---
title: 'An Open Letter to the Members of the Southern Presbyterian Church (1887)'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Lewis Dabney'
- 'John Lafayette Girardeau'
- 'Benjamin Morgan Palmer'
date: 1906-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Northern-Southern Presbyterian Division'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'John 18'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/dabney-girardeau-palmer-1906-an-open-letter-to-the-members-of-the-southern-presbyterian-church-1887
---

# An Open Letter to the Members of the Southern Presbyterian Church (1887)

Excerpt on Benjamin M. Palmer opposing organic union with the Northern Presbyterian Church, defending Southern separation (since 1861) and the church’s spiritual jurisdiction amid polity and racial disputes.

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