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Gardiner Spring, (1785-1873), attended Berwick Academy in Maine and later graduated from Yale University in
1805. He attended Andover Seminary from 1809 - 1810. His first pastoral call was to the Brick
Church of New York City in 1810 and his entire ministerial career of 63 years
was served at this post. He is best known for the Gardiner Spring Resolutions of 1861. This is arguably one of the most significant
actions ever taken in the history of the Presbyterian Church. In essence, the
resolutions required pastors and members of the Presbyterian Church in the
U.S.A. to swear political allegiance to the Federal Government of the United
States. By themselves the resolutions would have been controversial enough, but
their proposal and enactment came just at the start of the Civil War.
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