Extracts from the Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Volume 4R. Aitken, 1817 |
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... recommended to the other Pres- byteries to attend to the said recommendation , and re- port thereon to the next Assembly . Rev. Messrs . Joshua L. Wilson , Samuel Fisher , and Thomas H. Skinner , were appointed to attend the next ...
... recommended to the other Pres- byteries to attend to the said recommendation , and re- port thereon to the next Assembly . Rev. Messrs . Joshua L. Wilson , Samuel Fisher , and Thomas H. Skinner , were appointed to attend the next ...
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... recommendations of the Assembly , on the subject . That no reports have been received from the Presbyteries of Champlain , Lex- ington , West Lexington , Hopewell , Union , South Caro- lina , Transylvania , Abington , Harmony , Concord ...
... recommendations of the Assembly , on the subject . That no reports have been received from the Presbyteries of Champlain , Lex- ington , West Lexington , Hopewell , Union , South Caro- lina , Transylvania , Abington , Harmony , Concord ...
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... recommended by the Board . 3. Resolved , That the members of this Assembly be instructed to procure , and , in the most effectual way , to communicate to our congregations , the above Address and Plan ; and that the great business of ...
... recommended by the Board . 3. Resolved , That the members of this Assembly be instructed to procure , and , in the most effectual way , to communicate to our congregations , the above Address and Plan ; and that the great business of ...
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... recommended to those Presby- teries who have funds for the education of poor and pious youth for the Gospel ministry , or who are able to raise funds for this purpose , but can find no suitable young men within their own bounds , to ...
... recommended to those Presby- teries who have funds for the education of poor and pious youth for the Gospel ministry , or who are able to raise funds for this purpose , but can find no suitable young men within their own bounds , to ...
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... recommended by this Assembly , that all our young people , composing Bible Classes and Catechetical Schools , do form themselves into Societies , for the purpose of strengthening the hands of the General Assembly in accomplishing their ...
... recommended by this Assembly , that all our young people , composing Bible Classes and Catechetical Schools , do form themselves into Societies , for the purpose of strengthening the hands of the General Assembly in accomplishing their ...
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Page 6 - For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
Page 15 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth...
Page 6 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 16 - ... it is manifestly the duty of all Christians, who enjoy the light of the present day, when the inconsistency of slavery, both with the dictates of humanity and of religion, has been demonstrated .and is generally seen and acknowledged, to use their honest, earnest, and unwearied endeavors to correct the errors of former times, and as speedily as possible to efface this blot on our holy religion, and to obtain the complete abolition of slavery throughout Christendom, and if possible throughout...
Page 6 - Let not then your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Page 15 - ... degraded as a human being, and exposed to the danger of passing into the hands of a master who may inflict upon him all the hardships and injuries which inhumanity and avarice may suggest.
Page 293 - Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.