<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Hopewell</dc:creator><dc:date>1834/1841</dc:date><dc:description>Minutes log documenting meetings held between April 3rd, 1834 and October 7th, 1841 of the Hopewell presbytery. Various trials and ordination sermons for prospective new members were presented. The Presbytery took the Midway Seminary under its care from the Georgia Education Society and later resolved to found a Presbyterian College at Midway. After rumors that the abolitionist cause would be taken up by the General Assembly, the Hopewell Presbytery issued a statement in support of the institution of slavery. A resolution urging members to avoid dancing was passed and the question of how to fill ministerial vacancies was taken up.</dc:description><dc:description>Institution: C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary</dc:description><dc:description>Institution: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Northeast Georgia</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:source>Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Hopewell minutes, 1797-1866</dc:source><dc:subject>Antislavery movements--United States</dc:subject><dc:subject>Baptism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bethany Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bethel Presbyterian Church (Jasper, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bethel Presbyterian Church (Morgan, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Canton Church (Cherokee County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Cherokee Corner Church (Oglethorpe County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Dahlonega Presbyterian Church (Dahlonega, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Dance--Religious aspects</dc:subject><dc:subject>Danielsville Presbyterian Church (Danielsville, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (Clarke County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Athens, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Augusta, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Gainseville, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Marietta, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Milledgeville, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>First Presbyterian Church (Waynesboro, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Georgia Presbyterian Education Society</dc:subject><dc:subject>Harmony Presbyterian Church (Harmony, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Hebron Presbyterian Church (Banks County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Infant baptism</dc:subject><dc:subject>Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Lincolnton Presbyterian Church (Lincolnton, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Livingston Presbyterian Church (Floyd County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Madison Presbyterian Church (Madison, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Monticello Presbyterian Church (Monticello, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church (Columbia County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Mount Zion Presbyterian Church (Hancock County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>New Hope Presbyterian Church (Carlton, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>New Lebanon Presbyterian Church (Banks County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Ordination sermons</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). General Assembly</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Good Hope</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Hopewell (1797-1861)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Tombeckbee</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of South Carolina and Georgia</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyteries--Missions</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sabbath</dc:subject><dc:subject>Roswell Presbyterian Church (Roswell, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Salem Presbyterian Church (Wilkes County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sandy Creek Church (Jackson County, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Slavery and the church</dc:subject><dc:subject>South Liberty Presbyterian Church (Sharon, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Temperance</dc:subject><dc:subject>Theological seminaries</dc:subject><dc:subject>Washington Presbyterian Church (Washington, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Elders (Church officers)--Presbyterian Church</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyteries--Minutes (Records)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church--Georgia</dc:subject><dc:subject>Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--History--Schism, 1837-1870</dc:subject><dc:subject>Slavery</dc:subject><dc:subject>Athens (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Augusta (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Burke County (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Dahlonega (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Greensboro (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jasper County (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Lincoln County (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Marietta (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Milledgeville (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Midway (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Roswell (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Washington (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Waynesboro (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Wilkes County (Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:title>Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Hopewell minutes, Volume 2 (1835-1866). [April 3, 1834 - October 7, 1841]</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>