The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-04
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out the South and in all other parts
of the country where congregations
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church are to be found, celebrations
are being held today in honor of
the centennial anniversary of the
denomination, which was given birth
in a little log cabin in the back
woods of Tennessee on February 4 ).
1910. From every pulpit of the
church centennial sermons are to be
preached next Sunday, and the an
niversary will be further observed
with appropriate exercises under
the auspices of the educational, mis-
sionary and other societies main
tanned by the church.
The origin of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church is to be found
in the great religious revival which
swept over Kentucky and Tennessee
at the beginning of the nineteenth
century. There existed at the time
a great need of additional ministers
in that section. AS a consequence
the Presbytery of Cumberland, which
had been formed from the Presby-
terry of Pennsylvania in 1902, licensed
and ordained number of young
Presbyterians who had not received
the required classical and theologi-
cal training for the ministry. This
action, which was taken on the rec
OmmendatiOn of Rev. Mr.. Rice, the
oldest Presbyterian minister in Ken
lucky, was contrary to the rules and
traditions of the church and aroused
considerable opposition. The synod
of Kentucky refused to sanction the
act and dissolved the Cumberland
Presbytery in 1906 This decision
was partly confirmed by the Gen.
eral Assembly. which withheld its
sanction of the new movement but
manifested willingness to recog-
nize the Cumberland Presbytery as
an Independent organization
Differences of doctrinal belief al
so entered into the controversy, es-
pecially with reference to so-called
"fatalistic teachings" of the Comics
sion of Faith. This finally resulted
in the withdrawal of the dissatisfied
members and the formation of an
Independent presbytery, called the
Presbytery of Cumberland, in 1910.
i It was on February 4, 1910, that
the first presbytery of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church was or
ganized in what is now Dixon coun-
ty, Tennessee, but which was then
known as: Cumberland county. Three
ministers, FINS Ewing, Samuel King
5. and Samuel Meadow, were the Or
ganizers. King called in Meadow
at his old log cabin and laid the
question before him of forming an
Independent presbytery.sSz Meadow
spent the night in prayer and on the
4 following morning announced his
readiness to join the organization.
1t was agreed that the adherents of
the new church should recognize as
their standard of doctrine the Con-
fession of Faith of the Presbyterian
church, but provision was made to
meet the objections of those opposed
to the so-called fatalistic teachings.
The new church grew in three
years to a synod composed of three
presbyteries and numbering sixty
churches. The first synod was form
ed November 3, 1912, at Lebanon
church. Christian county, Kentucky.
On Oct. 81, 1928, at Franklin, Ten
nessee. the first synod adjourned
sine die, after it had divided itself
into four synods preparatory to the
organization of general assembly.
The General Assembly held its
first meeting in Princeton, Ken
lucky, in May. 1929. In the pre-
cedIng year the church hal estab-
lished college in Princeton, which
was afterward removed to Lebanon,
Tennessee, and chartered as Cumber-
land University.