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What was Thomas Chalmers' part in organizing the Free Church of Scotland?

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Chalmers took a leading part (1843) in organizing the Free Church of Scotland, formed when, after much friction between church and state and trouble over patronage, 470 clergymen withdrew from the Established Church.

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