A Congregational Manual: Theory and Practice, for the Use of Ministers, Churches and Deliberative Assemblies Governed by Congregational Usage

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Puritan Press, 1910 - 256 páginas
 

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Página 226 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Página 218 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Página 239 - AMENDMENTS These by-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at any annual meeting of the Society, provided...
Página 114 - A libel is a malicious defamation, expressed either by writing, printing, or by signs or pictures, or the like, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation, or publish the natural or alleged defects of one who is alive, and thereby to expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.
Página 227 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
Página 206 - To secure a larger combined influence for the Churches of Christ in all matters affecting the moral and social...
Página 226 - With the whole church, we confess the common sinfulness and ruin of our race, and acknowledge that it is only through the work accomplished by the life and expiatory death of Christ, that believers in him are justified before God, receive the remission of sins, and through the presence and grace of the Holy Comforter are delivered from the power of sin and perfected in holiness.
Página 193 - The call for any session shall be signed by the chairman of the Provisional Committee and the Secretary of the Council, and it shall contain a list of topics proposed by the committee; and the Secretary shall seasonably furnish blank credentials, and other needful papers, to the scribes of the...
Página 190 - At each triennial session there shall be chosen by a ballot a secretary, a registrar, and a treasurer, to serve from the close of such session to the close of the next triennial session. 3. The secretary shall receive communications for the Council, conduct correspondence, and collect such facts...
Página 226 - Lord, one baptism," together constitute the one catholic church, the several households of which, though called by different names, are the one body of Christ, and that these members of His body are sacredly bound to keep " the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace," we declare that we will co-operate with all who hold these truths. With them we will carry the gospel into every part of this land, and with them we will go into all the world and " preach the gospel to every creature.

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