Address Delivered at the Opening of the Session in the Theological Seminary of the First Associate Reformed Synod of the West, November 10th, 1847

PIttsburgh: William Allinder, 1847. First printing. Paperback. Good. Wraps, good with light wear and soil to covers, some chipping and loss to rear cover. 13 pp. With list of students enrolled at the seminary. Pressly was one of two full time faculty members there at the time. From the covenanter organization website: John Taylor Pressly (1795-1870) was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, March 28, 1795. He graduated from Transylvania University, Kentucky, in 1812 and then went on to study theology, in New York, under the highly esteemed John M. Mason. In 1815, he was licensed by the Second Presbytery of the Carolinas (Associate Reformed Presbyterian). In July, 1816, he was ordained as pastor of Cedar Springs, South Carolina A.R. Church. From 1825 to 1831, he was professor of theology in the Synod of the South. In 1831, he was elected to be professor of theology in the Synod of the West. From that time, until his death, August 13, 1870, he served as both pastor of First Church of Allegheny City as well as professor in the Allegheny Seminary, in Pennsylvania. He was himself highly esteemed by his brethren and was chosen to be the first moderator of the synod at the organization of the United Presbyterian Church, in 1858. Besides several published sermons and lectures, he was the author of a small work on baptism and another on psalmody.