 | Alexander Hay Benton - 1917 - 144 pages
...joining themselves together of their own accord in order to the public worshipping of God, in such manner as they judge acceptable to him and effectual to the salvation of their souls " (p. 13). As the joining the church is absolutely free and spontaneous, " it necessarily follows that... | |
 | Sterling Power Lamprecht - 1918 - 186 pages
...ought to be the measure of its proceeding."4 As to religious society or the church, he held that it is "a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshiping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation... | |
 | William Graham - 1919 - 458 pages
...believes he has found that profession and worship which is truly acceptable to God." He defines a church to be " a voluntary society of men, joining themselves...Him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls." A man voluntarily joins a particular church in order to be furthered in his eternal and spiritual interests.... | |
 | Theodore Schroeder - 1919 - 468 pages
...care of the things of this world, and hath nothing to do with the world to come. * * * "A church then I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves...public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they "Quotations and references given in text are from the edition of 1689, pp. 2, 4, 11, 12, 19, 20, 26,... | |
 | Theodore Schroeder - 1919 - 464 pages
...care of thf things of this world, and hath nothing to do with the world to come. * * * "A church then I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in ord^r to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual... | |
 | International Congregational Council, International Congregational Council. Assembly - 1921 - 564 pages
...to the care of the things of this world and has nothing to do with the world to come. The Church is a voluntary society of men joining themselves together...worshipping of God in such a manner as they judge to be acceptable to Him and effectual to the salvation of their souls. But we are chiefly concerned... | |
 | Henry Schofield - 1921 - 568 pages
...religion. i2 Jefferson's definition of a church gives the principle on which his statute was drawn: "A voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worship of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the salvation of... | |
 | 1926 - 548 pages
...I answer, every man has a commission to admonish, exhort, convince another of error. A church is « a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...him and effectual to the salvation of their souls ». It is voluntary bcc. no man is by nature bound to any church. The hopes of salvation is the cause... | |
 | Frederick Joseph Kinsman - 1924 - 268 pages
...world; and hath nothing to do with the world to come." "Let us now consider what a church is. A church I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves...together of their own accord, in order to the public worship of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual for the salvation of... | |
 | Gaston Lichtenstein - 1925 - 126 pages
...mind. External forms of worship, when against our belief are hypocrisy and impiety. "I2. A church is 'a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together...him and effectual to the salvation of their souls'. It is voluntary bee. no man is by nature bound to any church. The hope of salvation is the cause of... | |
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I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord, in order to the public worshipping of God, in such a manner as they judge acceptable to him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls. 
