(1) Although the entire Church throughout the world is one, how should each separate Ecclesia be considered, and conduct itself? Page 273 ¶ 1

(2) How is each congregation to recognize all other Ecclesias, and expect the Lord to provide for the needs of the Church as a whole? Page 273 ¶2

(3) While thus looking for special instruments to be used of the Lord, what should be the attitude of the Church toward all such and their teachings? Page 274 ¶1

(4) What Scriptural authority for expecting one general channel of instruction at the Lord’s second presence, and how does this affect the individual Ecclesias with respect to order, discipline, etc.? Page 274 ¶2

(5) In the selection of elders for an Ecclesia, what should be the qualifications of those who attempt to express the mind of the Lord by voting? Page 275 ¶1

(6) What is the significance of the word ordain in Acts 14:23? Page 276 ¶1

(7) Is the same Greek word used by the Lord and the Apostles with respect to the ordination of the Apostles, and indeed of every member of the New Creation? Page 276 ¶2

(8) What was the custom of the early Church? Cite two instances of this method. Page 276 ¶3

(9) Is there no other word mentioned in the New Testament as signifying to give authority or permission to preach, as the word ordain is now generally used and understood? Page 277 ¶2 to Page 278 ¶3

(10) What spirit is responsible for the division into “clergy” and “laity”? Page 278 ¶4, first part

(11) Does the Lord recognize the elders alone as the Body of Christ, or has any elder the right to self-appointment, or to ignore the judgment of the Church as a whole in any matter? Page 279 top

(12) Should any brother assume public duties without an election, and what is the special advantage to the whole Ecclesia in following this Scriptural method? Page 279 ¶1

(13) Why are not these matters, so clearly scriptural, more generally understood and set forth? Page 279 ¶2

(14) In view of there being no Scriptural limit to the period for which an elder should be elected, what course may be appropriately followed? Page 280 ¶1

(15) What should determine the number of elders in any Ecclesia? Page 280 ¶2

(16) In the event of none being found possessed of the Scriptural qualifications, what course should be pursued in choosing an elder? Page 281 ¶1

(17) Who may vote for elders, or make nominations? And how should the latter be done? Page 281 ¶2

(18) What disadvantage in voting by ballot for elders? Page 281 ¶3

(19) So far as practicable, what proportion of votes should decide an election? Page 282 ¶1,2

(20) Read carefully the Apostle Paul’s address to the Elders of Ephasus (Acts 20:17-33) and show how his words set forth the general scope of the ministry to which each individual must adapt himself and his talents as a steward. Page 283

(21) Quote several Scriptures which mention the laying on of hands in the Ecclesia, and explain each in its proper connection. Page 283 – 285

(22) Do any of these texts signify permission or authority to preach?

(23) Was a paid ministry the custom of the early church? Page 285 ¶4

(24) Had our Lord’s teaching been supplemented by appeals for money, how would they have been received? Page 286 ¶1

(25) What spirit should prompt the ministers of the Gospel of Good Tidings Unto All Men? Page 286 ¶2

(26) How reply to the argument that extremes of “large salaries or no salaries” should be avoided? Page 287 ¶1

(27) What was the example set by the Apostle Paul with respect to salaries? Page 287 ¶2 to Page 288 top

(28) What was the attitude of the Lord and the Apostles on this subject? Page 288 ¶1

(29) Is there any Scriptural intimation that the elders serving the Church at home received salaries or expenses money? Page 288 ¶2

(30) On the other hand is there Scripture forbidding the acceptance of such money, providing it was voluntarily offered by the Ecclesia? Page 288 ¶3

(31) Explain how the foregoing Scripture teaches that the administration of discipline is not confined to Elders, but a function of the entire Church. Page 289 ¶1

(32) In the event that any matter of difference cannot be settled by the two preliminary steps mentioned in Matthew 18:15-18, what course should be pursued by the elders? Page 289 ¶2 first half

(33) What is the object of these proceedings on the part of the Ecclesia — to punish the offender? Page 289 ¶2 last half

(34) Should the transgressor refuse to obey the Ecclesia’s decis ion, what further steps should be taken? Page 290 ¶1

(35) Are the faults of the offender to be made public property during these proceedings, or afterward? Page 290 ¶2

(36) Would this procedure give rise to frequent Church trials? Page 291 ¶1

(37) What is unquestionably the cause of the majority of Church and family troubles? And what instructions have the New Creation concerning this important matter? Page 291 ¶2

(38) In cast the trouble does not cease after a personal appeal, and further proceedings become necessary, what course of action should be strictly followed by all concerned? Page 292 ¶1

(39) what is the object of withdrawing fellowship from those who “walk disorderly” ? Page 292 ¶2

(40) What two principles are recognized by the Apostle in 1 Timothy 5:19 RSV? Page 293 ¶1

(41) What should faithful Elders as well as other members of the New Creation expect, if they follow closely in the Master’s steps?

(42) Should hearsay evidence be considered at all? If not, what kind of evidence should be required? and what course of action followed? Page 293 ¶2 to Page 294 ¶2

(43) What is the popular impression respecting a call to preach? Page 294 ¶3

(44) How are all the members of the New Creation called to preach? Give Scriptural proof. Page 295 ¶1

(45) With respect to teachers, what should the Church expect of the Lord, and how should self-seeking and ambitious brethren be regarded? Page 295 ¶2 to Page 296 ¶2

(46) Distinguish between a proper and an improper ambition among the members of the New Creation. Page 296 ¶3, Page 297

(47) Is 1 Thess. 5:14,15 applicable only to the Elders, or to the entire Church? Page 298 ¶1

(48) How should we chiefly consider our own defects, rather than each other’s? Page 298 ¶2

(49) What method of reasoning should be used with the unruly? Page 298 P3

(50) While sympathetically regarding disorderliness as perhaps inherited, should it be permitted to injure the Church or hinder the service to the Truth? Page 299 ¶1

(51) Why is admonishing the special duty of the Elders? Page 300 ¶1

(52) What is the application of 1 Thess. 5:12,13, in this connection? Page 300 ¶2

(53) What condition would necessitate a public rebuke? and how and by whom should it be administered? Page 301

(54) To what extent may the Church as a whole admonish the disorderly, or exclude them from the assembly? Page 302 ¶1 first half

(55) What is the “sin unto death”, how does it manifest itself, and what are the Apostle’s injunctions to us respecting those who commit this sin? Page 302 ¶1 last half

(56) How apply our Lord’s words, “Let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican,” to those who “walk disorderly”?

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(57) How shall the Elders and the Church in general follow this exhortation? Page 304 ¶1,2

(58) How does the Lord regard the feeble-minded or faint-hearted ones, and what lesson does this teach us? Page 305 ¶1

(59) How should the weak ones of the flock of God be recognized and cared for? Page 305 ¶2

(60) How should the grandest of all graces, Patience, be exercised toward the groaning creation, as well as toward our fellow members of the New Creation? Page 306

(61) Should we not have still more patience with our brethren in Christ? Furthermore, in dealing with our own selves? Page 307 ¶1

(62) Is this exhortation, “See that none render evil for evil,” of general or special application in the Church? Page 307 ¶2

(63) How should we put into practice the Apostle’s exhortation in Heb. 10:24? Page 308

(64) What is the object of the assembling together of the New Creation? Page 309 ¶1

(65) What illustration in nature suggests the necessity for assembling? Page 309 ¶2

(66) Why are some of the Lord’s people unappreciative of this precious privilege of assembling together? Page 310

(67) What is the special significance of assembling ourselves together? Page 311 ¶1,2

(68) Does this imply that outsiders are to be forbidden entrance to the meetings of the Church, if they manifest interest and a desire to come in? Page 311 ¶3

(69) In the matter of meetings, are there any cast-iron rules or regulations laid down in Scripture? Page 312 ¶3

(70) What was the character of the meeting in the early Church? Page 312 ¶2

(71) What is the principle lesson taught in 1 Cor. 14 regarding the nature of meetings in the early Church? Page 313 ¶1

(72) Was there then no preaching in the early Church? Page 313 ¶2

(73) What four kinds of meetings do the spiritual interests of the Church seem to require? Page 314

(74) Why is doctrinal instruction especially important to a proper faith Dan character development? Page 315 ¶1

(75) In our study, how shall we distinguish between the doctrines of Christ and the doctrines of men? Page 315 ¶2

(76) Why is there necessity for meetings where all may express themselves, however imperfectly, and opportunity given to ask questions? Page 316, 317

(77) Should there be special meetings for the hearings of different views from those generally accepted by the Ecclesia? If so, why? Page 317 ¶ 1 to Page 318 ¶1

(78) Why are devotional and testimony meetings especially needful to the rounding out and full development of the New Creature? Page 319 ¶1,2

(79) What is there particularly helpful in mid-week testimony meetings? Page 320 ¶1

(80) Give a detailed illustration of such a meeting. Page 321 ¶1

(81) Why is order a necessity in these meetings, as well as in all others? Page 321 ¶2

(82) Under what circumstances would preaching services seem advantageous? Page 322 ¶1

(83) Describe in detail what is doubtless the most helpful meeting, next to a devotional one. Page 323 ¶1 to Page 325 ¶1

(84) Explain the nature and object of meetings known as “Dawn Circles for Bible Study.” Page 325 ¶2

(85) While it is desirable that each reach a decision “in his own mind,” is it reasonable to expect or demand that all should see exactly alike? Page 326 ¶1

(86) How harmonize this view with the Apostle’s exhortation that we “mind the same things”? Page 326 ¶1 to Page 327 ¶1

(87) To preserve order in meetings for study, to whom only should questions and remarks be addressed? Page 327 ¶2

(88) While unity of knowledge is desirable, what is still more important? Page 327 ¶3

(89) What general advise respecting funeral arrangements is suggested? Page 328

(90) Who are best qualified to conduct a funeral service, and if none such be found, may any brother, or even a sister, with propriety set forth the Truth about death, and our hopes for the future? Page 329 ¶1

(91) What suggestions as to the order of such a service? Page 329 ¶1-3

(92) Briefly state the general character and scope of a funeral discourse. Page 330 to 337 ¶1

(93) What course should be followed with respect to the prayer immediately after the discourse, and in closing of the service, and at the grave? Page 338 ¶1-3

(94) What changes should be made to suit the varying circumstances of the deceased? Page 338 ¶4,5

(95) Why should public collections and the money question in general be avoided in assemblies of the Lord’s people? Page 330 ¶1,2

(96) Should this avoidance of collections and financial questions in the assembly be interpreted to discourage a spirit of generosity or cheerful giving? Page 340 ¶1 to Page 341 ¶1, first six lines

(97) Are our time, talents, and influence more appreciated by the Lord than our money, and if so, what should be our course of action accordingly? Page 341 ¶1,2

(98) What thoughts respecting God, the great Giver, are suggested by the Scripture, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”? Page 341 ¶3 to Page 342 ¶1

(99) In proportion as we have fellowship with the Lord and partake of His Holy Spirit, what are our experiences as New Creatures? Page 342 ¶2

(100) How does this spirit of love, this desire to give, influence our every thought and action? Page 343 ¶1

(101) What lesson may we learn from the poor widow and her “two mites”? Page 344 ¶1

(102) Why is our consecration measured by our benevolences and self-sacrifices? Page 344 ¶2

(103) How shall we determine the Divine Will with respect to carrying out our consecration of our time, our money, our all?

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(104) Why did the Lord give the tithing system to the Jews and leave the New Creation without any such law? Page 345 ¶2

(105) As all the gold and silver are the Lord’s, why does He permit His work to be in such condition as to need financial help from His consecrated people? Page 346

(106) What is our conclusion with respect to the money question? And should money be solicited or accepted from outsiders? Page 347