Some Matters in Connection with Article 5 of Our Church Order

The closing paragraph of a recent article of mine read, "The last clause of article 5 reads: 'Whereupon the minister called shall be installed with appropriate stipulations and prayers agreeably to the Form for this purpose.' This together with the 'laying on of hands' has been dealt with in a previous article. Enough, however, has not been said of these actions. We purpose to make them an object of more thorough study. The fruit of this study will comprise the fol­lowing article." So, then,...