A True And Complete Narrative Of All The Proceedings Of The Philadelphia Presbytery And Of The Philadelphia Synod In Relation To The Case Of The Rev Albert Barnes

Author : W. L. M'calla
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ISBN 13 : 9781331859222
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Correct Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Philadelphia written by W. L. M'calla and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Correct Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Philadelphia: Relative to the Reception and Installation of Mr. Albert Barnes; With Three Letters in Answer to One, Relative to the Aforesaid Proceedings It is hoped that every reader of the following publication will keep constantly in mind that the author has been compelled to it in self-defence. But for this he assuredly would never have made it; nor given more publicity to the proceedings of the Philadelphia Presbytery, in the case of Mr. Barnes, than his trial itself occasioned. Not a single sentence would ever have gone from him to the press, nor, he verily believes, from one of the minority, if their opponents had kept silence on their part. To the writer it did seem, that while the case of Mr. Barnes was yet sub judice; while a complaint of the proceedings of Presbytery was yet to be disposed of by the Synod, and perhaps by the General Assembly - the parties in the case, like those in similar circumstances when a cause is yet pending in a civil court, ought not to endeavour to preoccupy and prejudice the public mind, on the one side or the other. But if one side will not consent to this method of procedure, the other may at length be obliged, in self-defence, to depart from it. Otherwise the public mind may become prejudiced against the silent party; may even take silence for consent; may believe that nothing is said in reply, because nothing to the purpose can be said. Now, let it be remembered, that for three months past, the religious newspapers of our country, far and near, have been teeming with the exparte representations of the majority; and that some of these representations have been collected into a pamphlet, and very widely distributed, under the title of "A Sketch of the Debate and Proceedings of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, in regard to the Installation of the Rev. Albert Barnes, in the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia" - the pamphlet to which the present publication chiefly responds. Yes, reader, for three months in succession, the minority saw and heard themselves represented as stupid dolts, illiberal bigots, or malicious maligners of their brethren, and observed a profound silence. And have you thought that they were silent, because they were unable to plead their own cause, or were conscious that their cause would not bear a defence? Nothing further from the truth than this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.