The Presbyterian Digest of 1886: A Compend of the Acts, and Deliverances of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America |
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... ADOPTION OF THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS . 43 1. The Overture laid over for a year . 2. The Confession of Faith , Larger and Shorter Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly adopted . 3. The " Directory for Wor- ship , Discipline , " etc ...
... ADOPTION OF THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS . 43 1. The Overture laid over for a year . 2. The Confession of Faith , Larger and Shorter Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly adopted . 3. The " Directory for Wor- ship , Discipline , " etc ...
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... Adopted . 7. Returns on Over- tures Referred to a Committee of Canvass , a , b , c . Answer Recorded after the Result is Declared , d . 8. Formal Declaration that Overtures have been Adopted and become a Part of the Constitution of the ...
... Adopted . 7. Returns on Over- tures Referred to a Committee of Canvass , a , b , c . Answer Recorded after the Result is Declared , d . 8. Formal Declaration that Overtures have been Adopted and become a Part of the Constitution of the ...
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... Adopted by the Assembly , O. S .; b , The Plan of the Assembly , N. S. 1. The Plan Adopted , 1870. 2. Rules and Mode of Distri- bution . 448 ......... 3. The Board Constituted . 4. The Charter Obtained . 5. The Charter ...
... Adopted by the Assembly , O. S .; b , The Plan of the Assembly , N. S. 1. The Plan Adopted , 1870. 2. Rules and Mode of Distri- bution . 448 ......... 3. The Board Constituted . 4. The Charter Obtained . 5. The Charter ...
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... Adopted in 1870. 2. The Rules ...... 451 3. Authorized to Apply for a Charter . 4. The Charter Obtained . 5. Relative Duties and Authority of the Boards and of the Presbyteries , a , b , c ........... 564 VIII . THE SUSTENTATION FUND ...
... Adopted in 1870. 2. The Rules ...... 451 3. Authorized to Apply for a Charter . 4. The Charter Obtained . 5. Relative Duties and Authority of the Boards and of the Presbyteries , a , b , c ........... 564 VIII . THE SUSTENTATION FUND ...
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... adopted and still do adhere to the West- minster Confession , Catechisms and Directory , without the least variation or alteration , and without any regard to said distinctions . And we do fur- ther declare that this was our meaning and ...
... adopted and still do adhere to the West- minster Confession , Catechisms and Directory , without the least variation or alteration , and without any regard to said distinctions . And we do fur- ther declare that this was our meaning and ...
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Page 232 - I pray for them ; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine.
Page 324 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer ; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
Page 321 - And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness ; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those : the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Page 229 - There is the same reason to doubt of the union of the three Persons in the Godhead, of the union of the divine and human natures in the person of the Son of God, and even the union of our own souls and bodies.
Page 319 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 262 - In this country the full and free right to entertain any religious belief, to practice any religious principle, and to teach any religious doctrine which does not violate the laws of morality and property, and which does not infringe personal rights, is conceded to all. The law knows no heresy, and is committed to the support of no dogma, the establishment of no sect.
Page 602 - But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Page 298 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 283 - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Page 287 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.