Presbyterian Reunion: A Memorial Volume, 1837-1871Lent & Company, 1870 - 568 pages |
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... separation , it is proposed to give in the first few pages of this volume . It will be well for the reunited body , if its later party names , like the earlier ones , Old Side and New Side , should speedily die away from the current ...
... separation , it is proposed to give in the first few pages of this volume . It will be well for the reunited body , if its later party names , like the earlier ones , Old Side and New Side , should speedily die away from the current ...
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... separation of the Old and New Schools . And without a general idea of these differences , we should hardly be able to understand the long continuance of the division ; the history meanwhile of either school ; the negotiations which have ...
... separation of the Old and New Schools . And without a general idea of these differences , we should hardly be able to understand the long continuance of the division ; the history meanwhile of either school ; the negotiations which have ...
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... separation and reconstruction , necessary to some extent in both schools , at once began , which was not completed throughout the two for several years . Most of the component parts of the former church took up their positions ...
... separation and reconstruction , necessary to some extent in both schools , at once began , which was not completed throughout the two for several years . Most of the component parts of the former church took up their positions ...
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... separated , cannot be easily determined . By the statis- tical tables of 1837 , the whole number of ministers in the yet united church was twenty - one hundred and forty , of congregations twenty - eight hundred and sixty- five ...
... separated , cannot be easily determined . By the statis- tical tables of 1837 , the whole number of ministers in the yet united church was twenty - one hundred and forty , of congregations twenty - eight hundred and sixty- five ...
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... separation than we can in any other way . It is an interesting fact , that the years of most earnest controversy , pending the division , were years of special religious prosperity in the Presbyterian Church . From 1829 to 1838 ...
... separation than we can in any other way . It is an interesting fact , that the years of most earnest controversy , pending the division , were years of special religious prosperity in the Presbyterian Church . From 1829 to 1838 ...
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Page 231 - But they constrained him saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.
Page 260 - Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power...
Page 422 - Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; They shall be fat and flourishing ; to shew that the LORD is upright : He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 361 - We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth...
Page 290 - Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
Page 85 - God the Supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates to be under him over the people, for his own glory, and the public good; and to this end hath armed them with the power of the sword, for the defence and encouragement of them that are good, and for the punishment of evildoers.
Page 546 - He replied: I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I learnt this from experience.
Page 361 - We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Page 341 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
Page 307 - That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.