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They shall not hesitate, when possible, to visit the sick, etc. They shall especially have regard to the instruction of the young superintend and visit the schools, etc. They shall preside at the annual Kirchenrechnung, and at all meetings of the church council, and at the election of officers, etc.
I imagine that in most churches the most prominent members met on an appointed day to hold the annual 'Kirchenrechnung, and then quietly 'made out, without a formal election, who were to fill the vacancies in the consistory. Very frequently, no doubt, retiring members nominated their own successors, to be approved or rejected by the congregational meeting."
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