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. 1871 Excerpt: ... vein. At the meeting of the Synod of Aberdeen, in October of this year, the moderate party had the upper hand--they carried their candidate for the moderatorship (Mr. Watt, Foveran) by 79 votes to 58 for Mr. Simpson, Trinity Church, Aberdeen, proposed by the other side; and also, after a fair amount of rather pointed ...
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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. 1871 Excerpt: ... vein. At the meeting of the Synod of Aberdeen, in October of this year, the moderate party had the upper hand--they carried their candidate for the moderatorship (Mr. Watt, Foveran) by 79 votes to 58 for Mr. Simpson, Trinity Church, Aberdeen, proposed by the other side; and also, after a fair amount of rather pointed talk, carried a resolution to admit to the sittings of the Synod the ministers of the Garioch Presbytery, suspended for their part in the Culsalmond business. In a subsequent discussion, one rev. brother observed that "the blighting influence of moderatism had been thrown over all their institutions; and even its corrupting hand had been thrown over their colleges and universities, rendering them rather the schools of hell than of heaven;" whereupon two other rev. brethren suggested whether the speaker's words should not be taken down, with a view to ulterior proceedings, while a third rather thought it might "be better to hear them with silent contempt." CHAPTER XXIII. JONATHAN TAWSE AND DAWVID HADDEN. i/ITH the November " Convocation" of 1842, the fer 3 ment within the Kirk of Scotland reached about as great a pitch of intensity as it was possible for it to attain. While on the one hand the results of the gathering of over 400 ministers of the Evangelical section in Edinburgh was held to give great encouragement to the non-intrusion party, it was predicted on the other "that the reign of fanaticism was near an end, and the triumph of Moderatism and rational religion at hand." In a few weeks thereafter meetings began to be held here and there in the interest of the non-intrusion party, for the purpose of giving all who were desirous of receiving it, information "on the present state of the Church;&...
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