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REFORMED PRESBYTERIANS

In 1743 members of the Scottish Reformed Presbyterians church, who were settled in the American colonies, organized and subscribed to the Old Scottish Covenant. In 1798 the first Presbytery was formed, and two years later it ordained that no slave-holder should be admitted to membership. In 1833 a schism took place on the church's attitude toward the State. The main body now ruled that its members should not act as American citizens nor in any way identify themselves with the political system of the United States, a position that was still maintained as late as 1897.
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