A Reply to the Rev. Isaac Nelson, of Belfast, and Rev. William Dobbin, of Anaghlone; Or, Revivalism, Assurance, the Witness of the Spirit Defended
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Excerpt from A Reply to the Rev. Isaac Nelson, of Belfast, and Rev. William Dobbin, of Anaghlone; Or, Revivalism, Assurance, the Witness of the Spirit Defended: In Speeches Delivered at the General Assembly, June 12, 1866 The debate, of which the following speeches are a part, had its origin in what is called The Revival. Its history thus goes back so far as 1859. The special and prevailing religious anxiety of that remarkable year was believed, by most men of intelligence and piety in Ulster, to be a genuine work of the Holy Spirit. Some there were, however, who could not so regard it, but deemed it rather a superficial and spurious excitement, the product of artificial machinery and sensational devices. These men, satisfied of the soundness of their opinion, gave the movement decided and unsparing opposition. Foremost of them - the busiest and the boldest - in the Presbyterian church, were two ministers - the Rev. Isaac Nelson, of Donegal Street, Belfast, and the Rev, William Dobbin, of Anaghlone, in the Presbytery of Banbridge. Many of those who professed to be graciously visited during the Revival, professed also the experience of the sweetest peace, and the fullest assurance. Assurance became thus with them a favourite doctrine, and in their social converse, and religious meetings, occupied a very prominent position - a position of greater prominence, and significance than had been assigned to it in former years by older Christians, or than experienced Theologians were inclined to admit. With some Revivalists, it was the testing shibboleth of the new birth, the sine qua non of a state of grace, the sum and substance, the all in all of religion. Against such extravagant opinions the polished shafts of many keen and skilful marksmen were directed. Sometimes the arrows missed the error, and the archers shot the truth instead. In the month of February, 1864, the Rev. W. Dobbin published a pamphlet entitled "Remarks on the Assurance of Faith," containing the substance of a discourse he had delivered in 1859, and designed to correct and overthrow, what the author considered, the false and fundamental principle of Revival Theology. To the views expressed in this pamphlet, the Rev. Robert Crawford - a young minister of the same Presbytery, but a warm admirer of the Revival - took strong exception, and in a lecture from his own pulpit, severely criticised and condemned them. Mr. Dobbin was present, and was highly dissatisfied with the critique, as, in his estimation, ungenerous and unscriptural. Some epistolary correspondence, very creditable to Mr. Dobbin, then followed. The matter was referred to the Presbytery, and, by their aid, seemed amicably settled. The settlement, however, was of short duration. At the request of his congregation, Mr. Crawford gave his lecture to the Press. Mr. Dobbin now appeared before the Presbytery, and tabled against Mr. Crawford a charge of heresy. 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. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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