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OF

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

IN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

WITH

AN APPENDIX.

A. D. 1836.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY THE STATED CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY.
PRINTED BY LYDIA R. BAILEY, 26 NORTH FIFTH STREET.

The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the REV. JOHN M'DowELL, D. D., resides at No. 126 North Ninth street, Philadelphia.

The Treasurer of the Trustees of the General Assembly is MR. ROBERT H. SMITH, whose address is Office of the City Clerk, corner of Chesnut and Fifth streets.

The Corresponding Secretary and General Agent of the Board of Missions of the General Assembly is the REV. WILLIAM A. M'DOWELL, D. D., whose Office is at No. 29 Sansom street.

The Treasurer of the Board of Missions is MR. WILLIAM NASSAU SEN'R., who resides at No. 281 Market street.

The Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education of the General Assembly is the REV. FRANCIS M'FARLAND, whose Office is at No. 29 Sansom street.

The Treasurer of the Board of Education is MR. JOSEPH B. MITCHELL, whose address is Mechanics Bank, No. 9 South Third street.

MINUTES.

THE General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States of America, met agreeably to appointment, in the first Presbyterian Church, in the city of Pittsburg, on Thursday, the 19th day of May, 1836, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and was opened with a sermon by the Rev. William W. Phillips, D. D., the Moderator of the last Assembly, from Romans, i. 16, 17. "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith."

After public worship, the Assembly was constituted with prayer, and then had a recess till 3 o'clock, P. M. After the recess, the Standing Committee of Commissions reported that the following persons present, have been duly appointed Commissioners to this General Assembly, viz:

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*Figures 2, 3, 4, &c., prefixed to names of members, show that such members were not present at the opening of the Assembly, but took their seats on the day of the ses sions designated by the figure prefixed.

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