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title: 'A Plea for Voluntary Societies, and a Defence of the Decisions of the General Assembly of 1836, Against the Strictures of the Princeton Reviewers and Others'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Absalom Peters'
date: 1837-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Missions (General)'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Revelation 12'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/peters-1837-a-plea-for-voluntary-societies-and-a-defence-of-the-decisions-of-the-general-assembly-of-1836-against-the-strictures-of-the-princeton-reviewers-and-others
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# A Plea for Voluntary Societies, and a Defence of the Decisions of the General Assembly of 1836, Against the Strictures of the Princeton Reviewers and Others

1837 defense of the 1836 General Assembly: argues missions should be pursued by voluntary societies not ecclesiastical boards, rebuts Princeton reviewers and warns against schism.

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