pense Fund. This fund shall be disbursed from year to year by the Committee of Arrangements, and be used for the purpose of meeting the expense of entertaining such commissioners as are not otherwise provided for; and that the Treasurer be authorized to pay the account of the Committee of Arrangements after it has been approved by the Finance Committee of the Assembly." This is often called the Entertainment Fund. The apportionment for this fund for 1882 is one and one-half cents per communicant.† Has a church court the power to assess a tax upon the churches? "None of our church courts are clothed with power to assess a tax upon the churches. Apportionments to meet the expenses of the several bodies may be made, but the payment depends upon that voluntary liberality which flows from the enlightened consciences of the people, who may confidently be relied upon to return whatever is necessary for the conduct of our ecclesiastical business." If the Presbyteries choose to pay only the expenses of their own commissioners, "the Assembly cannot require them to contribute to the general fund.” Yet "each Presbytery is hereby earnestly requested to contribute annually its full proportion for the Commissioners' and Contingent Funds of the General Assembly.”‡ Can a claim for mileage be made after the adjournment of the General Assembly? The Assembly only can act upon such a claim. In 1878 a commissioner from the Presbytery of Santa Fé, who had been in the previous Assembly, presented a claim for $154 due him since last year from the Mileage + Ibid., 1881, p. 581. *Minutes G. A. 1877, pp. 545, 570. Ibid., 1878, pp. 67, 68. What is done with the balances of the Mileage and Entertainment Funds? The balances of the Mileage Fund and of the Entertainment Fund are paid to the Treasurer of the General Assembly, and go to the account of the next year.† Do commissioners receive the printed Minutes? "Every Minister and every vacant church contributing to this fund (Mileage Fund) connected with the Presbyteries, thus complying with the provisions of this plan, shall be entitled to a copy of the annual Minutes of the General Assembly." In 1880 the Assembly Resolved, "That the Stated Clerk forward a copy of the printed Minutes to every Elder who is a commissioner in this Assembly, provided he forwards his P. O. address, and that the Presbytery which he represents has paid its quota to the Mileage Fund." § * Minutes G. A. 1878, p. 100. Pres. Dig., p. 473. † Ibid., 1880, p. 13. 2 Minutes G. A. 1880, p. 85; 1881, p. 553. of General Assembly, 303, 538. Alliance: of Presbytery, 240, 538. of Session, 176. of Synod, 257, 538. Evangelical, 96, 282. Presbyterian, 281-284. Administration of sacraments, 85-93. Ambassador, 45. Admission: to church, 85, 139–145. to communion, 90, 139, 144. 36 Amendments: to constitution, 19, 294-299. 561 Apostolic churches, 118, 177, 191. 11, 44, 53, 61, absence of records in, 195, 197. from congregational meeting, decision of, 191, 198, 251. under Plan of Union, 278. and decision of civil court, 197. effect of, 193, 251. final, 251, 260, 268. in General Assembly, 268. inferior court in, 195. informalities in, 192,197,251,257. of congregational meeting, notice, 192. original parties in, 193. in other churches, 191, 199. absent, 195, 197. and references, 190. retirement of parties in, 196. in Synod, 251-254. vote taken on, 194–199. to what court, 165, 192, 268. rights of, 194. Application: for aid. See BOARDS. in Presbytery, 210-213. of overtures, 294-299. of records, 172-174, 229, 258. Assessment: mileage, 557. and Sabbath-schools, 109. Benediction, 47, 117. authority of, 27, 344, 451. in Sabbath-school, 163. Biddle University, 342, 490. Bishops, 45, 52. in other churches, 43, 46, 180, Blackburn University, 341. Blanks for reports, 175, 235, 236, 521. Board, A. B. C. F. M., 465, 468. Am. Home M., 420. and church extension, 432. Board of Education, 329, 430-442. committees on, 439, 441. Board of Education: early measures, 329, 430. and parochial schools, 436-438. Board of Church Erection, 473-479. and chapels and schools, 478. Board of Church Extension, 475. 469. and Church Extension, 418. Board of Missions, Domestic, 425. Board of Missions, Freedmen, 498. and Church Extension Commit- committees of, 421-425. and Committee on Freedmen, and Missionaries, 413, 428. Board of Missions, Foreign, 459–473. Chinese, 464. committee of, 471. early measures, 459, 461-463, and education, 472. of other churches, 459, 467. Board of Publication, 442–459. and Sabbath-school work, 163, 456-459. superintendents of, 456. |