In the spring of 1866, a tumultuous time for the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, several prominent ministers and theologians of the day came together to deliver a series of lectures in Glasgow—defending portions of the faith such as divine revelation, confession, and the Sabbath, which were under attack from a “new theology.” These lectures, by Patrick Fairbairn, Robert Buchanan, Henry Calderwood, William Symington, Alexander R. MacEwen, and Marcus Dods, were meant to vindicate the established ...