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The character of the regular monthly gather- ings has been pleasing and entertaining. The Club has given sociables, readings, musicales, tableaux and lunches, and has been steadily
encouraged by the large attendance at its meetings and by the perceptible gain in the interest and enthusiasm of its members and friends. The officers for the ensuing year are named on a sub- sequent page.
1. PIERCE SEWELL, President.
Junior Endeavor Society.
The Junior Endeavorers were organized as a Society in November, 1892, at the suggestion of our pastor, Mr. Hale; its purpose being, as our Constitution states, to encourage religious and missionary endeavor among the boys and girls of our Church. Its members are between the ages of eight and sixteen years. The Society chooses its own officers and all meetings are presided over by its own members. Some grown person acts as our superintendent. For much of the time Mr. Hale has done this and has attended most of our meet- ings, but during the spring of 1897 Mr. George F. Fisher acted in this capacity, and after his absence from the city Mr. H. L. Lanphear accepted the charge.
Once a month we hold a missionary meeting, and the topics of other meetings are prepared by a Committee appointed to do this work. During the past two years we have been addressed by Miss Russ and Mrs. Williams of the Y. P. S. C. E.,
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President Patch of Redfield College, Miss Wright of Turkey, and others.
We have given one fair and one lecture, by which our missionary fund was increased, and in which we took great pleasure. We contribute half the cost of supporting an Indian boy at the Good Will Mission, and send our Foreign Missionary offering through the W. B. M. I. The average attendance at our meetings is about thirty.
The officers for 1895 and '96 are as follows:
For 1895: J. Stewart Hale, President; Edwina Dorland, Vice-President: Helen Shedd, Secretary; Harry Brintnall, Treasurer.
For 1896: Edison Bliss, President; Mary Barker, Vice-President; Harriette Randall, Secre- tary; Roscoe Greene, Treasurer.
The officers for the present year are named upon a later page.
SILAS MOORE WILEY, President.
Statistical Tables
1. Membersbip
For the year ending Dec.
Received by
Confession
Received by
letter
Dismissed
Died
Total
Enrollment of
S. S
Teachers and
Officers
Scholars
-Vierage
AAttendance
1886
3
S7
258
2%
230
140
1887
12
54
156
369
34
335
200
1.589
7
34
33
9
1
233
440
53
357
345
1891
10
+5
6
322
451
51
397
300
1892
7
29
15
5
3.35
460
52
417
325
1593
28
7
4
360
456
50
gof
360
1894
6
24
10
1
367
+55
64
+45
350
1496
12
11
2
377
527
335
1897
2;
392
515
120
2. Benevolence
Year
Given by the Church
Ladies Society
Sunday School
Young People
TOTAL
1855-6
461.64
$ 1,343.19
44 505.31
$ 2.370.14
1857
1.413.47
335.87
542.03
25.00
2.310.37
1458
2,964.71
1,613.59
1.211.72
53.62
5,543.64
18go
5,225.45
1,704.57
574.85
101.57
7,900.44
1891
8.694.85
2,335 91
754.72
$4.07
11,903.15
1X92
7.539.30
2.002.00
072.09
203.54
10,597.95
1893
6,207.07
1.953.89
899.15
213.25
9,273.36
1894
6,837.44
2,026.17
774.78
250.30
4). $$5.69
1895
6,786.59
1,318.19
672.74
317.60
9,095 12
1896
7.905.11
1,912.83
633.48
349.54
10,500.96
1897
8,281.92
2,112.02
577.70
195.60
11.167.33
Total
$66,871.10
$19,923.29
$ 8,880.65
$ 2,032.13
$97.707.20
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9
1
273
170
5+
416
100
350
1895
7
28
27
3
372
4.553-49
1,112.00
071.51
147.05
0.4 4.05
197
419
371
300
8
26
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THE BENEVOLENCES for the past three years, since the printing of the last Manual, exclusive of boxes of clothing sent to missionaries or given to the poor in our own district, may be particularized as follows:
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 1, 195.
To American Board Foreign Missions, 583.22
By Ladies Sochy $272.53; by $ S $100, 372.53
King's Daughters $25; Y. P. S. C. E. >55, 110.00
Gates Scholarship, Mardin $518.18; S. S. $51.82. 600.00
To boys at Mardin $75; by S. S. $50, 125.00
Total to American Board, 1.791.0:
To Merriman School, Cawnpore 25.00
To St. Paul's Institute, Tarsus, 75.00
To lialy: Angelini Society, 27.00
Total to Foreign Missions, >1,918.05
To Presbyterian Board Home Missions, 535.70
By Ladies' Soc'y >382.70; by S. S. >10, 422.70
Indian Boy at Good Will Mission (Tr. C. E.), 19 50
Work in Alaska (Sr, Society ), 18 ×3
Total to Presbyterian Missions, 990.85
To the M. L Freedmen's Aid Society. 125.00
Monistown Colored School the > St. 130.11
Miss Board's School in Mabamais Si 25.00
Tuskegee Industrial Institute. 50 00
Alabama Industrial Society (Mr. Curtis). 25.00
Total to Education in the South. 325.00.
To Christian Unity Association, 100.00
Hyde Park Christian Union, 197.66
Total to Union Work,
297 00
To City Missions: Pacinc Garden, - 111.10
Bethlehem Bohemian Church $2.263.69; S.5. $ 10.50. 2,274.19 Park Manor Cong'1 Church ( Ladies' Soc'v), 10.00
Italian Children's Christmas, by S. S., 23.63
Total to City Missions. 2.419 92
To City Charities: Il. P. Protective Ass'n, 250.39
Two tree beds in Presbyterian Hospital, 600.00
Reliel of Poor >205.53, by Ladies' Soc'y <53. 41; by King's Daughters /154. 21, 44.3.15
Children's Fresh Air Fund, S. S. $15; K. 1 .15. 30.00
Chicago Commons (Prof. Taylor), 17.55
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Low.ad Educating a Student at Beloit,
Toward Educating a Student at RedfieldColl ;bys.S 25.00
Children's Aid Society ; by S. S., 25 00 Cook Co. S. S. Assim, by S. S .. 25 0
Waifs' Mission; by S. S., 15.00
Following by Ladies' Society.
Traveler's Protective Association, 25.00
Women's and Children's Protective As'n. 75.00
Glenwood Industrial School, - 35.00
Margaret Etter Creche. 22.00
School Children's And Society 10.00
Total to ( its Charities, 1.021.39
To the Chicago Bible Society, 190.17
For Bible Reader; by Ladies' Society, 300.000
Total for Bible Society, - 790.47
To Amarant S. Union -25; by S. S. : 100. 125 00
To Chicago Tract Society $3197; by $ $. >25.00. 59.97
To Support of our own Sunday School, . 2 0.51
To Deacon's band; Poor and treneral Expense, 159.20
To Reliel of Families in Nebraska,
15 00
To Vations Causes, 89.70, LA Ladies' Soc's .99.25.
by the Sunday School, -1.59. 45 - 4
Making the told for the von. 09.095.12
FOR THE YEAR LADING DLC 1, 1gb.
To American Board Foreign Missions, - -
655.09
By Ladies' Society, $506.39; by S. S., $125, 631.30
King's Daughters, $25; Jr. S. C. P . : 45. 70.00
Relict of Armenian Sutterers; 300.00
To Education of two boys at Mardin, 50.00
Total to American Board, 1,710.07
To Merriman School, Cawnpore, 25.00
To St. Paul's Institute, Tarsus, $50; S. S., >50, - 100.00
To Italy: Angelini Society, >65.25; I .. S., $25, 00.25
Total to Foreign Missions, = 1,925.32
To Presbyterian Board Home Missions, 691.74
By Ladies' Society, 390.17
Indian Boy at Good Will Mission (Jr. C. E.). 38.72
Work in Alaska, Sr. Society, $25; Placerdale, $10, 35.00
Total to Presbyterian Missions, 1,155.03
111. 11. M. Society, $10; Weiser Academy, >47, 57.00
Total to Home Missions. 1,212.63
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To the M. F. Freedmen's Aid Society. - 113.25
Morristown Colored School, 1 .. > , Sico. S.S . - 50. 1500
Total to Methodist Society, 203.25
Miss Beard's School in Alabama (S. S ). 25.00
Tuskegee Industrial Institute, 142.35
Mabama Industrial Society ( Mr. Curtis). 50 00
Total to Education in the South,
To Education: Berea College.
Toward Educating a Student at Lake Forest, 5000
Toward Funcating a Student at Beloit, by S. S .. 25.00
Toward I ducating a Redheld Student. by S S .. Total to College Education,
25 %
To Hyde Park Christian U'nion. 32000
To City Missions: Pacific Garden. 55 39
Bethlehem Bohemian Church, 1.179 90
Italian Children's Christmas, b, S. S. 20 76
Salvation Army, Sto; hy S. S., -25,
Total to City Missions. 1,027 04
To City Charities: If P Protective An, 215.02
Two Free Beds in Presbyterian Hospital, (. 2.11
By Ladies' Society to Presbyterian Hospital 25. 1
Sich Yards Relist Disant, Cin Chamies. Kelet of Poor, by Jadie 'Souter, Sa pas. In King's Daughters. .. . 29911
Children's Fresh Air Fund; by S. S. - 52 5%, by C. E. Sr .. >23.58; by C. F. Jr .. São.
University Settlement Creche, 49.42
Crippled Children's Home, ~37.51; 5 5. 25. $2.91
Cary Brooks Memorial (S. S.), 11.50
Christian Endeavor. general work: by Si. C. F. 13.00
Cook Co. Sunday School Ass'n, by S. S. 25.00
Aid to Two Ladies, 223 15
Working Women's Creche, In'S. S 25.00
The following by Ladies' Society:
Women's and Children's Protective Ass'n. 100.00
Margaret Etter Creche, 25 00
Young Women's Christian Ass'n, 20 ,00
Halt Orphan Asylum. 15.00
Total to City Charities. 2, 300 01
To the Chicago Bible Society. $326. 18; S. S., >25 351 1>
For Bible Reader, by Ladies' Society, 400.00
Total lor Bible Society. - 751 15
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To American S. S. Union, $502.23; by S S . $100. 602 23 To Chicago Tract Society, - 63.19
To Support of our own Sunday School. 1,000.00
To Deacon's Fund, for personal relief, 180 15
To Various Causes, >26.65; by Ladies' Society, $98.32: by King's Daughters, $25.05; S. S., $17.93; Sr. C. E., $33.51; J. C. E .. $3 29, 207.75
Making the total for the year. $10,800.90
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DLC. 1, 1597.
To the American Board Foreign Missions 400.45
Armenian Relief through Dr. Gates 125.00
By Ladies' Society $557.67; Miss Stanley $155.45 713.12 By S. S. $100; Y P.S.C. E .. $55; and Special $26.25 181.25
Total to American Board 1,419.82
Scholarship at Tarsus-Dr Christie $50; S.S.$50 100.00
The Merriman School, India 25.00
Di. Kerr's Hospital, Canton 100.00
The Evangelical Church in Italy 109.09
For Foreign Missionary Mass Meeting
20.00
Total for Foreign Missions, 1,773.91
To Presbyterian Board of Home Mission- 523 35
By Ladies' Society $373.17: X.PST E. : 20 393.43
l'otal to Presbyterian Board 910.43
Ilinois Home Missionary Society
5.00
Total to Home Mission Societies 921 43
To M. E. Freedman's And Society 211.21
Morristown School. Ladies' Soc'y $100.00; S S. $50 150.00
Total to M. E. work 361.21
Mabama Industrial Institute $50; S. S. $25 75.00
Tuskegee Normal Institute
100.00
Total to Education of Colored People
536.21
To Church C'mon Work 207.15
To City Missions: Pacific Garden 45.6%
Bethlehem Bohemian Mission 2,021.15
2.066.53
To City Charities: Day Nursery Building 1,000.00
Hlvde Park Protective Association 199.57
Presbyterian Hospital $300; 1 .. $ $242; by the Sunday School $26.07 565.07
Woman's Protective Agency , 1 S 100.00
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Margaret Etter Creche $25, etc, (L. S.)
30.60
Foundlings' Home (S. S.) 15.34
Crippled Children's Home (S. S.)
25.00
Working Women's Creche (S. S.)
25.00
Total to City Charities.
1,963.58
To the American S. S. Union 506.50
By the Sunday School
160.00
To our own Sunday School
155.39
To Church Visitor
200.00
To Stock Yards Relief District $250; to Relief in other quarters, $108.11 358.11
To the Chicago Bible Society - 322.31
By Ladies Soc'y fico: S. S. $25 425.00
747.31
To the @ hago Tract Society 7+ 14
To Education: Berea College 75.00
To Students at Beloit $50; at Lake Forest $50 100.00
To Students, by S. S $50; Endeavor Society lor Indian Boy $50 100.00
Total to Education, 275.00
To Personal Kehet 5294 17; Ladies' Sue's 955 22 319-39
l'o work in the Prisons, Salvation Army, etc., etc. 19 55
To Various Items and Charities: Church $351 74. Ladies' Soc'y $97.95; S.S. $26.29; Y. P.S C 12. $$4.44 Making the total for the year,
520.12
$11,167.33
3. Finances of the Society
Ti: Society, since its organization in 1885, has raised for current expenses and the purchase of its property, the sum of $153,052.77. The yearly income has ranged from $3, 300.00 the first year to $13,774.34 in 1892. In these years in which special subscriptions were made for the church property, the income was, of course, laiger. For the past three years the receipts and expenditures have been as follows:
1.OR THE YEAR 1595.
Cash on hand Dec. 20, 1894. $ 26.74
Received from Pew Rentals and other Sources, 12.313.67
$12,340.41
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Paid for Sidaries, Supplies, Janitor, etc .. 5.130 00
Music $3,906.32; Sunday School $240.55. 4,200.00
Un Building and Grounds, 749.90
Gas, Heating and Insurance, 753 40
Part Payment of Loan and Interest.
115.00
Printing. Flowers, Postage, Sundries,
961.50
Total Disbursements,
12,277.12
Balance at close of year.
63 29
$12.340.41
FOR THE YEAR 1996.
Cash on hand Det 195
03.29
Received for Pew Rentals
11.235.35
Special Subscription for Improvement:
2,0,30.25
$13.937 7
Paid for Salaries. Supplies. the : 5.475.00
Choir and Music,
3.525.85
Gas, Heating, Insurance,
1,085.60
Printing, Flowers, Sundries.
797.54
Repairs, Street Improvements, etc ,
2.345. 32
Interes1.
15.00
Balance on hand o which some Sp is from pew Tents for next year already received
17.50
$13,937.57
FOR THE YEAR 1997.
Cash on hand Dec. 1595
067.56
Received from Pew Rentals and other sources. 10,940.55
$11,005.14
Paid for Salaries, Jamtor, etc . $5,330.72
Chon and Music. 3.595.5>
Gas and Heating, 656.29
Insurance and Repairs,
667.17
loan $500 and Interest,
515.00
Printing, Flowers, Sundries,
741.51
$11.375.57
Balance, Du. 21, 1897.
32.57
$11,005.14
[Total indebtedness Der 21. 1897, is a balance due on Loan, $250. ]
Articles of Government.
ARTICLE I .- DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
This Church was organized for the worship of God and the advancement of His kingdom. We acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as the Great Head of the Church, and receive the Holy Scrip- tures as authoritative in matters of faith, order and discipline. We believe that Christ's Church is one, and pray for the realization of its unity through all the earth. Recognizing the minor differences which exist among believers as being consistent with Christian integrity, we have united, as a Church of Jesus Christ, upon the great essen- tials of the evangelical faith.
ARTICLE IL .- GOVERNMENT.
SECTION I. The government of this Church is vested in the body of believers who compose it, and are in fellowship, whose majority vote is final.
SEC. 2. While this Church, in the conduct of its affairs, is governed by its own understanding of God's Word, it gladly recognizes the obligations and privilege of the fellowship of Churches, and will seek to promote it by counsel, co-operation and sympathy.
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ARTICLE III .- OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. The officers of this Church shall consist of a Pastor, four Elders, not less than three Deacons, a Clerk and Treasurer in one person, and the Superintendent of Sunday-schools. These shall constitute the Prudential Committee.
SEC. 2. Officers shall be chosen by ballot; a majority of all the votes cast being necessary to a choice. The Sunday-schools shall elect their own superintendents, subject to confirmation by the Church.
SEC. 3. Elders shall be chosen for the term of four years, deacons for the term of three years, the clerk for the term of one year. They shall serve the appointed time and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies may be filled at any regularly called business meeting.
SEC. 4. Elders and deacons shall be divided into four and three classes respectively, so arranged that one class shall retire annually. After the year 1890, these officers, upon the expiration of a full term of service, shall be ineligible to an imme- diate re-election.
ARTICLE IV .- DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
SECTION 1. THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE shall have charge of the spiritual concerns and interests of the Church. They shall maintain its govern- ment and discipline, receive and dismiss members,
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administer the sacraments, and, subject to the direction of the Church, shall have control of its public worship and beneficence. They shall study to promote its spiritual life, shall support the weak, and, in general, take loving and watchful heed over the flock. Five members shall consti- tute a quorum for the transaction of business, two of whom, in the absence of the Pastor, must be elders. An appeal may be taken to the Church from any action of the committee, but after the statement of the case to the Church, at least one week must elapse before the final decision be made.
SEC. 2. THE PASTOR shall be a member of this Church and its recognized leader and teacher in religious things. As such, he shall faithfully dis- charge those duties which properly appertain to his sacred office. He is also the executive officer of the Church, and shall moderate its meetings and those of its permanent boards and committees.
When a Pastor is to be chosen, the Prudential Committee shall call a joint meeting of the Church and Society for that purpose. Notice of the hour and object of the meeting shall be given from the pulpit the two Sundays preceding. All members of the Church and members of the Society of legal age shall be entitled to vote. In the induction of a Pastor into office, the counsel and co-operation of neighboring Churches shall be invited.
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SEC. 3. THE ELDERS are particularly charged, in connection with the minister, with pastoral oversight. In his absence, they shall see that pas- toral duties are properly discharged. When the office is vacant, they shall nominate another Pas- tor to the Prudential Committee, who, if they approve the choice, shall call a joint meeting of the Church and Society to take action in the matter.
SEc. 4. THE DEACONS shall provide for the sacramental services, and are especially charged with the relief of the poor and needy in our Church and community.
St.C. 5. THE CLERK Shall make a correct record of the proceedings of all business meetings of the Church and the Prudential Committee, and shall have the custody of all official books and papers belonging to them, subject to call. He shall keep a Church Register, containing names and residences of members, a record of baptisms, marriages, deaths, dismissals, etc., with dates. As Treasurer he shall hold the benevolent funds of the Church, subject to the instructions of the committee, under whose direction he shall perform all the duties usual to the offices he holds. At the annual meet- ing he shall submit to the Church written statis- tical reports, both as Clerk and as Treasurer.
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ARTICLE V. - INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
Officers, before entering upon their duties, shal be publicly installed with prayer. Superintendents of Sunday-Schools and the Clerk shall qualify as Deacons. Pastors, Elders and Deacons shall answer affirmatively to the following
INSTALLATION QUESTIONS:
I. Do you heartily accept as your own the confession known as the Apostles' Creed, and do you hold to that form of faith commonly called Evangelical ?
2. In discharging the duties of the office to which you have been called in this Church, do you engage to abide by its Articles of Government, and to study its peace, purity and advancement; do you promise faithfully to maintain the truths of God's Word, and diligently to perform the duties of your office; endeavoring to adorn your profession of the Gospel by the purity and exemplary piety of your personal life?
At the Installation of a Pastor the following question shall be put to the congregation:
Do you, the people of this congregation, prom- ise to give this man whom you have chosen as your Pastor, that encouragement and honor which are due him as a Minister of Jesus Christ; will you receive the word of truth from his lips in meekness
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and love; and will you continue to him such worldly maintenance as should be sufficient for his comfort?
When Elders or Deacons are installed, the follow- ing question shall be put to the members of the Church:
Do you, the members of this Church, receive as office-bearers in God's house, these men whom you have chosen; do you promise to uphold them and their associates in the discharge of their duties, submit to them in the due exercise of disci- pline, and encourage them in the godly service to which they are appointed?
ARTICLE VI .-- MEMBERS
The essential requirements of membership in this Church shall be a personal faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord, and an outward walk accordant with that profession. Persons desiring to unite with this Church, either by letter or on profession of faith, will make their desire known to any member of the Prudential Committee, who are charged with the duty of inquiring into their Chris- tian history and present religious experience. When received, their names and residences (and if they came from a sister Church, the name of that Church), shall be duly announced to the congrega- tion. At the earliest communion service possible after they are received, they shall publicly enter
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into covenant with the Church, in the manner pre- scribed in the following:
form for the Recognition of Members.
The Minister, after any introductory words he may deem expedient, shall first address
THOSE RECEIVED BY PROFESSION OF FAITH. Beloved: In now presenting yourselves to unite with this Church, you signify your agreement with us in the following articles of faith: You believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ the Son of God, and the Saviour of men through repentance and faith; in the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, Sanctifier and Guide; and in the Sacred Scriptures as the revealed will of God to men, the rule of our faith and practice.
Believing it to be your duty to make public con- fession of your faith, you solemnly acknowledge the Lord God Omnipotent as your God and Father. You receive as your personal Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who His own self bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we having died to sins, might live unto righteousness. You accept the Holy Spirit as your Guide and Sanctifier. Humbly renouncing your sins and yielding your- selves unto God, you declare it to be your purpose by His help to regulate your conduct by the law of
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Christ, and to carry your religion into all the rela- tions of life; thus adorning the doctrine of God, our Saviour in all things.
The Minister will here administer baptism to those who have not received it. Then shall he say
TO THOSE RECEIVED BY LETTER. Beloved: You have heretofore made public profession of your love for the Lord Jesus, and your dependence upon His atoning grace for the pardon of sins and the life eternal. You do now solemnly renew your consecration to Him, and accept afresh the sweet obligations of Ilis name and service.
TO BOTH CLASSES. In uniting with this Church yon engage to submit to its government so long as you are members of it; to walk with your fellow disciples in charity, to attend to the ordinances as you have opportunity, to contribute to the support and extension of the Gospel as God may prosper you, and in every suitable way, as members of this Church, to promote the advancement of His cause and kingdom. Do you thus consent and covenant? COVENANT OF THE CHURCH. ( All the members rising. ) We, then, the members of this Church, welcome you to our fellowship in the blessings of the Gospel, and to our joy in the service of our divine Redeemer. We covenant to love and watch over each other with Christian fidelity, and to seek each others' advancement in the life and likeness
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And now dearly beloved, the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. -- AMEN.
ARTICLE VIL. - SACRAMENTS.
SECTION 1. The mode of baptism shall be according to the preference of the candidate. Infant baptism may be administered in connection with the communion service.
Sic. 2. The Lord's Supper will be celebrated the first Lord's Day of February, April, June, August, October and December. A preparatory service will be held on the Wednesday evening previous. The invitation to the Lord's Table shall include all who love the Lord Jesus Christ and desire to commune with us.
ARTICLE VIII - DISCIPLINE.
All discipline shall be exercised in love, with constant regard for the highest good of the indi- vidual and the purity of the Church. The rule of procedure shall be that recorded in Matt. xviii. 15- 17. If charges are preferred against any member of the Church, they shall be made in writing to the
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Prudential Committee, together with the names of witnesses; and a copy shall be furnished the accused. He shall have at least a week's notice after citation before trial and shall be fully heard by the Committee. At least a week shall intervene between the hearing and the final action.
ARTICLE IX .- BUSINESS MEETINGS.
SECTION I. The annual meeting shall be held on the first Wednesday evening after the first Sun- day in December, at which time the annual reports shall be submitted, and the election of officers be held.
SEC. 2. Business meetings may be called by the Prudential Committee, or at the written request of five members of the Church. At such meetings business shall be confined to the subjects named in the call. Notice of all business meetings must be given from the pulpit at the morning service of the previous Lord's Day. Notice of a proposed change of these articles, or of an election of officers, or of the annual meeting shall be given on the two Sun- days next preceding the day of the proposed meet- ing.
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