The Story of the Synod of Georgia.

by Franklin C. Talmage [1887-1974]

Paperback

Call number

BX8967

Publication

[Atlanta?] : [publisher not identified], 1961.

Physical description

viii, 123 p.; 21 cm

Notes

CONTENTS:

1. WHY GEORGIA? — Discovery.

2. THE CHURCH ENTERS. — Exploration, 1733-1790.
Episcopalians.
Scotch Highlanders.
Salzburgers.
Presbyterians.
White Bluff.
Midway.
Brier Creek.
Frontier Missions.
Simpson-Newton-Thatcher.
The Revolution.

3. COTTON — Adventure, 1790-1835.
Cotton Gin.
Presbytery of Hopewell.
University of Georgia.
Athens Church.
Migration.
Education.
Steamboat.
Henry Kolloch.
A Seminary.
Macon and Columbus.
Domestic Missions.
Early Names.
Discipline.
Religion for Slaves.
Presbytery of Georgia.
Presbyterianism.

4. THE NEW FRONTIER. — Enthusiasm, 1835-1860.
Presbytery of Flint River.
Oglethorpe.
Cherokee Country.
Presbytery of Cherokee.
Presbytery of Florida.
Railroads and Atlanta.
Among Negroes.
Camp Meetings.
Synod of Georgia.
Female Education.
Prosperity.

5. WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION. — Tragedy, 1860-1890.
Divided Assembly.
Atlanta Convention.
Assembly at Augusta.
The War.
Atlanta-Macon Presbyteries.
Athens Presbytery.
Synod of Florida.

6. THE NEW GEORGIA. — New Hope, 1890-1925.
Missionaries.
Thornwell Orphanage.
Synod's Evangelist.
Religious Agents.
Education.
Agnes Scott.
High Schools.
One Hundred Years in Georgia.
Nacoochee North Avenue.
Presbyterian Hospital.
Changing Rural Life.
Textile Industry.
Women's Work.
Assembly's Work.
Ministerial Relief.
Presbyterian Progressive Program.
Presbytery of Southwest Georgia.
Synod's Work Committee.

7. IN THIS AGE. — Achievement, 1925-1960.
Columbia Seminary.
Mission Haven.
Religious Education.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee.
Coligny Beach.
Tiger School.
Student's Work.
Men's Work.
Visitation Evangelism.
Quitman Home.
Negro Work.
Presbyterian Center.
Presbytery of Augusta-Macon.
Stewardship.
Atlanta.
Synod's Council.

Barcode

008a106094

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