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12017-11-05T14:14:54-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001(annotation)plain2017-11-05T14:14:54-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650awith one of my Elders, a Man of tolerable good Sense and honest, but extremely opinionative, proud, loquacious, and one who gives me more trouble in the Sessions, when any Matters of Fornication, Adultery, Slander, Drunkenness or Lying is discuss'd among us (which alas! is very frequent] than all the Rest of the Elders put together.
Having called a Sessions about the ensuing Election, I expatiated upon the Advantages we shou'd reap in opposing the K—g, and adhering to the P—r; the many distinguishing Marks of his Favor he hath shour'd upon Presbyterians in particular, above any other Denomination in Pennsylvania; and that ever memorable Charter for the Incorporation of Presbyterian Ministers to raise a Fund for their Widows and poor Ministers;—(you know that is to raise a Fund for all of us, for we can all justly plead Poverty; his own liberal Donation, and the generous Encouragement he gave to the Collection when our Agent was in England. Here I was going on with a Dissertation as long as a Sacrament Sermon, and as much to the Purpose, when I was interrupted by my impertinent Elder, who undertook to be Mouth for the rest of his Brethren, and said.
Sir,
I never understood that the Clergy had any
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12016-08-19T12:58:42-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Substance of a Council Held at Lancaster - 101The Substance, of a council held at Lancaster August the 28th 1764. By a committee of Presbyterian ministers and elders deputed from all parts of Pennsylvania, in order to settle the ensuing election of members for the Assembly. Published, at the request of their respective congregations.2016-08-19T12:58:42-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
