St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-03

and that this responsibility does not
cease till the church, by some formal
and corporate act, has declared the
dissolution of the covenant. The cove
nant may be broken by the member
He NAV offend, and when duly admon-
ished. NAV give no satisfactory evidence
of repentance. In that case, he Is cut
off from communion: the Church hay
inc given its testimony is no longer re
sponsible for him. and he can he restor-
ed ONLY by the removal of the cenSure.
Voluntary absence of il resident mem
Der from the communion of the Church.
and from its public worship. does not
dissolve the covenant. but Is IL reason
able ground of ;tdmOntiOn and. if per
sisted III, of final censrIre.
When Il regular complaint Is made
against such Il member that IN some
other respect he violates the laws of the
Church. and especially when the com
plaint is that he has circulated and
prompted scandals dcrogatory Ia the
Christian integrity of the pastor and
injurious to the reputation of the church,.
the consideration that he has long az"
forsaken the Church is only an ag%r;'-
walton of his alleged fault.
In regard to the future relations be
tween these churches and Plymouth
Church. we express our hope that the
very extraordinary proceeding which
gave occasion for the correspondence
and for this Council will not he Il pre-
cedtnt for the guidance of that Church
hereafter. Could we suppose that such
proceeding will he repeated. We should
feel that the disregard of the first prln-
ciplrS involved in the idea of church
membership and the idea of the fellow
ship of churches with each other. would
require the strongest possible protest.
But the communication from the Ply
mouth Church to this Council makes
professions and declarations which jus
tify the nope thai such deviation from
the orderly course of discipline Will not
he repeated.
The accused person in that case has
not been retained in the church nor
commended 10 any other church.
We rrcitc ~om,. of rh">" declarations
from the Ply mouth Church which en-
courage the hope We have expressed
Nv rtciuicc. SAY : the III mouth iIuIch.
ITO live in atlcctioHutc fellow ship with
all churches of the Lord Jesus. and
especially with those VIII" are III all
things like-mindrd with IL. hold to the
same faith and order. NOT only ia things
fundamental but III things less essential
but dear To rI~ hN conviction 81 a>Soci;-
ton" We rhrcItully admit that vhcn-
even an, church SHALL openly and a>"W-
cdlN change the essential conditions
upon which ii was publicly received
into the fellowship of the u,iyhhuiing
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