Annals of the disruption : with extracts from the narratives of ministers who left the Scottish establishment in 1843 . t Scriptural principle, for which alone we contend, that anobligation is laid on nations and rulers to have regard to themoral government of God as supreme, and to the welfare ofthe Church of Christ. Tlie general admission of the doctrineis all that we care about. ... I need scarcely say that neitherI nor any of my colleagues ever concealed or compromised ourprinciples in regard to this matter; . . and I think it rightto say that the Churches of America knew full well that we
Annals of the disruption : with extracts from the narratives of ministers who left the Scottish establishment in 1843 . t Scriptural principle, for which alone we contend, that anobligation is laid on nations and rulers to have regard to themoral government of God as supreme, and to the welfare ofthe Church of Christ. Tlie general admission of the doctrineis all that we care about. ... I need scarcely say that neitherI nor any of my colleagues ever concealed or compromised ourprinciples in regard to this matter; . . and I think it rightto say that the Churches of America knew full well that we doadhere to this great and important Scriptural truth. I havenot seen or heard anything in America at all to shake my firm-ness in this great principle as a principle of our Church. But Ihave seen much fitted to modify the impressions which some ofus may once have entertained of the importance of State assist-ance to the Church of Christ and to the cause of religion. * It is interesting to observe what the Americans thought ofour deputies. Dr. J. W. Alexander, of New York, speaks of* Blue Book, 1844, p. C7. M m. DK. CLNMNGIIAM IRELAND AND AMERICA. 547 Mr. Ferguson. At first he had felt some surprise at his beingsent, especially when he found that Chalmers had picked himout. But my wonder ceased when I heard him on the even-ing of the 18th. He spoke an hour and three-quarters by thewatch. I wish it had been twice as long. In the first half ofhis speech he erred by causing too much laughter. His viscomica is amazing. In the latter part he rose to a height ofpassion such as I have seldom witnessed, A critic would havecondemned everything in the elocution, but the eloquence waspenetrating and transporting. ... As he rose, his diction be-came elegant and sublime; and yet he is only a merchant atDundee. * Of Dr. Cunningham, the same writer speaks :— He is themost satisfactory foreigner I have seen. By the Scotch papersI perceive he ranks among the first four or five of the FreeChu
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