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Sacramento June 1st 1859
Rev. J. A. Benton
D'r [Dear] Sir

At a meeting of the Church
and Society over which you preside as Pastor, held May 30th, 1859,
the following persons, viz. [namely] A Reddington, N. A. H. Ball, A. C. Sweetser,
Dr. McDonald, W. W. Marvin, R. B. Norman, and R. T. Brown, were –
appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressing the feelings
of the Society in view of your contemplated departure.

At an adjourned meeting held May 31st – 59 [1859], the following preamble
and resolutions were reported by the committee, and unanimously
adopted by the Society, and a copy ordered to be transmitted to you,
Whereas, The Rev. J. A. Benton is about to withdraw for a
season from his charge over this congregation, and depart from
California on a protracted journy [journey], as a tourist and observer, in
remote foreign lands; and whereas, during a period of ten years
of arduous labour and acknowledged usefulness, he has presided
over the spiritual destines of this people, with a fervent
love for the members of his flock, and a zeal in the cause
of his Master, which never failed nor faltered; and whereas, out
of the turbulence and chaos of that earlly [early] day when the
pursuit of wealth drew hitherward the pioneer adventures
of every clime, his pious care has shaped confusion into harmony –
spread the gospel influences far and wide, and reared among us
the walls of a stately temple, within whose portals
multitudes assemble, to gather from his lips the tidings
of salvation; and whereas, the liberal success attendant
upon his ministrations has not only built up a large
and flourishing congregation, but entirely retrieved them
from the burden of an onerous pecuniary debt which
their infant strugles [struggles] had accumulated; and whereas,
his departure from this scene of his labours, where he
has so long and so faithfully proved his public energy
and his private worth, is regarded by this congregation –

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