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Kendall, D.D., and Rev. Samuel G. Irvine, D.D., of the Associate branch; and Rev. Wilson Blziin, Rev. S. D. Gager, Rev. Jeremiah Dick, and Rev. James Worth, of the Associate Reformed branch.

TWO OF THE ORIOINATOBS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REV. THOMAS S. KENDALL. D. D. REV. WILSON BLAIN

The Organizations Merge Into One. Accordingly a meeting of the presbyteries representing these branches was held at the residence of Rev. Wilson Blain, at Union Point, three miles from Brownsville, in Linn County, Oregon, October 20, 1852, at which time both organizations formally merged into one under the name mentioned. The basis adopted was: "The Word of God is the only rule of faith and practice, and the supreme authority for the regulation of doctrine, worship and government—the Westminister Confession of Faith, and the Catechisms, larger and shorter — all matters of previous separation to be held as matters of private opinion and Christian forbearance."