Excerpt from The Catastrophe of the Presbyterian Church, in 1837: Including a Full View of the Recent Theological Controversies in New England The author of this work, on his return from the General Assembly of 1837, proposed to publish in a religious newspaper, a brief history of the Plan of Union, and the causes of its abrogation. He was advised, however, to adopt the pamphlet form, or make use of the pages of some periodical of a more permanent character. On proceeding to investigate the subject with this design, he found it so exten sive as not to be easily compressed within the nar row limits commonly assigned to articles in religious magazines; and he finally concluded to give to the public, a small volume, in which the recent contro versies in New England, should be fully exhibited. In presenting this part of the subject, two modes occurred, each of which appeared to possess peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages. The one was, to give a concise statement, entirely in his own lan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.