I ask, therefore,

you, in presenting this

us to dedicate this Child to Thee; and we humbly pray that Thy

by God's help, to train him in the knowledge of God, to Whom he is now to be dedicated; bringing him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. instruct. ing him in the Holy Scriptures, as the only Rule of faith and practice; and encouraging him to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit; that he may be led to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ," through Whom alone he can in herit eternal life.

Answer. We do.

Then the Minister shall, where convenient, take the Child into his arms, and shall say:

Name this Child.

And then he shall say:

UNTO Gul the Father, Godthe Son, and God the Holy Spirit, we do now solemnly and humbly dedicate this child (here. naming him), that in spirit, soul, and body, he may belong wholly unto the Lord, and evermore live unto Him and serve Him. May the Lord bless him, and keep him, and be gracious unto him: may the Lord make His face to shine upon him: may the Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon him, and give him peace. Amen. Then the Minister, giving back the child, shall say:

E have now dedicated this

W child unto the Lord, and have asked for His blessing, Who alone can make the teaching of His Holy Word effectual unto us. Let us continue to ask in faith that to him may be given the spirit of wisdom, and of the fear of the Lord, that he may give heed to the counsels and exhortations of God, and accept the invitation of Jesus Christ to come unto Him that he may have eternal life.

Let us pray. Then, all kneeling, the Minister shall offer this prayer, the parents repeating with him

WE

The JE yield Thee humble thanks, O Heavenly Father, that Thou hast inclined

up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Saviour. Amen. Then shall be said: ¶ Then shall be said:

OUR

UR Father, 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 them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; For Thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.)

General Thanksgiving, to be said by
the whole congregation after the
regation
Minister:

ALMIGHTY God, our Hea

venly Father, we give Thee humble and hearty thanks for Thy goodness and loving kindness in thus permitting these Thy servants to dedicate to Thee, the child which Thou hast given to them, and earnestly do we pray that through Thy grace and mercy, and the power of the Holy into the Lord Jesus Christ in all Spirit, this Infant may grow up things, and be fully conformed to His image and likeness. We also pray that Thy heavenly grace and benediction may rest upon the

parents, that they, through Thy help, may be enabled to maintain a consistent and godly life, and thus, by example as well as by precept, lead their child to a full and saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the praise and glory of His Name, to Whom with Thee, and the Holy Spirit be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

Then shall the Minister addressing the Witnesses say:

ORASMUCH as this Child has been thus solemnly dedicated to the Lord in your presence, ye are to remember that it will henceforth be your privilege and duty to pray

earnestly for him that he may become a true child of God, and a humble follower of Christ in this present world; and also for his parents, that they may be enabled to train him aright in the knowledge of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. And if, in the

providence of God, this child should be deprived of his parents before he be come to years of discretion, it will become your duty yourselves to endeavour that he may be rightly instructed in God's Holy Word, and in the way of Life and Salvation as it is in Christ Jesus, that in due time he

WH

Question.

THAT is the Christian Religion? Answer. The Religion in which the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is worshipped as our Blessed Redeemer, the one and all sufficient Sacrifice for sin, the Saviour of the world, and the one Media

tor between God and man.

Question. What is required of every one in order to be a Christian indeed?

Repentance towards God, Faith towards Jesus Christ, and Regeneration

by the Holy Spirit; and, as a con sequence, holiness of life. Question. What is meant by Repentance?

Answer. Repentance is a change of mind and heart, through Divine grace, whereby we turn from sin, to love and serve God.

Question. What is meant by Faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ?

Answer. It is the believing and trusting in our Lord Jesus Christ, In Whom we have redemption through His Blood, even the forgiveness of sins, and through

Whose Righteousness we are accounted righteous before God. Question. What is Regeneration?

Answer. It is a birth from Above, by the power of the Holy Spirit, whereby we become a new creation in Christ, and receive a new heart and a right spirit (John iii. 3; 2 Cor. v. 17).

THE CREED. Catechist

Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief. BELIEVE in God the Father

Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day He rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence He shall come to Judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Universal Church; The Communion of Saints; The For

giveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlast ing. Amen.

NOTE.-By hell is meant Hades, or the place of departed spirits. By the Communion of Saints is meant the Fellowship of all true Christians in Faith, Worship, Love, and Service.

Question. What dost thou chiefly learn from these Articles of thy Belief?

Answer. First, I learn to beHeve in God the Father, Who hath made me, and all the world; and Who so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have ever Jasting life.

Secondly, In God the Son, the Redeemer of mankind, and their future Judge.

Thirdly, In God the Holy Spirit, the giver of life and of sanctifica tion to all the elect people of God. Questim. On what ground do we receive and hold these Articles of our Belief?

III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain.

IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manthy cattle, and the stranger that servant, and thy maid-servant, is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord inade heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

mother, that thy days may be V. Honour thy father and thy long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

VI. Thou shalt do no murder.
VII. Thou shalt not commit

adultery.

T

ments?

Answer.

THE same which God spake in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, saying. I AM the LORD thy GOD, Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I. Thou shalt have none other gods but ME.

II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love Me, and keep My commandments.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his,

Question.

What dost thou chiefly learn by these commandments!

Answer. I learn two things: my duty towards God, and my duty towards my Neighbour.

Question. What is thy duty towards God?

Answer. My duty towards God, is to believe in Him, to fear Him, and to love Him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship Him, to give Him thanks, to put my whole trust in Him, to call upon Him, to honour His Holy Name, His Day, and His Word, and to serve Him truly all the days of my life.

Question. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour?

Answer. My duty towards my Neighbour, is to love him as my self, and to do to all men, as I

would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the Queen, and all that are put in authority ander her: To order myself reverently toward the aged, and to render honour to those to whom honour is due: To hurt nobody by word or deed To be true and just in all my deal ing: To bear no malice or hatred in my heart: To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue froin evil-speaking, lying, and slandering: To keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity: Not to covet or desire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life, unto which it shall please God to call me.

Question. How can we do what God commands?

Answer. Only by the grace and help of the Holy Spirit. E

Question. To whom does God give His Holy Spirit?

Answer. To those who ask Him.

Question. Can we perfectly keep the Holy Law of God?

Answer. No; for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified. We must therefore, while taking this law as the guide of our conduct, look for salvation only to Christ and His finished work.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.
Catechist.

Answer. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, Who is the giver of all goodness, to cause His Holy Name to be everywhere glorified, and His kingdom to be established over all the earth, and to send His grace unto me, and to all people, that we may worship Him, serve Him, and obey Him, as we ought to do. And I pray unto God, that He will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies; and that He will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins; and that it may please Him to save and defend us in all dangers to soul and body; and that He will keep us from all sin and wickedness, and from the enemy of our souls, and from everlasting death. And this I trust He will do of His mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore I ascribe to Him the kingdom,, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

THE FIGURATIVE (OR SYMBOLIC ORDINANCES APPOINTED BY CHRIST. (Commonly called Sacraments.)

Ho

Question.

Let me hear if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer.

Answer. I mean a Service or Rite ordained by Christ Himself, and consisting of a Sign and a Thing Signified."

Baptism?
Question. What is the Sign in

Answer. Water, wherein those who desire to make profession of their Faith are baptized Into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Question. What is the Thing Signified?

Answer A Death and Burial with Christ, and a Resurrection with Him into newness of life (Rom. vi. 3-11).

Question. Why was the Or

dinance of the Lord's Supper appointed?

Answer. As a continual remembrance or memorial of the Death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby.

Question. What is the Sign in the Lord's Supper?

Answer. Bread and Wine, which the Lord ordained to be received.

Question. What is signified by the Bread and Wine?

Answer. The Death of our Blessed Lord upon the Cross whereon His sacred Body was pierced, and His precious Blood was poured out (once-for-all) for us and for our salvation.

Question. Where alone is all saving knowledge to be found?

Answer. In the Bible, the inspired written Word of God: as saith the Apostle, "from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Tim. iii. 15-17).

THE ROMISH APOSTASY.
Question.

WH

Answer. Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; for it is written, "This man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable 1 priesthood. Wherefore He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them " (Heb. vii. 24, 25).

Question. What is the great and only sacrifice for sin?

Answer. The sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross, as the Apostle saith, "This man, after He had offered one Sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool; for by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified " (Heb. x. 12-14).

That is intransferable, or that doth not pass unto another.

"Church of Rome"? Answer. It is a great predicted and foredoomed apostasy from God, and from His Truth-a Church-in which the Lord Jesus superstitious and idolatrous Christ is dishonoured, and the Virgin Mary is exalted as the great mediatrix, and adored as Queen of Heaven. It is a system of which many doctrines are contrary to the Holy Scriptures, and many practices are corrupt and heathenish.

Question. What are some of the doctrines of Rome that are contrary to Holy Scripture, and practices that are corrupt and heathenish?