The intermediate Presbytery met according to appointment,
at the Three Forks of Duck River, on Friday, the 19th of February,
1813.
Mr.
Robert Donnell delivered a discourse from Rom. VII,
3, 4, Mr.
David McLin delivered a discourse from Heb. II,
3. Constituted by prayer. Members present: Messrs. William
McGee, Samuel
King, Robert
Bell, David
Foster, and James
B. Porter.
Presbytery
proceeded to choose a moderator and clerk: Mr.
Bell was chosen moderator, Mr.
Porter clerk.
Mr.
Donnell's and Mr.
McLin's discourses were sustained. Presbytery proceeded
to examine them on Theology, English Grammar, Geography, Natural
and Moral Philosophy, Astronomy, and Church History, which were
sustained as parts of trial previous to ordination.
Adjourned
by prayer, to meet to-morrow, twelve o'clock.
SATURDAY MORNING.
Presbytery met according to adjournment.
Constituted by prayer.
Mr.
Porter delivered the ordination sermon, according to appointment,
from Mark XVI, 15. Mr.
McGee proceeded to preside in the ordination. The probationers
having answered the necessary questions, agreeably to our order,
and their moral character standing fair, the Presbytery did set
apart the said Robert
Donnell and David
McLin to the whole work of the ministry, by imposition
of hands and solemn prayer. Afterwards a solemn charge was given,
the whole concluded by prayer.
Feb.
20, 1813. DAVID
FOSTER, Moderator, pro tem.
JAMES
B. PORTER, Clerk.