EXTRACTS

FROM THE

MINUTES

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

OF THE

Presbyterian Church,

IN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

A. D. 1819.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY THOMAS AND WILLIAM BRADFORD,

No, 8, South Front street,

At a meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, in the city of Philadelphia, May, 1819.

THE Stated and Permanent Clerks, with Drs. Janeway and Ely, and Mr. Potts, were appointed a Committee to select the Extracts from the Minutes of this Assembly, proper to be printed.

Mr. William Bradford, No. 8, South Front street, Philadelphia, is employed as the Agent for forwarding the printed Extracts to the Presbyteries; and to him must the Presbyteries apply in future, for their respective portions of the printed Extracts.

Rev. William Neill, D. D. the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, resides in Philadelphia, No. 208, Pine street.

EXTRACTS

FROM THE

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

MAY 20th, 1819.

THE General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States of America, met, agreeably to appointment, in the Second Presbyterian church in the city of Philadelphia, at 11 o'clock, A. M. and was opened by the Rev. Doctor Jacob J. Janeway, the Moderator of last Assembly, with a sermon from 1 Cor. xv. 58.— "Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

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After prayer the commissions were read, and it peared that the following ministers and elders were duly appointed, and attended as commissioners to this Assembly: viz

Of the Presbytery of Niagara.

Rev. Calvin Colton.

Of Ontario.

Rev. Andrew Rawson,

Abraham Forman.

Of Onondaga.

Rev. James Sanford. Mr. Samuel Swetland, Elder.

Rev. Daniel Banks.

Of St. Lawrence.

Samuel Blatchford, D. D. Adam Edson, Elders.

Of Newton.

Benjamin Dunning,

John Barber, Elders.

Rev. Jacob Kirkpatrick,* Mr. Jacob Race, Elder.

Jacob R. Castner.

Of New York.

Rev. Charles Webster, Mr. Zechariah Lewis,

Henry R. Weed, Dr. John R. B. Rodgers,
Mathew L. R. Perrine, D. D.†

Elders.

Of Long Island.

Rev. John M. Babbit,

Mr. Richard F. Nicol,

Nathaniel Reeve.

Elder.

* Succeeded on the 7th day, by the Rev. John F. Clark. Took his seat on the 2d day of the sessions.

Of the Presbytery of Jersey.

Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D.
James Richards, D. D.
John G. Bergen,
Samuel H. Cox,
John Ford,

Mr. William Thompson,

Matthew Freeman,
Hiram Smith,
John C. Burnett,*

Of New Brunswick.

Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D.
George S. Woodhull,†
Ashbel Green, D. D.*

Mr. Samuel Swan,‡

Elders.

John Muirheid,
John Beatty, Elders.

*Took their seats on the 2d day of the sessions.

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Succeeded on the 10th day, by the Rev. Isaac V. Brown.

Do. do. 8th day, by Mr. Samuel Holcomb.

Took his seat on the 5th day of the sessions.

(a) (b)

Succeeded on the 5th day, by the Rev. Thos. J. Biggs. Do. do. 8th day, by the Rev. John Jones. Do. do. 9th day, by the Rev. Geo. C. Potts. Do. do. 4th day, by Mr. Robert McMullin. Do. do. 8th day, by Mr. Jos. Montgomery. (d) Took his seat on the 5th day, and was succeeded on the 10th, by Mr. Joseph R. Dixon.

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(e) Took his seat on the 9th day of the sessions. (f) Succeeded on the 4th day, by the Rev. Jas. Magraw. (g) Do. do. 5th day, by the Rev. Samuel Martin, D.D. (h) Took his seat on the 5th day of the sessions.