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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 .V tl MEETING OF ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH CONGREGATION. A MEETING of the Congregation will be held in this Church To-morrow Evening (Monday, 13th inst.), at Half-past SEVERN o'clock, to take into consideration the present position of the Presbyterian Church ot Canada, as regards its connection with the Churches in Scotland. It is earnestly requested that every individinl connected with the Church will make a point of attending. The following Resolutions will then be submitted to the congregation for cons: deration : — 1. ^'J'lmt thiB congregation has watched with deep interest the Iftt)gres8 of the struggle, for several years past, agitated in th'« Church of Scotland, in which were involved principles csseftjial to the spiritual independence of all Christian Clmiches, and to the maintenance of that religious liberty Presbyterian^urch of Ca ■whic]i is the birthright of every British subject. this CongMjatioa is of q putting aiULl to that be, and ths^tte Synod sh with the C^Kh of ScotI ion that th ixion wha ^drop the w ," and is now come for ts nature may in connexion title of the 2^ That when the decisions of the Courts of Law, and the refusal of redress by Parliament had left no resource to those who maintained the freedom of the Churcli but secession, this Congregation rejoices that grace and strength were bestowed ou so many Members of the Established Church of Scotland, to withdraw from her communion, and particularly that so many able and faithful Ministers gave up all their means of Bupp..rt for the sake of a good conscience. 3. That in the Free Church of Scotland this congregation recognizes the Church of their Fathers, and their cause as that of divine truth, and that it has a right to the warmest Bynipathy and support of all evangelical bodies in Christen- dom, and more particularly of all Presbyterian Churches. 4. That this congregation is fully satisfied that the Free Church has nobly maintained the great truth that Christ is the sole Head of his Church, and that the present Established Church of Scotland, in submitting to the decisions of Courts of Law and to Acts of Parliament in relation to spiritual matters, has departed from that fundamental doctrine, which is clearly revealed in the word of God and embodied in the Btandards of the Church. 5. T first for Church having be Churches arisen as to the General the Presbyt conside otland, from' ijinally in g the sam gal efl'oct mbly in 183 into direct unid%; that lor i^ t la has from her innexion with the s and Members from both doubts have 6. That by the declaration of her entire independence, the Canadian Presbyterian Church will renounce none of the doctrines and none of the spirit which animated the Church of Scotland in her best days ; on the contrary such a course can alone be dictated by an anxious desire to adhere more closely to them, and to maintain the great Presbyterian principle of spiritual independence, which has been in prac- tice renounced by the Established part of the Church of Scotland. 7. That this Congregation considers that whatever the value of the pecuniary assistance hitherto received from th« Public funds by the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and of the increase expected from the Clergy Reserves, the change now recommended ought not to affect the claims of the Church to retain that assistance, and all other property belonging to her. But such matters should not be suffered to influence the Synod in determining a question of such vital importance as that which is soon to be submitted to them. 8. That if the Synod adopts the course now recom- mended, this congregation has no doubt that such regulations will be adopted as will prevent any Ministers or Probationers from being received into her communion as do not hold the principle of the independence of every branch of the Church of Christ in all spiritual matters. :onnexion,"^fcecially since ;used to recd^ the Synod legoing and other reftsous 9. That this congregation takes the present opportunity of repeating its protest against the Temporalities Bill, which they view as an indirect attempt to connect the Synod with the Established part of tiie Church of Scotland, against the well-known wishes of the great majority of the Presbyterian Body in Canada, whose earnest desire ia to preserve its entire iudependcnue. Toronto. 11th May, ife 44.