" .. to lay the foundation of early and lasting friendships, productive of confidence and mutual assistance in life among the ministers of the Gospel; which experience shows to be conducive not only to personal happiness, but to the production of inquiries, and publications advantageous to the Church.
" .. to preserve the unity of our Church, educating her ministers in an intelligent and full subscription to the same doctrines and in a commitment to the principles of historic Presbyterianism.