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MANUAL 
 
 BROADWAY TABERNACLE CHURCH, 
 
 CONCISE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, 
 
 EVENTS CONNECTED WITH IT. 
 
 NEW-YORK: 
 
 PRINTED BY JOHN GRAY, 104 BEEKMAN STREET. 
 1842. 
 
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HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BROADWAY TABERNACLE. 
 
 The chief design of its founders was the exten- 
 sion of the free church plan, which at that time had 
 heen in successful operation for two or three years. 
 A very large building it was supposed would fur- 
 nish the means of instruction to the largest number 
 of persons, at the smallest expense of money and 
 ministerial labour. Another design was the accom- 
 modation of large bodies of christians on anniversa- 
 ries and other occasions. 
 
 The persons chiefly engaged were Mr. William 
 Green, jun., and Mr. J. M. Dimond, upon whom in 
 connexion with the Rev. Chas. G. Finney devolved 
 almost all the labour of superintending the contracts 
 and the building. 
 
 The work was commenced in May 1S35, and 
 finished in April 1836. A church had been formed 
 in the mean time, consisting of one hundred and 
 twenty members, and over it Mr. Finney was in- 
 stalled pastor, April 10th. The church was mainly 
 Congregational, though the deacons were made trus- 
 
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 tees of the property, and the board for the sake of 
 being- better comprehended by the public, was called 
 a session. 
 
 The building is one hundred feet square, and 
 stands on four lots of ground; one of which was pur- 
 chased, and the others hired of the estate of Peter 
 Lorillard, for the term of twenty-one years, with the 
 right of two other like terms upon the usual con- 
 ditions. About twenty-five hundred persons can 
 be comfortably seated in it. 
 
 The whole cost of the land purchased, the edifice 
 erected, and the alterations on Broadway to provide 
 an entrance, was over sixty-six thousand dollars 
 procured as follows : 
 
 By bond and mortgage, . . . $.j .000 
 
 Subscribed by "\Vm. Green, jun. . . 5 000 
 
 " by J. M. Dimond, . . 5 000 
 
 u by other persons, . . 6 000 
 
 Loaned by Mr. Green, .... 2o 000 
 
 " by Mr. Dimond, 20 000 
 
 $66 500 
 
 The sums loaned were secured by bonds and 
 mortgages on the property. 
 
 Not long after the enterprise had gone into 
 operation, Mr. Green and Mr. Dimond both left the 
 Tabernacle, and all its responsibilities devolved on 
 the church which remained. In the spring of 1837, 
 Mr. Finney was dismissed in consequence of ill 
 health, and the Rev. George Duffleld, became the 
 acting pastor in June, though without being for- 
 
mally installed. The pecuniary strength of the 
 church and congregation, was inadequate to the 
 management of so large an establishment; and in 
 February 1833, an arrangement was made by which 
 the Dey-street church united with the Tabernacle 
 church. The Dey-street brethren insisted as a con- 
 dition of the union, that the united church should 
 be Presbyterian, and this was assented lo, with the 
 proviso, that such principles of the Congregational 
 order should be ingrafted " as should be approved 
 by the united church." The Dey-street church 
 brought w ^h them their pastor, the Rev. Mr. Helf- 
 enstein, but both he and the Rev. Mr. Duffleld not 
 long after retired ; and in the autumn of 1838, the 
 Rev. Joel Parker became the pastor of the church. 
 It was at this time that the free church plan was 
 abandoned in part, and the letting of slips substi- 
 tuted. The church was harmonious and prosper- 
 ous for some months after Mr. Parker's settlement, 
 and until some disciplinary movements on the part 
 of the session produced dissatisfaction, and a con- 
 troversy ensued which was only terminated in July 
 1840, when Mr. Green having prosecuted his mort- 
 gage to foreclosure; the Tabernacle was sold by 
 public auction, and purchased by Mr. David Hale 
 for $34,250. On the evening of the day of the 
 purchase, at a very full meeting of the church which 
 consisted of five or six hundred members, Mr. Hale 
 informed the church of the purchase and of the plan 
 which was contemplated, of establishing in the Tab- 
 ernacle a Congregational church, after the pattern of 
 
the primitive churches, and the churches of iNew- 
 England ; and invited as many of the memhers as 
 might be so disposed to unite in the new enterprise. 
 The officers of the church were unfavourable to 
 this, and the result was that the members dispersed 
 in variousdircctions, and the church became extinct. 
 
 Congregational Church. 
 
 On Monday evening; July 13th, 1840, in the lec- 
 ture room, at the close of the last meeting held there 
 by the Presbyterian church, those members who 
 were disposed to unite in the formation of aCongre- 
 gational church, were invited to remain. Thirty 
 or forty brethren accepted the invitation, and having 
 conversed together of the importance of the step 
 they proposed to take, they kneeled down and 
 prayed, commending themselves and the church 
 about to be formed to the guidance and care of God. 
 A committee was then appointed to take measures 
 for the formation of a Congregational church. The 
 movement was prosperous ; several brethren from 
 other churches came in, and after having agreed 
 upon some permanent principles of government, ar- 
 ticles of faith, covenant and form of admission, the 
 persons whose evidences of piety had been made 
 mutually satisfactory upon examination, entered in- 
 to covenant with each other, and with God, and 
 constituted themselves a church of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, and took the name of " The Broadway Tab- 
 ernacle Church." The articles of failh, form of ad- 
 
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 mission and covenant, were copied substantially 
 from Park-street church, in Boston. The church 
 was publicly installed by an ecclesiastical council 
 on the 3d of September. 
 
 The council was composed of the following per- 
 sons. 
 
 From the Congregational cburch in Philadelphia, Rev. Jno. Todd. 
 
 From the Congregational church in New Haven, Rev. Leonard 
 Bacon and Deacon Nathan Whiting. 
 
 From the Spring-street Presbyterian church, Rev. Wm. Patton, 
 D. D. and Doctor Alonzo S. Ball. 
 
 From the Mercer-street Presbyterian church, Rev. Thomas H. 
 Skinner, D. D. 
 
 From the New-York Congregational church, Rev. George R Has- 
 well and Deacon Monson Lockwood. 
 
 From the Providence Chapel church, N. Y. Rev. Joseph Harri- 
 son, and Deacon Dagraw. 
 
 From the Mission Church, N. Y. Rev. Peter Lockwood, and Dea- 
 con Joseph Harris. 
 
 From the High-street church, Providence, R. I. Deacon Samuel 
 Billings. 
 
 Rev. John Marsh, and Rev. Professor Bush of New-York. 
 
 Letters of apology for absence were received from 
 Rev. Dr. Hawes of Hartford, Ct. Rev. Dr. Storrs of 
 Braintree, Mass. and Rev. Mr. Mitchell of North- 
 ampton, Mass, The sermon was by Mr. Bacon, 
 the charge by Mr. Todd, and the right hand of fel- 
 lowship by Dr. Patton. 
 
 The Rev. E. W. Andrews of West Hartford, Ct. 
 having received the unanimous call of the church 
 and society, and having accepted the same, entered 
 
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 upon his pastoral duties on the first Sabbath of 
 January 1811. He was publicly installed on Sab- 
 bath evening, January 31st, by an ecclesiastical 
 council, composed of the following persons. 
 
 From the Beneficent church, Providence, R. I. Rev. Mark Tuck- 
 er, D. D. pastor, and brother Anthony B. Arnold, delegate. 
 
 From the North church, New Haven, Ct. Rev. S. W'S. Dutton, 
 pastor; brother Sherman W. KneviU, delegate. 
 
 From the third Congregational church, New Haven, Rev. E. L. 
 Cleveland, paster; Deacon David Breed, delegate. 
 
 From the Congregational church in Kent, Ct. Rev. Wm. W. An- 
 drews, pastor; Deacon Mathew S. Barnum, delegate. 
 
 From the third Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, Rev. William B. 
 Lewis, pastor; Elder Joseph Howard, delegate. 
 
 From the Providence chapel church, N. Y. Rev. Joseph Harriion, 
 pastor; Deacon Joseph Da%is, delegate. 
 
 From the New-York Congregational church, Rev. George R. Has- 
 well, pastor; brother Solomon Fanning, delegate. 
 
 From the New-York Mission church, Rev. Benjamin Lockwood, 
 pastor; Deacon Joseph Harris, delegate. 
 
 From the Congregational church, Elizabethport, N. J. Deacon 
 Jonathan M. Ropes, delegate. 
 
 Rev. W. W. Andrews preached. 
 Rev. Dr. Tucker gave the charge to the pastor. 
 Rev. Mr. Cleaveland gave the charge to the peo- 
 ple. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Dutton gave the right hand of fellowship. 
 
 The church having elected brethren Samuel Pitts, 
 Jno. C. Cass, Israel Minor, and Albert Woodruff to 
 be deacons, set them before the council and they laid 
 their hands on them. 
 
 The " permanent rules" are intended to bring all 
 the affairs of the church constantly before the whole 
 
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 body, and to secure to every member an equal share 
 in the administration. A committee was agreed 
 upon in order to fix responsibility, not to confer 
 power, the church having retained that entirely in 
 their own hands. The meetings of the committee 
 are open to all the members of the church who are 
 disposed to attend. The first permanent rule or 
 declaration, was thought of great importance in 
 the outset of the enterprise, inasmuch, as manv 
 churches had been transformed into societies of 
 general reform, and sometimes of even political ac- 
 tion. Popery, Episcopacy, and even Presbyterian- 
 ism claim that there is in the church a power to 
 control the members and direct their field of la- 
 bour ; but Congregationalism holds each member 
 responsible to the church, for an orderly and pious 
 walk and conversation, and that he is bound to ap- 
 propriate his efforts to that department of labour, to 
 which in his own judgment he is called by the Mas- 
 ter, to whom he is directly responsible for the use of 
 all the talents which have been committed to his 
 hands. It was in accordance with these views, that 
 the church after a thorough discussion of the sub- 
 ject, adopted the preamble and resolutions on the 
 subject of charities, which will be found on p. 16, 17. 
 
 Mr. Hale has executed to the congregation a lease 
 of the great auditory on the Sabbath, and of the lec- 
 ture room and sexton's apartments at all times, for 
 the term of ten years, at an annual rent of one thou- 
 sand dollars ; the congregation to furnish fuel, 
 lights and attendance at all limes, and to charge one 
 
to 
 
 half of the whole expense of fuel and Lights towards 
 the rent. This lease is accompanied with an agree- 
 ment on the part of Mr. Hale, the outline of which 
 is, that he will pay the taxes, insurance, &c. and 
 will receive all income from the property not in- 
 cluded in the lease, keeping an accurate account of 
 the same, and that if within the ten years, the con- 
 gregation shall refund to him the purchase money, 
 with interest at the rate of seven per cent, (the ba- 
 lance of the account of current income and expense 
 being first added or deducted,) then the congrega- 
 tion shall come into the full control and ownership 
 of the property. 
 
ARTICLES OF CHRISTIAN FAITH 
 
 AND 
 
 CHURCH GOVERNMENT. 
 
 ADOPTED BY 
 
 THE MEMBERS OF THE BROADWAY TABERNACLE CHURCH, 
 
 We, the Subscribers, having agreed to unite in the 
 establishment of a new Congregational church in New- 
 York, by the name of " The Broadway Tabernacle 
 Church," think it proper to make a declaration of that 
 Faith which is the bond of our ecclesiastical union, 
 and which we shall expect to find in all those who shall 
 hereafter participate in our religious privileges and com- 
 munion. 
 
 First. — We believe that the scriptures of the Old and 
 New Testament are the woid of God, and the only per- 
 fect rule of christian faith and practice. 
 
 Second. — We profess our decided attachment to that 
 system ot the christian religion, which is distinguishingly 
 denominated evangelical; more particularly to those 
 doctrines, which in a proper sense, are styled the doc- 
 trines of grace, viz : — That there is one, and but one 
 living and true God, subsisting in three persons, the Fa- 
 ther, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and that these 
 three are one God, the same in substance, equal in pow- 
 er and glory ; that God irom all eternity, according to 
 the counsel of his own will, and lor his own glory, fore* 
 ordained whatsoe\er comes to pass; that God, in His 
 most holy, wise, and powerful providence, preserver and 
 
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 governs all His creatures, and all their actions ; — that by 
 the fall, all mankind lost communion with God, are un- 
 der His wrath and curse, and liable to all the miseries of 
 this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever; 
 that God out of His mere good pleasure, from all eter- 
 nity, elected some to everlasting life ; entered into a cove- 
 nant of grace, to deliver them from a state of sin and 
 misery, and introduce them into a state of salvation by a 
 Redeemer; that this Redeemer is the Lord Jesus 
 Ch'ust, the eternal Son of God, who became man, and 
 continues to be God and man iu two distinct natures, and 
 one person for ever ; that the effectual calling of sinners 
 is the work of God's Spirit ; that their justification is 
 only for the sake of Christ's righteousness by faith. — 
 And we hereby covenant and engage, as fellow chris- 
 tians of one faith, and partakers of the same hope and 
 joy, to give up ourselves unto the Lord, for the observ- 
 ance of the ordinances of Christ together in the same 
 society, and to unite together in one body for the public 
 worship of God, and the mutual edification one of ano- 
 ther in the fellowship of the Lord Jesus ; exhorting, re- 
 proving, comforting, and watching over each other, for 
 mutual edification ; looking for that blessed hope and the 
 glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour 
 Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might 
 redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a 
 peculiar people zealous of good works. 
 
 [This declaration is contained in a separate book of records, and to 
 it the signature of each member should be affixed after his election by 
 the church, and before his public profession and covenant.] 
 
 FORM OF ADMISSION TO THE CHURCH. 
 
 You have presented j-ourselves in this public manner 
 before God, to dedicate yourselves to His service, and 
 to incorporate yourselves with His visible people. You 
 are about to profess supreme love to Him, sincere con- 
 trition for all yojr sins, and faith unfeigned in the Lord 
 Jesus Christ; to enter into a solemn covenant to re- 
 
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 ceive the Father, Sun, and Holy Ghost, as they are 
 offered in the gospel, and to walk in all the command- 
 ments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. We trust 
 yon have well considered the nature of these professions 
 and engagements. The transaction is solemn, and 
 will be attended with eternal consequences. God and 
 holy angels are witnesses. Your vows will be recorded 
 in heaven, to be exhibited on your trial at the Last Day. 
 Yet be not overwhelmed. In the name of Christ you 
 may come boldly to the God of grace, and provided only 
 you have sincere desires to be His, may venture thus 
 unalterably to commit yourselves and trust in Him for 
 strength to perform your vows. Attend now to the 
 
 COVENANT. 
 
 In the presence of God, His holy angels, and this as- 
 sembly, you do now solemnly dedicate yourselves to 
 God the Father, as your chief good ; to the Son of 
 God, as your Mediator and Head, humbly relying on 
 Him as your Prophet, Priest, and King, and to the Holy 
 Spirit, as your Sanctifier, Comforter, and Guide. To 
 this one God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, you do 
 heartily give up yourselves in an everlasting covenant to 
 love and obey Him. 
 
 Having subscribed the articles of faith and govern- 
 ment, adopted by this church, you promise to walk with 
 us in conformity to them, in submission to all the orders 
 of the gospel, and in attendance on all its ordinances, 
 and that, by the aid of the ETivine Spirit, you will adorn 
 your profession by a holy and blameless life. 
 This, you severally profess and engage. 
 
 In consequence of these professions and promises, we 
 
 [Here the members of the church rise and remain standing.] 
 
 affectionately receive you as members of this church, and 
 in the name of Christ declare you entitled to all its visi- 
 ble privileges. We welcome you to this fellowship with 
 us in the blessings of the gospel, and on our part engage 
 to watch over you, and seek your edification, as long as 
 
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 you shall continue among us. Should you have occa- 
 sion to remove, it will be your duty to seek, and ours to 
 grant a recommendation to another church ; for hereaf- 
 ter you can never withdraw from the watch and commu- 
 nion of the saints, without a breach of covenant. 
 
 And now, beloved in the Lord, let it be impressed on 
 your minds, that you have entered into solemn circum- 
 stances from which you can never escape. Wherever 
 yeu go, these vows will be upon you. They will follow 
 you to the bar of God, and in whatever world you may 
 be fixed, will abide upon you to eternity. You can 
 never again be as you have been. You have unalterably 
 committed yourselves, and henceforth you must be the 
 servants of God. Hereafter the eyes of the world will 
 be upon you ; and as you demean yourselves, so religion 
 will be honoured or disgraced. If you walk worthy of 
 your profession, you will be a credit and a comfort to us ; 
 but if it be otherwise, you will be to us a grief of heart 
 and a vexation. And if there is a wo pronounced on 
 him who offends one of Christ's little ones, wo, wo to the 
 person who offends a whole church ' " But beloved, we 
 are persuaded belter things of you, and things that ac- 
 company salvation, though we thus spean." May the 
 Lord guide and preserve you till death, and at last re- 
 ceive you and us to that blessed world, where our love 
 and joy shall be for ever perfect. — Amen. 
 
 For the weU-orcUring of our affairs, we adopt the follow- 
 ing declarations and permanent rules. 
 
 1. The design of a christian church, we understand 
 to be the enjoyment of christian ordinances and the main- 
 tenance of the worship of God. 
 
 2. The permanent officers of the church shall b-e a 
 pastor and deacons, who shall exercise their respective 
 offices as directed m the scriptures. 
 
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 o. The officers for the year, shall be a clerk, who shall 
 also be treasurer, and five brethren, who shall co-operate 
 with the pastor and deacons, in the more especial over- 
 sight of the interests of the church. This united com- 
 mittee shall especially provide for the supply of the pul- 
 pit in cases of emergency ; they shall confer with per- 
 sons who offer themselves for admission to the church, 
 inquiring into their characters and circumstances, and 
 the reason they have for the hope that is in them, and 
 report to the church, the cases of all whom they may 
 deem suitable candidates for admission. 
 
 4. Officers permanent, and for the year, shall be elect- 
 ed by ballot and without any public nomination, unless 
 the church shall appoint a committee for that purpose. 
 
 5- The church will meet for prayer and conference 
 every Monday evening. The sacrament of the supper 
 will be administered on the first Sabbaths of January, 
 March, May, July, September and November, and the 
 Monday evening meetings next preceding these Sabbaths, 
 shall be business meetings, at which any matter relating 
 to the interests of the church may be introduced, and the 
 Monday evening preceding the first Sabbath in March 
 shall be the annual meeting, at whicn the committee 
 shall make a report of their proceedings, and new elec- 
 tions shall be made. 
 
 6. Candidates for admission shall be reported to the 
 church at least two weeks, and propounded to the con- 
 gregation at least one week before the business meeting 
 at which their cases are to be acted on by the church. — 
 They shall become members by election, and signing 
 the articles of faith and covenant, and those who have 
 not done so before, by making a public profession. 
 
 7. All questions shall be determined by the votes of 
 the male members of lawful age, present on the occasion. 
 
 8. The confession of faith, covenant, form of admission 
 or standing rules may not be altered, except by a vote of 
 two thirds at an annual meeting; such alteration having 
 been proposed in writing at a previous business meeting, 
 
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 DISMISSION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 At a meeting of the church, Dec. 28, 1840. Resolccd, 
 That the clerk of the church is hereby authorised to give 
 letters of dismission and recommendation to any member 
 of the church who may request, it, such request being 
 first announced at a weekly prayer meeting, and remain- 
 ing at least one week without objection being made by 
 any member of the church- 
 
 At the same time it was agreed, that the time for com- 
 muning at the supper, should be immediately after the 
 usual morning service on the Sabbath. 
 
 CHARITIES. 
 
 The following preamble and resolutions, were adopted 
 Nov. 9th, 1841. 
 
 " Whereas the design of a Christian church, as stated 
 in the first declaration of this church, is the enjoyment 
 of christian ordinances and the maintenance of the wor- 
 ship of God and whereas a Congregational church 
 possesses no power to compel a member to engage in 
 any particular department of christian labour; and 
 whereas there are now societies to which christians may 
 unite themselves for the furtherance of all works of chris- 
 tian benevolence, if they believe that their usefulness 
 will be thereby promoted ; and whereas, we have in this 
 church, members who are connected with almost all the 
 great religious charitable societies, who may sec to the 
 interests of those societies ; and whereas, there is great 
 diversity of opinion among us in reference to the vari- 
 ous charitable movements of the day, but great har- 
 mony in regard to the peculiarand special designs of the 
 church, which harmony may be interrupted as it has been 
 in other churches, by any effort to co-operate in our or- 
 ganized capacity with other societies. — Therefor^, 
 
 Resolved, That we deem it expedient in our action as 
 a church, to confine ourselves to that design set forth in 
 
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 the following declaration, viz : ' The design of a Chris- 
 tian church, we understand to be the enjoyment of chris- 
 tian ordinances, and the maintenance of the worship of 
 God.' 
 
 Resolved, That the pastor be and he is hereby requested 
 to bring before the congregation, the claims of such ob- 
 jects of christian charity, as may seem to him best, 
 either himself or by the employment of other persons. 
 
 Resolved, That it is inexpedient that public contribu- 
 tions should be taken up on the Sabbath, for any other 
 purpose than the support of public worship and christian 
 ordinances in this church and congregation. [This reso- 
 lution was afterwards modified, so as to allow the house 
 to be appropriated for a specified price to other objects, 
 with the right of taking up contributions for those objects.} 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 The revised statutes of the state of New- York, pro- 
 vide, that religious congregations may organize them- 
 selves by the election of not less than three, nor more 
 than nine trustees; such trustees to be elected by the 
 " male persons of full age" belonging to the church or 
 congregation, and immediately after their election to be 
 divided into three classes, one of which classes shall 
 go out annually. Two elders or deacons, lt nominated by 
 a majority of the members present" are to preside at the 
 election, who shall " certify under their hands and seals 
 the names of the persons elected." One month before 
 the expiration of the term of any trustee, the board of 
 trustees are to notify the pastor of the fact, and he is to 
 notify the congregation of said vacancies, and appoint 
 the time and place for a new election, which time shall 
 be at least six days before the vacancies happen. The 
 first Board of trustees in this congregation, were elected 
 October 20, 1840. 
 
Iiist of Members 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BPuOADWAY TAEERNACLE CHURCH. 
 
 Persons constituting the Church at if s organization, Sept. 3, 1840. 
 
 Mr. David Halo, 
 Mrs. Lucy S. IIulc, 
 
 " Lydia Hale, 
 Mr. Richard Halo, 
 
 " Samuel Pitts, 
 Mrs. Rhoda P. Pitts, 
 Mr. Marcus Hurd, 
 Mrs. Fanny Hurd, 
 Mr. Abel K. Thompson, 
 
 " Israel Minor, 
 Mrs. Charlotte L. Minor, 
 Mr. Jacob BrinckerhofF, 
 Mrs. Mary G. BrinckerhofT, 
 Mr. Silas C. Smith, 
 Mrs. Mary Smith, 
 Mr. David J. Huntington, 
 Mrs. Emily S. Huntington, 
 Miss Harriet S. Chamberlain, 
 Mr. David Bourne, 
 Mrs. Mary Gray, died June 19, 
 
 1841. 
 
 Mr. Francis N. Shaw, 
 " William M. Ray, 
 " Charles Roberts, d. June 8, 
 1842. 
 
 Mr. Martin Uhler, d. April 12, 
 1842. 
 
 Mr. Augustus Hustace, 
 
 " J. W. Fellows \ d. Sept. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Fellows, ) 27,1841 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte Crawford, 
 *' Catharine Potter, 
 
 Mr. He7.ekiah Whitney, 
 Miss Rachel B. Sickles, 
 Mr. John L. Savory, 
 
 " Benjamin Wuterbury, 
 
 " Isaac E. Smith, 
 
 " George Williams, 
 
 " Samuel C. Hills, 
 
 " Hervy F. Lombard, 
 
 " Charles G. Wright, 
 Miss Harriet Barry, (Mrs. Meeks) 
 11 Jaquline Barry, (Mrs. llox- 
 ie.) 
 
 Mr. Lucius Reddington, 
 
 Mrs. Julia Reddington, 
 
 Miss Lavinia Quackenbcis, 
 
 Mr. George Dryden, 
 
 Mrs. Barburv Dryden, 
 
 Miss Ann Hicks, (Mrs. Wat- 
 kins,) d. April 15, 1842. 
 
 Miss Catharine Alexander, 
 " Elva James, 
 
 Mrs. Eliza H. Bacon, 
 
 Mr. Stephen Pritchard, 
 
 Mr. Asa K. Allen, d. Jan. 13, 
 1841. 
 
 Miss Cordelia Halsey, 
 Mrs. Sarah Probasco, 
 Miss Susannah Orr, d. Aug. 30, 
 1842. 
 
 Miss Elizabeth H. Wicks, 
 Mr. Alfred W. Smith, d. Dec. 6, 
 1841. 
 
 Mr. Leonard Crocker, 
 
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 Mrs. Penelope Crocker, 
 Mr. William G. West, 
 
 " Orange A. Smith, 
 
 " John C. Cass, 
 Mrs. Susan W. Cass, 
 Mr. Wm. G. Lambert, d. March 
 
 31, 1841. 
 Mr. Asa Parker, 
 Mrs. Rebecca J. Parker, 
 Mr. Alexander Patrick, 
 Mrs. Louisa Patrick, 
 Mr. John W. Crane, d. April 3, 
 1842. 
 
 Mr. James E. P. Dean. 
 
 Received Nov. I, by Certificate. 
 
 Mr. Albert W r oodruff, 
 
 " George G. Jewett, 
 Mrs. Jane L. Smith, d. Dec. 6, 
 1841. 
 
 Mr. Albert L. Winship. 
 
 January 3, 1841, by Certificate. 
 
 Miss Charlotte S. Turner. 
 
 By Profession. 
 
 Mr. Abial B. Hageman, 
 Miss Sarah Gray. 
 
 March 1, 1841, by Certificate. 
 
 Mr. Charles R. Harvey, 
 Mrs. Rebecca Harvey, 
 Miss Marcia L. Harvey, 
 
 " Ann Frost, (Mrs.'lVood.) d. 
 
 Nov. 12, 1841. 
 Mrs. Sylvia Griswold, 
 
 " Rebecca Wood, 
 
 " Sarah Sickles, 
 
 " Harriet Gant, 
 Mr. Stephen C. Gray, died May 
 
 12, 1842. 
 Mrs. Harriet Gray, 
 Mr Thomas Lane, 
 " John W. Hall, 
 Miss Priscilla Polhamus, 
 
 " Catharine Doyle, 
 Mr. R. E. Dibblee, 
 
 Mrs. Maria Dibblee, 
 Rev. E. W. Andrews, 
 Miss Maria C. Hopkins, 
 " Louisa Weed, 
 Mr. James C. Cruikshanks.. 
 Miss Mary Ann Wheeler, (Mrs. 
 
 Cruikshanks.) 
 Mrs. Sarah Woodruff, 
 
 " Harriet Woodruff, 
 Miss Cynthia Woodruff, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Elder, 
 
 " De Gross Shipman, 
 Miss Elizabeth De Witt, 
 Mr. Albert W. Huntington, 
 
 " Hazen S. Crook, 
 Miss Sarah A. Belany, 
 
 " Julia A. Belany. 
 
 On Profession. 
 Mrs. Caroline Wheeler. 
 
 May 2, 1841, by Certificate. 
 
 Miss Elizebeth M. Benton, 
 
 " Lucy Rogers, 
 Mr. Jacob Freeland, 
 
 " Henry A. Halsey, 
 Mrs. Ann H. Halsey, 
 Miss Deborah C. Woolley, 
 Mrs. Emily W. Smith, 
 
 " Ann Eliza Merritt, 
 
 " Matilda Peck, 
 Miss Elizabeth Savery, 
 Mr. Daniel Whiting, 
 Mrs. Susan P. Whiting, 
 
 " Julia R. Towne, 
 Miss Mary Mulliner, 
 Mr. Jesse W. Benedict, d. Juno 
 
 13. 1842. 
 Mr. Joseph W, Camp, 
 " Edward E. Rankin, 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mr. Erastus L. Ripley, d. Noy, 
 24, 1841. 
 
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 July 4, 1841, by Certificate. 
 
 Miss Julia Arm Wetmore, 
 Mr. William If. Powell, 
 Mrs. Arm K. Powell, 
 Mr. Edward S. Hates, 
 
 Mrs. .Mai v d. Bates, 
 Mr. William VV. Fessenden, 
 " Ellsworth M. Punderson, 
 Mrs. Margaret Kingsbury, 
 " Elizabeth Quitter, 
 " Emma Smith, 
 Mr. Charles G. Pratt, 
 " Hector Sean, 
 
 u Lewis P. Clover, 
 Mrs. Bridget! Clover, 
 Miss Clarissa Buel, 
 
 " Resina rlarnmell, 
 Mr. Franklin Sayre, 
 
 ** Thomas P. Gustin. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mr. Jonathan F. Morris, 
 " Russell W. Robinson. 
 
 Sept. 5, 1811, by Certificate. 
 
 Miss Almira Ehhctts, 
 
 14 Julia Johnson, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Meeker, died Mav 
 
 29th, 1840. 
 Mr. Munson Lockwood, 
 Mrs. Charlotte Lockwood, 
 Mr. Benjamin Lockwood, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Lockwood, 
 
 " Oliva Lockwood, 
 Mr. Legrand Lockwood, 
 " Henry M. Benedict, 
 Mrs. Mary Frazicr, \ d. Julv 
 Miss Elizabeth Frazier, ] 27, 1842 
 Miss Mary Smith, 
 
 " Eliza Ann Denniston, 
 Mrs. Mary G. Jewitt. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Miss Betsey Ann Harris, 
 Mr. Thomas J. Hall. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1841, by Certificate 
 
 Mrs. Olinda A. Camp, 
 Miss Adeline Winchester, 
 
 » Rachel Milligan, 
 
 " Eliza Stevenson, 
 Mrs. Mary Carnes, 
 Mr. John D. Carnes, d. Mav 25, 
 
 1842. 
 Miss Sarah Oakley, 
 
 " Maria Stone, 
 Mrs. Mary Crocker, 
 
 14 Agnes Sage, 
 Miss Philomela Su inland. 
 
 " Caroline Stannard, d. May 
 
 10, 1842. 
 Miss Margaret Frazier, d. July 
 
 27, 1842. 
 Mr. Luther William-;, 
 Mis. Prancei Louise Williams, 
 Mr. Charles L. Weslervelt, 
 " Nathaniel Baraum, 
 " Samuel Whitney, 
 " Cyrus S. Minor. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mr. Moses M. Bradley, 
 
 u Aaron Q. Thompson, 
 Miss Martha Jane Clover, 
 
 " Lucy S. Hale, 
 
 " Laura Hale. 
 
 Jan. 2, 1842, by Certificate. 
 
 Mr. William II. Whitlock, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Whitlock, 
 Miss Mary L. Whitlock, 
 
 " Susan Rehecca Webb, 
 Mr. James J. Walworth, ) i. July 
 Mrs. Elizabeth C. Wal- > 18, 
 
 ' worth, ) 1842. 
 
 Mr. Frederick H. Johnson, 
 Mrs. Uphemia Sutherland, 
 Miss Joanna Sutherland, 
 Mrs. Jane McVickars, 
 Mr William H. Moore, 
 
 " Nathaniel Davidson, 
 
21 
 
 Mr. Wiliiam S. Comstock, 
 Mrs. Betsey G. Swain, 
 Mr. James H. French, 
 Mrs. Mary W. French, 
 Mr. David H. Fitch, 
 Mrs. Mary C. Fitch. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mr. Erick Samuel Burstrand, 
 Mrs. Adaline Chapman, 
 
 11 Susan Clark, 
 Miss Harriet Wheeler, 
 
 " Frances Smedley. 
 
 March 6, 1842, by Letter. 
 
 Mr. Lewis Pugh, d. August 30. 
 
 184-3. 
 Miss Ruth Grovner, 
 
 " Mary G. Jewitt, 
 Mr. George Andrews, 
 Mrs. Sarah Andrews, 
 Mr. Charles Durfee, 
 Miss Harriet A. Gregory, 
 Mr. William M. Bennett, 
 
 " John Chapman, 
 Mrs. Anna I. Chapman, 
 Mr. George W. Trembly, 
 Miss Eliza Ann Goddard, 
 Miss Julia Ann Reed, 
 Mr. Cornelius B. Hulshart, 
 Mrs. Mary Hulshart, 
 
 " Maria L Brown, 
 Mr. David S. Williams, 
 " Alans >n Taylor, ) d. June 
 Mrs. Rebecca B*. Tay- V 13, 
 
 lor, ) 1842. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Church, 
 
 " Sarah Jane Church, 
 Mr. John Burdell. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mr. John Bacon, 
 Mrs. Mary L. Jackson, 
 Mr. Alvan Reed, 
 Mrs. Sarah White, 
 " Harriet Thompson, 
 
 Mr. Thomas N. Dale, 
 Miss Amelia Ketchum, 
 Mr. William Swain, 
 Miss Mary Jane Hulslander. 
 
 May 1, 1842, by Letter. 
 
 Mrs. Olive Wilkie, 
 
 " Elzier Dubois, 
 Miss Lucy Luber, 
 Mr. James Olmsted, 
 
 " Courtland P. S. Belts, 
 Miss Hannah Wheeler. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mr. Jacob Brinckerhoff, jr. 
 Miss Mary Moore, 
 
 " Sarah Jane Smith, 
 Mrs. LydiaJessup, 
 Miss Charlotte Jessup, 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Cruikshanks, 
 
 " Aurelia Snow, 
 Miss Hannah Ross, 
 
 " Rose Ann Miller, 
 Mr. Charles Brown, 
 
 " John O'Brian, 
 Miss Mary F. Holbrook, 
 Mr. Aaron V. Heath, 
 Mrs. Melvina Heath, 
 Mr. Stephen Conover, jr. 
 
 " Josiab A. Priest, 
 
 " Amenter Davidson, 
 Miss Sarah Elder, 
 
 " Ann Maria Lovet, 
 Mr Henry Camp, 
 
 " Gerard Banker, 
 Miss Sarah Maria Dempsey, 
 Mr. Jeremiah C. Lamphier, 
 
 " El wood Stratton, 
 
 " John Gray, 
 
 " James Smith, 
 
 11 Thomas C. Chandler, 
 
 " Richard S. Cross, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley. 
 
 July 3, 1842, by Certificate. 
 
 Mr. Pliny Allen, 
 Mrs. Louisa Allen, 
 
22 
 
 Mi3S Elizabeth S. A. Curtias, 
 Mr. William \V. Smith, 
 Mrs. Deborah Reed, 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, 
 
 " Elizabeth Austin, 
 Miss Mary Ann Austin, 
 
 " Cynthia Jones, 
 Mr. Henry L Sartwell. 
 
 On Profession. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Ball, 
 Mr. Charles Dunham, 
 
 " William H. Moaley, 
 
 " S. H. Provost, 
 Mrs. Anna Delia Turcott, 
 Mr. George Hillier, 
 
 " Calvin S. Knight, 
 Mrs. Mary W. Fox, 
 
 Mr. Jeremiah P. Robinson, 
 Miss Eve Blanchard. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1842, by Certificate. 
 
 Mr. Edward I. Smith, 
 
 " Richard G. E. Humphry, 
 
 " Myron Crafts, 
 
 " John L. Bennett, 
 Mrs. Amanda Bennett, 
 
 u Jane Hustace, 
 Mr. Henry Martin, 
 
 " George Hinman. 
 
 By Profession. 
 
 Mr. Seely Scofield, 
 Miss Elizabeth Bennett, 
 Mrs. Robert Johnson, 
 Mr. William Burkhart. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 United at the organization, Sept. 3, 1840. 
 " " Nov. 1, 1840. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1841. 
 " - Mar. 1, 1841. 
 
 " " May 2, 1841. 
 
 " July 4 ,1841. 
 " " Sept. 5, 1841. 
 
 " Nov. 7, 1841. 
 Jan. 2, 1842. 
 Mar. G, 1842. 
 May 1, 1842. 
 July 3, 1842. 
 Sept. 4, 1842. 
 
 By Letter. By Profess. 
 69 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 31 
 17 
 13 
 15 
 19 
 18 
 22 
 
 6 
 10 
 
 238 
 70 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 5 
 9 
 29 
 10 
 4 
 
 70 
 
 Have taken letters of dismis- 
 sion to other churches, 
 Have died, 
 
 308 
 27 
 
 281 mem. Sep.1842. 
 
 d. Dismissed by Letter. 
 
OF THE 
 
 BROADWAY TABERNACLE CHURCH, 
 
 WITH A 
 
 CONCISE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, 
 
 AND THE 
 
 EVENTS CONNECTED WITH IT.