Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . mittee onColored Evangelization is also appointed by the As-sembly. The two Presbyterian denominations whose exact 412 PRESBYTERIANS. « names are most similar are the Northern and SouthernPresbyterian. The only difference is that the Northernadds to the end of its name the words of America,and the other omits these. The Presbyterian Church(North) has in many respects amended the form ofgovernment, has almost entirely changed the Westmin-ster Book of Discipline and is now revising the Con-fession of Fai
Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . mittee onColored Evangelization is also appointed by the As-sembly. The two Presbyterian denominations whose exact 412 PRESBYTERIANS. « names are most similar are the Northern and SouthernPresbyterian. The only difference is that the Northernadds to the end of its name the words of America,and the other omits these. The Presbyterian Church(North) has in many respects amended the form ofgovernment, has almost entirely changed the Westmin-ster Book of Discipline and is now revising the Con-fession of Faith, but within Calvinistic lines. It consti-tutes Presbyteries and Synods by geographical lines byputting all ministers and churches (white or colored) inthe same bodies. It uses hymns in its service of praise,insists on an educated ministry, admits members of se-cret societies to membership, practices open communion,expresses its opinions on all moral and philanthropicquestions by resolutions of the General x^ssembly, andcarries on its benevolent work through eight Boards ofthe J. R. W. SLOANE, D. D. CHAPTER XIX. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN (COVENANTER) CHURCH. AT the organization of the Presbyterian Church inScotland in the sixteenth century, the ministersand people followed the example of Moses at Sinai, andentered into a national covenant. They believed theconduct of Moses and the Hebrews in repeating- theirCovenant on the Plains of Moab, and Joshua and theIsraelites in repeating this covenant afterward atShechem, completely authorized the binding of rulersand people by a formal bond to the recognition ofAlmighty God as the Ruler, and his law as the stand-ard of morals in every relation of life. The Churchand the nation are both of divine ordinance ; and whiletheir fields of authority and operation are wholly inde-pendent and distinct, yet each in its own sphere isbound to recognize the government of God, and in theduties which belong to it is bound to obey the divinewi
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