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VER-LIVING FATHER, with whom are the issues of life, and the issues from death: Only unto Thee is known what a day or an hour may bring forth: Only unto Thee is known the sorrow of a stricken heart, in the perishing of a cherished hope.

If it may be, O our GoD, grant recovery to this child, and ever have him in Thy merciful keeping, that he may glorify Thy name by a righteous and peaceful life. If it be possible, let the cup of bitterness be taken away from pleading lips: Nevertheless, not our will, but Thy will, be done.

Thou doest all things well. Whatever of woe shall come to us from Thy fatherly hand, enable us to bow in the submissive prayer, Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in Thy sight.

GOD of Hope: Increase our faith, that we may freely trust Thee where we cannot fully trace Thee; and of Thy great mercy bring us at last into the blessed land, where sorrow and sighing shall be known no more.

¶ Benediction, as at the close of the preceding formula.

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Christian Fellowship.

Children and youth, and all other persons, should be instructed in the principles of Christianity, and, if found worthy, encouraged to make open profession of the Christian Faith.

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TA Hymn. After which,

EARLY BELOVED BRETHREN: The spirit of prophecy, in foreshowing a time of refreshing from anove, declared that "in those days the children of Israel shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant which shall not be forgotten."

And it was announced, as the manner and form of the covenant of peace, that "one shall say, I am the

LORD's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel."

A nobler and loftier name than that of Jacob or Israel, has been proclaimed among the nations. It is the name of JESUS. In that redeeming name every knee shall yet bow, and every tongue confess that he is Lord of All, to the glory of God the Father.

Blessed are they who have so entered into the spirit of this great truth, as devoutly to surname themselves by the name of CHRIST.

How becoming it is when even children greet the Messiah in the temple-cry, Hosanna in the highest! How worthily may the generous sentiments of youth be dedicated to remembrance of the Son of Man!

How greatly is manhood ennobled by avowal of the name and religion of the Lord of Life!

How befitting it is that the weary pilgrim, bowed in the evening of years, and going down into the valley, should call upon the name of the Victor of Death!

By believing in him-rather, by believing with him, by believing in GoD our Father as Christ believed and taught we come into the kingdom of heaven. Entering by the DOOR, we find the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE; and through the Faith, Hope and Charity of the New Covenant, we enter into the promised rest.

To the Candidates.

Y DEAR FRIENDS: You have come hither, in the

void of offence toward both GOD and man, desiring to receive the fellowship of the Christian Church.

We have assurance that you are worthy of personal sympathy and friendship; yet the question put by the blessed Saviour to his disciples, in the time of his humiliation, may properly be put to you, now in the day

I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Saviour of the world.

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Upon this rock, saith the Messiah, will I build my Church. The truth you have avowed is the chief cornerstone of our holy religion; and other foundation can no man lay. This, indeed, is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith; for who is he that overcometh the world, but he who believeth that JESUS is the Son of God?

Do you also make open acknowledgment of your obligation and desire to lead a truly Christian life? Answer: I DO.

Then surely you are entitled to the Christian name, and worthy the fellowship of the Christian Church.

It is nevertheless true, in a most solemn sense, that "if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his." And forasmuch as we should ever be sensible of our infirmities, and incline our hearts to the merciful Helper, it is seemly and needful that we invoke a blessing.

[LET US PRAY.]

OD OVER ALL, blessed for ever, in whose presence

G is fulness of joy. Grant us Thy continual help,

that we who approach Thee in the name of Thy beloved Son, may know him to be the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. Draw us to Thyself, O LORD, by Thine own good spirit, that our souls may evermore rejoice in the light and the blessing of Thy fatherly love. All unite in the Lord's Prayer.

OUR FATHER who art in Heaven: Hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and

In baptizing or dedicating such of the candidates as have not previously been baptized or dedicated, use the formula on page 161, substituting "in the days of thy youth," or "in the maturity of thy life." Or this formula, if preferred:

BAPTIZE thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

[LET US PRAY.]

ATHER OF ALL, who hast called upon us to look

great mercy look Thou upon these his disciples, who now call upon Thee.

Grant, O LORD, we beseech Thee, that they may ever honor him who was meek and lowly in heart, and bow to the sceptre while they glory in the cross. Endue them with Thy heavenly grace, that their profession of faith may be witnessed and confirmed by a devotional life; and keep them ever in Thy fear and love, that in all things they may glorify Thy name, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

¶ Right Hand of Fellowship.

MY DEAR BRETHREN: Most heartily do we wel

come you to all the duties and privileges of the Church of Christ: In token whereof, I extend to you the Right Hand of Fellowship.

¶ The Minister may afterward read Eph. ii. 19-22 and Col. i. 9-13.

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Ascription, Jude 24, 25.

OW unto Him who is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,-to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Order of the Communion.

THE solemn scene commemorated in the Lord's Supper, would seem to call for more attention than can be given to it at the close of another service; and it is meet that the people should be present, not as spec tators of a ceremonial, but as partakers in the religious observance.

GOD

¶ Introductory Sentences.

OD so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

To this end was JESUS born,—that he might bear witness unto the truth, fulfil the law, save the world, and communicate an abundant life unto all souls.

He is the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE :—No man cometh to the Father but by him.

He is the LIGHT of the world:-Whoso followeth him shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

He is the DOOR:-By him if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. He is the good SHEPHERD :-The good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

He is the BREAD OF GOD:-If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever.

He is the GIVER OF LIVING WATER:- -Whosoever drinketh of the water of this world, shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that Christ shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that Christ shall give him, shall be in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life.

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He is the true VINE, and his Father is the husbandLet us abide in him, and he in us. We cannot bear fruit ourselves, except we abide in the Vine. If we abide in him, and his words abide in us, we shall ask what we will, and it shall be done unto us.