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Here is a very serious criticism. It is published in the official organ of ecclesi astical and theological thought of the denomination and is thus given not only circulation but something of prestige. It very clearly rates our Methodist polity as a left-over from monarchical days. It is not akin, according to this criticism, to the United States Govern ment, but to the Governments of Russia and Turkey and Germany. It is not intended to suggest that the Review writer goes so far as to insinuate that the government of Methodism is of a piece with the governments referred to. But the point is just this: We use the word autocracy very freely. We have at least since the outbreak of the war. We also use it very loosely and reck lessly. If we are going to characterize an ecclesiastical government as auto cratic we ought to be sure of our mean ing and of the associations of the word we use.
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