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TREATISE OF FAITH,
CHURCH COVENANT AND DIRECTORY,
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I. Treatise OF Faith, ''"'
11. Church Covenant, -'
III. Church Directory -•'
IV. Marriage Ceremony, -''
y. Burial Service, "'^^
VI. Constitution of Elders' Conference •' ^
VII. Constitution of General Confekenci. "•<»
VIII. Bye-Laws " " '"'^
Board of Managers *•
i Licentiates, ^'
vSpecial General C<)NiERi.N(K 1'5
IX. Constitution District Meetings 17
X, " Home Mission VRY Society, 41>
XI. " Foreign MissioxAUY SociETV... i3:5
XII '' Saiujath S(Ho«»L ('oNvi.\ri(»N... A*;
Xii[. " MiNiSTEiJS' Beiiei Find Asso-
ciation, "*
XIV. " Educational So<n. TV. ('»'^
XV. Act of iNCORroRATioN, ^'•*
XVI. Ordination Questions ^'^
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TREATISE OF FAITH.
CHAPTER I.
BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
The Scuiptures teiwh tliat there is only one true and
livinjij God, «, wlio is a Spirit, i, self-existant, c, eternal, d,
immutable, c, omnipresent, y, omniscient, r/, omnipotent, A,
independent,*, good, j, wise,/^., holy,/, just,?w, and merciful,^ ;
a 1 Cor. viii. 4—" There is none other God but one." Jer. x. 10— "But
the Lord is the true (Jod, he is the living God." 2 Cor. i. 18 ; 1 John v. 20.
John iv. 24—" God is a -Spirit." 2 Cor. iii. 17.
c Ex. iii. 14— "And God said unto M-ases, I am that I am." Ps.
Deut.
Ixxxiii
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xxxiii. 2'
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Numbers xxiii
John V. 26. Ex. vi. 3. Rev. i. 4.
18.
xc. 2—" From everlasting to everlasting thou art God."
7. 1 Tim. i. 17. Rom. i 20. Isa. Ivii. 15. Jer. x. 10,
iii. 6—" For I am the Lord, I change not." James
19.
1.
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/ 1 Kings viii. 27—" But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Be-
hold the heaven and heaven of heavens canoot contain thee." Jer. xxiii.
24. 2 Chron. ii. 6. Acts xvii. 24. Isa. Ivii. 15. Ps. cxxxix. 7-12.
ff Acts XV. 18- "Known unto God are all his works, from the begin-
ning of the world." 1 Tim, i. 17. Ps, xciv. 9, 10. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9.
Job xlii. 2. Acts i. xxiv.
h Rev. xix, 6—" The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth." Matt. xix. 26.
Mark x. 27, xiv. 36. Luke xviii. 27, Job xlii. 2. Ps. cxxxv. 6.
i Eph. iv. 6—" One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through
all, and in you all." Isa. xl. 13-15. Rom. xi. 33, 36. Job ix. 12, xli. 11.
Daniel iv. 35.
j Ps. cxix. 68—" Thou art good, and doest good." Ps. xxv. 8, Ixxxvi.
5 : c. 5. Ex. ix. 27. Mat. xix. 17, Nahmn i. 7.
k Rom. xvi. 27— "To God, only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ,
forever. Amen." 1 Tim. i. 17. Jude 25v. Dan. ii. 20,
I Lev. xix. 2—" I the Lord your God am holy." Lev. xxiv. 8, 11 ; xliv.
45. Jobvi. 10. Ps. Ixxi. 22, Isa. i. 4: xliii. 3. Ps.cxi.9.
m Ps. CA ix. 137— " Righteous art thou, Lord, and upright are thy
judgments." Deut. xxxii. 4— ".Just and right is He." Ps. xcii. 15. Zeph.
iii. 5.
7» Eph. ii. 4, 5— "God, who is rich in mercy." Ps. c. 5: ciii. 8. Ex.
xxxiv. 6. Neh. ix. 17.
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tho (^i-jvvtor, 0, I'rosnrvor, ;>, rrovcrnor, 7, of tho unlvcM'so;
tlu? lio«l(MMii(M', r, S.ivlour, .>', Sanctitier, ^ and JihIjj^o, u. of
men; :in(l the; only proixM* ohjcict of divine worship, y. The
mode of his (ixistcncus Iiowever, is a suhject far abov(» the
un(l(!rst-indin;5 of man, w. Finite beings cannot (!()m[)r(»-
h(;nd him, x,
o (Jen i. 1 — " In the bejfinninfc<i<><l ereateil the heivcn nn<l the<'iirth."
(Ion. 11.5,7 Col. i. 10. Ileb. »i ;i. I>s. \.xxlii. »), y Ex. .xx.ll.
/< Xeh. Iv. f»-"TIi(Mi, even Thou, iiiL Lord iilone; Thou h:ist ni:iile
heivtMi. the heiveti of heiveiis, with all their hoHtJj ; the earth, anJ -ill
thliiKri tint are therein ; the sei, ami all th.it is therein, and thou prc-
sers-e-<t them ill." Hel). i. ;{, Col. 1. 17. Job. vii. 20. Ph. vix. «.
7 I's. xlvii. 7-"(lo(l i.s tho kinKofall theearth." 2Chr. xx.6. Ps.
:5.
I-!!!, xlvii. 1—" As f r our Reileerner, the Lord of Hosts is his name."
xli 14: liv. 0. Prov. xxii. 21. Ps. Ixxviii. .JS, Jer. I. .'^4.
x.n',
Is'i.
H Isii. xlv. 21—" There is no (rod else beside me; a just God and a S'l-
vio;ir: thore is none beside nio." Isa. xliii. .'i, 11 : xlv. 15, 21: xliv. 2ti:
1 V. K). Ilos. xiii. 4. John iv. 42.
t. Ex. XX \i. i;{ -" I am the Lord that doth sanctify you." 1 Thesf. v.
23 Heb.xiii. 12. Jude 1.
>i. Heb. \ii. 22, 2.i— " Ye arc corao-to God the Judge of all." Gen.
xviii, 2'). Ps. 1. (). 2Tiin. iv. 8.
/) Ex. X vxiv. 14— "Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord
w'lose name is Jetlous, is a jealous (Jod. Mat. iv. 10. Ex. X\xiv. 14.
r. !V. xix.lO ; xxii. 8, 9
'«» Job. .xi. 7 -" C mst thou by searehinjf find out God ?" Id \. xl. 2S.
X Is I. xl. 25—" To whom then will ye liken me?" Rom. ii. 33.
CHAPTER II.
CREATION, PRIMITIVE STATE OF MAN, AND
HIS FALL.
Section I.— Creation. — 1. Of the World. God created
the world and all things that it contains, for his own plea-
sure and p:lory, and the enjoj^ment of his creatures, a.
2. Of the Angels. The angels were created by God, 6,
a Rev. iv. 11—" Thou hnst created all things, and for thy pleasure they
are and were created." Isa. xUii.7— " I have created him for my glory."
1 Tim. vi. 17—" The living God. who giveth us richly all things to enjoy "
h Col. i. 1(5— " For by him were all things created that are in heaven,
and that arc in earth, visible and invisible."
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to j^lorifv him, r, :iinl olx'v l»is coininaiidnKMits, d. Tlioso
who h:ivo k(!pt th(Mr first estate;* lie employs in iidmiiiis-
terint;: bU^ssiiijjs to tho iudrs of sjilvation, e, and in t'X(;cut-
\\\\S. his jndjj^nnnits upon the worUl,/.
;J. (>f Man. TfOil enMitxMl man, lonsistinp: of ti corporeal
l)ody, and a thinkin<j, rational soul, (j. lie was made in
the .similitude of Goil to glorify his Maker, h.
SECTION II. — I'UIMrnVE STATE OF MAX AND HIS FALL.
Our first parents, in their oriji^inal state of probation,
"\vere perfectly rij^hteous, i\ but in eonseejuisnce of tin; first
,trans«jression,tlui nature of their descendants is so unholy,
that none by virtue of any natural jj^oodness can become
the lioly children of God, y: but they are all dependent
for salvation upon the red(;mption efi'ected throujjh tin*
blood of Christ, and upon bein*)^ creatc^d anew nnto holi-
ness throujjch the operation lif the Spirit, k\ both of which
;i«rH freely provided for every des«endiint of Adam, /.
* Jude fi, *' And the anseln which kept H<it their first estate, but left
their own habitation, ho hath reserved in eyeiiaating chains under dark-
ness unto the judgment of the great diiy."
Rev. vii. 11— "And all the angels stood round about, and fell before
the Throne on their faces iind worshipped Ood."
d Ps ciii. 20— " BlesB the Lord, ye his angcJs, that do his command-
ments."
e Ueb. i. 14 — "Are they not all ministoruig spirits sent forth to minister
f(tr them who shall be hoirs of salvation." Dan. vi. Ii2.
/ 2 Sam. X xiv. 1(3—" The angel strelched out liLs hand upon Jerusalem
to destroy it." Rev. .wi. 1
p (ien.ii. 7 — "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a liv-
ing soul." Mat. ii.ll.
li Gen. i. 27 — " So God created man in his own image; in the image of
God created he him." 1 Cor. xi. 7-" Man— is the image and glory of
God."
i Ecel. v'l'i. 29—" God hath made mnn upright " Gen. i. 27— "God cre-
ated num in his own image " Kph. iv. 24. Col. iii. 10.
j Ps. li. 5 — "Behold I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother
conceive me." Job xiv. 4, Jtv.l4. John iii. 6, Ps. Iviii. 3. Gen. viii, 21.
Rom. V. 12-19, Eccl.vii.20. Prov.xxii.l5. laa.xlviii. 8. Rom.viii.7. Gen.
vi 5. Jer. xvii. 9. Rom iii. 9-23, viii. 8. Johnvi.44— "No mancan come
nnto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him " 1 Cor. ii.
14— "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of (Jod, for
they are foolishness unto him ; neither caja he know them." John xv. 5.
Eph. ii. 9. 2 Tim. i. 9.
k Rom. v. 18— "As by the offence of one, judgment came «pon all men
to condemnation, even so by the righteouRness of one. the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life." Col. i.l4— "In whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." John iii. 3,
— "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Ileb. Jii. 14. 2 Cor v 10. Titus iii 5 /. See Atonement
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CHAPTER III.
OFCIIIUST.
Rr.rTrox T.— The Sim of (Jod jkjssossos all Divino |)or-
fcctioiis. Ills DlviiK^ ))('rf('cti()iis arc jji'ovcd fro:., nis
lill(;s, his alh'ihiilcs and his works.
1. UU Tltlt's. The Hlhlc asrrilH'S to Christ the titles of
SMvioui', rt, Lord of Hosts, h, tin- First Miid the Last, t\ (lod,
f/, true (Jod, <\ jrrcat (iod,/, God over all, //, nii^^hty (Jod,
:ind the ev<'rlastin;j!: Father, li.
2. Ills Altribuka. lie is ot<!rnal, /, iinelian^iMi-
blo, /, omnij)res(mt, k, omniscient, /, omnipotent, in,
(I Isii. xlv. 21, 'J'J—" There is no (Joil else besides me; a just (iod.iinil :i
S iviour: tliere is none Ix'sides mo. Look unto me, and lie ye saved. :ill
the ends of'tlie earth; for F am (Sod, and there is none else." llo>i. xiii. -1.
Isa. xliii. 10. 11. .Johniv.t'i. Aets iv. lli, v. ;n. Kph.v.'i.'!. IMiil. iii. liL) li
'I'im. i. 10. Titus i. 4. ii. IM. iii. (). 2 Peter i. 11.
h Is:i. viii. l;{ It— "Sanetity the Lor<l of'hosts, himself." Sec.
Rev. x\ii. 1.')— "I am Alpha and Ome^a. the heginninj? and thcond,
the first and the last." (^)mI)arc Rev i. H with Tsa. xliv, <).
(/ 1 Tim. iii. 1()— " (lod was manifest in thofh'sh." Aets vx, 2«— " Fee I
thenhureli of (lod. whieh he h.ith purchased with his own hlood." 1 .1(din
Hi. If)— " llereliy pereeive wo the loveof (l.td. bei-anse Jio laid down his
lifi' for us " ,Tud(!2U— "To the only wise (lod, our Savioiir, lie>,'lr»ry ami
uiajesty, dominion and power." .John i' 1 — "And the Word was (toil "
.T(dm XX.2S. 21). "And Thomas answered and said unto him, my Tiord
and my (lod." lid), i. S-"]{ut unto tt»o Son ho saith, thy throne (Jod
is forever a ml ever." .tc. Tol. ii it. Tit. ii. 10. Ileb. iii 4.
o. 1 .lohn V 20— " We arc in him that is true, even in his Son .Jesus
(,'hrist. This is the true God. and eternal life."
XoTK.— The Scriptures teach that there is but one God, ^Tsa.xlv. 5.' and
ns tiiey teiuh tint .Tosus Christ is truly God. the conclusion necessarily
follows, that the Father and Son, though two in person, are but one being.
_ / Titus ii. l:)—"Tjookinpr for that blessed hopeandthegloriousappear-
ing of the great God, and our Saviour ,Jesus Christ "
(7 Rom. ix. 5— " Of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is
over all, God blessed forever. Amen."
// Isa. ix (5— " His name shall be called— the mighty (Jod, the everlast-
ing Father."
/ Col. i. 17— "And he is before all things." Micah v. 2— "Whose goings
forth have been from old, from everlasting." Ileb. i 8; .John i. l.viii. 58;
Pn.v. viii. 22; Heb. i. 12, vjii. 8; Rev. i.8. 17, IS, xvii. 14.
./ Hob xiii. 8— ".Icsus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for-
ever." Hob. i. 12 • " Thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail." 2
Tim. ii. 10.
/,• .John iii. 13— "No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that
came down from heaven, even the Son of Man, which is in heaven."
Mat. xxviii 20, xviii. 20.
1 Rev. ii. 23 -"And all the churches shall know ths^t T am he which
soarchoth the reins and hearts." John ii. 24, 25, xvi.30; John i 18, x. 15,
xxi. 17; Acts i. 24.
m Col. ii. 8, 10— "Christ is the head of all principality and power"
Ps. xlv. 3; Rev, xit. 10: Mat. xxviii. 18; 1 Cor. i. 24. xv. 24. 25; John X
IS, xvii 2; Eiih. i 21 ; Ileb. i. S; Rev. i. 18; 1 Cor, iv. 5.
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li(»ly, }i, :i)i(I is riitillcd to (li\iji(' \v<>i>lii|», <>.
;». His Worlds. I>y('liri>t llic woild w ;is crr.-ilrd, /;, lie
HTsiTvcs. Y, iiml jr()\ cnis it. /•, lie li;i> rcdccnicd ni;m, .v, and
i(j will hv tlu'ii' liiud Jiulg*-, /.
SF.(TI(»\ TI. — Tin; INTAl.'NATroN' OK CIIUrST.
TIm' W(trd. wliich in \\w Ix'^rinnln^^ was witji (Joil. and
Avliicji was (lod. I>y whom all tlniiirs were made, conilc-
.s('(>iid<'(l to a state of liinniiiat ion in hccomin;:," nnit«'d with
:i Itodv liUc oiM's, |)olliiti<»p and sin rxccptcd, h. In this
state, as a snl)j«'(t of the law, he look our inlh'nutics, r, was
n A<'t.< iii. It—" IJut ye ilciiiiMl the Moly One uinl tlii' Just " Murk i-
1:1 ; Lulvi' i..'..^; lift., vii. iJtl; Hcv. iii. 7.
o ilelt. i. f) — " lict nil till' iiii^'fls (if (Joil worxltip liiiii." .r<ilin v.'J.'J
— "Tliiitiili iiicii slioiilil iiDiiniir tlu! Suii, (>vcii !i- ''u'v !i(i,ii)ur tlic I'"a-
thor." Phil. ii. 10.11: Mat. xxviiHt. iiukc xxlv-,.. .Mat. ii. 12. viii.2.
ix. I.H. xxviii. 11»: .loliii ix. :!S; Rev i. .").(;. v. !i-14, .li. H. 10; 2 PettT iii.
IS; Oaj. i. "1; 1 Cor- \. 2: '1 Cor. xiii- U J'rayor was inatlo to hlin. Actrf
vii. r-.it, 00; 1 Cor- i 2; Acts i. 24.
NoTK — t>iii(!(' .rehovah rt'fiiur>'S nil inon to »v(»rship hiin. and iiiako.* it
idola; y to worship any otliiT l)L'in«. it woiilil smclv 1m idolalry to \v(ir-
.'•iiiji ■ lirist it'lu'diil not possess the i)ort(,'(!tions of Jt",. ivah. Yi't Christ
ehiiuii'il Divine Worship; holy siiivts worshi|>piil him.
p Hob. i. 8. 10—" Unto the Son ho saith. Thou Lonl. in the hefrinninpr
hast laid tho foundation of till' eartli ; and theheavn,,- are the works of
thiiio hands." .John i. .'5. 10; Coj. i. Ki; John \ 1'.': i:i)h. iii.'.i; 1 <'or. viii.
('. ; Hebrews iii. 3, 4; Isaiah xliv. 21, x!v. 12; 2 Kinj-'s xix. I'l;
Jleb. iii. 4.
q Hob. i. ?,—" Who, boins tho briprhtnosn of his priory, and the express
iniajre of his person, and iiphoMing all things by the word of his power."
(.ol. i. 17; Mat. xxviii. IH.
r Is. ix. ()-"The Rovornincnt ."hall bo upon his .«houIder." 1 Peter
iii. 22 : Col. ii. 10; Kph. i. 21 ; 1 Cor. xv. 24.
n Hph. i. 7— "In whom we have redemption through his blooi], the for-
jriveness of sins " lleb. ix. 12; Isaiaii liv. .t ; <ial. iii. I'J; I's. xix. It,
Ixxviii. .V); Isaiah xliii. 14, xliv. (5. xliv. 2t>, Ix. 16; Jer- 1. ;}4 ; (ial. iv-
4. 5; 1 Peter i. IS, li); Titus ii 14 ; Rev- v. !».
t 2 Tim. iv. 1-" The Lord Jesus Christ— shall Judfre the quick and the
dead at his appearinpr." Mat. xxv. M, Ki; .John v. 22 Kroin other Scrip-
tures it appears that "Ood is. iiidpfo himself." l*s. 1. t'l, Ixxv. 7 ; Jleb. xii-
2.'>; 1 Cliron. xvi. :tt; l*s. Ixxxii. 8, xcvi. l.'J; John v.27; Acts x. 42;
lloni ii. 1(); Rev. i. 7.
NoTK. — By eomparinjrtho Scriptures qnotod, it is evident that tho at-
tributes and works of (Jod are iiidisi-i iininatoly ascribeil to Clirist. conso-
((uently a unity exists between the Katherand Son. wiiich constitutes but
one beinpr. To this agreeth the testimony of John i. 1, '>. 14, x .">0.
V John i. 14— "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt ainonK us."
1 Tim. iii. 1(5: Phil. ii. (i. 7, 8 ; lleb. ii. 14, IG ; Gaj. iv- 4; Luke ii- o2; 2
Cor. viii. 9; Lsa. ix. fi: Hob. x. .">.
V Mat. viii.17— "Iliniseirtook our infirmities and bare our sicknesses."
T'oh. ii- 17; Mat. iv. 2. xxi. 18. xxvii. .50; John xix. 28, xi. 3'], ;>j ; Isn-
liii. 3; Mat. viii. 24; Luko xxii- 41
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tom])te(l as wo nro, iv, Tjut livod our example, ic, and ren-
(lennl perfect obedijv.see to tlie dlviiio requirements, y.
w Ht'l). iv. 1")— "But wiis in nil poiutstoinptcd like ns-we are, yet. with-
out sin." M\i ivl-ll.
.r 1 Pet- ii- 21—" IJcciiise Christ nlso siilTfrfxl for us, leavinRan exam-
ple tlrit ye should foMow his stei'f " U<«n- x vr. '). (>.
// fs'i. xlii. •.'1—" Ho will iiiiignify the law, ;ind ninkc it honorable."'
Mat. V. 17, iii. 1."). (Jul. iv. 4.
CHAPTER IV.
HOLY SPIKIT.
1. The Scrii)tnres aseribe to the Holy CJhost the aets"
and attributes of an intelli^-ent beinji:. He is said to'
•ruide, a, to know, b, to niove, c, to o'ive information, (/, to
command, e, to forbid,/, to send forth, (j, to reprove, h, and
to be sinned aj^ainst, i.
2. Th(! :ittril)iit(is of God are npplied to tlie Holy Ghost :
n John xvi. 18-" HowlH'it, v/hcn he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
will fruide you into ;tll truth."
h 1 Oor- ii. 11—" Even so the thinjrs of (Jofl knowcth no man, but the
Si)irit oftJol."
r (ten. i. "2— "And the Spirit of(»od moved urw") the face of the waters.'
Acts viii. ;tf».
<i Acts xxi. 11 "And when he wns come unto uk, he took Paul's
girdle andl)ound his own hmd-J :ind foot, mil sii 1. Thus siith the Holy
(rhost, so shall the Jews at .Jerusalem bind the man," Ac Acts x. 9;
John xiv. 2(1. xvi- W, lo.
e Acts xiii. 2 — " The Ilolytihost s li 1 sopirate me Barnabas and Saul
for the work whereunto I have called them."
f Acts xvi. (i — "Now when they h;id pone throughout Phrj'pia and the
region of 'lalatia, and were lorlmlden of the IJoly Ghost to preach the
word in Asiu."
a Acts xiii. 4—" So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed
into Selucia."
h Jolin xvi. 8^" And when he is cojue. he will reprove the world of
sin, and of rightcousn",«s, and of .judgment." '-en. vi. '.\
i Mat xii. .'52 "But whosoever spcnketh agiinst the Holy Ohost, it,
shall not lie forgiven him. neither in this world, neither in the world to
come." Isi. Ixiii. 10: Acts vii. M ; Acts v. :{. 4. 9: Eph. iv. »); 1 Thes
v. 1','. ^^(•l■r the llithi lih'int onhi nti nftrihide uf (joil,lhis uiipnrUon-
nb/e Hin citiihl not Ix: viiitninttcl a<jaiii8t hiiii.
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il
^
siieli jis Ptin'iiity, y, oniniprcsfMue, /-, oniiiisciciu'c, /, ^^ootl-
iicss, m, and truth, n,
;>. Tlio works of God aro ascrilxHl totlio IIolyGliost : cro-
sition, o. inspiration, j>, jrivin^'of life, 7. and sanctilication, r.
4. The same acts, which, in one part of the Bible are
atti'ibnted to the Holy Ghost, are in other i)arts said to be
performed by God, s.
0. Th(^ Apostles assert that the Holy Ghost is Lord an«l
God, t. From the fore^oinj^, the conclusion is. that the
Holy Ghost is in reality (joii, and one with the Father in
all Divine perfections. It has also been shown that Jesus
Christ is God. one in essence with the Fiither. Then in
essence these three, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are ont^
J Hebix.l4 — "t ownmch inoroshnll the blood ot Christ, who through
the eternnl Spirit offered himself without spot to (lod. purge your con-
sciences from dend works."
/• Ps. cxxxix. 7—" Whither shall I go from thy Si)irit ? or whither
sh'tll I flee from thy presence?"
/ 1 Cor. ii-lO, 11— " But <iod hath reveiiled them unto us by his Spirit."
&c.
w Neh. ix- 20— '* Thou gavost nlso thy good Spirit to instruct them."
Ps. cxliii. 10.
n .John. xiv. 17— "Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because itseeth him not."
o .Job. xxvi. 13— * By his Si)irit he hath garnished the heavens " .Job
xxxiii- 4— ''The Spirit of « od liath miide me, and the bre.ith of the Al-
mighty hath given me life.'" Ps. civ. 30.
/) 2 Peter, i. 21 - * Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man ;
but holy men of 'Jod spike as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
Acts xxviii. 2.^.
q 1 Peter iii 18—' For Phrist also hath once suffered for sins— that ho
micfht bring us to Ood, being put to death in the flesh, but <iuickencd by
the Spirit."
r 1 < or. vi. 11—' But ye are sanctified, but > e are justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus, and the Spirit of our ood." Horn- xv. 16.
GOD. SPIRIT.
« Isa. vi. 8. 0—' I heard the voice
of the Lord saying, Wh(»m shall '
send, and who will go for us ? Then
I said. Here am I ; send me And
he said. <^o, and tell this people
Hear ye indeed, but understand not :
and see ye indeed but perceive not. "'
In several places Christ is called
the only begotten Son of <'od. See
also Dan.ii. 20; Ps.lxiill : Isa.xlviii
16: Eph. iv. 11; John vi. 45; Isa-
xlviii. 17.
Acts xxviii. 2.^. 26— " Well spa^^c
the Holy (ihost by Esaias the pro-
phet unto our fathers, s:»ying, <'0
unto this people, and say. Hearingyo
shall hear, and not understand: and
seeing vc shall sec and not perceive."
Mat 1 18— "Now the birth of Jesus
Christ was on this wise : When as his
mother Mary was espoused to .To-
soph, before they came together, she
was found with child of the Holy
<ihost." Sec also Isa.xi.2; Aetsxiii.
4: John xiv 26: Rom. viii. 14. xv.l:> ;
Isaiah xh iii 16.
f 2 Cor iii 17—" Xow the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is liberty." Acts v. 3. 4— 'Why hath Satan filled thine
heart, to lie to the Holy (ihost? Thou hast not lied unto man. but unto
God." Mat XX' iii. ID; 2 Cor xiii 14.
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CHAPTER V.
ATONEMENT* AND T^IEDTATfON OF CIIRISr,
CHAPTER VI.
THE GOSPEL CALL.
fi
n
ri
■f
By virtno of llie ntononiont, which is flesi^'ned to conntor-
rict th(,' c'lrocts of the full, m;iii i,s phic'(3il in a .salvtible p-tate, a ;
n Milt X' iii. 11— "Fdi- tho Sonof Miinin oomotosave tliat which w.is
lost." (fill. iii. 13; Bom. V. IS. John iii. 17— " For <T(t(l sent not hisvScm
into tluMvoiid to con<k<iiin tho world; but thiit the world through him
might be iuved." 1 Tim. iv. 10.
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k; )
1. Atonement. As sin cannot l)c ])ar(lonc(l without ;e
s:icritic(?, and the blood of Iw'asts could never actually wasli
away sin, Christ g^ave his life a, satu'ilice for the sins of the
Avorld, a, and tJ»ns made salvation jx^ssible for all men, b.
2. Mediation of Chtnst. Our Lord not only died for oiu-
sins, l)ut lie arose for our jiistilication, r, and ascended to
lieaven, d, Avhere, as mediator b(?tween God and man, he
Avill make intercession for us till the final judg-ment, c.
n 1 .John ii. 2 — " Ho in tlie propitintion for our sins : and not for oins
only, but iiIho for the sins of the whole world.' Jsii. liii. 5, 10, 11 ; Rom.
\v.2r->\ Mat. XX 1>S; 1 Pot, iii. IS; John i. l!i); Heb.ix 20; Gal. i. 4; Tit.
ii. 14; Eph. v. 25; lloin v. (>, 8
b Hob. ii. 9— "'That ho l),v tho grace of '^od sh(mld ta.><to death for
every man." 1 Tim. ii. (>— * Who f?a» e liim.-olf a ransom for all." Tit ii.
11 — '■ For the <irMoo (»f(i(>d that brinfroth s'^ih'ation hith appeared to all
men.': Rev. xxii. 17 — "* AVhosoc- or will. lot him take of the water of life*
freely." Isa. xl ■. 22 — "Look unto meand boyesa^ od all the cnil.s of the
earth." 2 Pot. iii. — 'The Lord is lont? .suft'erinf? to us ward not willing
that any should perish but that all siiould come to repentan 'C. ' Aots
xvii .'>(> — ' Rut now oommandeth all men evoiywhore to repent." 2 Cor.
V. 14. 15: Ps. cxlv. 9:^1 Tim. ii. :!. 4 iv. 10; Lsa. Iv. 1.7; P.s. Ixxxvi 15.
c Rom. i\'.25 — " Who wa.s delivered for our otfences, and was r.iiscd
ajrain tor ouriustifioation." 1 Cor xv 17.
<l Acts i. 11— This si me J(!sus which was taken up from you into
Heaven" Eph iv- 8; Mirk xvi 10.
e llob.ix. 24 — "Christ is entered— into Heaven it.-^elf, now to appear in
tho presence of God for us. ' 1 Tim. ii. 5 ; Jleb. \ ii. 25 ; Ptom. viii. ;U ; 1 Cor
XV 24—' Then cometh the en<l. when ho shall have delivered up tho
Kinpdom to Hod even tho Father.' Isa. liii 12.
* Atonkmkxt signitios an c^pintiou lor sin ; Rkdkmi'TIOn signifies de-
livcraiitc from sin.
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IJ
the ,i!;ra('tM)f (Jod./y, tlic inllnciiccsof the Holy Spirit, r, ftiid
the invitations of the Gosj)el :ire <:;iven to all men, il, and
by those they reeeivi; ])ower to rejx-nt, c, and obey all tlw
requii'(>nients of the Gospel. We mean only to say, that
salvation for all men is possibU;. for thouirh in its fn-ovi-
sion it is free nnd absolute, /, vet in its ai)i)lieation ft is e.\-
])ressly conditional, (j. Salv:;tion, then, beinu: freely pro-
vided, and ni;m beinji; capable throu<>:h <j!;rae(! of obtaining
it, if he perish wliom can he blam«; but liimself ?
h Tit ii 11— "For tlio fjrrjice of (j()(l tluit l>rinpr('th salviition lutth jip-
jxrircd to ill! iiu'ii," Kom. v 20— "J3ut whore ,«in aboiunlcd, fn-iicc did
iimcli iiKirc ;il)()und." Rum. v 15.
/• -Iiiel ii "JS-" I will (tour out my Spirit upon . -ill flosh." Johni.'.^ —
'"i'liMt W!i,-J the tiiK' lij^lit, which lifihtcth every miin thit eometh imto'
the world.' .lohii xvi. S; Acts ii. 17. IS; Joh xxxii. S; Rev. xiv <).
'/ Prov. viii 4—" Unto you. O men, I ciill : iind my voice is to the srui.-s
of iiifui." Ism xlv. 'I'l — " J;()ok unto mo iind he ye siived, jill the ends of
the eiirth." Mnrk xvi. I'l— " ProMch the (iospol to every creature." Kom.
X. 1«: Rev. xxii. 17: Col i. 28: Ihii Iv 1.
e Rom. ii. -1— "(Joodiies.-; of (iod le;ideth thee to repentjince." Aetsxiii.
2t — " When John h id tirst preached — the Baptism of rei)entance tv\ all
the people of Israel.'' Jiuke xxiv. 47—" And that repentance and remis-
sion of sins shoidil be preached in his name among all nations." Isa,. v
•?—" What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not
done in it?" 1 Pel. i. 22; Acts x. o4; E/.ek. xviii. 25,xxxiii. 11 : 2 Pet iii.
tl; 1 Tim. ii 4; Acts xxvi. 20.
f .John iii, 1(>, Rom. v. 8. 2 Cor. v. 14, l.'i.
o .John iii. .'ii')—" He that beli«'veC :n the 8on hath everlasting' IFfe ;
and he that l)elicveth not the tson shad not .see life." Mark xvi. 10 ; John
viii. 24; Acts xiii. oi', xvi. .'ii.
CHAPTER VII.
REPENTAXCE.
Tlu! repentance Avhieli the o^ospel reqiiiri^s is a det^p eon-
vietion, a penitential sorrow, an open confession, a <I(!eid-
ed hatred, and tin entire forsakin<^ of all sin, a. This re-
]K'nt;mce God has enjoined on all men, tmd without it in
this life the sinner must perish eternally, b.
n Rom. 111120 -"By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom.vii.9; 2
Cor vii.lO: Ps Ii. 17: Joel ii. 12,18 ; Prov. xxviii. 1:^: E/,ek. xxxvi. .SI,
xiv. (i: Isa. Iv. 7: Ezek. xviii 30, .'U ; Ps xxxviii. IS; John xii 2.").
/; Acts xvii. 30— " But now commandeth all men everywhere to re-
pent." Mark vi. 12 ; Acts ii, 38 ; iii. TJ ; Luke xiii. 5 ; 2 The:-, i. 7, 8, U.
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CHAPTER VIII,
FAITH.
Truo faith is an assent of theniinrl to tlio qn'^at and fnn-
damentiil truths of revelation, a ; an act of the iinderstand-
ino; in jfivino: crtKlit to the jjosptd through the influence of
the Holy Spirit, 6, and a firm confidence and trust in the
livin<i^ God, c. The fruit of faith is ohedience to the Gos-
p(!l, cl, The power to helieve is the frift of God, e ; but be-
li(;vinjif is an act of the creature, /. Repentance and faith
are required as a condition of pardon, (/.
n Heb. xi. 6—" He that cometh to God must believe thnt he is. and
thnt ho is a rewarder of them thnt diligently seek him.' John v. 4fi, 47;
11 eb. xi. 1; John Xvi. 27, 30; Ps. cxix. 6(): Rom. x. 9.
h Rom. X. 10~" With the henrtman believeth unto righteousness."
1 Oor. xii. 8. 9: Gal, v. 22; Rom. x. 17.
c 2 Chron. xx. 20—" Relieve in the Lord vourGod, so shall ye be estab-
lished.'" Prov.xiv.26; Rom.iv. 20, 21 ; Eph.iii.l2; 1 Tim.iv.lO. John vi.69.
fi .Tames ii. 17— " Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. '
James ii. 20, 24, 2i] ; (ial. v. 6 ; 1 Tim. i, 5.
f Phil. i. 29—" Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ— to believe
on him." Acts. xiv. 27 ; 2 Pet. i. 1 ; Eph. ii. 8.
/ John vi. 29—" This is the work of God. that ye believe on him whom
he hath sent." Mark xvi. 16; Acts xvi, 31 ; John iii. 36, viii. 21, 24;
Heb. xi.6; Mark i. 15.
Acts XX. 21—" Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord
Jesus Christ. Acts x. 43 ; John i. 7 : (ial.iii. 26 ; Rom. xvi. 26, v. 1 ; John
iii. 15. Mark i. 15—" Repent ye and believe the gospel."
CHAPTER JX.
REGENERATION.
II
As God is a holy Beinof, and heaven a holy place, man
must ))e rejjenerated befor&-he can enter a state of happi-
ness, a. This chanjje is a renovation of the soul by the
grace and Spirit of God, b, whereby the penitent sinner
n Heb. xii. 14—" Fol'ow holiness— without which no man shall see the
Lord." Rev. xxi. 27. Mat. v. 8. Gal. v. 19, 21.
/* .John iii. 5 — " Evcept a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
cnnnot enter into the kingdom of God." Ezck. xxxvi, 26, 27. Titus iii. 5.
Eph. ii. 10.
TREATISE OF FAITH.
My
receives new lifts becomes ;i child of God, r, rtnd is ennliled
to perform spiritual servic e, d. It is cjdled a being born
again, born of the Spirit, &c., c.
c John V. 25—" The hour is eomiiij?. iind now is. when the (lend shiill
hear the voice of the .Son of (iod, 11 ml they that heJir shall he. ' hph,
ii. 10. IJohn iii. 9. Rom. viii. It). John i. 12. James i. 18, 2 tm-<
^ 'u '"l l»ct.'ii.*5. \zek. > i. 19. 20. Phil. ii. 13. 1 Pet. n\ II*
c J una 111. 0, i. 13, 111.5,8 1 John iii. 'J, iv 7, . . 1, 4, 1«.
CHAPTER X.
rEllSEVERAXCE.
.\s the reir«'nerate are ]>laeed in a state of trial during
this lif(s their future obedience is not determined, a. Con-
seciuently their eternal salvation is depending on their
abiding 'in Christ; it is therefore their duty and privilege
to be steadfast in the truth, to grow in gnice, persevere in
holiness, and make their electi on sure, b.
~V E/.ek. X » ill. 24. ^ V s iii. 18 2 Pet, ii. 20. 21. i. 10. 1 Cor. x . 12. .2 Pot.
i. 9. 1 or. ix.27. 1 Tim. iv. 1. lleb. xii. 15, iv. 1, 11. 2 Pet. iii. 14.
John XV. 1 to 10. ,, . • in n •• - 1
h 1 Cor. X' . 58. 2 Pet. iii. 18. Phil, iii. 14. Mat. xxiv. 1.3. Rom. ii /._1
Cor. IK. 24. 2 Pet. i. 10, 11. Rev. ii. 7, 11, 17, 2G. Rev. iii. 5, 12, 21, xxi. t .
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CHAPTER XI.
THE CHURCH.
A Christian Church is an assembly of persons wiio be-
lieve in Christ and worship the true Cod, agi-eeahly to his
word, a. In a more general sense, it signifies the whole
body of real Christians throughout the world, b. The
"nT 1 Cor. i. 2-" Unto the Church of Cod which is nt Corinth, to them
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to bebaints Acts ii. 4<. Z
Cor. viii. 5. Rev. ii. 1.7. 8. 12. 18; iii 1.7. 14. ...
b Eph V. 23-" Christ is the head of the Church." Eph. i. 22 ; m. 10 ;
v.25,2.. Gal. i. 18-24.
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flmivh l)('in<i:th(0)()(ly of Christ, r', noiKjliiiMlic rcixt'iicnitCr
Avilo obey the <j^()S])('l, jire its real nicnihci's. d. Tx'licviM'S
jirc ruc'«!ivo(l into .-i pMrticuhir church, on their ;::ivin^ evi-
ilcncu of ropontiincc iind faith, and hcin*;' ha])tiz(!(l, c.
SKcTEON I.— oi'iiCKifS or TIIK C'lILIirir.
*
TIic OlViccrs in the primitive? church wci'c .'ii)osth's,
hislioj)s, and deacons. /*. The a])ostles \ver(^ the; esjx'cial
/ri/i/cssrs of the Avorks and sayinii's of Christ, f/: and of
course this ofVice ceased wlien their work was acconi])lisli-
ed. The f/iff,s per])etuat(!d in tl»e churcli are evangelists,
])astors, teacliers, liel])s. and u'overnnients, h. Tliese, how-
ever, do not apjx'ar to he distinct <)lhcer«, but they iiiil)ly
(Hllerent kinds of dntic^s, which are performed by bishops
or elders, d(3acons and others.
1 . Bishoji^ are overseers, i, who have the ehar^je of
souls — to instruct and rule them by tlie word, y. They are
<'all(!d eld(>rs, /.•, and they perform the duties of pastors,
teacliers, and evan<»:elists, /. The qualiilcations recpnred
in a candidate^ for this ofllce, ave as follows : — He must l)o
liniiltless, and the husband of but one wife. II(; must 1)C
watchful, prud(!nt, and have the re^^ular exercise of cool,
dis])assionate reason. Ilis conduct and manners must bo
decent, orderly and o'rave. He mnst be a lover of hospi-
tality and of <2:ood men; ready to communicate and able
to teach, 9;i. He must be tem])erate; not qnarrelsome;
nor desirous of base gain, 71. lie must govern his family
r 1 f"or. vii. 27—" Now ye arc the body of Christ." Col. i. 18.
'f 1 l*('t. ii. n — " Yc iilso, us lively stones, arc built up a spiritual house,
a holy priesthood, to oft'er up spiritual sucrifiecs." 2 Cor. vi.l4, 15. John
xviii.^C. Hal. iv.2S-;n. Rom. ix. 8. Ps. 1, Ki. .John xv, 2-<i.
r. Aets ii. 41 — " Then they that fjladly received his word were baptized :
and the same ilay there were added unto them about three thousand
souls." (lai. iii. 27.
/ Eph. ii.JO. Phil. i. 1. Lnko vi. 13. 1 Cor. iv. 9.
ff Aets X..S9. i. S, V.32. Luke v>i-. 48.
Ii Kph. i .11. 1 Cor. .vii, 2S. 2 Tim. iv. 5. Acts .xiii, 1.
i Acts x». 28. 1 Tim. iii. l-().
i 1 Tim. iii. 5. 1 Peter v. 2. Acts xx. 28.
/.• Tijus i. 5-7. 1 Peter v. 1. Acts xiv, 2.'). Compare Acts xx. 28 with
/ ' 2 Tim. iv. 5. Eph. i^. 11. 12. 1 Tim. iii, 1, 2. Jer. iii. 15. 1 Cor. iv. 1.
Ezek. iii. 17. 1 Peter v. 1. Eph. iv. 11. 2 Cor. v. 2U.
Ill 1 Tim. iii. 2, Titus i. 8. 2 Tim. ii. 24, 25.
n 1 Tim. iii, 3.
TREATISE OF FAITH.
17
Avcll ; ho must not bo a novioo, but oxporionood in tbo
tiling's of (lod. and bavo a cbaraolci' not justly liable to
loproacli, 0. IIo must bo ospocially callod of God to tbo
work, p. adborc! olosolv to tbo doctrine of Cbrist, q, and b(!
ordainod by tbo layino- on of bands, r.
The (hdii of an Khkr or llislwp is, 1 . To bo an oxaniplo
to tljo Hook in all tbinjis, ,s'. To proaob tbo word, baptizo,
and adndnistin" tbo liord's Supper, t. IIo sbould assist in
ordainino; (ddors and doaoons, u, and acoordin<i: tobis abil-
ity, do tbo work of an ovano^elist and make full proof of
bis ministry, v.
2. A Deacon is a roo;ular or statcul servant of tbo
oburob. For tbo qualifications n^quirod in a candidate for
this oflico, see 1 Tim. iii. 8-12. Acts vi. 1-3.
D?Uics of a Deacon. 1. lb; sbould attend to the tempo-
ral wants of tbo poor members of tbo cburcb, w.
2. As tbo desip;n of bis appointment was tbat tbo min-
istry miofbt be freed from temporal care, the inference na-
turally follows tbat it is bis duty to see tbat their wants
also are supi)lied. 3. There beinp- no other officer in the
church to f;nperintond Mi^. temporal affairs, it is infeiTod
from the nature of his office that the deacon should attend
to all the concerns essential to its prosperity, which do
not devolve on an Elder. 4. From the important naturo
of his qualifications, it has boon considered his duty to
take the lead of religious meetings in the absence of the
minister.
SECTION II.— OKDINANCES OF THE CHURCH.
The following ordinances or institutions were appointed
by Christ, and are obligatory on the church: —
1. Christian Baptism, (x). This is the immersion of be-
i 1
o 1 Tim. iii. 4-7. Tit. i. 5-9, ii. 7. 15.
p Ueb. V. 4. Acts xx. 28. 1 Cor. i.v. 16. 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. 1 Tim. i. 12.
Acts xiii. 2. Rom. x. 14, 15. I'^or. ix.l7.
q Tit. i. 9. ii. 1.7, 8. 1 Tim. i. 3, iv 16, ^i. 3, 4. 2 Tim. i. 13.
r 1 Tim, iv, 14, V. 22. Ueb. vi. 2. Acts xiii. 3.
f ITim. iv. 12. 1 Pet. v. 3. Tit. ii. 7. Phil. iii. 17.
t 2 Tim, ii. 15. 1 Tim. iv. 13-15. 2 Tim. iv. 2. 2 Cor. iv. 5. Mat. xxvii.
19. Lukexxii. 19. Acts x. 47, 48, xx. 11, xxvii, 35. 1 Cor. xi. 23-26.
u Tit. i. 5. 2Tim, ii. 2. Acts vi. 3-6.
V 2 Tim. iv. 5. Mark xvi. 15. Act? ix. 32, xv. 41. 2 Tim. ii. 4. 1
Tim. iv. 15. Acts vi. 4. Isa. Ixii. 6. Ezek. iii. 17-21.
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Acts vi. 1-3.
J' Eph. iv. 5. Acts x. 5,6, iii';
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TREATISE OF FAITH.
luivcrs In water, y in the name of the Fath(M% Son, and
Holy Ghost, z, in whieli are represented tlieir dcMith to the
worltl, the wasliin*; of tlieir souls from th(i pollutions of
Hin a, tlieir resurrection to newness of life, the burial and
resurrection of Christ, their resurrection at the last day, b,
und their enji^aj^enu^nt to serve God, c.
2. The LonVs tiiqypcr is designed to commemorate the
sufFeriniTS of Christ, and to represent in the use of bread
and wine the communion which saints have with him and
with each other, d. Every true believer in Christ, beinp^ a
member of his body, and a part of his visible church, has
not only a rio^ht to partake of his body and his Ijlood in
the (Jommunion, but is under obligation thus to comme-
morate his death, e.*
SECTION III. — DUTIES OP THE CHUllCH.
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The duty of the Church is that oblio:«ition which the re-
velation of God enjoins upon it collectively, or as indivi-
duals, for the manifestation of his manifold wisdom,/, the
perfecting of the saints,<7, and the conversion of the world, h.
In this obligation are included the observance of the ten
<'ommandraents, i, entire obedience to the influences of the
Spirit, J, to the institutions of the gospel, and to all the in-
structions and precepts of the Scripturesf, k. Among the
latter are the following particular requirements : Christian
V Col. ii. 12. Rom. vi. 4. 5. Acts viii.38, 39. Mat. iii. 16. Johniii.23.
Mark i. v. Mat. iii. 6. 1 Cor. x. 2, xv, 29. Acts xvi. 13, 16, 32-34. Mark
xvi. 16. Acts viii, 37, ii. 41, xvi. 33. Mat. xxviii, 19.
z Mat. xxviij. 19. 1 Cor. i. 13.
a rol. iii. 3. Tit. iii. 5. Heb. x. 22.
h Col. ii, 12. Rom. vi. 4, 5. 1 Cor. xv. 29.
c Gal. iii. 27. Heb. vi. 1, 2.
d Mat. X xvi. 26-28. Luke xxii. 19. 1 Cor. xi. 23-26. 1 Cor. x. 16,
Luke xxii, 24.
e Eph. i. 22, 23. 1 Cor. x. 17. Col. i. 24. Acts ii. 42, xx. 7.
f Eph. iii. 10.11.
Eph. iv. 11-13-
h Mat. V. 16. Rom. xvi. 26. Mark xvi. 15. Mat. v. 13.
1 Mat. V. 17, 19. Luke xxiii. 56. Mat. xxii, 37-40. Mark. x. 19. Rom.
xiii. 8-10.
j 1 Thes. V. 19. Eph. iv. 30. Rom, viii. 1. Gal. v. 16.
k IJohnv. 3. Mat. xix. 17, V. 48. James i. 4. 2 John 6. Isa. viii.
20. 1 Cor. vii. 19. John xiv. 21.
* At the time of communion, we make it our usual practice, to invite
all Christians of good standing in any evangelical Church tr partake with
us; as in general such persons only are known sis true beliv vers.
t Of course the ceremonial law, although iustructi e, is not now obli-
gatory on the church.
TREATISE OF FAITH.
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fiillowship, I, Wfcrct siiul family j)riiy<'r, m, (lonujstic urul
social duties, w, watciifiilness, o, Htlministoriiio: to tht^ \u\-
<^essiti«s of the poor and alllict»'d, ;>. the support of thoso
that preach the jjospel, </, and the exercise of church dis-
cipline, r.
f IJoliiii. 7. Acts ii. 42. Kph. v. 11. 1 John i. H. Phil. i. ').
til Mat. i.O Luke vi. 12. l>;in. vi. 10. Acts .\. *(. Jer. X. 'S'>. Acts
31.2, :il). l».s. i .17.
.. Eph. V . 2'). Co", iii. 19. Eph. v. 28. r^l iii. 18. Eph. v. 24. 1 Pet.
iii. 1. Eph. vi. 4 Col. iii. 21. (Jen. X iii. 19. Col. iii. 20. 22. Eph. \ i.
1. 2. 5, 9. Eph.v.2l. Kuia. xii, 10. Col. iii. 13. Koui. .\ii. 18 Mat. ».44.
Mark. > i. .S. 2G. Rom. xii. 20.
o Mark xiii. 37. Msit. xrvi. 41. 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 1 Pet. iv. 7. v. 8.
P Luke x iii. 22. Mat.xiv.21. Pro . xix. 17, xxiii, 27. Luke xi.
41, xii. 33. Deut. XV. 7. John xii. G. Koiu. xv. 2G. (lal. ii. 10. 1 v. or.
xvi. 1, 2. James i. 27. M;it. xx . .'iG. 1 Tim. . 10. Acts vi. 1. Phil, i . 14.
</ Mat. X, 9, 10. Luke X. 7. 1 <'or. ix. 4. G, 11. 13, 14. Gal. >i. 8. 2
Cor, xi,8, 9. Deut. )>ii. 19. Phil. i*'. IG, 18.
r Mit. wiii. 15, 17. 1 Tim. *. 20. U-il. vi. 1. 2 Thes. iii. 6. James
V. IG 1 Cor, V. 11, 13 Rom. XX i. 17. 2 John 10. Titus iii. 10. 1 Tim. v.
19. 1 C«r. V.4, 5. 1 Tim. i. 20, vi. 3, 5.
CHAPTER XII.
DEATH.
The bodies of men, being subject to the calamities of the
fall, all have died, or will die, except Enoch, Elijah, and
the Saints that will be on the earth at the last day, a. But
the »r\\\ survives the dissolution of the body, and imme-
diately after death enters a state of happiness or misery, b.
a Rom. V. 12. Heb. ix. 27, xi. 5. 2 Kings ii. 11. Thes. iv. 17. 1
Cor. XV. 52. Ps. Ixxxix. 48. Eccl. viii. 8.
b Eccl. xii. 7. Luke xxiii. 43. Phil. i. 23. Mat. x- ii. 3, xxiii. 31, 32.
Actsvii. 59. Rev. vi, 9. Mat. x. 28. 2 Cor. v. 8. Luke Xvi. 22. 23, 24.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE RESURRECTION.
As the transfjression of Adam secured temporal death
to all his posterity, so the obedience and resurrection of
Jesus Christ render it certain that the bodies of all men
will be raised from the dead, a. The saints will be raised
n 1 Cor. XX'. 21, 22, xv. 3. 19. Act'' xxi . 15 .Tob xix. 25. 26. Im.
XX i. 19. Mat. xxii. 30 Acts xxvi. 8. John v. 28, 29. 2 Tim. ii. 18.
Acts Xt'i. 8. Rom. iii. 11
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chapteb
XIV.
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|J'-l'- yohnviii?- i^'ie'-i.a Mirt ,- „„ ""•I?. Rom. vi.
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CHURCH COVENANT.
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n all i)j(.i|
^J go into
Cor. XV. 24.
t-iii. n, 12.
• Rev, XX.
Rom. vi,
7. Rev.
t. xiii.4i.
Ilavliifj l)Oon hroiiglit, as we hunihly trust, l)y Divino
•jrrace, to ombraeii the Lonl Jesus Christ, and to ac(!ept
Ilini as our Saviour, and believino: that the intt;rest of Ills
Kino^doni requires our united efforts, we do therefore fjive
ourselves up to IIliw, and ajp-ee with each other to walk
In Ilini, with brotherly love, s<»ekino: our duty to God, to
one another, and to tJie world ; and in view of tliese we
udopt the following as our Cluirch Coven:int : —
1. — We will exercise a mutual care, as members one of
nnother — striving to keej) the unity of tlie Spirit in the
lionds of peace — to promote tlie growth of the whole l)ody
m Clu'istian knowledge, holiness and comfort: and labor
together by prayer, pi-ecept and example, for the salva-
tion of sinners.
2. — We will contribute of our substance for the support
of a faithful Ministry among us, and tlie other necessary
means of gi*ace, and will be benevolent to tlie needy, es-
pecially to the ix)or of our own Church.
3. — We will, as constantly as we can, attend upon the
public worship of God, and the stated meetings of the
Church. In every Conference meeting we attend we will
report ourselves to the Church, and Avill labor for its pros-
perity and up-building in its most holy faith, and will not
forsake her in adversity, but will bear each other's bur-
dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
4. — We will naaintain secret and family devotion, and
religiously instruct those under our care, and cordially
co-operate with those who minister to us in holy things,
and will esteem them highly for their works' sake.
6. — We will not traffic in, nor use intoxicating drinks
as a beverage ourselves, nor furnish them for persons in
our employment, except for medicinal, mechanical or
cheiuieal purposes.
6. — We will sustain tlie l>enevolent enterprises of the
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<l:iy. siicli MS Mission^. I{il>U> Societies, Siililcilll S( luwtlv.
Mor.'il Itcform. :iii<l all otJM'i's, wliicli, in tin- use of holy
IIM'MIIS, t«'inl to tilt' ;j:lorV t>f ricMl, iliwl tlH' WeUiirc ofllH'll.
7. — W<* jijrrec that \V(» will love sill those who love our
Lord Jesus Ciirist: that wo will avoid all vain extrava-
•ranee and sinfnl eonformity to the world, and will altslain
I'rom all sinful aninsenients, as theatres, eircuses, ilances,
^Xanihlin^r, »^i'. ; and will v«!frain from all unchaste and
l»rofan(! conversation, antl from readin;:: wicke<l and cor-
rupt ln<; puhlications. We will walk circunis))<'ctly to-
wards thos(^ who an> without, that the cause of (Jo«l may
not \n' reproached on our account.
H. — We will attend to th« ordiminco of tho Lonl's Sup-
))er !is we may have ojiixM'tmutv, or as it may he ailmin-
i^teretl hy those over us in the Lord. AVe will fre(|uently
cxhoi't, and if occasion n^quires, admonisli each oil km*, ac-
covilinij: to Matthc^w xviil., in the spirit of nuM'kness.
{», — AVe ajrree to the annexed directory of principles and
rules, as jjuidin*;: to our faith in doctrine, and our jn-actice
in matters of church government. And, linally, w(^ com-
mit ourselves to God and to the Word of His p'ace ; and
may the God of ])eace, who hrou;2:ht afj.-iin fnmi the d(>ad
our Ijord Jesus Christ, tluit "jreat Sliepherd of the sheej),
throujrh the blood of the everlastinjr covenant, make us
perfiH't in t^verv <rood work to do Ilis will : l)uil<lino; us
up also upon the foimdation of the ajmstles and pro))hets,
Jesus (/hrist liimself being: the ehiefcorner-stone,in whom
the whole bnildin<r» fitly framed to<jether, «:roweth unto
an holy temple in the Lord, that we may be builded too^e-
tlier for an habitation of God throuo;h tlie Spirit. — Amen.
CHUECH DIRECTOEY.
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I.— Dknomination.
This Clnncli slmll be known as tlin ¥voo CliristJan Bai)-
list Clnncli of , in connection with the F H
<M'ncr:iI Conference of New lirnnswick.
II.— DOCTUINES.
Th(^ leailincr doctrines held by this Church are tho<?e set
forth in the Treatise of Faith of the F. C. Baptises of New
Briij ' wick.
III.— Ori'icEi:s.
The Officers of the Church shall Ix;—
1st. A Pufttor, who shall be in retrular standing with the
General Conference, and who shall Ini elected bv tiie
Church. •'
2d. Deaootis, who shall be elected by the Church.
3d. Helps, to assist the Deacons and Pastor in their du-
ties, who shall be chosen annually.
4th. A Clerk, whose duty it shall be to keep a ffood and
faithftil record of the Church, and who shall hold office
during the pleasure of the Church.
Ath. A Treamrer, whose duty it shall be to take charo-e
'Of all funds beloncjinor to the Church ; to pav its orders as
iar as supplied wldi the means, and render *^an annual a^-
^ count. to the Church.
IV.— Ciiuncii Polity axd Discipline.
See. 1.— The Ofiioers of the Church shall hold an Offi-
cers' meeting quarterly, or oftener if necessary.
Sec. 2.— Any business to be brought before the Church
shall be an-anged at the Officers' meeting.
See. 3.— The Church is directly amenable to the Dis-
itrict Aleetu^ ik> wliieh it belongs, and indirectly to \hR
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
(Jcnoral Confcnnco, for tlic o^cin'r.-il rr*)od of the dciiMiii-
nation.
Sec. 4 — The Pastor shall preside over all nieetinjrs
when present; and in his absence, the senior deacon pre-
sent.
Sec. 5. — Anv ineetinjr for business, or anv C'hiu'ch piir-
])oses, whieli shall have Iuhmi i)ublicly annoinu-e*! by the
Pastor, or in liis absence, by tlu^ senior deacon, shall be a
re<j^nlar meeting;; and any bnsiness which may be done
at snch a meetin*)^ shall be valid.
Sec. G. — Althou*!;h the Pastor may not hold his mem-
b(*rship in the Cliurch over whose meetinjfs he m.iy pre-
side, lie shall be allowed to jrive the eastinjj vote.
Sec. 7. — In cas<^s of disciplin(i for ])rivate or indlvidnal
trespass, it shall be the duty of the Ofticers of the (Jhui-ch,
before hearinj^ the case, to require tliat the law of tres-
])ass, as <riven by th(^ Head of the Church, in the IHtli
chapter of Matthew, be acted upon.
S(»c. 8. — When the trespass shall have been committed
])ublicly a;Tainst tlie Church, after private admonition by
the Pastor or other officer, the case shall be brou<rht be-
fore? the Officers' meetino:, and the accused party consid-
ered suspended from church privilejres until reclaimed.
Sec. 9. — The Officers of the Church, after hearin«f and
labourint]^ in any (;ase, can make such recommendations
to the Church as they may think necessary; but exclusion
from membership shall be the act of the Church itself.
Sec. 10. — All the business of the Church shall be done
by ii two-thirds vote of the male members, except tlie n^
ception of members, which should be unanimous, and ap-
l)lications for help, which may be by a majority.
Sec. 11. — In any important matters of trial, the Church
shall have the ri^rht to Jipply to the District Meetin<j to
which it belonnjs for assistance, and such application can
]nt made by a majority vote.
Sec. 12. — In any extraordinnry case, such as a Church
havinj^ become so divided or disarranofed that a majority
vote asking for hel]) c:»nnot be obtained, it shall be in the
])ower of the District Meetinj;; to which the Church }w-
longfs, as a matter of expedienc}', if in its judfyment tlio
Church be in a state requirinfj help, and is unable to help
itielf, to take charge of the Chun^h, and in its care and
labor for its good, exercise such discipline sis it may think
nocessarv.
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Lin'jlim OHJIOCTORV.
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Set', li). — Should Miiy jmrtion of tlu' Ciuuvli onil)r;uM> or
hold doctrines contr.-irv to thos«^ which M.resct forth in tho
Ti-eatisL' of our F.iith, or bocome disloyal to the Constitu-
tion or polity of tluMhMioniinMtion. even if such disaffected
nuMnbers shiill includ<^ any or all the oflicers, it shall be
in the i»o\v«m- of the District ]Meetin<r to acknouiedjre and
sust.iin ;is th(^ Ch irch, those nienib(Ms who shall be found
loyal to the denoniinMtion; and further, if it ])e deem(Ml
necessary, it sh.dl h.ive th(? power to r<!orfrani/o such
niemb«»rs into a Chrreh, which shall bear the name and
(l;it<* of th»> orio^inal oru^anization.
S(«c, 14. — Tn cas(» of any disairreenH>nt in doctrine or
polity, in .illowin^ the; lii)erty of (ronscience, such dissent-
inir nuMnber.^ may, by rcMpiest, be jdlowed to withdraw
from the Church without beinji' considered as excluded
members, so that in no case shall members be held in V.
il Baptist Churches by compulsion, or in violation of tlieir
consciences. It is always ])rovided. however, that this
provision shall not \hi so construed that trespassers or dis-
orderly meml)ers shall take advantaj^e of it to (jvade dis-
ci j)line or exclusion from the Church.
S(H'. 15. — Disciplined persons who may feci ag-t^'ieved
with the decision of the Churcli, shall liave the ri«rht to
Ji])peal to the District Meetinp;.
See. Ifi. — In the ease of adultery, or any lii)2^h crime, it
shall be in the power of the officers of the Church, upon
liavin<r suftieient evidence thereof, to exclude the trans-
jj:ressors from the Church.
Se(\ 17. — The Church shall appoint annually, from its
memb(n-s, two deleorates to reju-esent it in the District
Meeting-, who shall be furnished with a copy of the recrrd
of their appointment. It shall also send a, written rejwrt,
in which shall be t^iven the statistics, and an account of
the state of the Church. Tlie letter should be read before
tl e Churcli and approved, and so certified by the Clerk,
before being forwarded to the District Meeting.
v.— TEinrs of Fellowsiiii* and Communion.
This Churcli recognizes only the immersion of hdkvera
as Christian baptism, and Jience tliose only who have been
immersed are admittableto its full fidlowship; but it may
receive to communion :i.nd equal privih^ges in worship,
any who are in good standing with any other Evangeli-
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CHL'RCH PinECTOnY.
oiil Church, an<l who <;ivo ovidonco of spiritual life. Ft
:ilso may take under its ctivo any who desire its instruc-
tion and protection, and the Ijenefits of Christian inter-
course.
VI. — QUALIl'ICATIONS FOU ADMISSION.
Persons desirous of admission into this Church, shall'
Gfive satisfactory evidence to the Clmrch of liavinj; beei*
born of God.
VII.— Finances.
TIiR members of the Clmrch will co-oi>era.te with the
oHicers in whatever system they may adopt for obtaining
means to defray the exj)enditures of the Church, and shall
contribute as God ])rosi)ers.
VIII. — Reading Ciukcii Covenant.
The Church Covenant shall be read at e.-R-h Monthly
CJonference meeting, and Jis much oftener as may be con-
sidered necessary.
IX.— Otiieu Rules.
The Clmrch may adopt any rule not contrary to the-
Word of God, or the Constitution or IJye-Laws of the de-
nomination, which m.iy be found necessary for its inter-
ests, and by which the mcmliers agree to Iw governed.
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FORMULA OF MARRIAGE.
USED BY THE FREE C. BAPTISTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
ADDKESS.
l)ivin(? R(nel;ition has declured inarriay:*' to he lionin;)-
I)U' in all. It is an institution of (rod, estahlislu'd in the
time of m;m\s innocenev, oro lio liad yet sinned ai^iiinst
liis Maker, and been banished from P.-iradise. It was
irivc'n in Avisdom anrl in kindness, for the benefit of tht;
race, to increase hnman liap])iness, to repress iri-e<]^nlar
:ifrection, to snpport social order, and to provide that,
Ihroufrh well ordered families, trntli and holiness mi^rlit
ho transmitted from one aj^e to another. It lies a,t the
b;isis of all human society, and all p^overament and law
are bniU upon the household relations.
From the history of our blessed Saviour, we learn that
ho honoured a raarriajjo festival with his presence, and
wronirht there the bejfinning of his miracles; and, by the
Holy Spirit speakinj^ in his Apostle, he has selected the
r(!lation thus formed, as an apt emblem of the union, (-n-
d<'ared and indissoluble, that exists between himself and
his chiu'ch.
An union thus consecrated, should therefore be und«n*-
tii.kcn, not thouojhtlessly and irrevenmtly, but discreetly,
advisedly, and in the fear of God, and with a due rej^^ard
to the purposes for which matrimony was at first ordained.
AITEAL.
And now, as in the sifjht of (Jod the searcher of hcMrts,
Mud as you will answer it on that day when the secrets of
Jill hearts shall be made mnnifest, I chari!:e you to declare,
if there be any cause which should prevent your lawful
union.
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FORMULA OF MARRIAGE.
ADDRESS KESUMED.
■ As tlie ties now to be iissnmed should be sundered only
by death, it becomes you to consider well the duties en-
joined upon you jis husbrind and wife. If duly remem-
bered and faithfully discharffed, they will smooth the rnj?-
jjed pathway of life, lig-hteninir, by dividinj^ its sorrows,
and heijjhteninj^, by doublin«>: its enjoyments ; if neglected
and violated, you cannot es(^"ipe misery and pjuilt.
It is the duty of the husband to be the friend, counsellor,
and j^uardian of his wife; shieldin<r her from danjjer, pro-
viding for her supixn't, and cherishing for her a manly and
unalterable affection; it being required by the AVord of
God that husbands love their wives, even as Christ also
loved the Church, and gave himself for it.
It is the duty of the wife to be the friend, companion,
and solace of her husband, reverencing and obeying him,
and putting on the ornament of a meek and f|uiet spirit^
which is in the sight of God of great price; it being com-
manded by Scripture, that, as the Church is subject unto-
Christ, so should wives be to their own husbands in every
thing.
It is the duty of both to cherish and ever to manifest
mutual jiiFection ; to ])reserve an inviolable fidelity ; to d(v
light each in the society of the other; to cultivate a Just
sense of their res|)ective duties; to train wisely, all who
may, in their household, be brought under their influen(;e ;
to remember that in interest and reimtation, as in affec-
tion, they are to be henceforth one and indivisible ; Jind
to see to it that what Gotl hath joined together, man put
not asunder.
{The parties joining Imnds.')
Do you A. B. take C. I>., whom you now hold by the
hand as your true and lawful wife, and will you love,
cherish, honour and protect her ; in sickness and in health ;
in prosperity and in adversitv; and through every change
of condition, forsaking all otfiers, will you cleave only and
ever unto her, until God by death sliall separate you ?
Do you C. D., take A. li.. whom yon now hold by the
hand, as your true and lawful husband, and will you love,
I'herish, honour and obey him ; in sickness and in health ;
io *7rosperity and in adversity ; and througn every clumge
KOKMUI.A OF MARRIA(;B.
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of condition, f<»rs;ikinir nil others, Avill von clc^.ive only uml
vvvr to him, until (iod hy dcith sh.-ill seiKiruto von ?
{The pdrt'u'.U'xn lonstlw/ hmil.^. iJic man fthall plwr a
ruifi upon the fourth pKjer of the woman n left hand, ami
rctainiwi hold of it, shall say offer the immsttr.)
With this rin«>:, T thee wed, :ind with jill mv worldly
^oods, .'ind Hjy hc:irt\s frdthful .•itlbctions, I thee end(jw.
( The minister adding,)
And m;iy it renj:iin ;i lit emblem of the brighter link,
nnitin;;: yonr hearts, of the ricluu- circle of your common
rnjoymc-nts, .md as it is without end, may your liai>piness
und prosjjcrity endure for ever.
{Prayer then to be offered.)
ADDRESS AFTEU I'llAYEK.
In jMrcordaneo with your solemn promises, thus nuideto
«?ach otiier and your God, 1 do pronounce you husband
:ind wife, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.
And may the God, in whose presence you have entered
into this solemn covenant, look upon you in mercy, to
preserve and prosper you, make you blessed and abltjssinj;:
in the splun-e you may be called to occupy, and brino^in;?
you throuuh all tin; troubles and i)erils of tliis brief and
(! -il life, grant you a glad and eternal re-union in heaven.
Amen.
BuS
FUNERAL SERVICE.
J' hron.
X X i X .
:p.-.
xxxix.
4.
.T..I)
XXX. 2.?.
Kcd.
xii. 7.
Jol)
xiv. 14.
John
xi. 2o.
Job
xix. 25,
Ps. xvi.
'.». 10.
•2 Cor.
iv. 14.
J:iincs
iv. 14.
Job
vii. (5.
Job
ix. 2o.
2(5.
1 Sam.
xxvi. 'A,
Ps.
Ixxxix.
48.
\Vk Mrn sti'.inofjM's before thee, mikI sojounuM's. ms
W(M'(! Jill our f;i.tliers: our diiys on tlio ('.irtli nrv ms
a slijulow, and tluM'e is none ;il)iMinir- Lonl in;ike
ni(» to know mine end, and the me.isure of my
d.iys, what it is: tliat I m:iy know how fr.iil I
.'im. For I know that thoii wilt brinir im^ 1<»
<l«'ath, and to tlio house appointed for all livinir.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it w.ms,
!ind tlie sjjirit shall return unto God who *T^av(»
it. If a man die shall he live ao:ain?
Jesus said unto lier, (Martha) I :im th<^ resurrec-
tion and the life. lie that htdieveth in me, thouirli
hi) Avere dead, yet shnll lie live : and Avhosoever
liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. t
know that my Redeemer liveth, and that lu; shall
stand at the latter day, upon the earth : and thouirh
after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my
Hesli shall I see God; whom T shall see for
myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not ano-
ther. ISIy tlesli also shall rest in hope; for thou
wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither Avilt thou
sufter thine holy one to see oorruption. Knowimr
that he which raised uj) the Lord Jesus, shall
I'aise np us also by Jesus, and shall })rcsent us
with you.
AVhat is your life? It is even a vapour that
appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away. My days are swifter than a weaver's slmt-
tle, swifter than a Post tliey flee away. They are
passed away as the swift ships : as the cao;le that
hasteth to the prey.
There is but a step between me and death.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not se(;
death ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of
the grave?
.
mmmiwm
MM' /f.\f. si:i;vi« r;.
•;i
Mill SOUK- niMii will s.iy. How m-c llic dcul i- li-i «|
np? mtkI \\\\h wli.it ImmIv do tlicy coin.'? 'I'liou
fool, tliMl wliicli tlioM s(t\V('<i i^ iioi (|iiicl<»'n<'il <'\-
• •('pt it (lie And Ih.ii wliirli tlio'i sctwcsi. tlioi
sowrst jiot IIiMt i)i.dy lliMl s|i;i.l| ]>". hiit I):ir«' or.iin.
it in:iy cliMiicc of \vlic;it. oi- (>(■ soiiM' (►t'lcr ii-niiii :
hllt (JcmI nivctll il :i hody .is it IimIIi pli'.isrd IliiM,
.•Hid lo cvci-y :<rri\ Ins own l)ody. So mIso is flic
n*suiT('ctioM of tlic dc.id It is sown in coriMiijtion.
it is r.iiscd in incorrunlion. It is sown in dis!u)nor,
it is r.iiscd in ^dory : it is sown in AV<':ikncss. il is
r.iiscd in ])owcr: it is sown :t nntnni.l l)odv. it is
r.iiscd :i, s|)irit!ijil liody. Now tin's I s;iy. l)ivtlircit.
tli.it Hcsli .ind hlood c.iniiot inherit thc'kinirtioui of
<^Jod: neither dofh corruption inherit incornii)tion.
iVIiold, I show you ;i mystcny : W\' sh.ill not Jill
sleep, but we sliiill nil be\'h.-injr<Ml, in :i moment,
in the twinklin<T: of rm eye, ;it the Ijist trump. Foi-
this eorrui)tiI)le must put on incorrnption, iind this
juortal must put on immortnlity. So M-hen this
corruptible shiUl have put on incorrn])ti(>n, :i,nd this
mortal sliall li.ive jMit on immoi-t.ilitv, then sh.ilI
be broujrht to pass thesayinjr th.it is w'ritten, De.itli
is swallowed u|) in vietoiy. O death where is thv
stlnjr? () «rrave where i.s thy victory P The stin";Lr
of deatli is sin, ;ind the strerijrth of sin is the l!i,\\\
]>ut thanks be to God who "fiyetli us tin; victory
throu'rh our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 r-.r.
57.
f
FUNERAL SERVICE OF A CHILD.
Miin that is born of a wom.in, is of few d.ays, ;in<i
full of trouble. He cometh forth like a ilow'er, .and
is cut down: he IliM^tii also as a shadow and con-
tinucth not. All tlesh is «rr;iss, .-ind all the irood-
liness thereof is ;i,s th(! llowcr of the Held. They
are like j^rass wdiicli <,a-owH>th up. In the morninl;
it flourisheth, and <rrow(!th up: in the (neninn^ it is
cut down and withereth.
Lord make me to know mine end, and the me.'i-
sure of my days, what it is : that I may know how^
frail I am. Behold thou hast made liiy tluys as a
.T..h
xiv. 1.
Is.i.'i
xl.i;.
IN.
Ps.
xxxix,
4. :,.
;52
I'L'XICIiAL sionvicK.
\i '
h.iiid Uroultli, rind niin<'( Mq:o is ;is rKflliln'JT Ix'foiv*
t!i('(i : vjM'ilv «?V(My in:in ;it his host stiitti, is iilto-
j^otlior v:mitv.
?S>itn. Divid tlicrefon^ iM'Souirht God for the cliild, nnd
xii. ]»), D.ivid fMsted. !ind went in and l.iy all niirlit ujx)?!
** * t\ui (i.irtli. Anil tlin FJdcrs of Iiis house* arose, :in<l
AV(!nt to him to rais<»hini u)) from the (Mrth ; hut ho
Avonhl not, neither did he eat I)r(\ad with them.
And it ennui to pass on tix? seventh day that thc^
child di<id : and the serv;ints of David fe.ircMl to tell
him that the child Avasde.-ul : for they sjii«l, hiihold,
while th<i chihl wm.s yet alive, wo. spak*^ unto him,
nnd h(! would not hearken unto our voice, how will
h(j then vox himself, if wo toll him that the child
is (load?
Ihit when David saw that his servants whis-
pered, David ])erceived that the cliild was dead :
therefore David said unto his servants. Is the chihl
dead? and they said, he is dead: Tlum David
ai'oso from the earth and washed and anointed
himself, and thanj^ed his apparel and came unto
the house of the Lord, and worshipped. Then he
came to his own house, and when he required, they
set hread before him, and he did eat. Then said
liis servants unto him. What thino; is this that thoti
liMst done ? thon didst fast and weep for the child
while it was alive, but when the child was (lea<l.
thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, while
the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for I
said : Who can tell whether God will be jjracious
to me, that the child may livci ? But now he is
d(Ni(l, wherefore should I fast ? Can I brinp: him
back aofain ? I shall go to him, but he shall not
r(!turn to me.
2P;ini liehold Cushi said, Tidings my Lord the King:
x\;'''-;^l for the Lord hath avenged thee this day, of all
' ' them that rose up against thee. And the King said
unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe ? And
the King was much moved, and went up to the
cliamber over the gate and wept : and as he went,
thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son
Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absa-
lom, my son, my son.
llliillURW|l,ll.^^J^
rrniAi. srcnvirE.
A volco W!is heard in Hamuli, lanuntation ami .'e-.
liitUT wct'pinn^. Miwhi'] wi-cplnji: ior Ikt clilhln'n, ''{.f'-
rclum-rl t() l)c conilorti'd lor licr i'liil(ln*n. I)«'caii«<j
tln'V sM'iu' not.
BURIAL SERVICE
FoTasraneh as it luitli pleased vVlmiglity God, in liis wise
])i-()videnee, to take out of this clayey tahernac-le the soul
that inhahited it, we therefore commit its deoayinj? re-
mains to their kindred element; earth to earth, du'st to
dust; lookin<? for the general resurrection through our
].ord Jesus Christ; at whose coming to judge the world,
the earth and the sea shall give up their d(Mid; and the
corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be made
like unto his own glorious body; according to the mighty
working whereby ho is able to subdue all things unto
himself,
BENEDICTION.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
I
/
MSIinilON OF EIDEBS' MFFmCE.
9
rUKAMl'.Li: AND UlLKS.
^M^rrr/lfl, Wo beliovo tlio jifrrooniont of all nssociatloiH
of men is absolutely necessary in oriUn* to tlM'ii" etticiency
in whatever work they are enjjajjcMl; and wh(>r«»as the
ministry of the Gospel <»f Jesus Christ, viewed u\ relation
to the eternal interest of mankind, is the most im|)ortant
•olliee on earth, henee those en<rJi?:<'d in the sacred callinin;
should seek every means for their purity and nidty. We,
ttlierefore, tlie Elders and Licentiates of tli(^ Free Christian
lJai)tist Conference of Ncnv Brunswick, do hereby a}X)'e(*
to the followinj^ Constitution for an Elders Conference
amon^: us, havinjj: for its object our union in matters of
doctrine and sentiment, and purity from all bickerings,
jealousies or contentions which might arise amonj]^ us,
and mar our work in the Lord ; and also to enable us to
aid eacfh other in the removal of all tria's which may arise
between preachers and churches, as well :is to enable us
in a judicious manner to exercise proper disciplinary care
toward each other in all matters which may require it.
And we do solemnly covenant to set before our people an
example of truth, in the inviolable fulfilment of the rule
of this Conference, to the full extent which God may place
in our ])ower.
L This Conference shall be composed only of ordained
Elders and Licentiates in full and repjular standing with
the General Conference of Free Christian Baptists of New
Brunswick, and it shall bear the name of the Elders Con-
ference of Free Christian Baptists.
II. The officers of the Conference shall be a Moderator
and Secretary ; the former to be apix>inted annually, and
to continue during the year ; the latter to continue (Juring
the pleasure of the Conference.
III. The duties of the Moderator shall be to preside
over all meetings ; to preserve order ; and to appoint spe-
H
t^oxsTrn'Tiox or ef.dkiis' contkhknc k. ;'..')
«'i.i'. im'('tin<rs wlicn npc(>.<s;irv. Tlu' duties oC tin- Spcrc-
1:irv shall !»»' to keep u fiiil'liCiil .md triw i-ccor.l (»f nil
niccliii^jfs, record :ill imports, conrspoiid <tn in:itt«'rs con-
iM'cti'd with the CoiiU'itiicc, and '/\\r notice lor iiieetiii<<s
l)y the direction of the Modeiator.
IV. This Conference shall convene its annn.-d nieetin<'*
one day Ixifore the ineetin<j: of the (Ji-neral Confe^'nc^^
and in tlui same place; ut which meeting «*verv ordainetl
l)reaclH'r;ind every Lieentijite shall hold himself hound to
attend, :i<H'ordin<;: to the covenant contained in this (Con-
stitution.
V. Ten niendu'rs hesidethe Moderator shall he re(|uired
to constitute an Animal Conferenccao transact husiness;
a h'ss nuniher may adjourn.
VI. Th(^ business of this Conference shall he:
1. To cultivate harmony in <loctrin<; and practice.
2. To remove all matt<Ms of trial whicli may exist
anionjj: ..ny of its members,
o. To Investijj^ate the moral character of its meml)«M's
wh(;re it may be nee<;ssary.
4. To aid in the removal of diliiculties which may exist
between pniacliers and ])eople.
5. To labor in any matter which may aftect the j^ros-
l)erity of the churches under their care,
yil. Special meetinofs may ])e called bv tlie Moderator,
with the concurrence of any two ordained Elders beside.
VIII. Notice of the time and place of any special meet-
inoj shall be given in the " Religious Intelligencer," and
be continued therein weekly, at least four weeks prior
thereto.
IX. No Elder shall be held under bond to attend a spe-
cial Meeting unless notified in writing by the Secretary at
least two weeks prior thereunto.
X. Six Elders shall constitute a quorum for busjnes^s at
any Special Meeting.
C O N S T I T i; 1^ T O X
OF THK
Free C. Bailist General Conference of Kow Brnuswicl
(REVISED. JULY 1868.)
U i
Airr. 1. — Tliis Association shall be oallod tlio ♦' P'kfr
CiiicisTiAN Baptist General Confeuence of New
Ukixswick."
AiiT. 2. — This Conftn'ence shall be composed of the or-
dained Ministers of the denomination; of the Tiicentiates
of the General Conference; Messenpjers from the District
ISIeetings, and Clerks of the same; the Secretaries and
Treasurer of the Conference; the Members of the Board
of Managers ; and the Sabbath School Agent.
AuT. 3. — Any District Meeting composed of F. C. Bap-
tist Churches, may, on application, be received into this
Conference, by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
Art. 4. — Each District Meeting belonging to this Con-
ference shall be entitled to a representation, consisting of
one delegate, by virtue of its organization, who shall be
the standing Clerk of the District; and one additional
delegate for every three hundred Church members.
AuT. 5. — The Annual Meeting of the Conference shall
commence on the first Saturday in O 'tober of each year,
at such place as shall have been chosen by the preceding
Conference, and shall continue its uaily sessions until the
business of the Conference has been accomplished.
AuT. 6. — The meeting held on Saturday morning shall
be a social conference, and shall be presided over by the
pastor of the Church with which the Conference has con-
vened ; or in the absence of the pastor, by the Chairman
of the General Conference for the preceding year.
T"
1
foxsTi irrio\ ov nioxuiiAi. ciiNTi'iiKxci:.
AhI. 7. — Tilt' OIVkti-s nC the Confcrclirc -11:111 !)(• ;i Md.!-
«'r;tt<»i*. ;ui(l .'111 Assistant MfMlrrator, \\ Im -hall he tliH'li'tl
.•inruiully; :i llci'nnliii;^,' Scci'ctary, and an Assistatit: ri
('oiTcspoiiiliii^r Sccrctarv. .■uhJ ;i 'rrca-iirci-. wlio sliall Imltl
olllcc! (Iiirin;:' lli<' ])l('asnr<' oCtlii' Conli'iTiii-c.
A in". M. — 'i'llr l)Usitii'>s of the ( 'ontiicjicc sliall he Id :']»-
point its own onict'i's; to appoint tlic ( )jrK<'i's ojiIh' I'. ('.
l)a])tist KorciliJl Mission Socirfy ; of ihc F. ( '. r.aiitisi,
Ilonic Mission Sucicty; of tli«* F. ('. l>apti-t> Min'-tfi-s''
K«'li('f Fnn«l AsscKiation ; and tlu; C)ni(('\-> of any and .-ill
other l)(.'n(!Vol(Mit Sociotifs that may at any (inic lie oi'-
^anizcd in conncu-tion with tlio ('oiilcrcncc; to rt'('ci\r and
act nponall coniennnications, r(!(|U<vsts or ajipcals that may
conn? from or throii;;h tlm District Ahctin^^s conncttcHl
with the Conlcrcncf; to api)oint its lioard of Managers,
'and snch otlicr aj^cnts or aucncics as may 1m' Coiind ik tcs-
sarv for tlit.' transaction of the business of the Conference;
to <leliberat(^ on all such jioirits of doctrine and pra('ti<*e
as the welfan; of tlie Idstrict Meetin;is, or of theC'lnirclK'S
within the jurisdii'tion of the Conference may recpiire, and
j^ive such decisions tliereon as it may believe the Scrip-
tures warrant; to devise any measures not incompatibh^
witli tlie Word of (Jod, or the Hye-Laws of this Confer-
ence, that it may consider advanta'::eons to tlie interests'
of the cause of Christ.
Akt. 9. — Tins Conference shall make such Bye-Laws
and Hefjulations. not rcpu<rnant to this Constitution, as it
may think necess.ary for ibe ^'oveviiment of tlieCJjnterence.
Akt. 10. — This Constitution maybe altered or amended
at any annual session of the Confej'enc<'. by a two-thiids
vote of the memljers ])resent ; jn'ovided that notice of such
intended alteration or amendment has be(>n duly ^iveii at
a previous session, and i)ublishe<.l in the ]\Iinutes.
AMENDMENT OV THE CONSTITUTION OF GENEUAL CON-
TEltENCE.
Article 2, of the Constitution of the Cenernl Conference
was amended by the addition of the followin<r, providing
for IIONOKAKY MEMr.EHS :
Any person havinji^ ])een an oftleer of the General Con-
ference may become an Honorary Mcsmber of the Confer-
ence, havino^ all the riojhts and privihsges, and bein<i; sub-
ject to the discipline of the body, by a four-lifths vote at
any Annual Meeting.
I>
««•
B Y E - L A W S
(ADOPTED, JULY ISsiS )
Akt. 1 . — Each session of the Genenil Conference shall'
f)e called to order by the Recording: Secretary, if present,
or in his absence, by the oldest minister present.
Art. 2. — Each session and each sitting of the Confer-
ence shall be opened and closed with prayer.
Akt. il. — Twelve ordiiined Elders and six Messengers
from District Meetings slmll constitute a quorum for the
transaction of the business of tiie Conference. A less
number nwiy adjourn.
Akt. 4. — The business session of this Conference shall
commence on the fu'st Saturday in October of each year,
at the hour of two o'clock, p. M., and shall be presided
over by the Moderator of the preceding year, or by the
next preceding Moderator present, until after the election
of the new Moderator.
Akt. 5. — The election of a Moderator and an Assistant
Moderator shall take place in the first session on Monday
Art. 6. — Each ordained Minister present shall be eli-
gible to the Moderatorship, and each member of Confer-
ence present shall have the right to vote. The voting
shall be done by ballot ; and the Kecording Secretary
shall count the votes, and declare the candidate, who lias
the largest number, ' o be Moderator elect for the ensuing
year, .tud the candidate who has the next greatest num-
ber, to be Assistant Moderator.
Akt. 7. — It shall be the duty of the Moderator to pre-
side over the sessions of the Conference, to preserve order,
to appoint the time of opening all the meetings, conduct
all business before the Conference to a speedy and proper
issue, and perform such other official acts as the Confer-
ence may direct by its bye-laws and votes.
r.YE-LAWS.
89
!l
AiiT. 8. — The Ar.-iistiint ^fodorator sliull take the i)hic»'
cf the Moderator when he may he ahsciit, or at his request
Akt. 9. — It shall be tli(^ diltv of the ReeortHii^ Secretary
to keep a true and faithful record of all the business trans-
ctetod in each sitting, and furnish u copy of the same for
publication when nujuired.
AuT. 10. — It shall be tlie duty of the Corresponding Se-
cretary to conduct the olKuial corn^spondenee of the Con-
rereuce, and to prepare an annual report of the stattj of
religion in the churches, and read it in the lirst busine8>
session of the Conference.
Akt. 11. — It shall he the duty of the Treasurer to receive
all moneys forwarded or paid to him for the C{>nferenee,
to pay to the ord(;r of the Conferencte such sums as ma}
he required, as long as there are funds in the Ti-easury :
;ind to render iit each annual meeting a just nnd proper
'.Licount of all money received and paid, including from
v/hom received and to wliom paid.
Akt. 12. — Iii the event of tiie death or pcn-manent re-
•noval of any ollicer of the Conference, tluringthe interim
oetween its annual sessions, any two of its ollicers, with
t;ne concurrence of six Elders of the Conference, can ap-
?)oint some one to fill the vaviancv, who shall discharare
tile functions of the ollice until the next annual meeting,
when the Conference shall conlirm the appointment, or
:nake another.
Akt. 1I>. — line ^Moderator shall associate Avith liimself
lwo or more Elders, whose names he shall announce be-
fore the Conferenc'o, who shall be a Committee to regulati'
the time and place of nie< -tings for woi-ship during the
Session, and after coiisnltation with tlie brethren, appoint
?ninisters to preach on the Sabbath, and at other times, if
necessary,
Akt. 14,— All letters addrosr,ed to the Conference shall
be examined i»y tl\e Moderator and the F "^retaries, and if
by them they be considered proper to 1 • . rought before
the Conference, they shall be distinctly reau in Conference
before being referred to a Committee,
Akt. 15. — All the ordained ministers belonging to t}*e
<Ienomination are required to attend each General Con-
ference ; and any Elder failing to do so, subjects himself
to the censure of the Conference, unless aatisfoetory eri-
llj
<i
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40
BYE^LAWS.
'lonco of (letontloii be given, or Ik; bo excused by a volo of
th(; ConfereiKH;.
Akt. KJ. — The Confenineo has the power to prescribe
the limits of the sevenil Districts.
AuT. 17. — Each c;lmrch in the denomination is required
U) r(K'o;>^ui/A! tlie acts of the Conference, and govern itself
accordingly.
AitT. 18. — It shall be the duty of all members of the
Conference to be present at the time appointed for (;aclj
daily session; and any one wishing to retire sh.dl lirst
obtain l(;ave of tiie Moderator. Xo member shall h^ave
the Conference before its close witho.it obtaining permis-
sion from Conference.
Akt. 10. — No debate sliall be allow*ed on any motion
€XC(;i)t it be submitted in writing, and seconded by ;i.
meml)er of Conference.
AitT. 20. — No pcu'son shall be allowed to speak longer
tlian ten minutijs at any one time?, nor more than twi(;e on
any subject, without leave of Conference.
Art. 21. — Any member wishing to speak in Conference
shall rise and atldress tlie Mod(;rator, wno shall recognize
him by announcing his name before he shall p?.*oce(id to
speak.
Art. 22. — The Conference shall sit with op(!n doors,
except when it shall go into Committee of the VVhok;.
Art. 23. — The Conf(3rence m:iy hold corr«:^spondence,
by delegate, or otherwise, witli otlier religious bodies as
it may deem advisable.
Art. 24. — Any person not a member of the Conference,
may take part in its discussions by obtaining perm'ssion
from tlie Conference.
Art. 25. — All motions, before being voted upon, shall
be distinctly read before the Confijrence.
Akt. 26. — No motion shall be considered carried with-
out a two-thirds vote.
Art. 27 — A reconsideration of any motion that htus
been passed, can be moved and seconded by thos(i nu;m-
bers only who voted in the majority. Moreover, Mich
reconsideration can be moved only when there ure as
juanv members present as when tlie resolution passed;
and if carried, the question will stand as it was before the
^3!^
i-i
BYE-LAWS.
^
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41
decision, and will Ije open for discussion, iunonduiont,
adoption, or rejection.
AuT. 28. — No member should decline votino; on unv
question unless excused by the Confen^nce. niid silent
members shall be considered as acquiescing Mith the ma-
jority.
Akt. 20. — If more than one member rise to spenk at the
same time, the one Avho is most distant from tlie Moderat-
or's Cliair shall speak iirst.
_ Art, .30.— Tt shall Ix; the duty of every menibci- of the
Conference to se(> that its Bye-Laws .-ire sfrietJA ol)st'rved:
and any wilful vi()lati(m of them shall be liable to rec<'iv('
the ceusin'o of the Conference.
Akt. oI. — At each annual s(\ssion of the Conference
Slanihnu- Committees shall l)e appointed on such subjects
as the following:— E(hu-ation, Sabbath Schools, Ten'ijx'r-
ance, and ob.-ervance of the Sabbath. These Committ(H>s
are to submit written re])orts to the next session of the
Conference after their ap])ointment. C/oaimittees on Fi-
nance, Corres])ondc;i<'e, Ajjpeals, and Sjx'cial Commit-
tees, can be a])i)()int(Mi to rejxa-t at the same session at
such time as the Conference shall det(!rmine.
Art. 82.— Any agent or agents, Committe*" or Commit-
tees, apjminted for any special object or objects by this
ConfenMicc, shall nnidcr a written" rei)ait of 'such labour
to th(> Conference.
Art. ;),•}. — All F. C. 1>. Churcluvs are expected to ]}:\\
annually a sum equal to twenly-tive eetits for e;u-b mciu"-
b(>r hito the (ienerai Conference ('imd; .and it sliall b(,' th<'
^hity of the dc. icons of tlso said C'lnirches to see to collect-
ing and forwardirg the same to tlie Treasurer of the Con-
(crcaicc, }n-ior to each aiunial njceting.
BOARD OF MAXA(;FBS.
Ai:t. ']!.— The Conference shnl], al eai-h annual ses.-ion.
ill ]»oint a. r>o.Mn) ok MANA«iKi;s. consisting of six meni-
b -rs of F. C. Ba])tist Chin-ch(S, ulio sii;illT)e its genernl
agent, and Avho shall h:\ve tlu' control and inauaLi-einenl
of all pro])evty aii(n)usinessv>f the Cordei-ence. not assii^neil
by it to any s])ecial agent. The tenure of ollice bv meni-
liers of tile Board shall continue f<ir on<'ye.-r. (,r until a
new Ijoard be apj>ointed.
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BYE-LAWS.
AuT. oij. — The Board of Mftimgei*s shall ap)X)int from
its own iii(nnli(3rs a Chairman, Soc^retaiy, and Treasun^r.
Tho Chairman shall pwside over all meetiuojs of th(^
Hoard ; the Secretary shall k'.ep a true and faithful recrord
of its meotino^s and husiuess; the Treasurer shall take
('harj2:e of nil funds, titles of property, and papers of all
kinds, entrusted to the Board by the Conference, and keijp
.t faithful siccount thereof, and render the same to cai-,h
annual session of the General Conference.
AuT. ;»<).— The Tr(;asurer's endorsement of not(;s of
hand, or his receipt for money received as interest on
notes or mort<2:ajres, or for any payments whatever, made
lo the Jioard of Manaj^ers, for th^ Conft^rencp, sluill b^:
vtilid. II(! shall p:iy to the ord(jr of the Board all such
sums as may b(! r; uired, so long^ as there are funds in
the Treasury. Wlie:,i r'v nested so to do by the Board or
by the General Conic •- % tho» Treasurer shall deliver all
funds, papers and propeiv> of any kind, belongino; to the
(.'onference, which may be in his jK)ssession, to such per-
son as lu? may be directed.
Art. 37. — The Board of Manag-ei-s shall hold its regular
annual meetin": for the transaction of business, at the time
and place of holdin<r th(; annual session of the General
Conference. Three members shall constitute a quorum
for the transjiction of business : a less number may ad-
journ.
Art. 38. — The Chairman of the Brard may Ciill special
meetin|?s Jit any time, by giving two w'eeks notice thereof
in the lieligious Intelligencer.
Art. 39. — The Board shall have authority to appoint
such agents or agencies for the current year, for the trans-
action of any business under its control, as it may think
nec(!ssary, and shall pay a reasonable sum for such ser-
vice.
Art. 40. — All Leases, Deeds, Mortg-ages, Convevances,
Bonds, Contracts, or other written Documents, execute* I
imder the sanct'on of the Board of Managers, and having
the seal of the Conference aflixe*!, together with the sig-
natures of the jModerator and the Recording; Secretarv,
shall b(> considered valid.
Art. 41. — The Board of Managers can empower if'*
Chairman to sign all Notes of Hand drawn in the font*
prescrilied, which Notes shall be considered valid.
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BYE- LAWS.
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Art. 42. — ^The fallowing; shall be the form of all Notes
•of Hand sio^ned by the Chairmfin of the Board for the
Conference: —
N. B., 18
$
after date, tire F. C. Baptist Oenoral Conference
<if New Brunswick piy)mise.s to pay tx) the order of
the sum of for vahio received.
Chairman Bo<%rd of Manar/n-.t.
Art. 43.— ^The Board isliall finva power to make any
a-dditional rules for its own regulation, that it may think
necessary; provided always that such rules shalT not be
cotntrary to the Constitution or sny Bye-Law of the Gen-
eral Conference.
LICENTIATES.
Art. 44. — There shf)ll be ift connection with the De^
nomination three distinct classes of Licenses, dtstino;uished
as Church Licenses, Licenses by District Meetings, and
Licenses by the General Conference.
AitT. 45. — Any brother in <^ood standing with a church
in the Denomination, professmg to lie calkul of God to the
work of the ministry, may receive from the church, by a
t'vvo-thirds vote, of its male members at any regular meet-
ing, a Church License, to preach or improve his gift as the
Lord willeth. But in no case shall n cluu'ch ^'ant a Li-
cense without the concurivnce of its Pastor-, or in case of
not having a Pastor, ef an ordained Elder belonging to
the Conference, who shall examine the candidate in doe-
trine and ability to teacli^ and be satisfied that he has a
good moral character.
Art. 46. — Church Licenses shall be preseftitci 4o the
lir»t session of the District Meeting to which tlwi Church
granting such License belongs, or to the first session
thereafter in which it may be practicable, when the I^i-
<;entiate shall be examined, and if approved by a four-fifths
vote, shall receive a District Meetiiij License, and become
a member of the District Meeting. Such License, unless
revoked by the District Meeting, shall be renewed annu*
«illy until presented to the General Conference.
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BYE-LAWS.
Akt. 47, — Tt sliull be in tho power of . a District Meeting-
to continue Licentiates on their Church Licenses (luring-
its ])le:iisur(s and in case of disapproval, to recommend the
Chiu-cli to revoke such Li(;ense,
AuT. 48. — District Meeting Licens(\s shall be presented
to tlie ftrst nteeting of the Licentiate Committee, after th(r
dat(^ thereof, or to the llrst scission, when it may l)e ])rae-
tii.'abli^, when the Llcentiat(;s shall be examined, :ind re-
port(Ml to th(; Conference; and if ni)])roved of by a four-
tlfth \()t(M)fthe Conference, shall receive a ('hiicral Con-
fcron'c Licc)is<;, .-uid IxK-onuf a member of the Conference^
with all the i)rivile<j:(s thereof, exce])t that of voting on
<luestions touching the ordination of n^inistin's. Such Li-
«(!ns(! shall be renew(xl annuully, as long as tlu; Confer-
♦•iic(! sliall hv satisfied with thv labors and st.-mding of the
licentiate, or ui*til it shall decide to- ordain him.
Akt. 10. — It shall be in the power of th(? General Con--
fercncf! to conti/.ne on his License — a Distrit-t Meeting
Licentiate — <luringits pleasiu'o; and if it does not approve;
thereof, to recommend the District fleeting to revoke; the
License. On in 'i h? ^:)e Elders' Conference should re-
eomnu'jul, it shall he in the power of the General Confer-
ence to susiK-nd any Licentiate from preaching on the au-
thority of liis ])istrict Meeting Liccuise, until the next
meeting of the District which granted the License.
Akt. 50. — No candidate who has at any time, had a Li-
tense rcn'oked, vnn be Licensed by a District Meeting, or
by the G(>neral Conference, until he shall have obtained a
License from the Church to whicli he belongs.
Akt. 51. — No Lic^mtiate has the authority to administer
th(! ordinances of bajjtism or the Lord's Supper, or to re-
ceive; iiuniibers into Churches l)y the hand of fellowship;
Akt. ,')'>. — I'efore any brother, Avho us(»s tobacco, can be
Tiic(;nsed or Ord.aincd in the denomination, the body ap-
j)lied to sha,ll leej^uest the ean<lidate to abandon its use;
l)ut in case it he consiikn'ed necessaiw to his h(\-tilth, as a
ma.tt(;r of ex])edieney, a License may be giT<intet5, or Ordi-
aation allowed. In" .'6 fofur-fifths vote.
Akt. oo. — The General Conference, in Committee of the
AVhole, shall be a Committee to examiiK; Licentiates.
X Airr. oL — It shall be the duty of the Licentiate Com-
/ inittee to examine all Licentiutesi who may come before^
BYE-LAWS.
i^, in soundness of (loc'trini!, ability to teacli, literary and
i;"oM)('i\il (jualiilcatioiis for tlu; work of tlu? ministry, and to
fiTport on eat'hcaVe TTrrtTP Conforcnce. The report should
]y!: sn!)Uiitt{'d as early in the session as praetieable.
AiiT. .")'), — Xo minist(»r can be a member of the Confer-
ence, ()]• can hold the pastor;ite of any of its Ciiurches,
unless he be a mcmljer of some (Jhureli eonnevted with
the CoiiferiMice.
AitT. o(). — No Church sh:dl receive to its meml)ership a
inii)islerwho has bi>eu ordained by any otlu r denomina-
tion, until he shall liaAe been a])proved by a uiuinimous
vote of the Confereiu'e. It siiall be in the jiower of the
(/onfereTice to ackiiowledir*' such ordination, or to ordain
the minister accordinii; to its own forms, as it may de(an
best Xo minister who has been excluded from tlu; Con-
ftM'cnct' can hold llu; ])astorate of a Church in the Confer-
ence: and any ("hiu'cii openinjj; its house, or reeeivinir
>,uch excluded minister, shall be liable to the censure of
llie Ceneral Conferenc(\
AuT. .")7. — The ri<i:ht of ordination is vested in the Gen-
eral Conference only: and all ordination services shall be
held at the time and place of h^idin^j; the Annual Session
of th(! Conference.
AiiT. TxS. — A Clnu'ch litivinf^ an accusation to prefer
afjainst an Elder or a Licentiate durino; the time between
the sessions of the Conference, can. by havini^ an es])ecial
session of the Elders' Conference called, brinjxsuch eharg<;
Ijefore that body. In sucli case, the Elders' Conference
sliall have power to invcstiLTJite, and act thereupon; and
if. in its judtrment, such a.'tion be re((uired, can exclude
th(» accused from its own memb(>rshi]), and suspend him
from (>xercisinii' the functions of an Eldm- until the next
session of the CencM'al Conference, and then make such
r(M()inmen(lations to the General Conference as it m;iy
think the case ami tin? cau<e demands. All such special
l'".1d(>rs' Conferences shall beheld, and the labor continued
:md ended with the Chiu'ch Avhich called the meeting.
Ai;r. .")!). — Churches, in securing land jn'opertyon which
to erect mcetiaii'-liouses, or for otluu" Church pur])oses,
shall be particular in se(ung that the conveyance o' title
tliereof bo made legally, according to an Act of the Pro-
vincial Legislature "to incorporate certain bodies con-
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BYE-LAWS.
Et.
I! I
nected with the Free Baptist Church of K'cw Bruliswiok."'
(See Act of Incorporation.)
Art. 60. — The Recording Secretary of the Conference
shjiU, on application, fiu'iiish })hink deeds and forms of
power to incorporate, with such instructions as may he
necessjiry.
Ai{T. ()1. — Th(; Colifenuice sliall liave the authority to
discipline, and if it sliould be found necessary for the good
of the denomination, to exclude any District Meeting con-
nected with it ; but it shall have no power to reverse the
decision of a District meeting. Church or any other reli-
gious body, nor to interfere with its internal or local
affairs, except when apj)ealed to for help. In such case
the decision of the Conftu'cmce shall be final.
AiiT. 62. — Trials, or busniess of magnitude that may
come before a District meeting, by a two-thirds Vote of
tliat body, can be referred to the Conferen(!e for decision ;
but no such matters can be introduced into Confei'ehce
\mless they have been before a District meeting. Churches
who may be aggrieved by the decision of a District meet-
ing, may have a hearing in the Conference.
SPECIAL GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Akt. 63. — A Special Session of the General Conference
may be called, wiien considered necessary, by the Mode-
rator, with the concurrence of five Elders, by giving three
weeks' notice thereof in the Religious Intclligeiiccr.
Art. 64. — All who were members of the preceding An-
nual Conference shall be members of the Special Confer-
ence, except in ease that any of the District meetings shall
have appointed messengers for the n(^xt Annuftl Session,
when the newly appointed messengers shall be members
of the Special Conference as well as of the Ilegular An-
nual Meeting.
Art^ 65. — All the Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations of
this Conference that conflict with the Revised Constitution
or the Bye-Laws of this Session, are hereby rescinded
Art. 66. — These Bye-Laws may be extended, or amend-
ed, at any Annual Session of the General Conference by a
unanimous vote of the members present, or by a two-
thirds vote, if notice of such intended change shall have
been given and recorded at a previous Session.
CONSTITDTION OF DISTRICT MEETINGS,
Akt. 1. — Each District Mfetiiifr shrill bo composed of
Uie OrduiiKMl Ministers, mid the General Conf(!r(Mic(! und
District Meetinii: liicontiates, who reside within its limits,
or who may Ixji enti:a;ied to labor with any of its Churclnis,
and two ])ele<::at<\s from each Churt;h i)elono:lnti^ to th<;
District, with a Clerk and Treasnnu- who sliall be chosen
by the meetin«: itself. When there are not as many as
three Elders bclonpn;; to a District, the Conference; may
appoint as many to atttnid its annual nn^etin^;: as may l)e
thouj^ht necessary, who shall be members ex officio.
Akt. 2. — Each District shall hold an Annual jMeetIn<»;
for the transaction of business, at any time which it may
its(;lf appoint, between the lirst of June and the last of
September in each year, if at all practicable. If any
Minister who belontrs to the District, or who shall have
been appointed by tlic; Conference to attend, shall fail to
do so, without a justifiable cause, he shall be liable to the
oensure of the meetin*^.
AuT, 3. — The ofiicers of each District Meetinp^ shall be
a Chairman, who shall be elected annually, a Clerk and a,
Treasurer, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the
District.
AiiT. 4. — Two ordained Ministers and six Delegates
from Churches shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion of business : a less number may adjourn.
AuT. i). — Any properly organized F. C. Baptist Church,
on application, can be received into Fellowship with a
District Meeting by a two-thirds vote.
Art. (j. — Each Church belonging to the District, shall
have a representation in the Annual Meeting, consisting
of two Delegates.
Art. 7. — Certificates of the appointments of Delegates,
written Reports and Statistics of the Churches, shall b<;
read in the first business Session. Each District Meeting
shall send Lay Delegates to the General Conference, — one
by virtue of its organization, who shall be its standing
Clerk, and an additional one for every three hundred
members in the District. These Delegates shall be chosen
by a two-thirds vote of the meeting, and by the clerk be
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CONSTITUTION OF DISTRICT MKKTINOS.
fiirnisljod with u copy of tlin rocord of tliclr npjKintinont,
wliicli sliall bo l)y them jxivoii to the Rccoriliii;^ Sec'rt't:iry
of tlu^ (i('iu!r:il C()iif«'HMi('(!.
AuT. S.— Tlic Clerk of ( Mch District Meet inn; sli.-ill fiir-
iiisli tlu! Recording Sccn^tiiry of tlic Clcncrnl Coiifcrcncc
\\ itli !i stritislical report of tlio Cliiirclics, imd tli(^ Con-es-
])ondinu' S(H!r(^t:irv witii Ji report of tiio l)usiness done, jiiid
of the stuto of reli,<j:ion in the Cliurelies connected with tiie
District, us early as the last of Se])tenil)er in cai-li year.
AiiT. 9. — The business of ;i District Meetinix shall be
conlined within its own limits. It shall attend to JiU trials
and other matters Avhich may Ix; referred to it by the
< 'hnrches of which it is composed, but it shall not estab-
lish any rules or transact any busin(!ss that shall interfere
\v\t]\, any oti' m* Churches or Districts. It may reconimcMid
to th«^ (lenoi d ('onfercnce. for action, any I'ldc; or nica^unr
which it may think would advance the interests of any
otlujr District, or be ^irotitabU; to the Denomination. It
can sdso reefer any trials of im])ortance to the (Jonoral
Conf(n"(Mice for decision, or can make a])]ieals to the Con-
fer(!nce for counsel or hoi]) as it nniy hv. needed, by its own
two-thirds vote. ]t shall have ])owor, for causes to disci-
])lin(\ and if it bo found necc^ssary, to s<»t aside any (Jhurch
connected with it; but it shall not have power to reverse
th(i action or decision of any Church except in cases of
a])p(!al. Ap])eals must be made as provided for in the
Church Directory.
Akt. 10. — Disti'ict Meetinjrs shall hear any parties, who
have been disciplined by a Church, who may desin^ to
ai)peal thereto; and if it thinks the action of the Church
has been unscriptural or unconstitutional, it shall irivc
such advice, or make such recommendations to the
Church as it may think the case requires, but it shall not
have power to reverse the decision of a Church.
Akt. 11. — Each District meetinji; sh.all exercise a su-
])erint(mdence and care over all tlu; Churches within its
jurisdiction.
Au'i\ 12. — The Bye-Laws of the Gener.al Conference, as
far as a])])licabl(?, shall _<>;overn the District meetinjxs. Any
additional rules, not repu«i;nant to the Constitution or Bye-
Laws, which mav be n(HX)ssarv, may be made by the
District m(;etin2:s themselves.
AuT. l;}. — This Constitution
at any time bv the Genera
maybe altered or amended
onference.
COXSTITUTION AND RULKS
OK TIIK'
Home Missionary Society of tie F. C. Bartists of N, B.
(OlKiANrZKD JULY. 1801.)
I. — Xami: or Society.
1. This Socioty shall h(! known by tlio name of the F. C
Baptist Home Missiomti'U Sorieti/ of Ncio Jirwis/cick, under
tho jiuspiecs of the F. C. B. G. Conference of N<!W Bruns-
wick.
II.— Object of the Society.
2. The object of the Society is to assist destltuti}
Churches and send the Gospel to unciired-for Districts
throughout tlie Trovince.
III. — ^Memhehs of the Society.
?). A male may become a member by payini^ $2 into
the Treasury yearly ; anil by paying $20,' at any one time,
may become a life member.
4. A female may become an lionorary annual meml)er
by paying into the Treasury $1, and an honorary lif<^
member by paying $10 at one time.
IV. — Officers.
,5 The officers of this Society shall be a President, throe
Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, Auditor, a (■"'•responding
Secretary, Recording Secretary and an Executive Com-
mittee of seven, who shall be appointed annually by the
General Conference, all to be members of F. C. Baptist
Churches.
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CONSTITUTION AND RULES OP
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6. Tho two Sccretivrica and Troasurc'i* sluiU be threo of
the spven members of the Committee. The fonifjolnjj
officers shall hold their resi>ective ofliees until others are
chosen.
7. It shall be the duty of the Pr<>sjdent, and in his ab-
sence, one of tho Vice-Presidents, to preside at each m(!(?t-
Ing of the Society, and to perform such official acts at any
time as the Society shall direct by its rules and votes.
8. In the absence of the PreskJent and all the Vice-
Presidents the oldest member present shall call the me<;t-
ing to order ; after which, the presiding ollicer shall be
chosen for the occasion.
9. The Executive Committee shall form its own rules
and n^gulations, appoint its own meetings, fill any vjicancy
that may occur in its own members, or among the other
oHicers of the Society during the year, and call tluj An-
nual Meetin<^s of the Society, and also Special Mectingji
when in then* opinion tho interests of the cause require it.
It shall engage Missionaries and regulate their salaries,
and have power to dismiss them before the term of en-
gagement expires, providing circumstances demand it,
and insti*;ute such agencies as the enterprise may require,
and make an annual report of its doings to the Society.
Tho Executive Committee- shall, as soon jus j)rjieticablo
.after it is chosen, organize by appointing one of its mem-
bers Chairman and another its Clerk. The Clerk shnW be
the Recrording Secretary of the Society, if there shall hv
no good reason for appointing some other member of the
Committee to that office. The Clerk shall keep a full re-
(iord of the doings of the Committee and sign all their
official acts. The Records of the Committee shall always
be open to the inspection of the Society.
Tlu-ec of the Executive Committee shall form a quorum
for the transaction of business at any of its regular meet-
ings
10. The Treasurer shall take eliarge of the funds be-
longing to the Society and keep an account of the same —
showing the sources from which they have been derived,
and the purposes for which thev have been given.
He shall invest the funds of tne Society in the safest and
most productive forms: bat no permanent investment
shall be made or changed by Lim without the concurrence
of the Executive Committee.
THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
rA
lie sluill roport (iu:irt(;i-ly to the CorrosiMHidinf]: Soore-
Viry of tlici state of tlu; finances, an«l pay all orders of the'
Kxeeutlvo Committee as far as he may liave funds on hand.
11. The Auditor shall examine earefully and thoroughly
tlie Treasurer's hooks at l(;ast once a year, and if he shall
lind the accounts corn;ctly kept and accurately cast, the
payments well vouche«\, the halance satisfactorily stated
and accounted for, and the evidence of the property shall
ho, duly exhihited.he slml! f?i veins certificate iwcordino^ly;
which (^M'tifioate Iw shall enter at lar<!^e in the Treasurer\s
hooks, and give a duplicate of it to the Keoording Secre-
tary ; to be by him (entered upon his book of records.
12. It shall be the <fitty of the CoiTesponding Secretary
to prepare and traasmit all communications that maybe
necessary to promote; the best interests of tlie Society, and
U) answ(n' those which, in his opinion, iXMiuire it, and
when tlie nature of the subject demands, he shall ask ad-
vice of the Executive Committee in relation thereto, and
proceed as they may dire(!t. lie shal! i/reoarc the annual
rejwrt of tlie So«;iety; \yhich rejiort sJiall Im; heard and
accepted by the Executive Committee, if they shall desi'* '
to do so, before it shall be presented to. tlw; Society.
1;3. The Record inj:? Secretary sitili keep accurate iii-
utes of the proceedings of the Society, which he shall enter
in a book of records, and certify that the records of each
meeting are true.
V. — Annual Meeting.
14. This Society shall meet annually, at the time and
place of the meeting of the F. C. Baptist General Confer-
ence, to elect officers, to hear the reports of the Trciasurer,
Executive Con:5diiittee and Correspondjiig Secretary, and
to transact all the other necessary business of the Society.
On presenting his report, the Corresponding Secretary
shall road tlie whole of it or an. abstract, ius he shall be
directed either by the Executive Committee or the Society.
A quorum of nine members shall be requi.'^ite to trans-
act business at all meetings of the Society, but a less
number may call to order and adjourn.
VI. — Amendment of Constitution.
15. No alteration of the Constitution or Rules of the So-
ciety shall be made except on recommendation of the
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Executive rjmmitteo, or tli<? F. C, Knptist General C</r-
ference, and by voto of two-thinls of tlu; niombors ])rtisor;:
at 'Any annual nieetins;; or unless tlie proposed alteration
shall have been suljuiitted to the Society in writing at ;i
previous meeting.
VII. — ArrKOPiiiATioxs of ^Monev.
16. All the money received by this Society shall "i)<»
under the control of the Executive Committee to carry
out the objects of the So(;iety.
VIII. — ]MlSSIONAliIES.
17. Applications for employment as Missionaries must
be made to the Corresponding Secretary.
18. The Missionaries laboring in connection with this
Society are required to lay the claims of tlie Society before
the people whc^re they may labor.
19. The members of the Executive Committee and the
JVlissionaries laboring under their direction shall be u
committee to receive all money from contributor^, who
shall pay it over to the Treasurer, taking re.j(!ipts irora
Iiim for it.
20. Each Missionary shall report monthly to the Cor-
responding Secretar}-.
21. Missionaries are required to report quarterly to th*'
Executive Committee, all collections, donations and gifi>
received by them, which shall belong to the Society's
funds.
Amendment— (Oct. 8, 1872.)
Boys at the age of twelve years and under be allowed
to become lite members for $10; and girls at the same
ages for $5.
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CONSTITUTION AND RULES
OF THE
Free CMstlan Baptist Forelp Missionary Society of N. R.
(ORGANIZED JULY, 1864.)
Ml
I. — Name and Oiuect of the Society.
1. This Society shall be called the Free Christian Bap-
tist Foreio^n Missionary Society, and shall be auxiliary to
The Free Will Baptist Foreij^n Mission Society.
2. The obje(;t of the Society is to difluse Christian know-
ledge among the destitute in heathen countries.
II. — Members of the Society.
3. A male may become an annual member by paying
into the treasury yearly the sum of two dollars ; and by
paying twenty dollars at one time he may become a Viio
member.
4. A female may become an honorary annual member
by paying into the treasury yearly one dollar ; and an
honorary life member by payin^j ten dollars.
III. — Officers of the Society.
5. The officers of the Society shall be a President, three
Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, an Auditor, a Correspond-
ing Secretary, a Recording Sec etary, and an Executive
Committee of eleven, who shall be appointed annually by
the General Conference. The foregoing officers shall
hold their respective offices till others are chosen.
6. It shall be the duty of the President, and in his ab-
sence, of one of the Vice-Presidents, to preside at eacli
meeting of the Society, and to perform such official acts
at any time as tby Society shall direct by its rules and
votes.
In the absence of the President and all the Vice-Presi-
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dents, the oldest member present shall call the meeting to
Oi'der, after which a presiding officer shall be chosen for
the occasion.
7. The Executive Committee shall form its own rules
and regulations — appoint its own meetings — fill any va-
cancy that may occur in its own members, or among the
other officers of the Society during the year, and call the
Annual IMeetings of the Society, and also special meetings
when, in their opinion, the interests of the cause require
it. It shall institute such agency or agencies as the inte-
rests of the enterprise may require, and make an annual
reiwrt of its doings to the Society.
The Executive Committee shall, as soon as practicable
after it is chosen, organize, by appointing one of mem-
bei-s Chairman, and another its Clerk. The Ci<^rk shall
be the Recording Secretary of the Society, if there shall
be no good reason for appointing some other member of
the Committee to that office. The Clerk shall keep a full
record of the doings of the Committee, and sign all their
official acts. The Records cf the Committee shall always
be open to the inspection of the Society.
The two Secretaiies of the Society, and also the Trea-
surer, if he will consent to be one of the number, shall be
members of the Executive Committee. Three of its mem-
bers shall form a quorum at any of its regular meetings.
8. The Treasurer shall take charge of the funds be-
longing to the Society, and keep an account of the same,
showing the sources from which they have been derived,
and the purposes for which they have been given.
He shall invest the funds of the Society in the safest and
most productive forms; but no permanent investment
shall be made or changed by him without the concurrence
of the Executive Committee.
He shall give bonds annually to the Recording Secre-
tary, with such sureties and for such amounts as shall be
satisfactory to the Executive Committee, and shall pay all
orders of the Executive Committee as far as he shall have
funds in hand.
9. The Auditor shall examine carefully and thoroughly
the Treasurer's books at least once r. year ; and if he snail
find the accounts correctly kept and accurately cast, the
payments well vouched, tne balance satisfactorily stated
and accounted for, and the evidence of the property shall
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be duly exhibited, ho shall give his certificate accordino^ly ;
which certificate he shall enter at large in the Treasurer's
books, and give a duplicate of it to tlie Recording Secre-
tary, to be by him entered upon his book of ' ecords.
10. It shall be the duty of the Cokuesi jnding Secue-
TAK-; CO prepare and transmit all communications that
may be necessary to promote the best interests of the So-
ciety — to receive all such as are made through him to the
Society, and to answer those which, in his opinion, require
it; and when the nature of the subject demands, he shall
ask advice of the Executive Committee in relation thereto,
and proceed as they may direct. Ke shall prepare the
Annual Report of the Society, which Report shall be
heard and accepted by the Executive Committee, if they
desire to do so, before it shall be presented to the Society ;
and he shall forward a copy of the Annual Report to the
Corresponding Secretary of the Free Will Baptist Foreign
Mission Society, by the 18th of August, each year.
11. The Recording Secretary shall keep accurate
minutes of the proceedings of the Society, which he shall
enter into a book of records, and certify that the records
of each meeting are true.
IV. — The Annual Meeting.
12. This Society shall meet annually, at the time and
place of the meeting of the Free Christian Baptist General
Conference, to hear the reports of the Treasurer, Execu-
tive Committee, and Corresponding Secretary, and to
transact all the other necessary business of the Society.
On presenting his Annual Report, the Corresponding Se-
cretary shall read the whole of it or an abstract, as he
shall be directed either by the Executive Committee or
the Society.
A QUORUM of nine members shall be requisite to trans-
act business at all meetings of the Society ; but a less
number may call to order and adjourn.
V. — Amendments of the Constitution.
13. No alterations of the Constitution, Laws and Regu-
lations of the Society shall be made except on recom-
mendation of the Executive Committee, or the Free Chris-
tian Baptist General Conference, and by vote of two-thirds
of the members present at any annual meeting; or unless
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the proposed alteration shall have been submitted to the
Society in writing at a previous meeting.
VI. — Disposition of Funds.
14. Money received by this Society shall be appropri-
ated for the support of the Missionaries of the Fr<^e AVill
Baptist Foreign Mission Society, to be applied by that
Society to such stations as may be designated by tlie Ex-
ecutive Committee of this Society, and to the 3U])port of
such ^lissionarics as may be selected by the Executive
Committee from among the appointed Missionaries of tlie
Parent Society, as the representatives of this Society in
the Foreign field ; provided that if the amount paid into
the Parent Society shall exceed the allowance made to
such designated missionaries, the surplus shall be ex-
pendetl in such way and for such purposes as the Execu-
tive Committee of the Parent Society may see fit ; and if
no Missionaries shall be designated, the whole amount
may be thus appropriated by the Parent Society.
Amendment— (Oct. 8, 1871.)
Boys at the age of twelve years and under be allowed to
become life members for $10 ; and girls at the same ages
for $5.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
F. 0. Baptist Sabbath School Convention,
I. — Name.
1. This Society shall be known as "The F. C. B. Sab-
bath School Convention of New Brunswick."
II. — Object.
2. The object of the Society is to stimulate and extend
the interest and work of Sabbath Schools amongst our
people.
III. — Officers.
3. The ofiicers of the Society shall be a President, Vice-
Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, an Agent, and an Exe-
cutive Committee.
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IV.— Choosing Officers.
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4. All the officers shall be chosen by the F. C. B. Gen-
eral Conference, and must be members of Conference.
5 The President may, or may not be a minister.
G. All the ministers of the Conference shall be Vico-
Presidents, having their order according to seniority of
years. , . ,
7. The President shall preside over the regular meet-
ings of the Society, and in his absence the oldest Vice-
President present. -, ^ ,, ., j
8. The Secretary shall keep a record of all the proeeea-
ings of the Society. ^ , t- , r ^i
9. The Treasurer shall take charge of the Funds ot tlie
Society, and keep an account of the some.
10. The Agent, who shall be the G. C. S. S. Agent, shall
in each annual meeting read his report.
11 The Executive Committee shall be composed of not
less than seven members of the G. Conference, three of
whom shall be necessary to form a quorum for the trans-
action of business. . .^^ .
12. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to
iirrange for addresses, and any other business necessary
for the iniblic meeting.
CONSTITUTION AND RULES
OF THE
P. D. B, MIMISTERS' RELIEF FUND ASSOCIATIOB,
(ORGANIZED JULY. ISfiT.)
ARTICLE I.— Name.
Tliis Society s^iall be known astlie "I. C. IUi-tist
diNisTEUS' Relief Find Association, 'under the aus-
)icos (,f th(; F. C. Baptist General Conference oi iSeu
Brunswick.
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ARTICLE II.— The Object of this Society.
The object of this Society shall be to establish a Fund
for the assistance of sick or disabled Ministers in regular
standing with the F. C. B. Denomination, and the families
of deceased ministers.
ARTICLE III.— Membership.
A male can become a member of this Society by paying
annually the sum of $1.00; and by paying $10.00 at any
one time, may become a life member. A female may
become an honorary annual member by paying 50c. ; and
by paying $5.00 at any one time, may become an honorary
life member.
ARTICLE IV.— Officers.
The Officers of this Society shall consist of a President,
two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, Recording Secretary,
Auditor, and a Disbursement Committee of five, who shall
be appointed annually by the G. Conference. The Disburse-
ment Committee and President shall be ordained ministers ;
the other Officers may be laymen — all to be members of
F. C. Baptist Churches.
The Secretary and Treasurer shall be associated with
the Disbursement Committee, in any business that may
come before them.
The foregoing Officers shall hold office until others are
chosen.
It shall be the duty of the President, and in his absence
of one of the Vice-Presidents, to preside at each meeting
of the Society, and conduct its business to a speedy and
proper result.
In the absence of the President and all the Vice-Presi-
dents, the oldest member present shall call the meeting
to order, after which they t?hall proceed to choose a pre-
siding Officer for the occasion.
The Disbursement Committee shall form its own Rules
and Regulations ; appoint its own meetings ; fill any va-
cancies that may occur in its own members, or among the
Officers of the Society during the year ; and call all Annual
Meetings of the Society, and also special meetings, when,
in their opinion, the interests of the Societj'^ require it.
They shall inquire into all cases of actual need that may
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come "iinder their notice, and take such measures for re-
lieving them as sliall be deemed expedient by a majority
of a le<^al meeting of the Board — three members of the
Board constituting such legal meeting.
The Treasurer shall take charge of the funds of the So-
ciety, and keep an account of tlie same, showing the
source from which they have been derived, and the man-
ner in which they liave been appropriated He shall in-
vest the funds of the Society safely, but no permanent
investment shall be made or changed by him, without the
concurrence of the Disbursement Committee. He shall
report quarterly to the Recording Secretary on the state
of the finances, and pay all orders of the Disbursement
Committee, as far as he may have funds on hand.
The Auditor shall carefully examine the accounts of the
Treasurer, and if found correct shall certify the same,
which shall be entered upon the Treasurer's book.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a fair and
impartial record of the transactions of each meeting, and
enter tliem upon a book of records, and certify that the
records of each meeting are true. He shall also attend
to all the correspondence of the Society, and prepare an
Annual Report of its proceedings, which shall be sub-
mitted for acceptance at the Annual Meeting of the Society.
ARTICLE v.— Annual Meeting,
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This Societ}'^ shall meet annually, at the time and place
of meeting of the F. C. Baptist General Conference,
to hear Reports frora the Treasurer and Secretary,
and to transact all other necessaiy business of the
Society. A quorum of nine members shall be requi-
site to transact business at all meetings of the Society. A
less number may adjourn.
ARTICLE VL-~Amendments.
No alterations or amendments to this Constitution shall
be made without a two-third vote ot the members present
at an annual meeting, and only then when the proposed
alteration shall have been submitted to the Society in
writing at a previous meeting.
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ARTICLE VII.— Monies.
All monies placed in the hands of this Society shall be
under the control of the Disbursement Committee, and
sliall be by them invested in a safe and profitable manner,
tlie interest of which alone shall l)e usetl for the objects of
the Society.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
FREE BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY
OF
NEW BKUNSWIOK ASD NOVA SCOTIA.
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ARTICLE I.— Name.
This Organization shall be known as the Free Baptist
Education Society of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
ARTICLE II.— MEMBEiisiiir.
Any person subscribing two dollars annually to this
Society shall be a regular meral)er of the same ; and any
person subscribing twenty dollars ($20) at one time, shall!
become a life member.
ARTICLE III.— Officers.
The Officers of this Society shall consist of a President
and Secretary, who sliall be ex-officio Directors; two
"Mce-Presidents, and a Treasurer, with five other Direct-
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ors ; said Directors, with tlie Prosident and Secretary of
tlio Society, shall constitute the Board of ]3irectors.
ARTICLE IV.— Eligibility to Oi riCE.
Only life members shall be elifjible to the ofilcos of
Vice-President and Treasurer, and no ])ers()n shall be
oli;^ible to the ollice of either Director, President, or Se-
cretary, Avho lias not subscribed at one time at least forty
dollars ($40) for the benelit of this Society.
ARTICLE v.— Duties of Officers.
Sec. 1. The President, or in his absence, the senior
Vice-President present, shall jH^jside; at each me«;tin<?,
and, as near as may be, conduct the same accordinj^ to
p:irliamentary usaj^e.
Sec. 2. The Secretary shall conduct all tlie coiTcspond-
ence of the Society, keeping a copy of the same. He shall
also keep a correct record of the meetings and doings of
the Society.
Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse all
monies belonging to the Society, giving complete and
8atisfa''tory security for the same ; no money to be pnid
t>ut by the Treasurer except by the wiitten ord<'r of the
Secretary, endorsed by the President of the Society.
Sec 4. The Secretary and Treasurer shall each pre])are,
annually, a written report, giving a full statement of all
the business transacted in liis department, and lay said
re])ort before the Society at each annual meeting.
Sec. 5. The Board of Directors shall hav(i tlie control
of all business connect<;d with the Society. ]\Iay purchnse
lands and erect buildings thereon for Educational pur-
])oses; employ persons as Teachers, and havi; the whole
supervision of such Institutions as they may have means
to erect.
ARTICLE VI.— Election of Ofiiceiis.
Sec. 1. At the lirst annual meeting then* shall be chosen
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and Ti*e;i,-
surer, with five Directors; and annually thenuifter a Pre-
sident, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and Treasurer,
shall be chosen by a majority of tin; members present.
All v/ho are eligible to the representative ollices shall be
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considered as candidates, and said officers sliall bo chosen
by ballot.
See. 2. On the election of Directors each member shall
place on his ballot not more than five names of the per-
sons eligible, whom he may desire to fill the office. Bal-
lots to bo counted by the President of the Society, assisted
by the Secretary ; at the close of which the President shall
declare the five persons bearing the greatest number of
votes duly elected. The two Directors having the least
number of votes shall retire at the end of the first year ;
the two next lowest to retire at the end of the second
year ; and the fiftli of the five first elected shall retire at
the end of the third year ; after which the two Directors
longest in office shall retire annually, except each third
year, when one only shall retire ; said vacancies to be
filled at each annual meeting by a vote of a majority of
the members present ; retiring i)irectors to be eligible for
re-election. AH ties in elections, when necessary, to be
balloted for immediately.
ARTICLE VII. — Power of Board of Directors.
Sec. 1. The Board of Directors shall have no power to
contract a debt beyond the amount in the Treasurer's
hands, or bona fide pledges made, except to the amount
of the salaries of the Teachers engaged^ and in all cases
provision for payment of said salaries must be made at
the end of each year.
Sec. 2. The President of the Society shall be Chairman
of the Board of Directors, and the Secretary of the Society
shall be Clerk of the same. H'^ shall keep a correct ac-
count of all their doings, and rci^ort the same fully at each
annual meeting. All reports of this nature are to be read
before the election of any officer. Said Board shall have
power to adopt such by-laws fi'om time to time as they
may need, but not to conflict with this Constitution.
ARTICLE VIII.— Scholarship.
Any person subscribing at any time $400, and paying
the same for the benefit of the Society, shall he entitled to
send a pupil, continuously, to any Free Baptist School
that may be established by this Society, free from any
and all tuition fees ; half and quarterly scholarships to be
secured on payment of $200 and $100 respectively; per-
sons taking either half or quarterly scholarships shall
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have deduction either one half, or one quarter, a« tlio ease
may be, from all tuition fees charged them by the Society.
ARTICLE IX.— Time of Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of this Society shall be held during
the sitting of the General Conference. The time and
place of meeting to be named by the President, who shall
give due notice thereof.
ARTICLE X. — Amendment of Constitution.
This Constitution may be altered or amended at any
annual meeting of this Soiiiety, by a two-thirds vote of the
members present, twenty members constituting a quorum.
No change shall be made in the Constitution, however,
unless a notice of the intention thereof be published in
some journal in the Province at Uiast three months previ-
ous to making the said alteration.
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ACT OF INOORPORATIOJif.
An Act to Incorporate Certain Bodies Connected with the
Free Baptist Church in Neiu Brunswick.
Corporntion of Conference, how constituted.
First Meeting, where held.
Corporation of Meeting Houses, how constituted.
Election of Trustees.
Who to vote at such election.
Board of Trustees, how to act.
Lands, how to be held.
To whom conveyance to be made.
Annual Revenue, to what amount.
Passed \st May, 1854.
Whereas a number of persons in this Province are
associated together in Churches constituting a religious
community, known as " The Free Christian Baptist Church
of New Brimswick," in connection with and under the
supervision of " The Free Christian Baptist General Con-
ference of New Brunswick," constituted and governed by
the rules made by the said Conference, composed of all
the ordained Elders and Licentiates of the said Church in
New Brunswick, and two Lay Delegates from each Dis-
trict Meeting into which the Province may at any time be
divided by the said Conference, with the Clerk of every
meeting, and the Treasurer and Clerk of the Conference,
and such other persons in connection with the said Church
as the Conference mav invite to attend, and the business
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of wliieli Conference is presided over l)y a Moderator an-
nually elected from the ordained Elders: And wheretis a
Ne\vsi>ai)er is published under the authority «>f the said
Conftsrence, and it is also possess(;d of considc^rable other
pro[)erty, real and jH'rsonal, and various ])ar('(!ls of Land
hav(^ been conveyed in trust for tlu; said Church, and
M«M'tinji^ Houses have b(!en built thereon, and seri(jus in-
conveniencies liavci arisc^n in the buildinjj^ and transmission
of the said Lands, and the juanajjement of their prop(M-ty,
from tlu! dilHculty of ai)i)ointin<j: new Trustees on the
occurr(>nce of vacancies, and it is believed that the incor-
])orati()n of the said Conferencti and the several Chur<'h(»a
rcs))ectivt!ly would j^rcjatly sin<i)lify the mana<»:ement of
th(ur temi)oral conc(U'ns, and advance the several benevo-
lent and reli<?ious objects of the said Church, and promote
its spiritual interest;
Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor,
liCgislative Council, and Assembly, as follows : —
1. lliat Elders Samuel Ilartt, Edward Wayman, Josej)li
Noble, Elijah Sisson, Charles McMullin, John G.Flanders,
(reorj^c; Orser, Alexander Taylor, IJcnjamin Merritt, Jacob
Gunter, John Perry, Ezekicd Sippril, Ezc^kicd McLcod,
John Wallace, William E. Pennin<;ton, Uolunt Colpitts,
Jonathan Shaw, Robert French, and Peter Mnlloch; Li-
centiate Robert Dobson; and Jwnas Fitzherbcrt, l)ani(d
Turner, (Tcoro^e Maxon, William Slipp, jr., Daniiil Clark,
William Peters, Edwin R. Parsons, tJames Jones, Na-
thaniel Gray, Solomon Smith, David Ebbitt, John S. Col-
l)itts, John Machum, Geor^jje M'Cn^ady, and Benjamin J.
Undorhill, now constituting "The Fn^e Christian Baptist
General Conference of New Brunswick," their associates
and successors, shall by that name l)e a body })olitic and
corporate in deed and in name, with full power to sue and
be sued, to purchase, receive, and hold <2;rants of real and
])ersonal estate, and to improve the same, and sell, assi<i:n
and dispose thereof, and receive the rents and profits for
the use of the said Church and Conference accordin<i; to
tlu< intention of the donors, and to have a common seal,
with power to break or renew the same at ph^asure, and
to make bye-laws and appoint otlicers for the mana<ijem«
of any funds, institutions, and objects connected with i
said Church, and to regulate the mode of constituting anu
the government of the said Conference.
2. The first meeting of the said Corporation shall be
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lield on tlifi first Saturday in July nrxt, at tholyin'^- Island
Church, in tho Parish of Ilanipsttiad, in tho County of
Qu(K'ns, when tho Corporation sliall ho deonuMlor^jfani/c*!;
seven ordain(Ml Elders, and six I^ay Dcloffatcs from the
dirtbrcnt Districts, shall ho a riuorum for tho transaction
of th(( husiness of tho Confonmeo, hut any loss lunnbor
may adjourn.
iJ. T]»e 'I'rustocs of every Meeting; House in connect ion
with tiio said Conference, shall h(; a hody politic and cor-
])orate l>y tlie name of *' Tiio Trustees of the Free Ciu'istian
Baptist Clnu'cOi of ," accordinp; to the parti-
cular desi<!;n:ition thca'oof, and hy that name shall havo
pei'petual succession, power to su(! and Ix; sued, a common
seal, with power to hn^ik or renew tlio same at })leasure,
j)ower to liold and reccnvo real and jiersonal estate, and
improve, sell, or assi<^n tho sam(% and make hye-laws,
and <;xercis(( all tho corporate power conferred by law,
for the pur])ose of managmg tho temporal alVairs of such
Meotin<^ House.
4. Every Church may annually, at such time aa the
Conference shall proscribe, elect any number not less
than tliroo nor exceeding? five Trustees, boin«^ members of
the said Church, which shall continue in olTico for one
year, or until others are ehicted in their stead.
5. Ev(!rv male person of the ago of twenty-one years
or uj)wards, being a conimunicnnt of such Church, or a
regular attendant at the worsliip in tho Meeting House
whore such Church is organized, who contributes towards
the funds of the Church such sum as the Conference shall pre-
scribe, shall be entitled to vote at the election of Trustees.
6. Every Board of TrusUios incorporated under the au-
thority of tliis Act, shall exercise their powers and privi-
leges according to tho usage and rule prescribed by the
Conference ; but at lesist three Trustees shall form a quo-
rum for tho transaction of business, and no bye-law shall
be made repugnant to law.
7. All lands conveyed in trust to the Free Christian
Baptist Church and buildings erected thereon, shall be
subject to the provisions of this Act, whenever a Board of
Trustees to manage the same is elected in the manner
herein provided ; and a conveyance of the same shall be
executed by the then existing Trustees, and the title
thereto shall be held by them in the same manner as con-
veyed by the original deed ; this provision shall not inter-
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fore with the rif^ht of the Conference to the exclusive
control of any land conveyed to tlie Conference,
8. No conv(!yance, jrift, or bequest made to the Free
Christian Baptist Clnireh, p}iall he deemed to be made to
the Conference, unless such Conference is expressly named
on the instrument of transf«u'.
9. Tlie annual revenue deiived from the rent of lands
held by the Conference, shall not exceed six thousand
l)ounds, and of any Board of Trustees live hundred pounds.
An Act to Amend the Act to Incoi'poratc Certain Bodies
connected with the Free Baptist Church in New Bruns-
wick.
rossed nth April, 18G4.
Whereas, by an Act made and passed in the seven-
teenth vear of tier Mnjcstv's reifjn, intituled "An Act to
incorporate certain Bodies connected with the Free Bap-
tist Church of New Brunswick," tlie Free Christian Bap-
tist Church of New Brunswick was vested with certain
powers therein set forth ;
A?id whereas it is (h^siralile to jj^ive to such Churcii, in
addition to the powers jxiven to tlsern by said Act, power
to convey real estate held by them by w»y of mortgage,
and to encumber the same ;
Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Qovernor, Le-
gislative Coimcil and Assembly, That in addition to the
powers given by the third section of the said Act to the
said Cliurch and the Trust(;es therein mentioned, or either
of them, they shall have full power to convey, by way of
mortgage, and encumber real estate held by them, in a
similar manner as it is set forth in the said third section
for the sale of real estate.
An Act relating to the Free Christian Baptist Church of
New Brunswick.
Property devised, in whom vested.
Property to be held in trust by Conforence,
llow Conference iniiy invest money.
Trustees, additionul powers given-
Act repealed.
Passed 2lst April, 1869.
Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative
Council, and Assembly, as follows : —
1. Eveiy conveyance, grant, bequest, devise, or gift of
any lands, goods, chattels, or real or personal estate what-
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