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THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
UNION SEMINARY AND THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
A CHAPTER SUPPLEMENTARY TO " FIFTY YEARS OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
BY
GEORGE L. TRENTISS,
Professor in the Institution.
NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY,
38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET.
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Copyright, 1891, by ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY.
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PRESS OF
EDWARD O. JENKINS' SON,
NEW YORK.
CONTENTS.
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Action of the Joint Committee on Eeunion with regard to the Theological Seminaries, ..... 1
II.
The Veto in the Election op its Professors as Conceded by Union Seminary to the General Assembly, . . 7
(a). Origin and design of Union Theological Seminary, . 9
(b). Reasons and influences that induced Union Seminary,
in 1870, to give up a portion of its autonomy, . . 12
(c). Action and purpose of the Board of Directors in making
this concession, 24
(d). Did the Board of Directors of Union Seminary suppose that in their action on May 16, 1870, they were offer- ing to enter into a legal compact with the General Assembly? . ... 29
(e). Scope and limitations of the veto in the election of its Professors offered to the General Assembly by the Directors of Union Seminary in 1870, . . .34
(/). Acceptance of the offer of Union Seminary made to the
General Assembly in its memorial of 1870, . . 41
III.
Sketch of the Operation and Effects of the Assembly's Veto Power in the Election of Theological Profes- sors from 1870 to the present time, . . . .48
(a). Early and frequent misapprehension of the extent of this
power on the part of the General Assembly, . . 49
(iii)
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(&). Quiescence of the Assembly's veto power from 1870 to
1891, 51
(c). Sudden use of the veto power in 1891, . . . .52
(d). The General Assembly at Detroit, and how to judge its
course, . . 55
(e). The case against Dr. Briggs as argued by John J.
McGook, 60
(/). The Standing Committee on Theological Seminaries ;
its report and the action of the Assembly, . . .70
(g). Union Theological Seminary in its relations to Prince- ton, 91
(h). The action at Detroit in the case of Dr. Briggs as an
eye-opener, . . . . . . . . 103
(i). A word in conclusion, . . 121
APPENDIX.