If several should meet together with one accord, with hearts burdened for perishing souls, and should offer earnest, fervent prayers, they would prove effectual. Pr 40.
The
OFFICIAL Ellen G. White Website
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Baptism records of the Chestnut Street Methodist Church
The top line reads BAPTISMS. The five columns are headed (from
left to right): NAMES DATE MODE
ADMINISTRATOR STATE IN LIFE
Ellen Harmon's name is half way down the page, 16th from the top. The DATE
column reads 1842, MODE of baptism is listed as "Immersion" (as opposed to
"Sprinkling"), ADMINISTRATOR is "John Hobart," STATE IN LIFE is "Adult."
Church membership records of the Chestnut Street Methodist church
The top line reads MEMBERS IN PORTLAND. The five columns are
headed (from left to right): NAMES WHEN REC. WHEN DISMISSED
WHEN EXCLUDED WHEN DECEASED
About one third of the way down the page (13th and 14th from the top) the
names of Robert and Eunice Harmon (Ellen's parents) are struck through in
the record book. The WHEN EXCLUDED column reads, SEPT. 1843 FOR A BREACH
[of] DISCIPLINE UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES. The name of Ellen's sister,
Sarah, is also struck through, with the same notation, 11 names further
down the page.
Church membership records of the Chestnut Street Methodist church
The top line reads MEMBERS IN PORTLAND. The five columns are
headed (from left to right): NAMES WHEN REC. WHEN DISMISSED WHEN EXCLUDED WHEN DECEASED
Ellen Harmon's name is 4th from the bottom. The WHEN EXCLUDED column reads
SEPT. 1843 FOR A BREACH OF DISCIPLINE.