Excerpt from Brief Notes on the Relation of the Synod of Canada to the Church of Scotland: Being the Basis of an Exposition of This Subject to the Presbyterian Congregation of Niagara, on Wednesday Evening, March 6th, 1844 It is of importance, therefore, to distinguish the ground on which the State and the General Assembly have agreed to recognize the Synod of Canada, as the representative of the Church of Scotland. Clearly it was not because there was any real ecclesiastical connexion, involving ju risdiction on the one part and submission on the other but because the Synod at its original formation consisted. Of ministers from the Church of Scotland and because these, ministers by their ordination vows, and their Synodal constitution, were bound to adhere to the standards and government of the parent church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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