Show presbyterians RIANS IN A QUAN nally DAILY in subject bubl beb bet ot of anointing the eck with gli bill RB directed by the apostle james in his epistle to the eqrley was broached recently resent resen tty ly by a member of the presbyterian church at a meeting in ban ratael rafael califor 1 nia it created quite a confab the authority of the scripture could not be denied the injunction of the apostle is so plain that it cannot be bpi spiritualized spi ritualized away the elders not knowing how bow to decide called upon the presbytery fur a ruling but the presbytery appeared to be equally puzzled with the elders so 80 they have called upon tile the synod and it 16 is expected that it will take a reference to the gen eral oral assembly Ae before any settled conclusion can be reached this la Is evidence of how much right the elders of the presbyterian church have to that title it is a duty devolving upon the elders to anoint the sick with oil and pray over them that the sick may be healed and the aue kne apostle james ta in ea lays it down as the duty of the sic blek aue kne in ea lays it down as the duty of the sic blek sick eick k to tb bend send for the elders of to attend to this ordinance but bat it appears that if sick presbyterians rians follow the scriptural injunction their elders know nothing about it they do not know how to attend t tot toi 0 it or whether they ought to do T any thing hing of the kind and are in fact S completely in the dark concerning the matter other chur churchea churches chee if it the ithe truth was known are in the same lamentable condition of ignorance concemi concern i ing the ordinance for tor the bick sick a 1 c and many other cenemo ceremonies n 1 ea belonging to the true christian church and sa as they have no means of obtaining definite knowledge concertin concerning them they bave bare to depend upon be the opinions of men who are a r a just a as a ignorant aa as t themselves 11 e in this ordinance however deloi oll oil io are a r a a as a ignorant aa as t themselves 11 e in this ordinance however deloi oll oil io with all the ordinances instituted by bi the savior and hib bis apostles has been restore dand they are enjoy enjo edin odin the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints the power of god attending their administration as in times of old to this there are thousands of living witnesses whose testimony cannot bo be gainsayer gain sayed and if its peo reo pleto for sale a ries office PS ceata ccata n py |