1837 Old School Presbyterian Convention at Philadelphia

Baxter, Geo. A. [Convention President]. Minutes of the Philadelphia Convention of Ministers and Ruling Elders in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Called by the Minority of the General Assembly of 1836. May 11, 1837. Philadelphia: For the Convention., 1837. First Edition. [1525] Brown wrapper, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, 31 pp. Good. Pamphlet. A Convention of "Old School" ministers & elders. Includes a list of "New School" doctrines warned against, warnings against the New-School party, things to beware - "Be not alarmed at the threat of law-suits" - and justifies the dissolving of the Plan of Union formed in 1801 with the New England Congregationalists. The Appendix alerts the reader to the attempts of the New School Party to "awaken general indignation against the proceedings of the Supreme Judicatory of the Presbyterian Church.""One of the most formidable evils of the present crisis is the wide spread and ever restless spirit of Radicalism, manifest both in the Church, and in