Book Description

Excerpt from Early History of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, Penna Rev. Thompson left one son, William, who became an Episcopal minister, and his remains are buried in a corner of the Public Square of Carlisle. Rev. 'thomas Craighead, pastor at Newville. Ordained by his son, it is possible, filled the pulpit many times. It will be necessary to tell of the division in the church about the time of the founding of Carlisle - that will account for the long time from the founding of the First Presbyterian Church in 1757 till [completion in 1772 or '73. I had heard about the trouble in building our church through tradition covering a number of years; now, as I have studied it up, can see the reason was mainly on account of the division, which established the two Presbyterian Churches. During this. Period they were called the Old Lights and New Side or Lights. This was caused by new schools being set up and ordaining ministers without the consent of Synod. That is the New Lights did not have the prescribed college and theological education demanded by Old Side, although they were well educated for that day. Old Side was educated in Europe., New Side in this country. From 1749 to 1758 we have no record of any regular pastor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.