The Presbyterian Magazine - v. 4 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: listomal anfc HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ITS FOUNDERS, ITS PRINCIPLES, AND ITS ACTS. No. VIII. Our last artic... more »le on the history of the Presbyterian Church was in vindication of the first two measures of the great Reforming Assembly of 1837. As this number of the Magazine will be read by some who did not see the preceding volume, we will just indicate the general outline of the course of remark on the measures of 1837, without recapitulating any of the dctails. In examining the measures of 1837, we stated that we should take them up in their order, according to the following schedule, which exhibits the spirit and policy of the Assembly, and also our own order of vindicating its acts. I. Repeal Of The Plan Of Union ; or, Arresting the future progress of the evil. Introduced Monday afternoon, May 22. Passed Tuesday morning, May 23. Passed by a vote of 143 ayes to 110 nays. II. Citation Of Judicatories ; or, Purging from existing evils. Introduced Thursday afternoon, May 25. Passed Friday afternoon, May 26. Passed by a vote of 128 ayes to 122 nays. III. Voluntary Division ; or Separation in peace- Introduced Saturday morning, Slay 27. Tabled Tuesday morning, May 30. Laid on table by 138 ayes to 107 noes. IV. Excision Of Svnods ; or. Entire Reformation. 1. Synod of Western Reserve. Introduced Tuesday afternoon, May 30. Passed Thursday morning, June i. Passed by 132 ayes to 105 noes. 2. Synods of Utica, Geneva, and Genesee. Introduced Saturday morning June 3. Passed Monday afternoon, June 5. Passed by 115 ayes to 88 noes. It will be observed that there was a gradation in the measures from mild to severe. Some attention must be paid to each of these measures in order. We have already shown that the plan o...« less