Excerpt from Trial and Acquital of Lyman Beecher Before the Presbytery of Cincinnati on Charges Preferred by Joshua L. Wilson

For this full and impartial report of the most interesting ecclesiastical trial which ever occurred in this country, the public are indebted to the enterprise of the Messrs. Morses, editors and publishers of the New York Observer. At great expense they procured the attendance of Mr. Stansbury, whose reputation as a fair and able reporter is unrivalled in the United States. As this trial occurred in the west, and will be likely to have an important bearing on the interests of the Presbyterian church in the great valley, it was thought desirable to publish the report in a neat pamphlet, by which it would be more accessible, and more permanent than in the columns of a newspaper. The reader will perceive that the controversy is purely theological. The accused and accuser, have no personal contention. It is therefore hoped that this pamphlet, while it throws light on subjects of vast interest to the Presbyterian church, will furnish no just occasion for revilers to heap odium upon religion. If it paves the way for a happy and speedy termination of dissentions in one branch of the church, and brings ministers and private members into more harmonious cooperation for the salvation of souls, those who have contributed to its enlarged circulation, will unfeignedly rejoice. It is commended to the patient and candid attention of the christian community, and to the blessing of the Great Head of the church.

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