Introduction.
James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-An apology for writing this book with an explanation of the inseparability of history from biography.
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PART I. Section I.
James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section gives an account of his ancestry and early years growing up in a Covenanter family in Ireland.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section covers emigration to the United States from Ireland, in 1824, meeting some of his brothers who had emigrated earlier and discovering their abandonment of Covenanter principles, and his education in preparation for the ministry in the RP church.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section covers the beginning of Steele’s ministry, in 1830, his ordination, in 1831, his early attempts to reform the session and his early concern over voluntary associations.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section mentions Steele’s predecessor at Brush Creek, Ohio, the growing laxity regarding occasional hearing together with its contribution to the Old Light/New Light split, in 1833, and the case of Robert Lusk who had been deposed in 1825.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section concerns the issue of slavery, the RP Synod of 1834 and its failure to censure occasional hearing, and the growing toleration of voluntary associations.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section concerns the RP Synod of 1836 and the controversy over voluntary associations with respect to the issue of slavery, the meeting of the Western subordinate synod and the move to reinstate Robert Lusk to the ministry.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section concerns the RP Synod of 1838, petitioning for a restoration of the term “testimony” to its original and historic significance, agitation over lining of the Psalms, together with the Francis Gailey affair.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section contains the account of the controversy over voluntary associations and the formation of the Reformed Presbytery, in 1840.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section concerns the commencement of ministry under the jurisdiction of the Reformed Presbytery, erected in 1840 together with some trials at the hands of false brethren.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section concerns the two parties contending in the world (the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman), the need for creeds and terms of communion and the decline that arises from abandoning ecclesiastical standards (1650-1863).
Read MoreRemarks On A Letter Addressed to the Members of the Old Church of Scotland,
James Dodson
1823-John Dow.-An historical account of the disturbance in the Scottish RP church and the removal of the Auchensaugh Renovation from the fourth term of communion.
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James Dodson
1883-David Steele.-This section concerns the toleration of occasional hearing, abandonment of the Auchensaugh Renovation as a term of communion and remodeling of the Testimony of the RP church, in Scotland, to exclude history as a term of communion (1796-1822).
Read MorePreface.
James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-A brief series of remarks designed to impress upon the reader the importance of having some knowledge of the constitution and government of the church of Christ.
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James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-Questions regarding the source of information regarding the constitution of church government and the place of reason in theological endeavor.
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James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-Questions regarding the nature of the society that is called “the church” and the benefits to be found in such society.
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James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-Questions on whether or not there is a prescribed government for the church.
Read MoreOf Church Officers.
James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-Questions regarding various church offices and their several duties and powers.
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James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-Questions regarding the several courts of the church, their function, interaction and place in exercising discipline.
Read MoreOf Religious Worship.
James Dodson
1806-Alexander McLeod.-Questions regarding the object, ends and regulations pertaining to the actions and circumstances in the worship of God.
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