Lanterna Rally

Author: J. Aspinwall Hodge

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9781332301652

Excerpt from What Is Presbyterian Law as Defined by the Church Courts?: Containing the Decision of the General Assembly to 1894, Inclusive Throughout my ministry of twenty-five years I have experienced the need of ready and authoritative answers to questions which constantly arise in Church work. As a young man, fresh from the seminary, I was embarrassed when suddenly made "the chief ruler," the Moderator of the Session. I was practically ignorant of its high duties, and was tempted to neglect them under the new and absorbing pressure of pulpit preparation. Questions of government and discipline were presented, and my opinions and the theories urged by others were useless. I needed to know how the Church had defined its constitution and applied its laws, and was thus led to record the interpretations and decisions of our highest judicatory. I soon found that Elders and Deacons, unexpectedly called to their responsible offices, gave their solemn assent to the constitution often after a very cursory reading, and were necessarily perplexed as to their duties. Candidates were frequently ordained when found "apt to teach," but unprepared "to rule" and "to take care of the Church of God." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.