HISTORY

OF THE

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.


BY THE REV. JAMES SMITH,

Stated Clerk of the General Assembly.

 

CHAPTER I.

FIRST SETTLERS OF GREEN RIVER AND CUMBERLAND COUNTRIES--STATE OF THE CHURCH--M'GREADY--COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVIVAL.

 

CHAPTER II.

PROGRESS OF THE REVIVAL--COMMENCES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTRY--OPPOSITION TO IT--ADDITIONAL LABORERS--ANDERSON, EWING, AND KING INTRODUCED INTO THE MINISTRY--THE PROPRIETY OF THE MEASURES OF THE REVIVAL MINISTERS IN THAT AFFAIR--SUCCESS OF THE NEW LABORERS--THE REVIVAL IN UPPER KENTUCKY--WILD DELUSIONS ENCOURAGED THERE--FALLING DOWN--THE JERKS.

 

CHAPTER III.

PROCEEDINGS OF TRANSYLVANIA AND CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIES,--OF KENTUCKY SYNOD.--COMMISSION OF SYNOD.

 

CHAPTER IV.

THE COUNCIL--ITS PROCEEDINGS--HODGE AND RANKIN SUSPENDED BY KENTUCKY SYNOD--LETTER TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY--PROCEEDINGS OF TRANSYLVANIA PRESBYTERY--FINAL DECISION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY--FURTHER EFFORTS BY THE COUNSEL TO EFFECT A RECONCILIATION--THEIR OFFERS REJECTED--THE MEMBERS INTER INTO A BOND OF UNION.

 

CHAPTER V.

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY CONSTITUTED.--LAST EFFORT OF ITS MEMBERS FOR REUNION WITH THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH--.CUMBERLAND SYNOD.--DOCTRINES AND DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH--CUMBERLAND COLLEGE--GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTED.--APPLICATION FROM PENNSYLVANIA FOR MISSIONARIES.--SUCCESS OF THE MISSIONARIES IN THAT REGION.--REPORT ON THE STATE OF RELIGION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1834.--STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH.--CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX

APPENDIX A - REV. WILLIAM M'GEE

APPENDIX B - REV. WILLIAM HODGE

APPENDIX C - REV. ALEXANDER ANDERSON

APPENDIX D - REV. ALEXANDER CHAPMAN

APPENDIX F - REV. JAMES M'GREADY

APPENDIX G - REV. SAMUEL M'ADOW

APPENDIX H - CIRCULAR LETTER


[Source: History of the Christian Church, From its Origin to the Present Time; Compiled from Various Authors. Including a History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Drawn from Authentic Documents. By The Rev. James Smith. Nashville, Tenn.: Printed and Published at the Cumberland Presbyterian Office, 1835, pages 559-685]


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