Semi-Centennial of York County Conference, Buxton, Maine, June 4 and 5, 1872

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Excerpt from Semi-Centennial of York County Conference, Buxton, Maine, June 4 and 5, 1872: Papers There Read, and Sketches of the Congregational Churches in the County, With Notes Appended Down to the Present Time, June, 1876While then, all the churches are, as we hold, substantially independent of each other, those of like faith and polity have certain duties and relations to one another, which gives rise to what we call the fellowship of the churches, and this fellowship is expressed and maintained by various customs, practices, and institutions which we mutually sustain.And first among these may be named our ecclesiastical councils, bodies composed of representatives of churches, called together for some specific purpose of advice, by some church which needs their advice, usually in settling or dis missing a minister, or in organizing a new church, but it may be for advice on other matters. They are composed of the churches invited, by their representatives, and of these only, and can consider only the subjects specified in the call, and in relation to these can only give advice. There is also the custom of receiving members into the churches, simply on dismission and recommendation from sister churches, and the practice of inviting members of other churches to join in communion around the Lord's table. To our councils we usually invite only churches of our own order, but these other methods we employ in our intercourse with other denominations of christians. These are all valuable methods of expressing our fellowship, but they together hardly come up to the full measure of that fellowship which the churches desire and need.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.