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Circulars - Committee on Church Union

Circular letters [copies] received from the Committee on Church Union, concerning unionist minorities, the taking of the vote on Church Union, "Church Union Question Box", "Resolution Proposed by Church Union Committee", and a form for reporting the results of the vote in congregations for entering the United Church of Canada.

Church Union [1916]

A minute excerpted from the Acts and Proceedings of the Forty-second General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, concerning the establishment of the United Church of Canada (1916) and a copy of part of the report of the Committee on Union (1916).

Legislation [related to Church Union]

Memoranda concerning revisions of the Church Union Bill, the matter of breach of trust with relation to property if the Bill is passed, the constitutionality of the Bill, the possibility of holding another vote on Church Union, the rights of a minority in a congregation, United States judgements concerning church government, and resolutions concerning amendment of legislation.

Anti-Union Publications

Anti-Union Publications:

  • Is There Not A Way Out? [1923]. 16 p. Memorandum by Rev. D.R. Drummond. Issued by the Committee.
  • The Church Union Question. [no date noted]. 13 p.
  • Reply By Dr. Drummond, Hamilton, to Criticism by Dr. Pidgeon, Toronto, of Memorandum Re: the Federal Church of Canada. April 16, 1923. 8 p. Issued by The Committee.
  • The Need of the Presbyterian Church. [1924]. 14 p.
  • Church Union: Short Answers to Big Questions. Respectfully Submitted to All Members and Adherents of Grace Presbyterian Church, Calgary, by Their Non-Concurring Fellow Presbyterians, January, 1925. 1 p. (Oversize.)
  • Presbyterian Duty and Responsibility. [no date noted]. 4 p. Includes insert: Loyalty to Christ or our Mother Church. 1 p.
  • Presbyterians and Church Union. [no date noted], 20 p.
  • Ten Points of Federal Union. [no date noted]. 1 p.
  • The Presbyterian Church in Canada: Its Preservation and continuance. [1914]. 23 p.
  • Why I Am A Presbyterian, by the Rev. Herrick Johnson, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1912). 31 p.
  • The Presbyterian System vs. The Settlement Committee. [no date noted]. 16 p.
  • How Shall I Vote on Church Union. by E. Scott. December 1, 1911. 16 p.
  • Organic Union or Federation: Which? by Rev. R.G. MacBeth. [c. 1912], 17 p.
  • Church Union, by Robert Campbell. July 10, 1910. 8 p.
  • Overture re: Elder-Moderator, by Rev. Robert Campbell. 1918. 16 p.
  • Junkerism in the Presbyterian Church, by John Stenhouse, May, 1921, 8 p.
  • The Union Resolution - What Does It Mean? by John Stenhouse. [1921], 2 p.
  • Minority Report of the Committee on Church Union. [no date noted]. 1 p.
  • A Church at Stake. June 9, 1923. 1 p.
  • Church Union was Overwhelmed in U.S.A. in 1920. [1924]. 4 p.
  • Why You Should Remain Presbyterian. [no date noted]. 1 p.

Publications - Church-Union Movement Committee

Publications from the Church-Union Movement Committee:

  • "The Need of Church Union," by A Group of Presbyterians. 16 p. [no date noted].
  • "Organic Union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches in the Dominion of Canada." Address by Rev. Edmund H. Oliver, January 9, 1923. 16 p.
  • "How Far Has The Church Gone Towards Union?" 4 p. [1922].
  • "A Catechism on Church Union in Canada." 8 p. [no date noted].
  • "If Church Union is not Consummated Now -- What?" 2 p. [no date noted].
    " The Task of Unity." 4 p. [no date noted].
  • "Has Dr. Drummond Found the Way?" 4 p. [no date noted].
  • "The Coming United Church of Canada." 4 p. [no date noted].
  • "Another Vote on Church Union." 4 p. [no date noted].
  • "Is Further Conciliation Possible?" by Rev. Geo. C. Pidgeon, 4 p. [no date noted].

Cunningham vs. Pidgeon [1924]

Statement of Claim in John D. Cunningham et al. versus George C. Pidgeon et al., in the Supreme Court of Canada, and "Spiritual Independence of the Church: Sir Robert Falconer - on Questions Raised by Paragraph 26 of Statement of Claim", which was concerned with the competency of a majority of individual members of the Presbyterian Church to authorize union with another church or to alienate property of the Church.

Publications - Committee on Church Union

Publications from the Committee on Church Union:

  • Explanatory Statement Prepared by the General Assembly's Committee on Union With Other Churches. 31 p. 1906. (2 copies).
  • Report of the Committee on Union with the Methodist and Congregational Churches. 9 p. [1914].
  • A Message to Sessions From the Church Union Committee of the General Assembly. 8 p. September, 1916.
  • Report of Committee on Church Union and Co-operation. 4 p. 1921.
  • Report of the General Assembly's Committee on Church Union. 6 p. [1924].
  • A Message from the Committee on Church Union to the Ministers, Elders, Members and Adherents of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 6 p. October 1, 1924.

Publications on Church Union [1911-1923]

Publications on Church Union (pro- and anti-union), from the Presbyterian Church in Canada:

  • Church Union: Documents Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada as a Basis of Union. 16 p. [1911].
  • "Overture to the General Assembly Presented to the Presbytery of Winnipeg," by Rev. Prof. George Bryce. 4 p. 1916.
  • "The Present Crisis in the Presbyterian Church in Canada," by Prof. W.G. Jordan. 7 p. 1916
  • "Resolution re: Church Union." 1 p . [1917].
  • "Church Union: An Opportunity and a Duty," by a Group of Presbyterians. 16 p. [no date noted].
  • "Church Union and the Mission Field", by Rev. Murdoch MacKenzie. 2 p. [no date noted].
  • "The United Church of Canada or A New Presbyterian Church. Which?" by Principal W.H. Smith. 8 p. [no date noted].
  • "You Will Agree." 2 p. [no date noted].
  • "The Union Movement in Australia." 4 p. [no date noted].
  • Voting Paper: Church Union. (Ballot) 1 p. (2 copies)
  • Statement as to the Assembly's Action on Church Union. 8 p. [1923].
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