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 Jfttberidon ^aptbt (f |ur4 
 
 ORGANIZED. 1814. 
 
 Gliiirch Edifice erected, i 882-3. 
 
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 2 fredericton baptist church 
 
 se;rvices: 
 
 P''^^<^'""«' • Sunday, 11a. ni., 7 n n. 
 
 Sunday School and Bible Classes, , 2 1 1 p ,n' 
 
 B. Y. P. U. Sacred Literature Study, Tuesday, 7. 15 p.' Z. 
 
 K. 1 . K Union Devotional Meeting, „ g 
 
 General Prayer and Praise Meeting, Friday, 8 p !!/ 
 
 Conference ofthe Church, Friday before Ist. Sunday in each month S p" m 
 
 Observance of the Lord's Supper, 1st. Sunday in month, Evenin./ 
 
 Woman's Missionary Aid Society, second Tuesday in t.^h month, 3 p. „k 
 
 Sittings Free Througliout the House. AH are Cordially Invited. 
 
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 OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. 
 
 PASTOR, pj'o tern.. Rev. E. M. Saunders, D. D. 
 
 DEACONS. 
 
 A. F. Randolph. j, w. Spurden. 
 
 William Cooper. j^s. g. McNally. 
 
 D. W. EsTABRooK. John T. Clark. 
 
 CLERK,— Herbert C. Creed. ILOiW^C ^-ii 
 
 TREASURER,— F. Wayland Porter. U t ^ rj ,^ 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 — ■ |-?9«^, 
 
 A. F. Randolph. Richard H. Phillips. 
 
 Havelock Coy. j. z. Citrrie, M. D. 
 
 D. F. George. 
 
 CURATOR,-^esse W. Tabor. 
 SEXTON,— Zeb. Wright. 
 
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 FliEDERWTOX BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
 
 Opflranlzed, 1822 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT.-JoHN W. Spurdkx. 
 SECRETARY, -R. Louis Piiillu-s. 
 LIBRARIAN,-H. Dean Crekd. 
 
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 SISTERS* COMMITTEE ON CHURCH WORK 
 
 PRESIDENT,-Mrs. a. F. Randolph. 
 (iEN'L TREASURER,-Mrs. R. H. Phillips. 
 SECY and TREASURER OF BEN. FUND,-Mrs. T H. Portek. 
 
 WOMAN'S MISSION AID SOCIETY. 
 
 PRESIDENT,-Mrs. C. Spurden. 
 SECRETARY,-Mrs. H. G. Estey. 
 TREASURER,-Miss Phillips. 
 
 BAPTIST YOUNO PEOPLE'S UNION OP CHRISTIAN 
 
 ENDEAVOR. «**«« 
 
 PRESIDENT,-W. G. Clark. 
 SECRETARY-TREASURER,-Ella B. Clark. 
 
 CHRIST'S INVITATION TO SINNERS. 
 
 you rest lake My yoke upon you, and learn of xMe; for I am meek and 
 lowly m heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Matt H Is^ 
 
 Ho, every one that thirsteth. come ye to the waters, and he that'hath 
 no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk w thout 
 money and without price." Isa. 65: I. wicnour. 
 
* P'^'^DERWTOX BAPTIST CHUHUH 
 
 CHRIST- ABLE TO SAVK THE GREATEST SINNERS 
 JoK,' 7.'°°" "' ■'""'• "" "•"' ""-•«"■ - '™" AH Sin.- ,.t. 
 
 ••Wherefore also He ig able to save to tho it*** 
 .Imw near «n,„ ,;„,, .h.„„gh Him" Hebrew, T-l*"""" "'"" " ^' 
 
 •Z'^,!'"' T'^'M" f " ' ''"' '» "" *'»= «"'' o'"t- " John 6- r 
 An,l the spun and the bride say eome. And let him thlTu I 
 come. And he tliat is athirst l.f h- ","'"' ""at heareth say 
 
 takethewateroflifeW;' L 4,7" °'""°' "' """ "•'»> '<" ''"" 
 THE SINNER OBTAINS^SAL^X^^ „, ,„, 
 
 — ^- — 
 
 €l)ibcn«0 i)f Conbei-siott. 
 
 1. LOVE FOR CHRIST. 
 
 John 14: 23. ^'^ ^''"' ^"'^ ""^^^ 0«^ ^bode with him." 
 
 2. LOVE FOR CHRISTIANS. 
 "A new commandment I give unto vou that ,.« 1 
 this shall all men know that ye are M^ Z^i^^ ff IIT '"^ "'""'• ""^ 
 other." John 13: 34, 35. ' ^^ '^'^^''P^^^' ^^ X*' have love one to an- 
 
 3. LOVE FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND PLEASURF m ATTrnr 
 
 TATING ON IT? ^ ^^*^^^- 
 
 PsTta mT27'. '"" '""' '""•"-<•-"'' ■">- gold, yea, above fine gold. " 
 ^^••Oh how I love Thy law, It is n,y „,editatio„ all the day. " Psaln. 
 
 "But his delight is in the law of the Lord- »nd i„ II- . , , 
 tate .lay and night," Psalm 1- 2 " ''°"' *" "«'"■ 
 
 "1 will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. I 
 
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FllEDEItlCTOX JiAPriST CHVliCH R 
 
 will delight myself in Thy statutes: I will not forget Thy Word." Psalm 
 119: 15, 16. 
 
 4. LOVE FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 *Tor unto Thee do I pray. O Lord in the morning Thou shalt hear my 
 voice. In the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will keep 
 watch." Psalm 5: 3. 
 
 "For a day in Thy courts is l)etter than a thousand. I had rather he a 
 door keeper in the House of my (Jod than to dwell in the tents of wick- 
 edness." Ps. 84: 10. 
 
 5. A DESIRE TO SEE SINNERS CONVERTED TO GOD. 
 
 "Brethren my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, 
 that they may be saved. " Rom. 10: 1. 
 
 6. A DEEP INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF THE CHURCH 
 
 OF c;hrist. 
 
 "I was glad when they said unto m<- 'Let us go unto the House of the 
 Lord.'" Psalm 122: 1. 
 
 "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love Thee." 
 Psalm 122: 6. 
 
 "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 
 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember not thee, if 
 I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." Psalm 137: 5, 6. 
 
 7. A DESIRE TO BE MORE LIK7 CHRIST. 
 
 "But we all, with unveiled face, reflecting in as a mirror the glory of the 
 Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory even as 
 from the Lord the Spirit." 2nd. Corinthians 3: 18. 
 
 "Christ in you the Hope of Glory." Col. 1: 27. 
 
 8. HATRED OF SIN. 
 
 "Through Thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false 
 way." Psalm 119: 104. 
 
 "O ye that love the Lord hate evil." Psalm 97: 10. 
 
 9. DISSATISFIED WITH THE SOCIETY OF THE VAIN 
 
 AND WORLDLY. 
 
 "I hate the congregation of evil doers, and will not sit with the wick- 
 ed." Psalm 26: 5. 
 
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 FilKDERWTON liAPTlST ClIURCIt 
 
 "Depart from me ye evil iloers, that I may keep the conimandmeiits of 
 my (iod." Psalm 115): 115. 
 
 10. A FKKLINd OF UNWORTHINESS IN (iOD'S SIGHT. 
 
 "O wretched man that I am ! who shall <leliver me out of the body of 
 this death?" Rom 7:24. 
 
 "I ahhor myself and repent in dust and ashes," Job 42: 6. 
 
 II. LOOKINCJ UNTO JP^SUS FOR FOR(}IVENES.S AND .SALVA- 
 TION. 
 
 "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." 
 Matt. 6: 12. 
 
 "O Lord, hear ! () Lord, forgive ! O Lord, barken and do; defer not !" 
 Daniel 0: 19. 
 
 "And in none other is there salvation : For neither is there any other 
 name under Heaven, that is givdn among men, wherein we must be saved." 
 Acts 4: 12. 
 
 12. A F0R(4IVING SPIRIT. 
 
 "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also 
 forgive you." Matt. 6: 14. 
 
 "And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against 
 anyone; that your Father also which is in Heaven may forgive you your 
 trespasses." Mark 11:25. 
 
 ^he JRcanings ot baptism. 
 
 1. BAPTISxM SYMBOLIZES DEATH TO SIN. 
 
 "Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be Dead unto sin." Rom. 6: 11 
 "We were buried therefore with Him through baptism into Death.** 
 Rom. 6: 4. 
 
 2. BAPTISM SYMBOLIZES BURIAL WITH CHRIST. 
 
 "Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus 
 were baptized into His death. We were BUPied with H.m therefore 
 through baptism." Rom. 6: 3, 4. 
 
 "Having been BUPied with Him in baptism." Colossians2: 12. 
 
 3. BAPTISM SYMBOLIZES RESURRECTION WITH CHRIST TO 
 
 THE NEW LIFE. 
 
 "Having been buried with Him in baptism, wherein ye were also 
 
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 Raised With Him through faith ill the wc.ikiiig (»f (Joil, who 
 Raised him from the deivd." Colossiaiis *2: 12. 
 
 We were buried therefore with Him througli haptism into «leath: that 
 
 like as Christ was Raised ft»om the Dead Thpough the gh.iy 
 
 of the Father so we also might walk in newness of life." Kom. <i: 4. 
 4. IJAPTISM DOES NOT WASH AWAV SFN. 
 "Which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even Imptism, 
 
 Not the Puttingr Away of the Filth of the Flesh, hut tht; 
 
 interrogation of a good conscienee toward (!od, t'lrougii the resurrection of 
 desus Christ." lat Peter 3: "21. 
 
 r>. BAPTISM SYMBOLIZES THE WASHINO AWAY OF SIN. 
 
 "And now why tarriest thou ? Arise, and be biptized, an<l Wash 
 Away Thy Sins, calling on His Name." Acts 22: 1(>. 
 
 "And Peter said unto them, 'Repent ye, and be baptized every one of 
 you in the Name of Jesus Chr'st unto The Remission of YOUP 
 Sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy dhost." Acts 2: 38. 
 
 6. IN BAPTISM, THOSE BAPTIZED DECLARE THAT THEY 
 HAVE CHOSEN CHRIST AS THEIR LEADER-THE CAP- 
 TAIN OF THEIR SALVATION. 
 
 "Our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed tlirough the sea; 
 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." Ist. 
 
 Cor. 10: 2. 
 
 "For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did Put Ori 
 
 Christ.'* fialatians 3: 27. 
 
 7. BELIEVERS 1 THEIR BAPTISM PUBLICLY PROFESS 
 THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST. 
 
 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." Mark 1(5: 10. 
 
 "Then they that received His Word were baptized." Acts 2: 41. 
 
 "And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all 
 his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed and were bap- 
 tized." Acts 18: 8. 
 
 8. IN BAPTISM THE BELIEVER FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE OF 
 
 CHRIST. 
 
 "Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan, unto John to be baptized of 
 him. But John would have hindered him saying, 'I have need to be bap- 
 tized of Thee, and comest Thou to me ?' But Jesus answering said unto 
 
« FllEDEHUJTON HAPTIST CUUliCIT 
 
 c^ummary of IJa^jtiet 5?oftriuc0. 
 
 I. We believe that the .Scriptures of the OM «n,l Mou, -v * 
 written under divine insniratinn. fl.nf .. , ^ ^^st^ments were 
 
 faith and practice; anirttVtl^^^ -^'^"i'"« .'"i'le of 
 
 unt truths. ^ "'^^ following among other iinport- 
 
 sp". i^niL t ::.;tt!;::rir;! '"t ''";'• ^'^ ^^^'^^^'^ ^^ '^"' -'- - - 
 
 Himself as the E^erfa I^ "1*^1 r'^'^*'""' ""'^ ^''^ '^'^^ '-^v-^-led 
 
 (Christ, His Son, u d 21^: trnr"'"'"' f"'"^^^' '" ^'- ^-» J-- 
 and Divine Spirit "'' «'"'" '^"^ P^^^'' 'trough the Holy 
 
 III. Man was created holy, bnt hv wilf.,ii„ * 
 Maker, „e fe.l fro„, that I'TJ^U^.'^Z^^ZT^''^^ ''''" 
 an.I ju.t peualties of sin: and as an ^, f !? " """"'lUoneea 
 
 vation is promised to all who will havl ,f Ti u u """*' ""'^'^^ «*^- 
 ness and atonement of Jesus Chit whl' O d^ fh :'^'^^^^^^^ ?''*^^"«- 
 pitiation for sins through faith in H,« hi i , *"'*'' *° ''^^ ^ P'^^' 
 
 is to be secured. *'^^'^' ^"^^ ^" ^^^-^ «l°ne eternal life 
 
 anl-fa'^ L'\r tr/ If b^l^?"^' "^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^« *- -Pentance 
 who are thus rege^S wi " be uTeXT TIT " "^''"^^^ '^"^ ^" 
 eternal salvation'to which they are ^1^ b!" H^^''' ^^7?^ ««^' -^o 
 tlation of the world. ' ^ "'' ^■^^®' *^^fo''« the foun- 
 
 VI. This divine choice or election is Derf#.nfi« «^ • ^ . . 
 free agency, and comprehends all fhT^ P^^fctly consistent with man's 
 
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Fiii:i)Ei}icTox liAPTisr c nunc IT e 
 
 VII IkptiHui an.l tho Lonl'M Suppn- aio or.liimuces institutcl Uy 
 ( hiiHt, to he olKs.rved hy His Church until His socon.l coming. The only 
 proper Rul.jects for tnono (.r.liniincos are profcsHc.l believers; baptiHni ia 
 r.oliuug els,- than in.n.erHion in water in the name of the Lonl (the Father 
 the Son an.l the II„ly Spirit,) an.l, as the initiatory rite of the church, is a 
 pre-rc(jui.site to communion at tho Lord's table. 
 
 VIII. Aceor.ling to the example of the early Christians and of the 
 church in all ages, the Hrst clay of the week is to be observed as the Lord's 
 Day or (^hristian Sabbath, on which -lay, m.l at other convenient times, 
 (.o.l s people should assemble for i)ublic and .social wor.ship. 
 
 L\. There will be a resurrection of the dead, botli of the just and tho 
 nnju.st, when the Lord Jesus Christ shall con.e to judge the worM in 
 righteousness. Tiie finally impenitent will be driven away into everlastinir 
 jiuin.hment, but the righteous will be received into eternal dory and 
 liaj)piuess. 
 
 €ol3ciutnt. 
 
 \yc do now, in the presence of the great, all-seeing and most glorious 
 (.o( , and before angels and men, give up ourselves to the Lord Jehovah 
 lather, .S,»n and Holy (Jhost, and own Ilim this day to be our (Jod, our 
 1' at her, our Saviour and our Leader, and receive riim as our portion for 
 ever. W e give up ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ, an.l engage to ad- 
 Jiere to Ilim as the head of His people in the covenant of gr.- e, and rely 
 on Him as our Prophet, Priest and King, to bring us to eternal blesse.l- 
 iiess. 
 
 \ye acknowlclge our everlasting and indispensable obligations to glorify 
 <io.l, by living a holy, righteous an<l godly life in this present world, in all 
 our .several places a^.l relations; and we engage, by the a-ssistanec of the 
 Divine Spirit, to improve our time, strength, talents and advantages to 
 His glory and the good of our fellow men; promising, l,y Divine help, to 
 walk as becomes those professing godliness, to maintain the worship of 
 (iod m our families, and to train up those under our care ir. the ways of 
 religion and virtue. 
 
 We also give up ourselves to one another in covenant, promising to act 
 towards each other as brethren in Christ, M'atching over one another in the 
 love of (iod, reproving, rebuking and admonishing one another for good 
 as occasion may require. If we at any time know that any members of 
 the church are guilty of immoral conduct, we will not expose it by telling 
 
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 FBEDEIUGTON BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 it to others; and if we liave any personal difficulty with our brethren, we 
 will not cherish enmity or speak of our grievances to others, but will faith- 
 fully labor with them, according to the direction of our Lord, that sin may 
 be put away from among us, and that iniquity may not be harbored hi the 
 church. We engage to watch not only against the most gross sins, but 
 also against all foolish talking and jesting, which are not convenient, vain 
 disputing about words and things which gender strife, disregard of prom- 
 ises and engagements, tattling and backbiting, spending time idl^orat 
 improper places, and whatsoever else is contrary to sound doctrine. We 
 promise to hold com.nunion together in the worship of God, and in the 
 ordinctnces and discipline of His church, according as we shall be or are 
 guided by the Spirit of God in His word,— expecting that He will yet 
 further and more gloriously open His word and the mysteries of His king- 
 dom,— applying to the blood of the everlasting covenant for the pardon of 
 our many errors, and praying tha^ the Lord may prepare and strengthen us 
 for every good work to do His will, working in us that which is well pleas- 
 ing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for and ever. 
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