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LEFT BEORGANIZED CHURCH 498 REPORTING iaive, Scotland, Feb. 15, 1662. He at- tended Edinburgh University with a view to the ministry, but was denied his de- gree, as he refused the oath of allegiance. He was chosen by the "Societies," as the bands of men devoted to the Covenant were called, to proceed to Holland to complete his studies in 1682, was or- dained in 1683, and returned to Scot- land. His life was now exposed to great hazards, and often reduced to great des- titution. In 1684 he published his "Apologetic Declaration," for which he was outlawed. When James II. came to the throne in 1685 Ren wick with 200 men went to Sanquhar, and published a dec- laration rejecting him. A reward was offered for his capture, he was hunted from place to place, and was at last cap- tured in Edinburgh. He was condemned and executed Feb. 17, 1688. REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, an ecclesiastical organization claiming to be the church of Latter-Day Saints es- tablished by Joseph Smith and associates at Fayette, New York, on April 6, 1830. Following the death of Smith the church left by him combined and fixed their headquarters at Zarahemla, Wis., in 1852, under the title given. They re- enunciated the distinctive tenets enun- ciated by the founder and promulgated their creed in his words. The clause re- lating to marriage says that the church believes "that marriage is ordained of God and that the law of God provides for but one companion in wedlock, for either man or woman, except in cases of death or where the contract of marriage is broken by transgression." There has been much litigation between the Re- organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Mormons of Utah as to which organization is the true successor to the church founded by Joseph Smith and the courts have in every case sustained the former. It has now churches on almost every continent and a membership of about 75,000. REPASSANT, in heraldry, a term ap- plied when two lions or other animals are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking toward the dexter side of the shield in the usual way, and the other repassant by going to- ward the sinister. REPEAT, in music, a sign that a movement or part of a movement is to be twice performed. That which is to be repeated is generally included within dots in the spaces. When the performer does not, on repeating, go so far as the last dot sign, but finishes at a previous cadence, it is usual to write over the re- peat, Da Capo, placing a pause and Fine over the chord at which the performer is to stop. See Segno. REPEATER, in arithmetic, an inde- terminate decimal in which the same figures continually recur or are repeated. In firearms, an arm which may be caused to fire several successive shots without reloading. In horology, a watch or clock made to strike the time when a spring is pushed in. Some strike the hour and quarters, others the hour, quarter, and odd minutes. In telegraphy the same as relay. REPENTANCE, or REPENTAUNCE, the act of repenting; the state of being penitent; sorrow or regret for what has been done or left undone by one's self; especially sorrow and contrition for sin; such sorrow for the past as leads to amendment of life; penitence, contrition. (Matt, ix: 13), Two kinds of repentance are recog- nized in the New Testament: "Repent- ance to salvation not to be repented of," which is characterized by "godly sor- row"; and repentance characterized by "the sorrow of the world that worketh death." (II Cor. vii: 9, 10). REPLEVIN, a personal action which lies to recover possession of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained, upon giving security to try the right to them in a court of law, and to return them if the suit be determined against the plaintiff. Originally a remedy pe- culiar to cases of wrongful distress, it is now applicable to all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Also the writ by which goods and chattels are replevined. REPLICA, in the fine arts, the copy of a picture, etc., made by the artist who executed the original. REPORTING, an important branch of journalism; the act, system, or practice of making reports of meetings, debates, or the like. Accounts of single speeches, and at times of entire debates in the Eng- lish Parliament, having come down to us from a very early period. Sir Symonds d'Ewes edited the "Journals of Queen Elizabeth's Parliaments," and the Com- mons "Journals" contain notes of speeches in the Parliaments of James I. Rushworth, assistant clerk in the Long Parliament, 1640, took down in a species of shorthand any speech of importance; and his account of "Remarkable Pro- ceedings in Five Parliaments" forms one of the most valuable portions of his "Historical Collections." In the reign of Queen Anne, a monthly pamphlet, called the "Political State," gave an out- line of the debates in Parliament. In