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 3. That George Collins, Tobias Hawkins and William Brown be a committee appointed to inform the presiding Elder of the District, or the ruling Elder in the city of New-York, of the above resolutions. 4. That we request William M. Stilwell to continue his services with us for the remainder of the year. 5. That we recommend the above to the members of our Society. They also agreed to call a meeting of the whole Society, male and female, which they did on the next Wednesday night, the 26th inst.; of the members crowded the Rose Street Academy and unanimously sanctioned the foregoing resolutions. The Trustees being informed that they could not hold meetings in the Circus any longer, were now obliged to turn their attention towards going home and holding meetings within the walls of the new building, which were at this time a little more than half up and the floor beams laid, so that by laying down planks on the beams and making temporary seats, some hundreds might be accommodated. Thither we repaired on Sunday morning, July 30th, and William M. Stilwell preached within the new walls of Zion Church for the first time. It began to rain soon after the text was taken and continued during Divine service; nevertheless there were but few went away; those who had umbrellas stood it out with apparent composure. The weather cleared up time enough to hold