The constitution and law of the Church of Scotland, by a member of the College of justice [J. Wallace].W. Blackwood and Sons, 1884 - 181 pages |
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Page 94 - That it shall be an instruction to Presbyteries, that if, at the moderating in a call to a vacant pastoral charge, the major part of the male heads of families, members of the vacant congregation, and in full communion with the Church, shall disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval shall be deemed sufficient ground for the Presbytery rejecting such person, and that he shall be rejected accordingly...
Page 50 - An Exegesis in Latin, on some controverted head in Divinity ; (2.) A Homily in English ; (3.) An Exercise and Addition ; (4.) A lecture on some large portion of Scripture; (5...
Page 22 - ... tender and circumspect in their walk, and punctual in their attending upon ordinances, and strict in their observation of the Lord's day, and in regularly keeping up the worship of God in their families...
Page 94 - That it is a fundamental law of this Church, that no pastor shall be intruded on any congregation contrary to the will of the people...
Page 46 - VIII. upon trials, the Presbytery shall be alone, and the motion for that purpose shall lie upon the table till their next ordinary meeting. In the meantime, the Presbytery shall appoint the member by whom the student has been proposed to lay before the said meeting the certificate or certificates in favour of the student that are hereinafter specified ; to desire him to attend the same ; and to inform him that, previously to the meeting, he ought...
Page 138 - Drafts of Declaratory or Interim Acts and Overtures. That the Draft of any proposed Declaratory or Interim Act, as also the Draft of any Overture which it is proposed to transmit to Presbyteries for their opinion, in terms of the Barrier Act, shall be laid on the table of the Assembly, and printed...
Page 89 - ... have been made on behalf of the said minister to the satisfaction of the presbytery, to appoint a qualified assistant to perform the duties of the charge until the said minister shall be enabled to resume the same, or until the parish shall be declared vacant ; and at the same time to apportion and fix, by their deliverance appointing such assistant, an allowance out of the stipend not exceeding...
Page 162 - That, in causes, the expense of printing shall be borne by the Complainer or Appellant, when there is one. When the Inferior Court shall refer a cause to the Assembly, without pronouncing judgment, the expense shall be borne by the parties mutually, under the certification that the party refusing to pay his share thereof, before the time appointed for laying the same on the table, shall be considered as having deserted the cause, and shall not be entitled to be heard.
Page 155 - ... Commission to Representatives hitherto in use, and also of the bona fide Certificates to be used by Kirk-Sessions, according to Acts VIII., Assembly 1853, and IX., Assembly 1863, for certifying Elders who are chosen to be Commissioners to the General Assembly. 3. That there shall be attached to Commissions a statement, certified by the Presbytery Clerk, of the number of charges in each Presbytery at the date of the Commission, and of any changes that have taken place during the previous year....
Page 44 - ... deliver his first discourse some time during his second session at the latest, and the remainder of his discourses at such periods as may enable him to deliver the whole of them before the end of January of the last session of his course.