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DOCUMENTS OF THE FIRST GENERAL","box":{"x":193,"y":760,"width":725,"height":22}},{"text":"ASSEMBLY OF THE SOUTH INDIA UNITED","box":{"x":203,"y":794,"width":707,"height":25}},{"text":"CHURCH (1908 A.D.)","box":{"x":425,"y":826,"width":325,"height":29}},{"text":"The first General Assembly of the South India United Church","box":{"x":183,"y":876,"width":784,"height":29}},{"text":"was held at Madras from the 25th to the 27th of December, 1908.","box":{"x":144,"y":901,"width":824,"height":27}},{"text":"The formation of this church was an important step in the developing","box":{"x":144,"y":926,"width":826,"height":29}},{"text":"church union movement in India. Among the documents approved","box":{"x":146,"y":952,"width":824,"height":28}},{"text":"by the Assembly were a Declaration of Union, a Plan of Union and","box":{"x":143,"y":977,"width":827,"height":28}},{"text":"Constitution, and a Short History. 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In the case of the Church of Scotland the scheme","box":{"x":140,"y":741,"width":928,"height":28}},{"text":"was approved locally; but the home committee did not at the time","box":{"x":143,"y":768,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"see its way to sanction more than the co-operative part of the plan.","box":{"x":147,"y":798,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"The other two Churches resolved to proceed, and the first Synod of","box":{"x":144,"y":826,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"the South Indian United Church was held in September 1901,","box":{"x":146,"y":850,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"under the moderatorship of Dr. Chamberlain. During the period","box":{"x":143,"y":880,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"of nearly seven years that have elapsed since the union there has","box":{"x":146,"y":910,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"been abundant evidence that it was God Himself who led us into it.","box":{"x":143,"y":935,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"The news of the resumption of negotiations in the South had","box":{"x":190,"y":990,"width":879,"height":35}},{"text":"the effect of stirring up some in the North who had been interested","box":{"x":146,"y":1020,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"in the earlier movement. In the belief that the churches might","box":{"x":147,"y":1048,"width":921,"height":28}},{"text":"now be ready for what had formerly been considered premature,","box":{"x":147,"y":1075,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"the Presbyterian Alliance resumed its meetings; and in 1904 the","box":{"x":147,"y":1103,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"greater number of the Presbyterian Churches in the land united","box":{"x":144,"y":1129,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"under the title of the 'Presbyterian Church in India'. Into this","box":{"x":146,"y":1157,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"union the South India Synod resolved to enter, but on the definite","box":{"x":147,"y":1186,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"understanding that if the way to a still wider union should open","box":{"x":147,"y":1214,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"up in the South, while it was still closed in the North, the Synod","box":{"x":148,"y":1242,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"should be free to enter the open door.","box":{"x":144,"y":1273,"width":525,"height":29}},{"text":"Having traced the history of the union movement among the","box":{"x":189,"y":1328,"width":879,"height":36}},{"text":"Presbyterians, we must now see what had been done among those","box":{"x":147,"y":1355,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"whose ancestry, for the most part, was Congregational. The steps","box":{"x":144,"y":1384,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"leading to the formation of the South Indian United Church were","box":{"x":148,"y":1410,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"eagerly watched by members of the London and American Madras","box":{"x":147,"y":1439,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"Missions. The idea of a wider union, such as has been now","box":{"x":144,"y":1466,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"effected, was suggested; but it was thought best to let each of these","box":{"x":151,"y":1495,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"ecclesiastical families complete its own union first. Accordingly,","box":{"x":151,"y":1524,"width":921,"height":32}}]}}}