A True and Concise Narrative, of the Origin and Progress of the Church Difficulties, in the Vicinity of Dartmouth College in Hanover; The Same Being ... and Professors Fo the College, with Documents - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815. Excerpt: ... fttdging the dust. How is this confident with that civil, and religious freedom and liberty, which are the baast of our country? or what is iE short of overbearing domination? In this jfoiinectiori We would state a circumstance that will tend to shew, what «ras the sincerity of the gxief expressed in their aforesaid letters; which is, that nearly a month after our remonstrance was given them, and which was the subject of their complaining, an invitation was extended to all of us, individually, who had signed that obnoxious paper, to unite, unconditionally, with them, in a shortly expected communion. This invitation was communicated by Professor Smith, himself, their pastor, who went from house to houiefor the purpose--now as this was the highest mark of christian fellowship and approbalion in their power to give, how can the expressions of grief, in their communications to us, be any thing more, than mere pretensions, dictated by a spirit of domination, to prevent the establishment here of any other church, beside that, which the same spirit could control. As our proposals for a council, and even that of their choosing it themselves,. was refused--and as they would not consent to any tribunal but that Of themselves to judge between us; we therefore proceeded, and en the 2d day of July 1805, were organized into a church skate by the Rev. Messrs. Isaiah Poiter Asa Burton, D. D. and Sylvester Dana. The next step taken by President Wheelock was an application to the Board of Trustees ot the College at their next seffion in August, for authority to require the Professor of divinity, to preach in the College chapel, instead of the meeting house, where he then did. That the public may rightly judge of the justice, propriety and benevolence of this Applicati...

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