Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The authorities relied upon for the account given of the schism, besides the official records of the sy nod, which themselves contain much of the history, are the contemporaneous works of the leading men of the two parties. As the controversy ostensibly arose out of the disregard, on the part of the presby tery of New Brunswick, of two acts of the synod.