The Presbyterian Church Throughout the World: from the Earliest to the Present TimesGardiner Spring Plumley D.W.C. Lent, 1874 - 792 pages |
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... SYNODS , and the GENERAL ASSEMBLY . The SYNOD consists of all the ministers and ruling elders from all the churches within the bounds of sev- eral Presbyteries . Where Presbyterian churches are numerous enough to 1 CHAPTER I THE ...
... SYNODS , and the GENERAL ASSEMBLY . The SYNOD consists of all the ministers and ruling elders from all the churches within the bounds of sev- eral Presbyteries . Where Presbyterian churches are numerous enough to 1 CHAPTER I THE ...
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... Synods or Pres- byteries that should be called without their concur- rence . An act was also passed banishing from their congre gations all ministers who should fail to conform to these measures , or who should fail to submit to the ...
... Synods or Pres- byteries that should be called without their concur- rence . An act was also passed banishing from their congre gations all ministers who should fail to conform to these measures , or who should fail to submit to the ...
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... Synod of 1690 , at Belfast , was followed by suc- cessive synods which made all needful arrangements for the supply of vacant pulpits , the education of young men for the ministry , and the exercise of discipline . A missionary fund was ...
... Synod of 1690 , at Belfast , was followed by suc- cessive synods which made all needful arrangements for the supply of vacant pulpits , the education of young men for the ministry , and the exercise of discipline . A missionary fund was ...
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... synod . Greater privileges were obtained under the rule of James I. , and from these refugee Presbyterians an influence soon went forth to the various cities of England . Meantime , in 1549 , John a Lasco , a nobleman of Poland ...
... synod . Greater privileges were obtained under the rule of James I. , and from these refugee Presbyterians an influence soon went forth to the various cities of England . Meantime , in 1549 , John a Lasco , a nobleman of Poland ...
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... Synod of London . This Synod continued to hold regular meetings until the year 1655. The same churches , dis- continuing at that time the Synodical meeting , met still as Presbyteries , and maintained , as far as it was possi- ble , the ...
... Synod of London . This Synod continued to hold regular meetings until the year 1655. The same churches , dis- continuing at that time the Synodical meeting , met still as Presbyteries , and maintained , as far as it was possi- ble , the ...
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Page 644 - And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Page 393 - But they constrained him saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.
Page 764 - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus : that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 460 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 606 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord: shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age: they shall be fat and flourishing; To show that the Lord is upright; he is my rock : and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 483 - That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
Page 606 - Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; They shall be fat and flourishing ; to shew that the LORD is upright : He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 145 - The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi...
Page 756 - He replied: I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I learnt this from experience.
Page 369 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...