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spiritual condition, and receive the into the Church when they ha given satisfactory assurances of the desire to flee from the wrath to com and to be saved from their sins; an also, of the genuineness of their faith and of their willingness to keep the rules of the Church.

2. When satisfied on these points, let the minister bring the candidates before the congregation, whenever practicable, and receive them according to the prescribed Form.

3. If a member in good standing in any other Church shall desire to unite with us, such applicant may, by giving satisfactory answers to the usual inquiries, be received without these formalities.

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CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH.

What directions are given ng the children of the Church? . Let the minister diligently and exhort all parents to their children to the Lord in as early as convenient. his pastoral visitations let him ial attention to the children; them personally and kindly rimental and practical godlicording to their capacity; pray y for them, and cause them to fully instructed in the nature, privileges, and obligations of ptism.

s soon as they comprehend the ibilities involved in a public

on of faith in Christ and give

evidence of a sincere and earnest termination to discharge the same, that they be duly recognized as me bers of the Church, agreeably to provisions of the Discipline.

4. Let our catechisms be used extensively as possible, both in o Sunday-schools and families; and 1 the preachers faithfully enforce upo parents and Sunday-school teacher the great importance of instructin children in the doctrines and dutie of our holy religion.

5. It shall be the special duty of the preachers to form Bible-classes wherever they can, for the instruction of larger children and youth; and where they cannot superintend them personally, to appoint suitable leaders for that purpose.

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(5) Preaching.

(6) Singing-the congregation stan

ing.

(7) Prayer-the congregation knee ing.

(8) Benediction.

2. The afternoon and evening ser vice shall be the same as the morning except that one of the lessons, o both, may be omitted, at the discre tion of the minister.

3. The Lord's Supper shall be administered monthly, in every congregation, wherever it is practicable; and where it is not, at every quarterly meeting. Let the service preceding the administration be so proportioned as to admit of due time for this solemn ordinance.

4. Let the Lord's Prayer be used on

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