THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH COMPANION. PREPARED BY THE MERRIMAC RIVER MINISTERIAL CIRCLE, FOR THE USE OF ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS; AND BY ORDER OF SAID CIRCLE REVISED AND ENLARGED. BY I. D. WILLIAMSON. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY A. TOMPKINS. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, BY A. TOMPKINS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Stereotyped by New England Type and Stereotype Foundery, 54-7822 OF MEMBERSHIP. Sec. 1. Qualifications for Members. 2. Application ARTICLE II. PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS. Sec. 1. Must attend Meetings. 2. Watch with Sick. ARTICLE III. OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHARITIES. Sec. 1. Contribution to Funds. 2. Register of Names ARTICLE IV. OF DISCIPLINE AND TRIALS. Sec. 1. Members entitled to a Hearing. 2. First Steps 4. Proceedings of Elders thereon. 5. Must investigate ARTICLE V. OF CHURCH MEETINGS. Sec. 1. Time of holding. 2. How opened and closed. ARTICLE VI. OF RELATIONS TO OTHER CHURCHES. ARTICLE VII. OFFICERS, AND THEIR DUTIES. Sec. 1. Officers enumerated. 2. Pastor, how elected |