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A collection of pamphlets from the mid-1830s, dealing with theological and presbyterical disputes within the Church of Scotland prior to the Great Disruption of 1843 which led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland. Thomas Chalmers, who authored the first three tracts here, went on to be the first moderator in the Free Church.
The full contents are:
Chalmers, Thomas. On The Evils which the Established Church in Edinburgh has Already Suffered, and Suffers Still, in Virtue of The Seat-Letting being in The Hands of the Magistrates; with Remarks on the Unjust and Injurious Tendency of a Late Document, Published by their Authority, on the Subject of the Unlet Sittings. Edinburgh: John Anderson Jun., 1835. 8vo, pp. 88 + 1 folding table.
Chalmers, Thomas. The Right Ecclesiastical Economy of A Large Town. Edinburgh: John Anderson Jun., 1835. 8vo, pp. 39, [1].
Chalmers, Thomas. An Attempt to point out The Duty which The Church Owes to The People of Scotland; and more especially to settle the question of precedency between these two objects, The Work That Should Be Done, and The Payment That Should be Made for The Doing of It; being An Argument on Chapel Bonds. Edinburgh: John Anderson Jun., 1836. 8vo, pp. 43, [3].
'A Churchman'. A Letter to The Right Honourable The Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, on the Question of Church Accommodation, and the Necessity of an Official Document to satisfy The Public on The Subject. Edinburgh: John Anderson Jun., 1835. 8vo, pp. 12.
Macgregor, S. Report of Speeches delivered at A Public Meeting of the Friends of the Established Church of Scotland, Desirous of Obtaining, through the Aid of the State, an Extension of the Means of Religious Instruction and Parochial Superintendence, Held in the Assembly Rooms. Wednesday April 15. 1835. Taken in Short-Hand by My S. Macgregor. Edinburgh: Fraser & Co., 1835. 8vo, pp. [ii], 44.
Clason, Patrick. Strictures on the Statement of the Central Board of Scottish Dissenters, in a Series of Letters to Bailie M'Laren. Letter 1. Edinburgh: Published by Fraser and Co., 1835. 8vo, pp. 43, [1].
[Edinburgh Young Men's Association for Promoting the Interests of the Church of Scotland]. [Drop-head title:] General Statement of Principles and Objects. Edinburgh: J. Johnstone, Printer, [1834]. 8vo, pp. 11, [1].
[Welsh, David]. [Drop-head Title:] A Letter to the Author of a Tract, entitled 'State of The Edinburgh Churches - Tory Church Building Scheme.'. Edinburgh: J. Johnstone, Printer, [1835]. 8vo, pp. 16.
Maclaren, Duncan. History of The Resistance to the Annuity Tax under each of The Four Church Establishments for which it has been levied; with a Statement of its Annual Produce since 1690. From Authentic Documents. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1836. 8vo, pp. 96.