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	Ebenezer Erskine - LoveToKnow 1911
		EBENEZER ERSKINE (1680-1754), Scottish divine, the chief founder of the Secession Church (formed of dissenters from the Church of Scotland), was born on the 22nd of June 1680, most probably at Dryburgh, Berwickshire.
		His father, Henry Erskine, who was at one time minister at Cornhill, Durham, was ejected in 1662 by the Act of Uniformity, and, after suffering some years' imprisonment, was after the Revolution appointed to the parish of Chirnside, Berwickshire.
		Erskine was a very popular preacher, and a man of considerable force of character; he acted throughout on principle with honesty and courage.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ebenezer_Erskine (436 words)

	MenFromMarrs - pafg15.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Ebenezer Erskine (Henry Erskine, Ralph Erskine, Alexander Erskine, James Erskine, Robert Erskine, Alexander Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Robert Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Robert Erskine, William, John, John, Henry) was born on 22 Jun 1680 in Dryburgh, Berwick Co., Scotland.
		Ebenezar Erskine was born in 1717 in Portmoak, Kinross, Scotland.
		Sophia Erskine was born in 1654 in Alloa, Clackmomnonshire, Scotland.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /Janis_Cross/menfrommarrs/pafg15.htm (547 words)

	Significant Scots - Ebenezer Erskine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This presbytery was constituted with solemn prayer, by Mr Ebenezer Erskine at Gairny Bridge, near Kinross, on the 6th day of December, 1733, the greater part of that, and the whole of the preceding day having been spent in prayer.
		Mr Erskine and his friends now despairing of any speedy reformations in the judicatories, published their reasons for not acceding to these judications, and proceeded to prepare the judicial act and testimony, which, after many diets of fasting and prayer, was enacted at their twenty-fourth presbyterial meeting, in the month of December, 1736.
		Being son-in-law to Mr Ebenezer Erskine, the latter, too, was supported by both the Erskines, who were the idols of the body, and on this occasion gave most humiliating evidence of the power of prejudice to darken the clearest intellects, and to pervert the purest and the warmest hearts.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/erskine_ebenezer.htm (4757 words)

	The Scottish Ministers' Hall of Fame
		As in the course of this controversy Erskine asserted, in unqualified terms, the divine right of the people at large to elect their own ministers, it is necessary before entering on its consideration to give a brief summary of the history of patronage in the Church of Scotland.
		Ebenezer Erskine was not only one of those who had signed the representation, but, being a member of Assembly, he was one of fifteen members who protested against its rejection.
		Erskine for uttering his sentiments against the Act of Assembly 1732, and that thereby ministers are precluded from speaking against any Act of the Assembly, whatsoever it may happen to be, which they think inconsistent with their Christian liberty, and the power they have received from the Lord Jesus Christ.
	www.newble.co.uk /hall/erskineeb/biog2.html (5063 words)

	OSU Press at Oregon State University
		Erskine also wrote the slogan inscribed on the fountain's base: "Good citizens are the riches of a city." He was a founding trustee of the Portland Art Museum and one of the early directors of the Portland Library Association.
		Erskine's broad philosophy of freedom that he called philosophical anarchism, the belief that the best way to assure one's own freedom was to insure the freedom of others, carried over into aspects of his personal life.
		Erskine was fascinated by the ancient process of wine making, the fecundity of the earth, the storing and saving for the bare, cold days, the sculpturesque postures of the workers about the press, their arms purpled to the elbows, the rich autumnal tints that hung around them as tapestries.
	oregonstate.edu /dept/press/u-w/woodIntro.html (11392 words)

	Ebenezer Erskine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ebenezer Erskine (June 22, 1680 - June 2, 1754), was a Scottish church leader, chief founder of the Secession Church (formed of dissenters from the Church of Scotland).
		His father, Henry Erskine, at one time minister of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, was ejected in 1662 under the Act of Uniformity, and, after several years of imprisonment, was appointed to the parish of Chirnside, Berwickshire, in 1688.
		Numerous people joined their communion, and they remained united till 1747, when a division took place in regard to the nature of the oath administered to burgesses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ebenezer_Erskine (438 words)

	People at Ringwood Manor
		Erskine was George Washington's mapmaker and a notable figure.
		Erskine's grave is on the grounds of Ringwood Manor.
		It is because of Erskine's early death, probably from pneumonia, in 1780, that he is not well known in history as one of Washington's trusted officers.
	www.ringwoodmanor.com /peo/erskine/erskine.htm (600 words)

	Fisher's Introduction Part II
		Ebenezer Erskine and me, the usefulness of sound standards of public authority, together with the divine warrant for such composures, is briefly set Forth; as likewise a short account of the method, which the Westminster Assembly most judiciously observe, in this compendious, and almost incomparable system of divinity, THE SHORTER CATECHISM.
		Ebenezer Erskine, minister of the gospel, first at Portmoak, and then at Stirling, died June 2, 1754, in the 74th year of his age, and fifty-first of his ministry.
		Ralph Erskine, minister of the gospel at Dunfermline, died Nov. 6th, 1752, in the 68th year of his age, and forty-second of his ministry in that place.
	www.reformed.org /documents/fisher/intro2.html (389 words)

	North Jersey Highlands Historical Society
		Ebenezer Erskine was neither a soldier nor a statesman - he was a young man who had gotten into financial trouble at home in England, and was on the run.
		Ebenezer stayed at Ringwood as a clerk and accountant after the death of Robert in 1780.
		Erskines at Ringwood who was my Uncle, that J. was to go along with me. He took me by the hand, told me he was very well acquaint with my Uncle that was a good Frd.
	www.northjerseyhistory.org /history/diary.htm (6605 words)

	The Historic Ebenezer A.M.E. Church \| 135 years of God's Grace in Detroit, Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded November 2, 1871 under the leadership of Rev. Gee.
		Finally on July 12, 1964, Rev. Hubert Robinson led the Ebenezer congregation in what was her fourth move to the present location at 5151 West Chicago Blvd. The stained glass windows, stone columns, and carved elements contribute to the unique interior of this Sanctuary and are considered elegantly monumental in appearance.
		The rich history of Ebenezer AME Church is entrenched in the traditions of social and political issues that have faced the Detroit Community as well as the nation.
	www.stoneofhelp.com /ebenezerhistory.htm (901 words)

	Synod 2003 begins
		Erskine College and Seminary President Dr. John L. Carson opened a bicentennial celebration of the Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Monday with a history of the denomination’s secession from the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, led by brothers Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine, for whom the Due West school is named.
		The Erskines and their followers were called “Marrowmen,” Carson said, and he outlined three examples of how the future seceders were “contending for the gospel” in the days leading up to secession.
		Carson, the 13th president of Erskine, is a former ARP moderator and pastor who was instrumental in bringing the Synod meetings to the Erskine campus this year.
	www.erskine.edu /news/synod.6.09.03.html (478 words)

	Ralph Erskine's Marvellous Ministry
		Erskine was united in marriage to Margaret Dewer, a gentleman's daughter, in 1714.
		Erskine's sermons are extant in which he portrayed hell so that his hearers felt they were already there, and then he portrayed heaven's open doors in Christ and admonished his hearers to flee from the wrath to come.
		Typical of Erskine's exposition is that of Luke 14:23 on the compelling duty of ministers.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/WCarson/erskin19.htm (1494 words)

	Significant Scots - Ralph Erskine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ERSKINE, RALPH, the well known author of Gospel Sonnets, and other highly esteemed writings, was a young son of Henry Erskine, some time minister of Cornhill, in Northumberland, and, after the revolution, at Chirnside, Berwickshire, and was born at Monilaws, in Northumberland, on the eighteenth day of March, 1685.
		Mr Ralph Erskine had been a most diligent student, and had made very considerable progress in the different branches of science, which were commonly studied at that time, but among his people he determined to know nothing save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
		Of course, Mr Whitefield and Mr Erskine had no sooner met, and begun to explain their views, than they were mutually disgusted, and they parted in a manner which we think, has left no credit to either of the parties.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/erskine_ralph.htm (1923 words)

	The Miller Family
		However, Erskine Ebenezer Miller, prior to that time, made a visit to Mississippi to accompany his aunt, who had married and was living in Natchez, back to Natchez, from Abbeville, where she had been visiting; her name was Hibernia Hughes.
		Erskine Ebenezer Miller II married Clementine Lawrence who came from York South Carolina, and whose family settled for three years at Selma, Alabama, before coming to Mississippi.
		The children of Erskine Ebenezer Miller II and Clementine Lawrence were: Lawrence, Hibernia, William Howard, Samuel Erskine, Josephine, Annie E., and Ada M. Samuel Miller was known as Young Miller and lived in the original county home to the time of his death.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mspontot/wpa/WPA35.htm (1112 words)

	Ralph Erskine (preacher) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ralph Erskine (March 18, 1685 – November 6, 1752), was a Scottish churchman.
		Ralph Erskine was the brother of another prominent churchman, Ebenezer Erskine.
		There is a life size bronze statue of Ralph Erskine on a pedestal, not far from the High Street in the centre of Dunfermline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ralph_Erskine_(preacher) (247 words)

	scottish heritage - genealogy scotland - clans - scottish associations - historical attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Erskine was born at Dryborough in 1680, and was educated at Edinburgh University.
		Ebenezer Erskine was an evangelical, opposed to this Act.
		Erskine died in 1754, having being the father of both the Secession Church, and of fifteen children.
	www.scotlandonline.com /heritage/heritage_gscots_detail.cfm?id=55 (376 words)

	Erskine College Academic Hall Of Fame
		At age 11, he entered Erskine’s preparatory department, graduating from the college at the age of 19 in 1852.
		In 1913, he was elected chairman of Latin and French at Erskine and resigned as pastor at Abbeville.
		John Miller, a member of the second graduating class at Erskine College in 1843, was pastor of Lebanon Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, president of Wilcox Female Institute, and a preacher, poet, orator and educator so highly regarded that he was offered the presidency of Erskine College in 1858.
	www.erskine.edu /news/fame.05.05.04.html (2073 words)

	Erskine, Ebenezer - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ERSKINE, EBENEZER [Erskine, Ebenezer], 1680-1754, founder of the Secession Church in Scotland, minister of Portmoak, Kinross-shire (1703) and of Stirling (1731).
		He upheld the right of the people to make their own choice of pastors, for which he was censured, suspended, and deposed (1733).
		After the split within the Associate Synod over the religious oaths required of burgesses of Scottish cities, Erskine became a leader of the Burghers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-erskne.html (235 words)

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		Ebenezer Erskine, after whom the church was named was one of the ministers of the Church of the Holy Rude.
		Erskine was buried at the site of the communion table of the old original church.
		In 1859 the congregation agreed to engage Peddie and Kinnear, architects in Edinburgh, to design and build a memorial to Ebenezer Erskine and in, 1860, the church was named the Erskine Church.
	members.tripod.com /~CunninghamC/Historic_Stirling5_6/Top_of_Town_5.htm (1306 words)

	Burntisland Churches Part 5 - The Origins of the Erskine Church
		Erskine, although never a minister in the town, was well known and extremely popular.
		The first secession was that of 1733 to 1740, led by Ebenezer Erskine, after whom the Erskine Church is named.
		But with each union, there was a significant minority who stayed outside and who continued to bear the name of their original church, demonstrating that their independence stemmed from more than simply the issue of patronage.
	www.burntisland.net /churches-article5.htm (1859 words)

	August 26: Ebenezer Erskine's covenant with God
		Ebenezer Erskine was a minister in the Church of Scotland.
		Ebenezer sat beside her as she raved in delirium; her words, filled with thought of God, tore at his conscience.
		When Ebenezer preached against the new arrangement, he was ordered to be quiet.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2003/08/daily-08-26-2003.shtml (698 words)

	History of the Euphemian Literary Society
		Ebenezer Erskine Pressly, pastor of the Due West Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, was chosen to succeed J. Pressly as head of the school.
		Therefore, it was natural for the Erskine faculty and students to desire to have a literary society.
		In 1912, J. Darlington, a prominent Washington attorney and former Philomathean, presented Erskine College with a sterling silver, Tiffany crafted trophy to be awarded to the winner of the annual intersociety debate.
	www.euphemian.org /history.html (1645 words)

	Body
		The Rev. Ebenezer Erskine was rebuked and admonished from the chair without being allowed to read his protest which had been countersigned by other three ministers.
		Mr Erskine and the three ministers who had signed the protest were "bidden" to appear before the August Commission to express their regret and retract the words they had written.
		Ebenezer Loudon was succeeded by his son Robert, who left for a situation in Glasgow within a year and was followed as precentor by John Loudon, Jnr.
	www.bonkle.org.uk /bonkle/book/book.htm (12306 words)

	Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy » Erskine Experiences in Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ebenezer Erskine became minister at Stirling in 1731 in the Church of the Holy Rude (Cross).
		When I spoke of my relationship with the church and Ebenezer Erskine, Rev. Coull marveled at the conviction and fervor that led those ministers of the Secession Church to abandon their positions and their assured Income, their homes and church buildings for what must have been at the time a most uncertain future.
		That year, after seven years of fume and Inadequate attempts at reconciliation by the Church of Scotland, Ebenezer Erskine, along with all the secessionist ministers, was deposed and left his post at the Church of the Holy Rude.
	www.lineages.co.uk /2005/02/21/erskine-experiences-in-scotland (2969 words)

	Ebenezer Erskine
		Ebenezer Erskine (1680 - 1756), along with his younger brother, Ralph, were Scot divines who lived during the times of the Great Awakening, and were well acquainted in godly fellowship with the likes of George Whitefield and other greats of that time.
		Both Erskines were well respected as scholars and preachers, and both bore much fruit for the kingdom of Jesus Christ through their preaching and writing.
		The whole works of Ebenezer Erskine may be found in portions at various sites on the web, although printed copies are still scarce.
	www.lamblion.net /Quotations/ebenezer_erskine.htm (595 words)

	Ebenezer MILLER
		Ebenezer Miller took the oath of office as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Abbeville on January 26, 1799.
		In the 1830 census of Abbeville Co., Ebenezer's household had two males 5-10 (Samuel 7, Langdon 10), one male 10-15 (Robert, 15), 2 males 15-20 (Hugh R. 18, Erskine 20) 1 male 60-70 (Ebenezer 62/3), one female 10-15 (Margaret 12), one female 15-20(probably Susan 22), one female 20-25 (Jane 25) one female 50-60 (Margary 51/2).
		In 1838, Ebenezer Miller sold his plantation in Abbeville County near Due West and moved to Pontotoc County, Mississippi, where he was a pioneer settler in the Bankhead Community.
	homepage.mac.com /bfthompson/Miller_family/ps02_333.html (833 words)

	Reformation Art :: Ebenezer Erskine 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Just after he moved to a Stirling charge in 1731 Erskine as synod moderator preached against assembly legislation on patronage convinced that it took away the right of Christian people to elect and call their minister.
		Rebuked by synod and assembly Erskine with three others handed in a formal protest.
		In 1740 Erskine and seven other ministers were deposed.
	www.reformationart.com /130.html (203 words)

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