THE BAPTISTS

AND

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

BY

WILLIAM CATHCART, D.D.,

A portion of the following work was prepared at the request of ?The Baptist Ministerial Union? of Pennsylvania, and delivered at their annual meeting in Meadville, October, 1875, when the following resolution was passed:

?Resolved, That the thanks of the Union be tendered to Brother Cathcart for his able and instructive essay, and that a committee of three brethren be appointed to confer with the author in regard to the publication and circulation of the essay.?

Upon the delivery of the same address before the Philadelphia Association at its annual meeting in October, 1875, the following resolution was unanimously carried:

?Resolved, In view of the part which the Baptists of America took in the formation of our government, and especially in contending for religious liberty, that Brother Cathcart be requested to furnish a copy of his able and eloquent address for publication in the Minutes of the Association.?

 

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by
WILLIAM CATHCART, D. D.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

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