CONTENTS.

PART I.

OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

CHAP. I. Of its Constitution

II. Of its annual organization

III. Of its mode of doing business

IV. Of its officers

PART II.

OF THE SYNODS.

CHAP. I. Of their Constitution

II. Of their duties

PART III.

OF THE PRESBYTERIES.

CHAP. I. Of their Constitution

II. Of their Duties

III. Of their Reports

PART IV.

OF THE SESSIONS.

CHAP. I. Of their Duties

II. Of cases of Baptism

III. Of cases of Marriage

IV. Of sundry recommendations and

directions

PART V.

OF THE CONFESSION OF FAITH AND

FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.

CHAP. I.

Of the acts of the late Synod of New

Fork and Philadelphia

II. Of the acts of the General Assem-

bly

PART VI.

OF THE FUNDS AND TRUSTEES.

CHAP. I. Of the Missionary Fund

II. Of the Permanent Fund

117

125

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159

169

III. Of the Commissioners' Fund

171

177

192

IV. Of the Seminary's Fund

V. Of the Trustees

PART VII.

OF MISSIONS.

CHAP. I. Of Domestic Missions

II. Of Foreign Missions

PART VIII.

OF THE EDUCATION OF PIOUS

202

216

YOUTH

PART IX.

221

OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

CHAP. I. Of preliminary acts of the Assem-

bly

231

239

CHAP. II. Of the Plan of the Seminary

III. Of the location of the Seminary 260

IV. Of the mode of choosing Direc-

tors and Professors

V. Of resolutions of the Assembly in

relation to the Directors, Agents

and others

265

269

CHAP. I. Of the manner of receiving For-

eign Ministers and Licentiates

into our Church

necticut

II. Of the General Association of Con-

III. Of the Convention of Vermont

IV. Of the General Association of

New Hampshire

V. Of the General Association of

Massachusetts

280

292

300

303

305

VI. Of Delegates to the Associations 307

VII. Of the Northern Associate Pres-

bytery, &c.

VIII. Of the Reformed Dutch Church,

and the Associate Reformed

Church

309

311

PART XII.

OF GENERAL DECISIONS.

CPAP. I. Of Psalmody

II. Of Extracts from the Records of

the late Synod of New York

and Philadelphia

III. Of sundry points of order

IV. Of Baptized children

V. Of Appeals

PART XIII.

OF MISCELLANEOUS MATTER.

CHAP. I. Of testimony in favour of certain

principles and against certain

rices

II. Of monies in the hands of the Trus-

tees of the College of New Jer-

sey

III. Of the History of the Presbyterian

Church

PART XIV.

313

318

321

327

331

337

357

361

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF MISSIONS 367

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

CHAPTER I.

OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY.

THE General Assembly was constituted, in the year 1788, by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, as appears from the following extracts from their records.

Sect. 1. An overture was brought in, That, for the better management of the Churches 1785. under our care, this Synod be divided into three Synods; and that a General Synod, or Assembly be constituted out of the whole.-The Synod agreed to enter on the consideration of this overture, on the first Friday after their next meeting, and appointed Dr. Smith to transmit a copy of this overture to such of the Presbyteries, as are not at present represented in Synod; and earnestly urge their attendance at our next meeting.-Page 388.

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