great grandson. 1859. 
 
 PETER CHARLES GAILLARD— Fifth in descent from Pierre 
 Gaillard, the Huguenot, of Poitou, France. Born December 
 29th, 1812, died January J 1th, 1889. An Elder of this Church. 
 1861-1865, Colonel 27th Regt., S. C. V. C. S. A. 1866, Mayor 
 of Charleston. "The memory of the just is blessed." 
 
 1761— ANTOINE de SAUSSURE and HENRI de SAUSSURE. An- 
 ToiNE DE Sai -^sruE, Seigneur de Dommartin, et de Monteuil, 
 near Amance. France, having embraced the princijiles of the 
 Reformation, abandoned his dignities and estates in Lorraine, 
 and fled with his family from persecution into Switzerland in 
 1551, where he was an influential advocate of the Protestant 
 faith. He took a bold and active part in the cause of the Refor- 
 mation at Metz, Strasbourg, Geneva and Neufchatel; from 
 the latter of which this church derives its Liturgical Services. 
 Between John Calvin and himself there existed a close friend- 
 ship, as evinceil by their reciprocal letters still preserved by 
 the branch of the family residing at Geneva. His descendants 
 ontinue true to th- iN-formed Faith: one of them, Henri de 
 aussure, remoM i ■ mn Lau.sainu'. Switzerland, to South 
 "arolina, in 1730. ai. ! "ttled as a planter in Beaufort District, 
 where he died in l I, highly esteemed and respected. A 
 monumental stone i\ a- Coosawatchie, marks the place of his 
 sepulture, and atte.si. the filial jnety of his children. In the 
 
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 war of the Revolution his four sons, and a grandson, took an 
 active part. In the cause of Independence, Louis and Thomas 
 died on battle-fields; Henry from disease caused by exposures 
 of the camp; Daniel, the eldest son, was a member of the 
 Provincial Congress of South Carolina, and was one of the 
 exiles to St. Augustine after the Capitulation of Charleston, 
 in 1780; while his son, then a yoiith of seventeen years, after- 
 wards Chancellor Henry Win. deSaussure, was at the same time 
 confined on board a British Prison Sliip in Charleston Harbour. 
 In veneration of men thus devoted to civil ana religious liberty, 
 their descendants and relatives have erected this monument. 
 1859. 
 
 1736— ELIAS HORRY. To the memory of Elias Horry, the vener- 
 able ancestor of the Horrys of South Carolina. He was born 
 ' in France in the year 1 664, and was the son of an Elder of a 
 church in Paris, wlio died a martyr, for the Protestant faith, 
 when the Edict of Nantes was Revoked by Louis XIV in 1685. 
 Escaping the persecution, he fled to Holland, thence to En- 
 gland, and came to South Carolina about the year 1 690, and 
 settled near the Santee, in the Parish of St. George Winyaw, 
 whei'e he resided forty-six years. He died in Charleston on 
 the 25th of September, 1 1'Hl aged seventy -two years, and was 
 biiried in the cemetery of the French Church. "The South 
 Carolina Gazette,^' which records his death, states that he was 
 "one of the oldest settlers in theProvince, and who, by his 
 merits and services to the country, had left behind him a very 
 good character. ' ' Elias, the son of Thomas, and grandson of 
 Col. Elias Horry, erects this monument to the memory of his 
 great grandfather. 1825. 
 
 1 799— DANIEL HUGER. In memory of Daniel Huger, bom in South 
 Carolina February 30th, 1741 ; died Jiily 6th, 1799. 
 
 1873— DANIEL RAVENEL. Daniel Ravenel, son of Daniel Rav- 
 enel, of Wantoot, in St. John's Parish, Berkeley, and Cath- 
 erine Prioleau, his wife, was born the 26th October, 1789, and 
 died in this city the 7th September, 1873, in his 84th year. 
 From early youth to latest age he obeyed the Commandments 
 of God and the precepts of, Jesiis. Religion as.similated his 
 spiritual nature, sanctifying the passions, the affections, 
 the intellect, and he Avas righteous, piire and holy amid 
 the trials and temjitations of life. He walked humbly with 
 God. His Christianity was cathciic, and the charities of his 
 heart ^Andened and deepened as he grew in years. The moral 
 and material interests of his native State and City had always 
 his enlightened support. In manners grave, yet genial in 
 temper, warm and steadfast in friendship, sincerely couiieous, 
 his influence refined and elevated society. Of Huguenot 
 
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 linea.2je, descended (througli the emigrant Rene Ravenel, of 
 Bretagne, and the Rev. Elias Prioleau, in 1 686, Pastor at Pons, 
 in Saintonge, and prol)ably the first Minister of this Church) 
 from Pastors and Elders of the Reforaied Church of France, 
 the stern adherence of his ancestors to their Protestant faith 
 stirred tlie chivah-y of his sonl ; he venerated the Church for 
 which they suffered; its tenets satisfied his judgment; the 
 spirituality of its simple worship was in harmony with his 
 religious nature ; the solemnity of its quiet Ritual, with his 
 deej) reverence when communing with God. The revival of 
 this ancient Church was a fixed puri)ose of his life ; his intellect, 
 his theological and ecclesiastical learning, his force, when heart 
 and judgment concentrated their strength, fitted him for the 
 work,- and when the time for its accomplishment had come, he 
 was. Tinder Providence, the chiefest htiman instrument through 
 which i)rayer, thanksgiving and praise ascend once more from 
 this Church of our fathers to their and to our God. He assisted 
 in the translation of the Liturgy. Thirty-eight years an Elder, 
 and, for the last twenty-seven, President of the Church, his 
 wisdom guided its councils, in difficulties of organization, his 
 piety and moderation bound it together in harmony. To per- 
 petuate the remenabrance of this life, with gratitude to God 
 that it was largely dedicated to its service, the Church lo-vingly 
 erects this monument. 1880. 
 
 188^— ST. JULIEN RAVENEL, M. D., Aetat LXII. Chemist, 
 Naturalist, Philosoi)her. His delight was in Science ; Know- 
 edge was more to him than Fame and FortTine. His labois- en- 
 riched the community. His discoveries were free to mankind. 
 The Agricultural Society of South Carolina, grateful for his 
 work and example, erect this memorial of his geniiis and worth. 
 • 
 
 JAMES F. D. LANIER, of New York. Born November 22, ISOO, 
 at Washington, Beaufort County, No. Ca. Died August 27th, 
 1 881 . This tablet commemorates a generous benefactor of this 
 Church, and perpetuates within its walls the name of his son, 
 Charles L.vniek, also of New York, who gave munificently 
 to its restoration after the destructive eartlupiake of iUst 
 August, issf). 1887. 
 
 St.vtxkt) Glass Windoav. 
 
 In Memoriam. GRATIOT WASHBURNE. Born at Galena, Illinois, 
 May 6. 1H41». Died at LouisA-illc, Ky.. Dec. 17. 1886. 
 
 In Memoriam. ADELE GRATIOT WASHBURNE. Born at Galena, 
 Illinois, Nov. 13, 182f.. Died at Chicago. Illiuois, March 
 18, 1887. 
 
RULES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FRENCH PROTESTANT GHURGH 
 
 IN THE CITY OF 
 
 CHARLESTON, S. C. 
 
 ADOPTED AFTER REVISION, 
 
 March 7th, 1869. 
 
 Press of 
 
 WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL COMPANY, 
 
 Charleston, S. C. 
 
 1S9S. 
 

RU LES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 5rencl? Ipvoksiant (£t?urcl?, 
 
 IN THE CITY OF 
 
 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAEOLIXA. 
 
 PREAMBLE' 
 
 The cliurcli now recognized in law, by tlie corporate name of 
 "The French Protestant Ohnrch in the city of Cliarleston,'' was 
 founded by French Protestant Christians, wlro having left 
 France to avoid the persecution which followed the Revocatioii 
 of the Edict of Xantz, in the vear 1685, soujjht civil and reli- 
 gious liberty in South Carolina- Its tenets are contained in the 
 articles entitled '"'' Confession de Fol^ fa'de iVnn conimiin 
 accord imv Jes JEglises refoi'iH('Ci< du lioyanini^ de France.'''' 
 And its government and disci])liue were, as far as local circum- 
 stances permitted, in accordance with the principles laid down 
 and explained in the book entitled '^ Le discipline Ecclesi- 
 astiqne des Fglises lieforhwes de France-''^ Its worship 
 was liturp'ical • The book used, as far back as memory extends, 
 is an edition in (juarto, entitled "Z</ Liturgie on la Maniere 
 de Celehrer le Service Die in ,que est etahlie dans les FgJises 
 do la Pr'incipaute de Nenfchatel et Vcdlangin. Scconde Edi- 
 tion. Revile et a Corrigee a Neafchatel., chez Jonas Gallandre 
 (& Conijmgnie,17'^7 •'■ The psalmody of the church was con- 
 ducted according to the book entit]e^E.'s I*seanwes de David, 
 mis en rime Francoise, par Clement Marot et Theodore de 
 Beze: in which Book the Psalms are set to music. But the 
 worship of the church, for a long time subject to interruptions, 
 
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 in conscqiicnee of the necessity of procnrine; Ministers from 
 Europe, liad for years been suspended, partly for tlie reason 
 just stated, l)Ut cliiefly on account of a gradual dispersion of 
 the families of members among churches in which the ser- 
 vices were conducted in English. This being the language 
 of the country, had become the language of the descendants 
 of the French. A corresponding change in the services of 
 the cliurch was not made in due time. Its necessity, slowly 
 admitted, eventually led to measures for eifecting a translation 
 of the Liturgies into English; which work having been accom- 
 plished, an edition was printed, by order of the Corporation, 
 in 183r>- 
 
 The chuivh owns an ancient endowment from the Lords 
 Propriet(jrs of the Province of Carolina, of two lots on the 
 East side of King street in Charleston, designated in the Plan 
 of the town b}' numbers 92 and 93 ;i also the lots at the South 
 east corner of Clnirch and Queen streets, supposed to form the 
 original site of tlie church, and to have l)een acquired by 
 purchase. 
 
 On ])art of the latter, a new and more comniodious House of 
 Worship, on the original site and i)artly on the foundation 
 of the former house, was commenced in 1844, completed in 
 1845 and dedicated to the service of (4od on tlie 1 1th of 
 May, in the latter year. 
 
 Tims |)i-()vi(l(Ml with means, with a pure and scriptural liturgy 
 in a Iniiguage familiar to us, and with a convenient edifice, 
 this aucii'ut cliurch again gathered a congregation deeply 
 interested in its history and prospects, to whom divine wor- 
 ship and sacred instruction, according to the forms and iirin- 
 cii)les of its founders, have 1)een aiforded. 
 
 lint experience has shown that some changes are necessarv 
 and |)r(i|)cr in the system iiiKlcr which the revival of our ser- 
 vices was commenced. 
 
 In humble trust, therefore that the iilessing of Cod will 
 
 1 The lice, ssi ties of the Church forced the sale of these lots about 
 1893. 
 
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 rest on tlie right use of the means and privileges vouchsafed 
 to us, the following rules are adopted. 
 
 AETICLE I. 
 
 The services of this Church shall, in accordance M'ith former Liturgies to 
 
 1 1 1 • 1 11 ^^ used. 
 
 usage, be conducted ^vlth an established Liturgy When 
 conducted in the French language, the Liturgies of the Churches 
 of Neufchatel and Yallangin shall be used as heretofore, 
 with the omission or alteration of such parts as are inapplica- 
 ble to our local and civil relations. When conducted in tlie 
 English language, the Liturgies used shall be those contained 
 in the book prepared by a Committee of the Corporation, 
 entitled '^T/ie Litiirgy of the French Protestant Church, 
 translated from the editions of 1737 and 1772, jpiihlished at 
 Neiifchatel, ivith additional prayers carefully selected, and 
 some alterations', 'ai^ranged for the use of the Congregation in 
 the City of Chai'leston, S. C. , printed at Charleston, hy James 
 8. Burges, 1836 ''or in such new and amended edition of the 
 same as shall have been approved and authorized by the Con- 
 sistory of this Gliurch, and also by the Corporation. 
 
 The several services of this book may be used on any occasions 
 of public worship, without regard to the day of the week for 
 which they are designed, provided the Consistory authorize such 
 use of them. 
 
 AETICLE II. 
 
 There shall l)e two stated meetings of the Corporation an- Meetings of 
 mially viz. on the second Mondays of January and July. 
 
 Special meetings may be called by order of the President, 
 or by the Secretary at request of any seven nieml)er8 of the 
 Corporation, expressed to him in writing. Tlie l)usiness for 
 which special meetings are called must be stated //i giner<d 
 terms in the notice; and at such meeting no other business 
 shall be transacted. 
 
 iTen members of the Corporation shall constitute a quorum. Quorum and 
 
 ^ '- adjournments 
 
 ^ "Seven " now. 
 
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 If tliere he not a quoruin, the members may adjourn to some 
 other time, and from time to time, until there be a quorum. 
 
 Every adjournment shall be considered a continuance of 
 the meeting held, or intended to be held. 
 Notices. Notice of the stated meetings shall be given in two news- 
 
 papers of the city, not less than three times in each. 
 
 Special meetings shall be called by notice in two newspapers 
 of the city, three times in each, or by immediate written 
 notice from the Secretary to each member. 
 
 One days notice in two newspapers shall be sufficient for 
 any adjourned meeting. But if the adjournment be made 
 1)y a meeting with a quorum for business, then the mode and 
 length of notice may be determined by the meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Election by . At the stated meeting in January, in every year, or if the 
 election be not then made, at any subsequent meeting held in 
 accordance with Article II. , a President, who shall be ev!- 
 ojjicio an Elder, and Chairman of the Elders, and foui- other 
 elders, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and an executive Committee 
 of tliree members, shall be elected by ballot. They shall 
 continue in office until the annual election in January, or if it 
 be not then made, until another election, 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 Temporal con- The tem])oral affairs of the Church shall continue under the 
 control of tlie Cor])oration, who shall have authority to direct 
 in the luanagcmciit of tlie property, fix the pew rents, the 
 Pastor's salaiT, and all other salaries, the term of services of 
 the Pastor, and of all officers and determine the general expen- 
 ditures. 
 
 Spiritual con- The spiritual concerns of the Church shall be managed by the 
 Pastor and Elders, who shall form the Consistory. 
 
 ARTICLE ^^ 
 
 Minister, The Minister of this Church shall l)c one ordained in con- 
 
 formity with the principles thereof. It shall be the office of 
 
 cerns, 
 
 cerns, 
 
 nomination of. 
 
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 the Elders to select and nominate a Minister a])i)i-(»ved for 
 pietj and doctrine, to the Corporators who shall have anthority 
 to approve or reject sncli nomination l)y ballot. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 When the nomination of a Minister is to be snbmitted to Minister. 
 
 . I . election of. 
 
 the Corporators a nieetmoj shall be called for the purpose by 
 the President, or by the Elders, within l."> days after the 
 nomination shall have l)een made. Such meetings may be 
 adjourned from time to time. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 In order that the holy intiuence of the pastoral ofhce may Minister 
 not be impaired by the collisions which sometimes arise in the meetings, 
 transactions of business, but that it may be reserved to promote 
 harmony and brotherly love, the Mini.'^ter shall not be present 
 at any meetings of the C^orporation. 
 
 ARTICLE Till. 
 
 During a vacancy of the pulpit, the Elders may make such Temporary 
 temporary arrangements for Divine Service, as they shall ap- pit. 
 prove, not to extend beyond the first meeting of tlie Corpor- 
 ation thereafter. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 'No collection shall be made, but by consent of the Elders collection, 
 except the alms of the Holy Comnmnion. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 The Minister for the time Ijeing, shall keep a Register of Registerand 
 Marriages, Births, Baptisms, Deaths and Burials, and give 
 certificates therefrom when re(pnredr' 
 
 This Register shall be kept in a book provided for tlie pur- 
 pose, as the property of the Clmreh, During a vacancy of 
 the pastoral office, the Register shall be kept by the Treasurer, 
 
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 who in such case and during the absence of the Minister shall 
 be authorized to give certificates therefrom. 
 
 AETICLE XI. 
 
 c^mmiule^ The Executive Committee to be elected under Article III, 
 shall be charged with the general supervision of the Church 
 edifice and other property, real and jDersonal of the Church; 
 and shall counsel and direct the Treasurer and other temporal 
 officers in all matters with which they may be respectively 
 charged under our rules, subject always to the direction of 
 the Corporation. 
 
 AETICLE XII. 
 
 The Treasurer shall let the pews or j^arts of pews when 
 vacant. Tu case of dispute between two or more applicants, 
 he shall refer the matter to the Executive Committee. He 
 shall let the Houses and Lands, and shall always do so by 
 written lease. He shall not make a lease for more than one 
 year, but by the consent of the Executive Connnittee, given 
 in writing. He shall invest moneys, l)ut only with the appro- 
 bation of the Executive Committee, first obtained. He shall 
 collect and deposit all moneys in bank, in the cor]iorate name 
 of the (Miurch, and shall draw the same under power of attor- 
 ney from the Executive Committee, revocable by a majority 
 of them at pleasure ; and all payments shall be made by checks. 
 He shall take charge of all the deeds, securities for money, 
 certificates of stock and other property, of which he shall 
 exhibit a schedule at the stated meetings, and whensoever 
 retjiiircd liy the Executive ( \)mmittee or Corjioration, 
 
 lie shall at those meetings, and also when re(]uired as above, 
 exhibit an account of his receipts and ])ayments, a list of the 
 tenants of houses, and of pews and ])arts of pews, and the 
 rents in arrcar. He shall keep such books as the Executive 
 Connn Ice may direct and all the books ke])t by him are to 
 His bond. bc cou.^-: liTcd as Churcli property. He shall, before he shall 
 enter ny >n the duties of his office, give bond to the Corpor- 
 
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 ation in the sum of i^QOOO, witli such security and condition 
 as the Executive Connnittee sliall approve. The Ijond to con- 
 tinue in force so long as he sliall continue in office under these 
 rules and by virtue of his first or any succeeding elections, 
 and until he shall have finally and fully atcounted and settled, 
 and fulfilled his trust. The Executive Committee may require 
 additional security at any time. The compensation of the Compensation 
 Treasurer for his services, sliall he fixed hy the Executive 
 Committee. 
 
 ARTK^LE XIll. 
 
 Pew-rents shall be paid semi-annually. The pews may be Pew Rents, 
 rented to persons not members of the Corporation; provided 
 that if there be aii}^ application for a pew by a member, such 
 application shall always be preferred. 
 
 ARTICLE XIY. 
 
 The Elders shall have charge of the Communion Plate, and Communion 
 
 ^ ' plate. 
 
 direct by whom it shall be kept. 
 
 ARTICLE XV. 
 
 The Secretary shall attend the meetings and keep a fair Secretary, 
 journal of all proceedings of the Corporation, give notices of 
 meetings in accordance with Article II, and record their pro- 
 ceedings. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI. 
 
 A Clerk, Organist and Sexton may be appointed by the clerk, Organ- 
 Elders. The offices of Clerk and Sexton may be united, in ^^^- '^''^^''"• 
 the discretion of the Elders. 
 
 ARTICLE XYII. 
 
 Every white man of the age of twenty-one years, being a Membership 
 
 T -o , rn' • • "^ 11 of Corporation 
 
 citizen of South Carolina, a Protestant C hristian, and a descen- 
 dant of the Huguenots, or a descendant of present or former 
 members of this Corporation, or a Pew-holder in this Church 
 
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 shall be eligible as a member of this Corporation. He shall 
 apply by letter, read at one meeting and be ballotted for at 
 any subsequent meeting; and if two-thirds of the members 
 present, ballot in his favor, he shall on j)aying to the Treas- 
 urer, the Slim of $5 be a member. 
 
 And every white man of the age of twenty-one years, who 
 is a Pew-holder in this Church, sjiall so long as he holds a pew 
 in the said Church, be considered a Corporator, and entitled, 
 to all the Rights and privileges of the other Corporators under 
 the preceeding part of this Rule. 
 
 Any member may be expelled upon motion made at one 
 meeting, and determined at a subsequent meeting not less 
 than a fortnight thereafter, by a vote of three-fourths of the 
 members present. 
 
 No member shall be entitled to a vote, who shall be in 
 arrears, for one year, for pew rent. 
 
 ARTICLE XVIII. 
 
 Sexton. 
 
 Monuments. 
 
 The Sexton shall have charge of the Church and Churchyard 
 and the opening of graves. ]^o horse or other animal shall 
 be suffered to remain in tlie Churchyard. 
 
 No monument of any description, except Head and Foot 
 stones, shall be erected in the yard. 
 
 ARTICLE XIX. 
 
 Jiilernieiils. 
 
 Mciiilicrs of the C()rj)(>rati(»ii and tlicii' families, may l)e 
 iiitciTcil ill tlic ( 'luii-cliyard ; but in vvvry case, Twenty Dollai's 
 shall Itc paid the Treasurer. 'I'he widows and descendants 
 of former inembei's interred theivin, who are not worshijipers 
 in this ( 'hurch, and j)ers()ns who are not menihers. who shall 
 have worshij)ped in this Cimrch, one year innnediately j^re- 
 ceeding their death, may be buried in the yard on the pay- 
 ment of 'I'hirty Dollars to the Treasurer on a written order 
 from one of the Executive Committee. Worshippers in this 
 Church, beini:: the widows and descendants of members, mav 
 
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 be buried upon the same terms as members. No other 
 persons, but those above shall be buried in the yard. 
 
 AETICLE XX. 
 
 Such fees shall be paid as are jjrescribed in the following Fees, 
 table, viz: 
 
 To the Minister^ 
 
 For searching the Register .$0 50 
 
 For a certified copy from the same 1 00 
 
 To the Clerk a/nd Sexton^ 
 
 For a Horse and Hearse 3 00 
 
 To the Clerk for attendance at funerals, when required 1 00 
 
 To the Sexton for opening a grave 2 00 
 
 For attendance and opening yard for the purpose of 
 
 having a monument erected therein, per day 1 00 
 
 ARTICLE XXI. 
 
 No part of this Constitution shall be altered or amended ; .^^^^^Vi^tjo" ^^ 
 
 ^ ' these Rules. 
 
 unless the proposed alteration or amendment, shall have been 
 proposed and read a first time at one meeting, and ordered to 
 a second reading at a subscfpient meeting and then adopted; 
 provided, that the votes of two-thirds of the members present 
 shall be necessary to such alteration or amendment. 
 
 ARTICLE XXII. 
 
 This Constitution shall be recorded in the book already ])i-o- constitution 
 vided for that purpose, and in the same book sliall be kc'])t a 
 register of the names of all persons who n<»w arc or who shall 
 hereafter become members of the Corporation, in their j^ropcr 
 signatures, if practicable; those •Hiereafter to be admitted. 
 setting the date of admission opposite their names. 
 
DATE DUE 
 
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