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The General Assembly held in Winnipeg, in June
last, adopted the following Resolution : —

" Receive the report ; authorize the book to be
printed and sent down to Presbyteries for their con-
sideration, and instruct Presbyteries to report to the
Committee before 1st March next, that the next
Assembly may be able to take final action.

" The General Assembly also re-appoint the Com-
mittee and request Dr= Laing to continue as Convener,
I and thank him for the great labor he hi^^J^stowed on
this matter. They further empower the Coinmlttee to
appoint a sub-committee, who may attend to the
printing of the book."

In accordance with the above, I now send two copies
of the book to each Minister, the second of which he
will please give to his Session.

Any criticisms from Presbyteries should be sent to
me not later than 1st March next, so that the Com-
mittee may be able to report to the next Assembly.

Regulations for Home Missions, Augmentation and
Foreign Missions will be prepared and printed with the
book in its final form.

JOHN LAING.

DuNDAs, Ont., Oct. 25th, 1887.

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TABLE 01' CONTENTS.

I.— The CHURon.

1. — General Definition.

2. -The Congregation or Particular Church :- -Formatio)-.

of Edifice ; MembershiprJ" Meetings ; Management
► " ■ of Affairs ; Property fl

3.— Sabbath School 10

II. — Church Courts.

1. —Deacons' Court :— Duties; Officers; Meetings; Powers;
Relation to Session and Presbytery . . . .

' 2. — Board of Managers, Regulations for

3. —Session :— Membership ; Duties and Functions ; Offi-
cers ; Meetings ; Relations to Other Sessions ; re-
presentation m Superior Courts ; Church Edifice.

y: 4.— Presbytery : — Membership; Duties and Functions;

Officers; Meetings; Relation to Other Presbyteries.

5.— Synod: — Membership; Duties and Functions; Offi-
cers;, Meetings; Reports to General Assembly .

6^**Gfeneral Assembly: — Act Constituting ; Membership ;

t Duties and Functions ; Meetings ; Officers ; Com-
mittees ; Commissions ; Barrier Act ; Standing
Orders of Assembly.

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III.— General Rules for Church GovKrs—Ancnt

Business ; Debate ; Petitions, etc. ; Records ; Remo-
♦' val of Causes to a Higher Court by review, ref-
erence, protest 38

IV.— Trk Gospel Ministry.

1.— Students: — Procuringand Supervising; College Course. 50

2.— Licentiates' Requirements: — Procedure by Presbytery, 53

3. — Ministers of the Word :— Calling, Ordination and
Induction ; Translation ; Resignation ; Severance
of Pastoral Tie ; Death ; Admission from Other
'^^^ Churches 56

4. — Elders ; — Election ; Ordination .... OtJ

5.— Deacons :— Election ; Ordination 68

V. — Discipline— Nature and End ; Offences ; Initial Dealings ;
Jurisdiction of 'Courts ; Formal Process ; Judicial
Records ; Citation ; Evidence ; Libel ; Censures ;
Admonition ; Rebuke ; Suspension ; Deposition ;
Excommunication ; Restoration. . . . Gfl

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FORMS OF PROCEDURE.

THE CHUECH.

The

Catholic
Invisible, •ift'tnr

or Univers<al Church, which is
lie' whole number of the elect that
have been, are, or shall be gathered into one under
Christ, the Head. / a^^^^-^ , ?^

The Visible Church, which is also Catholic, con-
sists of all those throughout the world that profess
the true religion, together with their children.
Those who constitute this Visible Church are
associated in congregations, (and within convenient
limits are united)for the worship of God, the main-
tenance of the truth, mutual edification, and the
promotion and spread of the religion of Christ, all
to the glory of God in the salvation of men.

(As in such societies it is necessary that) there
should be organization and government, so in the
Word of God we are taught that Christ Jesus, our
Lord, is the Head of His Church and has appointed
its constitution, laws, ordinances, and officers. The
ordinary and permanent officers of the Church are
Elders, Teaching and Ruling, and Deacons. These'
officers meet for deliberation and united action in
the (se vera Ucourts of the Church, which are known

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as the Session, the Presbytery, the (Districts Synod,
the Geii^^r^ A^ssembly. There is also the Deacons'
Court,^to"wHich is eil{i*usted the temporal affairs of
the congregation. The jurisdiction of the courts
extends only to those who are members of the
Church ; and their decisions and enactments de-
rive their sanction only from the spiritual authority
wherewith Christ has invested His Church and its
officers.

THE CONGBEGATION, OR PARTICULAR

CHURCH.

A congregation is formed by a Presbytery either
on its own motion or on application made by per-
sons residing within the bounds who declare their
adherence to the principles of the Church.

/fe Before proceeding to organize,^ the Presbytery

gives notice to the Session of any congregation
which may be affected by the proposed action, so
that they may have opportunity of being heard in
the matter. The Presbytery also appoints one or

2- r more ' s number to (visit the locality and) meet
with persons applying, so as to obtain all

necessary information. After the report of these
delegates has been considered, and all parties in-
terested have been heard, the Presbytery, if it
sees fit, resolves to form a congregation. Supply
is then granted, and a minister of the Presbytery
is appointed to take the necessary steps for or-
4.^ ganization by making up a communion roll, (electing
elders^and constituting a Session. When a Session
cannot be at once formed, an interiTn Session is
appointed by the Presbytery.

Before proceeding to erect a place of worship a
congregation must obtain the Presbytery's approval
of the site.

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In foiming a mission station, like preliminary
enquiries are made by the Presbytery and a like
procedure in other respects is observed.

The members of a congregation who are entitled
to all Church privileges are those who, (m a pro-
fession of their faith in Christ and obedience to
Him, have been received into full communion. The
children of such persons, being within the covenant
are members (under the care) of the Church, and it
is their duty and privilege, when the); reach the
age of discretion, to enter into full connnunion.

Members of the Church are under the care
and subject to the authority of the Session until
they are disjoined by receiving a certificate, or
have their names removed in consequence of their
voluntary withdrawal from the fellowship of the
congregation, or(in the course of)iliscipline Mem-
bers in full communion, whose names are on the
roll, on applying for a certificate of disjunction are
entitled to i-eceive the same without unnecessary
delay, unless a charge against them has been laid
before the Session. It is also recommended that
members of the Church who are not in full com-
munion receive commendatory letters when re-
moving to a distance. < i

A member who has withdrawn irregularly from
the Church may, on applying for a certificate, re-
ceive it from the Session ; but such certificate shall
contain such statement of the facts in the case as
the Session may deem for edification. .

When a member Cvoluntarily)withdraws from the
fellowship of the Church and absents himself from
public ordinances, or declines the jurisdiction of the
Session, or leaves the bounds of the congregation
while under discipline, his name may be removed
from the communion roll, cum nota of the cause.

nULES AND FOKMS OF PHOCKDUUE.

A mciubcr of the Cluircli who has not a certifi-
cate of good standing, or whose name has l)een i-(!-
moved from the conuiiunicm roll of another conore-
gation, is not received into full conniiunion by any
Session without corresoondence with the Session
(Vith which^sucK applicaiir formerly was (connected^
If the latter Session consents, the former may deal
with the applicant with a view to restoration to
full Church privileges. If that consent is i(!l"used
the case is referred to the Presbytery.

All members in full jnHnunion,(niale and female,
irrespective of age]) have ihe right to vote at all
congregational meetings, and to them exclusively
belongs the right of choosing ministers, elders, and
/'''deacons or managers. (Nevertheless) at the dis-
cretion of the members ni full communion, present
n at any meeting of the congregation Qield to ccmsidei)
1% matters relating to the temporal^ies or secular)
att'airs of the congregation, and not affecting the
order of worship, tl^ disjcipline ^^f ^the^ Church,
or the disposal of properfy, adlToi'ents wh(j contri-
bute regularly for the support of the Church and
its ordinances may be invited to vote.

Members of the Church have access to the Session
in reference to any matter affecting themselves,
their fellow-members, the congregation, or the
Church ; but matters touching the conduct of the
minister must, be dealt with Ijy the Presbytery.
The Session may be approached by petition, mem-
orial, or complaint, made either in writing or by
oral statement reduced to writing b>L the Session
and approved by the complainant.

Members of the Church have y^'cess to the liigher
courts only through the Session, which transmits
petitions, memorials, or overtures to the Presby-
tery. If the Session refuses to transmit any such
paper, there is the right of appeal to the Presby-
ery, as provided for in Section

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Tli(3 property of fchr C()ngre;j;ati()n is held l>y
trustci'f , app()int(3(l by tlie conj^re^atioii, as may Ic
provi(io<l in the Trusfc-rlced. Trustees slionld be
Tuembers of the Churcli in full communion. Great
care sliculd be taken to define clearly the purposes
of the trust and the p(nvers, duties, oblioatitJiis and
mode of appointment of the trustees and their
successors. (Sec; Mixlel Trust-Deed in Appendix,

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Wliere there is a Deacons' Court the UAanagement
" of the (temporal aiuj) financial aii'airs of the congre-
gation is entrusted to it. In other cases a Board of
Managers is appointed by the congregation, who
take char<»'e of all such matters. , „^ ,

/i~ Meetings of the congregation . re(heldjjjy the
authority of the Session on it« o\vn motion or on
requisition in writing of tlie Dorcons' Court or^

/ -J Board of Managers, or of Osome membersj^in full
communion, or by mandate of a superior court.
Meetings are called by public notice, read before
the congregation on the Lord's Day ; such notice
specifies the object of the meeting and is given on
at least on? Sabbath before the time of meeting,
unless otherwise and specially provided.^ All con-

;. '. gregational meetings are opened witirprayer.

Every congregation should hold an annual meet-
ing for receiving the report of the Managers' or
Deacons' Court, and transactiuffaoy other^usiness^.
t^f regularly brought before it. ^jThTs Annual report
should be printed and circulated among the mem-
bers of the congregation.

At congregational meetings the minister of the
congiegation, or the minister appointed by the
Presbytery, presides. But if the minister is absent
or declines to preside the meeting appoints one of
its number to take the chair. It also appoints its
secretary. The minutes of the proceedings of a

RULES AND FORMS OF PROCEDURE.

meeting held for spiritual purposes are reported
to the Session by the secretary, and are entered in
the Session records ; the minutes of meetings held
for purposes not properly spiritual are reported
to the Deacons' Court or Board of Managers and
are entered in their records.

. ;Any person who has voted at a congregational
meeting and is dissatisfied with ^solj^tions which
/have been adopted has the right'ol^lcompraint (and
appeal) to the Presbytery. The complaint and
reasons are transmitted through the Session.

Congregations make returns regarding their sta-
tistics and finances in such manner as the superior
/^courts may from time to timecsee fit tq)require.

'" While the care of the property belongs to the
Deacons' Court or Board of Managers, the Session
is responsible for the use made of the church
edifice, and has, therefore, the control thereof and
the custody of the key.

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(To parents primarily belongsjthe duty of bring-
ing up their children " in the nurture and admoni-
s^Kon of the Lord^" But connected with every con-
gregation there should be one or more Sabbath
schools, in which the children and youth of the
Church may collectively receive instruction in the
Holy Scriptures, and in Christian doctrine and
duty. • •>•' ■'-■•' .-• " " ^^-nK

The Sabbath school is under the care and sub-
ject to the direction of the Session, and the Super-
intendent, teachers, and other officers should be
appointed and hold ofifice as the Session may direct.

The Session should see that due provision is
made by the congregation for procuring whatever
accommodation, means, books, etc., may be necessary
for the efficient working of the Sabbath school.

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In appointing teachers great care should be
exercised as to their spiritual and other qualitica-
tions. And teachers should prepare themselves
diligently for the discharge of their duty, and
make themselves acquainted with their scholars,
visiting them in their homes as far as possible, and
seeking their spiritual and temporal welfare.

The Presbytery of the bounds should by all suit-
able means assist, direct, and encourage Sessions
and teachers in their important work. And
Sessions are required to report to the Presbytery
annually regarding their Sabbath schools ; in par-
ticular their statistics, finances, and work, so that
material may be provided for the reports to Synods
and the General AssemT)ly.

The youth attending the schools should be led to
feel an interest in the extension and establishment
of the kingdom of Christ at home and abroad, and
to contribute regularly to the mission schemes of
the Church. ,w

Besides maintaining congregational Sabbath
schools, in many places it is the duty of the Church
to establish and aid in the maintenance of Mission
schools for youth not enjoying the privilege of

religious instruction.

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In addition to classes for the young, the catechet-
ical instruction of all belonging to the congregation
is well entitled to careful consideration from Ses-

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CHUECH COURTS.

DEACONS' COURT AND BOARD OF
MANAGERS.

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The Deacons' GMrfc is composed of (1) the
minister or ministers of the congregation ; (2) the
elders; (3) the deacons.

The duties of deacons have special regard to the
temporal and financial atfairs of the congregation.
More particularly it is their duty to obtain from
the people contributions for the sustentation of the
ministry and the schemes of the Church, and to
disburse all moneys received for these purposes,
subject to tlie approval of the congregation ; to
attend to the wants of the poo)* ; to take care of
the property of the congregation ; to provide for
the payment of (the ministers^ stipend and the
salaries (of precentor, organist, door-keeper, sexton,
etc.,)and generally to administer all matters com-
mitted to their charge as the congregation may
from time to time direct.

Each deacon should have a district of the congre-
gation assigned to him, within which he may more
particularly discharge his duties, visiting the sev-
eral families, cultivating the acquaintance of the
people connected with the Church, seeking to
stimulate by all proper means the liberality of the
people and their interest in the affairs of the
Churcl , and caring for the poor.

Deacons are appointed from among the members
of the Church in full communion, in general accord-
ance with the rules and forms observerl in the
election and ordination of elders. (See Section )

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TI ^ deacon holds office until death or removal by
deposition, or until his resignation has been ac-
cepted by the Session.

The minister, when present, is chairman of the
Deacons' Court. Where ther*> are more ministers
than one they may; presided alternately, or as may
be agreed between them. In the absence of the

minister any member of the coj^rt may be chosen
to preside. The chairman ha^^casting,(^ut not a
deliberative) vote. -•

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of the court. His duty is tojteep an accurate roll
of the members and a faithful record of the pro-
ceedings in a book provided fo^ the purpose, and to
take charge of all raapers belonging to the court.
The minute-book shSOl be accessible to the Deacons'
Court at all times, and shall be signed by the chair-
man and clerk.

The treasurer is appointed from among the mem-
bers of the court. His duty is to keep the accounts
of the congregation and to receive and disburse, all
moneys subject to the direction and control of the
court. Contribu<at)ns for missionary and other
schemes of the Church are to be transmitted by
him to the general treasurer of the Church.

The court should hold stated meetings, at least
once in three months, for the transaction of business ;
but a meeting may be called at any time on the
authority of the chairman or on requisition by at
least three members of the court. Notice of all
meetings is to be given from the pulpit or personally
to the members, except when an adjournment takes
place. Every meeting is opened and closed with
prayer. Three members present constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of business.

A meeting of the congregation for the transaction
of general business should be held annually atsiich

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time as the Deacons' Court may determine. Notice
of this meeting should be given on two Sabbaths
before it is held. .ikmk.i;-^ nit ,.i {> ; ; >

At the annual meeting the Deacons' Court shall
present a report of their proceedings with an ab->
stract of receipts and ex|)iendituf«$ during the year,
and a statement of the financial condition of the
congregation and of the estimated outlay for the
next year. The treasurer shall also submit his
•book of accounts duly audited. i '.ij!.

The Deacons' Court has not power to contract
debt on the security ^f the property, without the
special authorization ^f the congregation. \

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courts, each of them subject fe the Presbytery, but

having separate jurisdiction And) independent of

each other ; there is, therefore, no appeal from the

one to the other, nor may the procedure of the ^^^

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If . the Deacons' Court exceeds its proper powers,

or disregards the instructions ipf a superior court,
any member of the Session or (^^^the congregation
in full communion may petition*^ the Presbytery,
complaining of such action ; and the court is re-
quired to furnish dissatisfied parties with extract
minutes of the action complained of in the same
way as is provided for Sessions. (See Section — )

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<- ^wn (some) congregations Cthere)^is not a Deacons
^ Court, (tut) the management or the (jbemporal and)
financial affairs of the congregation is entrustedjo a
3 2- Board of .Managers. (Where this is the)^casetne
following regulations are recommended for the
guidance of such Boards :

(1.) The managers shall be chosen by the congre-
gation from among the members of the Church in

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full communion, at the annual meeting of the con-

gregation or a meeting duly called for this purpose
(2.) One-third of the Board shall retire each
year by rotation, and their places, as also the places
of any who die or vacate their office during the
year, shall be filled at the annual meeting. The re-
tiring managers may be re-elected.

(3.) If any manager is cut off from Church
privileges by process of discipline or leaves the con-
gregation, he shall forthwith cease to act as mana-
ger, and another shall, as soon as convenient, be
appointed in his place.

(4.) The duties of the managers are substantially
the same as those of deacons. (See Section )

(5.) Meetings of the Board should be held at
stated times, at least once in three months, for the /^ $ J^ , ^
transaction of business ; but a meeting may be
held at any time on the call of the chairman, by
notice given from the pulpit or addressed per-
sonally to the members of the Board.

(6.) Three members present constitu^ a quorum.
* ^ Every meeting should be opened with prayer.

(7.) The chairman, secretary and treasurer are

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duties are the sam^ as set forth in Section .

1-^ The chairman ha^ casting,(but not a deliberative^

vote.

(8.) Any other regulations which may be adopted
should be in harmony with the general procedure
of the Church, and should have the approval of the
congregation and the sanction of the Presbytery of
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The Session consists of the minister, or ministers,
and elders of a congregation.

The duty of the Session is to watch over and
V promote in every Scriptural way the spiritual
interest^ ^^i^the congregation : more particularly,^ '^

v^ '*^'^to acImit3|baptized(persons)into full communion, and
'^ to receive persons bringing certificates of member-
ship from other congregations ; to grant certificates
to members leaving the congregation ; to watch
over the Christian deportment of the members of
the congregation ; to exercise discipline by admoni-
tion, rebuke, suspension, or exclusion ; to restore to
privileges ; to care for the religious instruction of
the young, including the oversight of Sabbath
schools ; to determine all matters touching the order
of public worship, including the service of praise ;

/ , to arrange for the dispensation of the sacraments ;
to appoint congregational fasts or thanksgivings ;
to appoint the times and modes of making special
collections, and where there are no deacons, to pro-
vide for the necessities of the poor ; to call congre-
gational meetings; to examine and judge of the
qualifications of persons elected to the eldership and "
the deaconship ; to receive and judge of petitions ;
to transmit papers to the Presbytery, and to do
whatever else may, in their opinion, promote the
religious interests of the congregation.

Each elder should have a district assigned to him.
He should keep a list of the communicants and
adherents residing within the same, and should
cultivate special acquaintance with them, visiting,
counselling, and encouraging or warning them, as
may be required.

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The minister is moderator of the Session. Where
there are two ministers they preside alternately, or
as may be agreed between them.

The duty of the moderator is to preside ; to
preserve order ; to take the vote ; to announce the
decisions of the courts and to pronounce censures.
The moderator may introduce any competent busi-
ness; he may express his viewsupon any matter
under consideration ; and he has^a casting, (^ut not
a deliberative) vote.

In the absence of the moderator, or when, for
prudential reasons, he deems it better not to
preside, another minister of the Church, having
authority from him, may act as moderator pro
tempore. Also when the minister has been removed
by death or otherwise, or is under suspension, a
moderator pro tempore is appointed by the Presby-
tery.

The Session appoints its clerk, whose duty is to
keep a record of the proceedino-s ; to preserve all
papers, and, when instructed, to give certified ex-
tracts from the minutes. Tlie record is transmitted
annually to the Presbytery for review.

The Session also may appoint a treasurer to take
charge of any funds at its disposal.

The Session, as far as practicable, holds stated
meetings for the transaction of business ; it may
also hold meetings for devotional exercises and
religious conference. Meetings of Session are not
usually open to the congregation ; but the Session
may hold open meetings when deemed advisable.

The moderator has power to convene the Session
when he sees fit ; and he is bound to do so when
enjoined by a superior court or requested by one-
third of the elders. Meetings are called on the
authority of the moderator, either by notice from
the pulpit or by personal notice to the members.

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The moderator and two other members constitute
a quorum. When, from any cause, the number of
elders is not sufficient to form a quorum, application
is made to the Presbytery for assessors to act with
the other members until new elders have been
elected and inducted.

All meetings are opened and closed with prayer,
which fact is recorded in the minutes.

When the Session has been constituted, the names

■V . of the members present are recorded. The minates

of last stated meeting and of any other meetings

which have intervened, are then read, and when

sustained, are signed by the moderator and clerk.

The Session keeps a roll of the numbers in full
communion, and, with as much accuracy as possible,
/(. a roll containing the names of all persons(^ot in
full communion) who are connected with the con-
gregation. The roll of communicants is revised at
least • once a year, and more especially before
application is made for moderation in a call to a
minister. The Session should also keep a register
of baptisms.

Persons desiring to be received into full com-
;tj munion, (jfirst) converse with the minister, and, if,
(^circumstances allo\^ with the elder of the district
in which he resides. The application is then re-
ported to the Session, and, when satisfied of the
applicants' knowledge of Divine truth, and of their
Christian character and deportment, the Session
receives them to full membership (see Appendix),
and their names are added to the roll of communi-
it cants. (If deemed for edification") the persons who
have thus been admitted may be publicly asked
to profess their faith. (See Appendix.) Persons
not baptized in infancy are baptized before their
names are added to the roll. Members of the
Church who present certificates of good standing

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from other congregations are received by the
Session, unless good cause can be shown for refus-
ing them Church privileges. Persons thus received
// (]by the Session^are entitled to all the privileges of
the Church in connection with the congregation. .»

Certificates of disjunction from the congregation
are granted by the Session ; but between meetings
of Session, the moderator may grant certificates to
members in good standing, which action he reports
to the Session,

The Session cannot entertain a complaint against
its moderator ; such complaint is transmitted
through the Sessions to the Presbytery ; and a
copy of the complaint must be given to the minis-
ter before it is presented to the Presbytery. ,( . , -i

One Session cannot interfere with or review the
proceedings of another. When a Session feels
aggrieved by the proceedings of another Session, it
many remonstrate with it or ask for explanation ;
if not satisfied it may bring the matter before its
Presbytery. This must be done by a written state-
ment, a copy of which must be tirst furnished to
the Session whose proceedings are calh d in question.

It is the right and duty of every Session, whether
of a settled or a vacant congregation, to appoint
one of its elders to represent it in Presbytery and
X 7 Synod. The appointment is made^once a year, and
holds good for two months after the close of the
annual meeting of the General Assembly, unless
within that time a new election has been made.
In the event of death, resignation, or removal, a
new election is made without delay. The elder
appointed should be punctual in his attendance at
these courts, and his expenses, as well as those of
the minister, ought to be defrayed by the congrega-
tion. When the congregation is vacant, it is the
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missioners are specially appointed for the purpose,
to apply to the Presbytery for supply of ordinances.

An extract of the appointment of the representa-
tive elder by the Session is presented to the Presby-
tery, and his name is then put on the roll ; and the
roll of Presbytery, certified by its clerk, is sufficient
evidence of the elder's right to sit in the Synod.
When a charge consists of two or more congrega-
tions having separate Sessions, such Sessions shall
be regarded as one for the purpose of representation
in the Church courts.

An elder comino- from another cong-reoation does
not hold office as a member of Session until he has
been duly elected by the congregation to which he
has come and has been inducted in the usual way.

The Session has the right of petition and over-
ture to the Presbytery, the Synod and General
Assembly. Petitions, memorials and overtures must
be in writing, and if addressed to the Synod or
Assembly are presented to the Presbytery for
transmission.

The Session is responsible to the Presbytery for
the use made of the church edifice, and it is there-
fore entitled to the control thereof and to the
custody of the key. (See Section .)

Due provision should be made by the congrega-
tion for the service of praise, under the direction of
the Session and subject to its control. Jhejpre- ■

lo centor or conductor of the service of praise may^lBe
chosen by the congregation, but his appointment
must, in all cases, be approved by the Session to
whose authority he is subject and whose orders he

5 3 is bound to obey ; (and he must be fitted by his
character tor the service, which he renders in the
House of God. )

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The Presbytery consists of —

(1.) Ordained ministers within the bounds (<t)
who are pastors of congregations ; (/>), ^ho are pro-
fessors of theology in tlie Church, or professors in
colleges connected with the Church ; (a), who are .
employed by appointment of the General Assembly
in some department of the work of the Church ;
i(-(d), who (by special enactment of the Assembly
have their names placed on the roiP; (e), who are
engaged in mission Helds for a lengthened term
with the sanction of the Assembly's Home Mission
Committee.

(2.) An elder from each pastoral charge.

The duties of the Pi:esbytery are : to receive and
dispose of petitions, references, complaints, and
appeals from Sessions ; to transmit petitions and
/v overtures (addressed j jtcr the. Synod or General
/ "i Assembly ; to (see toj^ie supply of ordinances in
congregations ; to form mission stations and new
congregations ; (to unite or divide existing congre-
gations so as to form distinct charges^^, to certify
students for admission to the theological halls ; to
superintend the education of students having the
ministry in view ; (to try candidates ^and license^
those who are found qualified to^pi^acliJthe'O^spel ;
to moderate in calls given to ministers, and to re-
ceive, sustain, or set aside the same ; to try candi-
dates for the ministry and ordain them when found
qualified ; to induct into the pastoral office ; to
judge of matters affecting the characters of
ministers and licentiates ; to admonish, rebuke,
suspend, depose, or excommunicate offenders ;

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to receive demissions, and to loose ministers
Prom their charges ; to review the records of
Sessions ; to adopt measures for promoting the
the religious life of the several congregations
within the bounds, and to visit them for the pur-
pose of enquiring into their state and redressing
evils that may arise ; to deal with matters sent
down by the superior courts ; and in general to
superintend the congregations and Sessions within
the bounds.

New Presbyteries are formed by the General
Assembly, which fixes their bounds and appoints
the time and place of their first meeting and their
first moderator. After being constituted by the
moderator thus appointed the Presbytery elects its
own moderator. » , ,

The moderator is a minister and is generally
aj^pointed for six or twelve months.

The duty of the moderator is to constitute the
court and preside ; to open and close the meetings
with prayer ; to preserve order ; to take the vote ;
to announce decisions ; to pronounce censures ; to
sign the minutes when sustained ; to instruct parties
at the bar; to sign all documents having Presby-
terial authority ; to call meetings for emergent
business ; and generally to direct the business of
the court.

The moderator may express his views on any
matter under discussion, but if he wishes to take
part in any debate or to submit a motion he leaves
the chair and calls another memb^^of court to
iz take his place. The moderator has]^ casting, (but
not a deliberative^ vote. r - 1 . - - < ; / n , . 1 1 : i . ,'t ■>.,:m >

In the absence of the moderator, his predecessor
in office or any other minister chosen by the court
may preside. Also when the moderator is a party
concerned in any case before the court the Presby-

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officer, for the time being, has all the rights and
functions of moderator, but in signing documents
adds to his signature pro temjwre. '•<: 'iwiu

" The Presbytery appoints a clerk whose duty is
to keep the record of proceedings and to transmit
the same annually to the Synod for review ;
to keep an accurate roll of the members ; to pre-
serve all papers belonging to the court ; and, when
instructed, to give certified extracts from the
minutes.

The Presbytery also appoints a treasurer to
receive and disburse any moneys belonging to the
court, subject to instruction given by it.

Three members, two of whom are ministers, form
a quorum. ' . ^ ' . ' . .. I li,. .>.:; *;. .

•' After the Presbytery has been constituted the
/v roll is (fcalled^and any alterations that may be
necessary are made in it. The names of represent-
ative elders are put on the roll, on presentation of
extract minutes of their appointment; and it is
competent for the Presbytery at any meeting,
ordinary, s]pecial, or pro re nata, to put the names
of elders on the roll.

' The Presbytery should conduct its business
according to the rules of order laid down for the
Supreme Court, so far as these may be applicable
(See Standing Orders.) (Devotional exercises should
have such time devoted to them)asl3ircuntsBances
call for or admit. ^

The Presbytery meets at stated intervals, and
at other times as frequently as its business demands.
It is the duty of every member to attend the meet-
ings, and absentees may be called to account. The
time and place* of next meeting are fixed and re-
corded before adjournment. No meeting of Presby-

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tery can be held while tlie G«3noml Assembly is in
Session.

If a Presbytery has neglected to appoint its next
ordinary meeting, or if no nieeting has been held
on the day appointed, it shall be the duty of the
moderator, or, in his necessary absence, of the clerk,
to convene a meeting for the resumptii u of business,
by letter addressed to every member on the roll of
the Presbytery at the time of last meeting, and
despatched at least ten days before the time fixed
for the meeting ; and if a (quorum of members is
present on the day named it shall be competent for
them to proceed to business as at an ordinary
meeting.

At the stated meeting of tlu^ P^ ' c^jk^'^uy, ^^
preceding the meeting of Synod, o ccrtinM^'cb'py
of ^hc roll is^ ei^orod ta~bo--ti .'ftn Li mittud to the clerk
of Synod, at least eight days before the meeting of

The Presbytery, besides the ordinary meetings,
may hold speci(t? meetings for transacting particular
business. But no business other than that for
which they were appointed can be entered upon at
such meetings.

If, during the interval between stated meetings
of Presbytery, business should arise re(|uiring im-
mediate attention the moderator has power to
appoint a meeting pro re nata, either on his own
motion or upon ret^uisition by three or more mem-
bers of the court. Such meeting is called by
letter addressed to all the members of the court,
issued either by the moderator or by the clerk on
his authority. In these letters the time and place
of meeting and the business to be taken up are
specified. They should be despatched at least ten
days before the time fixed for the meeting. When
the Presbytery meets, it first considers the conduct

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of the moderator in appointing the meeting, and, if
that is approved, proceeds to business, and the
moderator's circular letter is entered in the minutes.
No business other than that specified in the letter
can be taken up. If the moderator, when a
requisition has been presented to him, declines to
' call a meeting his conduct may be considered at
the next ordinary meeting.

Special and pro re nata meetings may be ad-
journed if necessary to complete the business for
which they have been called ; but it is not com-
petent to adjourn to a date beyond that of the next
ordinary meeting of the court.

The Presbytery should visit the congregations
under its care ; call the Sessions and the office-
bearers before it; enquire into the state of congre-
gation and its affairs generally, and deal with all
parties as may be deemed for edification. (For
questions, -see^Appendix .)

A meeting of Presbytery may be held during the
meeting of the Synod, with leave of that court, when
any competent business may be transacted ; pro-
vided that the Synod is not sitting at the same
time, and that notice of the meeting has been given
in open Synod specifying the time and place of
meeting by authority of the moderator of Presby-
. terj' or by requisition of two members of Presby-
. tery given in writing to the clerk of Synod.

Members of other Presbyteries when present
may be invited to sit ^\•ith the Presbytery, and may
take part in the deliberations of the court, but they
have not the right of voting.

One Presbytery may not interfere with or review
the proceedings of another Presbytery. If a
Presbytery considers itself aggrieved by the pro-
ceedings of another Presbytery it may remonstrate
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bring the matter before the Synod to which the
Presbytery complained of belongs. This must
be done by written statement, a copy being fur-
nished to the Presbytery whose proceedings are
called in question. In the event of not obtaining
satisfaction, the Presbytery which deems itself
aggrieved may complain to its own Synod, but
the complaint must be in writing.

Leave of the Presbytery must be obtained by
any minister desiring to be absent from his charge
longer than two months.

THE SYNOD. '

The Synod is composed of all the ministers and
elders on the rolls of the Presbyteries within its
bounds.

It pertains to the Synod to take the oversight of
Presbyteries ; to review their records ; to consider
references and to give advice and instruction when
* deemed necessary ; to judge and dispose of com-
plaints or appeals ; to dispose of overtures ; to
grant leave to Presbyteries to take students on
public trials for license ; to receive the reports of
^ "^ Presbyteries Concerning the state of religion^nd to
consider all matters connected therewith ; and to
attend to all matters assigned to it by the General
Assembly.

The moderator s duty is to preside at the meet-
ings ; to open and close them with prayer ; to pre-
serve order ; take the vote ; announce decisions and
iu) pronounce censures. The moderator is^cKosen at
each ordix^ary meeting by open vote.

The Synod appoints a clerk, whose duty it is to
keep the record of proceedings, which record is

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' transmitted annually lo the General Assembly for
review ; to preserve its papers ; and, when in-
structed by the Synod, to give certified extracts of
minutes. The Synod also appoints a treasurer and
defines his duties.

The ordinary meetings of the Synod are held
■ annually and may be adjourned when necessary.

A special meeting, or a meeting pro re nata may
be called by the moderator on his own motion or
by requisition of at least fifteen members. The
procedure in the case of such meetings is the same
as in similar meetings of Presbytery. (See Section

/^ (Seveiumembers, of whom at least^ouiiare minis-
ters, constitute a quorum, provided daid quorum
consists of members from more than one Presby-
tery. \

The clerk of each Presbytery sends to the clerk
of Synod, at least eight days before each ordinary
meeting, a certified roll of his Presbytery, together
with all particulars respecting the licensing of
students, the ordination, induction, admission,
translation, demission, suspension, deposition and
death of ministers, and changes made in congrega-
tions during the year. These particulars are then
reported to the General Assembly. . • .,.. ih.i^

In special cases the Synod may appoint assessors

with any Presbytery from members belonging to

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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The General Assembly is the highest court of the
Church, and bears the title of " The General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church in Canada." It
consists of such proportion of the ministers on the
rolls of the several Presbyteries as may from time
to time be determined by the Assembly, with con-
sent of the Presbyteries, and an equal number of
elders. The Act constitutingthe General Assembly,
and regulating the appointment of commissioners
by Presbyteries, is as follows :

Act Constituting the General Assembly.

The General Assembly shall consist of one-sixth
of the whole number of ministers whose names are
on the rolls of the several Presbyteries of the
Church, and an equal number of elders.

When the number of names on the roll of a
Presbytery is not divisible by six ; if the excess
above a multiple of six is three, or more, the sixth
shall be reckoned from the next higher multiple of
six.

Each Presbytery shall elect its representatives at
1 i an ordinary meeting, held at least Obhirtyj^days be-
fore the meeting of the General Assembly. If any
one thus elected resigns his commission, the Presby-
tery may, at any subsequent meeting, held not less
than eight days before the meeting of the General ,
Assembly, appoint another in his stead.

A Presbytery may appoint as its commissioner to
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other Presbytery of the Church, provided, always,
that the person so appointed is at the time an act-
ing nieinber of some Session.

Ministers wliose names are on the roll of a Pres-
bytery as ministers shall not be eligible to hold
commissions as elders from their own or any other
Presbytery.

Each Presbytery shall, through its clerk, trans-
mit to the Clerk of Assembly, at least ten days be-
fore the Assembly meets, a certified roll of the com-
missioners appointed in it at its ordinary meeting.
A separate report of any commissions afterwards
given to ministers or elders, in place of such as may
have resigned their commissions, shall be presented
to the General Assembly by the Presbyteries as soon
as convenient after the Assembly has been consti^
tuted.
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sembly shall be made up from the rolls of the sev-^^;;;^^^ ^te^i
eral Presbyteries, as transmitted to the Clerk of i>- ^
Assembly, containing the^ames of commissioners
appointed at lcast(thirtyj^days before. And at its
first session the Assembly shall appoint a " Commit-
tee on Commissions," to which shall be referred the
^n'eports of Presbyteries fof alDTOmmissiona^'iven at ^^, ^
subsequent meetings): ana on the report oi the
Committee the AsseniTbly shall order such changes
to be made in the roll as may be required. The
roll thus amended shall be the permanent roll of
the General Assembly.

Forty commissions, of whom^hirty^qne are min- /^ 3 3
isters, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. But twenty commissioners, who were
V appointed twenty^^days before, being met at the
place and time appointed, may constitute a court,
and adjourn from time to time until a full quorum
is present.

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Presbyteries should make suitable provision for
defraying the expenses of commissioners when at-
tending the General Assembly, it)-!.?

- y ' The General Assembly receives and disposes of
petitions, overtures, references, complaints, and ap-
peals from inferior courts, and all other matters regu-
larly brought before it; reviews the records of
Synods ; deals with matters respecting doctrine,
worship, discipline, and government of the Church ;

/ prescribes and regulates the course of study for
' students having the ministry in view ; admits min-
isters and licentiates from other Churches ; forms

/ 3 new Synods and Presbyteries ;(^uthorizes Synods
and Presbyteries to unite or sub-divide} corre-
sponds with other Churches ; conducts the mission-
ary operations of the Church ; receives and disposes

/ 7 of reports from the collegesTfrom the committees

/ -r (on missions, and other committee^ charged with
the care of the different departments of the work of
the Church ; and in general a^pts such measures

i-/ as may tend to promote (VitalJ^laliness ; to repress
error and immorality ; to preserve the unity of the
Church, and to advance the kingdom of Christ
throughout the world.

^j^yThe General AssenVbly meets once a year. a)n
' 1. <- tliejappointed ^ay of)meeting a diet of public wor-
'^'ship is held, when a sermon is preached by the
moderator of the last Assembly or, in -his abeonce,
by ^jiormer moderator. Immediately thereafter the
Assembly is constituted with prayer, the roll is
called, and^ ^thejuames of^thc^ present marked.
A new mo'clerator jfs then elected and takes the
chair.

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o^^.--^^ ' Assembly); to open and close each sederunt with

prayer ; to preserve order ; to see that the business

is properly conducted, and that the minutes are cor-

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rectly taken ; to take the vote ; to announce deci-
sions ; to sign all documents having the authority
of the Assembly, and to perform any other func-
tions assigned to him by the fcourt. ,; .» n/.i.

The moderator (has a casting, but not a deliber-
ative vote.')rHe}may^ot, while in the chair, take part
in discussing the merits of any motion before the
court. He may, notvvitlistandjnf:f,)express his6pin- , ^ ._ ...
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the Presbytery or Synod to which he belongs i" a

party, he leaves the chair. (The chair is then taken

by some commissioner named by the moderator ^^^^ «^,>,.^-*/^

with the approval of the Assembly, who^ :^ t!ie^^^:j:ifnil^fc-

time being, has all the powef^s^nd responsibilities ^tx^a^rijuC!^!^

of the office as moderator yiro tempore.

The Assembly appoints two or more clerks, whose
duty it is to take minutes of the proceedings ; keep
ti>e records ; preserve all papers ; give, when in- »

structed, certified extracts of decisions, and conduct
the correspondence of the court. , , .,,

After the Assembly has been constituted, and the
new moderator has been appointed, the first busiress
is the reviewing of the Synodical Rolls with the ac-
companying reports of changes during the year.
Su£^tim£Js spent in devotional exercises as may be
^uage3'pr^er)by the court.

The Assembly appoints a Committee on Bills and
Overtures, which also arranges the order of busi-
ness, and other committees to consider matters
specially referred to them. Further, the Assembly
appoints standing committees, which are entrusted
with conducting the business of the Church in its
several departments during the year, and which re-
• port annually to the General Assembly. : t" > _

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Act constitiUing the General Assembly.

(1.) The General Assembly shaii consist of one-
sixth of the whole number of ministers whose
names are on the rolls of the several Presbyteries
of the Church and an equal number of elders.

(2.) When the number of names on the roll of a
Presbytery is not divisible by six ; if the excess
above a multiple of six is three or more, the sixth
shall be reckoned from the next higher multiple of
six.

(3.) Each Presbytery shall elect its representa-
tives at an ordinary meeting, held at least thirty
days before the meeting of the General Assembly
If any one thus elected resigns his commission,
the Presbytery may at any subsequent meeting,
held not less than eight days before the meeting
of the General Assembly, appoint another in his
stead. -?i; J '

(4.) A Presbytery may appoint as its com-
missioner to the General Assembly an elder belong-
ing to any other Presbytery of the Church ; pro-
vided always that the person so appointed is at the
time an acting member of some Session.

(5.) Ministers whose names are on the roll of a
Presbytery as ministers shall not be eligible to hold
commissions as elders from their own or any other
Presbytery.

(6.) Each Presbytery shall, through its clerk,

transmit to the Clerk of Assembly, at least ten

days before the Assembly meets, a certified i*ull of

the commissioners appointed by it at its ordinary

meeting. A separate report of any commissions

•- afterwards given to ministers or elders, in place of

i;- such as may have resigned their commissions, shall

- be presented to the General Assembly by the

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Presbyteries as soon as convenient after the
Assembly has been constituted.

(7.) The roll to be called at tlie opening of the
Assembly shall be made up from the rolls of the
several Presbyteries, as transmitted to the clerk of
Assembly, containing the names of commissioners
appointed at least thirty days before. And at its
first Session the Assembly shall appoint a " Com-
mittee on Commissions," to which shall be leferred
the reports from Presbyteries of all commissions
given at sul>sc;[uent meetings ; and on the report
of tho conniiittee the Assembly shall order such '
changes to be made in the roll as may be re(|uired. .
The roll tlins amended shall be the permanent roll
i>f the General Assembly.

((S.) Forty commissioners, of wlu)m twenty-one
are ministers, shall constitute a quorum for the .
transaction of business. . But twi-nty commissioners
wfio were appointed thirty days before, being met
at the place and time appointed, may constitute the
court and adjourn -from time to time until a full
quorum is present.

'~ . (9.) Presbyteries should make suit^ible provision
for defraying the expenses of connnissioners when
attending the General Assembly.

The General Assem]>ly may pas.s a Declaratory
Act, affirming what it understands tlie law of ^h^_ _
J^ Church to be. Such Act^nay*' be^)f{ssetr^itiiout
J<< transmission to Presbyteries ; but <in (Tver tu re j con-
templating a change in the law of the Church,
6vhether originated as above indicated, or by tiie
Assembly itselfjis
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(I.) No proposed law or rule relative to matters
of doctrine, discipline, government or worship, shall
become a permanent enactment'until the same has
been submitted to Presbyteries for consideration.
Such consideration shall be given by each Presby-
tery, at an ordinary meeting, or a special meetin
held for the purpose ; and an extract minute of the
Presbytery's judgment shail be sent to the Clerk of
the General Assembly, before the next meeting of
that court.

(2.) The Assembly, if it sees cause, may, by a
majority of two-thirds of those present, pass such
proposed law or rule into an Interim Act, which
shall possess the force of law, until the Presbyteries
have, as herein required, reported their judgment
upon it to the next General Assembly.

(3.) If a majority of the Presbyteries of the
Church express their approval, the Assembly may
pass such proposed law or rule into a standing law.
of the Church. If a majority of the Presbyteries
; express disapproval, the Assembly shall reject such
proposed law or rule, or again remit it to the Pres-
byteries.

\ The General Assembly being the supreme court
of the Church, its decisions are final. But any
commissioner may dissent from its decisions for rea-
sons assigned. (For procedure see Section 3, p. 47).

The Assembly may appoint a commission with
power to finally determine^ any matter referred to
it by the Assembly.

When the business of the Assembly is finished,
the minutes of the last sederunt are read and sus-

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tained. Tlio moderator then addresses the court,
and, after praise and prayei", declares, in the name
of the -Loi-d Jesus Clu'ist, the K.\n<f and Head of His
Church, tliat this Assembly is dissolved ; indicts an-
other General Assembly to meet at a time and place
previously appointed by the court, and closes the
meeting with the Apostolic Benediction.

^ STANDING ORDERS OF THE SUPREME

COURT.

All papers intended for the General Assembly
should be sent up to one of the Clerks of Assembly,
so as to be in his hands at least eight days before
the Assembly meets. These papers include

(1.) Reports transmitted from Synods of ordina-
tions, inductions, licensures, deaths, dismissions, sus-
pensions,and disposition of ministei's, and of the erec^^^-
/y tion, dissolution, or changes in congregations^wlthm*'"^
their several bounds.

(2.) Overtures, references, appeals, memorials, and
petitions ti-ansmitted by Presbyteries or Synods, and
any papers sent on by the preceding Assembly.

All documents sent up to the General Assembly
should be on foolscap paper, with a wide margin on
the left, and written on only one side of the sheet, so
that they may be preserved in a form convenient
for reference.

The reports of standing conmiittees should be
presented in print, and in a shape suitable for being
bound along w^ith the minutes of Assembly.

Parties who^have causes coming before the As-
i / sembly, are^*ecoSimemledjto have copies of all the
papers printed for the use of members, and in a
shape suitable for binding with the minutes of As-
sembly.

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The reports of stundino' eoininitteeH sliould he
presented to the (Jeiieral Assemhly not Inter tluin
tlie third sederunt of the Assembly.

Tlie (Jlerks of the General Assemhly, toj^etlier
with the Clerks of Synods and Presl>yt(;ries, who
may he connnissioners, constitute a conunittee
to prepare the business for the first sederunt of the
Assembly, and they meet on the call of the Senior
Clerk of Assernbly, some time before the hour when
the Assembly meets.

The Assembly appoints, as soon as possible, the
following connnittees :

Conunittee on Bills and Overtures, which also
acts as the Committee on Business. It consists of
the Clerks ol: Assembly, Clerks of Synods and
Presbyteries, who are commissioners, together with
one member nominated by each Presbytery, and
such other ministers and elders as the Assembly
may see fit to appoint. ...

Committees on the Records of Synod and As-
sembly.

Committee on Classifying Returns to Remits. • '

Committee on the Nomination of Standing Com-
mittees. This committee consists of not less
than two from each Synod, and not moi'e than four
from any one Synod.

Committee on Commissions.

Committee on Applications to be Received as
Ministers into the Church.

Committee on Applications for Leave to Retire
from the A.ctive Duties of the Ministry.

Committee on Special Application on Behalf of

Students,

Committees of Assembly may tender their reports
from time to time at any sederunt, immediately after

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the niinutcH luivi? Ih'oii sustairu'd, Imt Mu-ir tiiial nt-
jM)rt must l>c i^ivon in l»otoi*o tlw Assi'inl>ly t:l(»ses.

Kvery CoiiiiiiitkM', it' tin; AsHoiiildy lias not done
HO, appoints its own convener and clerk. Minutes
of prociMMlinos sliouM ho made, and tlie report
shouM always he presented in writinj^.

No connnittee can meet wliile the Assembly is
sittinj^, or continue in session without leave ot* the
court.

• The Committee on Bills and Overtures receives
all papers intended for tlie Assembly, considers
whether they are in proper form, expressed in pro-
per language, and reajularly transmitted ; and
whether they are part of the legitimate business
of the Assembly, and transmits them or refuses to do
so. Appeals and complaints against the decisions of
the committee may be brought directly befoye the
Assembly and be disposed of in regular foriri. This
connnittee also arranges the business for the As-
sembly, and reports from time to time. It appoints
its own convener and clerk.

As soon as the report of the Committee on Bills
and Overtures, providing for the order in which
business is to be taken up, is approved by the As-
sembly, it is printed for the information of mem-
bers. This report should be submitted not later
than the fourth sederunt. ^

•' Such portions of each sederunt as the moderator
may deem ])rt)per are spent in devotional exercises.

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GENERAL KULES FOK CHUKCII

C^OURTS. >

The moderator takes the chair at the hour ap-
pointed, calls the members to order, and constitutes
the court with prayer.

At the iirst assemhling of the court the roll is
called and the sederunt recoixled. Members coming
;"^ in afterwards have tht;ii' names entered on reporting
themselves to the clerk.

/ The minutes of last ordinary meeting (are then

read and sustained, also the minuted of all special

nieetnigs hel^ m^heinterval.^ In the ca^e oi the

' Geneiy AssemBly^^^J^ minutcs^Vre reaSat the be-

• ginning of ^ftSj^^sederunir^^'^imediately after being

,• sustained they are signed by the moderator then

presiding^)

\i All reports and other papers intended to be

brought before the court are called for and are re-
ceived by the clerk. A docket of business is then
prepared, consisting (1) of business arising out of
. the minutes ; (2) of new business ; and the order in
which the several matters shall he taken up is de-
termined. In the Synods and General Assembly
the papers are given by the clerks to the Commit-
tee on Bills and Overtures, ^vho arrange the docket
and prepare an order of business for the approval of
the court. . -

The moderator nominates all committees of the
court, unless they liave been appointed by special
rule or resolution of the court. If the convener is
not named, the first-named member of committee
is convener and, in his absence, the second named.

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Committees may not meet nor continue in session
while the court is sitting, unless leave has been
granted by the court.

The courts o£ the Cliurch, except the Session are
open courts ; but on motion made any court may
sit with closed doors. This is commonly done when
matters affecting character, which should not be
made public, are under consideration.

For greater freedom of discussion a court may
resolve itself into a Coiinnittee of the Whole. On
motion, duly made, a chairman is appointed, and the
moderator leaves the chair. A separate minute of
the proceedings is taken. When the court resumes
business the moderator takes the chair, and the
chairman of the committee reports progress and
the decisions arrived at, and, if necessary, asks leave
to sit again.

A member of the court ought not to withdraw
from attendance without leave. If he does so he
cannot dissent from any decisions of the court
arrived at in his absence.

The moderator is charged with seeing that the
minutes record correctly the proceedings of the
court.

The clerk of a superior court, on the receipt of
papers from a lower court, endorses on them the
date of reception, numbers the papers, and authen-
ticates them by his signature, or initials.

Clerks of the courts are entitled to receive pay-
ment for extracts from the records and copies of
papers furnished to individuals, at the rate of ten
cents for everv hun(U"cd words or fraction thereof.

GENERAL RULES FOR DEBATE.

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It is desirable when any business has been intro-
duced, and is before a court, that no other business
be taken up until that business has been issued.

No discussion is in order until a motion is before
the court. Speakers should confine themselves to
the matter referred to in the motion, and if they
depart therefrom they may be called to order.

Every motion or amendment shall be given in to
the clerk in writing as soon as it has been made,
and it cannot be discussed until it has been duly
seconded.

After a motion or amendment is in the clerk's
hand and discussion has commenced, it cannot he.
withdrawn or altered without leave of the Court,

When a question is under discussion, the motiv a
before the court must be disposed of, and no other
motion can be entertained unless to adjourn the
court, to adjourn the debate, to lay on the table, to
commit, to amend, or to take an immediate vote ;
and these several motions have precedence in the
order in which they are herein arranged.

A Motion to adjourn the court is always in or- '
der, and is voted on without debate.

A motion to lay on the table is voted on without
debate. If carried in the affii'mative tlie subject to
which it refers, together with the motion and pend-
ing amendments, remains on the docket and may be
taken up at a subsequent sederunt, but only by
resolution adopted })y a majority of the m(;ml)ers of ^
the court present. . ■ .

Any subject with the motion anrl pending amend-
ments may be referre<l to a omniittee to be con-
sidered and reported on.

RULEH AND FORMS OF PROCEDUllE.

A motion is ainonrled hy abiding certain words or
clauses thereto; by strikino- out certain words or
clauses ; by substituting other words or clauses for
those in the resolution ; or bv striking out all after
the word " resolved," and substituting another mo-
tion disposing of tlie matter in hand.

It is in order to propose an amendment to the
first amendment, but no other can be entertained
until the amen<lment to the amendment has been
disposed of ; when ^his has been adopted, or rejected
other amendments to the amendment may be con-
sidei'ed and disposed of one by one ; wlien these
*tiave all been disposed of, the first amendment is
voted on in answer to the (question, " Shall the mo-
tion be thus amended — yea or nay ? " If this is de-
cided in the affirmative, the main motion is amend-
ed accordingly, and the discussion proceeds. Other
amendments to the motion are then in order. When
all amendments have been disposed of, the motion,
as then before the court, is put in answer to the
question, " Shall this motion be adopted — yea or
nay ?

A motion to take an immediate vote is put with-
out debate. If carried in the affirinative, the amend-
ment or amendments pending are put to the Court
without further discussion ; then the main motion
is voted on, and the sulyect is disposed of. If the
motion is lost, the debate continues, just as if no
such motion had been made.

A motion to reconsider a decision of the Court
cannot be entertained at the sederunt in which the
decision was given; nor at any subsequent time, un-
less notice of such motion has been given at a pre-
vious sederunt. A motion to reconsider can only be
made and seconded by members who voted in the
majority.

A motion under discussion which consists of two

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or more distinct parts, sliall, on the call of any two
members, at any time ])ot'ore the linal vote is taken,
be divided, and each part shall be voted on separately.

When a member rises to speak the moderator
announces his name. It' two or more rise at the
same time the moderator decides who shall speak
first.

Every speaker addresses the moderator, and may
not address any other member directly.

A member when speaking should not be inter-
rupted, unless upon a call to order, or when the
time has come for a special order of the day, or fo%
adjournment of the court. When business is re-
sumed the speaker who was interrupted has posses-
sion ot i 'oor.

Any mt ber who is dissatisfied with the ruling
of the moderator may appeal to the court. The
question of sustaining the ruling of the chair is then
put by the clerk, and decided without debate.

When a member in speaking utters language
which another member regards as offensive or cen-
surable, the latter n.ay require that the words be
taken down by the clerk. After this is done, the
speaker is allowed to proceed. The words so taken
down may afterwards be considered by the court,
and, if found censurable, the speaker is dealt with
as the offence may require. A party in a case,
though not a member of the court, may claim this
protect^'on or incur this censure.

No member shall speak more than once to any
motion or amendment, unless by permission of the
court, and in explanation or to correct mistakes.
The right of reply, however, belongs to the mover
before the final vote is taken on the main motion.

The vote is ordinarily taken by a show of hands,
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KULE8 AND FORMS OF PROCEDURE.

rising to their feet. At the final vote on the main^
motion, the roll may be called, if required by (a'
quorumjof the court. Ordinarily the state of tne
vote i^liot recorded, but this may be doiic in regard
to any vote, if required by two members of the
court.

. Members should not, without good cause, decline
to vote ; and, unless excused by the court from
voting, all who do not vote are held as acquiescing
in the decision of the majority.

When the vote is to be taken the doors are closed,
and no further debate or remark is allowed, unless
to correct a mistake in regard to the voting ; when
this happens, the vote is taken anew.

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PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND OVERTURES.

Every member of the Church has the right of
access to any Church court by petition or memori-
al. He has direct access to the Session of the con-
gregation to which he belongs, but a petition or
memorial to a higher court must, in the first place,
be presented to the Session, with a request for its
transmission. -

A lower court transmits a petition or memorial
with or without approval or concurrence, as it sees
fit. Before transmitting, the court should see that
the petition or memorial is in proper form and
expressed in respnctful language. If transmission
is refused, the petitioner or meinorialist has the
right of appeal.

These rules apply alike to a petition or memorial
from an individual, from any numbo* of persons,
from a congregation, or from a lower court.

When a numl)er of members, an office-bearer, or
a court of the (Jhurch, proposes the enactment of a

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law or rule binding on the whole Church, any
change of an existing law or rule, the affirmation of
a previous enactment, or injunction to observe the
same, or generally the adoption of any meafRn^e ap-
pertaining to the functions of the Supreme Court,
an overture on the subject is presented.

An overture is presented in writing, duly signed ;
if it is in proper form and in respectful language, it
is transmitted in the same way as a petition.

AH petitions, memorials, and overtures intended
for the General Assembly are sent by the clerks
of the inferior courts, or by the parties signing
them, to the Clerk of AssemV)ly, and by him are
handed to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.

REGULATIONS ANENT THE RECORDS OF
CHURCH COURTS. y . •

Church courts shall take special care that their
records are carefully .ind correctly kept.

The number of each page shall be written in
words as well as given in hgures.

Every page shall be signed by the clerk, and the
record of each sederunt by the moderator and
clerk. In jase of the death or removal of the mod-
erator or clerk, the record shall afterwanls be sign-
ed by the then acting moderator or clerk, ct^-Tii nnoia
of the cause, in the presence of the court.

The time and place of each meeting shall be fully
stated in words. . .

Every page shall have a suitable margin, on
which the items of business recorded shall be in-
dexed.

Tlie place and <late of meeting shall be shortly
indicated on the margin at the top of each page,

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All numbers shall be given in words as well as in

All erasures, cancel lings, interlineations, or other
changes shall be noted in the margin with the in-
itials of the clerk's name.

No unnecessary vacant space shall be left between
the minutes of sederunts of the court.

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REMOVAL OF A CAUSE FROM A LOWER
TO A HIGHER COURT.

The decisions of all Church courts under the
General Assembly are subject to the review of the
next higher court, and may be removed thereto
in one of the four following ways, namely ; (1)
General Review and Control ; (2) Reference ; (3)
Appeal ; and (4) Complaint. When a matter is so
removed, the lower court becomes a party, and its
members are not entitled to deliberate and vote
in the higher court. In cases of reference, how-
ever, the lower court is not considered a party, ex-
cept with respect to the preliminary questions
whether or notcbhe case shoi^d have been referred
and)the reference |^ould)T»e sustained.

1.— GENERAL BEVIEW AND CONTROL.

The record of every court, except the General
Assembly is reviewed by the next higher court, at
least once a year, and may be called for at any
time. If tlie lower court fail to send up its record,
the higher court may order it to be produced imme-
diately, or on a day named.

A court may also, at any time, require the courts
under its jurisdiction to produce their registers,
rolls, or other official documents.

The higher court, after in(|uiring into : (1) The
regularity of the proceedings minuted ; and (2) the

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correctness of the record, orders the record to be
attested if necessary cum nota. In connection
with such review the higher court may give special
instruction or admonition to the lower, but a judicial
sentence may not be re^^ersed. ^ '^^ ^t2u^''*''Iat!i2s^*^ ^

Notwithstanding attestation of the record if
after such review it comes to the knowledge of the
higher court that a lower court neglects its duty,
or has committed grave irregularities, it may take
such cognizance thereof as is deemed necessar;y.

In dealing with any grave delinquency or gi?oss
irregularity, the lower court is cited to appear at a
specified time and place to answer for its conduct.

2. — REFERENCE.

A reference is a representation made by a lower
court to a higher, for advice or judgment. .

Cases of particular difiiculty or delicacy, the
decision of which may establish an important pre-
cedent, or on which the members are much divided
in opinion, or on which, for any reason, it is de-
sirable that a larger body should first decide are
proper subjects of reference.

A reference is either for judgment on the whole
case or for advice on some particular point where
difficulty is felt. It is the duty of the lower court
to exercise, as far as possible, its own judgment,
before making the reference. - 's

A reference as to form, consists of an extract
minute of the resolution to refer. This minute must
be accompanied with extract minutes of all pro-
ceedings in the case and all the papers necessarj'
for the proper consideration of the matter referred.
The reference is stated by commissioners appointed
for the purpose. A reference for jutlginent brings
up all coijcerned before the higher court, and they

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should, tliereforc, 1)(3 duly uotiiud of the reference
tliafc they may appear for their interests.

The higher court considers, first, if the reference
is in proper form ; an<l secondly, if there is ground
for making it. If it is found to be informal, or ap-
pears to be unnecessary it is dismissed ; if not, it
is sustained. If the I'eference is sustained, the
higher court hears the whole case, and decides it, or
gives the advice and directions craved in the refer-
ence and sends the matter back to the lower court
that it may take such action as the case requires.

8. — DISSENT, PROTEST, COMPLAINT, AND APPEAL.

Any member of a court who has voted on any
question and is not satisfied with the decision, is
entitled to have his dissent recorded. By so doing
he relieves himself from responsibility for, and
saves himself from censure on account of, the
decision. The dissent must be given in when the
decision is announced, Reascns of dissent given in
at the time, or when the minutes are confirmed at
the following sederunt, if in proper language,
are entered in the minutes. If the reasons are
given in at a later stage, or sent to the clerk within
ten days, tliey are kept in retentis. When deemed
necessary the court prepares answers which are dis-
posed of by being entered in the minutes or kept
in refentifi, according as the reasons have been en-
tered or kept in retentis.

Members who voted in the minority may signify
their adherence to a dissent, and have their adher-
ence recorded, either at the time, or at the follow-
ing sederunt, when the minutes are confirmed, but
not afterwards.

When a member of a lower court is dissatisfied
with its decision, besides dissenting, he may protest
ff)r leave to complain to the higher court. A party

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in a cause may protest and apj>eal ilLjainst a decision.
Such protest and complaint, or ju'otest mtkI appeal,
must be made wlien tlie decision is announced.
Extracts are ci'aved at tlie same time. Complainant
or appellant nnjst give in reasons to the clerk of
the court within ten days, otherwise the ccmiplaint
or appeal is held to l)e fallen fmm.

The court may pi-tpare answei-s to leasons of
complaint or appeal, and apjioint some of its mem-
liers to defend its action befoiui the hiiihc.M- court.

The complainant or appellant having obtained
certified extracts of nn'nntesand relative documents
as craved brino-s the cause before the hioher court.
If when the case is called he does not appear, or
fails to assign a suflicieiit reason for his absence the
complaint or appeal is held as fallen from ; and at
the last sedeiunt protestation is to that ettect taken
by the opposite party.

In cases of sickness, unavoi<labie detention, or
inability to be pre-ent from other good cause the
appellant may be excused from appearing in
person and be permitted to plead by writing
communication and deputy But professional
counsel are not allowed in ciuses.

A complaint or appeal brings up all parties con-
cerned, who must be duly cited l)y the clerk of the
lower court. ,

The effect of a complaint (n- appeal is to arrest
execution of the judgment pnmounced until the
matter be reviewed by the higjier court. But if

J;/ the reasons for complaint/*^arc(*leeme(l frivolous or
vexatious, the court may resolve to disregard the
complaint or appeal, and may proceed in the case,

ycf such action, however, may be (annulled, and the
court) is liable to censure by the higher court.

Complaints or appeals on points of form or re-

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jj;}!!^!!!!^' the mnnnei- in vvliicli a conrt conilnrfs its
hnsiiicss <\o not arrest pi()C(M'(lin<4S, tiiul tin- court
iiotwitlistandini;' thcso, pi'osocutes tlu; matter, until
it is ripe for jndginent ; Imt final ju(l<;in«'nt shall
not be given on tlie case until all such coniplaints
and appeals have been disposed ot* by the hii^hca-
court.

The hiirher court after ascei'taininjjf that a coni-

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plaint or appeal has been rejofularly niad(\ and th
/oa\] parties have been duly notified j luis The wm
of the judicial record of the lower court read.
parti(is are then heard, the complainant or appel-
lant liaving the right of reply. Questions may then
■ be put by the court relative to any matter affecting
the cause in hand. Parties are then renjoved fi'om
the bar, and the court proceeds t()/[udgnient) c^*^^U^<

17. tvMf**^ ]^' a complaint or appeal is dismissed, the deci-
i sion of the lower court stands affirmed. If it be

\, ' sustained, the decision is not necessarily I'evei'sed,
but may be altered in part or in whole, and the
matter may be remitted to the lower cou)-t with
instructions ; or the liigher court may, if circum-
stances nppear to require it, waive altogether the
merits of the complaint or appeal, and give such a
decision in the original cause as is consistent with

, truth and justice.

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EDUCATION AND SUPEMINTICNT)KNCE OF

STUDENTS.

Pahents are earncstl}' uiul nfrt'ctliniatcly re-
ininded oi' thu duty of «le<licatin<^' to tlie Lord I'or
service in His holy ministry such of tlieir children
as, by possession of tlie rc(|ni.site t[ualiHcations,
seem marked out l»y the Htifid of the Cliurch as
proper persons to receive trainino' for tins office.

Sessions and Presbyteries are enjoined to make
diligent and careful encjuiry whether any young
meiii are to be found within their bounds whose
attention should be specially directed to the claims
of Christ upon them with i-espect to the niinistr}-
of His Church, to aid and encourage in all proper
ways suitable young men who may declare their
purpose to consecrate themselves to this sacrf ^
vocation, and watchfully to keep their eye u]
any who are prosecuting a liberal education, aim
whose piety and abilities make it desirable that
their thoucjlits should bo turned towards the minis-
terial office.

Presbyteries should exercise a kind and faithful
supervision over students and intending students
resident within their bounds, should always en-
deavor to inculcate upon them worthy views of
the exalted office to which they aspire, and should
encourage them in tiie arduous course of study by
which the Church has wisely determined that her
ministry should be reached.

It is the duty of Pi'esbyteries to examine all who
present themselves as wishing to enter on the study

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of Tlieology reapoctino^ tlieir moral and roli<^ious
character, tlieir motives, an<l their j^eneral Htness
to study for the ministry, and if satisfied, the Pres-
bytery certifies tlieni to tlie Senate of the college
which they propose to attend.

Presbyteries prescribe to students, whether in
Theology or in the Preparatory course, resident
within their bounds during sunnuer, a written
exercise ; and if satisfied therewith, as also with the
deportment of the students, and with any mission
work done by them certifiy them accordingly to the
Senate of their collej^e.

Students on entering Theology, or on intimating
their purpose to study for the ministry, must be
members of the Church in full communion ; and all
such students are required, during theii* course,
to be in communion with a congregation of the
Church in the place where they are prosecuting
their studies.

Students are recommended to take, if possible, a
full course in Arts in some .ipproved college, and
obtain a degree before entering on the study of
Theology.

With the view of encouraofinc: students to take a
full University course. Senates and Boards of Ex-
aminers are enjoined to use tlieir best endeavors
to institute and maintain scholarsliips, which may
be annually competed for by students taking such
course.

Students who are unable to take a full course
in Arts are required, after passing a preliminary
examination, to complete a three years' curriculum
in some approved college, and to pass the examina-
tions connected therewith ; but in no case shall an
actual attendance on colleire classes of less than two
years be accepted unless by permission of the
General Assembly. .^

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The preliminary examination shall embrace the
following subjects : r

Latin — Grannnar and easy prose author. '
Greek — Grammar and easy prose; author.

Math«',D.aties — Arithmetic, Euclid, BL, and Al-
gebra, first four rules.

English — Grammar and Composition, Geography
and English History.

The classes of the three years' course shalfbe as
follows :

1st Year — Latin and Greek, Mathematics, Eng-
lish and History.

2nd Year — Latin and Greek, Logic and Junior
Philosophy, Natural Science and Physics.

3rd Year — Latin and Greek, Senior Philosophy,
Hebrew.

A student is not, unless by special permission of
the General Assembly, admitted to the study of
Theology unless he is a graduate in Arts of some
approved University, or has completed the three
years' Preparatory course, or three years of a regu-
lar University course.

An Arts course, as here recognized, must embrace
the study of Greek, and all students admitted to
Theology must have an elementary knowledge of
Hebrew.

The course in Theology shall extend over three
full sessions of six months each or such other n.
period as the Cvhurch may enai:t, and shall ejnbrace
the following subjects of study, viz. : Apologetics,
Systematic Theology, Exegetics, Biblical Criticism,
Church History, Honuletics, and Pastoral Theology,

Absolute uniformity in the order of developing
the course in the sevtMvd college's is not enfoi'ced ;
but it is recommended that Church History, includ-

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ing Biblical History, Systematic Theology and
Exegetics shall extend over the three sessions, that
Apologetics shall extend over two sessions, and
that Biblical Criticism, Homiletics and Pastoral
Theology shall be taught during one session.

Besides attending the classes and preparii^g the
ordinary class exercises prescribed by the pi'ofessors,
every student shall be required to give in during
the period of his theological studies the following
discourses : — (a) A homilj' ; (h) A popular sermon ;
(c) a lecture ; (d) A Greek and a Hebrew critical
exercise with additions.

At the end of each session in Theology e\ ery
student shall be certified by the several professors
under whom he has studied, or by his college, with
respect to the regularity of his attendance, the
satisfactory performance of his work, and the pro-
priety of his conduct ; and students shall, at the
earliest opportunity after the close of the session,
present their certificates to the Presbytery within
whose bounds they expect chiefly to reside during
the recess of the college.

The examinations for entrance into college
classes, whether literary or theological, those held
at the close of "each Session in connection with the
work of the Session, and the examinations for
scholarships ottered to University students, shall be
conducted by the Senate or by the Board of Ex-
aminers (where such a board exists) of the respective
colleges.

Colleges are required to report annually, either
directly or through their boards, to the General
Assembly.

LICENSING OF STU < lENTS.

' In order to being taken ojj trials for license, a
student of Theology, on completing his course, pre-

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sents^to A^Presbyterj^ (^ith as little delay as pos-
sible) a certificate from his college, showing: (1)
That he has completed the Literary and Theologi-
cal curriculum required by this Church ; (2) That
he has delivered all the discourses prescribed to
him, in the course of his studies ; (3) That his
character and conduct, so far as known, are suitable
to his position as a candidate for the ministry.

When application for being taken on trials is
fiiade before the close of the last Session, interim
certificates may be accepted ; but no Presbytery
shall proceed to license without the certificate, or
at least without being satisfied that the student is
entitled to it. "

When considering the question of taking a
student on trials for license, the Presbytery should
n be alone. H^'he Presbytery)^xamines either orally
or in writing, n^ Latin, Greek and Hebrew, Philos-
ophy and Systematic Theology, also as to Personal
Religion and reas^s for .seeking to eiiter mi^h^
ministerial ofiicS./^ The~^resf)ytery, if "satisfied
with the examinations and of the piety, prudence
and good report of the student, makes application
to the Synod for leave to take him on public pro-
bationary trials, certifying, at the same time, that
the requisite certificate has been or will be produced,
and that the preliminary examination has been
sustained. Subjects may then be prescribed for
public probationary trials. If a candidate for
license, who is a member of this Church, has at-
tended, in whole or in part, a Theological Institu-
tion not connected v/ith the Church, the Presby-
, tery reports the fact tc the Synod.

When a Synod meets only in the autumn, appli-
cation may be made and leave granted at the meet-
ing preceding the last Session of the student's
cou^'se ; but the final examination and public trials

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shall not take place until after the close of the Ses-
sion, and the pi-oduction of the re([iisite certificate.

Leave having- been obtained from the Synod,
the Presbytery proceeds with the student's public
"trials on the subjects previously prescribed.^ xliese
shall embrace a Greek or Hebrew critical exercise ;
an expository lecture ; a popular sermon ; an ex-
amination in Theology and Church History. ^^^^^- ^

The members of court have then an opportunity of
expressing their opinions, and the Presbytery. if satis-
fied, sustains the trials. If the trials are not sustained,
the Presbytery may prescribe new trials or other-
wise dispose of the case as it sees fit. For the pur-
pose of efficiently conducting these examinations it is
recommended that Presbyteries assign particular
subjects to particular members, who shall be a
standing committee of examination for the year ;
but no member of Presbytery shall by this arrange-
ment be deprived of the right of putting questions
in open court should he deem it proper to do so.

If the trials are sustained, the Presbytery pro-
ceeds to license the student in the manner
following : —

(1.) The questions prescribed for license are put to
the candidate ; he is asked if he is prepared to sign
the formula when called upo o do so. Satisfactory
answers being given

(2.) The moderator engages in pvuyer, and then
addresses the candidate in words to tl <» follow ig
e'i'ect: — "In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
the only King and Head of the Church, and by
the authority of this Presbytery, I license you to
preach the Gospel within its bounds, or wherever
God in His providence may order your lot." The
moderator then counsels himinsuitable terms,and tlie
clerk is instructed to give him an extract of lie .ise. -

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A student, under trials for license, may, for goo<l
cause shown, be transferred to another Presbytery,
at any stage of his trials.

CALLING, ORDINATION, SETTLEMENT, DE
MISSION, AND DEATH OF MINISTERS.

].— CALLING.

When a congregation agree, at a meeting held by
authority of the Session, that they are prepared to
call a minister, they petition (Appendix A) the Pres-
bytery of the bounds for moderation in a call, and ap-
point commissioners to support their petition. It is
the duty of the commissioiers to give such informa-
tion as the Presbytery may require, respecting the
unanimity of the people in the matter, their ability
to support ordinances, their church property and
management, and the circumstances generally of the
congregation ; to present to the Presbytery a duly
certified copy of the connnunion roll ; and to assure
the court that the congregation will be ready on the
day of moderation to submit a guarantee of stipend.
(Appendix J.)

If satisfied with the representations made and the

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documents submitted, the Presbytery!j^*ants*wie
prayer of the petition, and either appoints a meet-
t7 ing, or deputes^[oi]fe or more ^f its numbeiHo hold
public service with the congregation, and to moder-
ate in a call, and provides for due notice being
given to the congregation before the day of moder-
ation. (Appendix B.) Such notice is given from the
pulpit on two Sabbaths ])receding the meeting.

On the day appointed for moderating in the call,
immediately after public service, the presiding min-
ister announces that the congregation is to hold a
meeting, states the purpose of the meeting, and no-
tifies parties concerned to remain. Having ascer-

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fcained that due notice has been given, he asks the
congregation if they are now prepared to proceed
with the call. If the congregation is not prepared,
procedure is sisted, and report is made of the
facts to the Presbytery. If the majority decide to
proceed, the call is produced and read (Appendix,
C, D), also the guarantee for stipend, "^''he con-
gregation then, by regular nomination and voting,
determine what name shall be inserted in the call.
The minister or licentiate who has the greatest
number of votes is declared elected and his name is
inserted in the call, which is then read again.
Thereafter it is signed and attested by the moderator.
(Appendix E.)

No one is eligible for a call but a minister or li-
centiate of this Church, in good standing ; or a set-
tled pastor of another Church which holds the same
doctrine, government and discipline as this Chuich.

Communicants in good standing, whose names are
on the comniunion roll of the congregation, alone have
the right to vote and to sign the call, but adherents
of the congregation, being of the age of discretion,
may concur in the call. (Appendix F.)

The call and concurrence may be entrusted to the
elders that other members and adherents who have
not subscribed may add their signatures, which
must be attested by at least one elder. (Appendix G.)

If the call is addressed to a minister in charge,
Ti^iisons for translation are prepared by the congre-
gation to be presented to the Presbytery before
which the call comes.

The congregation then appoint commissioners to
appear before the Presbytery when the call is to be
considoj'od.

At the first meeting of Presbytery after modera-
tion, at which it is competent to take up the mat-

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ter, the minister who presided at the moderation
reports fulfilment of his appointment, and lays upon
the table the call, guarantee of stipend and other
relative documents, and the Presbytery procfeeds to
consider the conduct of the moderator and deal with
the call. When the Presbytery itself moderates in a
call, it may at once consider and dispose thereof. If
the court is satisfied the call is sustiiined, and in the
case of a licentiate or an ordained minister without
charge, is presented or sent direct to him, and he is
required to give his decision to the Presbytery
within one month. .

If the call is not sustained the congregation, if
prepared, is permitted again to take steps towards
settlement.

If the person called is present, and when the call
is put in his hand accepts it, then, in the case of a
licentiate, an extract of licensure is required, and
the Presbytery prescribes his trial discourses, name-
ly : a Lecture, a Popular Sermon, and a Greek or
Hebrew Critical Exercise. At a subsequent meeting
these discourses are heard, and the candidate is exam-
ined in Biblical Greek and Hebrew, Theology and
Church History. If these trials are sustained, the
Presbytery fixes the time for ordination and induc-
tion, appoints one of its number to serve the edict
(Appendix K), and arranges for the ordination ser-
vices.

If the person called is a minister without charge,'
on accepting the call he is required to produce a
Presbyterial certificate, and the Presbytery fixes the
time and makes arrangement for the induction, as
in the preceding section. (Appendix L.)

The edict is read before the congregation on two
Sabbaths before the ordination or induction take
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2. — SETTLEMENT.

On tlie day appointed tlie congregation having
assembled, and the Presbytery having been consti-
tuted, the edict is returned, with attestation that it
was duly served, and proclamation is publicly made
in these terms :

"If any person has objections to offer against the
life or doctrine of (A.B.) let him appear before the
Presbytery and lodge certification thereof with
proof." If objections are offered, proceedings are
stayed until they are disposed of. If no objector
appears, the minister appointed proceeds with pub-
lic worship. After sermon and prayer, the moder-
ator for the time being narrates the principal steps
which have been taken towards filling the vacancy,
and calls on the minister-elect to answer the ques-
^ tions appointed to be put to candidates for ordina-
tion.

When satisfactory answers have been given the
candidate for ordination kneels, and the presiding
minister engages in prayer, during which, by the
laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, the can-
' didate is solemnly set apart to the office of the holy
ministry, and committed for guidance and success
therein to the grace of God. The moderator then
gives him the right hand of fellowship, saying : —
" In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only
King and Head of the Church, and by the authority

of the Presbytery of , I invite you to take

part of this ministry with us, induct you to the pas-
toral charge of this congregation, and admit you to
all the rights and privileges thereto pertaining."
The other members of Presbytery also give the
right hand of fellowship.

The minister and the people are then exhorted as
to their respective duties by brethren appointed to
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deacons, are requested to remain with tlie Presby-
tery. The congregation is tlien dismissed with the
blessing, and (me of the members of f*>*f sh,^;jter^ou^^
^ ducts the newly-inducted minister to(|]ie* looO^wnere
the people have an opportunity of welccmiing their
pastor as they retire from the church. ^

y The minister ordained is ref|uired tc)^subscribe the
formula of adherence to the Confession of Faith
(Appendix M), after which his name is added to the
Roll of Presbytery.

The Presbytery then consults with the office-
bearers respecting the affairs of the congregation,
and give such advice and direction as may be called
for.

It is desirable that the managers or deacons be
prepared to make the first payment of the stipulat-
■ ed stipend on the day of induction.

When the person called is an ordained minister,
- trials are not prescribed, nor is the act of ordination
repeated. In other respects the procedure is the
same as in the case of a licentiate ; and the minister
is inducted, after prayer, by the moderator giving
him the right hand of fellowship, and saying : — " In
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only King
and Head of the Church, and by the authority of
the Presbytery of , I induct you to the pas-
toral charge of this congregation, and admit you to
all the rights arid privileges thereto pertaining."

. When the minister called is the pastor of another

' congregation, all the steps for calling and inducting

are taken, as prescribed in the foregoing sections,

except that the production of documents mentioned

in Section is unnecessary.

When the congregation cailingf is in the Presby-
tery to which the minister called belongs, as so«m
as the call has been sustained the minister, if pre-

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sent, is cited, apud <icf<i, or it* ho is not present, by
letter, to appear at the next meeting of Presltytery,
to be held not less than fifteen days thereafter, and
the reasons for translation, together with the guar-
antee of stipend, are handed or sent to him. A
member of Presbytery is at the same time appoint-
ed to preach to his congregation, and give notice of
the call, lodging with them a copy of the reasons of
translation, and citing them to appear for their in-
terests at next meeting of Pre:>bytery, with certifi-
cation that if they fail to do so they shall be held
as consenting to the translation of their minister.

When the minister called belongs to another Pres-
bytery, the call is transmitted to the Presbytejy of
which he is a member, with extract minutes of the
proceedings, reasons for translation, and a certified
copy of the guarantee for payment of stipend.
Commissioners for prosecuting the call are appoint-
ed both by the Presbytery and the congregation.
Intimation is given by the clerk to the minister to!
whom the call is addressed, and a copy of the rea-
sons for translation is sent to him.

Unless the minister called intimate to his Presby-
tery his intention not to accept the call, the Presby-
tery, at least ten days before it adjudicates therein,
cites his congregation to appear in their own inter-
ests and show cause if so advised against the trans-
latioji. (Appendix N.)

If more than two Sabbaths intervene between the
time when the clerk receives a call addressed to a
minister belonging to his Presbytery and the next
meeting of the court, the clerk sends notice that he
has received the call, to the minister and the clerk
of Session of his congregation, and on some Sabbath
following, either personally or by substitute, cites
the congregation (see Section N) to appear for its
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and leaves witli them reasons for translation. li' tlie
time intervening be .ong and tlie case urj^ent, a
meeting, j»)/'o re luita, may be called l>y the moderator.

At the meeting of Presbytery at wliich the call is
dealt with, all parties duly cited are expected to
appear. They are heard in the following order :
First, the commissioners from the Presl)ytery, if
there be such, and the commissioiiers from the con-
gregation calling ; secondly, the commissioners from
f the congregation of the minister who is called ;

thirdly, the commissioners prosecuting the call in
reply. The minister is then asked to state his mind '
on the subject ; and the Presbytery, if it sees fit,
puts the call into the hand of the minister who
then declares his acceptance of the call, or declines
it, or asks time to consider. If the call is declined,
y it is then set aside ; if time is asked, the period of

one month is allowed. A Presbytery may for good
cause refuse to put the call into the hand of the
minister. Against such refusal appeal may be
taken to the higher courts. Or if the minister
leaves it with the Presbytery to decide and they
decline to grant translation, the Presbytery notifies
the commissioners and furnishes extracts of minutes
in the case. From such decision appeal may be
taken to the higher courts.

If the call is accepted the Presbytery grants the
translation ; it instructs the minister called to wait
for and obey the orders of the other Presbytery ;
transmits to it extracts of pi-ocedure, and craves
notification of the induction. Also with all con-
. ^ ^ venient speed it causes tho congregation, whose min-
ister has been so translated, to be declared vacant (^s
soon as induction shall have taken placed (Form P.)

" Ministers ordained as missionaries, but without

reference to the exercise of their office in a particu-
lar charge, are set apart in the manner above stated

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with the necessary alterations in tlic questions ad-
dressed to the candidate. (See (juostions in Appen-
dix W.)

RESIGNATION.

When a minister tenders tht; resioiiation of his
charge, the Presbytery cites tlie congregation (Ap-
pendix 0),as in the case oi' a translation, and there-
after proceeds to acceptor refuse tlie resignation, as it
sees cause. If the resignation is accepted, the Pres-
bytery takes steps for dechu-ing tlie cliarge vacant

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When a minister, from age or infirmity, proposes
to retire from the active duties of t'ne ministry, he
makes application in writing to the Presbytery, fur-
nishing whatever information may be necessary,
and, in case of infirmity, a satisfactory medical cer-
tificate. The Presbytery thereupon visits his con-
gregation, and summons them to appear by com-
missioners at a subsequent meeting, that they may
be heard for their inte^rests, and that the Presbytery
may confer with them anent a retiring allowance to
the minister, to take etfect on the acceptance of his
resignation, and any other matters affected by his
proposed retirement. It then ct)nsi(lers the whole
matter, records its judgment, and, if it is deemed
proper, sends up the minister's application, its own
judgment thereon, and all relative documents to the
General Assembly, through the Assend>ly's Stand-
ing Committee on the Aged and Tntirm Ministers'
Fund, which shall carefully consider the same and
transmit them, with its opinion in reference to the
case, to the Assembly for final determination.

When a minister in charge has been removed by
death, the members of Presbyteiy attending the
funeral meet together and record such particulars
regarding him as they may deem important, leaving
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suitable minute. They may also arrange for sup-
plying the pulpit until the next jneeting- of Pj-esby-
tery, at which they report these proceedings.

ADMISSION OF MINISTERS AND fJCENTI-
ATES FROM OTHER VHUROHES.

^ Any minister who is a settled pastor in a Church
which holds the same doctrine, j^overnmenfc, and
discipline as this Church, and who is regularly called
by a congregation of tlie Churcli, Diay he i*eceived
by a Presbytery, on presenting a Piesbyfcerial
certificate ; but the Presbytery, if it sees cause, may
refer the case to the Assend)ly.

Z, Ministers and licentiates expressly designated or
commissioned by the Presbyterian Chvu'ches in
(h-eat Britain and Ireland may, on producing' their
commissions, be admitted by Presbytei-ies as minis-
ters or probationers of this Church.

% In all cases in which an applicant foi- admission
does not come in the manner provided above, but
with a Presbyterial certificate only, he cannot be
received into full standing as a minister or proba-
tioner of this Church without permission of the
General Assembly.

The Presbytery, at an ordinary meciting, holds
private conference with the applicant for the pur-
pose of ascertaining his doctrinal view\s, his literary
attainments, and other particulars. If satisfied, the
Presbytery records its judgment, and agrees to
transmit the application, with extracts of its pro-
ceedings thereon, and relative documents, to the next
General Assembly, and instructs its clerk to issue
circular letters forthwith to the other Presbyteries.

If the Presbytery is unanimous in transmitting
the application, it may, in the meantime, avail itself
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If the Assembly grants permission, the Presby-
tery may, on the applicant's satisfactorily answering
the questions appointed to be put to ministers or
probationers, and on his signing the formula, re-
ceive him as a minister or probationer of this
Church.

When the Church from which the applicant comes
is not a Presbyterian Cliuj'ch, he is required to apply
to the Presbytery within whose bounds he resides^
and to produce documentary evidence of his good
standing as a minister in that Cliurch. If the Pres-
bytery is satisfied with such evidence, they proceed
to confer with him, and answers are required to the
following questions : —

(1.) What course of study has he passed in Arts
and Theology ?

(2.) When, where, and by whom was he ordained
to the ministry ?

(3.) Has he ever been connected with any other
Church than that from which he brings documents,
and if so, in what capacity ? ^

(4.) What are his reasons for applying for admis-
sion to this Church, and what has led to his change
of views ?

(5.) How long has he resided within the bounds
of the Presbytery ?

The Presbytery further enquires as to the degree
of success which has attended the previous ministry
of the applicant, and if satisfied as to the proba-
bility of his usefulness in the Church, and as to his
Christian character and good report, the Presbytery
records its judgment on the whole case, and resolves
to apply for leave to admit him. The answers given,
and the information obtained are embodied in a re-
port which is transmitted to the General Assembly,
with extract minutes, and other documents.

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A duly certified extract of the Assembly's deliver-
ance in the matter is sent to the Presbytery which
thereupon takes such further action as is called for.

All applicants for admission to the Church, ex-
cept those referred to in Section 3, should appear
personally before thj General Assembly.

(election and ordination of)eldebs.

The right of electing elders is vested in the mem-
bers of the congregation who are in full communion.

It belongs to the Session to determine when an
addition should be made to the eldership, but it is
competent for members of the congregation to peti-
tion the Session to this effect.

When the Session has resolved to add to the
number of elders, it first gives notice ot ^his resolu-
tion to the'€ongregation, and proceeds m one of the
three ways following :

(1.) A meeting of the congregation is held for the
purpose of nominating persons qualified to fill the
office. At this meeting nominations are made and
a list is agreed upon, which is then submitted to all
the communicants, and they are required to return
to the Session, on or before o fixed date, their votes
duly signed. At a meeting held thereafter the
Session examines the voting papers, and ascertains
who are elected, of which due notice is given to the
congregation.

(2.) The Session holds an election without a pre-
vious meeting for nomination, in which case the
requisite number may be elected by open vote, by
calling the roll, or by ballot.

(3.) The Session asks the members to give in on a
specified day ballots duly signed, containing the
names of persons to the number required and de-

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the

clares those who, on examination of the ballots, have
the largest number of votes duly elected.

After the election, the Session deals with the
elders-elect as to their acceptance of ofBce. If they
express their willingness to accept, the Session pro-
ceeds to satisfy itself in regard to their piety, pru-
dence, and knowledge of Divine truth, of the
government and discipline of the Church, and of
the duties of the eldership.

When the Session is satisfied, it appoints the
edict for their ordination to be read before the con-
gregation. (See Appendix Q.)

On the day appointed for ordination the Session
is constituted. If no valid objection has been made,
after sermon the moderator narrates the previous
proceedings, calls forward the elders-elect and puts
- to them the prescribed questions. (See Appendix W.)
On receiving satisfactory answers, the moderator
proceeds by prayer to ordain the candidates to the
office of Ruling Elder, commending them to the
grace of God for comfort, aid and countenance in
the exercise of their office. The right hand of
fellowship is then given to the persons ordained by
-* the minister and other elders present, in token of
'' their taking part with their brethren in the over-
sight of the congregation. The newly-ordained
elders and the people are suitably addressed by the
m'>derator, and the names of these eldei's are added
to the roll of Session.

Elders continue elders for life unless deposed or
' suspended in process of discipline. Nevertheless
they may demit the office in any particular congre-
gation ^ther on the^rjown motion or when requested
vv by^(any consi^e/aBle number of the people) or by
order of a superior court in^^e interests of a con-
gregation. Whcn^he'omce is^voluntarily demi8;ted)

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congregati^gs^ should be (yeiy^ cautious in again
calling(^uch menjto exercise it.

Elders removing from one place to another are
not received into the Session of the congregation to
which they come unless they have been duly elected
by the people and inducted.

(election and ordination of)

DEACONS.

The right of electing deacons is vested in the
members of the congregation who are in full com-
munion.

The procedure in their election and ordination or
induction is the same as in the case of elders, and
is conducted by the Session. (See Sec. .) The
questions to be put to deacons are to be found in
Appendix W.

Only members in full communion are eligible for
the office.

Deacons continue deacons for life unless deposed
or suspended in process of discipline. They may
however retire at any time from active duty in the
congregation, or be removed by the Session if it is
deemed expedient in the interests of the congrega-
tion.

Deacons removing from one place to another must
be elected by the congregation to which they come,
and be inducted before they take a seat in the
Deacons' Court.

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DISCIPLIjSE.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Discipline is an exercise of that spiritual author-
ity which the Lord Jesus Christ has appointed in
His Church.

The ends of discipline are the maintenance of the
truth, the vindication of the authority of Christ, the
removal of offences, the promotion of the purity and
edification of the Church and the spiritual good of
offenders.

In the exercise of discipline, there ought to be
no intermeddling with matters which are purely
civil. And, while watchfulness is exercised over
the flock, there should be no undue solicitude to pry
into the private conduct of individuals or family
concerns, or to interfere officially in personal
quarrels, or to engage in the investigation of secret
wickedness.

If a scandal has not been noticed in order to con.-
sure for the space of (five) years after becoming
known, it should not be revived, so as to enter in a
process regarding it, unless the offence is of a
heinous nature. But in such cases the consciences
of offenders ought to be seriously dealt with in
private, to bring them to a sense of their sin and
duty. • . '

An Off*enee is anything in the doctrine, principles
or practice of a member of the Church, which is con-
trary to the Word of God. Hence nothing is to be
regarded as ground for discipline which is not con-
trary to Scripture, or to the established regulations
and practice of the Church, founded on Scripture.

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The proper subjects of discipline are all who are
members in full communion or adherents of the
Church.

Every offence is not necessarily an occasion for
the exercise of discipline. When a charge is made
against any member or office-bearer of the Church,
the court before which it is made makes diligent
inquiry as to the nature, the gravity and the publi-
city of the offence. When the offence is of a private
character, the offender must first be dealt with
privately. When such dealings are ineffectual, the
court informs the party accused of the charge
brought against him, and confers with him regard-
ing it.

Judicial process is not entered on unless some
competent party complains and undertakes to prove
the charge; or such a/ctwia exists that the honor
of religion requires the matter to be investigated ; .
or some individual, suffering under alleged slander,
requests a judicial investigation.

Before commencing formal process the court
should seek, by private conference with the accused;
to remove the scandal, either by establishing his
innocence or by bringing him to a voluntary con-
fession. Only w^hen such dealings have been in-
effectual should formal process be entered on.

Before commencing process on the ground of a
fam.a, especially in the case of a minister of the
Gospel, the court must be satisfied that such fama
really exists : and no rumo^* is to be regarded
unless it specifies some particular sin or sins, is
widely spread, generally believed, and has strong
presumption of truth.

The parties to a process are the accuser and the
accused ; and in process on the ground of a fa'tna,
the court, if it deems proper, appoints one of its

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good

members to prosecute and act as accuser, or the
court itself may so act. In case of appeal, the
parties become appellant and respondent.

Great caution is to be exeicised in receiving
accusation from any person who is not of
character, who is himself under censure or process,
or who is personally interested in the conviction of
the accused.

Any accuser, but especially the accuser of a min-
ister, if he fail to show good cause for the charge
made, may himself be censured as a slanderer, in
proportion to the malignity or rashness with which
he may appear to have acted, -prp^/^r c' (V

Primary jurisdiction over ministers and licentiates
belongs to the Presbytery and over other Church
members to the Session ; but the superior court
may institute process when the court of primary
jurisdiction has been enjoined to do so, and has re-
fused or neglected to obey.

In the case of a minister, if an offence is alleged
to have been committed without the bounds of the
Presbytery to which the minister belongs, it is the
duty of the Presbytery within whose bounds it has
been committed, to send notice to the Presbytery of
which the offender is a member, stating the grounds
of the charge. The Presbytery thus notified pro-
ceeds as in case of a famia. A. minister who has had
a charge in any Presbytery and has been loosed
from it is, unless he has lodged his certificate of
standing with another Presbytery, amenable to the
Presbytery in which his charge was. Ministers act-
ing as probationers, and who have not had settle-
ment, shall be dealt with by the Presbyteries within
whose bounds the oft'ence is alleged to have been
committed.

No charge is to be received by any court until it
has been reduced to writing, with particular specifi-

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cation of the natui*e of the offence, time, place and
circumstances. The charge must also be accom-
panied by a list of witnesses, and a statement of any-
other evidence proposed to be adduced.

If the accused is present, he may at this stage be
solemnly and affectionately dealt with in reference
to the charii'e. If he confc^sses or admits the charg-e
the court pr(3ceeds to judgment. The confession is
signed by the accused, when deemed expedient
by the court.

If the charge is denied, the accused is furnished
with a copy of it and the list and statement abov^e
referred to. Parties and witnesses are then cited to
appear at a subsequent meeting, to be held, in the
case of a Presbytery, not earlier than ten clear days,
and in the case of a Session, not earlier than two
clear days, after the service of the citation. CApp. R.)

At this meeting the accused is again affectionately
dealt with in reference to the charge. If he still
denies it, the trial proceeds, and witnesses for all
parties are examined.

If the accused refuses to obey the first citation,
he is again cited to appear within a reasonable time
with certification that if he does not appear the
court, besides dealing with him for contumacy, may
proceed with the case as if he were present.

If the accused purposely absents or secretes him-
self, so that process cannot be served on him, the
court may suspend him until he appears and answers.

Before proceeding to trial, or to censure for con-
tumacy, the court must ascertain and record the
fact that its citations have been duly served.

When the evidence is closed, parties are heard and
removed, and the court proceeds to deliberate ; and,
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demning the accused, either wliolly, or to such ex-
tent as the evidence warrants, and pronounces sen-
tence accordingly. (Appendixes T, U and V.)

The accused if accpiitted cannot be put upon trial
a second time upon the same charge.

Minutes of the^vhol^proceedingsare kept by the
clerk of the court, but no entry is made in the per-
manent record until the trial has been completed.
If the accused is acquitted the minutes are then
destroyed, and no entry of the proceedings is made
in the record. If the accused is convicted, the
charges, the answer, and the judgment are recorded,
and the whole minutes of the trial, including all the
citations and certificates of the service thereof, the
acts and orders of the court relating to the cause,
and the evidence adduced, are attached together and
kept in retentis

Except in the court of last resort, exception may
be taken by either of the original parties in a trial,
to any part of the proceedings, and such exceptions
shall be entered on the record.

In case of an appeal or coniplaint, the minutes and
the attached documents, together with the notice of
appeal or complaint, and the reasons thereof, if any
have been minuted or filed, are luly authenticated
by the clerk, and transmitted to the higher court.
These papers are called the "judicial record."
Nothing can be taken into consideration in the
higher court which is not contained in said record.

All parties are entitled to copies of the judicial
record or extracts therefrom, at their own expense.

' Decisions on points of order or evidence need not
be minuted unless desired by one of the parties.

i^^ Citations are in writing, but any person, either
party or witness, who is present at a meeting of the
court may be cited cvpud acta. Citations must be

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served on parties in a case by some competent per-
son appointed by the court. But citations to wit-
nesses may be served by one of the parties. A
certificate of the serving of citation shall in all cases
be lodged with the court. Members of the Church
are bound to obey the citation of any Church court,
as witnesses and, in case of refusal, are liable to
censure.

When it is judged proper by a court to proceed
by libel, a copy of the libel is delivered to the per-
son accused in the presence of the court ; if the ac-
cused is not present, a copy of the libel and of the
citation, signed by the clerk, are delivered to him
personally, or left at his place of residence, at least
ten clear days before the time appointed for hearing
the case.

Every such citation must specify, (1) The court
before which the accused is to appear; (2) The time
and place of appearance ; (3) The name of the
accused ; (4) The name of the accuser ; and (5) A
general declaration of the offence charged. A first
citation must be accompanied by a certified copy of
the libel, and a list of witnesses and documents
intended to be- produced in evidence.

Witnesses who are members of the Church are
cited by authority of the court ; other persons can
only be requested to attend and give evidence.

Congregations may be cited by the Presbytery
Synod or General Assembly, to appear before these
courts in regard to any matter in which they may
be interested.

When it is deemed necessary to cite a congrega-
tion, the citation is directed to the Session, through
its moderator, with instructions to call a meeting of
the congregation, for the purpose of appointing
representatives to answer such citation ; for this
purpose the citation is to be read from the pulpit

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on the Sabbath preceding sueli meeting of the con-
gregation.

Citations addressed to congregations are issued
in the name and by authority of the court citing,
are signed by its clerk, and specify the object of the
citation, together with the time and place at which
appearance is to be made.

If no appearance is made at the time and place
specified, the congregation may, if the cose so
require, be cited a second time, with certification
that if no appearance be then made, they will be
held as acquiescing in the decision to which the
court may come.

A superior court, for sufficient cause, may cite any
inferior court under its jurisdiction to appear before
it. This is done by letter addressed to the modera-
tor through the clerk, and signed by the clerk of
the superior court.

EVIDENCE. ■

Church courts are to be very careful in estimating
the credibility of witnesses. The credibility of a
witness may be affected by relationship to one of
the parties ; by interest in the result of the trial ;
by weakness of understanding; by infamy of
character ; by being under censure ; by known
rashness, indiscretion or malignity of disposition ;
or. by other considerations.

Disbelief in the existence of God, or in a future
state of rewards and punishments, or inability to
understand the obligation of an oath, disqualifies
for bearing testimony.

Any party in a case has a right to object to a
witness, and the court decides as to validitv of the
objection.

Husband and wife, parent and child may not be
compelled to give evidence for or against each other.

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* Questions put to witnesses must be pertinent.
No evidence is received except what is matter of
knowledge or cause of knowledge to tlie witness. •
What a witness has heard is not to be received as

^ evidence unless it was said by a person since de-
ceased, by the accused, or by some one in presence
of tlie accused.

In order to refresh his memory, a witness may
refer to writings and memoranda made by himself,
provided they were not primarily made to be used
when giving evidence.

It is desirable that oral testimony be corroborated
by written evidence when the latter can be obtained.

Leading questions are not to be put to a witness?
but on cross-examination, or in t^ ' case of an un-
willing witness, greater latitude i.s allowable.

No witness is bound to criminate himself. o,^c./v«X
The testimony of more than one witness is neces-
^'^ sary to establish a charge.^ If several credible wit-
nesses testify to different acts of a similar nature, or
to confirmatory circumstances supporting the same
general charge, the offence may be considered proved.

Witnesses who are yet to be examined, not being
members of the court, are excluded while other
witnesses are under examination : unless both par-
ties consent to their being present.

Witnesses may be examined on oath. The court
may, however, accept a solemn affirmation instead
of an oath. Such oath or affirmation shall be in the
following terms : " I solemnly declare, in the
presence of the omniscient and heart-searching God,
that I will speak the truth so far as I know or shall
be asked, as I shall answer to God at the great day
of judgment."

Witnesses are examined in the presence of the
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They are first examined by tlio party producing
them, then cross-examined by the opposite party,
thereafter the party producino" the witness, or any
member of the court desiring to put questions
may do so througli the moderator.

lyopositions are taking down in writing, read
over to the witnesses, and signed by them. The
questions in full are not recorded, unless desired by
one of the parties as being important.

When witnesses cannot attend, their evidence
may be taken by commission of the court, or through
another church court ; but both parties must receive
notice of the time and place appointed for the taking
of such evidence, and have a right to be present and
cross-examine the witness. Evidence taken by one
court, and regularly attested, is received as valid by
any other court.

Any person convicted of an offence may after-
wards apply for a fresh trial on the ground of newly
discovered evidence. And the court, if satisfied that
the evidence proffered is material, and could not
with reasonable diligence have been offered sooner,
may grant the application. When the new evidence
has been taken, the court, using the whole evidence
in the cause, proceeds to judgment, as if no former
judgment had been given ; and the new judgment
supersedes the former.

If in the prosecution of an appeal, new evidence
is offered, which in the opinion of the Appellate
court has an important bearing on the; case, that
court may refer back the cause to the inferior court
for a new trial ; or, with the consent of parties, may
receive the further evidence and bring the case to
an issue.

After the evidence for the prosecution and the
defence has been heard evidence in reply may be
adduced by the prosecution.

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All documents adduced in evidence, or authenti-
cated copies of the same, must be lodged with the
clerk of the court.

3 (censures and othem) consequences

of discipline.

The censures of the Church are admonition,
rebuke, suspension, deposition from office, and ex-
communication, all which are pronounced by the
moderator, in the name of the court.

Admonition consists in solemnly addressing the
offender, placing his sin before him, warning him of
his danger, and exhorting him to greater circum-
spection. It is adminstered in private.

Rebuke is a higher form of censure resorted to
after conviction or confession of scandalous sins. It
may, if the court judge necessary, be publicly ad-
ministered.

Suspension from Church privileges may be for a
longer or shorter time : it is added to rebuke, when
in the judgment of the court it is necessary in order
to impress the offender, and to give public testimony
to the Church and the world against the offence.

Suspension from offi.ce is either with or without
limit of time. Suspension of an office-bearer from
Church privileges is uniformly accompanied with
suspension from office ; but the latter does not
necessarily involve the former.

A member or office-bearer of the Church, while
under suspension, should be the object of deep soli-
citude and earnest dealing, in order to bring him to
repentance. When the court which inflicted the
censure is satisfied of the penitence of the offender,
or when the time of suspension has expired (if no
new scandal has arisen), the censure is removed, and
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admonition. Restoration to privileges may take
place without restoration to office.

Depotiitioii of an office-bearer consists in depriv-
ing him of his office, and follows confession or con-
viction of heresy or gross inmiorality.

Deposition of a minister, or suspension 8ine die
involves the dissolution of the pastoral tie. The
sentence of deposition or suspension is read before
the congregation, and the charge is forthwith de-
clared vacant. In suspension for a limited period,
the Presbytery decides whether dissolution of the
pastoral tie shall take place or not.

Excornmunication is the highest censure of the
Church, and is resorted to only in cases of peculiar
aggravation, where the offence is obstinately denied,
although fully proved ; or if acknowledged, is justi-
fied, and where the individual continues impenitent
and contumacious. It consists in solemnly casting
the offender out of the Church.

A Session does not proceed to deposition or ex-
communication without reference to the Presbytery
for advice.

Contumacious resistance of the authority of a
Church court may warrant the infliction of any
ecclesiastical censure.

When a minister has been deposed, he is not re-
stored without the authority of the Supreme Court

When an offence is committed in presence of a
court, or confession of guilt is voluntarily made
without a charge being brought, after the offender
has been fully heard the court may proceed to judg-
ment without further process. But the nature of
the offence, the judgment of the court, and the rea-
sons therefor must appear on the record.

^ Every report injuriously affecti'^.g the character
of a minister is not to be made the subject of judi-

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cial inquiry; but only such reports as imply a
serious offence, and are so prevalent that the in-
terests of religion reciuiro their investigation.

When, however, a complaint is made against a
minister, regarding minor matters, such as acts of
negligence, or disputes witli the Session or congre-
gation, which affect his reputation and usefulness,
the Presbytery makes investigation without formal
process, dealing with the parties interested, with a
view to the removal of the otience. When this end
is not attained, the dealing may result in a dissolu-
tion of the pastoral tie, or in a formal process, by
resolution cf the Presbytery, or on demand of the
minister. In no case, liowever, is a Presbytery to
countenance measures tending to sacrifice a minister
to the unreasonable feelings of his Session, or of a
party in his congregation.
Jy{j (When)an office-bearer, without regular dismission,
renounces the communion of thephurch by joining
another Christian body,(if that txxlVjis evangelical^

M^c«-a • tS^^ i!i§c^^'^*^^0^^ ^^^® i\\\\o of withdrawing Cwa^ m
*^**^^' good standing^ the irregularity) is noted in the re-
cords of the court having jurisdiction, and his name
is erased. If a charge is pending against, him it^^
1 i> may still be prosecuted. If the body^^is noCr evan-
gelical, he may without trial, be declared no longer
an office-bearer of the Church, or deposed, as the
interests of the truth may require.

LIBL'L

When a charge against a minister or licentiate is
preferred in writing, accompanied with probable
evidence, or wiien there is a/amot so clamant as to
demand judicial investigation, the Presbytery in tiie
first place institutes a private inquiry by precogni-
tion, either before itself, or bv means of a commit-
tee, respecting the charge or jama. ^Justice requires)

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C that) the party accused (pe made aware )o£ this
inquiry, and have an opportunity of makiiigex- •
planations. If he wishes to be present, ohe1?r^By*^
tery mr.y grant his request. Witnesses must not
be pre cognosced in each other's presence.

When it appear;^ from the inquiry that there
ozists probable ground for the charge, and the party
accused, after having been closely and aflectionately
dealt with, denies, or makes insufficient admission
of guilt, the Presbytery resolves to proceed by libel.
(App. 5.) The charges p >'ierred in the libel are at the
instance of the Pi-esbytery, when proceeding on a
farfia; or of the accusers, when there are accusers.

The Presbytery, if it sees fit, appoints one of its
members to act as prosecutor, but where the indict-
ment is at the instance of a private party, such party
may be required to prosecute. When the libel has
been approved generally by the Presbytery, a day
is fixed for considering the relevancy thereof. The
accused is duly notified of this
nished with a copy of the libel.

A libel is held to be relevant when, 1st, the
offence specified is properly a subject of Churchcen-
sure ; and, 2nd, the facts specified amount to the
offence charged. When the Presbytery meets, the
accused is asked if he lias any objections to the
relevancy of the libel, and the court proceeds to
consider the question. If found relevant, and
further dealing with the accused fails to produce
any satisfactory result, the libel is served on the
accused, and he is furnished with a list of witnesses
to be called, and of documents to be produced in
probation. By consent of parties, the trial may at
once proceed, or a day is fixed for this purpose.
(For mode of procedure at trial, see preceding
sections.)

If the charge or charges be io\md 'proven, in whole

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or in part, the Presbytery then proceeds to the in-
fliction of censure adequate to the guilt(lnvolve(£) ictS^^J'*^^^

When in course of process a libel has been found
relevant, the accused i-pso facto ceases to exercise
the functions of his office until the libel has been
finally disposed of. : . '^i

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RESTORATION OF OFFENDERS.

As one end of Church discipline is the spiritual
good and reclamation of such as offend, so when
that end has been attained, restoration to privileges
is the duty of the Church courts.

Tf the censure was public the restoration should
also be public, otherwise it should be private.

When any one who has been suspended desires to
be restored, he applies to the Session or Presbytery
under whose care he is. The court, if satisfied with
his profession of penitence and purpose thenceforth
to live a consistent life, removes the censure and
readmits the penitent to the privileges of the Church
subject to the following provisions :

Where suspension has been inflicted by another

Session or Presbytery, restoration should not take

a- 5 place without(first having)the approval of the coUrt

which pronounced suspension. In order to this the

•p^^'jS^ court/applied to)should furnish the evidence it has

of the contrition of the offender to the court which

;>siFspended him, and ask its consent ^o restoration)

Ministers who have been deposed may be restored
to membership by a Session after leave has been
granted by their Presbytery, but they can be
restored to office only by the Presbytery after
leave has been granted by the Supreme Court.
Nor should that leave be grantee! until there
is good reason to believe that the scandal has

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passed away, and that the restoration of the ap-
plicant would promote the interests of true religion. ,

Elders who hayebeeii deposed^re)restc^dby the
^ Session to the&iemB^^ipJof the Church ,^only with
leave of the Kesbytery. They can be restored to
their oflfice by the Presbytery alone.

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SCHEMES OF THE CHURCH.

The schemes of the Church are the following :
Theological Education, Home Missions, Foreign
Missions, Trench Evangelisation, Widows' and Or-
phans' Fund, Aged and Iniirm Ministers' Fund, As-
sembly Fund.

These schemes are managed by boards and com-
mittees, which are appointed by the General As-
sembly, and act under such regulations as the
Assembly may from time to time adopt.

It is the duty of all congregations to contribute
to these schemes. And for the more efficient dis-
charge of this duty, it is earnestly recommended by
the Assembly, that missionary associations be formed
in every congregation. Contributions, as received,
should be forwarded to the treasurers of the Church
without unnecessary delay. (For the regulations
under which these schemes are conducted see Ap-
pendix PP.)

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APPENDIX.

FORMS THAT MAY BE USED IN THE FOREGOING PRO-
CEDURE, WHILE THE USE OF THEM IS NOT OB-
LIGATORY OR NECESSARY FOR THE VALIDITY OF
THE PROCEDURE.

A.~PETITION TO MODERATE IN A CALL.

To the Rev. the Presbytery of

Your petitioners, the Congregation of , respectfully re-

quest your Reverend Court to take steps to moderate in a Call ; and
we do hereby assure you that a guarantee for the payment of an
annual stipend amounting to dollars will be ready on the day

of moderation.

^•^- ^^''^'"^''']of the meeting.

(Place and date.)

C. D., Secretary

B.- INTIMATION OF MODERATION IN A CALL.

In the name and by ajjpointment of the Presbytery of and

in answer to a petition of the Congregation of a meeting will

be held in this Church {or in the Church at ), on the

day of instant [or next), at o'clock, forenoon

(afternoon or evening), for the purpose of moderating in a call to a
minister.

(Place and date.) A. B.

O.-CALL.

We, office-bearers and members of the Congregation of being

communicants, desirous of promoting the glory of God and the good
of His Church, being destitute of a fixed pastor, and being satisfied
by our experience (or by good information) of the piety, literature,
ministerial abilities and prudence, and also the suitableness to our
edification of the gifts of you have agreed to invite, as we by these
presents do invite and call you to undertake the office of pastor
among us, promising you, on your accei)tance of this our Citll, all
due respect, encouragement, and obedience in the Lord, and further
engage to contribute to your suitable maintenance as God may
prosper us. In witness whereof we have subscribed this Call on this
the day of in the year

(The names follow.)

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APPENDIX — FORMS.

D.~OALL TO A MINISTER TO BE COLLEAGUE, OR
ASSISTANT AND SUCCESSOR.

Same as Form C, omitting the words *' being destitute of a fixed
pastor," and inserting after "pastor among us^' the words— in the
capacity of colleague {or assistant and successor), to

B.— ATTESTATION OF CALL BY OFFICIATING

MINISTER.

That in pursuance of appointment of the Prepbytery of this

Call has this day been moderated in, and that the communicants to
the number of have by themselves, or by me at their request,

subscribed the same, is attested by me.

(Place and date.) A. B., Minister officiating. .

F, -CONCURRENCE IN CALL.

We, the subscribers, adherents of the Congregation of hereby

express our concurrence in the Call to

(The names follow.)

a. -ATTESTATION OF CALL BY ELDERS.

That Communicants belonging to the Congregation of to

the number of have in our presence subscribed, or by their re-

quest have had by one of us their names subscribed to the Call in
favor of is attested by us.

A. B., Elder.

( Place and date.) C.T>., Elder.

H.-ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE BY THE
OFFICIATING MINISTER.

That adherent^ of the Congregation of to the number o

have this day signed this Concurrence in the Call to
is attested by me.

(Place and data.) A. B., Minister officiating.

I.-ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE BY ELDERS.

That adherents of the Congregation of to the number of

have in our presence subscribed, or by their request have
had by one of us their names subscribed to, the Concurrence in the
Call to is attested by us.

A. B., EMer.
(Place and date.) C. D., Elder.

J.-GUARANTEE FOR MINISTER'S STIPEND.

We, the Congregation of hereby represent to the Presby-

tery of of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, that the esti-

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mated annual revenue of the said Congregation for the maintenance
of religious ordinances, from all sources, is dollars ($ )

and we hereby agree to pay out of the said revenue, as it shall be
collected and as tne first charge thereon, the sum of dollars

($ ) in semi-annual {or quarterly) payments to the Rev.

so long as he is minister of the said Congregation ; and further we en-
gage to use our utmost diligence, to the end, that the said Rev.
may regularly receive the stipend herein named.

(Place and date.)

A. B., Chairman ) , ..^ ^^^ti^„
C.J).] Secretary \of the meetir^.

K.— EDICT OF ORDINATION AND INDUCTION.

The Presbytery of having completed the necessary step

for the ordination and induction of Mr. called to be minister

of this Congregation {or colleague, or assistant and successor t« Rev.
A. B., minister of this charge), notice is hereby given that the said
Presbytery will meet in this Church {or in the Church at )

on the day of instant {or next) at o'clock

forenoon (afternoon or evening), for the purpose of ordaining the said
Mr. to the Holy Ministry, ana inducting him to the pastoral

charge of the said Congregation, and notice is hereby given to all
concerned that if any of them have any objection to offer to the life
or doctrine of the said Mr. they may repair to the Presby-

tery, which is to meet at the time and place aforesaid, with certifi-
cation that if no valid objection be then made, the Presbytery shall
proceed without further delay.

(Place and date.)

By order of the Presbytery of

C. D.

L,— EDICT OF INDUCTION.

The same as Form K., omitting the words *' ordination and," and
for *| ordaining the said Mr. to the Holy Ministry and in-

ducting him," substituting the words " inducting the said Mr. .'

M. -FORMULA TO BE SIGNED AT ORDINATION
INDUCTION OR RECEPTION OF A MINISTER.

I, A. B., hereby declare that I believe the Westminster Confession
of Faith, as adopted by this Church in the basis of union, and the
government of the Church by Sessions, Presbyteries, Synods, and
General Assemblies, to be founded on, and agreeable to the Word of
God ; that I own the purity of worship at present authorized by this
Church ; and that I engage to adhere faithfully to the doctrme of
the paid Confession, to maintain and defend the said government, to
conform to the said worship, to submit to the discipline of this
Church, and to follow no divisive course from the present order
established therein.

A. B. , Minister at

APPENDIX — FORMS.

N.— CITATION IN CASE OF TRANSLATION.

A Call from tho Congregation of to t)ie Rev. A. B., minis-

ter of this Congregation, having been laid before the Presbytery of
the said Presbytery have agreed to cite, and accordingly
hereby cite, the Session and Congregation to appear at a meeting of
the said Presbytery to be held at on the day of

instant (or next) at o'clock forenoon (afternoon or evening),

that they may give reasons, if they have any, why the Rev. A. B.|8
translation should not be proceeded with, with certification that if
no appearance bo made, they shall be held as consenting to his
translation.

{Place and date.)

CD.

O.-CITATION IN CASE OF RESIGNATION.

The Rev. A. B., Minister of this Congregation, having laid his
resignation before, etc. (as in form N.), substituting "resignation"
for "translation."

P. -INTIMATION DECLARING A CHARGE VACANT.

In consequence of the translation (resignation or death) or depos-
ition of the Rev. A.B., formerly minister of this pastoral Charge, the
Presbytery of hereby intimates and declares the Charge to

be vacant, and call upon all parties concerned to proceed, with all
convenient speed, and according to the laws and practice of the
Church, to the obtaining of a minister to fill the vacancy.

{Place and date.) CD.

Q.— EDICT FOR ORDINATION OF ELDERS AND

DEACONS.

Whereas Messrs. A., B., C, members of this Church, have been,
duly elected to the eldership, or deaconship, by this congregation,
and have been approved by the Session, notice is hereby given that
the Session will proceed to ordain them to that office on ,

the day of , at o'clock (a.m.), unless some valid objection

has been given unto the moderator within ten days from this date.

R.— CITATION TO A PARTY ACCUSED.

To A. B., etc. :

You are hereby required to appear before the Session of C, at a
meeting to be held in on the day of at the h»ur

of to answer to a charge of (here state the nature of the offence

charged), made against you by D. E., (ir by the said Session.)

Dated the day of 18 .

G. H., Session Clerk.

APPENDIX — FORMS.

S.— FORMS FOR LIBEL.

I.-FOK IMMORALITY.

Mr. A. B., Minister of the Congregation of

(or licentiate)

under the care of the Presbytery of

You are indicted and accused at the instance of C D., of
{or of the said Presbytery, or of E. V., a member of the said Presby-
tery, appointed to prosecute the matter after mentioned) : That
all3eit by the Word of God and the laws of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada (state the denomination of the offence chari/cd, as drunken-
ness, etc.), is an offence of a heinous nature, unbecoming the character
and sacred jn-ofession of a minister of the Gospel, and severely
punishable by the laws and rules of this Church. Yet, true it is, and
of verity that you, the said A. B., are guilty of the said offence ;
in so far as on the day of one thousand eight hundred

years, or on one or other of the days of that month, or of the
the month preceding or following, you, the said A. B., did, (<lcscribe
the place and circumstances of the offence charged) ; All which or part
thereof being confessed by you, or being proven against you the said

A. B., by the said Presbytery of

before which you are to

in name, presence, and by appointment of the
, this day of 18 , by

be tried ; you, the said A. B., ought to be punished according to the
rules and discipline of the Church, and the usages observed in cases
for the glory of God, the edification of the Church, and to the terror
of others holding the same sacred office.

Signed at
Presbytery of

(To he siijned by the parties libeUiny.)

When the offence is aggravated by particular circumstances, such
as by being committed on the Lord's l>ay, the aggravation should be
expressed thus ; " Drunkenness, aggravated by its having been com-
mitted on the Lord's Day," and "It being the Lord's Day."

When a course of conduct is charged the complaint will run thus :
"Drunkenness habitually indulged in," and after specifying the
special acts charged, if any, there should be added, "And further,
you, the said A. B., are a habitual drunkard, and during the period
between the day of and the day of , you

indulged in the said habit of intoxication, and were seen on various
occasions within that period under the influence of liquor. In par-
ticular (specify the jiarticular occasion to which the proof is to be
directed)."

II.— FOU HEKKSY.

Mr. A. B., Minister of the Congregation of
under the care of the Presbytery of

(or licentiate).

You are indicted and accused at the instance of C. D. of
(or of the said Presbytery, or of E. F., member of the said Presby-
tery, appointed to prosecute the in.atter after mentioned) : That albeit
to hold and teach that (state the erroneous doctrine ascribed to the
accused) is contrary to the Word of God, and the Standards of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada. (Here it is desirable to refer to the
particular passages of Scripture and of the Standards founded on.)

APPENDIX — FORMS.

Yet, true it is, and of verity, that you, the said A. B., hold, and have
taught, the erroneous doctrine above stated, in so far as in a book
(pamphlet or sermon), written by you and published {describe thepuh-
lication on which the complaint is founded)) on page thereof, you
have stated [quote the language complained of.) All which, or part
thereof, being confessed by you, or being found proven against you,
the said A. B., by the Presbytery of before which you are to

be tried, you, the said A. B., ought to be visited with such censure as
the laws and discipline of the Church in such cases prescribe, in
order that the pure doctrine of God's Holy Word, as held by this
Church, may be vindicated and maintained, or to be otherwise dealt
with in the premises as to the said Presbytery may appear expedient
and proper.

Signed at in the name, presence, a.nd appointment of the

Presbytery of this day of 18 years.

To be signed by the party libelling.

If the charge be founded on oral statements, then the libel will run '
" In so far as in a sermon preached by you in the Church of
on the day , or about that time you stated that," (give

the language used).

Or the charge may run in a different form, as " That it is the doc-
trine of God's Holy Word, and of the Standards of this Church that
(state the discourse impugned, and give necessary references) that this
doctrine has been denied, or at least views and opinions consistent
therewith, and subversive of the same have been promulgated by
you, the said A. B., in so far in a book, etc."

ANOTHER FORM OF LIBEL.

To Mr. A, B., Minister at C. (or preacher of the Gospel).

You are indicted by the Presbytery of D., at the instance of E.
and F. or at the instance of the said Presbytery (this if by fama), to
appear at G., on the day of, etc., to answer to the following

cnarge, namely, that you, the said A. B., did on the day of

or on (give time) (and describe the offence charged), which
conduct of yours was contrary to the Word of God and the laws of
the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and inconsistent with your posi-
tion as a Minister or preacher of the Gospel.

Signed in name and by appointment of the Presbytery of
this day of

D. at

Moderator.
Clerk.

ORDER BY THE PRESBYTERY TO BE ENDORSED ON

THE LIBEL.

At , the day of 18 , the Presbytery ap-

points a copy of the foregoing libel, list of witnesses, specifications of
documents, and this deliverance to be served on the said Rev. A. B.,
and enjoins him to appear before the Presbytery within at

, on the day of , to answer to said libel ; said

APPKNDI X — FORMS.

service to be made at least ten clear days before the day of compear-
ance, and grants warrant for citing witnesses for both parties.

CI. H., Prefthytcry Clerk,

CITATION WITH LIBEL.
To the Rev. A. B.

Take notice that you are summoned to appear before the Presby-
tery of at and within at o'clock
on the day of 18 , to answer to the libel, a copy of
which is prefixed.

Dated the day of 18 .

G. H., Presbytery Clerk.

CITATION OF WITNP:HSES.
To R. S.

You are hereby required, as a member of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada, to attend a meeting of the to be held within

at on the day of at the hour of

there and then to give evidence, as far as you know, concerning a
charge of {state the charge shortly), against A. B. {or in a case between
A. B. and CD.)

Dated the day of 18 .

G. H. , Presbytery Clerk.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE TO BE ENDORSED ON

CITATION.

Served a copy of the within on A. B. {or R. S.) by delivering the
same to him personally {or leaving the same with a grown-up person
at his dwelling-house), on the day of 18 .

X. Y., Officer.

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T.— SENTENCE OF SUSPENSION OF A MINISTER.

" Whereas in the trial of your case by this Court, you, A. B., have
been found guilty of we the Presbytery of do hereby

suspend you from exercising the office of the Christian Ministry, or
any part thereof, until satisfactory evidence of repentance be sub-
mitted to us."

U. -SENTENCE OF DEPOSITION OF A MINISTER.

Whereas, A. B., Minister of , has been proved before the

Presbytery of , to be guily of . , the said Presbytery

adjudge him totally disqualified for the office of the Christian Min-
istry. They, therefore, in the name and bv the authority of the
Lord "Jci us Christ, depose from the office, and degrade from the rank
of a C/hiistJan Minister, the said A. B., and do hereby prohibit him
from t>xt'rci 'sng the functions of the Christian Ministry, or any part
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v.-minutp: of deposition.

The Presbytery having duly considered the libel served on Mr. A.
B., Minister of C. , on the day of , together

with the proof adduced thereon, or together with his confession of
his guilt, whereby he was found to have been guilty of , did

by their vote depose the said A. B., like as they hereby do, in the
name of the Lord Jesus Clirist, the King and only Head of this
Church, and by virtue of the power and authority committed by
Him to them, depose the said A. B. from the office of the Holy
Ministry ; prohibiting and discharging him to exercise the same, or
any part thereof, in all time coming. The Presbytery further de-
clared the Church and congregation of C. to be vacant from
this date.

W.— QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO OFFICE-BEARERS.

I.— QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO MINISTERS AT ORDINATION OR INIlUCriON"

1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
to be the Word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and
manners ?

2. Do you believe the Westminster Confession of Faith, as adopted
by this Church in the Basip of Union, to be founded on and agreeable
to the Word of God, and{Fn your teaching]will you faithfully adhere
thereto ? -^

3. Do yon believe the government of this Church by Sessions,
Presbyteries, Synods and General Assemblies, to be founded on and
agreeable to the Word of God, and do you engage as a ^Minister) of
this Church U.. xnaintain and defend the same ?

4. Do you own the purity of worship at present authorized by this
Church, and will you conform thereto ?

5. Do you promise to give a dutiful attendance in the Courts of
this Church, to submit yourself in the spirit of meekness to the
admonitions of this Presbytery, to be subject to it and the superior
judicatories, to follow no divisive course, but maintain according to
your power the unity and peace of the Church ?

6. Are zeal for the glory of God, love to the Lord Jesus Christ,
and desire of saving souls, so far as you know your owr heart, your
great motives and chief inducements to enter the office of the
ministry ?

7. Have you directly or indirectly used any undue means to pro-
cure this call ?

8. Do you engage in the strength and grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to live a holy and circumspect life, to rule well your own
house, and faithfully and diligently to discharge all the duties of the
ministry to the edification of the body of Christ ?

II.— QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO MISSIONARIES AT ORDINATION.

Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, as above.

7. Do you engage, in the strength and grace of our Loid Jesus

APPENDIX — FORMS.

Christ, to live a holy and circumspect life, and to rule well your own
house ? Do you devote yourself to the office of Missionary of this
Church, engaging in this solemn undertaking with a deep sense of its
responsibilities, and, in the discharge of its arduous duties, do you
resolve to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, tnat
when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you may receive a crown of
righteousness that fadeth not away?

III. — QUB8T10N8 TO BB PUT TO CANDIDATES WHEN LICENSED TO PREACH

THE GOSPEL.

Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, as above.

6. Do you engage, in the strength and grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to live a holy and circumspect life, and faithfully to preach
the Gospel, as you may have opportunity ?

6. Do you promise to submit yourself in the Lord to the several
judicatories of this Church ?

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IV.— QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO ELDERS REFORE ORDINATION.

Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, (omittiiwf " in your teaching " in No. 2, and sub-
stituting in No. 3, " Ruling Elder " for " Minister.")

5. In accepting the office of Elder, do you engage, in the strength
and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, faitbfuUy and diligently to per-
form the duties thereof ; watching over the flock of which you are
called to be an overseer, and in all things showing yourself to be a
pattern of good works ?

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v.— QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO DEACONS BEFORE ORDINATION.

Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, (Mutatis Mutandis).

6. In accepting the office of Deacon, do you engage, in the strength
and grace of our Itord Jesus Christ, faithfully and diligently to per-
form the duties thereof ?

X.— FORMULA TO BE SIGNED BY ALL OFFICE-
BEARERS.

" I hereby declare that I believe the Westminster Confession of
Faith, as adopted by this Church in the Basis of Union, and the
Government of the Church by Sessions, Presbyteries, Synods, and
General Assemblies, to be founded on and agreeable to the Word of
God ; that I own the purity of worship at present authorized by this
Church ; and that I engage to adhere faithfully to the doctrine of the
said Confession^ to maintain and defend the said government, to con-
form to the said worship, and to submit to the discipline of this
Church, and to follow no divisive course from the present order
established therein."

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Y. -CERTIFICATE OF M^.MBERSHIP.

This certifies that the bearer(8) Mr. (and Mrs.)
is (are) at this date a member(8) in full communion of the Presby-

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APPENDIX — FORMS.

terian Church in Canada, and leaves the congregation of
in good and regular standing.
[Place.)
(Date.) ' Moderator.

Clerk of Session.

There are baptized children in the family of Mr.

who are commended to the care of any Session to whom this certi-
ficate is presented.

This certifies that the bearer Mr. was at one time a

member in full communion of the Presbyterian Church in Canada,
connected with the congregation of , and that his

name was removed from the roll of communicants on or about
( date). The reason may, if the Session see fit, be given

mm'e or less fully, but it should be in the form of a simple historical
statement of the dealings of the Session.

(Place.) . ^

(Date.) Moderator.

' Clerk of Session,

Z. -CERTIFICATE FOR ELDER.

This certifies that Mr. is an elder of the congregation

of , and that at a meeting of the Session held at

on the day of 18 , he was appointed to repre-

sent the Session at the meetings of the Presbytery of . , and

the Synod of the bounds.

(Place.)
(Date.)

Moderator.
Clerk of Session.

A.A.— QUESTIONS FOR PRESBYTERIAL VISITATION.

I.— TO THE MINISTER.

Question I. — Do you endeavor to preach the Gospel faithfully ?

Q. II. —Do you hold diets of examination in the various sections
of the congregation, and how often ?

Q, III. — Do you visit the people pastorally, from house to house,
and how often ?

Q. IV.— Do you visit the afflicted attentively ?

Q. V. — Are you conscientious and regular in your attendance on
Church courts ?

Q. VI. — Do you administer the Sacrament of Baptism in an orderly-
way ?

Q. VII. — Have you any Bible classes, and what is the average at-
tendance ?

11.— TO THE ELDER&

Question I. — Do you, as far as vour time and circumstances per-
mit, visit, advise, and pray with the families of your district ?

APPENDIX — FORMS .

Q. II. — Do you watch carefully over the members of the congrrega-
tion generally, and report to SesHion qises requiring discipline ?
Q. III.— Are you attentive in visiting the afflicted ?

Q. IV. — Do you regularly and conscientiously attend meetings of
Session, and, as you may be appointed, the meetings of other Church
courts ?

Q. V. — Do you attend and take part in prayer meetings ?

III.— TO THE SESSION.

Question I. — Is there a sufficient number of Elders, and is there a
district allotted to each ?

Q. II. — Have you stated or occasional meetings for conference and
prayer ?

Q. III. — Do you take careful oversight of the conduct and training
of the youth, and do yoi'. use diligence that they may be led to feel
and discharge the obfigations resting upon them by virtue of their
dedication to God in baptism ?

Q. IV. — Do you take supervision of Sabbath schools within your
bounds ; are they efficiently conducted ?

Q. V. — Has the congregation contributed to all the schemes of the
Church during the past year, and to what amount ?

Q. VI. — Do you take order that the service of praise is con-
'ducted in a becoming manner ?

Q. VII. — What, so far as you are able to judge, is the state of
religion within yoU£^2ii'!i^^'«ji .JLJi-n "

Q. VIII.— IS the secular business of the congregation entrusted to
deacons or managers ? ^

Q. IX. — Are there any matters affecting the congregation which
you wish to mention to Presbytery ? ^^j- a_-v. ^ fZ^^Z^ /<^A^ \ u^-^

IV.— to the deacons or managers.

Question I. — What stipend do you give your minister? -'

Q. II. — Do you deem that a competent provision ?

Q. III. — Are the pecuniary obligations of the congregation to your
pastor promptly fulfilled ?

Q. IV.— Do the people manifest becoming liberality in contribut-
ing for Church purposes.

Q. v.— How is the stipend obtained ? r ■ ,

Q. VI. — How often do you meet for business ?

Q. VII. — Are your statistics and finances regularly reported to
the General Assembly ?

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B.B. -QUESTIONS FOR ADMISSION TO FULL
COMMUNION.

1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament
to be the word of God ; and do you take them as your only rule of
faith and conduct ?

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2. Do you take God the Father as your father | God, the Son, as
your Saviour ; God the Holy Spirit as your sanctifier and guide ?

_ 3. Do you promise, depending on the grace of God vouchsafed, to
live as becomes the Gospel of Christ ?

4. Will you contribute from time to time of your substance, as
God may prosper you, for the maintenance and advancement of the
cause of Onrist ?

5. Will you be subject to the authority of this Session in the
Lord, and in subordination to the Higher Courts of the Church ?

Having thus received your profession of faith in Christ and obedi-
ence to Him, I receive you into the fellowship of the Church. May
God bless you and keep you.

(The use of these questions is not obligatory ; Sessions have
power to receive to full communion in any way tney may deem for
edification,(afterwards putting the questions publicly.))

COLLEGES.

It does not appear necessary to give in a Book of Forms the
Acts of Incorporation, etc., for the colle^fes ; but such regulations
as may be of use to Presbyteries and individuals when seeking infor-
mation regarding the several colleges and the work done in them are
given below. More full information can be obtained from the
calendars of tliC several colleges.

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, HALIFAX.
CURRICULUM.

A. -FOR JDNIORS IN THEOLOGY.

(a.) Third Year in Arts.— Junior Hebrew.

New Testament Greek.
Metaphysics.
Political Economy.

History. ' ■■._'■

Physics.

Natural Theolo^.

Homiletics and Liturgies.

(6.) Fourth Year in Arts.— Now Testament Greek.

Senior Hebrew.
Ethics.
History, t "

Christian Evidences.
. Pastoral Theology.

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— Now Testament Greek.
Senior Hebrew.
Natural Theology.
Christian Evidences.
Homiletics and Liturgies.
Pastoral Theology.

-FOB MIDDLE AND SENIOR YEARS.

New Testament Greek.
Systematic Theology.
Exegetics. ^

Church His+^^ory. ^
Patristic Greek (optional).

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

' PREPARATORY COURSE.

Students may enter on the study of Theology as graduates in
Arts, as passmen in a list of necessary subjects in the Arts' Course,
or as undergraduates of the third or fourth year in Arts, who carry
on their studies in the Arts department simultaneously with the
study of Theology.

The subjects required of passmen who do not crraduate are
English Li Tature, Latin (two sessions), Greek (three sessions),
Mathematic.-^ Logic, Metaphysics^ Physics and Ethics. When a
student fails '> produce pass certificates in one or more of these
subjects he shall be examined therein by the Board of Examiners,
who have power to defer his admission to the Hall, or to require that
he shall prosecute further the studies in which he is deficient, in
addition to the ordinary work of the Theological Curriculum.

Presbyteries are authorized to accept a degree of B.A. (Ethics,
Metaphysics and Greek being included in the Course), or x^ss
certificates of attendance and proficiency in the subjects above
named, as sufiScient evidence of literary qualification.

Certificates of proficiency in Classics, Mathematics and English
Literature, from Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, will be
accepted as equivalent to pass certificates in these branches from
other colleges.

Cases in which a Presbytery may recommend the admission of a
student who cannot satisfy the Board of Examiners, must be
brought before Synod or Assembly.

The Board of Examiners meets at the call of the Convener,
during the week immediately preceding the commencement of the
Session. Students who wish to appear before it must give intima-
tion to the Convener at least a week before the 1st November.

PRKSBYTERIAL SUPERINTENDENCE.

1. It is prescribed in the Rules of Procedure that ministers pay
particular attention^ to young men who are prosecuting a liberal
education with a view to the Christian Ministry, obtain accurate
information respecting their natural abilities, prudence and piety,
and watch assiduously over their intellectual and spiritual improve-
ment.

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2. Applicants for admission to the Hall are nominated to the
Presbytery of the bounds by their respective ministers, who shall
produce the necessary university pertififites, and testimonials of
Church membership ; and the Presbytery having examined the
applicants specially on their religious knowledge, and motives in
studying for the ministry, and being satisfied, shall certify those
who are graduates, or have obtained pass certificates in the necessary
classes to the Senate, and all others to the Board of Examiners.

8. Students of Divinity are required to appear every year before
the Presbyteries within whose bounds they reside, and to give in a
written exercise on a subpct previously prescribed. A presbyterial
certificate should be presented to the Senate by every student at
the commencement of the session.

4. Every student is required, at the commencement of his Theo-
lo^cal Course, to present a certificate of Church membership to the
minister of some Presbyterian Congregation in Halifax.

WORK OF THE COLLEGE.

1. The College meets annually on the first Wednesday of Novem-
ber, at 7.30 p.m., and closes on the last Thursday of April.

2. There are three Professorships of Theology, viz : one of
Systematic Theology, including Apologetics ; oiie of Oriental
Languages and Exegetical Theology, including Biblical Criticism
and Hermeneutics ; and one of Church History and Pastoral
Theologfy, including Homiletics.

3. The Professor of Pastoral Theology is directed to take an
opportunity, during the course of his lectures, of brining before
tne minds of the students the claims of Foreign Missions, the

aualificationc necessary for missionary labor, and the best modes of
iacharging the missionary office.

4. Besides attending: the classes and preparing the ordinary class
exercises, each student is required to deliver the following discourses,
viz : in the first yj|ar an Apologetical Thesis and a Critical Exercise
on a passage of the Greek Testament ; in the second year, a
Polemical Thesis and a Lecture ; in the third year, a Critical
Exercise on a passage of the Hebrew Bible and a Sermon. Students
of the second and third years are expected to prepare these discourses
during the recess, and give them in as early in tne session as possible
—not later than 15th of January.

\ 5. A.t the end of the session each Professor shall furnish to every
student in his class a certificate of attendance and conduct. At the
close of the curriculum a pass diploma may be given in place of
separate certificates ; but such diploma shall not be awarded unless
the student has made 35 marks per cent, in each department, and a
general average of 40 per cent. St' ants shall, at the earliest
opportunity after the close of the session, present their certificates
to the Presbytery within whose bounds they reside.

nEOREE OF B.D.

1. Students preparing for the degree of B.D. are required to
make an average of at least 50 per cent, in each department, and a
general average of at least 70 per cent., at the six regular pass
examinations held during the three years' course.

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2. Other candidates are required to undergo a /ijM^cta^ examination
in lieu of these, and to make at lepst 50 per cent, on each paper, and
an average of at least 70 per cent, on all the papers taken tog^ether,
at such special examination. This examination may be taken in two
parts, at separate times if the candidate so prefer.

3. Both classes of candidates are required, after fulfilling pro-
visions 1 and 2 respectively, to pass a final examination on the
various subjects of Theological study. Specimens of patrihtic Greek
and Theological Latin shall be included among the subjects for this
examination. The same rule as to percentage of marks shall apply
to this examination.

4. Special and final examinations will not necessarily be limited to
the contents of particular books ; but a list of books will be given
in the Calendar as a general guide and help in preparing for them.

6. Special and final examinations will be held, when needful, at
the close of the Session : notice to be given by candidates to the
Clerk of Senate in the month of January preceaing.

6. Before B.D., $10— also $5 for special examination.

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, MONTREAL.

■ ' ENTRANCE INTO THEOLOGY.

1. Students who desire to enter upon a course of theological study
in this college, other than those who have completed their course of
three years in its literary department, must present to the Registrar
for transmission to the Senate, before the 6tn of October, 1886 :

a. A Presbyterial Certificate.

b. Evidence of having obtained the degree of B.A. at Queen's
Universitv, McGill University, the University of Toronto, Dal-
housie College, or other recognized institution.

c. A certificate of having passed at least one examination in He-
brew.

2. Regular students in the Preparatory Department, who have pass-
ed the sessional examinations of the third year in that department, are
not again required to stand an examination for entrance into theo-
logy, out are entitled to take their place in the theological classes on
presenting the usual Presbyterial certificate, together with that of
the Senate to their having passed the said examination.

3. Occasional students maybe admitted to attendance upon courses
of lectures, on presenting a Presbyterial order to that effect, or on
payment of a fee of four dollars for each course, or of ten dollars for
all the courses. Such occasional students are not required to pass the
terminal or sessional examinations, nor are they eligible for the
scholarships and other rewards open to regular students. Should
they, however, desire to take the sessional examinations, certificates
of their proficiency may be given them by the Professors whose lec-
tures they have attended. The Senate may remit the fees in special
cases.

THEOLOGICAL CURRICULUM.

The course of instruction in theology extends over three sessions
of six months each. In addition to the ordinary subjects taught in

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the classes of the various Professors as prescribed for each year, in
which every student must i>ass an examination at the close of the
session, an honor course is provided, which is optional, and in which
no lectures are given, but to which certificates of honor, scholarships,
and medals are attached.

FIRST TEAR— ORDINARY 0OUR8K,

Department I.— Systematic Theology.

Departinent II.— Church Government.

Department III.— Church History.

Department IV. —Sacred Literature.

Department V. — Horn ile tics. ,

Department VI. — Th^ologie Fran^aise.

Department VII. — Sacred Rhetoric and Elocution.

Students of the first year are required to prepare and deliver before
the close of the session a homily, tne subject of which will be pre-
scribed by the Lecturer in Sacred Rhetoric.

HONOR COURSE, AND FIRST EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF B.D. TO
STUDENTS IN COURSE.

(The books of the Honor Course in each year are generally selected
from among those to which attention has been directed, and a par-
tial analysis of which has been given in che classes.)

1. Westminster Confession of Faith.

2. Rawlinson's Historical Evidences. ,'

3. Westcott's Introduction to the Study of the Gospels.

4. Book of Genesis, Chn'^'s. 1-4 (Hebrew).

5. Gospel according rk (Greek).

6. Killen's Ancient ..» .n. * ' •.

SECOND YEAR— ORDINARY COURSE,

Department L— Systematic Theology.

Department II. — Apologetics.

Department III.— Church History.

Department IV. — Sacred Literature, including Exegetics. • *

Department V. — Th^ologie Fran9aise. ♦ ■

Department VI. — Sacred Rhetoric and Elocution. ■

Department VII. — Sacred Music.

Students of the second year are required to prepare and deliver be-
fore the close of the session a lecture, the subject of which will be
prescribed by the Principal.

HONOR COURSE, AND SECOND EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF B.D. TO
STUDENTS IN COURSE.

1. Jacob's Ecclesiastical Polity.

2. Farrar's Critical History of Free Thought. /■

3. Shedd's Homiletics. ' , ,, : '

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4. Fairbairn't) Hernieneutics.

5. Book of Ruth (Hebrew).

6. Epistle to the Romans (Greek).

THIRD YEAR— ORDINARY COURSK.

Department I. — Systematic Theology.

Department II.— Church History.

Department III.— ExegeticB. , '

Department IV.— Apologetics.

Department V. — Pastoral Theology. , . ,

Department VI. — Thdologie Frangaise. v

• Department VII. — Ecclesiastical Architecture.

Students of the third year must prepare a popular sermon.and Greek
and Hebrew exercises with additions, and deliver the sermon. The
subjects of the exercises will be prescribed— that of the popular ser-
mon by the Lecturer in Sacred Rhetoric ; that of the exercises and
additions by the Professor in Exegetical Theology.

HONOR COURSE, AND THIRD EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF B.D. TO
STUDENTS IN COURSE.

1. Augustine, de Doctrina Christiana, Lib. I. (Latin).

2. Calvin's Institutes, Book IV.

3. Lightfoot's Commentary on the Philippians.

4. Hodge on the Atonement.

6. UUmann's Reformers before the Reformation. Vol.11.

6. Psahns 1, 2, 23, 42, 61, 103, 110. (Hebrew). . ^ , •

FOURTH YEAR, OR POST-QRADUATE COURSE (OPTIONAL).

Department I. — Systematic Theology. — Martensen.

Department II. — Church History.— Hagenbach.

Department III.— Apologetics. — Christlieb.

Department IV. — Canonicity.— Westcott.

Department V. — Hebrew and Chaldee. — Daniel.

Department VI.— Patristic Greek and Latin. — Vulgate and Chry-
soatom. ?.'.■..-. . .

FINAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF B.D. TO STUDENTS

IN COURSE.

1. Martensen's Dogmatics.

2. Hagenbach'r, History of the Church in the 18th and 19th Cen-
turies.

3. Ohristlieb's Modem Doubt. , . •' ', . ,

4. Westcott on the Canon. , ^ ,:' "i '

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5. Book of Daniel, Chaps 1-4, (Hebrew and Chaldee).

6. Book of PHalniH, (Vulgate).

7. OhryBostom de Sacerdotio, L.I. (Greek).

The lectures of the fourth ^ear are few in number, etudentn thus
being left free to uursue in private any special course of theological
study, in doing wnich they are aasurea the assistance and direction
. of the Faculty. Except in the case of Resident Fellows, no exer-
cises are required from those taking the Post-Graduate Course.

LITKRARY CURRICULUM.

The General Assembly strongly recommends all students to
graduate in Arts in order to prepare for Theological classes, but
prescribes for such as may not do so atte*" ance for three years in
certain classes.

Applications by or on behalf of students desiring to be admitted to
the Literary examinations and classes, must be sent to the Dean of
Residence on or before the 23rd day of September, on which day
such students must appes" to pass their examination.

The college provides instruction in the departments of Classics and
Mathematics for students who pursue the above special course and
do not intend to graduate in Arts ; but such students are required to
take the Hebrew, English, History. Natural Science, and Philosophy
of the respective years at McGill College, and to present to the
Senate certificates from the University rrofessors of their having
attended the classes and passed sessional examinations in these
subjects. Ifo literary student will he granted kis standing who does
not pass examination in these departments, either in the manner
specified or, for special reasons, before the Senate.

Instead of the subjects at McGill College, French students will
take Literature and Philosophy in the classes of Professor Coussirat.
They will, however, follow tne prescribed Hebrew Course in the
University classes.

AFFILIATION WITH M'gILL UNIVERSITY.

The attention of students is directed to the special advantages
afforded them in virtue of affiliation of the College with McGill
University. They have thereby access to the Library, Museum,
and Lectures of that Institution, which stands in close proximity.
By scholarships, which are in the gift of benefactors, they may
enjoy exemption from College fees. In addition to these there are
thirteen Exhibitions and Scholarships of from $100 to $125 each,
annually offered for competition to students in Arts, and at the
close of the curriculum, gold medajp, prizes, and certificates of
Honor, are awarded to successful competitors.

While it is desirable that students should complete their literary
studies before entering upon their Theological Course, the terms of
affiliation allow them to combine these, exemptions in the University
curriculum being granted to students of affiliated Theological
Colleges. Considerable extension in the matter of of)tions and
exer^ptions has recently been introduced into the regulations of the
University. (See McGill College Calendar for 18S6-7.)

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REGULATIONS FOR FRENCH AND GAELIC STUDENTS.

All French studentH, and studentH preparinof for French work, are
required to attend the lectureH in Theologie FranQaiSe, and Englinh
•students who understand French are urged to do the same. Students
taking this course, and paHsing examination in it, are exempted from
examination in the Biblical Historj^ and Homiletics of the first year,
the ApologeticH and Sacred Rhetoric of the second, and the Exege-
sis and Architecture of the third. In the honor work they may also .
take the examinations in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew authors, and
Calvin, Martensen, and ChriHtlieb, in French instead of English. In
the first year they may exchange Killen for De Pressensi^, "His
toire des trois jjremiers sibcles " : in the second year, Farrar and
Shedd for Abbadie, " Trait(5 de la Verity de la Religion Chr^tienne,"
and Vinet ; and in the Post-Graduate Course, Westcott for Reuss,
** Histoire du Canon dn Nouveau Testament." Students intending
to exercise these options must give notice to the Principal or French
Professor, at least three weeks oefore the sessional examinations.

French students are not required to give more thi.i, me of their
college exercises in English, and at least two of then oust be in
French. These French exercises will be prescribed by the French
Professor.

While French students are eligible for all the scholarships and
other rewards of the Theological Course, in consideration of the disad-
vantage at M'hich they are placed by pursuing their studies in both
lang[uaged, two scholarships are offered for competition to them ex-
clusively. In_ addition to the ordinary work of their years the fol-
lowing work is prescribed to competitors :— J. Abbadie ; Traits de
la V^rit^ de la Religion Chr<5tienne.

Students taking the Gaelic course and passing examinations there-
in, shall be exempted from the Sacred Rhetoric of the first and
second years, and from the Architecture of the third year.

Gaelic students are requested to prepare one of their exercises in
Gaelic, the subject to be prescribed by the Gaelic Lecturer.

DEGREES IN DIVINITY.

-EXTRACTS FROM REGULATIONS OF SEN.iTE CONCERNING
OF BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.

THE DEGREE

1. Those entitled to become candidates for the degjree of B.D. must
have completed a course of theological study in this or some recog-
nized institution.

2. They must be graduates in Arts of some recognized University.
Note. —Applications to be examined for the degree by those who

have conapleted a course of theological study without having taken
a degree in Arts, will, until urther notice, be received by the Senate
and entertained according to the merits of each individual case.

3. The final examinortion fov B.D. cannot be passed nor the degree
conferred until the session following that in which the candidate has
completed his ordinary course in theology, unless by special permis-
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4. The curriculum contains the following subjects :

Latin— Bihli& Vulgata— Liber Psalmorum ; Augustine— De Doc-
trina Chiistiana, L.I.

Crceft— Teatafhentum Grsecuiii— Mark and Romans ; Lightloot's
Commentary on the Philippians ; Chrysostom— De Sacerdotio, L.I.

Hebrew and Chaldee- Genesis, ch. 1-4; Ruth ; Psalms 1, 2, 23»
•42, 51, 103, 110 ; Daniel 1-4.

Introduction, etc — Westcott's Introduction to the study of the
Gospels ; Westcott on the Canon ; Fairbairn's Hermeneutical
Manual.

Ayologetiea—'R&wMnson'B Historical Evidences ; Farrar's Critical
History of Free Thought ; Christlieb's Modern Doubt.

Doflrwia^ica— Westminster Confession of Faith ; Hodge on the At-
onement ; Martensen's Dogmatcs.

Church Government — Jacobs' Ecclesiastical Polity of the New Tes-
tament ; Calvin's Institutes, Book IV.

Homiletics — Shedd.

Church History— Killen's Ancient Church ; UUmann's Reformers
before the Reformation, Vol. II. ; Hagenbach's History of the
Church in the 18th and 19th centuries.

5. Candidates may proceed to the degree of B.D. in one of three
methods : f

a. They may take at one examination the whole of the work pre-
scribed for the degree.

6. They may divide the work into two portions, passing the exam-
ination in the first portion at any period of the study, and the second
after an interval of not more than three years. The following is the
division :

FIRST EXAMINATION.

Greek — Gospel according to Mark and Epistle to the Romans.

Hebrew — Genesis 1-4 ; Ruth. ,

Introduction, etc. — Westcott and Fairbairn.

Apologetics — Rawlinson and Farrar.

Dogmatics — Confession of Faith.

Churdk Government — Jacobs.

Homiletics — Shedd.

Church History— KiWen, ^

8KC0ND EXAMINATION.

6rrceA;— Lightfoot and Chrysostom.
Hebrew and C/iaWcc— Psalms and Daniel.
Latin — Psalms and Augustine.
Introduction— Vfestcoit.
Apologetics — Christlieb.

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Dogmatics — Hodge and Martensen.

Church Oovernment—Cvilvm.

Church History — Ullmann and Hagenbach.

c. Students of this college may spread the work over the three
years of the Honor Course and the final examination for B.D. The
latter examination includes :

Apologetics — Christlieb.
Dogmatics — Martensen.
Church fl'ty^ory— Hagenbach.

CrccA;— Chrysostom.
Hebrcto and Chaldee — Daniel.
Latin — Liber Fsalmorum. >*
Introduction — Westcott.

6. Candidates who have already passed examinations in any part
of the prescribed Honor Course will not be subjected to re-examin-
ation in the same.

7. The examinations will be held in the months of March and Sep-
tember of each year, and the degree will be conferred at the College
Convocation, on the first Wednesday of April, or on such other occa-
sion as the Senate may direct.

8. Candidates for examination must send notice of their intention
to present themselves, together with such fee and certification as may
be necessary to the registrar, not later than the fifteenth day of Jan-
uary or September.

9. The fee for examination for the degree of B.D. to candidates
who have not passed examinations during their ordinary course in
the college shall be five dollars ; which fee must be paid to the regis-
trar at the time of application. Candidates who fail to pass may
present themselves agam without further fee.

10. The fee for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity shall be ten dol-
lars, which must be paiof to the registrar prior to the conferring of
the degree.

11. The hood of the Bachelor of Divinity of this college shall be of
black corded silk, lined with blue silk, and bordered with white and
gold braid.

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1. Bachelors of Divinity desiring to obtain the Doctorate must
make application to the Senate, which reserves the right to deter-
mine who are eligible for its highest ht.nor.

2. The degree of D.D. in course shall be granted only to Bachelors
of Divinity who have been at least ten years in the ministry, and, at
the same time, five years in the possession of the lower degree.

3. The apt ucants must have attained excellence in one of the fol-
lowing depavt.rients of theological studvj viz : Dogmatics, Historical
Theology, Ecolesiology, Christian Ethics, Patrology, Biblical An-
tiquities and History, Ecclesiastical History, Old Testament Exe-
gesis, New Testament Exegesis, Biblical Encyclopaedia, Oriental
Languages, Apologetics ; and must give evidence of the same by
passing a general examination, without prescribed text books, in
that department.

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QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON.

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY.

Matriculation and pass examinations begfin on Wednesday, 2nd
November.

The prescribed order of classes must be observed by all students
who are candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.

I.— DIVINITY.

Lectures on the Evidences of Religion natural and revealed, in-
cluding the canonicity, authenticity, genuineness and credibility of
the Biblical Records ; the Inspiration and Authority of the Scrip-
tures ; Systematic Theology ; the Pastoral Office ; and Homiletics—
with prelections and examinations on Hill's Lectures in Divinity,
Butler's Analogy, and Greek Testament for Doctrinal Exegesis.
Students have opportunities of conducting devotional exercises,
practising pulpit elocution, and performing missionary work. The
course extends over three sessions.

11.— HEBREW AND CHALDEE.

FIRST YEAR.

Wolfe's Hebrew Grammar.
Genesis 1.
Joshua 1-7.
Psalm a5-39.
Translations into Hebrew.

SECOND YEAR.

Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar.
Exodus 22-24.
Deuteronomy 82-34.
Jeremiah 10, 11.
Psalms 40-47.
Proverbs 30, 31.
Translation into Hebrew.

THIRD YEAR.

Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar.
Winer's Chaldee Grammar.
Psalms 110-119.
Isaiah 40-51.
Daniel 2, 3.
Ezra 4, St

III.— BIBLICAL CRITICISM.

Epistle to Hebrews in Greek.

Hammond's Textual Criticism.

Lectures.

IV.— APOLOGETICS.

Lectures : »- ^

v.— CHURCH HISTORY.

Centuries i., ii., iii. ; Killen's Old Catholic Church.

The Church require; the following discourses to be delivered dur-
ing the course :— Homily ; Lecture and Greek Exercise ; Sermon,
and Hebrew Exercise.

MATRICULATION EXAMINATION.

Westminster Confession ; Hill's Lectures, Bk. I. ; Gospel by
Mark in Greek and English ; Examination in Hebrew on Regu-
lar Verbs and Pronouns, and Genesis, ch. 1., with analysis of the
Regular Verbs and Pronouns contained in it.

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PASS EXAMINATIONS.

On the work of the session.

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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.

REGULATIONS.

I.— Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.), must
be graduates in Arts of this University or of a University whose
degrees are recognized for this purpose by the Senate.

II. — The degree shall not be conferred until the candidate has com-
pleted his Theoloapical Curriculum, with a view to the ministry in the
Church to which he belongs, and has passed a satisfactory examina-
tion in the branches of Theology taught in this University.

III.— The subjects of examination shall be in two departments, the
first embracing— (1) Hebrew and (2) the Evidences of Religion and
the Inspiration of Scrii)ture ; and the second embracing— (1) Church
History, (2) Biblical Criticism, and (3) Systematic Theology.

IV.— Candipates who have completed their Theological Course may
be examined in either of these departments, and may defer their
examination in the other department, provided there be not a greater
interval than two vears between their two examinations.

V. — Students who have completed all the se&sions but one of their
Theological Course, may be admitted to examination in the first
department.

VI.— A candidate may, subject to the preceding reflations, ap-
pear at any University^ examination in Theology, provided he gives
two weeks notice of his intention to the Registrar.

VII. — When a student, who is a candidate for the degree, shall
obtain at a pass examination on any subject, he may, on recom-
mendation of the examiner, be exempted from further examination on
that subject. . .

SUBJECTS OP EXAMINATION.

Department I.

1. Evidences of Religion, and Inspiration of Scripture,

2. Hebrew, Isaiah 40-66. ''haldee, Daniel 2, 3.

. . Department II, •

1. Church History— Centuries i.-iii. ; the Reformation ; the
Church in Scotland.

2. Biblical Criticism — Epistle to Romans in Greek ; Ang^is' Bible
Handbook, ch. 4, Rules of Interpretation; Hammond's Textual
Criticism of New Testament. Introduction to Pentateuch and Gos-
pel of John.

3. Systematic Theology — Person of Christ, Doctrine of Sin, Doc-
trine of the Atonement, Justification, Work of the Holy Spirit.

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KNOX COLLEGE, TORONTO.

1. Young men desiring to enter upon study with a view to the min-
istry are recjuired to make application to some Presbytery of the
Church ; which, being satisfied regarding their moral and religious
character, their motives, and their general fitness to study for the
mimstry, will certify them to the Board of Examiners. This regula-
tion applies to entrants upon the Preparatory Course, as well as to
students who, having taken their Arts Course in the University of
Toronto or elsewhere, seek to enter college as students of theology.*

2. According to the law of the General Assenq^ly, students are re-
quired, each summer, after entering college, to appear before the
Presbytery within whose bounds they are laboring or residing, and
to render a written exercise on a subject prescribed to them ; on ap-
proval of which they will be certified to the College Senate for the
subsequent year.

3. The Board of Examiners will meet in the college on Thursday, the
7th of October, at 9 o'clock a.m., when students entering theology are
required to appear and furnish the evidence of standing referred to
under the head "Theological Curriculum."

, THEOLOGICAL CURRICULUM.

Students entering upon the course of Divinity shall present a
Presbyterial oertificate, together with the evidence of having obtain-
ed the degr je of B. A. at the University of Toronto ; or at McGill
College, Montreal ; or at Queen's College^ Kingston ; or at Victoria
College, Cobourg ; or at one of the National Universities of Great
Britam or Ireland, or other University recognized by the Senate ; or,
instead of said degree, a certificate of having satisfactorily passed the
final examination m the Preparatory Course in Knox College ; or of
having completed a three years' curriculum in some approved col-
lege, and having passed the examinations connected therewith ; but
in all cases students must either present evidence of having attended,
at least one session, a class in Hebrew, or undergo an elementary ex-
amination in that language. i

Only by permission of the General Assembly can any student who
has not fulfilled these conditions be admitted to theology.

The Theological Course extends over three sessions, of six months
each.

CLASSES.— FIRST YEAR. •,

Exefjetics . . . . _ . . '.

Biblical Criticism .

Apologetics ''•"'.'

Church History , /

Systematic Theology

*A11 Arts students, in order to be eligible for work in the Home Mis.-ion
field, require to be approved by a Presbytery as candidates for the ministry.

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Exegetics ^

Apologetics

Church History

Systematic Theology

Homiletics, etc »

THIRD YEAR.

Exegetics ' *

Church History

Systematic Theology

Homiletics, etc

The elocution class is attended by the students of all the theologi-
cal years, and is open to all who have the ministry in view.

Students of the first year are required to prepare a homily ; of the
second year, a lecture and a Greek critical exercise ; and of the third
year, a sermon and Hebrew critical exercise.

THEOLOUICAL OPTIONS.

Undergraduates of University College in the Pass Course in the
third and fourth years may in lieu of one or two of the subjects pre-
scribed for each of these years take certain of the following subjects,
namely. Biblical Greek, Biblical Literature, Apologetics, and Church
History, according to the following scheme:—
• Third Year— Biblical Greek may be substituted for the prescribed
Classical Greek, or for its equivalent, French and German ; and Bib-
lical Literature or Church History may be substituted for Historj^.
An undergraduate who takes Mental and Moral Science and Civil
Polity instead of Physics, may substitute Apologetics for Moral Sci-
ence and Civil Polity. Mental Philosophy and Apologetics may
also be taken in lieu of Physics.

Fourth Year — Biblical Greek may be sub»+'*"*-ed for the prescrib-
ed Classical Greek, or for its equivalent, I'rench and German ; and
Biblical Literature or Church History or Apologetics may be substi-
tuted for Civil Polity, the hogic of the fourth year remaining obli-
gatory, and to be taken in the university.

Undergradviates in the honor department of Mental and Moral Sci-
ence and Civil Polity may, in the third year, substitute Biblical Lit-
erature or Church History for History ; and under^aduates in other
honor departments may, in the same year, substitute Apologetics
for Civil Polity.

Those exercising these options must present certificates of having

{)as8ed examinations in_ the subjects so selected at an affiliated col-
et . .her than University College. The minimum for passing such
examinations must not be less than the minimum required at the uni-
versity examinations. These examinations do not count for honors.

The options above indicated may be taken in Knox College, which
is aflBliated to the University of Toronto ; and in the case ot studenta
who have the ministry in view, the subjects thus taken will be count-
ed as part of the Theological Course.

The^ Senate of Knox College, having the power of conferring De-
gfrees in Divinity, has adopted the following

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REGULATIOKS

respecting the degree of Bapchelor of Divinity (B.D.) :

1. Candidates for the degree of B.D. must be graduates in Arts of
some approved university ; but students who have already completed
the literary course in Knox College, and are now in the ministry of
the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and also students who are now
(1881) taking the regular course in Knox College, may become can-
didates.

2. Candidates must have completed a course of theological study in
this college, or in some theological school approved by tne Senate.

3. The degree of B.D. cannot be conferred earlier than one year
after the completion of the ordinary Theological Course.

4. The subjects of examination shall be arranged in two depart-
ments, as follows :—

FIRST DEPARTMENT.

1. Latin — ^Augustini, de Doctrina Christiana, Lib. I. ,"

2. Greek — Gospel of Luko and Epistle to Romans.

3. Hebrew — Genesis, chs. 1-5 (inclusive) ; Psalms 2, 8,19,45, 72, 110.

4. Apologetics— Haiwlinson's Historical Evidences ; Farrar's Critical
History of Free Thought ; Flint's Anti-theistic Theories.

6. Church History and Church Government — Killen's Ancient
Church.

6. Systematic Theology — Westminster Confession of Faith, with Dr.
A. A. Hodge's Commentary thereon ; Lee on Inspiration.

7. Textual Criticism and Ca»M)»— Scrivener's Introduction to the
Criticism of the New Testament ; Westcott's History of the New
Testament Canon.

. BBOOND DEPARTMENT. ^

1. Greek-— JuBtin Martyr, Apol. I.

2. Hebrew and CAaWcc— Isaiah, chs. 1-6 ; Daniel, chs. 3-5.

3. Church History — Fisher's Reformation.

4. Systematic Theology— Turrettini, Tom. II. ; Locus, Decimus
Quartus Quaest, I., II., X.-XIV. ; Cunningham's Historical Theo-
logy, Vol. I.

5. Exegetics — Fairbaim's Hermeneutics ; EUicott on Galatians.

6. Hcmiletics and Pastoral Theology — Shedd's Homiletics and Van-
Gosterzee's Practical Theology.

5. Candidates may take, at one examination, the whole of the work
in both departments, but not earlier than the month of March, after
the completion of the ordinary Theological Course.

6. The examinations in the two departments may be taken at dififer-
ent times. In this case the examination in the first department shall
not usually be taken earlier than the month of March next following
the completion of the ordinary Theological Course ; but students
who shall have averaged not less than sixty per cent, of the maxi-

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mum number of marks in the exaTninations of the second year shall
be allowed to take this examination at the close of their ordinary
course. The examination in the second department cannot be taken
earlier than the March following, and cannot be deferred beyond
three years from the date of the first examination.

7. Candidates are re<iuired to communicate their names, together
with attestation of their qualifications, as specified in the foregoing
regulations, to the Secretary of the Senate, at least two months be-
fore the day appointed for the examination.

8. The fee for the degree of B.D. shall be ten dollars ($10), to be
paid to the Secretary, previous to conferring the deg^ree.

KNOX COLLEGE COURSE.
PRKP ABATORS.

Classical tuition is provided in Knox College for such students as
are unable to take a full University Course, or in whose case it is
thought that the curriculum of the university may with advantage
be modified.

Students availing themselves of this tuition are required to give
three years' attendance on certain classes in University College, and
to pass the terminal examination in these classes.

Tuition is free in Knox College, but students must pay the ordi-
nary class-fees in University College.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.

To encourage students to take a University Course, a limited
number of scholarships is offered for competition to undergn(;aduates
of the University of Toronto who are pr^^secuting their studies with
a view to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In
order to hold any of these scholarships, it is necessary to give
attendance on the lectures of the year in University College.

These scholarships are tenable for one year only, but the scholars
for one year may compete for the scholarships of the succeeding
year. A student holding a University scholarship may compete for
these, but in the event of being successful, he will receive only the
third part of the scholarship, the remainder being awarded to the
student not holding any other scholarship who would be next en -
titled to it. The Board will not award these Scholarships unless a
certain standard of excellence is reached.

AH students holding these scholarships must sign a declaration
that it is their intention to enter the ministry in the Presbyterian
Church in Canada.

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MANITOBA COLLEGE.

THEOLOGICAL DKPABTMENT.

1. Students who desire to enter upon a course of theological study in
this college are required to present to the Senate a presbyterial cer-
tificate, attesting their moral and religious character, and their gen-
eral fitness to study for the ministry.

2. The Senate strongly recommends candidates for the ministry to
take a full University Course. Students who have obtained the de-
gree of B.A. in the University of Manitoba, or in any other univer-
sity recognized by the Senate, are entitled to enter the theological
classes. Students also who have passed the junior B.A, examination
in the University of Manitoba may enter these classes.

3. For those whose age and attainijaents render it undesirable that
a full University Course should be exacted in order to their entrance
on the ministry, attendance on certain prescribed classes in Latin,
Greek, Mathematics, Logic, Mental and Moral Philosophy, and some
branch of natural science will be required, correspondmg to what is
termed the Preparatory Course in some of the other colleges of the
Church. Students, after passing the examinations connected with
these classes, will be admitted to the study of theology.

4. Provision is made for giving instruction in Hebrew, Apologetics,
Biblical Criticism, Exegesis of Old and New Testaments, Systematic
Theology, Church History, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology. The
study of these branches extends over a c;ourse of threft years, the
theological term of each year beginning on the first Wednesday of
November, and ending on the third Wednesday of April.

5. Each student is required to prepare a homily, a lecture, a ser-
mon, and a Greek or a Hebrew critical exercise.

6. Theological students are required, according to the law of the
General Assembly, to appear each recess before the Presbytery within
whose bounds they are laboring or residing, and to render a_ written
exercise on a subject prescribed to them ; on approval of which they
will be certified to the College Senate for the subsequent year.

7. While the foregoing regulations embrace the regular course pre-
scribed in the case of students for the ministry, the Senate would not
be understood to discourage any candidate, whose case is exception-
al, from making application to a Presbytery with the view of being
pennitted to take a special course of study. All such cases, how-
ever, must be reported to the General Assembly, and receive its ap-
proval.

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OP DIVINITY.

The Senate, having obtained the power of conferring this degree
from the General Assembly in 1885, has adopted the following regu-
lations respecting it : —

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1. Candidates for the degree must be graduates in Arts of Manitoba
University, or of some other approved university : but ministers in
the service of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at this date (1885),
and also students who are no^v (188^) taking the course of prepara-
tion for the ministry in Manitoba CoUeg'e or in some a:»i)roved Theo-
logfical College, though not graduates in Arts, may become candi-
dates on passing the examination required by the University of Mani-
toba in Latin and Greek.

2. The subjects of examina. on shall be divided into two parts, of
which the first may be taken by a student at the close of the ordin-
ary Theological Course, provided the average marks attained by
him in the tel-niinal examinations of the second year shall not be
below sixty per cent, of the maximum.

3. The second part of the examination shall not be taken sooner
than one year after the close of the Theological Course.

4. Candidates for the degree shall make application to the Principal
of the College not less than two months before the date of examina-
tion, which shall be held in the month of April of each year. The
fee for the degree shall be $10.

5. The following are the subjects of examination : .

FIRST PABT.

1. Za^m— Augustine's Confessions, Book VIII.

2. G'rccfc— The Gospel of Luke and the Epistle to the Ephesians.

3. Hebrew — Genesis 1-9 ; Psalms 1-20.

4. Apologetics— 'Flva.i'B Anti-theistic Theories, and Rawlinson's His-
torical Evidences.

5. Systematic Theology— liee on Inspiration. Dr. Crawforl on the
Atonement.

6. Church History — ^The ilkjumenical Councils. The German and
Scottish Reformations.

7. Criticism, and Canon — Westcott's N.T. Canon, and Scrivener's
Introduction to the New Testament.

\ SECOND PART.

1. CrceA;— Septuagint, Deuteronomy 1-11. Clement of Rome, Ist
Epistle.

2. Hebrew and Chaldee — Isaiah 1-3, Joel, Daniel 2-5.

3. Systematic TAco^ogfy— Cunningham's Historical Theology, Vol. I,
The Person of Christ (Schaff ).

4. Exegetics and Hermeneutics — Fairbairn or some other. West-
cott, 1st Epistle of John.

5. Church Government— Goyemment of the Kingdom of Christ
(Porteous).

6. Homiletics—Shedd^^ Homiletics.

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BOARD OF FRENCH EVANGELIZATION.

rkuuIations adopted by thk board.

I. — The oi>eration8 of the Board of French Evangelization shall
have respect : —

1. To colportaee in any district of the Dominion where the
population is wholly or partially French.

2. To mission schools in any district where there is no efficient
public school open to French Protestants and where a sufficient
number of schools can be secured to warrant their establishment ;
also the mission schools at Pointe-aux-Trembles, or at such other
places as may be deemed desirable.

3. To mission stations wholly or partly French which, having
been recommended by Presbyteries and approved by the Board, have
been placed on the list of aid-receiving stations ; provided always
that no application for aid shall be entertained by the Board on
behalf of any station unless the Presbytery of the bounds shall
have made arrangements with the people for contributing according
to their ability to the salary of the missionary, and the Presbytery
shall see to the implementing of such engagements.

4. To congregations wholly or partly French, not self-sustaining,
but prepared; to contribute at least $200 per annum, at the rate of
at least $2.25 per communicant, and in which, in the judgment of
the Presbytery, a pastor is desirable, such congregations having
made application to the Presbytery of the bounds and furnished
satisfactory information in regard to their statistics, financial popv
tion and prospects, and having received the approval of the Presby-
tery (which application and information shall also be laid before the
Board) may be placed on the list of congregations receiving grants.

Gases in which the application of this rule appears to affect in-
juriously congregations now on the list or seeking to be placed on it
shall be reported to the General Assembly and grants made only
when its sanction has been given.

5. To mission stations and congregations, wholly or partly
French, reported by Presbyteries, but not receiving aid.

II. — The list of aid-receiving mission stations and con^egations
shall be revised annually a.t a meeting of the Board held in March,
previous to which applications must be made by Presbyteries for
grants for all fields within their bounds.

III.— The list of laborers shall consist of colporteurs, teachers,
students, licentiates and ordained ministers of this Church speaking
the French language. Each of these must be recommended to the
Board by some Presbytery, except in the case of teachers.

IV. — The Board shall prepare and send to missionaries blank
forms for their reports, so as to ascertain the peculiar circumstances,
necessities and general state of the mission stations and congrega-
tions ti.roughout the Church.

v.— The Executive shall consider the reports thus rendered and
distribute the missionaries among the Presloyteries as, in view of the
detailed information before them, may be deemed advisable.

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VI. — MissionarieH in fields receiving aid from the funds of the
Board shall be paid at the following rates :

1. Colporteurs, a minimum of $30 per month— this sum to include
'travelling expenses— to be increased at the discretion of the Board to

a sum not exceeding 850 per month.

2. Students, at the rate of $6 per Sabbath for the summer, with
board and travelling exfienses to the field. In cases where the field
is upwards of 150 miles from the place of departure a portion of the
travelling expenses from the field may also be paid.

8. Licentiates or ordained ministers, not inducted into the pas-
toral charge, at the rate of $8 per Sabbath.

• 4. Ministers ordained and regularly inducted into the pastoral
charge hereafter at the rate of $750 per annum with manse— except
in cities or large towns, when on application duly made by the Pres-
bytery it may be increased to $1,000 with an allowance for house
rent.

5. That the salaries of ordained missionaries appointed by the
Board to a field for a term of not less than one year be $700 per
I rmum.

yil. — The Board shall not bo responsible for the salary of mission-
aries beyond the amount of aid promised by it to the stations or
congregations, and for the time during which they may have labored
in said station or congregations.

VIII. —The Board shall prepare a full annual report of its operations
to be submitted to the General Assembly and shall publish from time
to time such information as may serve to call forth the interest and
liberality of the Church.

MINISTERS', WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA.

{Extracts from Regulations. Adopted 1878.)

RATES PAYABLE BY MINISTERS.

Ministers of this Church at present not connected with any Fund,
and any ministers who, after this date, shall be admitted to partici-
pate in the benefits of this Fund, under thirty-five years of age,
shall pay into the Fund annually eight dollars ($8) ; such as are
between thirty -five and forty years of age, ten dollars ($10) ; those
who are between forty and fifty years of age, shall pay twelve
dollars ($12) per annum. The application of any minister ovey fifty
years of age, to be admitted to the benefits of the Fund, shall be
made the subject of special consideration.

ANNUITIES PAYABLE TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

The following is the scale of annuities payable to widows and
orphans : Each widow shall receive one hundred and fifty dollars
($150) per annum. If a widow have children, she shall receive, in

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addition to her own annuity, for one child, twenty dolIarH ($20)
per annum ; for two children, thirty-six dollars ($36) per annum ;
for three children, fifty dollars ($60) per annum ; and ten dollars
($10) i>er annum for each additi<mal child ; but she shall not receive
anythm^ from the fund for children over eighteen years of age."
The claim of the widow shall date from the beginning of the half
year in which the death of her husband occurred, and the annuity
shall cease at the end of the half-year following her death or re-
marriage. In the event of her re-marriage the children's claims
shall continue.

In the event of the decease of both parents, if there be only one
orphan the Board Hhall pay for the benefit of such orphan, one hun-
dred and fiftv dollars ($150) ; if there are two orphans, twenty dol-
lars ($20) shall be added to the allowance made for one ; if there are
three orphans, sixteen dollars ($16) more shall be i)aid on their be-
half ; and if there are four orphans, fourteen dollars ($14) shall be
added to the allowance ; and ten dollars ($10) shall be given for
each additional orphan ; but no allowance shall be made for children
over eighteen years of age.

PROFESSORS, MISSIONARIES, ETC.

In the case of Professors, Foreign Missionaries, Missionaries
under the French Evangelization Committee, Ministers on the Aged
and Infirm Ministers' Fund, and Agents of the Church, the sum of
eight dollars shall, in addition to the personal rate, after the amalga-
tion of the Funds, be paid in their behalf to this Fund by tne
Boards or Committees with which they are connected. Ministers
who have retired from active duty with permission of the Church,
and for whom no aid is sought from the Fund Aged ai.d Infirm
Ministers, shall pay the sum of eight dollars annually, in addition
to the rates previously paid by them.

MINISTERS WITHDRAWING,

Any Minister withdrawing from the Church shall continue to
enjoy his rights in this Fund, on condition of his paying annually
into the Fund twelve dollars, in addition to the rate previously
paid by him.

Presbyteries are instructed to use their utmost endeavors to secure
that every minister, when he is inducted into a charge, shall
become connected with the Fund.

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Any minister who may, at the time of his induction, decline to
join the Fund, may be allowed to do so within four years from the
date of his induction, on condition of his contributing a sum equiva-
lent to the total payments he should have made, provided he had
connected himself with the Fund at his induction, together with
an addition of one dollar a year for each year he Luh declined to
contribute to the Fund after his induction.

APPENDIX — FORMS.

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TIMB OF PAYMENT.

. The raten of miniBters are payable on or before Iht November in
each year. These may, however, be paid at a later date.

WILLIAM RKID,

TrcaHurer.

N.B. — It is moHt desirable that miniHters should not delay con-
necting themHelves with the Fund. CircuniHtances occur almost
every year which show the danger of failing or delaying to obtain an
interest in the Widows' Fund.

EASTERN SECTION.

Tkrmh of Amalgamation of the PiiEsnYTEUiAN Ministehs',
Widows' ani) Orphans' Fund of the late Pkehbytehian
Ghuuch Lower Provinces, and of the late Synod of the
Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of
Scotland.

(I.) Those ministers now on the fund of the Ministers', Widows'
and Orphans' Fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower
Provinces, shall continue to pay the same amounts per annum as at
present, viz. :

Class 1. Class 2. Glass 3.

$8 $12 $16

(2.) Those ministers now upon the fund of the late Synod of the
Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland, who
have been paying the ministerial rate of $12 per annum, with a rate
from their congregations, may continue to pay in the same manner ;
or, if they prefer, they may pay at the rate of $16 in lieu of both.
Those ministers of that bodj who have been paying only the minis-
terial rate of $12, may contmue to pay at the same rate and shall be
in the same position as those on the second class of the fund of the
late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces ; but it shall be
oT)en to them up to Ist July, 1883, to join the higher class paying
thenceforward at the rate of $16 per annum.

(3.) Widows and orphans now upon the Ministers', Widows' and
Orphans' Fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces,
ana any who may come upon it when amalgamated, shall (subject
to such changes as may be made in a regular way), receive the follow-
ing amounts per annum :

Ist Class. 2nd Class. 3rd Class.

Widows $75 $112. 50 $150

If a widow be on the highest class, she shall receive, in addition, for
one child $20, for two $36, for three $50, and $10 for each additional
child, and, if she be on either of the other classes, in the same pro-
portion. In the event of the decease of both parents, if there be one
orphan, the Board shall pay for the benefit of such orphan two-thirds
of the amount payable to widows in each class, and for the highest
class if there be two orphans $25 shall be added to the amount, if

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there be three $20 more, if there be four $17.60 more, and $12.60 for
each additional orphan, and the other clasaes in proportion, to be
continued in each case till they reach the age of 18.

(4.) Widows and orphans now upon the fuad of the late Synod of
the Maritime Provinces receiving on account of both ministerial rales
and congregational contributions, and those who hereafter may come
upon the fund when amalgamated entitled to receive on account of
both, shall receive at the highest rate received by the widows and
orphans on the other fund.

(5. ) Widows and orphans on said fund now entitled to receive the
rate allowed for ministerial contributions alone, shall hereafter re-
ceive at the same rate as widows and orphans on the second class of
the fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces.

(6. ) In all other respects, all connected with either fund shall be
subject to the rules that may be adopted now or hereafter for the
future management of the fund.

(7.) Ministers under 40 years of age now on the roll of the Synod
of the Maritime Provinces and those ministers of the late Synod of
the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland,
who did not enter the union, (and any ministers now in connection
A»ath them) not now uf>on either of the funds shall have the privilege
of joining the united fund up till 1st July, 1883, on the following
terms :

That they pay the arrears due according to the class on which they
choose to enter, from the time they should have entered up till four
years rates, and thenceforward the annual rate, but they may pay the
amount of arrears in instalments of $10 per annum for the higher
class and $5 for the lower with interest on the balance due.

(8.) The cases of these 40 years of age and over, not now on the
r fund, as in No. 7, shall be made the siibjects of special arrangement.

RUCES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF "THE MINISTERS', WIDOWS' AND
orphans' fund op the synod in the MARITIME PROVINCES OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA."

(1.) The management of the fund shall be entrusted to a committee •
of 12, five of whom shall be a quomm, who shall elect their Chair-
man, Secretary and Treasurer, and who shall be the Trustees of the
fund, in whose name all obligations shall be taken ; the said com-
mittee to be nominated by the Synod of the Maritime Provinces and
appointed by the General Assembly annually, the ministerial
members of the committee to be contributors to tne fund.

(2.) The Trustees shall meet by notice from the chairman to each
member, or by regular adjournment from one meeting to a specified
date.

(3.) It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a regular minute
of all the proceedings of the Trustees, and also a record book in which
shall be inscribed a correct record from the schedules forwarded to
him, of the names and dates of birth of all ministers contributing,
the names and dates of birth of their wives and children, the names
of widows and orphans in receipt of aid, and such other statistics as
may be required, and he shall also prepare an annual statement to

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be submitted to the Synod and General Assembly of such changes as
may have taken place during the year preceding in the statistics of
the ministers contributing, and their families, through admissions,
marriages, births, deaths, or the like.

.(4.) The Treasurer shall every year prepare an account to be laid
before the Synod and General Assembly, of the sums of money re-
ceived and expended since the previous statement, and also a general
statement of the funds and effects in the hands of the Trustees.

(5.) Ministers ordained by any Presbytery of the Synod of the
Maritime Provinces or ordained over congregations which did not
enter the union, may be admitted to the benefits of the scheme by
entering on or previous to the second Ist July following ordination
and paying the regular rates from that date. But should any one
neglect doing so at that time he may join any time within three
years after, by paying arrears fron hat date with interest.

(6. ) Each applicant shall be required to furnish the committee in
writing, with a statement of the date of his birth, and if married of
the date of his wife's birth, and also a statdment of the name and
date of the birth of each of his children uiider 18 years of age.

(7.) There shall be two classes of beneficiaries, and every person on
becoming a member shall signify which class he chooses ; and the
choice being once made, he shall not afterwards have the power of
rising to the higher class ; but he shall at any time have the liberty
of taking the lower class, it being understood that no part of the sum
already paid or due by him can be returned or abated to him, and
that his widow or orphan children will henceforth be entitled only to
the annuity of class then chosen by him.

(8.) Every person coming on the scheme shall pay annually, on or
before the 1st July in each year, at the following rates :

Class 1. Class 2.

Ministers under 35 years of age, $8.00 $16.00

" between 35 and 45, 10.00 20.00

" " 45 and 50, 12.00 24.00

The applications of any ministers over fifty years of age shall be
made the subject of special consideration. In all future cases there
shall also be chargeable a marriage equalizing tax for every year
exceeding five, that the ministers age exceeds that of his wife. *

Class 1. Class 2.

Undei. 45 $2.00 $4.00

Under 60, 4.00 8.00

Over 60, 6.00 12.00

The same to be paid on every subsequent marriage, except when he
marries a widow already on the fund. With the understandinjf,
however, that the committee has the power in special cases to iv.i.^it
or reduce the amount. In all cases he shall be bound to furnish a
statement of the date of his own birth and of that of his wife.

(9.) Members not making payment of their annual- rates on or
before the 1st July in each year, shall be subject to the following
fines :

Class 1. Class 2.

- 10 cts. 20 cts.

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For each month thereafter until payment be made ; and those who
neglect payment for four full years, shall from that period cease to
be members, and shall forfeit all privileges connected with the fund,
and shall have no claim to the money they have paid into it. Inti-
mation shall in all cases be sent to ministers in arrears before they
shall be cut oflf from the benefits of the fund.

(10.) As soon as correct tables for the purpose can be prepared,
members shall be entitled at any time to redeem their annual rates
payable for life by the payment of a single sum at once, or to com-
mute them into an increased annual payment to cease on their
completing their 60th or 65th year of their age.

(11.) The annuities for widows shall be as follows :
Class 1. Class 2.

$75 $150

That in order to enable the widow to recover an annuity, six pay-
ments of annual rates shall be made, such payments so far as they
have not been made, to be deducted yearly from the annuity.

12. Annuities to widows shall be payable half-yearly on the Ist
January and Ist July of each year, commencing at the date of
their husbands' death and ending at their own death, or subsequent
marriage.

13. There shall also be payable to each orphan child of any mem-
ber the following sums yearly, until such child shall reach the age
of 18 :—

If a widow be on the highest class she shall receive in addition for
one child $20, for two $36, for three $50, and $10 for each additional
child, and if she be on the other class in the same proportion. In
the event of the decease of both parents, if there be one orphan,
the Board shall pay for the b-^nefit of such orphan two-thirds of
the amount payable to widows in each class and for the highest class,
if there be two orphans $25 shall be added to the amount, if there
be three $20, if there be four $17, and $12.50 for each additional
orphan and the other class in proportion, to be continued in each
case till they reach the age of 18.

14. The funds so far as they are not required for immediate
application or expenditure, shall be invested m security upon real
estate or in Savings Banks or Government or city securities, or in
any of the chartered banks of the Dominion in the name of the
Trustees.

15. There shall be an investigation of the funds of the Institution
every fifth year, and a revision of the rate, when the amount of
annuities to widows and orphans may be increased or diminished as
the state of the funds will warrant, or the amount of the annual
rates may be altered. But no alteration in these shall take place at
other times.

16. No alteration in these rules shall be made, until considered
by the committee and the projiosed alterations be submitted to a
meeting of those in full standing as contributors, and adopted by a
majority of those present, and afterwards submitted to Synod and
Assembly and approved by them.

17. All differences or disputes that may arise in regard to sums
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name and -elect one, the other party one and, if necessary, a third
to be chosen by these two, being persons not beneficially interested
directly or indirectly in the funds of the Institution.

18. In the case of any minister a widower or unmarried having
made 40 payments and having reached the age of 70 years, on his
agreeing to reliijquish all claim upon the fund, he shall be entitled
to receive the sum of ii?300 when on highest class, and $150 when on
the lowest.

19. In the event of any minister or professor ceasing to be a
minister or professof of the Church by resignation, deprivation, or
in any other way, it shall nevertheless be in his power to uphold and
continue the right and interest of his widow and children to partici-
pate in the benefits of the fund, by making regular payment of all
sums payable under these regulations.

20. Every minister on the fund shall be required to furnish
annually to the Secretary a notice of the changes in his family, b;
birth, death,* or marriage, which shall be duly entered on the
Kecord book.

21. The annuities payable to widows and orphans, being intended
as alimentary provisions, form no part of the estate of the contribu-
tor, and shall not be assignable or subject to arrestment or other
legal proceedings at the instance of creditors, but shall be paid only
to the widows, and the tutors and guardians of the children, and in
case the widow shall be under any legal or natural disability, or in
case the children shall have no tutors orguardians, it shall be compe-
tent for the Trustees of the Widows' Fund to name two or more
persons as trustees to manage and apply the annuities in such a
manner as shall appear to them to be most for the benefit of such
widows or children.

22. Ministers ordained elsewhere and being inducted in congre-
gations of the Synod of the Maritime Provinces which did not
enter the union, shall have the privilege of joining the scheme on
the following terms : Those under 40 years of age, shall pay the
arrears due according to the class on which they choose to enter
from the time they should have entered up to four years rates, and
thenceforward tHe annual rate, but they may pay the amount of
arrears in instalments of $10 per annum for the higher rate and
$5 for the lower with interest on the balance due. The case of those
40 years of and over to be made the subject of special arrangem.ent.

REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OP THE AGED AND INFIRM
ministers' fund in BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS
OF THE CHURCH.

(Adopted by the General Assembly , at Winnipeg, June 15, 1887.)

1. The Fund shall be sustained by annual congregational contri-
butions, ministers' rates, donations and bequests.

2. The invested capital shall not be trenched upon for the purpose
of paying annuities, and bequests made to the Fund shall be added
to the capital, unless otherwise ordered by the Testator.

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3. Settled Pastors, Ordained Missionaries, Home and Forei^,
Professors in Colleges, and Church Agents, shall, in order to partici-
pate in the full b'.^nefit of the Fund, i>ay into it an annual rate of
one half per cent, on their professional income, after deducting house
rent where no manse is provided.

4. When a minister resigns his pastoral charge without leave from
the General Assembly to retire, but continues in the service of the
Church as a preacher, he shall pay into the Fund an annual sum
of ei^fht dollars, otherwise his annuity shall be only in proportion to
the time of his service as a pastor.

5. When a minister resigns and transfers his service to another
Church or gives himself to another vocation, he shall forfeit all claim
to benefit from the Fund beyond tKe repayment of one-half the
amount paid by him into the Fund. The Assembly may, however,
grant the application of such minister to retain his claim to benefit
corresponding to the number of his years of service in tl^e ministry of
this Church, on the following conditions :— (1) That he shall pay aa
annual rate of fifteen dollars. (2) That he shall submit to the
judgment of the Assembly on any application which he shall subse-
quently make for benefit on the ground of age and infirmity.

6. The rates shall be paid on or before the first of November
in each year.

7. Ministers who have not complied with number three of the
regulations, and may wish to do so, shall pay the prescribed rate
with interest thereon, from the date of their ordination or their
becoming ministers of our Church ; provided always that such rates
shall not be required farther back than 1877, and any such minister
who may fail to comply with the regulation previous to June 1,
1888, shall after that date be allowed to do so only by permission
of the Assembly.

8. The regular procedure with a view to the retirement of a
minister and placing his name on the list of beneficiaries as follows :—
(a) When a minister, from a^e or infirmity, proposes \o retire from
the active duties of the ministry, he makes application in writing
to the Presbytery, furnishing whatever information may be necces-
sary. And in case of infirmity, a satisfactory medical certificate.
The Presbytery, therefore, visits his congregation and summons them
to appear by Commissioners at a subsequent meeting, that they may
be heard for their interests, and that the Presbytery may confer
with them anent a retiring allowance to their minister, to take
effect on the acceptance of his resignation, and any other matters
affected by his proposed retirement. It then considers the whole
matter, records its judgment, and sends up the minister's application,
its own judgment thereon, and all relative documents to the Gen-
eral Assembly, through the Assembly's Standing Committee on the
Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund, which shall carefully consider them
and transmit them, with its own opinion in reference to the case, to
the Assembly for final determination, (b) When a minister has ob-
tained permission of the General Assembly to retire from the active
duties of the pastorate on account of age or infirmity he shall be
entitled to an annuity only on application of his Presbytery, such
application to include all necessary information.

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9. When a minister is allowed by the General Assembly to retire
after ten years' service, he shall receive an annuity of one hundred
and fifty dollars ($150) with five dollars additional for every year of
service beyond ten up to forty years if the state of the Fund permits,

10. *A minister who has not paid the annual rate into the Fund
shall receive only one-half the amount to which he would otherwise
have been entitled.

11. When a minister is allowed to retire after less than ten years'
service in this Church, his case shall be made the subject of special
consideration by the Assembly.

12. When a minister's health is impaired, but not so much as to
render him wholly unable to discharge the duties of his profession,
the Committee may grant him half the allowance to which he
would be entitled in case of complete disability.

, 13. When a minister admitted to the benefit of the Fund, on
account of infirmity recovers his health sufficiently to engage
actively in remunerative employments the annuity shall be reduced
or discontinued.

14. When a minister who has paid rates to the Fund, attains the
age of seventy years, he may claim the privilege of retiring from
the active duties of the ministry and being placed upon the Fund.

15. When a minister is mainly dependent upon his annuity from
this Fund, the Committee shall nave power, say, after careful in-
quiry, to grant such an additional allowance, as the condition of
the Fund will permit, in no case to exceed seventy-five dollars a year.

16. When a minister is removed by orderly translation, from one
Section of the Church to another, he shall from the date of his
translation, pay his rate into the Fund of the Section to which he
is translated, and he shall have a claim to an interest in it, on his
retirement by leave _ of the Assembly, to the full extent of the
period of his service in both Sections.

17. Annuities shall be paid in either quarterly or half-yearly
instalments.

FOEMS OF MODEL DEEDS FOR CHURCH PROPERTY

FOR THE PROVINCR OF QUEBEC.

On this day of one thousand eight hundred and

eighty before the undersigned Notary Public for the

Province of Quebec, residing at the came and appeared

of the first part ; and as " The Trustees of the Pres-

byterian Cnurch at ," of the second part, which said parties

declared unto me, said Notary, as follows : Whereas there exists at
in the County of in said Province of Quebec, a Con-

S'egation of Presbyterians, in connection with the Presbyterian
hurch in Canada ; and whereas the said Congregation desires to
take a conveyance of the land hereinafter mentioned, and for that
purpose (as appears by the minute of appointment hereto annexed,

*The application of this rule to the Eastern Section is left to the decision of
the Maritime Synod.

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and signed by the partieH and the under8ij?ned Notary for identifica-
tion) have — pursuant to the Act of this Province, intituled " An Act
respecting the Union of certain Presbyterian Churches therein
named," being chapter 62 of the 38th year of Her Majesty Victoria
— appointed the parties of the second part Trustees, to take such con-
veyance under the provisions of said Act, and to hold and possess the
same to themselves and their successors, by the name of "The Trus-
tees of the ^ Presbyterian Church at ," under the pro-
visions of said Act. Now, these presents and I, the said Notary,
witness that the said party, of the first part, acknowledged and con-
fessed to have sold and conveyed ; and by these presents, doth sell
and convey, with promise of warranty against all evictions and en-
cumbrances, unto the said parties of the second part present and ac-
cepting thereof for themselves and their successors, in their capacity
aforesaid, forever, the following property, to wit : The par-
ties of the second part declared to nave a perfect knowledge of the.
said property, having seen and viewed the same previous hereto, and
being satisfied therewith. The property sold was acquired by the
party of the first part, as follows : The said property is held
under the tenure of The party of the first part declared and
covenanted that the said property is free and clear of all encum-
brances whatsoever. To have, hold, use, and enjoy the said, sold
premises unto the parties of the second part and their successors, in
their capacity aforesaid, as their own proper freehold forever by vir-
tue of these presents, and to enter upon and take possession of the
property forthwith. The present sale and conveyance is thus made
for and in consideration of the price or sum of . And it is
hereby declared that the said parties of the second part and their
successors shall hold the said lands for the sole use and benefit of the
said Congregation, as well for the site of a Church, Chapel, Meeting
House, School, Manse, Glebe, or Burial Ground (as the Congrega-
tion may direct), as for the support and maintenance of Public Worship
and the propagation of Christian knowledge, according to the doctrines,
discipline and modes of worship of the said Presbyterian Church in
Canada. And upon further trust, that the said parties of the second
part and their successors shall and will, well and truly obey, perform
and fulfil, and perm.it and suffer to be obeyed, performed and fulfilled,
with respect to the said lands, and to any Church, or other building
or buildings now erected, or to be erected upon said lands, or to any
Burial Ground (if the said lands, or any part thereof, shall be used as
a Burial Ground), the lawful orders and directions of, respectively,
the said Congregation, the Deacons' Court, if any, the Kirk Session
of the said Congregation, the Presbytery and the Synod, within whose
bounds, and under whose inspection and ecclesiastical jurisdiction,
the said Congregation shall from time to tiine be, and the General
Assembly, or other Supreme Court of the said Presbyterian Church
in Canacia, whether under its present name, or any other name it
may from time to time hereafter assume ; provided that, and so far
only as such orders and directions are, and shall be, within the scope
of the authority of such ^lersons and bodies respectively, according to
the laws, customs and usages of the said Church. And with respect
to the election and appointment of successors to the said parties of
the second part, such successors shall be appointed in the manner
specified in the fifth section of the said Act, 62nd of the 38th year of
Her Maje, Victoria. And with respect to the powers of said

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Trustees, it is hereby declared that they shall be the powers conferred
on such Trustees by the aforesaid Act.

And for security of the said balance of consideration, price and
interest, the parties of the second part did specially hypothecate the
property hereby sold in favor of the party of the first part.

Note. — This clause to he omitted when no balance remains td be paid.

Note.— -4n?/ special clauses which the parties may agree upon may be

inserted here. If there be a balance due the vendor, he may probably

require the usual insurance covenant clause.

And at the passing of these presents, appeared and intervened*
Dame wife of the party of the first part, and by him duly

authorized, who ratified and confirmed the present sale, and volun-
tarily renounced to all right of dower, whether customary or con-
ventional, and all other matrimonial rights which she or her children,
bom or td be born, may or might have upon said property hereby
sold.

Note. — This clause may be omitted when there is clearly no dower,
hut it is advisable to insert it to save trouble and enquiry afterwards to
sp^w that there was no dower.

Done and passed at in the office of the said Notary,

under the number thousand hundred and and

signed by the said parties, with, and in the presence of the said
Notary, subscribing after these presents had been to them duly read.

I :

FORM OF DEED FOR NOVA'^COTIA.

This Indenture made day of in the year of our

Lord one thousand eight hundred and between {name of

grantor) of in the County of (occupation) and wife

of the said of the first part, and of in the County

of Trustees, as hereinafter mentioned, of the second part.

Whereas by the laws of this Province any Religious Society or Con-
gfregation of Christians in Nova Scotia, having occasion to take a
conveyance of land for any purpose in connection with such Society
or Congregation are entitled and empowered so to do ; and whereas
the Presbyterian Congregation of _ in connection with the Pres-
byterian Church in Canada have occasion to take a conveyance of the
lands and premises hereinafter described ; and whereas, in pursuance
of Section Seventeen of Chapter Fifty of the Revised Statutes of Nova
Scotia (third series), the said parties of the second part have been ap-
poiiited by the said Presbyterian Congregation of Trustees

for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Now, this Indenture Wit-
nesseth. That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the
sum of of lawful money of Canada, to him well and truly paid

by the said parties of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, hath given, gi-anted, bargained, sold and conveyed,
and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto
the said parties of the second part, and their successors in office, all
and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate,
lying and being inhere insert description of property) to

have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land, with the appurten-
ances and privileges thereto belonging, to them the said parties

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of the second part, and their successors in the trust, as hei'-Jnaf ter
appointed forever. Upon trust, nevertheless, that is to say : upon
trust for the site of a Presbyterian Church {Manse and Burying
Ground if necessary), and to permit the Presbyterian Congregation
aforesaid or any person or persons in its behalf, who may be about to
erect such for the said Congregation free access to the said land,

for the purpose of erecting the san>e, and after the same is erected,
for the proper and needful reparation of the same from time to time,
and upon further trust, at all times hereafter to permit the minister
of the said Congregation, or any duljr accredited minister, with the
sanction of the Kirk Session of the said Congregation, to preach and
perform religious services in the Church erected^ or to be erected,
upon the same. And itJ4B hereby declared, that in the event of the
death, removal, resignation, withdrawal, or dismissal from member-
ship with the said Presbyterian Congrega"! ion at aforesaid, of
any of the said parties of the second part, o.' their successors, Trustees
in this trust, then in any of such cases the said Congregation at a
meeting duly called in pursuancd'of Section Seventeen of tne Chapter
hereinbefore mentioned, shajl^nd may appoint a person or persons in
the room and place of such of the said parties of the second part, and
their successors as may die, remove, resign, withdraw or be dismi;dse^
as aforesaid, such Trustees so named and appointed by the said Con-
gregation, being members in full communion with the said Church,
and resident within the bounds of the said Congregation, and such
persons so appointed, and their successors, shall have the same
powers, rights and duties, and be subject to the same trusts as the
said parties of the second part, and such appointments shall be regu-
larly recorded in the Minute Book of the said Congn:'egation, and such
record duly signed by thfl'Chairman and Secretary of the meeting at
which such appointments are made, shall be taken and admitted as
evidence of such persons being authorized Trustees in Law and Equity,
and such duly appointed Trustees, together with the Minister of the
said Congregation shall form a Board for the transaction of the affairs
of the said (Church, Manse, or Burying Ground, as the case may be),
at the meetings of which Board three members shall form a quorum,
and be competent to transact the business of the said trust, subject to
revision by any meeting of the said Congregation, duly called as
aforesaid, whose instructions the said parties of the second part, and
their successors in this trust, shall be bound to carry into, pffcet.
{Insert the iisual covenants if deemed necessary.)

In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands
an i seals the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and delivered, \ • '"^•

in presence of J ' '

FORM OF DEED FOB ONTARIO.

This Indenture, made the day of one thousand eight

hundred and in pursuance of the Act respecting^ short forms of

Conveyances, between (G'mntor) of the first i>a,rt,' {Trustees) of the
second part, and wife of the said party of the first part, of the
third part. Whereas the {Congregation) are a con^egation of the
religrious body known as the Presbyterian Church in Canada ; and
whereas the said congregation desire to take a conveyance of the

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lands hereinafter mentioned, under the provisions of the Act respect-
ing the pr' perty of Religious Institutions in the Province of Ontario,
and subject to the provisions of the Act passed in the thirty- eighth
year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act respecting the
union of jsertain Presbyterian Churches therein named ; and where-
as the said congregation have appointed Trustees, to whom
and their successors, to be appointed in the manner hereinafter
specified, the said lands may be conveyed, and who may take, hold
and possess the same by the said name of under tne provisions
of the said Acts. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that in considera-
tion of now paid by the said parties of the second part to the
said party of the first part, the receipt whereof he doth hereby
acknowledge, he the said party of the first part doth grant unto the
said party of the second part, their successors and assigns for ever,
all and singular To have and to hold the said lands to the
said parties of the second part, their successors and assigns, to the
use of the said parties of the second part, their successors and assigns,
upon the trusts hereinafter expressed^nd declared. And the said
party of the first part covenants with the said parties of the -econd
part, that he has the right to convey the said lands to the said par-
ties of the second part, notwithstanding any act of the said party of
the first part : and that the said parties of the second part shall
have quiet possession of the said lands, free from all incumbrances :
Arid tnat the said party of the first part will produce the title deeds
enumerated hereunder, and allow copies to be made of them at the
expense of the said parties of the second part : and that he, the said
party of the first part, has done no act to encumber the said lands :
and that he will execute such further assurances of the said lands as
may be requisite. And the said party of the third part hereby
bars her dower in the said lands. And it is hereby declared that
the said parties of the second part, and their successors, shall hold
the said lands for the sole use and benefit of the said congregation,
for the site of a church or meeting house, burial ground and residence
for the minister (as the said congregation may from time to time
direct), and for the support and maintenance of public worship, and
the propagation of Christian knowledge, according to the doctrines,
discipline, and modes of worship of the said Presbyterian Church in
Canada, and subject to the provisions of the said Acts. And upon
further trust that the said parties of the second part, and their suc-
cessors, shall and will well and truly, obey, perform, and fulfil, and
permit and suffer to be obeyed, performed and fulfilled, with respect
to the said lands ; and to any Church or other building or buildings
now erected, or to be erected upon the said lands ; or to any burial
gpround, if the said lands or any part thereof shall be used as a burial
ground, the lawful orders and directions respectively of the said con-
gregation, the Deacon's Court, if any, the Kirk Session of the said
congregation, the Presbytery and Synod respectively, vnthin whose
bounds and under whose inspection and ecclesiastical jurisdiction
the said congregation shall from time to time be, and the General
Assembly or other Supreme Court of the Presbyterian Church in
Canada. And with respect to the election and appointment of new
Trustees, it is declared that a general meeting of the said congrega-
tion shall be held on the in the year one thousand eight
hundred and and on the in every fifth year thereafter,
called by a written notice, read to the congregation at the close of

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public worship, on each of the two next preceding Sabbaths, by the
officiating miniflter or other person appointed to read the same ; but
if, from any cause, the meeting shall not be held on that day, then
it shall be called in like manner for some other day, at the request of
the Trustees or of seven members of the congregation in full com-
munion ; and any such meeting may be adjourned as occasion shall
require ; and at such regular or adjourned meeting the said congre-
gation shall elect and appoint Trtistees hy the votes of the
majority of the members of the congregation in full communion then
present ; such Trustees to be members of the Presbyterian Church
m Canada in full communion. And it is hereby further declared
that the said Trustees shall respectively hold office until the appoint-
ment of their successors, except in case of death, resignation, or
ceasing to be a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in
full communion ; and that in case any Trustee shall, during his term
of office, die, resign, or cease to be a member of tlie Presbyterian
Church in Canada in full communion, the remaining Trustees shall
have all the powers of the full board ; and shall, for all purposes of
these presents, be the Trustees of the said Congregation ; unless the
Congregation shall think fit to appoint a new Trustee or new Trus-
tees in the place of any Trustee or Trustees so dying, resigning, or
ceasing to be a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in
full communion ; but the said Congregation may, at any special
meeting called by written notice, read to the Congregation by tiie
officiating Minister or other person appointed to read the pane, at
the close of Public Worship on each of the two next preceding Sab-
baths, which notice shall be given at the request of the remaining
Trustees or of any seven members of the Congregation in full com-
munion, appoint by the votes of a majority of the members of the
Congiegation in full communion then present, a new Trustee or new
Trustees, to fill for the residue of such term of office, any vacancy or
vacancies caused as aforesaid. And it is hereby further declared
that a minute of every such election or appointment whether made
at a regular meeting, or at any adjourned or special meeting, shall
be entered in a book to be kept for the purpose, and shall be signed
by the person who presides at the meeting ; and such minute, so
signed, shall, for all purposes connected with these presents, be suffi-
cient evidence of the fact that the persons therein named, were
elected and appointed at such meeting ; but the omission or neglect
to make or sign such minute, shall not invalidate the election or ap-
pointment. And it is hereby further declared that in case at any
time the said Trusteeship shall for any reason become wholly vacant,
so that there shall be no remaining Trustee, the Moderator and
Clerk of the Presbytery, within whose bounds and under whose
jurisdiction the said Congregation shall be, shall thereupon forth-
with become and be Trustees under these presents until others are
duly appointed, and at any time thereafter the Presbytery may
cause notice to be given from the pulpit at each diet of worship on
two consecutive Sabbaths, requiring the said Congregation to pro-
ceed to the appointment of new Trustees ; and if the said Congrega-
tion shall not in the meantime have appointed new Trustees in the
manner hereinbefore provided, it shall be lawful for the said Presby-
tery, after four weeks from the last giving of such notice, to appoint
new Trustees to act for the residue of the then current term of
office ; every such appointment to be made by resolution duly entered

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in the minutes of the Presbjtery, and communicated to the Congre-
gation by notice from the pulpit ; and the Trustees so appointed
shall from the time of communication of their appointment tt> the
Congregation, Imj the Trustees for the residue of such term of fi^^ce
for the purpose of these presents. Provided also, and it is hereby
declared, that if at any time there shall cease to be an organized
Congregation entitled to the use, benefit and enjoyment of the said
lands, then and as often as that shall occur, it shall be lawful for the
Presbytery within the bounds of which the said land is situated, to
fill any vacancy in the said Board of Trustees, and the said lands
shall thenceforth be held subject to such ti-usts and for such imr-
poses for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, as the
General Assembly or other Supreme Court of the Church may
declare, limit or appoint.

In witness whereof, the said parties of the first and third parts
have hereto set their h^nds and seals, and the said parties of the
second part have here^ set their common seal.

Signed, sealed i^nd 'delivered, 1
in the presence of J

FORM OP DEED FOB MANITOBA.

For this Province, the same form may be used as that given for
Ontario, with the following alterations :— Instead of " Short forma
of Conveyances," say "Short forms of Indenture," and instead of
** respecting the property of Religious Institutions in the Province of
Ontario," say " passed in the 36th year of Her Majesty's reign,
chapter 16, and intituled * An Act to provide for the holding of land
on behalf of Congregations of Churches, by Trustees.' "

FORM OF DEED OF CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO TRUSTEES OF CONG BEG A-

TION FOB THE USE AND BENEFIT OF CONGBEGATION.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Congregation incorporated under provisions of Act of General As-
sembly of New Brunswick, 22 Victoria, Cap. 6 ; see also, Act 38
Victoria, Cap. 99, making valid-and effectual, the x)rovi8ions of first
named Act.

This Indenture, made the day of in the year of our

Lord one thousand eight hundred and between (name

^ party or parties conveying) of in the County of and

Province of New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada {description
of party conveying) (if party has wife add and wife of the

said who becomes a party hereto in token of her relinquishment

of dower and right of dower in the lands and premises hereby conveyed,
and of all her interest and title to the same in laiv or equity) of the
first part; and (Names of Trustees of Church) being at the

present time the Trustees chosen and appointed of (here fill in
name of church of which they are trustees) being a body politic and
corporate by the name of (here fill in particularly the corporate name
of church) and as such corporate body, of the second part. Whereas
the Congregation of the Presbyterian Church (here fill in the place
naming town or city, county, and Province of New Brunswick) are a

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APPENDIX — FORMS.

Congregation in connection with " Tlie Presbyterian Clmrch in
Canada" and the above named i)er8onH of the second imrt, arc
TruHtees of waid Congregation duly chosen and a|)pointed under the
proviHiouH of the Act of the General Assembly of the naid I'rovinct-
of New BruuHwick entitled "An Act for incor[)orating the Synod of
the Church known as the Presbyterhvn Church of New l^riniHwick
and the several congregations in connection therewith," pasncd in the
twenty-second year of Her present Majesty Victoria, and which said
Act and the several clauses and provisions of same are made a|)pli-
cable to the several congregations of said Churches in New Bruns-
wick in connection or communion with the said " Presbyterian
Church in Canada," by virtue of the Act of the General AssemVjly of
the Province of New Brunswick yiforesaid, passed in the thirty-
eighth year of Her present Majesty Victoria, entitled "An Act
resnecting the union of certain Presbyterian churches therein named,'
ana whereas the said Trustees and their succesHors to be chosen and
appointed as by first mentioned Act is directed and mentioned, are
by said tirst Act constituted a body politic and corporate in deed and
name, and shall have succession for ever by such . name ds shall be
specially given and named by such resijective Cofigregation as the
corjxtrate name of such Congregation, tlie name of the said Congre-
gation of which the said parties of the second jiart are Trustees as
aforesaid, being specially named as (here, fill in particularly the eor-
ix>rate name of church) ; and the Trustees of such have power and
capacity to purchase, receive, take, hold and enjoy for the sole use
and benefit of the respective Congregation worship{)ing in the Chuirch
in the v)lace aforesaid, and by whom the choice and appointment of
such Trustees may have been made ; and whereas the said Congregfa-
tion of tlie said {here fill in corporate name) are desirous of purchasing
and taking a conveyance of the lands and premises hereinafter
mentioned and described, for the use and benefit of the Congregation
of said respective Church aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions
of the said first recited Act. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that
that the said party [or parties) of the first part for and in considera-
tion of the sum of lawful money of Canada, to him (or them)
well and truly paid by the said the parties of the second part in their
Coriiorate capacity as Trustees aforesaid, the receipt Avhereof is
hereby acknowledged, hath (or have) given, granted, bargained, sold
and conveyed, and by these presents doth (or do) give, grant, bargain,
sell and convey unto the said the Trustees of (here fi,U in the name of
church) and their successors, the following lands and premises
situpte, lying and being in the (fill in place. County and Province)
and describei as follows, namely : (here fill in description of lands).
To have and to hold the same, with all the rights, privileges and
appurtenances thereto belonging, unto the said the Trustees of (here
fill in corporate name of church) and their succossorb in office for ever,
chosen and appointed as by said before recitod Act of Assembly is
directed and mentioned ; for the use of the said respective Congrega-
tion aforesaid, according to and under the provisions of the said Act
of the General Assembly, so passed in the twenty-second year of the
reign of Her present Majesty.

(// thought necessary, the usual covenants of warranty may be inserted

as follows ):

And the said party of the first part doth for himself, his heirs,

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exMUtniH mill ftdiuinistirttorH, covenant to and uitlj the said, the
TniKtfM's of (co>y«'?vi(c na7»«) Wi^tlicir wucct'HHtTH in ofHce, tliat lie is
•ei^ed of tli«' Haul InndH and pAMH'" hi-ifby convfyrd, or intrndfd
MO to \w, us a K'x'd «'Mtat« of inhai|l||ic(>, fit-e from all incumbrance,
aufl tliat \w lian good right and titievn sell the Manic m manner aforu-
'•* iaid, and that he, his lieirs, executorH and administratorH, will for
(iver warrant and defend the same unto the said the Trustees (»f
{eovjioratc luniir) and their succeaHors for ever.

( // (jnmtors hcimj more than one pernon, covenants as follows) :

And the Haid A. B., 0. D., etc., do for themselvcH, their rcBpective
heirs, oxecutorfi, and adrainistratorH, covenant to and with the Maid
the Trustei h of (corpofittf naiuf) and their HUCceMMors in ufhce, that
they and each of them are jointly seized and pOMsesMed of the Maid
landfl and i)rpmiHe8 in said indenture or deed named and conveyed or
intended ho tt; Ikj, as a good estate of inheritance, in fee simiile, free
from all incumbrance, and that they and each of them, their and
■ each of their heirs, executorw and adniiniMtrators will for ever warrant
and defend the MVUx') "nto the Maid the Trustees of {corporate

name) and their successors for ever.

In witness whereof the said party {or parties) of the first part hath
(or hair) liereto set his (cr their) hand and seal the day and year
first above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered, )

L. S.

in presence of

It is not necessary that the party of second part should execute
the deed, but if desirable to do so, it should be executed by the
Chairman of Trustees signing his name as Chairman of Trustees, and
affixing the seal of the Corporation.

E. (jr. A. B., Chairman of Trustees of [Corporate Seal.]

[Corporate Name] by order of Trustees.

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FORM OF ACKNOWtri^:L,MENT

Which may be taken before any Justice of the Peace of County
where lands are situate, or before any Judge of Supreme or County
Courts, or Notary Public, or Registrar of deeds in County, or before
a member of Executive or Legislative Council of Province.

Province of New Brunswick, County of to wit : . -

Be it remembered that on the day of in the year of our

Lord one thousand eight hundred and before me, the subscriber

{description of person taking the acknowledgment) personally came and
appeared the grantor {or grantors) and acknowledged that he {or they
severally) executed and delivered the foregoing deed freely and
voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

{If wife has to acknoivledge, add)

Also afterwards on same day and place, personally appeared before
me, wife of and being examined separate and apart from

her husband, acknowledged that she executed said deed freely and
] voluntarily, without fear thereat, or compulsion from her husband,
or dread of his displeasure.

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RMS.

I bequeath to the T^uatees of|j|BK'(>>llMe, Kingston, tfrfB^^^^
of $ ; and I dii^ct^hattiHHiiW^ Hthe Treasurer for the timi
being of the said College, q|lfi^€e a mfficient discharge to my exfini*^'-
tors for the said legacy.

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direct

I bequeath to the Corpoir^idon of Knox College, Toronto, (M*
Presbyterian College ot Mohtreal, the sum of | , and I di

that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being'.'^i th^ IMdi
College, shall be a sufficient discharge to my esiecutors for the^SWr'
legacy,

I devise to the Corporation of Knox College, Toronto, on? tne
Presbyterian College of Montreal, or* the Xtpoatees of Queen's CoVege,
Kingston, all and smgular (d!^3on&£ tonc^;^

ibequeath to the Home M.issioBiirSlWid, or the Foi;ii^mMisgion
Fundi or French EvMigelizatiou Ft^idi, ^';^ed a^nd InCTJrafai liaters'
Fund, Or Mim8tera','mdow8' and Orpfaaia*' Fund, <rf'the Frara|ci}enan
Church in Canada, the sum of $ , and I direct that the. receipt of
the Treasurer for the time being of the said Church,^^li«U 1^ a
Btiffibient discharge to my ©xecutcffs for the said legacy. >■ iv.

FORSre.OP REQUEST FOB MABITIMB PROVINCE^.

I devise And bsqueaili to th6 Boavd of the Presbyterian College,
fialilax, thq sum of (t/^ncT, deaerihe i^i if m<m^, name the

timfvphenitittokapaid.) ^ t

If persons #1^ to st»te their objeijt m(M»,4crt9initely; they may do
so thus :— I b«iqneath to the Boe^ of the FttJittiyterian College.
HaKlax, the«timof .<*be applied for thfe support of the saia
College, or in aid of yoiiinr men studyii;^ for the Ministry, or fot t£e
Professional Endowment Fuind. '•:

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FOR BSrLl'<!^I(]^£r^ HISStONABT PURPOSES,

I bequeath the sum of '• to the Board of the Freel
Oollego, Halifax, to be apji^ied in liid of the'^funds <>£ the
Mission Board, or the Home Mission Boai^i,' or 6f the Fmjbd tor
SapplemeBiting the Stipends of Mini«<«rs, or of the Aged and Infixm
Minwters^ Fund of the Preabyteriaw Ghtiret in Gsi»i^ of to assist
the Congregation of in eT«ctmgr a place of worsh^*^^ •. ■ ,, : '

IBequeath to the Trtoiteea of th^'#re»byt«rian MinisteifSiV Widowi*'
aca Orphiftns' Fund,>^e Bpm o^^ jftoUatt.,

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