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the remedy, according 10 ususl!l hnu I'M
vim; not commanding ana not tnleatening'
but teaching ana auHlonlshlng inust pe Fe,-
ea on. IL ~ onlS mnsa" ~ OnUh'S nru ,,I do.
OF the few That they iorInitt us
ciplinc: Ana we may auu, tlnI even tnen
II should not DC Tesorleu 10 masttlS. ~ Sa
dangerous remedy y III uiiskiiieu ntlas. Onc
single case inlsinlhaseu niay SPilI hiouriSh-
Ing church into fragments.
AUTHORITIES AGAINST DISCIPLINE.
Then. Ms to the Westminster Assembly, let
r. br nbserre that IL qualities the dancing 1t
nrono,lnces sinful with the term 'luscivi-
GUS"
And then inc teSa,mony o. n"t e., Su ,r,u1 ns
Church docs hol seem 70 70 vs. Iu'tI 81 tIa 6s "S
rePrcschteu' - n"T; ~ d,,in,nnt from, those
iuies VI Tmpitmtion Int n,Inwp,l
cohtauhta w tnC no IncIora ~ uGirm Hs
thht encn nus pomu, 10 r nHu.e eE,nifuinn q" "r
sense OF WHAT is M onGnSe , 81 ~ l" ES,,,o.
course, tnat an aPpeot mtg"t MW"y" " e Hvt
from 1tS JudSineht on s'.io po,i% n =" .r,S;
;nsSe esd ~ t nr.I L s"se Tmtechism are not. in It's
Dellci, thosc "suu' wi 'u ,i,ose worIlv nmusc.
II wnniu nor n t I's -" own notnrs sinfnIi Yet
nitnls nv IT, s,ntod thn, thnt s.r,nbiy did
~ II ~ W. Gess,3,1s ,o "scrur,Ite rom the churcl,
~ t whn love thc world and conformity
,, W., - rn,her tbnn thr law of christ" THE
1nu ~ T., u,,s done NV tine Assembly or 1860: but
snnn,I h ~ n,njiiied the dances To be discip.
s H" 80 ~, kn tnr,n .mrnrn isr,,ous Then in
, M th pS p ras Of SIluntn ask ed the A.
y. ~ ~. r. a = rIo jt whnihnr NH duncInr or
H.' - so,nnuy Ionrinu /, fnrbiddcn. And
y p""."n'n unrwarS .h,tnIi farms Of the
ti,hI 1hssIItTiS " " or Snv,,ro nmI wheth-
oaiice. muSt L 49, y. - 10 ~ 90 riors tsnI IN
crin PuoaiJ oni,s y p riII|hho o M,U
) cTli, ate evil, "n oa = =, ~ ~. ta"Iiin,r md adj.
~ WIS very rtI" 49, rs :" - ~ -, tbn conn, nmndine
mon,SnlnS, put less ESQ SO NJ ;h 10 '' nsscmiIw VcrT
anu iml. o. - nrtomt NJ tho owl iepcnd
MisGtS Su ,,",nmcos and Ihnt Scssions arc the
on cIlcun.s'..1Hs, 49, W. iujno ,rI,"t rrn,cdy
oiits sH"atn :, nff.n rncon1T ,rndeJ Great ma
! 10 apply anu -.
tietiCo y, ~ ~ a. Ioncin"
III Tic N'"t'e' Vi "''e'"e.
POWER OF TIL" SESSION
the Assembly, 3.rIothcs the Session with the
nower of judicial discipline We submit,
HAT If the Session did not possess the power
Of inIicial discipline before, IL could not be
clothed with itbya II Assembly. No ASSEM-
bIv can cluthc n Session with any power 1t
does not get from the Constitution OF the
| Church. This representation of the matter
II jS r,iI .unth,riscs the Sessions to Judge
whnI remedy to- apply" We know that tie
New Orleans Assembly expressed the opin
ion that only the court most immediately
connected with the people can Judge how best
| to deal with such occurrences amongst them;
but we submit. that IT was not 6yany means
the same thing To say tiiat sessions must uSe
formal discipline. Inc sessions VINO om!S
can know all The circumstance OF eaCu c,Sc
can alone detorln,he'"lsely what inc remedy
cln be; but whateve. remedy they 40 en-
ploy, they must exercise great PhtlGnce III
dealing Win thnse VINO oliehH IN Inns way
Ihat - really "nat tue .'cM ttiealT ~ hnI
bly, said; bHt we submit, tliu. esem mi . :"
expressed Inc poSitlfI JuuS y, :, ~
IT, our SESSIONS Snouiu no" NV ~ itloio nua
thority III INC L'uttti tnaI NY NY 1, Sn""
the Assembly met NJ New oflclHs. ~ ~ iLoll
the Book and not rom tne Assembly, tney
get all their ailthorty. moreover, ILLS 10 cus
mind quite clear maj the ASSEMBLY Nv Wv
Orleans wils not tnlihlnS aO"ii VI any suGn
| t,t,, pTfp l. n 81 'rlntllnp IN SINSlOnS' u
yet OF h~cstowing on them, inc grant OF any
new authority On the contrury "nal ~
was aiming at was Jus 10 tTeeitse'i from unf
supposed poWtr VI ooiis"..on W " '.oi s'ii
sucn cascS' Seeing lti'.., d. Nv ~
IN the article We alc cJi,siuI' i,s TX W. e.
question must DC eonslusieu ~ ~ ,r,o
WIN us clrtuniStanCeH anu "uJuie."' th ho
Assembly said lhat the cnuIcn SESSION Il VIZ
only court competent to Judge what remedy
TO apply; IN other woInS' Cnu Sui'emns !"u-
cntort cannot uctcIm.Inu ny S"th 'H M f
Gep' as tr,oJ rn ~ cr or t % fnIr rnnstitutionn
wy - MI now rcnllv is the Inst deliver.
ways. lhls, i'om. itu,tH D ~ - ss..n,-
ahce i''uc W o"i "'"'' 'l"'' ~
o'9.
THE CHURCH HAS No orlNlo"H'
But US touching Calrin's opinion and that
OF the Westminster ana Inc southern As
scmblics anu ~ olher Assemblies. aiiu m,i tne
NJ aI Tnn t,rr,rcs narncJEwhnt OF them Mi,
! singly or collectively? What do they avail in
the question before us? Exccllcntly good
they certainly arc, and deserving. of ninch re-
respect as e~vincing that, according to the hest
Judgment Oft b. most pions anu inc wise meh
proper and u dangerous thing. Let them be
quoted again andagain TO frown down this
amusement. Let them be used to organize II
public sentiment which will Danish IL from
refined society. There must be something
evil III dancing las said DIR. ThornwclD wien
the Church In all ages has set her face against
it. But (as he said againJ the Church bas n"
Op!niOnS-Shc has Il faith. That Is 10 say, INC
Church may not act on opinions held by
whom they may be, in or ont OF her bosom;
sne can act only on what Is ndlSputaDly re-
vcaled. Our Confession says well the whole
counsel or Ood Is eithor expressly SetooWnln
scripture, unto Wnica mounting - u hny UNI
to be added. Ills mus we get every uoctrlnc
either IT Is expressed III the wOrd, or IL IL
necessarily deduciblc from the ~ord; Ana SO
our rules OF discipline. must De bascu on
principles that are distinctly refcaieu. ~
the good anu the wise VINO nave Dccn 4uotcd
can sllew that dancing Is either expressly or
by necessary deduction .prohibltcd III the
word, let them make that plain, and there
will be an end Of the mutter. But 1t ~ just
wasting words to tell us what men have be-
lieved or thought on n subject like this, when
the question regards formal discipline by the
Church,
r,t,Scs rEsr1oSAEL Bur NOT rc BE
s.w1,
FoNMALLi fholiiDi'ED'
Suppose the lewfulness OF instru.
meutal music in public worship were under
earnest discussion, rs VIC ourselves think IL
ought to be all through our Church, could
those who, IKE ourselves, peileve tnaI notoC.
ihs t,, ,.i nni MIC 90 Iacisiveiv 40 IN Iunk,
Ply INA. ~ roo - ,n ntt;.ncc 70 he formally
~ ~ 80 ti,,t ,~uInvt tho ho,,cst and
nnrnaut tI,nu"h VIZ think unIolndcd. plea
ehimcnl; nU"7 7m,t tho nrrnn is - necessity to
w sp" ",mrnnationni sinSinp9 Snnnos1: tho
SoV"E " ~ nI Sconsims WINS tn BE- EARNESTLY pro.
n",nd ,S,jrS, On Tho rrnnnd that the Scrip
go It'll. n,nrryinr any WIN ure .nrnr of
~ y !" Emil ~ n: roirIv E,nintoinrd that the
utilization of that prohibition In his way is
n n, w. morrSs,rv sG as tn make this kind of
U,."rniy aa .im mi A nrnut ,jrnI is .nId and VIC
iiult!teo "titu. oun"nst .nnh n,,r-
lillhh can ne Jus,,2 .",u, -" $500 .o"I. milk,
IltEcs' ioSic n,.u e,uiue, ~ "WH ~ CT 11nn
lOrtlly theHisclyen m.ti " n.t"ii ~,
highest lneGicll hitroii.nen mnd ,nn rormH
praclce Glu scek W oiInE ! NIUE tno o,HI
al ban or the Church; ouli ~ tne ucuuS'ioi ~
clear and necessary one, such Us Woula IusLi-
f. the claim that thc scriptures cohdeiiim III"
Kind OF marriage? why, even inc niarriaSo
OF the sister, WIicn seen's o us w 10
far more clearly condeinncu III INC "oru'
could not, we seriously appromeuu, ~ nuE.
ccssinliy inainthtnGu ~ 90 -. ", ~ Sn . nrnncr
loriiuue. ~ tiic Z III, nnoo,J.o ;s ,pn,iinr
mat.er Oh uiSeip,in1 ,. t; Im ;, and m" s,,hinrii
TO DC common IN ouI Shuioa, nT" ;. nu''e w
~ one .irI om9mu ;,o +hn S,rtI,cr snreeI Of II
ny way VI pIcts,,ti"S .rr ~, zoe nro lpcnst,,n,,s.
SmppoSihS ia. . ;f.st thnt ,1n fnrniai diScir,
out IL ~ " 49, :; ~ t T ,rn.nnt ctnto IF
PUBIC OPINION - d So,he Sos .. ~ nmmivS
remedy ior any c""''N ''o''I,i amy
LIFE y lH~rEMrEsAHcE.
Suppose, again, that Il chlirch session Shout"
nc unaIiilo"s Ii ,nc "pa a -, '}i., 'r :, of mr"vi.
nnsI i W :, Ca IT, M . snnrins nr tho Gin ri
oence, anu ~ in "'h : e h %p r,n,iLff for for thnn, TO nm.
gamtnt,' :, di,cIInIinc n ,.L5nrch member for