. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. es-byterianism in America had evolved a clear and distinctpolity, conflict between the temporal and spiritual over-seers of the church is bound to come. What are theprerogatives of the Session? What are the preroga-tives of the Board of Trustees? These are questionswhich have caused many a bitter and unyielding churchfight. According to the constitution of churches ofthe eighteenth century the legal prerogatives ofthe incorporated trustees include many prerogativeswhich church polit
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. es-byterianism in America had evolved a clear and distinctpolity, conflict between the temporal and spiritual over-seers of the church is bound to come. What are theprerogatives of the Session? What are the preroga-tives of the Board of Trustees? These are questionswhich have caused many a bitter and unyielding churchfight. According to the constitution of churches ofthe eighteenth century the legal prerogatives ofthe incorporated trustees include many prerogativeswhich church polity has awarded to the Session. Theearly assumption of rightful prerogatives by Sessionsled to the swinging of the pendulum too far. This wehave seen in the chapter on the second fight for inde-pendence. After the memorable struggle of 1813-1814, manyminor points of Sessional prerogative slumbered with-out the establishment of precedent for over half a cen-tury. At some stages of the history of the church,if one of these questions had arisen, there might havebeen trouble, but they did not arise. Following the. P; JAMES F. SCOTTA devoted Riding Elder of the present Session ;mder Dr. Gibbons
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