{"product_id":"declaration-address-of-the-christian-association-of-washington-von-thomas-campbell-thomas-acheson","title":"Declaration \u0026 Address","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Campbell, the author of this pamphlet, did not come\u003cbr\u003esuddenly or unnaturally to the place that must be allowed him in the\u003cbr\u003ehistory of the nineteenth century; nor was it a painless process. He\u003cbr\u003ewas born in county Down, Ireland, February 1st, 1763, of Scotch\u003cbr\u003eancestry of course. Though his father had renounced Romanism\u003cbr\u003efor the Church of England he long forbade his eldest son to become\u003cbr\u003ea minister of the Anti-Burgher Seceder Presbyterians. His training\u003cbr\u003eincluded complete courses in Glasgow University and Divinity Hall.\u003cbr\u003eAfter his probation he was nine years minister at Ahorey.\u003cbr\u003e   More and more his heart cried out against divisions in the family\u003cbr\u003eof God. In 1804 at the Synod in Belfast and in 1805 at the joint\u003cbr\u003emeeting in Lurgan he led the movement for uniting the two bodies\u003cbr\u003eof Seceders. In 1806 he was sent to the General Synod in Glas-\u003cbr\u003egow to plead the same cause. The reunion was effected in 1820.\u003cbr\u003e   In 1807 he removed to America and began preaching at once\u003cbr\u003ein Western Pennsylvania, then a sparsely settled region of the\u003cbr\u003efrontier. It is impossible for those living in these happier times to\u003cbr\u003erealize the bitterness of the sectarian strife which he found, or the\u003cbr\u003espiritual destitution, moral decay and infidel arrogance that had grown\u003cbr\u003eout of this fresh crucifixion of the Christ.\u003cbr\u003e   The vigor, originality, scripturalness and brotherliness of his\u003cbr\u003epreaching drew many hearers. New friends constantly vied with\u003cbr\u003ethe steadfast affection of those who had known him in Ireland.\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly, to his amazement, the Presbytery of Chartiers censured\u003cbr\u003ehim for admitting other Presbyterians than Seceders to a communion\u003cbr\u003eservice held for scattered families on the Allegheny River above\u003cbr\u003ePittsburgh. On appeal the Synod removed the censure but charged\u003cbr\u003ehim to beware of further offense. Under persistent persecution he\u003cbr\u003ewithdrew from the Synod's jurisdiction and continued to preach\u003cbr\u003eindependently until the events herein set forth.\u003cbr\u003e   He brought to the supreme task of his life--the writing of this\u003cbr\u003edocument--incorruptible faith, unconquerable hope and inexhaustible\u003cbr\u003elove; the fulness of learning, the poise of reflection and the ripeness\u003cbr\u003eof experience. With entire and unconscious effacement of self he\u003cbr\u003esought the glory of Christ and the happiness of mankind.\u003cbr\u003e   Thomas Campbell not only discovered the necessity and the\u003cbr\u003ebasis of Christian union but he possessed the spirit of it. In the\u003cbr\u003econviction that he was only a hundred years ahead of his age his\u003cbr\u003emessage is sent forth anew. May He who is the Truth again add\u003cbr\u003eHis blessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781087973807\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOF THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781087973807","offer_id":39370185801821,"sku":"9781087973807","price":20.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/83218c6d-c4ba-40b4-a28d-3ddd7915364f.jpg?v=1782361049","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/declaration-address-of-the-christian-association-of-washington-von-thomas-campbell-thomas-acheson","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}