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title: 'Historical Sketch of the Reunion'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Jonathan French Stearns'
date: 1869-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Old School-New School Division'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Ecclesiastes 3'
- 'John 17'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stearns-1869-historical-sketch-of-the-reunion
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# Historical Sketch of the Reunion

Critiques Mill's definition of matter and surveys the Old/New School Presbyterian rupture, arguing separation was regrettable though sometimes necessary, and reunion a biblical imperative.

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