Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements / by Rev. Geo. P. Hays, D.D., LL.D. ; with special chapters by Rev. W.J. Reid, D.D., and Rev. A.G. Wallace, D.D., of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, Rev. J.M. Howard, D.D., and Rev. J.M. Hubbert, D.D., of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D.D., of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and Rev. W.H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., American secretary, Presbyterian Alliance ; introductions by Rev. John Hall, D.D., LL. D., and Rev. William E. Moore, D.D., LL. D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hays, Geo. P. (George Price), 1838-1897, author.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presbyterian Church--United States--History.

Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterians--United States--History.

Presbyterians.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

New York : J.A. Hill & Company, 1892.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

I. Presbyterianism in the Bible

Mosaic elders

Elders with David, Solomon and the Kings

The Synagogue and the captivity

The great synagogue

Elders of the synagogue in the time of Christ

The Spirit through the Apostles adopts the synagogue with its officers and organization

Ekklesia or Church

Organic unity by appellate assemblies

council at Jerusalem, a general assembly with authority

various names for various duties

II. Presbyterianism in Europe: before, during and after the reformation

The Culdees

Bohemians

The Waldenses

Printing

Epoch of Luther, Calvin, Knox, Francis I., Charles V., Henry VIII., Holland

Two Marys and Elizabeth

Westminster assembly

Presbyterianism in England, Scotland and Ireland

The mixture of emigrants for America

III. American Presbyterianism organizing

the first presbytery

Early Roman Catholic and Protestant settlements

Puritans in Virginia and New England

Practicing Various forms of church government

Alexander Whitaker

Richard Denton

Francis Makemie

Presbytery organized to ordain Boyd

Curious records

Makemie's descendants

Andrews, Macnish and Hampton

IV. The first synod and its division

Rapid growth from mingling immigrants

Foreign troubles brought blessings here

"Fund for pious uses"

Missions

New York aided

Scotch contributions in goods

Delegated synod

Questions of morals

Law suits condemned

State interference

Foreign ordinations

Ministerial education

British doctrinal controversies

Revivals

The Tennents and Whitefield

The two protests and the split

Calm afterward

V. The synods united

The American revolution

Presbyterian growth

Episcopacy distrusted

Lord Cornbury's stupidity helps freedom

Varied successes by struggles in England

That lesson followed here

Watching against a state church

"Election sermons" and political education

The difficulties obstructing union

Union of colonies and union of synods

The synods united grow rapidly

Presbyterians suspected by Tories

Mecklenburg declaration

Work in war times

Preachers killed

Caldwell of Elizabethtown

Preachers in Civil affairs

Dr. John Witherspoon

Synods during the revolution

Choice men in trying times

VI. The final constitution of church and nation

Peace after war

Synodical meetings small

Delegated meetings

The assembly created, and four synods erected

Presbyterianism in the United States constitution

Washington and the Presbyterians

Presbyterianism familiar to Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and other leaders in the constitutional convention

The parallel between the two systems of government

French infidelity

Skeptical public men

Infidel college students

Wages of missionaries

Iniquity giving way to grace

VII. The great revival of 1800

Deadness followed by Revival

Camp meetings

"Bodily exercises"

Cumberland Presbytery

The Separation

"Falling work" of western Pennsylvania

Revivals and missions

"Plan of union"

Presbyterian congregationalism

Candidates for the ministry

Princeton theological seminary

Temperance

Dueling

Slavery

Statistics of fifteen years

Characteristics of leading men

VIII. Division into old and new school churches

"Era of good feeling"

Presbyteries and synods organized

Theological seminaries and colleges

Church digest and histories

parties forming

Plan of union and committeemen

External doctrinal controversies

Voluntary societies vs. Church boards

Western foreign missionary society

"The exscinding acts:

Protests and answers

The assembly divided

The Duffield, Beecher and Barnes Trials

All three acquitted

IX. The old school

New boards organized

Elders in the ordination of ministers and in Quorums

Slavery in 1845

"Spring resolutions" of 1861

Presbyterian general assembly at Augusta

"Declaration and Testimony"

Gurley's "ipso facto" resolutions

Judicial commissions

Massacred missionaries

The week of prayer

Presbyterian commentary

Church newspaper

Doctrinal energy and unity

X. The new school branch

The doctrinal position

"auburn declaration"

Depletion by departures to congregationalism

The litigation

Triennial assemblies

Home missionary energy

American home missionary society

Partiality in dealing with denominations

Protracted slavery discussion

Church extension committee

One hundred thousand dollar church erection fund

Home mission itinerant missionaries

An estimate of its church life

XI. Reunion and consolidation

Laymen determined on union

First steps

First joint committees

Outside conventions

Presbyterian national union convention

Basis of union

"The Standards pure and simple"

New York assemblies of 1869

Pittsburgh meeting and formalities

Street meeting and mass meetings

Five million memorial fund

Healthful, educating and repairing processes

XII. Readjustment necessitated by largeness

Reconstruction of boundaries

A general church treasurer

Limitation of appeals

Revised book of discipline

Foreign national Presbyterian churches

Reduction of the size of the assembly

Expenses of the assembly

Assembly program for boards

The pacific coast meeting

XIII. Education, colleges and theological seminaries

The Bible on learning

The reformers

Early academies

Log colleges

Princeton college

Rich colleges and poor colleges

Theological seminaries: Princeton, Auburn, Union (Va.), Allegheny, Lane, McCormick, Union (N.Y.), Danville, Columbia (S.C.) Pacific

German seminaries

Freedmen's institutions

Totals of northern Presbyterian investments

XIV. Missions and church boards

Missions always, all the time, and everywhere

Early plans

Itinerants

The boards

Home mission

Foreign missions

Education

Publication and Sabbath school work

Church erection

Ministerial relief

Freedmen

College aid

Committee on systematic beneficence

Temperance committee

Church at home and abroad

XV. Newspapers

Philanthropies

Church unity

The oldest religious newspaper

Present papers and circulation

Newspaper influence

Presbyterians in union hospitals

Presbyterian hospitals

False chare of Presbyterian narrowness

Interdenominational movements, Bible societies, W.M.C.A., Y.P.S.C.E., etc.

Propositions for church unity

Presbyterian alliance

Possibilities of universal church union

encomiums of Dorner, Carlyle, Froude, Archbishop Hughes and Prof. Fiske

XVI. Revision of the confession of faith

The providential tasks of a denomination

All denominations affected by every discussion of fundamentals

Parties not yet developing in the assembly

Early creeds and Westminster standards

The controversial style

Presbyterial overtures for revision

Assembly's committee on revision

Instructions based on opinion

Committee's final report

Assembly's action thereon

XVII. Higher criticism in theological seminaries

Biblical criticism

Biblical introduction

Literary criticism

Textual criticism

Higher criticism and the "difficulties of the Bible"

Diversities of style

Astruc, Eichhorn, Elohist, Jehovist, etc.

Rationalistic and evangelical higher criticism position of Prof. Charles A. Briggs

His inauguration as professor of Biblical theology in union seminary, New York

President Butler's endowment of the chair

Trial of Dr. Briggs and issue

Inspiration

Verbal, plenary, conceptual and general inspiration

Prophecy and inspiration

Union Theological Seminary and the general assembly

The veto of Dr. Briggs' transfer

The compact of 1870 and its peculiarities

The committee of conference

XVIII. Distinctive peculiarities of the Presbyterian denominations

The distinctions, real differences

Historic meaning of names

Church officers and the civil courts

Sessions, trustees and deacons

Rights of each body

Legal decisions quoted

Calvinism and Arminiansim

Foreordination

Original sin

Total depravity

Election

Perseverance of the saints

Psalmody

Secret societies

Licensing and ordaining men lacking college training

Spirituality of the church

Work among the colored people

Open and close communion

Boards or committees

Nations and the dominion of Christ

XIX. Reformed Presbyterian (covenanter) church

Old Testament covenanting

The state subject to God

Scotch covenants

"Solemn league and covenant"

"Sanquhar Declaration"

People without a minister

Scotch immigrants

A reformed Presbytery organized

Union with the associate church

Presbytery reorganized

Division in 1830-33

Present statistics

Missions and average gifts

Covenant renewed in 1871

Voting for prohibition amendments

"East end platform"

Its signers disciplined

XX. United Presbyterian church

Its origin

Antecedent churches

The union

Organization

Spirit of the church

Communion

Spiritual life

Word of the church

Home missions

Church building

Publication and other boards

Women's work

Young people's societies

Educational institutions

Periodicals

Statistics and growth

XXI. The Cumberland Presbyterian church

Cumberland Presbytery organized

Great spiritual death

Rev. James McGredy and his religious experience

His awakening

Preaching

The Revival work begins

Opposition from scoffers and also from Christians

McGready's prayer covenant

Camp meetings begun

Objections to revival methods

Licensing men who lacked classical education

Cumberland presbytery reorganized independently

Doctrinal differences irreconcilable

"The Cumberland council" vs. "The synod's commission"

The confession and fatalism

Cumberland presbytery grows rapidly

The revival spreading

Cumberland synod organized

The first Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly

Statistics of growth

The amended confession of faith

Missionary progress

Church boards

Growth of Faith

Growing by conversion not by proselytes

Inter denominational fraternity.

Notes:

Page 431 misnumbered as 531.

Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

613047112