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Tolland - Rev. Dr. Nathan Williams
Hartford N. - Nathan Strong
- S. - William Robinson
N. Haven E. - Matthw Noyes
N. -- W. - Bazaleel Pineo
Litchfield N. - Samuel J. Mills - S. - Backus N. London - Samuel Nott Middlesex - Elijah Parsons
Fairfield E-S. Blatchford - W - Hezekiah Ripley Concluded with Prayer.
LEVI HART, Moderator.
SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, Scribe.
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The following is the copy of Minutes found by Brother David D. Field, and by him left with the Register, suggesting a seeming expediency of their entry, somewhere, among the records of Connecticut General Association, viz. :
At a convention of the committees of the General Assem- bly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America, & the General Association of the State of Con- necticut, on Wednesday, the 11th of September, 1791, in the Chapel of Yale College : Present -
Rev. Messrs John Witherspoon D.D., Alexander MeWhorter D. D. & Jedidiah Chapman, members of the committee from the General Assembly : &
Rev. Messrs Elizur Goodrich D. D., Benjamin Trumbull, Levi Hart, Jonathan Edwards D. D., Timothy Dwight D. D., members of the committee from the General Association.
The convention was opened with prayer by Dr. Witherspoon.
Dr. Rogers was chosen Chairman, & Dr. Dwight Scribe. Dr. Rogers not being in the house, Dr. MeWhorter was requested to take the chair.
After conversing, sometime, on the business of the meet- ing, the convention was adjourned until tomorrow at three o'clock P. M .- prayer being made by Dr. MeWhorter.
Thursday 3 o'clock P. M., the convention met, according to adjournment. Dr. Rogers & Mr. Tennant were present & the meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. Rogers.
An extract from the minutes of the convention of the Massachusetts congregational Ministers, May 26, 1791, was read & is as follows viz :
In convention of the Massachusetts congregational Minis- ters May 26th 1791, an address, signed Elizur Goodrich & Enoch Huntington, respecting a general union of the congre- gational & presbyterian churches, throughout the United States of America, proposed by the General Association of the State of Connecticut, was read: Whereupon, Voted. That the Rev. Dr. Willard, the Rev. Dr. Howard, the Rev. Mr. Haven, the Rev. Mr. Belknap, & the Rev. Mr. Bradford, be a committee of correspondence on the subject.
Attest JOHN CLARK, Scribe.
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Dr. Stiles joined the convention - After deliberating on the objects of the meeting, a committee, consisting of Dr. Me Whorter, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Hart and the Scribe, was appointed to prepare a draught, & report it. tomorrow morning.
The convention was then adjourned until tomorrow morn- ing, at nine o'clock, then to meet in the chapel, & conchided with prayer.
Friday morning, 9 o'clock, the convention met according to adjournment, & the meeting was opened with prayer.
The committee appointed yesterday, brought in their report ; which being read, considered, amended, & approved is as followş, viz :
Considering the importance of union & harmony in the christian Church, & the duty inenmbent on all its pastors & ministers to assist each other, in promoting, as far as possible. the general interests of the Redeemers kingdom ; & consider- ing, further, that divine providence appears to be now opening the door for pursning these invaluable objects, with a happy prospect of snecess :
This convention are of opinion, that it will be conducive to these important ends, that a standing committee of correspondence be appointed, in each Body, whose duty it shall be, by frequent Letters, to communicate to each other, whatever may be mutually useful to the churches, under their care, & to general interests of the Redeemers kingdom :
That each Body should from time to time appoint a com- mittee consisting of * - (Here is a blank in the original Minutes, to which the following note in the margin, seems directly appended, viz : The blank marked with an asterisk, was, through a mistake, not filled up; & the convention was dissolved, before this mistake was discovered. But six of the gentlemen of the convention, viz: 3 of each committee, unanimously gave their opinion, that it would be most advantageously filled up by the word Three) who shall have right to sit in the other's general meeting, - make such communications as shall be directed by their respective con-
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stituents - & deliberate on such matters as shall come before the Body ; but shall have no right to vote: that effectual measures be mutually taken to prevent injuries to the respective churches from irregular & unauthorized preachers ; to promote this end, the convention judge it expedient, that every preacher, travelling from the limits of one of these churches into those of the other; shall be furnished with recent testimonials of his regular standing, & good character as a preacher, signed by the Moderator of the Presbytery, or of the Association, in which he received his license, or, if a Minister, of his good standing & character, as such, from the Moderator of the Presbytery, or Association, where he last resided ; & that he shall - previously to his travelling, as a preacher, into distant parts, further receive a recommenda- tion from one member, at least, of a standing committee to be hereafter appointed by each Body, certifying his good qualifications, as a preacher : also that the names of this standing committee shall be mutually communicated : &, also, that every travelling, & recommended, as above, & submitting to the stated rules of the respective churches, shall be received as authorized preachers of the gospel, & cheerfully taken under the patronage of the Presbytery, or Association, within whose limits he shall find employment, as a preacher: & that the proceedings of the respective Bodies, on this report, be communicated to our Brethren of the congregational & presbyterian churches, throughout these States.
The convention then - being concluded with prayer, by the chairman was dissolved. . The above are true Minutes of the proceedings of the convention.
Attest JOHN ROGERS, ¿ Chairman of the S Convention
TIMOTHY DWIGHT Scribe.
The original paper - handed in by Brother Field - is in the package of Gen. Assoc' files, for 1815 - meeting at Danbury.
INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Address to the king, 19. of condolence, 45. to his Majesty and the Princess, 26. to the people, 103.
Arminianism, to be protested against, 33. American Preacher, to bedistributed, 149. Association, General, its organization, 5. means for usefulness, 29. importance of its doings, 10. choice of members, 28. time of meeting, 110, 112, 113, 137, 141. failure of meeting, 24. records of, fail, 40. order of sessions, 137, 143. duty of Moderator, 152. place of meeting, 159, 165, 170.
Baptism, infant, neglected, 91. of slaves approved, 6. Bills of mortality, 167, 171. Book of discipline to be circulated, 21, 23.
Catechism for children, 23, 42. Candidates for ministry, examination, 6, 8, 34, 100, 142.
Candidates, discouragements of, 102.
lists of, 102, 111, 120, 123, 127, 134, 138, 143, 149, 156, 162, 166, 171, 187.
Charge at ordination, how given, 60. Children, early training of, 23. subjects of discipline, 83. Census of parishes, 137, 141. Churches, care for vacant, 114, 116. disorders in, 14. rights of consociated, 44. discipline of, 71, 74, 75, 81-4.
Councils, how to call, 8. who may sit in, 113. consociations the only, 41. Constitution of Miss. Society, 177-9. ecclesiastical, 27, 39.
Consociation, local and general, 27, 28, 30, 31, 41, 149. general, shall there be? 149, 152, 153. of New Haven County, 34, 43. dissatisfaction with, 53, 55. causes not appealable from, 72. Concio ad Clerum instituted, 27, 123. Communion, terms of, 16, 48.
Complaints, how made, 20. Confession of faith, new issue of, 36. for scandalous sins, 142.
Committees, church, duties of, 83. certifying, 142, 152, 183. Convention, Federal, no God, 126, 129. general, of committees, 189. Contributions for missions, 76, 141, 186.
Deacons, ordination of, 180, 186. Delegates to General Assembly, 184. Divorce, when proper, 121, 123, 126. of J. Strong, 136. Divinity, professor of at Yale, 35. Dissatisfaction with Consociation, how met, 52-3.
Disunion, tendencies to, 106. Disaffected members not to be encour- aged, 15, 21. Discipline as related to revivals, 14, 18. to be enforced, 83, 94, 106. questions respecting, 71, 74. Doctrines as related to revivals, 9, 13.
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Elders, to be circumspect and prayer- Ministry, importance of a settled, 114. ful, 12.
Errors to be avoided, 12, 33.
Episcopacy, its assault repelled, 63. petitions for opposed, 71.
Expenses of delegates to convention, 180, 184.
Fasting and prayer recommended, GG, 105.
Family discipline and culture, 82, 104. Fund for widows, 148, 154, 170.
History of American Revolution, 118, 120, 121, 133, 146, 154.
Husband, rights of, 53.
Indian Academy, support of, 65. Instructions to delegates, 71. Immoralities of youth, 100.
Laws, civil, to be enforced, 93. Letters of dismission, 18.
Letter respecting Wallingford brethren, 41, 42. of New York synod, 57. to Boston ministers, 77. to Governor Huntington, 155, 160. Licenses, time to run, 113. import and authority, 37. by whom signed, 41.
Lecture at Commencement, Yale, 118. Libraries, Associational, 157.
Lord's Supper, when administered, 20.
Masters, duty of, to infant slaves, 6. Marriage without bans, 118.
Memorial to General Association on di- vorces, and slave trade, 139.
Meetings for prayer and conference, 157. Ministers, disorderly, 16.
duty of discipline. 82. rights and injuries of, 72. dismissed against their will, 72. rights by civil law, 110. measures for support of, 55. from Europe, 175, 187.
Minors, may they vote? 16.
Missions, moneys for, 100, 120, 141, 153, 155, 161. 166, 176, 182.
Missionaries to be ordained ministers, S6. time and pay of, 148, 154.
to be sent to new settlements, 79, 81,85. mode of appointment, 107, 141. appointments, 80, 160, 166, 171. directions to, 80.
Missionary Society, 173, 177. treasurer of, 183. trustees of, 183. quorum of, 185. Moderator General Association, term of office, 161, 172.
Nonconformity, reasons for, 97.
Ordination of Mr. Day, 11S. of Mr. Dana, 43. Ordinances as related to revivals, 14.
Pelagianism to be opposed, 33. Prayer, special, 38, 66, 159, 163. duty and privilege of, 108, 109 family, neglect of, 47, 97. Profanity, prevalence of, 23. Preachers, Separatist, 113. traveling, 170.
Preaching before license, 118.
Printing letter of Non-Conformists, 97. Dr. Deddridge's address. 98. Dr. Edwards' sermons, 100.
Questions from Rev. Sherman, 72. proposed, 121, 131. deferred, 123, 131.
Raptures to be avoided, 12. Records to be distributed, 6. Reports, annual from associations, 156, 159. Revival of 1740, 9. hindrances to, 13, 14.
Religion, things adverse to, 13. decay of, deplored, 66, 105.
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Reply to letter of synod, 59, 60. Register, standing, 78.
resignation and appointment, 160. Revolution, American, pre-intimated, 77,86-7. address to the churches, 89-96. history of, 119, 120, 121.
Sabbath, neglect of, 127. Scandals deplored, 68. Sermons, election, 131. on evidences, 138, 143, 146. Separatists, questions about, 113. not to be tolerated, 16. ordination of, 114. Slaves, infant, to be baptized, 6. Slave Trade unjust, 126, 127, 129. Socinianism to be protested against, 33. Students to be thoroughly instructed, 157. Seminary in Kentucky, 160.
Trustees of Missionary Society, 179, 180.
Universalism, is it heresy ? 146. Union of Presbyterian and Congrega- tional churches, 59, 60, 127, 133.
Vice, prevalence of, 23. before and during Am. Rev., 86-96. Voting by defendant, 20. manner of in council, 37. in convention, 64.
Watts' psalms, alteration of, 172, 185. Wallingford church troubles, 44, 48, 51. Wife, rights and duties of, 53. Wickedness abounding, 92, 105. Widows, fund for, 148, 154, 170. Worship, neglect of, 21, 127.
Yale College, professor of divinity, 35. Youth of the churches appealed to, 95. to be instructed, 156.
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INDEX OF NAMES.
Adams, Eliphalet, 11. Atwater, Jason, 132. Avery, Ephraim, 17. Avery, John, 119.
Baldwin, Ebenezer, 78. Backus, Charles, 132. Backus, Simon, 15. Bartlett, Nathaniel, 36. Bartlett, Moses, 22. Bartholomew, Andrew, 31. Bassett, Amos, 163. Beckwith, George, 9. Beebe, James, 30. Beebe, David D., 181. Bellamy, Joseph, 9. Beldin, Joshua, 45. Benedict, Noalı, 52. Benedict, Abner, 99. Bissell, Hezekiah, 22. Birdsey, Nathan, 22. Blatchford, Samuel, 181. Bliss, John, 104. Bostwick, Ephraim, 7. Bordwell, Joel, 62. Boardman, Benjamin, 74
Booge, Ebenezer, 52. Booge, Publius V., 168. Brunson, David, 69. Brinsmaid, Daniel, 73. Bray, Thomas W., 104. Brockway, Thomas, 101. Brownson, David, 139. Buckingham, Daniel, 30 Burnham, Wm., 5. Burnet, Matthias, 144.
Cabott, Marston, 19.
Canfield, Thomas. 84. Camp, Samuel, 124. Chauncey, Nathaniel, 15. Chalker, Isaac, 21. Champion. Judah, 49. Church, Aaron, 135. Chase, Amos, 163 Chapin, Calvin, 163.
Clap, Thomas, 5. Cook, Samuel, 5. Colton, Benjamin, 11.
Collins, Timothy, 13. Coggswell, James, 21, 168. Colton, George, 119. Cook, Roswell, 129.
Collins, A. C., case of, 146-7, 154. Cowles, Giles H., 174.
Day, Jeremiah, 109. Dana, James, trial of, 48, 51. Devotion, Ebenezer, 15. Devotion, John, 52. Dickinson, Moses, 13.
Dorr, Edward, 26. Dorrance, Samuel, 11. Drummond, William, 74. Dunning, Benjamin, 52. Dwight, Timothy, 135.
Easterbrook, Hobart, 36. Edwards, Timothy, 7. Edwards, Jonathan, 122. Eells, Edward, 28. Eells, Samuel, 109.
Felles, Nathaniel, 33. Eells, Ozias, 168. Eliot, Jared, 15. Eliot, Jacob, 17.
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Eliot, Andrew, 99. Ellis, John, 48. Ely, David, 104. Ely, Richard, 112. Ely, Henry, 117. Ely, Zebulon, 129.
Fenn, Nathan, 122. Fowler, Amos, 144. ' Fowler, Joseph, 30. Fowler, Abraham, 168. Foot, John, 74. Fish, Joseph, 28. Fuller, David, 158. Fuller, Daniel, 26. Flint, Abel, 163.
Gaylord, Nathaniel, 144. Gaylord, William, 7. Gold, Hezekiah, 99. Goodsell, John, 15.
Goodrich, Elizur, 61. Goodrich, Samuel, 150.
Gillett, Alexander, 158.
Griswold, Stanley, 158. Griswold, George, 36. Graham, John, 33. Gridley, Uriel, 174. Gridley, Elijah, 144.
Hale, David, 144. Hall, Samuel, 15. Hall, Theophilus, 11. Hart, Levi, 61. Hart, Wm., 5. Hawley, Stephen, 70. Hawley, Rufus, 135. Hemingway, Jacob, 5. Hinsdale, Theodore, 78. Higgins, David, 150. Hosmer, Stephen, 11. Hobart, Noah, 11.
Holmes, Stephen, 54. Hooker, Nathaniel, 54. Hotchkiss, Frederick W., 124. Hunn, Nathaniel, 22. Huntington, David, 158. Huntington, Eliphalet, 69.
Huntington, Joseph, 54. Huntington, Enoch, 54.
Ingersol, Jonathan, 31.
Judson, David, 36. Johnson, Stephen, 78. Johnson, Joshua, 124.
Kent, Elisha, 7. Kellogg, Ebenezer, 104. King, Walter, 150. Kinne, Aaron, 101.
Langdon, Timothy, 139.
Lee, Andrew, 163. Leonard, Joshua, 181. Lewis, Isaac, 67.
Lee, Jonathan, 65. Levinworth, Mark, 36. Little, Ephraim, 7. Lockwood, James, 45.
Lock wood, Samuel, 48. Lockwood, William, 132.
Lothrop, Elijah, 65. Lyman, William, 129.
Mansfield, Achilles, 124.
Marsh, Cyrus, 31.
Marsh, Jonathan, 117.
Marsh, John, 158.
Mason, Elijah, 65.
Mather, Moses, 28. May, Eleazer, 104.
Merwin, Noah, 122. Merrick, Jonathan, 39.
Mills, Gideon, 21.
Mills, Samuel J., 74.
Mills, Samuel, 168.
Miner, Jehu, 84. Miner, Thomas, 112.
Miller, Jonathan, 158. Mitchell, Justus, 117. Murdock, Jonathan, 88.
Newell, Samuel, 30. Newell, Abel, 48. Nott, Abraham, 17. Nott, Samuel, 117.
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Norton, John, 31. Noyes, John, 132. Noyes, James, 144.
Parsons, Jonathan, 7. Parsons, Elijah, 115. Patten, William, 67. Perkins, Nathan, 115. Perry. Joseph, 50.
Pitkin, Timothy, 31. Pomroy, Seth, 45 Pomroy, Benjamin, 26. Pond, Enoch, 158. Prudden, Nehemiahı, 158.
Rawson, Grindal, 36. Rexford, Elisha, 107. Ripley, David, 62. Ripley, Ilezekiah, 65.
Ross, Robert, 45.
Rosseter, Asher, 36. Roots, Benajah, 69.
Robbins, Ammi R., 74.
Robinson, William, 144. Roland, Henry A., 168.
Russell, William, 13. Ruggles, Thomas, 5.
Salter, Richard, 48. Seward, William, 52. Sill, Elijah, 39. Silliman, Robert, 69.
Sherard, Samuel, 45.
Skinner, Ichabod L., 174.
Smith, John Cotton, 67. Smalley, John, 68. Smith, Daniel, 168. Starr, Peter, 99. Stebbins, Stephen W., 119. Stebbins, Samuel, 139. Steele, Stephen, 9.
Strong, Joseph, 69. Strong, Cyprian, 74.
Strong, Benjamin, 31. Street, Nicholas, 101.
Strong, Nathan, 43. Stone, Timothy, 109.
Storrs, William, 150. Stores, Andrew, 74 Stiles, Isaac, 7.
Taylor, Nathaniel, 45. Tennant, Win. M., 104. Throop, Benjamin, 39. Todd, Jonathan, 9.
Todd, Abraham, 43.
Trumble, Benjamin, 65.
Trumble, John, 25. Tyler, Lemuel, 163.
Upson, Benoni, 129.
Vaill, Joseph, 132.
Waldo, Daniel, 174.
Wales, Samnel, 99, 124.
Warner, Noadiah, 62.
Wadsworth, Daniel, 11.
Waterman, Simon, 67.
Waterman, Elijah, 174. Welch, Daniel, 74.
Welch, Moses Cook, 124.
Welles, Noah, 26.
West, Joel, 181.
Wetmore, Noah, 61.
Wetmore, Israhiah, 30.
Whitney, Josiah, 107.
Whitman, Elnathan, 5.
Whitaker, Nathanael, 48.
White, Stephen, 26.
Whittlesey, Samuel, Jr., 22.
White, Thomas, 9. Whitefield, George, 17, 18.
Williams, Eleazer, 9.
Williams, Solomon, 9.
Williams, Warham, 62.
Williams, Eliphalet, 65.
Williams, Nathan, 99.
Willes, Henry, 19. Willard, John, 67.
Williston, Noah, 112.
Worthington, William, 13.
Woodbridge, Samuel, 7.
Woodbridge, Ashbel, 7.
Woodbridge, Benjamin, 19.
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