Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . in this imme-diate revelation they were led to acceptether positions. The Sacraments of bap-tism and the Lords Supper were rejectedas being only outward forms, the takingof oaths, the paying of tithes, the render-ing of homage and honour to fellowmen,the practice of war, and many other usagesof the world, were eschewed as inconsistentwith their accepted teaching. With thepassing of the centuries, and the progressin every department of life and thought, Quaker customs may, to some extent, havebroken down, and the Quaker attitudemay now be cons
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . in this imme-diate revelation they were led to acceptether positions. The Sacraments of bap-tism and the Lords Supper were rejectedas being only outward forms, the takingof oaths, the paying of tithes, the render-ing of homage and honour to fellowmen,the practice of war, and many other usagesof the world, were eschewed as inconsistentwith their accepted teaching. With thepassing of the centuries, and the progressin every department of life and thought, Quaker customs may, to some extent, havebroken down, and the Quaker attitudemay now be considerably softened. Fromthe cardinal principles of the early Friendsand their distinctive testimony, there hasbeen no withdrawal and no compromise,but the motto is still adhered to^- Inthings essential, unity; in things doubtful,liberty; in all things, charity. TheQuakers have still their own place to fill,and it is still their highest honour to beknown as a peculiar people, zealous ofgood works. LXXXVI—CHURCH OF CHRIST. ---:-:>-:^:>;v:::::. Church of Christ, Skene Terrace. The religious body known as the Churchof Christ has behind it a continuous his-tory of well nigh a century. In popularphraseology, it has been known as the sectof Campbellites from its association atthe date of its origin and in the early yearsof its existence with Alexander is usual to speak of Campbell as thefounder of the denomination, but its ad-herents repudiate this statement, and dis-claim the name of Campbellites. Theyassert that the origin of their body wasdue to a simultaneous movement in variousparts of the country in favour of a returnto the principles and practice of the pri-mitive church. However that may be,there can be no doubt that Campbell, if notactually the founder of the body, was in-timately associated with its first begin-nings, and proved largely instrumental inbringing it prominently into public notice. Alexander Campbell, the son of an Irishschoolmaster, was born
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