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Excerpt from Four Propositions Sustained Against the Claims of the American Home Missionary Society The Presbyterian Church, in the United States of America, under the care of the General Assembly, has been, for several years, much disquieted by the claims and importunities of a voluntary association called "The American Home Missionary Society." This Association has no visible connexion with any branch of the Church of Jesus Christ, being amenable to no ecclesiastical Body. Had this society attended to its own affairs, and left the concerns of others uninterrupted, like many other associations of similar organization, she might have enjoyed the patronage of the friends of Zion, until an auxiliary connection with some wholesome branch, might have secured the enjoyment of a productive union with the True Vine. But when, without affording any security for orthodoxy or piety, in her members or officers, she claims the patronage of the Presbyterian Church, interferes with her plans, distracts her counsels, divides her members, draws off her resources and weakens her strength, by enticing Churches, Presbyteries, and Synods, from their constitutional obligations and plighted faith; it becomes as clear as the mid-day sun, that if there be any thing in the doctrines, discipline, and Missionary operations of the Presbyterian Church worth preserving, the claims and importunities of the A.H, M.Society must be firmly and boldly resisted. Standing in my own place, under a deep sense of duty, I shall attempt, in opposition to the pretensions of this Society, to sustain the following propositions: I. The Lord Jesus Christ has committed the management of Christian Missions to his Church. II .The Presbyterian Church, being one great family of the Church of Jesus Christ, is, by her form of government, organized into a Christian Missionary Society. III. The American Home Missionary Society is not an ecclesiastical, but a civil Institution. IV. By interference and importunity she disturbs the peace and injures the prosperity of the Presbyterian Church. The support of these propositions will, I trust, secure attention to a few remarks, with which I shall close this essay. 1st. The management of Christian Missions is committed by the Lord Jesus Christ to his Church. 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.