NOTE.In the Index, which follows, the first figures refer to page, and the second to Article or Section. An expression like this, 232:6, is read, Page 232, section 6. This expression, 210:IV:I, is read, Page 210, Article 4, Section 1. This brief statement will serve as a key to the Index given below.INDEX
In the Index, which follows, the first figures refer to page, and the second to Article or Section. An expression like this, 232:6, is read, Page 232, section 6. This expression, 210:IV:I, is read, Page 210, Article 4, Section 1. This brief statement will serve as a key to the Index given below.
Abstinence,33;78:4.Admission of, ministers on trial,82;ministers into full connection,83.Adults, baptism of,278.Agent, book, see Book Agent;for Bible Society,70:1:b;Sunday School,70:d;literary institutions,71:1:e.American Bible Society,70:1:b.Alms giving, Article,28.Annual Conference, members of,43:1-4;number and boundary of,44;Enabling Act,44;time and place of meeting,45:3-4;presiding officer,45:5;order of business,46;preachers on trial,82:1;discontinued,83:3;in full membership,83:2;located,101:3;institutions of learning,50;214;237;parsonages and churches,51;166;committees of examination,51;candidates for the ministry,52:5;examinations, standard of,52:6;General Minutes,53:8;Statistical secretary,53.Apparel, General Rule,30.Appeals, right of,41:5;of a member,149:3;156;60;of a local preacher,144;155;of a traveling preacher,140;150;courts of, Quarterly Conference,149;Annual Conference,144;ministerial court of,150;General Conference,153:1-2.Arbitration, stewards on,107:2;disputes between members,148;215:1.Articles of Religion,15;not to be changed,40.Auditing Committee,189:3.Baptism, Article on,23;administered to: infants,273;to adults,278;to be recorded by pastor,80:12;administered by deacon,87:3;elder,89:3;a sacrament,22.Baptized children,121.Benediction, Apostolic,117:4.Bible Classes,122:5.Bible, only rule of faith and practice,17;33.Bible Society, American,70.Bishops, election and duties of,69;227:8;232:6;197:7;consecration of,339;support of,164:3;179:IV:1;retirement of,74:15;organize annual conferences,74:10;president of boards,75:18;188:2;202:II;210:IV:1;214:2;229:3.Boards, Church Extension, Missions, Publishing, Education, Sunday School, Superannuated Preachers, Widows and Orphans, Epworth League, see departments of;of Finance, see Joint Board;directors,229;Equalization,177:II;General Departments, members of,357.Book Agent,53:8;177:2;178:2-3;duties of,179;180:5-6;182:7;190;191:2-6;salary,191:2;197:2.Book House,190:1.Books and periodicals,79:9;187:3-5;224:3.Books, reading of, General Rule against,30.Borrowing, rule,31.Boundaries of Annual Conferences,247.Building Churches and parsonages,166.Burial of the dead, form of,295.Buying and selling, General Rules,30.Buying church property,170.Call to preach,97.Candidates, for the ministry, recommended by quarterly conference,59:6;62:13-14;directed to studies,77:8;to be admitted, on trial,82;into full connection,83;for deacons,86;for elders,87;course of study,361.Canonical Books, Article on,17.Catechism, to be used,122:4;224:2.Ceremonies, Article on,26.Certificate of membership,81;ministers from other churches,93:4.Chaplaincy, provision for,70.Charitable institutions,166:1.Children, instruction of,121.Children's Day,233.Christian Index,187;Editor of,188:5;191:1-2;price of,188.Christian Man's Oath, Article on,28;goods, Article on,28.Church, Article on,21.Church Conference,63.Church Extension, Board of,358;members of,202;authority of,202:2-4;executive committee,203:III:1-3;Secretary of,203:IV:1-7;revenue,205:5;form of application,206:7;further authority of,206:6;conference board of,207:8;books,208:10.Church membership, how secured,115;baptism, form of,278;reception,285;how lost,33;144;record of,80:13;members from other churches,115.Church, laying corner stone of,305;dedication of,311;buying lots,170;division or sale of church property,172;building churches,166;building parsonages,169;trustees of,110.Circuits, stations and missions, uniting and dividing,73:8.Circulation of books and periodicals,79:9;187:3;198:4;224:3.Class Leaders,104.Class Meetings,119.Collections, Class,104;General Funds,178;missionary,194:4;205:5;219;231.Commissions, Unification; Book House; Federal Council; Churches of Christ; Compilation of Discipline; Educational Standards,357.Committees, of examination,51;of investigation: of Bishops,129;of presiding elders,135;of traveling preachers,134;of local preachers,141;of members,145:a.Communion, see Lord's Supper.Community of goods, not enjoined, Article,28.Complaints,60;against a traveling preacher,138:5.Conferences, General,37;Annual,43;District,54;Quarterly,57;Church,63;records of: Church Conferences,64:2;Quarterly Conferences,60:8;District Conferences,55:4;Annual Conferences,57:3.Confirmation, not a sacrament, Article22.Constitutions, Church Extension, Epworth League, Education, Missions, Publishing, Sunday School, Superannuated Preachers, Widows and Orphans; Woman's Missions, see departments of.Conversation, uncharitable, General Rule,30.Corner Stone laying,305.Council, Federal, Churches of Christ in America,357.Course of Study, local preachers,361;traveling preachers,362.Court of Appeals,150.Credentials, Elders and deacons, deprivation of,158:1;restoration of,158:2;local deacons and elders, deprivation of,159:1;restoration of,159:2.Cross Bearing, General Rule,32.Cup of the Lord, Article,24.Dancing,147:2.Day of the Lord, not to be profaned, General Rule,30.Deacons, how constituted,86:1;missionary rule,87;qualifications,82:2;duties of,87:3;local preachers,99:2;ritual of ordination,317.Decision, Episcopal,72;Presiding Elder,76:5.Deed of settlement,170.Delegates, General Conference, clerical and lay,37;restrictive rule,40-42;laymen to Annual Conference,43:1-3;56:3;laymen to District Conference,55:2.Deprivation and restoration of Credentials,158.Diligence and frugality, General Rule,32.Directions to preachers,84.Directory, to be kept by pastors,79:10.Disputes, how settled,148.Dissension, sowing of,147:3.Districts, Annual Conference,73:7;General conference,74:12.Division, transfer, and sale of church property,172.Divorced women, preachers not to marry,59:6.Doctrines of the church,15;contrary one not to be disseminated,138:4;143;4.Dress, General Rule,30.Drunkenness, General Rule,30.Eastern Index,237.Editors, Christian Index,188:5;duty of,191:5;salary of,191:2;Eastern & Western Index,188:6;salary,192:3.Education, Board of,358;constitution of,214;General Secretary,218;salary,219:8;meetings,216:4;revenue, how derived,220:9;vacancies in,217:3;Annual Conference Board,220:10;educational standards,221.Elders, how constituted,87:1;qualifications,88;duties,89:3;local,99;restoration of credentials,158:2;159:2;ritual of ordination,324.Election of, Bishops,69:1;general officers, see constitutions of departments;delegates to General Conference,37:1-2;to Annual Conference,56:3;to Orders,46;47:9-16;86.Enabling Act,44.Episcopacy: see Bishops.Episcopal decisions, how guarded,72.Epworth League, object of,209:2;departments of,209:3;boards of,210:4;duties of secretary,212;revenue of department,213:7;Annual Conference, District Conference, and local, chapters,210.Evil Speaking condemned, General Rule,30.Examinationof, preachers,51;82.Exhorters, license,102:1;duties,103:2;further directions,103:3.Extreme Unction, not a sacrament,22.Family and private prayer,33.Fasting and abstinence,33;78:4;84:2.Fighting, general rule,30.Finance, Joint Board of, how constituted,184:2;duties of,185;53:9;Recording Steward,186.Financial plan, general assessment and division,177:1-2;Board of Equalization,177.Founder's Day,245.Free Will, Article,19.Frugality, General Rule,32.Full Connection,83.General Conference, how composed,37:1-2;delegates, clerical and lay,37;voting by Orders,38:3;time and place of meeting,38:4;special session and delegates,38;quorum,39:8;presiding officer,39:9;restrictions: cannot change articles of religion,40:1;restrictive rule for election of delegates,40:2;Episcopacy, not to be destroyed,41:3;General Rules, not to be revoked or changed,41:4;right of appeals, not to be destroyed,41:5;how to change restrictive rules,41;unconstitutional laws,42.General Missionary Society, members of,193:2;authority of,194:3;revenue,194:4;General Missionary Day,234:2;195:5;the secretary and his duties,196.General Rules,29;must be read by pastors,78:3.Ghost, the Holy, Article,16.God, Article,15.Gold, putting on, General Rule,31.Good doing, General Rule,31.Good works, Article,20.Goods, Christian man's, Article,28.Goods, not paid for, General Rule,30.Government, duty to,27.Grace, means of,32;116;235.Holy Ghost, Article,16.Holy Scriptures, Article,17.Hospital,166:1.Index, Christian,187:4;Editor of,188:5;191:5;price of,188:4.Index, Eastern,237;Editor of,188;236.Index, Western,236;Editor of,188;236.Infant Baptism, Article on,23;ritual for,273.Institutions, of learning, provisions concerning,50:8;214;237;charitable,166:1.Investigation, see committees of.Joint Board of Finance, how constituted,184:2;duties of,53:9;185;recording Steward,186.Junior Stewards,108:5.Junior Stewardesses,109:2.Journal of Conferences,53:7;60:8.Judicial administration,129.Justification, Article,19.Law, Bishops' decisions on, and appeal from,72:5.Law, Presiding Elders' decisions on, and appeal from,76:5.Law, going to, Rule,30.Laying Corner Stone,305.Lay delegates,37:1;43:2;56:3.Leaders, Class,104:1.Leaders' meeting,235.League, Epworth, see Epworth League.Lessens in Public Worship,116:1.Local Deacon,99:2.Local Elder,99:3.Local Preachers,98.Locate preachers,101:3.Lord's Day, not to be profaned, General Rule,30.Lord's Prayer, in Public Worship,116:1.Lord's Supper, Article,24;General Rule,33.Love Feasts,120.Magistrates, speaking evil of,30.Marriage of ministers, Article,26;not to marry divorced women,59.Marriages to be recorded,80:12.Marriage performed by: deacon,87:3;elder,89:3.Masses condemned,25.Matrimony, not a sacrament, Article,22;ritual,290.Means of Grace,32;116;235.Meditation and prayer,85:3.Members of the Church, how received,115;ritual,285;removal,81;trial,144;appeal,156.Ministers of other churches, how received,91.Ministers of the Gospel, (pastors and preachers), members of annual conferences,43:2;examination of,51-52;duties of,78-81;121-122;deacons,86;elders,87;how appointed,70:b;advice to,84-86;trial of,134;appeal of,140;150;unacceptable,138;support of,163;credentials, deprivation of,158:1;restoration of,158:2;ceasing to travel,101:3.Ministerial Court of Appeals,150.Ministerial Delegates,37.Ministers, speaking evil of,30.Ministry of the Word,32.Ministry, support of, pastors,163;presiding elders,163;bishops,164.Missionaries, provisions for,197:7;199:2.Missionary on foreign fields admitted in full connection,84:3.Missionary Department, General, see General Missionary Department.Missionary Board, Woman's, see Woman's Missionary Board.Missionary Society, Woman's General, see Woman's General Missionary Society.Neglect means of grace,235.Oath, Christian man's, Article,28.Obedience to civil authority, Article,27.Oblation of Christ, Article,25.Official Board, or Leaders' meeting,235.Old Testament, Article,18.Order of Public Worship,116.Orders, not a sacrament,22.Orders, deacons,86;local,99;Elders,87;local,100;examination necessary,86-88.Orders, voting by,38.Ordination Ritual, Deacons,317;Elders,324;Bishops,339.Original sin, Article,18.Orphans and widows of ministers, provisions for,228.Parsonages, building,169;securing,170;sale,172.Pastors, see ministers.Pastoral Visitation,79:10;85.Pelagianism,18.Penance, not a sacrament,22.Periodicals,187:3;224:3.Poor, collections for,106:2.Post Office Addresses,355.Prayer, family,33;public,116;Lord's Prayer to be used,116.Prayer Meetings,118.Preachers in charge, duties of,78.Preachers, local,98;on trial,82:1.Preachers from other churches,91.Presiding Elders, appointment,71:2;duties,75;support,163;trial,134.Probationers for the Ministry,82.Public Worship, enjoined,32;how conducted,116.Publishing Department, object of,187:3;the Index,188:4;management,188:5;members of Board,188:II;annual meeting,189:II:3;Auditing Committee,189:III;Agent, see Book Agent;editors, see Editors;publishing fund,177;182:7;surplus,192:VI:1.Punctuality, enjoined,85:2.Purgatory,21.Quarterly Conference, how composed,57:1;time and place,57:2;presiding officer,57:3;business,58-60;order of business,60-63.Quorum,39:8;189:3;203:2.Readmission, to Annual Conference,46;59:6.Reading the Scriptures,33.Receptionof members, into church,115;on trial,82:1;into ministry,83.Recommendation, to Annual Conference for admission on trial,82:2;local deacon,99:2;local elder,99:3.Recording Steward,60;109;186:4.Records of, membership,80:12-13;Church Conference,64:2;Quarterly Conference,60:8;District Conference,55:4;Annual Conference,53:7;investigation: of Bishops,130;of preachers,135;trial of, local preachers,145:4;members,146:d.Refusing to attend work, minister,139:6.Representation in General Conference, ratio of,37:1.Reproach of Christ, General Rule,32.Restoration of credentials,158:2;159:2.Restrictive Rules,40.Resurrection of Christ, Article,16.Retired Bishops,74:15;support of,164:3;179:2.Riches, laying up, General Rule,31.Right of trial and appeal,41.Rites and ceremonies, Article,26.Ritual,261.Rulers of the United States, Article,27.Sabbath breaking, General Rule,30.Sacraments,22.Saints, not to be envoked,21.Schools and Colleges,50:8;214;237;consent of conference necessary to build,50:1.Scriptures, canonical,17;duty of searching,33;sufficiency of, Article,17;Testament, the old, Article,18.Secretary, general, see departments.Securing churches and parsonages,170.Self denial and cross bearing, General Rule,31.Self indulgence, General Rule,31.Sick, visiting the,85:3;106:2;320.Sin original, Article,18.Singing, directions concerning,118.Slander forbidden, General Rule,30.Societies, see departments.Softness, General Rule,31.Songs, rule against, improper, General Rule,30.Speaking in strange tongues, Article,22.Special or called session, General Conference,39:6.Spirituous liquors, General Rule,30.Standing Committees, Annual Conference, committees on Course of Study,51.Statistics,53;77:9;81:15;47.Statistician,53.Stewards,105;Junior,108:5;Recording,60;109:6;186:4.Stewardesses,109:7;Junior,109:VII:2.Study, Course of,361.Sunday School,123;department of,223;superintendent of,59:7;60;123;object,224:2;editor,224-225;Sunday School Boards in Annual, District and Quarterly Conferences,226:7;appointment of boards,227:8;order of business,228.Superannuated Preachers,47;90;provisions for,228.Superannuated Preachers, Widows and Orphans, object of,228:1:2;Board of Directors,229:3-5;Secretary-Treasurer,229-230;funds of,231:III:1-2;payment of superannuates,231;claims of widows and orphans,232:V:1-3;report from Joint Boards,185, a-b;233:I:4.Supererogation, Article,20.Supernumerary preachers,89.Support of ministry: pastors,163;presiding elders,163;Bishops,164.Suspension, by a Bishop,71:3;of a Bishop,130;of a traveling preacher,136.Temper, improper,147:2;137:3.Temperance, General Rule,30.Testament, the Old, see scriptures.Time, profitable employment of,85.Tongues, speaking in unknown, Article,22.Tracts,77;224:3.Transubstantiation, Article,24.Traveling preachers, see minister.Treasure on earth, General Rule,31.Trial of those who think they should preach,97.Trials, right of guaranteed,41:5;of a Bishop,129;of a traveling preacher,134;of a local preacher,141;of a member,145.Triers of appeals,150.Trinity, Article15.Trustees of church property,110.Tunes, directions concerning,118.Unacceptable preachers,138:5.Unction, extreme,22.United Society, rise of, General Rule,29.Usury, General Rule,30.Vacancies, Joint Board,184:2;in departments, see constitutions of.Veto,42.Visiting from house to house,85.Voting, by orders,38:3;two-third vote,41.Widows and Orphansof: preachers,48;provisions for,232;bishops,165:6;179:3.Will, free, Article,19.Witness, see trials of members, preachers, etc.Woman's General Missionary Society,375.Woman's Home Missionary Society, constitution of,199;object of,199:2;controlled by Annual Conference,199:3;officers,200:4;revenue,200:5.Word, the, Article,15.Works, good, Article,20;supererogation, Article,20.Worship, attending, General Rule,32;neglect of,235;order of public,116.Year Book,54.