. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. GENERAL JOHN STEELE An officer of the American Revolution; Commanding the defense of Philadelphia in the War of 1812; Collector of the Port of Philadelphia; long a Trustee of the church, and buried in the churchyard From a portrait in possession of Miss Ellen B. wmmmmm noiaas22oq The Second Fight for Independence. 159 ous carefully preserved letters, and in a copy ofextracts from the minutes of the Presbytery ofNew York, covering in minute detail the trial ofMr. Ely before
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. GENERAL JOHN STEELE An officer of the American Revolution; Commanding the defense of Philadelphia in the War of 1812; Collector of the Port of Philadelphia; long a Trustee of the church, and buried in the churchyard From a portrait in possession of Miss Ellen B. wmmmmm noiaas22oq The Second Fight for Independence. 159 ous carefully preserved letters, and in a copy ofextracts from the minutes of the Presbytery ofNew York, covering in minute detail the trial ofMr. Ely before that body, we have a mass of materialthrough which we have, with the greatest difficulty andpatience, wended our way. It shall be our aim to givea clear, brief statement of the events which led to thesecession from Old Pine Street and the founding ofthe Sixth Church, and to the installation of Ezra StilesEly as the beloved pastor of Old Pine Street. Some two months after Mr. Ely had been invited toPine Street by the Session he came again to Philadel-phia in response to an invitation to deliver an addressto the Philadelphia Missionary Society. At this time,Mr. Ely received such attention from Captain Wickesand other members of the Session that there was awak-ened a general feeling that the time for a harmoniousmeeting had come. Mr. John Welwood Scott calledupon an elder to e
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