1852-03-18_Letter-A_PhillipsChurchSociety-Resolution

At a meeting of Phillips Church & Society held March 18, 1852 the following votes were passed.

Whereas Rev. John W. Alvord has requested the Phillips Church and Society to unite with him in calling a Council to dissolve the pastoral relation existing between him and said Church and Society if deemed by them expedient,

Voted, that in view of the clear conviction of Mr. Alvord, after long deliberation, that a dissolution of said pastoral relation is necessary on account of his continued ill health, this Society do consent to the calling of said council; and to the dissolution of his pastoral relation, if judged expedient by said Council.

Voted, that this Society desire to bear full testimony to the faithfulness with which Mr. Alvord has performed his ministerial labors among them, and to their continued attachment and esteem for him as a Christian and a Christian Minister.

Voted, that this meeting express to Mr. Alvord their sympathy on account of his ill health, and his apparent duty to leave the ministry for a time; with their full belief that the people of his charge have been and still are remark-ably well united in their esteem for him as their pastor, with the earnest hope that after a respite from mental labor he may again at some future time be permitted to labor in his chosen vocation,

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Voted, that Ezra Baker, Willis Howes & Josiah Dunham be a committee to unite with Mr. Alvord and the Church in calling a Council as above named.

A true copy from the records of the Clerk protem Alvan Simonds, Clk of P.S. [Socy?]

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