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Page 74
... received , if the sym- pathy and confidence of the body are to be secured to each one added . An examination before the pastor and deacons , or before some official consis- tory or committee , might be preferred by many can- didates ...
... received , if the sym- pathy and confidence of the body are to be secured to each one added . An examination before the pastor and deacons , or before some official consis- tory or committee , might be preferred by many can- didates ...
Page 75
... received to their fellowship . After he has made this relation and retired , the Church considers the question of his reception , hears the testimony of those who have become familiar with the case , and then , if satisfied , it is ...
... received to their fellowship . After he has made this relation and retired , the Church considers the question of his reception , hears the testimony of those who have become familiar with the case , and then , if satisfied , it is ...
Page 76
... received by vote on their confession — or , as it is usually stated , " on experience . " Note I. — In some churches the names of all candidates are announced at a meeting previous to that on which action is to be taken , in order that ...
... received by vote on their confession — or , as it is usually stated , " on experience . " Note I. — In some churches the names of all candidates are announced at a meeting previous to that on which action is to be taken , in order that ...
Page 77
... received by baptism — if not already baptized — or otherwise on their Christian experience , related in person before the Church . Note 5. — It is a rule generally acted on , that no person shall be taken into the Church to the grief of ...
... received by baptism — if not already baptized — or otherwise on their Christian experience , related in person before the Church . Note 5. — It is a rule generally acted on , that no person shall be taken into the Church to the grief of ...
Page 78
... . Members who have been excluded from fellowship may be received back , when the causes which led to the withdrawal of fellowship are removed , and the individual requests restoration — the Church 78 THE NEW DIRECTORY .
... . Members who have been excluded from fellowship may be received back , when the causes which led to the withdrawal of fellowship are removed , and the individual requests restoration — the Church 78 THE NEW DIRECTORY .
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Page 531 - Who, although He be God and Man, yet He is not two, but one Christ: One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking the manhood into God; One altogether; not by confusion of Substance, but by unity of Person.
Page 127 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Page 546 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began...
Page 546 - But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 402 - And he commanded the chariot to stand still : and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch ; and he baptized him.
Page 122 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the • water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : 1 7 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 258 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 68 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 556 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 122 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...