History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 105

Author: Crumrine, Boyd, 1838-1916; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Hungerford, Austin N
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : H.L. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 1216


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He was afterward located for a period of seven years in charge of the Walnut Street Church in Phila- delphia. At the time he assumed the duties of the professional chair he was thirty-nine years old. For the long period of thirty-six years he continued in this position, twenty of which were at Canonsburg, and sixteen at Xenia, Ohio, to which place the sem- inary was removed in 1855. He resigned the chair Oct. 14, 1871, and died May 30, 1873, in the seventy- seventh year of his age.


Dr. Beveridge was the son of Rev. Thomas Bev- eridge, Sr., a native of Scotland. He was born Oct. 9, 1796, at Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., grad- uated at Union College in 1814, and studied theology under Dr. John Anderson in the seminary at Service, Beaver Co., Pa. He was somewhat under the medium height, and slightly inclined to corpulency. His hair, which was always abundant, was jet black in his youth, but while yet in his prime was changed to iron-gray, and continued to whiten as age increased. The complexion was dark, and the expression of the countenance pleasant and agreeable. In striking contrast with the senior professor, his whole appear- ance marked him at once as a man of note. He was all his life a diligent student, a man of books. Few private libraries are ever seen so large as that which he gathered around him. His knowledge of books was indeed quite remarkable, extending not only to the large collection covering the walls of his own study, but to the theological and general literature of his own and other countries. His style of writing was chaste and clear and strong. He published no books, but contributed quite extensively and on various subjects to the monthly periodicals of the Associate and United Presbyterian Church. Among the last of these contributions to the literature of the church was as chairman of the committee by which was prepared the revised version of the Psalms of the Bible now in use in the United Presbyterian Church. The sermons and theological lectures of Dr. Bever- idge were uniformly written in full. While always a prominent and influential member of ecclesiastical assemblies, his habit of full preparation for his pub- lic deliverances at other times operated perhaps to some extent in the way of hampering him when par- ticipating in promiscuous discussions. . In addition to his duties in the theological seminary, Dr. Bever- idge preached regularly to the church of his denom- ination in Washington from 1835 to the fall of 1849, and during the six years following, on alternate Sabbaths, to the Associate congregation of Miller's Run (now Venice).


For a period of seven years the two professors, Drs. Ramsay and Beveridge, were associated in their respective professorships in the seminary. But Dr. Ramsay was growing old, and having long cherished the purpose not to continue in the professorship after reaching his threescore years and ten, he accordingly at the meeting of Synod in 1841 at Washington, Pa.,


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gave notice of his intended resignation of the theo- logical chair. The purpose thus indicated was exe- cuted the following year, 1842. With a vote of hearty thanks for his long and valuable services, the resignation was accepted. He continued to minister regularly to his congregation for some years, but the infirmities of age were gathering about him, and after a pastorate of almost forty-five years he was re- leased from the charge of his congregation June 12, 1849. He now removed with the aged partner of his life to the residence of their son-in-law, Rev. Dr. McElwee, in Frankfort, Beaver Co., Pa., where he spent the evening of his days. He died March 6, 1855, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.


At the same meeting of Synod at which Dr. Ram- say resigned (1842), Rev. James Martin, D.D., of Albany, N. Y., was chosen as his successor, and en- tered on the duties of the professorship at the opening of the session of 1842-43. His connection with the seminary, however, was destined to be comparatively brief. A lingering pulmonary affection, with which he had been struggling before his removal to Canons- burg, continued and increased during his professor- ship, till at length severe hemorrhage ensued, from which he rapidly sank and passed away, June 15, 1846. Four sessions in the chair of Theology and Hebrew completed the work of Dr. Martin in the seminary. But his professorship, though brief, was far from being unsuccessful. His mental faculties were of the very highest order, and by liberal educa- tion and much study, and full consecration to his work, he seemed to be eminently fitted for the post to which he was called. He had remarkable facility in giving to the students, with apparently no strain or effort on his own part, a clear perception of the most in- tricate points that came in the way in his theological lectures. In the most artless way, also, he always evinced a very deep interest in the welfare of all the students, and thus secured in unusual measure their affection for himself. The words of advice and en- couragement addressed to many of them privately were cherished by them as precious memorials. And even his admonitions, instead of producing alienation, served rather as cords to draw the admonished more closely to him. The responsibility of educating an able and well-qualified ministry for the church seemed always to weigh heavily on his mind. He was full of his work. In almost every respect except physical capacity for work he seemed to the church, and es- pecially to his students, the "beau ideal" of a theo- logical professor.


During his pastorate in Albany, Dr. Martin was for some years editor of the Religious Monitor, the monthly periodical of his church. In this capacity he wrote extensively on subjects of passing interest. A sermon which he published in 1841 on "the duty of submission to church rulers" attracted much atten- tion on account of the distracted condition of the eastern section of the church at the time. A series


of articles which he wrote for the Religious Monitor on the "imputation of Adam's first sin to his pos- terity," suggested by the controversy which at the time was rife in the Presbyterian Church on this and kindred subjects, was afterwards collected and issued in a duodecimo volume in 1834, which was regarded as an unusually lucid and able discussion of the subject.


The temperance and anti-slavery reforms always found in Dr. Martin an able and fearless advocate. On every subject he was a characteristically independent thinker. While it gave him no special pleasure to antagonize the views of others, his own positions on all important questions were assumed as the result of his deliberate judgment, even though they might sometimes be unwelcome to those whom he loved most, and with whom he was most intimately associ- ated.


The death of Dr. Martin occurring immediately after the meeting of Synod, his successor was not elected till the following year, and thus the services of the seminary during the session of 1846-47 were left wholly in the hands of Dr. Beveridge. In 1847, Rev. Abraham Anderson, D.D., who had been chosen once before, was now re-elected, and entered on the duties of the professorship at the beginning of the following session. Dr. Anderson was born in Cum- berland County, Pa .; came while very young with his parents to Chartiers township, in Washington County ; lived on the farm till after his majority ; served as a private soldier one year in the army of Gen. Harri- son on the Northwestern frontier, in the war of 1812; entered Jefferson College after his return, and gradu- ated in the class of 1817; spent one winter in the the- ological seminary at Service, Pa .; was Professor of Languages in Jefferson College from 1818 to 1821, during which time he read a course in medicine with Dr. Letherman; was licensed to preach Aug. 29, 1821; ordained 1822 by Presbytery of the Caro- linas; pastor at Steel Creek and Bethany, N. C., 1822 to 1833; pastor at West Hebron, Washington Co., N. Y., 1833 to 1847. The professorship of Dr. Anderson began in 1847, when he was fifty-eight years old, and continued through seven years till his death, May 9, 1855. He was not less than six feet three inches in height, and large in proportion. He was not corpulent, neither was he slender. He stood very erect, and walked with a gait which impressed many with the idea that his measured step and lofty bearing were an acquirement of his army life which adhered to him through his future years. His dis- courses in public and from the theological chair were models of strength and logical accuracy, but his elocution had little about it to make it attractive. The voice, though not hard to hear, had little of rich- ness or melody, and seemed almost entirely destitute of that capability of modulation and expansion which give to oratory so much of its charm and attractive- ness. His gestures also, which were few, had a meas- ure of stiffness about them which gave his hearers to


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feel that little loss would have been sustained had they been entirely omitted; but in gifts and qualifi- cations more essential to public usefulness, and espe- cially to efficiency in the professorial chair, there was no deficiency. His general scholarship was good, while in the field of New Testament Greek it was so full and thorough that he often read in his family devotions from the Greek, giving without hesitation or difficulty his own literal translation. In Hebrew and theology also (the chair which he filled) he was quite at home. He wrote little for the press, but after his death his theological predilections, much as he preferred them for the students, in the form of questions and answers, were collected and published in an octavo volume of seven hundred and sixty-seven pages. They who desire information on almost any point in the whole field of Bible theology can here find it tersely and plainly stated and well supported. Soon after the close of the session of 1854-55 an inter- nal disease, from which Dr. Anderson had suffered less or more for years, assumed alarming symptoms. His sufferings became very intense, and, having a very strong and vigorous physical system, they were quite protracted. He died May 9, 1855.


At the meeting of Synod near the close of the month during which Dr. Anderson died, after a con- test which excited no little interest it was decided to remove the seminary from Canonsburg to Xenia, Ohio. Circumstances favored the bringing about of this re- sult. The Synod was met at the time in Xenia. Its membership was not made up of delegates from dif- ferent sections. Every minister in the church and a ruling elder from each pastoral charge was entitled to a seat. The result would necessarily be that parts adjacent to the place of meeting would be much more fully represented than more distant parts. And yet the vote was close,-fifty-seven for Canonsburg against sixty-two for Xenia. Had the meeting of Synod been in Pittsburgh or any of the central localities of the church, the result would no doubt have been different. But while some unpleasantness of feeling resulted from the action taken, there was no effort made to re- consider or revoke the decision to remove. Rev. Samuel Wilson, D.D., of Xenia, was elected to fill the chair left vacant by the death of Dr. Anderson. Dr. Beveridge removed during the summer to the new location, and from that time forward to the present the institution has been maintained and conducted in Xenia.


The seminary building in Canonsburg, after serving the purpose of its erection for twenty years, was with the grounds annexed now sold. The east end of the building, including the chapel and a number of dormi- tories, has been taken down and removed. The west end with the wing in the rear still remains, being now used as a dwelling and boarding-house. On the south side of Pike Street, toward the west end, this three- story house, somewhat antiquated in appearance as compared with the fewer buildings around, may still


be seen, and it is all that remains of what was once the Associate Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Canonsburg.


It now only remains that a list be given of students educated for the ministry in this seminary. The list first given includes those trained wholly under Dr. Ramsay up to the year 1835. Their places of resi- dence or principal fields of labor are annexed. Those known to be deceased are indicated by a star.


1821 to 1835.


Daniel McLean,* New Concord, Ohio.


Samuel McLean,* Poplar Ridge, Ohio.


W. M. McElwee, D.D., Frankfort, Beaver Co., Pa.


J. Begg,* Mercer, Pa.


M. Snodgrass,* Custard, Pa.


Joseph Clokey, D.D., Professor Theological Seminary, Xenia, Spring- field, Ohio.


William Douthet,* Glade Mills, Pa.


S. Hindman,* Iberia, Ohio.


J. Hindman,* Glade Run, Pa.


Nathaniel Ingles,* Burnett's Creek, Ind.


James McCarrel,* Kendal, Beaver Co., Pa.


James Templeton,* Bell Brook, Ohio.


John Wallace,* Allegheny Co., Pa.


S. Wilson, D.D., Professor Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio.


James C. Bruce,* Monmouth, Ill.


James Rodgers, D.D.,* Allegheny City, Pa.


Alexander T. McGill, D.D., Professor Theological Seminary, Prince- ton, N. J.


James P. Ramsay,* New Bedford, Pa.


W. McClelland,* Philadelphia, Pa.


J. M. Henderson, Oakdale, Ill.


B. Boyd,* Pigeon Creek, Washington Co., Pa.


D. Lindsey,* Bermingham, Iowa.


Thomas Wilson, Leavitt, Ohio.


D. Thompson, Garnett, Kan.


W. C. Pollock, New Berlin, Ill.


H. H. Blair,* New York City.


J. P. Dickey, Donegal, Ireland.


Thomas Kendall, D.D.,* Willamette, Oregon.


James Patterson, D.D.,* Prest. Col. New Wilmington, Pa. David Strang,* Peoria, N. Y.


John S. Easton, D.D.,* Allegheny City, Pa.


James Dickson,* Portland Mills, Ind.


William Galbraith, Freeport, Armstrong Co., Pa.


George M. Hall,* Duanesburg, N. Y.


The above include thirty-four in all.


The following attended the seminary after the es- tablishment of the second professorship, and are ar- ranged in classes according to the years in which they received license :


1836.


William Bruce,* Mercer, Pa.


James McGill, Lexington, Mich.


Samuel Douthet,* Glade Run, Pa.


J. M. Scroggs,* Conneautville, Pa.


Joseph McKee, Los Angeles, Cal.


C. Webster,* Philadelphia, Pa.


1837.


Robert Forrester,* Reynoldsburg, Ohio.


W. Y. Hamilton,* Philadelphia, Pa.


Samuel McArthur,* New Concord, Ohio.


Edward Small, Mercer, Pa.


James P. Smart,* Xenia, Ohio.


1838.


Joseph J. Cooper, D.D., Prof. Theo. Sem., Allegheny, Pa. John W. Harsha, Argyle, N. Y.


James Law,* Philadelphia, Pa.


I. N. Laughead, Washington, Iowa.


John L. McLean,* Hayesville, Ohio. W. H. Walker,* Scottsville, Pa.


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1839.


James Brown, D.D., Columbus City, Iowa. Thomas Gilkerson,* Saltsburg, Pa. D. R. Imbrie,* New Wilmington, Pa. William Smith,* Buffalo, Wis.


1840.


John Bryan, Bloomington, Ind. John M. French,* Noblestown, Pa. Isaac Law,* Putnam, N. Y. D. H. A. McLean, D.D., Mansfield, Pa. Archibald Reid,* Cambridge, N. Y. George C. Vincent, D.D., Prest. Franklin Col., New Athens, Ohio.


1841.


D. G. Bullious,* Cambridge, N. Y. W. J. Cleland,* Wilton, Minn. J. R. Doig, D.D.,* Vinton, Iowa. J. W. Logue, Northfield, Ohio. John Todd,* Brookville, Pa. Thomas B. Walker,* New Orleans, La.


1842.


A. Barcroft,* Apple Creek, Ill. Titus Basfield,* London, Canada. R. J. Hammond, Americus, Kan. Alexander Murray,* Oakland, Venango Co., Pa. John Scott, D.D.,* Prof. Theo. Sem., Monmouth, Ill. B. F. Sawyer, Darlington, Pa.


1843 ..


J. D. Cunningham,* Otter Creek, Iowa. Jacob P. Fisher,* Cherry Fork, Adams Co., Ohio.


R. W. French, Peotone, Ill. John Marshall,* Londonderry, Ohio. Joseph Mcclintock,* Worth, Pa. T. R. Simpson, M.D., Allegheny, Pa.


1844.


J. G. Austin, Hemmingsford, Canada. Cyrus Cummins, Wheeler, Mercer Co., Pa. J. B. Forsythe,* Kingston, Iowa. James C. Herron, Telfer, Ontario, Canada. S. T. Herron, Bloomington Ferry, Minn.


1845.


Moses Arnot,* South Hanover, Ind. James McArthur, Olena, III. S. F. Morrow, D.D., Albany, N. Y R. H. Pollock, D.D ,* Mount Vernon, Ohio. J. R. Stentz,* Martinsville, Ohio. Alexander Story, Washington, Iowa.


1846.


Abraham Anderson,* Pittsburgh, Pa. A. M. Black, D.D., Fort Gay, W. Va. James L. Bull, Traer, Iowa. Samuel Collins, D.D., Washington City, D. C.


D. W. French, D.D.,* Mercer, Pa.


H. K. Lusk,* Hulton, Pa. N. McDowell, Indianola, Iowa. Alexander McHatton, Flat Rock, III.


Joseph McKerahan,* Glencoe, Ohio. George McMillan,* Hanover, Ind. William Oburn, Galion, Ohio. William Wishart, D.D., Hayesville, Ohio. Joseph D. Wolf, attorney-at-law, Pensacola, Fla.


1847.


W. H. Andrew, D.D.,* Galt, Canada. James G. Ballentine,* West Hebron, N. Y. G. D. Henderson,* Monmouth, Ill. James G. Rankin,* Bavington, Washington Co., Pa.


1848.


D. W. Collins, D.D., Blairsville, Pa. T. B. Hanna,* Clinton, Pa. F. A. Hutchinson, Noblestown, Pa. J. D. McNay,* Palestine, Ill.


J. C. Telford, West Lebanon, Pa.


John A. Vance,* Waukesha, Wie. Thomas Brown, Beulah, Kan.


1849.


John T. Brownlee, West Middletown, Pa.


Hans W. Lee,* Pittsburgh, Pa. D. S. McHenry, Santa Anna, Cal.


Byron Porter .* Elderton, Pa.


James Thompson,* New York.


1850.


S. Anderson,* College Springa, Iowa.


A. B. Cassil, Mansfield, Ohio. David Donan, Cochranton, Pa.


S. G. Irvine, D.D., Albany, Oregon.


W. G. McElhenny,* Hoboken, N. J.


J. A. Shankland, Villisca, Iowa.


J. M. Snodgrass, Spring Branch, Iowa.


J. B. Strain, Canonsburg, Pa. James M. Smeallie,* North Kortright, N. Y.


Hugh Sturgeon, Darlington, Pa.


J. T. Tate, Talleyrand, Iowa.


T. H. Beveridge,* Philadelphia.


D. W. Carson, D.D., Burgettstown, Pa. Andrew Irons,* Bruce, Mich. John A. McGill, McCoysville, Pa.


J. C. Murch,* Scotch Ridge, Ohio. James N. Smith,* Edgarton, Kan. W. H. Wilson, Washington Territory.


1851.


Josiah Alexander, New Wilmington, Pa.


Joseph Barclay,* Lee's Summit, Mo. J. B. Clark, D.D.,* Allegheny, Pa. W. A. Black, North Hope, Pa. Samuel Kerr, D.D., Harrisville, Pa.


James P. Lytle, D.D., Sago, Ohio.


J. S. Maughlin, Onawa, Iowa.


S. G. McNeal, Pleasant Run, Ind. Alexander R. Rankin, Murraysville, Pa.


E. H. Stevenson,* Sealcot, North India.


J. R. Thompson,* Mount Pleasant, Pa.


1852.


Samuel Alexander, Carlton, Kan.


A. J. Allen, Carrollton, Ohio.


J. H. Andrew, Brooklyn, N. Y.


J. C. Brownlee,* Milnersville, Ohio.


James Ingles, Scotland, Ind.


W. C. Jackson,* Philadelphia, Pa.


W. J. McGill,* McAlevery's Fort, Pa.


James A. McKee, East Finley, Washington Co., Pa.


Samuel Patton,* Detroit, Mich.


J. B. Whitten, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.


1853.


J. A. Leiper,* Hookstown, Pa.


J. H. Nash, Steubenville, Ohio. James L. Purdy, King's Creek, Pas


J. P. Scott, D.D., Monticello, N. Y.


D. H. Goudwillie, Commerce, Mich. William Bruce, D.D .* (Professor Theological Seminary), Xenia, Ohio. D. K. Duff, Atwood, Pa.


A. Gordon, Gurdaspur, North India.


A. A. Rodgers,* Monmouth, Ill.


J. McNeal, East Tennessee. Gilbert Small, Idaville, Ind. S. C. Reid, Hookstown, Pa.


1854.


S. F. Farmer, Concordia, Kan. William Grimes, Glencoe, Ohio. J. B. Wilson, Otter Lake, Mich.


1855.


W. McGibson, New York. J. B. Lee, D.D., Bovina, N. Y. F. McBurney, Mexico, Pa.


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J. W. McFarland, San Francisco, Cal.


H. McHatton, Duncansville, Ill.


John Patterson, Pleasant Hill, Pa.


James Price, Philadelphia, Pa.


James Sawbill, Winterset, Iowa.


James G. Carson, D.D., Professor Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio.


J. A. Edie, Beaver, Pa.


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Whole number from 1835 to 1855, 150.


Whole number from 1821 to 1855, 184.


The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Its Planting in Pennsylvania, and especially in Washington County.1-The purpose of this article is to give a brief account of the Cumberland Presby- terian Church, its origin and present condition, how it differs from other Presbyterian bodies, how it was planted in Pennsylvania, and especially in Washing- ton County.


This denomination of Christians is a legitimate outgrowth of the great revival of 1800, a revival of religion which, commencing under the ministry of Rev. James McGready, of sainted memory, and con- tinuing with great power for a number of years, ex- tended from the region of Green River in Kentucky on the north to that of the Tennessee on the south. This great work of grace occurred in Transylvania Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church. The minis- ters were unhappily divided into revival and anti- revival parties. The conflict between them was of long continuance, and the history thereof cannot be related in this brief article. It would lead to the discussion of ecclesiastical acts that were regarded by the revival party as arbitrary, unwarranted, and oppressive, and to an extended narrative of unre- dressed grievances which finally resulted in the organization of an independent Presbytery and a separate denomination known as the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Those who desire a full ac- count of this matter are referred to Rev. James Smith's "History of the Church;" to Rev. Dr. Cos- sitt's "Life and Times of Ewing ;" and to Rev. Dr. Crisman's "Origin and Doctrines of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church."


Passing over this stormy period and drawing the veil of oblivion over its acts of violence, we find that on the 3d day of February, 1810, Rev. Messrs. Finis Ewing and Samuel King, distinguished Presbyterian ministers of the revival party, in company with Ephraim McLean, an intelligent and acceptable licensed preacher, visited Rev. Samuel McAdow, an aged minister of the same party, at his home in Ten- nessee. They made known to him the object of their journey, and urgently requested him to unite with them in constituting an independent Presbytery. Mr. McAdow answered that the measure was one of too great importance to be decided hastily, and asked time for prayer and reflection. But having spent the greater part of the night and part of the following morning in deep reflection and solemn prayer, he at


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length returned from the place of his retirement and devotion with a most serene and heavenly counte- nance, and said, "God has answered the doubtful question ; I believe that Providence has spared my life to help the church out of this difficulty; I am now ready with your assistance to constitute a Pres- bytery, and to ordain this young brother (McLean) before we adjourn."? Accordingly, after solemn prayer, the following action was unanimously taken :


"In Dixon County, State of Tennessee, at the Rev. Samuel McAdow's, this fourth day of February, 1810, we, Samuel McAdow, Finis Ewing, and Samuel King, regularly ordained ministers in the Presby- terian Church, against whom no charge, either of immorality or heresy, has ever been exhibited before any of the church judicatures, having waited in vain more than four years, in the mean time petitioning the General Assembly for a redress of grievances and a restoration of our violated rights, do hereby agree and determine to constitute into a Presbytery, to be known by the name of the Cumberland Presbytery."3


This was the beginning of the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church as a distinct denomination. The new Presbytery adopted as its doctrinal standard the Westminster Confession of Faith, excepting the idea of fatality, which they believed to be taught therein, and after due examination they ordained Ephraim McLean. At the meeting of this Presbytery in the fol- lowing March there were four ordained ministers, five licensed preachers, and eight candidates for the min- istry. The constituting of an independent Presby- tery was hailed with joy by all the churches that were friendly to the revival. The increase of the church was so rapid that in three years from the or- ganization of the first Presbytery it was thought nec- cessary to divide that Presbytery into three, and on the 5th of October, 1813, the members of these Presby- teries met at the Beech Church in Sumner County, Tenn., and constituted Cumberland Synod. At this first meeting of the Synod Rev. Messrs. William Mc- Gee, Finis Ewing, Robert Donel, and Thomas Cal- houn were appointed a committee to prepare a Confession of Faith, Catechism, and Discipline in conformity with the avowed principles of the body, and a "Brief View" of the doctrines and discipline of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church having been read before the Synod was unanimously approved, and directed to be published in Woodward's edition of " Buck's Theological Dictionary." +


According to this " Brief View," Cumberland Pres- byterians dissent from the doctrines of the Westmin- ster Confession in the following particulars : "1. That there are no eternal reprobates. 2. That Christ died not for a part only, but for all mankind. 4. That all infants dying in infancy are saved through Christ and sanctification of the Spirit. 4. That the Spirit of


1 By Rev. Azel Freeman, D.D., minister of the Cumberland Presbyte- rian Church at Old Concord, Pa.


2 Crisman's Origin and Doctrines of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, pp. 70, 71.


3 Smith's History of the Christian Church, p. 639. 4 Ibid., pp. 645-48.


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God operates on the world, or as coextensively as Christ has made the atonement, in such a manner as to leave all men inexcusable." These are the main points in which they differ from Calvinists. It may be remarked here that they differ also from the Ar- minians mainly in holding that all who are truly regenerated by the spirit will freely but certainly persevere to the end and obtain eternal life.




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