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Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17

nimz celou fadu "alek, hlavn6 "a Karls
! XII, iemuz pfezdiyali zeezna hlaya
svedlo.
- Zemsky soud sprostiI Wiesingra
obzalovaneho podyoJu, jehoz SC dome
le ma generaloyi iezovit6 pateru Beckxoyi
dopust.l, why. Wiesinger pred soudeln
Sc vyznal, ze jest velky ctitel Bismarcka
a velkyIn nepfitelem utramontan6; na.
bidnuy sc Beckxovi k zavrazdeni Bsmar
cka, zamyslel tim, ovSem kdyby general
Jezovitd navrh ieho byl pfiial, iezovty a
katolickon cirkev pred svttem zostudit
Bsmarcka K vetsi raznosti boji proti ka-
tolickemu knGzstvu pohnouti.
Rfl@, 10. cervna. Zdeis d6lncke
spolky vydaly k narodu provolani tomn
cili, aby upisoval penize, jimiz by Sc mo.
hIy uhraditi cestovni jine iitraty delega
ce delnikG, Ma vystavu do Filadelfe ime
nem trancouzskeho delnictva vyslan6.
Ndrgh M smtfen5 Po2dht1y R,tstny
kralovstvl haliGske ma ma starosti dive
veike zaIezitosti: jednu vnejsi Rakous-
KEN, druhou vntfni mezi obema svymi
narodnostmi. AZ posud pracovalo ma W.
rlzeni tollllo prvnI, ale echo dosahIo, ne
fnnze byh povazovano "a konec dsili.
SPor mezi Polaky Rusiny Halici zdr-
zoval az posud zddouci rozvoi spoeGn6
vlasti nalezel zaroven zalostnyn otaz
KAN ceehO Slovanstva.
Rok 1875 musil by byti veleben, kdy-
by Sc podafilo, poloziti mu mem konec |
Nelnovelsi zpravy re snemu lvovsk6ho
vzbuznll mas nema6 nadeie. Dne 20. |
kvetna podal p. Smolka Sc sestnacti dru-
ny narodnosti polsk6 rnsinske nasleou- I
Iici navrh: " uvazeni. ze upraveni po- I
meruv mezi obGma narodnostm, kterez
a pfecetnymi pomGry spolu
spoleny .sou, pro blaho vlasti zadoucim a
nutnym sc ievi; uvazen, ze ac +. 1869
ma sneme povzbuzene upraveni pomerdv
narodnostnich az dosud vvfizeno nebylo,
usnasi Sc snGm: zemsk6mu vyboru iakoz
to zvlastni komisi uklada Sc, aby
dotcene pomery prozkoumal, navrh zako.
ma pfedloziI, po pfipadG vypracoval re-
soluci, kteraz by Sc podala Wade konec-
nem a spravedlivem upraveni pomtr6v
mezi polskou a rusinskon narodnosti V
krdlovstyi haIicskem vladimifskem.'
' nyntjsim bthu yefeinych zalezitosti
po vscch castech soustati rakouskeho vyni
ka tento navrh ma smifeni obou slovan.
skych narodnosti Haliei iako rGze na
suchoparn. Nikde mic nez salny svar
boj; mysIcnka bratrskeho smiru sprave-
dlnost jakoby byla vymizela ze sv6ta. V
takove dob6 p6sobi sn6movni navrh
zaiist6 tim ut6sentji ma pozoro-
vatele blzkG vzdaeneisi. My Cechov6
yitame jej mysli zvlaste radostn6 do.
knutou nemame vroucnejsiho pfani, nez
ably byl naplnen die tlmyslu svych sle-
chetnych pivodc6v.
Vidime tn nadchazeti novou dobu mad
slovanGkou zemi, ktera rozfeseni pravni
otazky V Rakousku velice dfilezita lest a
v nedaleke budoucposti evropske jedno
neipfedn6jsich mist vyhrazeno sobG ma.
N. L."
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17
Amerika
Washington,

Washington, 1G. 6ervna. We
ilnancnim minisieriu ma Sc za 70. 2e Sc
hndno liz dosti ddkazi, ably podvodnf vi.
nopalove GpIn6 usvedGeni byti mohli. Jiz
sestaveno nekolik zalob proti nGkolka za-
padnim yinopalum. Nlada Jest odhodla-
ma postupovati zalezitosti te razn6 a
pfisn6.
- Ease n6kohk hladovctt ma neiaky
cas- dobfe zaopatfeno. Vlada totiz pose
K Sioudm zylastni koms. iez by mimi
postoupeni izemi Cernych Yrchi loyist
Y Nebrasce vyiednayala. In konisarv
nstanoyila osm hladovcii. mezi mimi nGko
lik knezi povolila Jim 5 denni mzdy u
Sc. ze vsecky vyloly cesty sama
Jeste zaplati. Neni pochybnosti. ze ta
komise bude Sc Siouxy CO neidele vyied-
navati, ien ably hodne dlouho strtcka
Sama zdimati nohla.
President postal ruskemu carovi
blahopfani k tomu, ze rodina ieho rozmno
lila Sc 0 iednoho vnuka, COZ sveho easu
ear rllsky pre- e3identu Grantovi iako hlave
naroda vlastnoruGnim pfipisem oznamil.
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zi'....l,3 s = z:5 I:sZ5 Vraz d a
Cincinnati, ID. cervna. Des

Cincinnati, ID. eervna. Desperate
Tom McGehan, ktery mel HamiItonn,
Ohio saloon, byl ytera zavrazdtn. Kon-
stebl slysel saloonG vysttel, naGez tam
ihned btzel; ptised tam, nalezl saloonistu
V tratoln krve. Mcclellan byl neispise
stfelen oknem yenei, kdyz komusi nall
val; tento byl onim zaiiste umluven a
zda Sc, ze sam na Gehana vystfelil. pro-
toze lebce tele jeho nekolik kuli we've
10. Pres to pfedce mel tolik silly .iestt, ze
revolver vytahnouti mohl, avsak tom
okalnziku neispise sklesl, ielikoz zadna
rama neLyla Z revolvern leho vypalena..
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17

vsech hIavnich ulicich a sc vsech dolnl,
ano t6m6f ka&deho okna vlajou americ
he prapory q pracelich, ma ollrajich
stfech lad vchody skvi sc napisy he
sla vlasteneckeho obsahu. Neinene iii
Get tislc lidi Novoanglcka Sc z1tastni
slavnostniho pr6vodu. Dnes veGer zaha-
jil slaynost mayor bostonsky Cobb Mu.
SIC Hall. Jeden vlastenecky obyvatel
mesteeka Chelsea koupil n6kolik vozG
snrkoye chvoie a sto sudd dchti, COZ
predveter savnosti ma Powder Horn Hill
zapalil.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17

q" ~ W' IdoIVII'Ct II
ckan d a a En- gel h art a - 154 Su.
perior Str, "a Weddell- housem.
Dochazi lei denne move zisylky mod.
mich kloboukii cepic, jez obecenstvu die
soustavy pevnych cen kn koupi nabizi.
Kazdy kus jest pozaamenan ccnou, niz
niteho Sc neslevl. Vsichni jenz takov6
zbozi Potfebnli, usetfi penizc, kdyz tam
koupi.
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kram obydli, zanjate Jos. Dvofakem,
&. 25 Warrenstr; taktez nekolik svetnic
pro male rodiny "a 81 tydne. Kram Sc
nepronajme ma hospodu. ProdA Sc "a lev
nou cenu MA dlouhe lhdty. Popteite Sc
u + j Fostera, {. 6, Park Big. pobliz
soudniho domu.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17

Pan Waldemar Plechner vstou j..
pill prave do kramu Scofielda & Hichbor
ma, obchodniki loketnim zbozi. Z. 2IO
d 2l2, Superior Str, kde potesenim a
co nejvlidneii krajany sv6 uvita. Pfeje
me mnoho zdaru.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17
Stry C l. ynch.
Annapolis, Md, 10. Gervna. We

ra pfitrhl zastup Ande Arundel, kde
sleGna Jacksonovd od zhOvadiIeho Gerno-
cha, kdyz sla lie studni vodu navaziti,
zprzn6na byla, sem yraziv do venice,
odnal klicnikoyi klice, naGez nektefi Ger
mocha (Simense) ven odvlekl IA me-
stem pObliz zelezniGni trate ma strome o.
btsili. Mrtvcla ieho houpala Sc tam
mnoho hodin nez ufznuta i pochovaDa
byla.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17
X konec straiku.
Wilkesbarrc. Pa. 1G. ceryn;

NSbhtsDaffc, Ia. 10. cervna.
Dlouhy straik uhlokopd pennsylvanskych
skonGen. UhlOkopoye spolecnosti Lchigh
a Wilkesbarre vzdali Sc vCera noel bez
pOdminky. Asi tncet shromazdeni bylo
odbyyano We v5ech nsnesl Sc delnici. ze
strajkI nechaj Y Ashley olebrala sc
delegace 40 dGlniki nemecke narodnosti
do iedne schize uhlokopd; jelikoz unysl
jjeIich byl poznan, nebyli vpusteGi. Ma.
to Sc delegace ia odebrala do jine mistno-
sti, kde sc usnesla, re 81 ma dale oil iednO-
ty uhlOkopti rozkazOvati media. Y iine
sch1zi 81 Ircane a Velsove tax slime po-
hadali, ze pryni schulz opustil. Take
jin}ch shromazd6nich jeyila Sc velika ne
siednocenost. V6tsina horniki Jest pro
skOnceni stra iku, ale yhdcove ieiich sc to-
mu slime opiraii. Avsak y6tsna hornik6
vyslovila sc tax rozhodnG proti da!simu
straikOvani, ze nektefi yidcove SO po-
drobii. Vecer dostayili Sc ddvernici hor
niki do kancelafe pana Parrishe, niInz
Sc dohOdli, &c zacnou pracovati. Spolec-
most neuGinila delnikGm AMI neimensich
Gstupkd. Mnozi Sc pfiznavaji, ze Sc straj-
kem velike chyby dopustili. Recena spo
lecnost zamestnaYa asi 1900 delnikG;
We vSech banich jeiich zacne Sc co neid1-
We pracovat.
V bani Plains udaly Sc vytrznosti Ia
stup delniki, ktery sc bral do prace, byl
zastupem strajkafd zastaven braneno
Jim do prace vstoupil. Kdyz ale lfad
zakrocil, museli srocenci rozstcupiti Sc
nacez delnici, jenz pracovati chteli, vstou
pill do bant
V Clearfieldu skoncen soud 80 horni-
ky, ktefi byli obzalovani re spiknuti a
sroceni. Sondce Orvis nalezl 10 nch
vinnymi. John Ill Loyer, pfedseda ledno
ty hornikh toho okrsku, John J MaIoney
tajemnik, Ralph Parks, George Ne Ge-
mon, Thomas Burchdale Matthias Ma
yer odsouzeni byli nahrade sondnich u
trat. pokute : % ma | rok do yezeni
Druhych 13 odsouzeno ma 90 dnido we've.
nj, pokute $ % nahrade soudnich
1trat. Soudni nalez mad ostatnimi 13 ne
byl dosud vynesen. Xingo Parks, sekre
tar narodni iednoty hornikd byl soudr
pFitornen; phi prohlaseni rozsudku by
hrozne dojat slzel.
Bun ker IL IL.
D BOstOn;- 16 eervna. Stoleta pamai
4 ka bitvy Bunker Hill, jez nasledova
: ma male bitky Concordu lexington
J. bude oslavena co neid6stointi. Dnes,
pfedvecer slavnosti hemA Sc Inesto hes
: mi a zvlaste vojenskymi spolky. V
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Jamestown, Pa, 16. Cervna. DIV:

Jamestown, Pa, 1G. cervn8. Diva
bratfi imenem Reed, bydlici Richmon.
du, okresu Ashtabula, Ohio, zili cd del
81 DOLBY We svaru, .ieiz krvav6 zakoncii.
Jeden bratr vessel zahy rano do loznice
drnheho stfelil iej tfikrate do hlayy.
Spdsobene rany isou vesm6s smrtelny.
Otec synGv zloein schvaIil. Nasledkem
toho byli oba, otec syn zatknut.
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i orn a d O..
Quincy. |

VUIHF!, IT'S. ID. cefyna. Prndke
tornado bourkou a liiavcem tahlo y&era
Y noci severozapadni casti m6sta Il
buracelo cd do 10 hodin. Mnoho do.
ma bylo strzeno nekolik lidi bylo potlu,
ceno a ieden zabit Trat6 zeIezn;c pobliz
mesta znacn6 poskozeny mostly casti
nebo dpln6 strzcny isou. Skoda ma sta.
venich spisobena presahuie S $4,000.
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Official paper Of the city.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17

S nlmz celou fadu "alek, hlavn6 "a Karla
XII, jemuz pfezdivali zelezna haya.
svedlo
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-06-17

BOstOnr 16. cervna. Stoleta pamat-
ka bitvy Bunker Hill, jez nasledovala
ma male bitky Concordu a Lexingtonu,
bude oslavena co neidGstoinei. Dnes, V
pfedvecer slavnosti hemzi Sc Iuesto hest
mi zvlaste vojenskymi spolky. We
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-12-08
Old-F ashioned Pastorates.

The old fashioned Presbyterian pastorates
are the thing after ALL The beloved minis
ter married to the church and the beloved
church married to the minister. The smil-
ing, useful years Welding the tie tenderer
and tenderer still. The joys and the griefs,
the births and the marriages, the sick-beds
and the funerals, draw their hearts nearer
and yet nearer.
No annual canvassing of the problem as to
whether the preacher will remain or not
No looSeniug of the bonds by keeping it ev-
erlastingly an open question: No restless
ness of the minister in thinking over his next
move and go withdrawing his mind and heart
from the demands of his present field. Nc
looking around of his membership TO discover
more showy man who could beat the pre-
sent incumbent, put on the high pressure and
build up their church in a year or two fol
just as little money. The.contemptible idea
of hiring" a preacher for SO many green
backs for so much time, and then ejecting
the laborer whenever better bargain offers
All of which is simply disgusting in the sight
of God aud man, and instead of holy mar
riage looks very much like ecclesiastical con.
cubinage.
Sitting here in circle Of warm friends
surrounding pastor who is endeared to his
people by sixteen years of earnest service, il
is not wonderful that such thoughts force
their way. Every one of these years hat
deepened his hold upon the neighborhood ant
upon the county until now none but God car
estimate the power of such pastorate fol-
good 1t is beautiful. Blessed are the peo
pie and their children who live and worship
and die amid these time tested ties. MAY
they still bloom in beauty and fragrance 70,
many bright years st Louis Presbyterian
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New Every Morning. y

How many bright things there are in the
book Of Lamentations It has sad title,
and in our happy moods we should hardly
think Of turning it's leaves. Our instinct
would be to 60 to it in our grief to fnd suit
able uttarauces of our burdened hours. We
open to its lines az those who walk under a
weeping sky and beneath the rain of falling
tears. But cur walk will often, as we look
up, show US rift in the clouds, and the blue
sky shining through, and the blessed sun
shine streaming down.
Here is an utterance that has the aunbeamf
in it: "The Lords mercies are rev every
morning" What an assurance is this tt
carry with us in all our wayfaring through
this world
The future is always dark to US. The
shadows brood over it. A veil hides it from
our sight. WHAT'S under the shadows, wha
is behind the veil, what is advancing to NEE
us out of the imperVious mist, none of US cal
know. Nor need we care to know. w
have not anxious questions to ask. This i
enough for all that is coming-"The Lord
mercies are new every morning" The morn
ings yet TO break upon US may be heavy Will
storms; no matter, the new mercies will no
fail.-A. l.. Stone, ID. ID.
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Repentance and Sorrow.

Repentance is sorrow with something add
ed to it. That something" is the greater
part of it-this one idea, God
A person may be sorry and never think
about God; but be will never repent without
thinking of Him to whom he has given the
greatest offence. He may be sorry without
resolving to do better bat he will never re-
pent until he resolves also. Sorrow thinks
most of the consequences. Repentance thinks
most Of the san. Sorrow may lead man to
penitence, but it does not constitute it.
You will have Repentance, then, when you
feel from your heart that your sin is chiefly
against God, that you must confess it to Him,
and that by Gods help you will endeavor to
abandon it for ever. Judas had only sorrow
when he said, Il have siDned in that l have
betrayed the innocent blood" Matt. xvii:
4. God was not in all his thoughts David
had penitence when he said, against Thee,
Thee only have L einned." Psalm Ii: A.
Do not fail to read the whole of the 5lst
Psalm, for an example of Repentance.
Do not judge Of Repentance, however, by
the depth of your feelings. The question is
not of quantity, but of quality; not How
great is my Repentance p but, " Is it gen.
uine?" If you really repent, your repen-
tance will be as deep as your sin.-"Mo
Ltghe, 6y IIeV. David IL. Breed.
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"Thou Art the Man. "

A young minister was spending q few
days in one Of our Southern cities; while
there young man of ine mind and cultiva-
ted manner was thrown much in his society.
This young man was not q Christian, but
learning one day that the minister intended
to preach in the city Jail, asked to be al
lowed to- accompany hin.
As the minister looked upon his audience,
he preached to them Jesus with 80 much
earnestnesa as deeply impressed the young
friend who had accompanied him.
On their return home, going to the room
Of the minister, the young man said,
"The men to whom you preached today
must have been moved by the utterance of
such truth. Such preaching cannot fail to
influence"
"My dear young friend" answered the
minister, "were you Influenced? Were you
inpellod by the words you heard today to
choose God as your portion ?"
g You we're not preaching 70 me, but to
those convicts, was quickly answered.
"You mistake. l was preaching to you as
much as to them. You need the same Sa-
viour as they. For all there is but one way
to salvation. Just as much for you as fer
those poor prisoners was the message of this
afternoon. viii you heed it" The word
so faithfully spoken God blessed in bring
ing this wanderer home TO Himself.
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Mr.. Moody and the skeptical Lawyer.

At one of his meetings in Brooklyn, Mr..
Moody narrated with telling effect the Cir
cumstances attending the conversion Of a
prominent Western judge of sceptical senti-
ments, whose Christian wife had been pray
ing for him for long time. She had re-
quested Mr.. Moody when he was quite a
young man to talk to her husband. He said
it was no use, for the Judge was more than
match for him in argument; but yielding
to her persistent entreaties he proceeded to
the Judges Office, and upon telling him his
errand, the old man laughed at him. He,
however, promised with g good deal of sar-
casm in his tone to write and let Mr.. Moody
know when he was converted Special pray
er was offered for this man at the Fulton
street prayer meeting and other places; and
when Mr. Moody returned to the town, while
sitting with friend, the Judge was an
nounced and soon communicated the pleas
ing news that he was converted. At Mr..
Moody's earnest request he related to him
the story Of the marvellous change, which
was in substance that one night his wife
went to prayer meeting and during her ab-
sence he began to think, "Suppose my wife
is right; that there is heaven and hell,
and that she and my children are going to
heaven and l am not?" Conviction seized
upon him and he commenced to pray. He
retired before hiG wife returned and pretend
ed to be asleep while she prayed for him.
Rising early in the morning he told her that
he did not feel very well, and without wait.
ing for breakfast, proceeded to his Office
He told his clerks they might have holli
day, and shutting himself up in the Office
prayed that God for Cbrists sake would take
away the great load of guilt, and soon the
burden rolled of. He told his wife that the
was new man, and they both kneeled il
prayer, thanking God for his great goodness
Upon his return to America Mr.. Moody in
quired if the Judge stood firm? He was in
formed that he had passed gloriously from
earth and was now standing at the right hant
of God.
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How to Choose a Family Bible.

We know gentleman who, when ht
wishes to impress his friends with an over
poweriDg sense of his responsibility, refers
them to his bookcase, where they may coun
a great many copies of the English Bible
We are glad to be able to testify that some
of these copies are of size and type thai
make it quite possible for them to be fre
quently read; but we have known cases
where the possession Of copies Of the Sacred
Volume was, nevertheless, inconsistent with
its habitual use.
1t is not uncommon for some near relative
to make a newly married pair a present Of a
"family Bible" which is bulky volume in
large type, handsomely bound, and intended
for the place of honor on the parlor centre
table. If the donor is reader and doer of
the word, the intention is that this Bible
shall be for family use; to serve at daily
household worship, and be sort of shrine
and symbol Of the Christian faith which
rules the domestic life This is worthy in
tention but too often there is an oversight
as to the practical needs and uses for such
a family Bible. The need is for copy not
too fine for constant handling, of larger size
and type than the Bibles, owned by individ-
nal members, and yet not so unwieldy as to
be a burden to hold The Bibles usually
given for the purpose are pulpit Bibles, whose
large type is needed for the distant eye and
varying light at church, and neces8itates q
bulk and weight too great for constant lift
ing and carrying. Such Bible has little
use in the household 1t ia sure to lie un-
opened except on state occasions. While it
may be we'll to have one when it can be
afforded, it ought not to stand in the way of
a medium sized edition, strongly and plainly
bound, of type large enough to be easily
read by all except the very old, and contain
ing full references. Such Bible will be a
slight unto the feet" of all the members of
the house. The. edition called the octave
bourgeois reference Bible, and Issued by the
American Bible Society, is suitable for this
purpose. 1t will not knock four. year.old
down if he tries to bring it to papa, and it
will put out no mans eyes We will add
that it is altogether unreasonable to ask for
"a very large print, small-sized Bible" as
no method has yet been discovered whereby
gallon Of anything can be put into pint
measure. The grandmother must either use
the pulpit Bible on the stand or the many
vOlumed edition, in plea type, which ought
to be silver or golden wedding present in
Christian families whenever possible.-Me
Working Church.
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without trial or censure is solecism. "Ds
position being grave punishment for a
offence, inflicted by the proper court upo
an officer of the Church, after arraignment
trial and conviction. Therefore to "de
pose minister because he is suffering
with disease, or afflicted with some of tn
common infrmities of human nature, so fa
from relieving him, is but heavy and crue
addition to the cross he is already, in th'
providence of God, called to bear.
The decision of the General Assembly OF
this subject, which is as follows viz. "That
it is principle of this Church that no min
ister can be regularly divested of his Office
except by course of discipline terminating
in deposition, is clearly within the cOnStitu'
tional province of that body. The 5th Sec
of chap. XII says, " To the Assembly belongs
the power of deciding in all controversies re-
specting doctrine and discipline" The au.
thority thus delegated to the Assembly evil
IDENTIFY embraces this question, for it is, as is
declared in the decision, one of principle
or doctrine; and is not question OF law or
constitutional Interpretation
Neither does the Assembly undertake in
this decision to establish constitutional
rule" but simply to declare, in the exercise
of its expressly delegated authority, what is
the doctrine of the Church upon this subject,
and this decision "binds the conscience" of
the ministers and members of the Church
Just as the decision of any other doctrinal
question would do, and to no greater or more
burdensome extent.
1t seems to me that the 9th sec. of chap.
XII, has reference exclusively to the tenure
by which the Offices named in it are held
1t denies to the officer the right to lay aside
the office at pleasure; it next declares that
he can only be divested of it by " deposition. !"
deposition being, as | have already
stated, high ecclesiastical punishment in
ficted for proved offence after trial. When
constitution declares that an officer under
it cannot lay aside his Office at pleasure, and
that be can only be divested of it upon con-
viction, as a punishment for an offence, it is
1 think, about equivalent to saying the Office
is held by perpetual tenure. The latter
part of this section provides that when rul-
ing elder becomes unacceptable in his official
character to the congregation to which he
belongs, his functions may be suspended
That is, that his relation to that congrega-
ton as ruler shall be dissolved; analogous
to the dissolution of the pastoral relation
And the former no more affects or impairs
the rights and privileges of the ruling elder
in his relations to the Church at large, as a
ruler, than the latter does that of the min
ister. His session may delegate him to rep
resent it in the Presbytery or Synod, and the
Presbytery may elect him delegate to the
General Assembly. This appears to me to
be the only consistent inter probation of this
section, although l confess that like some
other parts of our Form of Government, it is
not expressed in that clear, precise and une-
uuivocal style which should characterize our
fundamental law. W. NJ. I.