The result was, that the two churches, thus formed, each contained about one hundred and fifty members.

The number in each congregation, small and great, was between eight and nine hundred.

The preponderance was slightly in favor of the first church and congregation, of which Baron Avedis was pastor.

Baron Krikore became the pastor of the new church.
On the Sabbath when the formal separation took place, the customary services were exchanged for addresses suited to the occasion by the pastors and Dr.Schneider, and there was the same intermingling of joy and sorrow which is sometimes witnessed on similar occasions in our own land.

Those who went out made the sacrifice cheerfully.