1809-1909 Centennial Souvenir

church in 1833, those opposing participation, called Old Lights, taking the name 0£ Synod Reformed Presbyterians; while their opponents, the New Lights, took the name of General Synod. The Theological Seminary of the General Synod was founded in 1807 at Philadelphia, and the College at Cedarville, Ohio, char– tered in 1887, commenced operations in 1894. The foreign mis– sion work of the General Synod began in India in 1836. There is one presbytery in India, and four in America, the Philadelphia, the Pittsburg, the 'cihio, ai1d the Western. It is a far cry frorn the time when the Covenanters were pursued o'er bog and fen by· the troopers of Claverhouse, but in spite of distance in time, and removal from the ancient battle– ground, they stiH have. a reason for existence, for the oath of the covenant will not be fulfilled until the Kingdoms of this world shall have becqme the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. BOYHOOD HOME OF WHITELAW REID 27