Remonstrance Of Persons Connected With The General Synod Of Ulster Against Certain Of The Late Proceedings Of That Body Etc

Author : David Maginnis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332905778
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Review of Some Provisions of the Proposed New Constitution and Discipline of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster written by David Maginnis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Review of Some Provisions of the Proposed New Constitution and Discipline of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster: A Discourse, Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Members of the Remonstrant Congregation, York-Street, Belfast, on Sunday, January 4, 1857, and Published at Their Request Our Synod has been engaged, of late, in remodelling its Constitution and Discipline. The Remonstrants, upon first organizing themselves into a distinct Body, deemed it advisable to retain the Code of the Church from which they had separated. The extensive ecclesiastical machinery, however, of the General Synod of Ulster was but ill adapted to the small Remonstrant Synod. Like the armour in which Saul arrayed the stripling shepherd, it was cumbrous. In course of time, its nu suitableness became generally felt and, at length, in the year 1848, our Synod appointed a Committee to prepare f'a plain, brief, and practical Code of Discipline, adapted to the circumstances of this Church. The draft of the principal part of a new Code was presented by the Committee, at the late Annual Meeting of Synod in July last, and was referred to a Special General Meeting, to consider its provisions and finally determine as to its adoption. This meeting was held in November but, out of consideration for a respected member, who, in consequence of a severe family bereavement, was no longer able to attend, it was agreed, early in the second session, to adjourn till the beginning of next March. In consequence, partly, of the interest which has been excited in the subject by the November meeting, but, chiefly, on account of the important principles involved in the issue, I most willingly comply With a request of your Committee to devote this morning's Discourse to a consideration of some remarkable provisions of the new Code convinced that, when the rights of Conscience and the interests of Truth are being endangered in our Church, as I believe they are. 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.