{"product_id":"declaration-address-of-the-christian-association-of-washington-9781087973807","title":"Declaration \u0026 Address: Of the Christian Association of Washington.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Campbell, the author of this pamphlet, did not come\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuddenly or unnaturally to the place that must be allowed him in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory of the nineteenth century; nor was it a painless process. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas born in county Down, Ireland, February 1st, 1763, of Scotch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eancestry of course. Though his father had renounced Romanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the Church of England he long forbade his eldest son to become\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea minister of the Anti-Burgher Seceder Presbyterians. His training\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluded complete courses in Glasgow University and Divinity Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his probation he was nine years minister at Ahorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e More and more his heart cried out against divisions in the family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof God. In 1804 at the Synod in Belfast and in 1805 at the joint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeeting in Lurgan he led the movement for uniting the two bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Seceders. In 1806 he was sent to the General Synod in Glas-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egow to plead the same cause. The reunion was effected in 1820.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1807 he removed to America and began preaching at once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Western Pennsylvania, then a sparsely settled region of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrontier. It is impossible for those living in these happier times to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erealize the bitterness of the sectarian strife which he found, or the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espiritual destitution, moral decay and infidel arrogance that had grown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout of this fresh crucifixion of the Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The vigor, originality, scripturalness and brotherliness of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epreaching drew many hearers. New friends constantly vied with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe steadfast affection of those who had known him in Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, to his amazement, the Presbytery of Chartiers censured\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim for admitting other Presbyterians than Seceders to a communion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eservice held for scattered families on the Allegheny River above\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePittsburgh. On appeal the Synod removed the censure but charged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim to beware of further offense. Under persistent persecution he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithdrew from the Synod's jurisdiction and continued to preach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindependently until the events herein set forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He brought to the supreme task of his life--the writing of this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edocument--incorruptible faith, unconquerable hope and inexhaustible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elove; the fulness of learning, the poise of reflection and the ripeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof experience. With entire and unconscious effacement of self he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esought the glory of Christ and the happiness of mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thomas Campbell not only discovered the necessity and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebasis of Christian union but he possessed the spirit of it. In the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econviction that he was only a hundred years ahead of his age his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emessage is sent forth anew. May He who is the Truth again add\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis blessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valley Vista Publishing Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383023243538,"sku":"9781087973807","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_640427fa-b4d0-4545-9555-569545fcf445.jpg?v=1728776126","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/declaration-address-of-the-christian-association-of-washington-9781087973807","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}