SPLIT IN A CHURCH.
FORMS I.N PRAISE &■ PRAYER. (By Telegraph.—Press 'Association.) ;, ! ;. Dunedln, February 23. ' Mr. Justice Sim sat. in the .Supreme Court to-day to hear an action brought by John Jameson, who sought an order for the removal of the deacon's court from' the trusteeship of Chalmers Presbyterian Church, for the. substitution , of other trustees, and for a declaration as .'.to the rifilits of the plaintiff,' and {hose'-in' conformity with him, as_ to funds in the. trust; ■ ' The main points in; the ca3e affect the religious faith of members of . Chalmors " Church, inasmuch as legal action 'was, taken on, the ground that, during 1911, a considerable section of the , congregation departed f rota the fixed mode of worship, sitting while prayer was being offered, and standing during .the. service of ■ praise. It was also contended by plaintiff and those in conformity With him that'praise could ; consist only of the' j psalms and certain paraphrases of Scrip- ' ture. , ' ■ '•,-.' ..' '', The case will be resumed to-morrow.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 5
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163SPLIT IN A CHURCH. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 5
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