This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...that special divine prerogatives to rule as well as to shepherd the Church were committed to the ministry; and, secondly, they must secure the approving vote of the entire Church on an amendment to the Constitution. The first well-directed effort to secure the necessary legislation for bringing such an amendment before ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...that special divine prerogatives to rule as well as to shepherd the Church were committed to the ministry; and, secondly, they must secure the approving vote of the entire Church on an amendment to the Constitution. The first well-directed effort to secure the necessary legislation for bringing such an amendment before the Church for its approval was made in the General Conference of 1869. A committee on lay representation was appointed as one of the standing committees of the conference. An excellent report, providing for an amendment to the Constitution and for the requisite legislation to take the vote of the people, was presented. It was ably defended before the conference, but voted down by the decisive majority of fifty-five against thirty-two. But it would be unjust to this conference to regard it as nonprogressive on this account, since it was this body which authorized the founding of a theological seminary and created the Church-Erection Society. 'See p. 305. In the quadrennium following the conference of 1869 a decided advance in the sentiment of the Church on this subject was made. In the conference of 1873, held at Dayton, Ohio, the subject was again introduced. A report similar to that defeated in 1869, but fuller and more explicit in its provisions, was presented and adopted. A question then arising in regard to the construction to be placed upon Article IV. of the Constitution, a resolution was adopted referring the decision to the Board of Bishops. The question related to the meaning of the phrase "unless by request of two-thirds of the whole society." The resolution was as follows: Resolved, That the explicit rendering of Article IV. of the Constitution be submitted to the Board of Bishops, and that they be instructed to publish ...
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