II. The Form of Commission. 1. Sundry Irregularities and Defects in Commissions,
but the Commissioners Received, a-l, the Usage. 2. The Assembly will not go
Behind a Commission.......
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3. Commissions. Defective, a, b; Without, but with Satisfactory Evidence, c; Case of Dr.
Kerr, d...............
I. Discipline is the Exercise of that Authority, and the Application of the System of Laws
which Christ has appointed in His Church. It includes the Care and Control maintained
by the Church.....
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II. The Ends of Discipline. Its Exercise. Caution to Judicatories. 1. Prompt Discipline
best fitted to Secure a Happy Issue. 2. The Censure must be Proportionate to the
Offence, a, b, c, d. 3. The Decisions of the Civil Courts not Conclusive in the Judi-
catories of the Church. 4. Every one Entitled to a Fair Trial. 5. A Minister's
Name may not be Stricken from the Roll without his Consent, or by Discipline.
6. Great Tenderness Enjoined..
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III. An Offence Defined. MORAL QUESTIONS. 1. Breach of Sabbath Observance.
2. Theatrical Exhibitions and Dancing. a, b, A Dangerous Amusement; c, Promis-
cuous Dancing calls for Discipline; d, Social Dances and Private Theatricals; e, Pro-
miscuous Dancing and Dancing Schools. Deliverances c, d, and e confirmed.
f, Theatres and Card Playing; 9, The Opera, Theatre, Dance and Cards; h, The
Theatre and Opera. 3. Gambling, Lotteries. Horse-racing, Betting, etc., a, b;
c, Circulation of Lottery Schemes through the Mails. 4. Duelists and Dueling.
5. Slavery and Slaveholding. 6. Intemperance, a, b; Abstinence from the Common
Use of Ardent Spirits, c, d; Day of Fasting and Prayer, e. 7. Entire Abstinence from
the Use of Ardent Spirits, a, b, c; Wines and Fermented Liquors Discountenanced;
Entire Abstinence Urged, e. 8. Manufacture and Traffic in Ardent Spirits, a, b, c;
May it be made a Term of Communion? d. 9. Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicat-
ing Drinks an Offence, a, b. 10. Prohibitory Laws, a, b. 11. Relation of Temper-
ance and other Moral Societies to the Church, a, b. 12. Authority of the Deliver-
ances on Temperance, a, b, c. 13. Willful Absence from the Ordinances, a, b, c, d.
Discipline enjoined, e; But not without Trial, ƒ, g. 14. Deliverances on Marriage,
Divorce, and Infanticide, a, b, c. 15. Deliverances on Polygamy and Mormonism,
a, b, c, d. 16. Cruelty to Animals.....
IV. Nothing an Offence, the Object of Judicial Process, unless Contrary to the Scriptures, or
to the Regulations and Practices of the Church. 1. New Terms of Communion will not
be Sanctioned. 2. Each Case must be Judged by its own Circumstances........... 609
V. All Children of Believers Members of the Church; to be Baptized; under the Care of the
Church; and bound to the Duties of Members............
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