At a numerous and influential meeting, held in the Large Hall, 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on the 19th November 1867, of those Ministers and Elders who have subscribed the "Declaration" adopted after last General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, in reference to the decision of that Assembly on the subject of Union, the subjoined resolution was unanimously adopted:—

"This Meeting, having heard a Statement Explanatory and Defensive of the 'Declaration' subscribed by Ministers and Elders in consequence of the proceedings adopted by the majority of last Assembly upon the Union Question, approve generally of the same, and order it to be circulated for the information of the Church and Country."

The following is the document referred to in the above Resolution.