History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . y themselves couldfurnish. He therefore proposed the plan of encouraging such amongthem as appeared to be men of good talents, and who discovered adisposition to exercise their gifts in a public way, to preach the gospel,although they might not have acquired that degree of education whichthe letter of the discipline required. 284. Anderson, Ewing, and King Licensed.— In accordance withthe recommendation of Rice, Alexander Anderson, Finis Ewing, andSamuel King, zealous, intelligent, and influential members of thechurch, were encouraged to
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . y themselves couldfurnish. He therefore proposed the plan of encouraging such amongthem as appeared to be men of good talents, and who discovered adisposition to exercise their gifts in a public way, to preach the gospel,although they might not have acquired that degree of education whichthe letter of the discipline required. 284. Anderson, Ewing, and King Licensed.— In accordance withthe recommendation of Rice, Alexander Anderson, Finis Ewing, andSamuel King, zealous, intelligent, and influential members of thechurch, were encouraged to present themselves before the TransylvaniaPresbytery. Neither of them had enjoyed the advantages of a col-legiate education, and all of them were now men of families, someWhatadvanced in age. Finally, on a close division, a minority protesting,they were licensed as probationers by Transylvania Presbytery, havingadopted the confession of faith with the exception of the idea of fatality,which they believed it taught. Subsequently they were ordained as. i6o History of Tennessee. ministers of the gospel by Cumberland Presbytery, which was formedfrom Transylvania in 1802. 285. Cumberland Presbytery Dissolved.—The division of Transyl- vania Presbytery gave the revival partya decided majority in that part of itformed into Cumberland Presbytery,which majority was increased from yearto year. Then came a long contest be-tween the majority of Cumberland Pres-bytery and Kentucky Synod. Finally,Cuml)crland Presbytery was dissolved,and the majority formed themselves intoa Council, and agreed on a petition to theGeneral Assembly. They determined topromote the interest of the church as ^^ ^hcy could uutil an answer to their petition could be o1)tained. The GeneralAssembly requested the Synod to review its proceedings. This encour-aged the council to send forward a second petition. Upon this theGeneral Assembly decided with the synod. 286. Organization of the Cumb
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