The Life And Labors of Rev. E. M. Marvin, One of the Bishops of the M. E ...
The Life And Labors of Rev. E. M. Marvin, One of the Bishops of the M. E ...
David Rice Manally
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But for this spur they would not be done at all. The condition of the Church, of the Sunday-schools, of the finances, is brought under review. There is something in human nature that recognizes the prestige of oflice, and respects it. * Governments ' are of Divine ordination, and one of the chief securities of government is found in that sentiment which is ineradicable, and which is an essential constituent of our very being— the sentiment of reverence for dignities. The official character of t...he Presiding Elder, though as a man h« may have no great weight, has a good efiect in causing the business of the Church to be attended to and keeping some vitality in the organ- ization. ^'Thejyiethodist itinerancy is a singularly compact, well-con- 168 THE PBE8IDINQ ELDEBSHIP. trived, rigorous, reproductive organization. Its utmost vitality has been realized in America; the Presiding Eldership is in- corporated into it. Those Methodist bodies that have discarded it in this country have never done well.
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