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1773.] SOCIETY RECORDS. 163
concur with Mr. Tennent in calling a council to deliberate
upon the affairs of the call ; and also further
signified that it was the earnest desire of the Revd. Mr.
Tennent that the society should be convened for the
purpose aforesaid ; and whereas the society being now
convened in consequence of sd requests ; and the Revd
Mr. Treat having informed this meeting of the call from
sd church in Charles Town, &c.
The question was put whether this society will concur
with the Revd. Mr. Tennent in calling a council for the
purpose aforesd. The society having taken these matters
into consideration, and seriously deliberated upon
them, are of opinion, that as there doth not appear any
cause arising in the society, or any matter subsisting
between Mr. Tennent and the society that makes it necessary
or expedient for the society to desire
Therefore the society Resolve the
negative.
The Consociation.
a council,
above question in the
Jan. 14, 1772. Whereas the Consociation of the
Western District of Fairfield County, now met in this
society to consider and determine a case of no less importance
than the expediency of the Rev. Mr. Tennent's
dismission from the pastoral relation to this church and
society, in consequence of a call, &c., * * * *
have notified this society of sd meeting, so that they
may have an opportunity to be heard if they have any
thing to offer in the case. * • «= * Voted and
agreed by this society, that the reasons offered for Mr.
Tennent's dismission are altogether insufficient, &c.,
* * * and that they are entirely against Mr. Tennent's
being dismissed, and do not consent to the sd
Mr. Tennent's dismission from us ; and that a copy of