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Saturday, September 24, 2016

John Taylor Pressly (1795-1870)

















The Presbyterian minister John T. Pressly was born in Abbeville, S.C., March 28, 1795. He studied under John Mitchell Mason at the Associate Reformed Theological Seminary in New York, N.Y. (now Union Theological Seminary). Pressly served as pastor to a Presbyterian Church in Abbeville before simultaneously obtaining a professorship at Western Theological Seminary (Pittsburgh, Pa.), and a pastorate at First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (Allegheny City, Pa.) in what is now Pittsburgh in 1830. Pressly died August 13, 1870.



ENLARGED BY TWO ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS, EMBRACING A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF COL. 3:16, 17, AND THE MODERN HISTORY OF PSALMODY
Second Edition - 1848
By John T. Pressly, D.D. (1795-1870)

















Some works against Dr. Pressly's views on psalmody:






Defense of an Inquiry into the Propriety of Using an Evangelical Psalmody in the Worship of God: Against the Objections of Rev. John T. Pressly, D.D. - 1844 - Samuel Ralston, D.D. (1756-1851)
Review of Dr. Pressly on Psalmody, by the Rev. George Morton - 1850 - George Morton (1807-1893)




A Vindication of the "Letters on Psalmody," from the Strictures of John T. Pressley, D. D. - 1866 - William Annan (1805-1882)


Robert J. Dodds responded to George Morton in 1851:
A Reply to Morton on Psalmody: To Which is added a Condensed Argument for the Exclusive Use of an Inspired Psalmody - 1851 - Robert J. Dodds




















































Lectures on the Nature, Subjects, and Mode of Christian Baptism - 1841 - John T. Pressly (1798-1870)   Second Edition 1853
Judicial Decisions on the Identify and Property of the United Presbyterian Church of America, Containing the Arguments of Counsel, Together with the Decisions both in the Lower and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and New York, on the Law of Church Property, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. JOHN T. PRESSLY, D.D., OF ALLEGHANY CITY, PA. - 1862

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