Excerpt from The Minutes of the Proceedings of the Pittsburgh Convention: Called by the Signers of the "Act and Testimony;" May 14, 1835 IV. Nearly allied to this is our fourth item of grievance, via The existence and Operation, within our church, of a Missionary SO ciety in no sense amenable to her ecclesiastical jurisdiction. And here you will bear with us, first, in pointing out the connection with the preceding. If Presbyteries do exist, on the avowed principle of diversity in doctrinal Opinion and feeling, and have the power of ii. Censing and ordaining (in many instances sine titulo) men of their own creeds, then a missionary institution seems requisite to send such licentiates and ministers into the field. Such an institution does exist; bound by its own rules to sustain missionaries, irrespective of their adherence to or rejection of the doctrinal standards of our church.(13) 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.