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title: 'A Discourse Delivered at Newburyport, Mass., November 28, 1856, on Occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Building of the First Presbyterian Church'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Ashbel Green Vermilye'
date: 1856-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Great Awakening'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Haggai 2'
- 'Romans 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/vermilye-1856-a-discourse-delivered-at-newburyport-mass-november-28-1856-on-occasion-of-the-one-hundredth-anniversary-of-the-building-of-the-first-presbyterian-church
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# A Discourse Delivered at Newburyport, Mass., November 28, 1856, on Occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Building of the First Presbyterian Church

Centennial discourse (1856) recounting 100 years of the First Presbyterian Church, Newburyport: its 1756 building, ministers, Great Awakening origins, and doctrinal struggles (Calvinism vs Arminianism).

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