In connection with bringing matters before the assembly, I have always heard it taught by those of a past generation that it took more than one voice to bring a matter before the assembly. One man could not stand up and say, “Now here is what we ought to do.” That was out of order; it took two voices. Brother Potter used to refer to the silver trumpets that were made in Numbers 10. It says that when they blew with the two trumpets, the whole assembly would be gathered together, but one trumpet brought the elders together. Brother Potter used to insist on that. So for one brother to attempt to call the assembly together really is not in accordance with the teaching of Scripture.
J. L. Erisman