1843 HERVEY WOODS. The History of the Presbyterian Controversy. Scarce Louisville Imprint. Preaching William Leach was circuit preacher

William Leach was circuit preacher at Wakefield and author of the classic Methodist work on the power and history of prayer meetings

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He scheduled and obtained a meeting with President Abraham Lincoln

1843 HERVEY WOODS. The History of the Presbyterian Controversy. Scarce Louisville Imprint. Preaching William Leach was circuit preacherPublished in 1843 in Louisville, Kentucky, Hervey Woods The History of the Presbyterian Controversy is a significant contemporary account of the Schism of 1837, which split the Presbyterian Church into "Old School" and "New School" factions. Writing just six years after the split, Woods provides an "insider" historical perspective on the events that led to the excision of four synods by the General Assembly. As a staunch defender of the Old School