Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . d the Presbyterian Church. Theyorganized themselves into a Council, which was madeup of ministers and elders representing congregations. During the next four years there was steady progressin the revival, and the Council labored unremittingly,but in vain, for reconciliation with the Synod. Twomembers of the Council, the Rev. William Hodge andthe Rev. John Rankin, attended the Synods meeting,October, 1806, to seek some adjustment of the difficul-ties ; but the Synod proceeded solemnly to suspendthem bot
Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . d the Presbyterian Church. Theyorganized themselves into a Council, which was madeup of ministers and elders representing congregations. During the next four years there was steady progressin the revival, and the Council labored unremittingly,but in vain, for reconciliation with the Synod. Twomembers of the Council, the Rev. William Hodge andthe Rev. John Rankin, attended the Synods meeting,October, 1806, to seek some adjustment of the difficul-ties ; but the Synod proceeded solemnly to suspendthem both from the exercise of the functions of thegospel ministry for refusing to submit to the commis-sions verdict. At this meeting the Synod also for- 462 PRESBYTERIANS. mally dissolved Cumberland Presbytery and remandedthe parties and their complaints to Transylvania Pres-bytery. In May, 1807, the Council sent a letter to the Gen-eral Assembly, giving a history of the great revival, de-tailing the exceptional circumstances which had led tothe licensing of men without the prescribed literary. MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE, MARSHALL, MO. qualifications, and explaining that the exception inadopting the Confession of Faith had been permittedbecause of the concise manner in which the highlymysterious doctrine of divine decrees is therein ex-pressed, which was thought led to fatality. They dis-claimed any desire or intention to become a new partyor produce secession from the Church, and prayed thatthe Synods action might be set aside and their Presby-terial rights restored, entreating the Assemblys inter-position to prevent the loss of many congregations whosemembers were offended at the action of the Synod. THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 463 The Assembly decided that it was not called onjudicially to act in the case as the matter had not comeup regularly by appeal. A letter was, however, sent tothe Synod advising it to review its action and takesteps to mitigate the sufferings its censu
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