.524

(a) Members not communicants,
where such is the usage....530
(b) Only baptized persons al-
lowed to vote for ruling
elders
.530
(c) Neither the presiding officer
nor the Session may dis-
qualify voters whose stand-
ing has not been impaired by
judicial process ..
.531
(d) Most consonant to our form
of government that commu-

nicants only be the electors.531 (e) No distinction to be made as

to the age of electors.......531 (f) The roll of members is the list of voters.. .531

(g) Two-thirds vote recommended in some cases... 532 14. All office-bearers must faithfully accept the Standards..532 Mode of electing for a term of years.....

15.

...526

.532

16.

No authority for the election and ordination of deacon

8. Irregularity in call of meeting does not necessarily invalidate the election....

9. Ministers are not eligible to the eldership.............. ...527 An exception allowed in the case of foreign missionaries..529 10. Uniformity in the mode of election deemed impracticable.... 11. The mode most approved and in use may be changed by the congregation. Direct vote advised.

.529

.529

12. The right of the superior judicatory to interfere with the mode in use disavowed.....530 13. Who are the electors of ruling

elders and deacons?........530

Length of service left to the decision of the church......536 2. Restoration to church privileges does not restore to the eldership..

.536

.537

3. An elder without charge can sit in no church court......537 Section 7. Withdrawal from service.. 1. Elders who cannot acquiesce in the decisions of the superior courts should resign.. .537 2. Elders may cease to act in order to promote the peace of the church. ...537 3. The superior court directs an

elder to cease to act........538 4. The Presbytery without the request of the Session or of the members of the church, may declare that an elder shall cease to act.. .538 5. If a member of Session be unacceptable, and the matter cannot be arranged by consent, the proper step is to memorialize Presbytery....538 6. Resignation of an elder or deacon to be tendered to the Session, and to take effect when accepted...

......538

7. The removal of suspension restores all rights and privileges to an elder....

....538 8. When an elder resigns, the Presbytery is not competent to order his restoration.....539 9. The official relations of an elder to his church terminate with his dismission... Section 8. Term service..

..540 .541

..541

1. Elders not reëlected on the adoption of term service cease to be acting elders in that particular church......541 2. When reëlected, should be reinstalled... 3. The above not retroactive, and does not invalidate the action of the Session .......541 4. Reinstallation of a reëlected elder not essential to the validity of his office, but is more orderly... .542 5. One or two elders may be elected under Sec. 8........542 6. In introducing term service, one or more classes may be elected for less than three years.... .542

7. The term must be three years and the classes three.......543 8. Elders not reëlected under this section may be delegates to the superior judicatories.....

.543

..549

Exceptional case where no Presbytery exists..........549 10. A mission has no authority to license or ordain .. 11. Deliverance on the relation sustained by students who have been taken under the care of a Presbytery to the Presbytery receiving them. .550 12. The Assembly's power over

the education of students. Presbyteries directed to supervise.. ..551 13. Presbyteries to choose seminaries, etc., for all students.552 14. Rules of the Board of Educa

tion in relation to students..552 Section 3. Testimonials .. .....552 1. A liberal education required..552 To keep pace with the progress

of society and of letters.....552 Letter to David Rice on thorough literary training for the ministry

..553

tional Rule No. 2)

.......

555

5. Licentiates belong to the laity and are subject to the Session..... .......560 6. A licentiate may solemnize marriage if authorized by law561