In the memorial of the Presbytery of Georgia to the Presbyteries of the Southern States in 1844, on the religious instruction of the negroes, it is stated that slaves are "connected with our churches; nay, more, they are owned by our church members and by our ministers."
"Slavery and the Constitution"
William Ingersoll Bowditch
It has a throat bigger than the whale that took down the minister who declined the call to Nineveh, and has swallowed whole Presbyteries and conferences of clergymen.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
They must be moved on by committees, and pelted with resolutions, stuck through with the needles of the ladies' sewing society, and advised by neighboring ministers, and hauled up before Presbyteries and consociations; and after they have killed the church and killed themselves, the pastoral relation is dissolved.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage