Source book and bibliographical guide for American church history

Preface

Through the publication of several source collections, much has been done to assistfthe student of American political, social and economic history. But no corresponding assistance has been given to such as are interested in the more specifically religious history of our nation. It is true of course, that for the colonial period, political •history to a considerable degree resolves itself into the religious and that, therefore, the source books already published contain much material that is serviceable to the church historian. For the national period, however, with its multiplication of church organization, its controversies and divisions, its nation-wide revivals, and its missionary extension at home and abroad, no source material has been assembled for convenient access. Hence the publication of this volume, which within the briefest possible space embodies the most significant documents for the entire field of American church history. "The compiler wishes to state that the viewpoint from which he has approached the subject is that of regarding the church, not as the custodian of some divinely-revealed deposit of truth, nor as supernaturally detached from an environment that is ever affecting her inner life and organization. In his selection of material he has been guided by the principle of choosing only such documents as most significantly set forth the contribution that the church has made to the progress of American society, and the manner in which from time to time she has adjusted herself to her new and changing environment. Denominationalism, therefore, has been relegated to the background. Ardent denominationalists will find their respective bodies recognized only in so far as these have played a strategic part in the development of American Christianity as a whole. The only exception is that in the case of some small but significant groups, material has been inserted to remove prevailing ignorance or misconception.

In the matter of bibliography, it has seemed wise to supplement the information set forth in the compilations of Samuel M. Jackson and the several volumes of the American Church History Series. Not to emphasize the denominational horizon within which most of this bibliographical work was done, it is now almost a quarter of a century since even the latest appeared. Much has been published

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in the meantime which now calls for classification and appraisal. It will be noticed that the bibliographies are restricted to printed material, with a slight exception of a few dissertations inserted for the convenience of University of Chicago students, who may be pursuing historical work in the classes of the compiler. Newspaper material has had to be omitted. Its insertion, however valuable, would have made the volume far too bulky for convenient handling. Bibliographical matter has been classified not alphabetically, nor in the order of importance, but chronologically. This method, while admittedly defective in some respects, has been adopted as the least objectionable. Painstaking labor has been taken to secure accuracy and comprehensiveness. It will not be surprising, however, if investigative experts in small sections of the field will find omissions. But it is hoped that the bibliographical apparatus will be of real service in speedily acquainting the student with the most significant literature bearing upon the subject under his investigation.

It only remains to express the hope that through its chapter analysis this work may prove suggestive to instructors in their class-room presentation of American religious history, and that its scientific spirit may have some part in stimulating the interdenominational co-operation that augurs so hopefully for the increasing efficiency of our American churches.

PETER G. MODE

Divinity School, University of Chicago, September 1st, 1920.

CHAPTER I Selected Bibliography of General Histories

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Histories political and social 1

Histories ecclesiastical 3

Chapter II

I. Constitutional Provision for Religion. Extract from Articles, Instructions and Orders 9

IT. The Motive in Colonization.

Extract from .1 True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation begun in Virginia 9

III. Beginnings of Worship at Jamestown.

Extract from Captain Smith's Advertisements for the Unexperienced Planters of Xcw England or anywhere 10

Religious clauses of Articles, Laws and Orders, Divine, Politique

and Mar Hall (or the Colony in Virginia 10

IV. Some Features of the Parish.

Statutes relating to

The Church Wardens 12

The Maintenance of the Clergy 13

The Duties of the Clergy 13

The Appointment of the Clergy 14

V. Conformity and Dissent.

Statute relating to Quakers 14

VI. Trials and Problems of the Virginia Church.

Selections. from Virginia's Cure 16

VII. George Fox's Visit, 1672.

Extracts from Journal of George Fox 19

VIII. William and Mary College.

Extract from The Present State of Virginia and the College 20

Chapter III

I. Proprietary Provisions for Religion.

Clauses of The Charier of 1632 26

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II. The Jesuit Propaganda.

Extracts from A Narrative of the Voyage to Maryland by Father Andrew White; and Sundry Reports 27

III. Commonwealth Changes.

Clauses from The Governor's Oath, August, 1648. An Act Concerning Religion, April, 1649. Clauses from An Act Concerning Religion, October 1654 29

Selections from Leah and Rachel 33

IV. George Fox's visit, 1672-3.

Extracts from Journal of George Fox 36

V. Anglicanism Established.

Clausesof An Act for the Service of Almighty God . . . June, 1692. 38

Chapter IV

I. The Declaration of Faith and Church Polity.

Seven Articles which the Church of Leyden sent to the Council of England 44

Robinson's Letters to Sir John Wolstenholme 44

II. The Temper of the Pilgrims.

Extract from Letter of Robinson and Brewster to Sir Edwin Sandys . . 45

III. The Leave Taking at Delfshaven

Extract from Bradford's History of the Plymouth Planatation 46

IV. Robinson's Farewell Letter to the Pilgrims.

Extracts as inserted in Bradford's History of the Plymouth Plantation 47

V. The Mayflower Compact 49

VI. The Testing Time

Extracts from Bradford's History of the Plymouth Plantation 49

Chapter V

I. The Puritans' Attitude to Separation.

The Humble Request of His Majesties loyal/ Subjects . . . To the

rest of their brethren in and of the Church of England 62

II . The Beginning of Fellowship between Puritan and Separatist

Gov. Endecott's Letter to Gov. Bradford, May 11, 1629 63

III. The Congregationalizing of Puritanism.

Charles Gott's Letter to Governor Bradford 64

IV. Church Polity.

Selections from Winthrop's History of New England relating to— The Organization of a Church 65

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Election and Ordination 66

Settlement of Church Disputes 67

Church Covenants — Salem and Windsor 68

V. The Body of Liberties.

Ecclesiastical Clauses 70

VI. Harvard in its Early Days.

Extracts from New England's First Fruits 73

VII. The Cambridge Platform.

Hubbard's Sum of the principles of the congregational discipline .... 75 VIII. A Tirade against Intolerance. *

Extracts from Ward's The Simple Cobbler of Aggaimamm in A mcrica 78 IX. The Quakers.

Extracts from The Trial of Wenlock Christison 80

X. The Half Way Covenant and Church Consociation — Synod of Boston, 1662.

Selections from Mather's Magnolia 82

XL The Reforming Council of 1679.

Extracts from Report addressed to the General Court, September

1679 85

XII. Boston and Cambridge in 1680.

Extracts from .4 Journal of a Voyage to New York by Danckaerts

and Sluyter.- 91

CHAPTER VI Connecticut in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

I. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. Extracts from Colonial

Records of Connecticut 97

II. The Fundamental Articles of New Haven.

Extracts from New Haven Colonial Records 98

III. The Government of New Haven.

Extracts from New Haven Colonial Records 101

IV. The Blue Laws of Connecticut.

Statutes relating to Capital Laws, Children, the Church, Heretics,

Schools 102

V. The Saybrook Platform 105

VI. Yale — Its Purpose and Spirit.

Selections from Proceedings of the Trustees, 1701 109

CHAPTER VII Bibliography Ill

I. The Earlier Compact 114

II. The Formal Compact 115

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III. Deed of Roger Williams to his Twelve Original Associates 115

IV. The Patent of March, 1643.

Selected Clauses 116

V. The Quakers.

Letter from the Commissioners of the United Colonies to Rhode Island,

concerning the Quakers 116

Letter from the government of the Colony of Rhode Island, in reply to Hie letter from the Commissioners of the United States concerning the Quakers 117

VI. Roger Williams on the Limitations of Liberty.

Letter from Providence, 1654 •'.... 118

VII. The Charter of 1663.

Clauses relating to religion 119

VIII. George Fox's visit, 1672.

Extracts from Journal of George Fox 120

CHAPTER VIII Xew York ix the Colonial Period

I. Statutory Provision for Religion.

Extracts from Proposed Articles for the Colonisation and Trade of

Xew Xetherlands, September 2, 163<S 128

II. The Reformed Church at work in Manhattan.

Extracts from a letter of Rev. John Michaelius of Manhattan to

Rev. Adrian Smoutius of Amsterdam, August 11,1 628 12°

III. The Reformed Church and the Sects.

Statute of 1656 131

IV. Articles of Capitulation on the Reduction of Xew Netherland, 1664.

Religious Clauses 132

V. The Duke's Laws, 1665.

Religious clauses 133

VI. Impressions of Xew Vork in 1679.

Selections from a Journal of a Voyage to Xew York in 1679-8& by Danckaerts and Sluyter 134

VII. Instructions to Governor Dongan, 1686.

Clauses relating to religion 136

VIII. * The Ministry Act.

Selected Clauses 137

IX. The Language Problem in the Reformed Dutch Churches.

Extracts from The Independent Reflector, January 1754, by William Livingstone 138

X. The Coetus.

Circular Letter of the Consistory of Xew Vork to all the Dutch Reformed Churches in Xew Vork and Xew Jersey, May, 1737 140

Minutes of a Convention . . . Concerning the Formation of a Coetus

■ . • 1737 ' 141

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PAGE XI. King's College.

Evils of a Sectarian College supported by public funds by William

Livingstone, 1753 244

Clauses relating to religion in The Royal Charter of 1754 246

XII. The Mission to the Five Nations.

Selections from Le Jeune's Relation (1640-41), Lalemant's Relation (1644-45), and Mercier's Relation (1653-54) 305

Correspondence of Governor Dongan and Monsieur de Denonville. 307 XIII. The Classis Issue.

Letter of Coetus of Xew York to the Rev. Classis of Amsterdam,

Selected Articles of Union, Oct., 1771 146

Chapter IX

I. The Fundamental Constitutions of Pennsylvania.

Religious clauses 158

II. Penn's Proposals to Adventurers.

Selections 161

III. The Great Law. December, 1682.

Clauses rehting to religion and morals 162

IV. The Charier of Privileges.

Religious clauses 164

V. The Confession of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers,

A. D., 1673, by Robert Barclay.

Selected Propositions 165

VI. The Mennonites — Articles of Faith.

Clause relating to distinctive features 169

VII. The Mennonites and Quakers in Politics.

Extracts from a letter of Samuel Purviance to Colonel Bird (1765) . 1 72 VIII. The Ephrata Community.

Extracts from the Citron icon Ephralense (translated) 173

IX. The Problem of Ministers for Lutheran Churches.

Extracts from Correspondence of Pennsylvania churches with

Rev. Ziegenhagen of London, 1736-39 177

X. The Constitution of Fundamental Principles of the Schwenkfelder

Church as adopted in 1782 181

XL The Moravians.

An Exposition of their Fundamental Views taken from Report of the

Synod in Marienborn, July, 1674 183

Constitution of the Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel —

organized Xovember, 1745 ' 185

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I. Constitutional Provisions for Religion.

Clauses from The Royal Chatter of 1663 192

Clauses from The Concessions and Agreements— 1665 193

Religious Sections of the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, 1669 193 II. Quaker Pioneering.

Extracts from the Journal of William Edmundson ......: 195

III. The Episcopalian Church at Work.

Selections from Samuel Thomas' Memorial relating to the State of the Church of England . . . (1705-6) 196

IV. The Episcopalians and the Quakers.

Selections from letter of Rev. William Gordon to the Secretary of the

CHAPTER XI Georgia in the Colonial Period

I. The Motives and Conduct of the Enterprise.

Extracts from Martyn's Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia

with regard to the Trade of Great Britain 205

II. Provisions for Religion.

Extracts from The Royal Charter of 1732 207

III. John Wesley's Experience.

Selections from The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley 208

Chapter XII

I. Revival Phenomena.

Northampton.

Jonathan Edward's description in Narrative of Surprising Conversions 214

New Londonderry. • . ■ ' < .

Rev Samuel Blair's Narration 217

Boston.

Rev. Thomas Prince's Testimony 219

II. Controversy and Schism.

The Testimony of the Pastors of the Churches in the. Province of Massachusetts Bay . . . 1743; against several Errors in Doctrine and

Disorders in Practice 222

III. Yale's Reaction.

Report of Committee, 1742 ■ : . . 223

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, IV. The Act for Regulating Abuses and Correcting Disorders in Ecclesiastical Affairs— May, 1742 225

V. The Separates.

Confession of Faith of the Mansfield Church 226

VI. The Concert of Prayer.

Memorial from Several Ministers in Scotland, to their Brethren in Different Places on Continuing a Concert for Prayer, First entered into in the year, 1744. 227

Chapter XIII

I. The Situation in 1700.

Extracts from Bray's Memorial Representing the Present State of Religion on the Continent of North America 236

II. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

Instructions for the Clergy employed by the Society for the Propagation

of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 239

III. The Defection of Cutler and His Friends.

Correspondence of September, 1722, and Proceedings of the Trustees, October, 1722 243

IV. King's College.

Selections from the Evils of a Sectarian College supported by public funds by William Livingstone in the Independent Reflector, March,

1753 , 244

Ecclesiastical clauses of The Royal Charter of October, 1754 249

Advertisement, May, 1754.

V. The Anglican Episcopate.

Extracts from Bishop Sherlock's Report 251

VI. Organization of the American Episcopal Church.

The Constitution of October, 1785 256

The Petition for Episcopal Consecration to the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England 257

Chapter XIV

I. The Adopting Act of 1729— Synod of Philadelphia, Extracts. 267

II. Resolutions regarding Candidates for Ministry, 1734 — Synod of Philadelphia.

Extracts .', 268

III. Explanatory Act of 1736— Synod of. Philadelphia 269

IV. A Protestation presented to the Synod (Philadelphia) June, 1741.

Selections '. 270

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V. The Plan of Union — Synods of New York and Philadelphia, 1758 272

VI. A Scheme for Supporting Young Men of Piety and Parts at Learning

for the Work of the Ministry 275

CHAPTER XV Baptists ix the Colonial Period

I. The Whipping of Obadiah Holmes.

Selections from Clarke's Xarralivc 283

II. Thomas Gould and the Organization of the Charlestown Baptist Church.

Gould's Account 285

III. The Baptists and Separates.

Account of Beech Woods Conference 288

IY. The Charter of Brown University.

Clauses relating to administration and religion 288

V. Struggle for Religious Liberty — New England.

The Warren Association and the Plan to Collect Grievances 290

Memorial at Philadelphia, October, 1774 291

VI. Struggle for Religious Liberty — Virginia

Petition of Cumberland Association (1775) to the Convention at

Richmond 293

Memorial of Sandy Creek Association (1780) to the Speaker and House of Delegates 294

CHAPTER XVI The Catholic Church ix the Colonial Period

I. Roman Catholicism in Maryland.

Extracts from .1 Xarralivc of the Voyage to Maryland by Father

. 1 ndrcn' White; and Sundry Reports 27

An Act Concerning Religion — April, 1649 M)

II. The Jesuit Ideal of Missionary Service.

Selections from Le Jeune's Relation (1635) Wl

III. A Day's Program in a Jesuit Mission to the Indians.

Selections from Lalemant's Relation (1638-9) 303

IY. The Jesuit Mission among the Five Nations.

Selections from Le Jeune's Relation (1640-41), Lalemant's Relation

Correspondence of Governor Dongan and Monsieur de Denonville . . 307 V. The California Mission.

Extracts (translated) from Palou's Reports — concerning the missions 310 Purisima Concepcion de Cadegomo, San Ignacio, Santa Gertrudis, San Francisco de Borja, and San Antonio cle Padua.

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Chapter XVII

I. General Rules of the United Societies.

Rules by John and Charles Wesley 520

II. Wesley and the Ordination of Superintendents for America.

John Wesley's Letter to D.r. Coke, Mr. Asbury and our brethren in North America. September, 1784 ......' 521

III. Asbury's Ultimatum to the Virginians.

Questions from the Minutes, April, 1780 322

IV. The Christmas Conference of 1784.

Questions from the Minutes 323

V. The Council.

Its Constitution . . ; 526

VI. The Delegated General Conference.

Questions from Minutes, 1808, relating to its composition and powers 327

Chapter XVIII

I. Revival Phenomena.

Cane Ridge 336

Spartanburgh 337

Yale 339

II. The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery 342

The Witnesses' Address 344

III. Thomas Campbell's Declaration and Address 545

IV. The Cumberland Presbyterians.

Selections from A Circular Letter . . . (1810) 547

V. The Shakers.

Sections from A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers, published

by Green and Wells, 1830 v53

VI. The Separatists of Zoar.

The Principles of Bimeler 358

Selected Articles of Constitution of 1832 359

Chapter XIX

I. The Earlier Missionary Societies.

Clauses of Constitution of Connecticut Society 366

Address of Massachusetts Societv 367

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II. Andover Seminary.

Selected Sections of the revised Laws of 1827 relating to admission,

the faculty, and devotional exercises 368

III. The Society of Brethren.

Constitution .-..,. 370

IV. The American Board 6f Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Petition of Judson-Nptt-Mills-Newell, to the Bradford Association , •.:... 371

Selections from Address to the Christian Public November, 1812 .... 372 V. The Baptists and Foreign Missions.

Correspondence of Judson and Marshman 374

Address of the General Convention of Baptists (1814) to their constituents— Extracts 376

VI. The Society of Inquiry Respecting Missions.

Article I of Constitution. . .- 378

Letter of Calvin Yale (1815) showing the interests of this Society . . 378 VII. The Female Societies.

Extracts from Address of the Female Society in Boston to the Female

Friends of Zion 379

VIII. The Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society.

Extracts from Address of the Elders and Messengers of the Boston

Baptist Association to the Churches they represent 381

IX. The American Tract Society.

' Extracts from An Address to Christians Recommending the Distribution of Religious Tracts „ 383

X. The American Bible Society.

Extracts from an Address to the People of the United States. (1816) . 384 XL The Educational Societies.

Extracts from Address of the Presbyterian Education Society — •

XII. Baptist State Convention of South Carolina.

Constitution 388

CHAPTER XX The Rise of Unitarianism and Universalism Bibliography

Unitarianism 390

Universalism 393

I. The Manifesto of Brattle Street^Church 396

II. Jonathan Mayhew's Liberal Views.

Selections from his sermon The Nature, Extent and Perfection of the Divine Goodness: 398

III. Articles of Association of the Independent Church in Gloucester .... 399

IV. Charles Chauncy's Liberal Views.

Selections from his sermon The Salvation of All Men 400

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V. The Strength and Policy of Unitarians in Boston, 1812.

Extracts from a letter of William Wells to Thomas Belsham 402

VI. Channing's Exposition of Unitarianism.

Selections from his sermon Unitarian Christianity 404

VII. A Present-Day Statement of Universalist Belief.

Articles adopted in Boston, 1878 407

CHAPTER XXI The Extension or the Church into the Middle and Farther West

I. The Plan of Union fw42i

II. The Home Missionary's Task.

Extracts from the General Instructions issued by the American - Home Missionary Society to its missionaries 422

III. The Revivals of 1830.

Description thereof 424

IV. The Plea for Denominational Cooperation.

Extracts from Address of Rev. J. Van Vecten — May, 1829 426

Sections of the Overture for Christian Union 1838 427

Extracts from Editorial, Weakness of Churches ; its Cause and Effect 429 V. The World Significance of Home Missions.

Extracts from Address of Charles Hodge, May, 1829 430

Extracts from editorials in Home Missionary, dealing with Immigration 432

The acquisition of Upper California 433

America's world responsibility 434

The relation of Home and Foreign Missions 435

VI. The Albany Convention and the Plan of Union.

Resolutions concerning Congregationalists' attitude to Presbyteries 436

VII. The Presbyterians and the American Home Missionary Society.

Inquiries of Assembly Committee and Reply of the Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society 437

VIII. The Revival of 1856-58.

Descriptive extracts from Finney's Memoirs 439

Chapter XXII

I. Papal Establishment of the See of Baltimore.

Papal Bull — For the Perpetual Memory of the Fact 449

' II. Trusteeism — The Conwell-Hogan Controversy.

Extract from Address of the Committee of St. Mary's Church — June, 1821 451

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The Trustee Election Mob ~

Papal Denunciation — August, 1822 "

The Two Sides of the Case — Correspondence "'";i0

III. The Secularization of the California Mission.

The Decree of May, 1834 457

The Reglamento Provisional, August, 1834 459

IV. The New York School Controversy.

Selections from the Petition of Catholics to the Board of Aldermen of

the City of New York 460

Selections from the Remonstrance of the Methodist Episcopal

Church . 464

V. Know-Nothingism.

The National Platform of 1855 466

VI. The Pope's Appeal to Terminate the Civil War.

Letter of Pope Pius IX to John Archbishop of \c\v York- 469

Letter to Jefferson Davis 470

VII. Second Plenary Council of Baltimore.

Selected Articles of Pastoral Letter 471

VIII. Third Plenary Council of Baltimore.

Selected Articles of Pastoral Letter 476

IX. The Immigration Project of the Society of Saint Raphael.

Selected Sections of supplication addressed to the Pope — February, 1891 481

X. Archbishop Ireland and the School Question.

The Faribault-Stillwater Agreement 482

Leo XIII's Confirmation of the decrees of the Baltimore Council respecting Pa rocruY.l Schools 483

XL The Papacy and Americanism.

Selections from the Tcslcm licncvoleuliae of Leo XII 1 . 485

Chapter XXIII

The Church of thk Lattkr Day Saints. Known as tiik Mormons

Bibliography 4M7

I. The Articles of Faith 491

II. Moroni's Appearance and the Finding of the Plates.

Joseph Smith's description 491

III. The Translation and Confirmation of the Plates.

Joseph Smith's Description and Revelation 493

IV. The Marriage Covenant.

Sections of Revelation given thro Joseph Smith 499

V. The New Church.

Sections of Revelation given thro Joseph Smith 501

VI. Repressive Legislation.

Sections of Edmunds-Tucker Law, March, 1887 504

The Woodruff Manifesto, September, 1890 506

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CHAPTER XXIY

I. A Model Constitution for Congregations.

Selected Articles, of constitution submitted to Central Conference of American Rabbis, July, 1918 511

CHAPTER XXV The Christiaxizatiox or the Indian

I. The Jesuit's Ideal of Missionary Service.

Selections from Le Jeune's Relation, (1635) 301

II. A Day's Program in a Jesuit Mission to the Indians.

Selection from Lalemant's Relation, (1638-9) M)3

III. John Eliot.

Extracts from A Brief Narrative of the Progress of I he Gospel

in the year, 1670 524

IV. David Brainerd.

Extracts from his letter to Ebenezer Pemberton, (1744) describing

his mission at Kaunameek 526

His Journal Entry for May 22, 1746 529

Y. The Wheelock School.

Extracts from Wheelock's Narrative of the Original Design of

the Indian Charily School in L'-hamw, Connecticut 530

VI . The Moravians.

A Candid Declaration of the Church known by the name of the Unilas Fratrum relative to their Labour among the Heathen (1740) . . 535 Extracts from Zinzendorf's Account of His Experiences Among tin- Indians 53.")

Statutes Agreed Upon by the Christian Indians in the month

of August, 1772 536

Chapter XXVI

The Christiaxizatiox and Emaxc ipatiox of the Negro Colonial Period to the. Civil War

I. The Proposals of Rev. Morgan Godwyn.

Selections 548

II. Bishop of London's Letter to Masters and Mistresses, May, 1727.

Selections 549

III. Commissary Garden's Negro School in South Carolina.

IV. The Mennonite Protest against Slavery, 1688 ^>^2

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V. The First Printed Protest against Slavery in America.

Extracts from George Keith's Exhortation and Caution to Friends ConcerningBuying and Keeping of Negroes 5o4

VI. Early Quaker Testimonies.

The Yearly Meeting of 1758 555

The Yearly Meeting of 1776 55°

VII. Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.

Selected Clauses 557

VIII. The Address of the Delegates . . . for Promoting the Abolition of

Slavery . . . assembled . . . First Day of January, 1794 558

IX. The Genesis of the American Colonization Society.

Correspondence of Ezra Stiles and Samuel Hopkins 560

Hopkin's Exposition of his plan 561

X. Methodist Deliverances.

Conference of 1780 562

Conference of 1783 563

Conference of 1784 563

Christmas Conference 323

Conferences of 1796 and 1800 563

XI. Baptist Deliverances.

General Committee, Richmond, 1789 564

Philadelphia Association, 1789 564

XII. Presbyterian Deliverances.

The Synod of New York and Philadelphia, 1787 565

General Assembly, 1818 565

General Assembly, 1845 566

General Assembly (New School), 1850 568

XIII. The Slavery Issue Among the Indiana Quakers.

Selections from A Declaration 568

XIV. The Baptist Division on the Issue of Slavery.

Letter of the Alabama State Convention to the Board of Managers of the Baptist General Convention 589

Reply of the Acting Board 590

XV. The Methodist Division occasioned by the Issue of Slavery.

Address of Bishops Hedding and Emory, September, 1835. . . . 594

Bishop "Waugh's Letter, June, 1837 596

Report of the Methodist Anti-Slavery Convention, Lynn, 1837 . . 598

A Plan of Pacification. New England Conference, June 1838 598

Pastoral Address of Wesleyan Methodist Church 600

Bishop Andrew's Case 601

XVI. The Missionary on the Plantation.

Selections from Isabel Martin's Recollections of a Plantation Missionary's Daughter 572

XVII. The Scriptural Defense of Slavery.

The Argument of Armstrong's Christian Doctrine of Slavery 573

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PA< ;k XVIII. Clod's Way with Slavery.

Selection from Armstrong's Christian Doctrine of Slavery 574

XIX. The Secession of the Southern Presbyterians on the Issue of Slavery.

Extracts from an Address to All the Churches of Jesus Christ throughout the earth 607