Excerpt from The Original Secession Magazine, for 1852-53-54, Vol. 1 The majority of the ministers were committed to it by ere it was taken up for discussion, and therefore could not enter on the consideration of its merits as independent members of court; so that the Synod was swamped by a private agreement of the ministers, in adopting a measure concocted in secret, before the public discussion of the matter was entered on. Again, no warning had been given to the Synod, as such, nor to any court in the body, that such an Overture was to be introduced. In inferior courts, it is deemed essential to the maintenance of order, and of the claims of justice, that due warning of any important over ture be given at a meeting previous to that at which the discussion of it is to be taken up, and the nature of it then explained, that mem bers of court may not be taken by surprise, and have opportunity of duly considering the subject, ere the discussion is entered on. And while this is the law of the Church, it is also the dictate of common sense. 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.