The French Protestant (Huguenot) Church in the city of Charleston, South Carolina

THE

FRENCH PROTESTANT,

(HUGUENOT)

CHURCH IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON,

SOUTH CAROLINA.

^K«t Of Pflii^

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

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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
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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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