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THE PRESBYTERI;
church, and that the evidence of such
call Is threefold: the man's own conviction
of duty, the judgment of the
church court as to his fitness and qualifications,
and the call of the people in
the church for his services.
Book of Church Order, Par. 15: "The
power which Christ has committed to
his church vests in the whole body.
This power as exercised by the people
extends to the choice of those officers
whom Christ hath appointed in his
church. Let us apply these principles
to the question at hand.
1. There are some elders and
deacons in our churches who have outlived
every member that voted in their
election, and in some cases, outlived
tiicii uociuiucoD. ii mere is any pincc
where experience and wisdom ought to
count It Is In the church, provided It is
not reactionary. But the point is this:
Here are men holding office over people
who never have, and never had, any opportunity
to express their convictions
In the matter. It may be said that the
church once prayed for the guidance
of the Spirit In the selection of Its officers
and we ought to let the work of
the Spirit stand. All well and good.
We recognize that a pastor's work In
one church may be done. Is It not
reasonable to suppose an elder or
deacon's work may be done? Either
through his fault or misfortune he may
lose his Influence over the people, and
then become unacceptable to a majority
of the people whom he serves. Pars.
113 and 205 of our book assert that then
he should be removed, but the method
or removing mm is altogether impracticable.
In a large, strong church the
other officers may combine, and by using
a little Btrategy thev may be able
to get an uncongenial officer to resign!
or they can simply Ignore him and go
along without him. But In a small
church with very few' men It Is a very
different proposition. The man that
ought to resign will be the last one to
do It. of his own accord. The Session
can not ask an elder or a deacon to
resign. That would be saying, "We ask
you to ask us to dissolve the relation
between you and the church." The
Session Is not allowed to accept an
officer's resignation If there Is any
ground for charges to he preferred, but
to try him and depose him. Then, If he
will not res'gn, action asking for the
dissolution of his relation must come
to the Session through the congrega7
tlon. This might come to the Session In
the form of a petition signed by a majority
of the members qualified to vote
or by a resolution adopted In regular
congregat'onal meeting, previously announced,
requesting the Session to dissolve
the relation existing between the
church and a certain elder or deacon.
Either of these plans would Inevitably
result In such strife and dissension,
that a small church could hardly with
stpnd the shock. For my part, I never
heard of a church being desperate
enough to try such a proceedure.
2. There are many small churches
that have an elder or a deacon who
ought to be disciplined either for
habitual neglect of duty, being uncongenial
with the other officers, or by his
conduct, so far from being an example,
is bringing reproach on the church. Instances
can be cited where people have
left the ohurch or have joined other
churches because of the presence of
such a man. Usually he has strong
family ties and some following and he
ieels secure In the fact that the church
can not stand the shock of disciplining
him. At best the church can with difficulty
maintain Its ordinances, and so
the church Suffers and waits till the
man dies, If the church does no? die
first
A perpetual President of the United
States would be virtually a king and
that Is why we oppose even a third
& N OF THE SOUTH
term. The Presbyterian Church has a
representative government, yet it is tho
only representative government that
elects for life unless it be the Republic
of Mexico. Diaz of Mexico was removed
by a revolution, and it would
take some such desperate step as that,
under our present plan, to remove some
unworthy elder or deacon.
In the eldership and diaconate of our
church, as a whole, we have as fine a
body of men as is to be found in Christendom,
and if this question were left
entirely to them, I believe, they would
readily agree to elect elders and
deacons for three years, and one-third
of them to be elected and installed every
year. There are several arguments in
favor of this plan:
1. This Is no new untried thing. We
elect our trustees of the General Assembly,
our secretaries and executive
committees. Also the directors of our
church colleges and theological seminaries.
These men we believe called
of God to this work, yet they are elected
by the people every three years. And If
they do not do their duty, wc will elect
others in their stead who will do It.
2. This plan would safeguard the
rlghtB of the people as to the choice
of the'r officers. They would feel more
responsible in the church and take
more Interest in It.
3. This plan would stimulate our
officers to renewed activity by the Introduction
of new men, and would tend
to do away with any arbitrariness on
the part of our officers In managing the
church's affairs.
4. If one-third of our officers were
elected and Installed every year, It
would afford the pastor an opportunity
to hold up before the people the duties
and the Scriptural requirements of
elders and deacons, without being suspected
of preaching at some officer who
may b-* present or absent; Many of our
people have never witnessed an installation
of elders and deacons and would
be glad to gain such Instruction as the
occasion would afford.
No one, I suppose, would claim that
this Is a plan to which no objection can
be made, for such a plan has never
existed except In the Imagination of
some dreamer. We have nothing to do
with ideal or Imaginary conditions, but
we have to do with practical cond'tlons.
This plan is not intended to relieve
the church Sessions of responsibility
noi to do away with discipline of church
officers. The fact Is In these churches,
th6 conditions of which we have just
described, discipline Is already done
away with.
This overture comes from a Presbytery
of small churches, and from the elders,
and the attention of our committee
Is earnestly sought to consider the interests
of our small churches, which
are so often overlooked and neglected.
The strong city churches may not need
it. but many small churches do.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
A Reminder.
"I don't believe In Foreign Missions."
Remember the Divine judgment which
overtook that rebellious and disobedient
Messenger, who was cast into the
depths of sea, how he prayed to the
T?rd in the great fish, confessing his
sin, and his consequent obedience to
God's command and in going a Foreign
Missionary to a despised nation, the
enemies of his people.
You don't believe in Foreign Missions?
Hear Jesus, the Redeemer of the
world, commanding his apostles to go
Into all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature. Hear apaln, on
sacred Olivet, his last words, before he
ascended Into heaven, "Ye shall be my
witnesses unto the uttermost parts of
Ihe earth "
What would St. Paul, that great
(139) 19
Foreign Missionary, think of this neglect
by so many, of the grand opportunities
we have of obeying the
parting command of our L#ord in taking
the Gospel "unto the uttermost parts
of the earth." See what the missionary
has done, and is doing for the
world, and then think what you might
have been had there never been any.
But pray, who are you, that you
should '.hus dare oppose the will of
the I onl Almighty himself?
What an opportune time is this for
you to change your views and come
forward to rsslst the Executive Com
mlttee of Foreign Missions in their
effort to llnuiHflto AMI" rr*> M lnol??
debt!
Carrie Primrose.
Greenville, Miss.
MISSIONARIES IN TROUBLED
CHINA.
Rev. J. Lcighton Stuart, the Presbyterian
missionary, continues to write
intei esting letters to liis family In New
Orleans and elsewhere, concerning the
stirring events in China. The latest received
is as follows:
"Hangcbcw, Dec. 6, 1911.
"My Dear Friends: The first comment
you make will be to wonder why a
report of Nanking Station is written
from another place. This is the whole
point of what I have to write. But you
JITA fllrpnriv famlllm* wlfV? rnhot
happening at Nanking and understand
why we have had to flee from there.
For over a month our regular activities
have been entirely broken up by the
revolution. We stayed on as long as we
could, holding our students even when
they became so excited that it was useless
to attempt classes, when all government
schools had long since closed
and the Chinese were leaving the city
daily and rumors were rife, and none
of us knew but that even the worst and
most unthinkable of them might he
realized. At last, when the danger
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The stomach trouble and v
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it." Name given by Postum Co.,
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"There's a reason," and it Is explained
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Ever rend tlie above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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