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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 I >- !^ 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. 6 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 . BAPTISM SYMBOLIZES THE WASHINO AWAY OF SIN. "And now why tarriest thou ? Arise, and be biptized, an. "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 «..r>, ji„,. ujc xt" =H:r;;:ra"jit '-"'' " -..N 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