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Title: A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Gibbons, Hughes Oliphant, 1843- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Third Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, The John C. Winston company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ework of extending the Kingdom his own. His effortsfor church extension were untiring unto the day of hisdeath. Dr. Brainerd shrank with pain from applying theprinciple of exclusion to any who sought the truth,or who gave their service for humanity. A single in-cident from many that might be given illustrates thistrait of character. Dr. Thomas Brainerd, of Phila-delphia, was one of those who offered a courageous op-position to the extravagance of excitement againstRomanism, while R. J. Breckenridge and NicholasMurray were especially prominent in antagonizing thepretensions of American Romanism. 2 The presentpastor of the church heartily sympathizes with thistrait of character in his predecessor. However muchhe may differ theologically or ecclesiastically from hisRoman Catholic brethren, the fact remains that one ofthe most loving helpers with whom he has ever joinedhands in fighting organized crime in Philadelphia was 1 Life, page 231. 3 Thompsons Presbyterianism in America, page 131.
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THE PASTORS STUDY Pastorate of Thomas Brainerd. 215 a Jesuit priest, Rev. John Scully, until lately rector ofSt. Josephs Church; and the man who sent the largestcheck for the illustration of this book, one of his oldpupils, is a prominent layman in the Catholic Church. But no man grasped more clearly than did Dr.Brainerd the distinction between ends and means. Henever thought of regarding the temporalities of thechurch as an end in themselves. In the whole spirit ofhis ministry, self-congratulation, or unseemly compe-tition with other churches, was absolutely excluded.He was on the best of terms with neighboring minis-ters of every denomination. Dr. Richard Newton,the distinguished Episcopalian childs preacher, andthe brilliant Baptist minister, Dr. Wheaton Smith,were as close as brothers to him. When Old PineStreet was being renovated, Spruce Street BaptistChurch was delighted to give Dr. Brainerds people aplace to worship. Dr. Brainerd saw in the temporal possessions, influ-ences, a

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