He [man] Knows That When He Is

There Can, Therefore, Be No Doubt That Presbyterians Do Carry Out The Principle That Church Power Vests In The Church Itself, And That The People Have A Right To A Substantive Part In Its Discipline And Government.

The Church, During The Apostolic Age, Did Not Consist Of Isolated, Independent Congregations, But Was One Body, Of Which The Separate Churches Were Constituent Members, Each Subject To All The Rest, Or To An Authority Which Extended Over All.

This Is True Religion, To Approve What God Approves, To Hate What He Hates, And To Delight In What Delights Him

So Too, In Forming A Constitution, Or In Enacting Rules Of Procedure, Or Making Canons, The People Do Not Merely Passively Assent, But Actively Cooperate. They Have, In All These Matters, The Same Authority As The Clergy.

The Church Is Everywhere Represented As One. It Is One Body, One Family, One Fold, One Kingdom. It Is One Because Pervaded By One Spirit. We Are All Baptized Into One Spirit So As To Become, Says The Apostle, On Body.