Présentation de l'éditeur
Preface EVERY now and then there comes a time when systems of civil government must be restudied and restated, and the same is true in regard to Church polity. In the course of years the rush of events and absorption in other matters may distract attention from fundamental facts and principles. The old pass away and new generations may not know the history of the Church, and especially the organic principles which exerted themselves at the beginning and built up the ecclesiastical organiza tion. Through this lack of knowledge, the new generations are in danger of being governed by their own impulses or present desires, rather than by historic principles, and so serious mistakes may be made in legislation and in other forms of action. History having been forgotten or never known by the new generation, constitutional principles may not be recognized and, in time, may be utterly overlooked and injury may result. Every new generation, therefore, needs to be taught, and the seniors need to recall and review what they have known.
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