A. Hodge
A. Hodge
people matter constitution
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.
christian people church
It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry, to the exclusion of the people.
exercise names people
The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act.
government people discipline
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.
government people church
The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way.
practice people church
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.
energy
We're going to have a lot of fans. It's going to be big for us. We'll have the energy of the fans. It's going to be good.
beginning behind bit catch efficiency efforts fruits improving pacific union
Union Pacific has been a bit behind the other railroads in improving efficiency and the fruits of its efforts to catch up are beginning to show.
businesses care cars clean encourage flat front grass growing owners property tires weeds
There are some businesses that have weeds and grass growing in front of the lots, cars with flat tires and cars parked on the sidewalks. We want to encourage the owners of the property to take care of that and clean up in front of their places.
companies far gallon government money oil per profits tax
What we need is a windfall profits tax on government. Government makes far more money per gallon than the oil companies do.
certain element forces harder name pride wanting work
When you put your name on a fund, there's a certain element of pride, of not wanting to be embarrassed or neglectful. . . . It forces you to want to work just a little harder to be right.
ahead excited sure
We want to make sure we're the best. I'm excited about the opportunities ahead of us.
independent age church
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.
church analogies individual
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church as a whole.