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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 173
so happen that in any General Convention there should
be but a single lay deputy present, while all the clergy
and all the Bishops from all parts of the country were
also present, that single layman would represent his
order for the whole United States, and, as such, might
claim his separate vote, and his veto, in all the doings
of the body.
VI. They have a right to all the privileges of Church
membership, whensoever they give the evidence in their
life, and are willing to confess with their mouth, that
they are devoted to the service of God in the disciple-
ship of the Lord Jesus Christ.
VII. They have a right to a fair trial in any cases
of ecclesiastical discipline, and a right not only to protect themselves from arbitrary or oppressive treatment
in such cases, but also to restrain and even to punish
those who would thus tyrannize over them.
Not to be more minute (for the reader can extend,
from the preceding sections, the catalogue of rights), we
will state that—
VIII. Finally, they have a constitutional and chartered right, and the power also, to protect themselves in
the full and perpetual enjoyment of all their rights.
The point which we wish our readers to observe
most attentively in these statements is this: that the
laity are always regarded (and constitutionally regarded),
in the Protestant Episcopal Church, as a separate and
independent order • and their influence is felt, not only
as they happen to be good debaters, or happen to number more or less in an ecclesiastical body, but as they
are a constituent order ; so that whether they lead or
not in the debates, and whether they are few or many
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000177 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 173 so happen that in any General Convention there should be but a single lay deputy present, while all the clergy and all the Bishops from all parts of the country were also present, that single layman would represent his order for the whole United States, and, as such, might claim his separate vote, and his veto, in all the doings of the body. VI. They have a right to all the privileges of Church membership, whensoever they give the evidence in their life, and are willing to confess with their mouth, that they are devoted to the service of God in the disciple- ship of the Lord Jesus Christ. VII. They have a right to a fair trial in any cases of ecclesiastical discipline, and a right not only to protect themselves from arbitrary or oppressive treatment in such cases, but also to restrain and even to punish those who would thus tyrannize over them. Not to be more minute (for the reader can extend, from the preceding sections, the catalogue of rights), we will state that— VIII. Finally, they have a constitutional and chartered right, and the power also, to protect themselves in the full and perpetual enjoyment of all their rights. The point which we wish our readers to observe most attentively in these statements is this: that the laity are always regarded (and constitutionally regarded), in the Protestant Episcopal Church, as a separate and independent order • and their influence is felt, not only as they happen to be good debaters, or happen to number more or less in an ecclesiastical body, but as they are a constituent order ; so that whether they lead or not in the debates, and whether they are few or many |
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