1835 Pittsburgh Convention Protesting New School Presbyterian Policies

Witherspoon, John [Convention Chairman]. The Minutes of the Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Convention, called by the Signers of the "Act and Testimony." May 14, 1835. Pittsburgh: White & Grant, Printers, 1835. First Edition. [1526] Plain light blue wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 22 pp. Good. Pamphlet. Ashbel Green was elected President of this convention, which is something of a prelude to the Old School/New School schism that erupted two years later. This convention lists grievances that they believe must be addressed, stemming from complications that arising from the 1801 missionary Plan of Union with the Congregationalists. This Convention rejects any Missionary or Educational Society operating within the Presbyterian church that are not subject to her judicatories. Other complaints include that of the General Assembly removing from Presbyteries the right to accept or reject ministerial appointments, "and by that denial has opened the flood-gates of error..." Similarly, they poin