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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 23, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 17.

3739 — The Administration of Ordinances

Who are the higher officers in whose presence the local elder should not administer the ordinance of baptism, or the Lord's Supper? J. W. H.

It would seem to be perfectly proper, or fitting, for an elder in a church, whoever he might be, to defer to an ordained minister, if he were present. An ordained minister is one who is given charge over churches. A local elder is supposed to act only in the absence of a minister, unless he is requested by the minister himself to act.