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title: 'Gardiner Spring Resolutions on the State of the Country'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Gardiner Spring'
date: 1862-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Hebrews 12'
- 'Jude 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spring-1862-gardiner-spring-resolutions-on-the-state-of-the-country
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# Gardiner Spring Resolutions on the State of the Country

1862 Old School General Assembly debates the national crisis—setting a day of prayer, affirming loyalty to the Union and government, and restraining divisive official political declarations.

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