According to Claude E. Spencer's An Author Catalog of Disciples of Christ and Related Religious Groups (Canton, MO: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1946, p. 210) J. W. McGarvey's The Eldership was first published in Cincinnati, OH, by Bosworth; no date is given. Because no copy of this first edition has been located in public or university library catalogs, the electronic edition of J. W. McGarvey's A Treatise on the Eldership has been produced from a 1962 reprint of the book issued in 1950 by DeHoff Publications, Murfreesboro, TN. This reprint also includes a foreword by George DeHoff and a biographical essay by L. L. Brigance, neither of which has been reproduced for the electronic edition.

      Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. Inconsistencies in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and typography have been retained; however, corrections for misspellings and other accidental corruptions have been offered. Emendations are as follows:

            Printed Text [ Electronic Text
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Introductory.
 p. 8:      abandoment [ abandonment

 Section 2.  Titles of the Office.
 p. 11:     this question [ this question.
 p. 12:     2 Cor. vii: 19. [ 2 Cor. viii: 19.
 p. 13:     Gen. xii: 33-34; [ Gen. xli: 33-34;
            Acts vii: 10;; [ Acts vii: 10;
            Lev. xii: 14; [ Ex. ii: 14;
            Acts xvii. 15; [ Acts xvii. 5;

 Section 3.  The Titles Explained.
 p. 17:     chosen;; [ chosen;
 p. 19:     illiturate [ illiterate

 Section 4.  Duties of the Office.
 p. 23:     forsees [ foresees
            xl; 11. [ xl: 11.
            (Heb. XIII: 20); [ (Heb. xiii: 20);
            1 Pet. ii: 25: [ 1 Pet. ii. 25.
 p. 24:     Ez. xxiv: 1-23. [ Ez. xxxiv: 1-23.
 p. 27:     1 Ti. iii. 4-5-12; [ 1 Ti. iii. 4-5, 12;
            Ro. xii: v: 8. [ Ro. xii: 5-8.
 p. 28:     (Acts vi: 10), [ (Acts vii: 10),

 Section 5.  How To Be Examples.
 p. 32:     of him, He [ of him. He
 p. 33:     'just," [ "just,"

 Section 6.  How To Be Shepherds.
 p. 36:     who teachers [ who teaches

 Section 8.  How to Withdraw the Disorderly.
 p. 44:     occurence [ occurrence
            know before hand [ know beforehand

 Section 10. Primitive Mode of Teaching.
 p. 52:     occured [ occurred

 Section 11. Qualifications for the Office.
 p. 53:     incure [ incur
 p. 54:     it it required [ it is required
 p. 57:     expecially [ especially
 p. 59:     compounded af [ compounded of
 p. 61:     usefullness [ usefulness

 Section 12. Intellectual Qualifications.
 p. 65:     Acts xx: 34; 25. [ Acts xx: 34, 35.

 Section 13. Plurality of Elders.
 p. 68:     Phillippians, [ Philippians,

 Section 14. Selection and Appointment.
 p. 74:     1 Ti. iv: 14); [ (1 Ti, iv: 14);
            (Ti. v: 22; [ (1 Ti. v: 22;

 Section 16. Want to Time.
 p. 79:     Acts xx: 3-5. [ Acts xx: 35.
 

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
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Derry, PA 15627-9770
724.694.8602
stefanik@email.msn.com

Created 3 August 1999.
Updated 27 December 2000.