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I W A S M A D E I. A MEMBER o f C h r i s t , “ For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one spirit we are all b a p t i z e d into one body. . . . Ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.’,— 1. Cor. xii, 12, 13, 27. . II* T h e CHILD OF GOD. “ Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, for as many of you as have been b a p t i z e d into Christ, have put on Christ.”— Gal. iii, 26, 27. III. A n In h e r i t o r o f t h e K in g d o m o f H e a v e n . “Know ye not, that so many of us as were b a p t i z e d into Jesus Christ were b a p t i z e d into his death ? Therefore we are buried with him by b a p t i s m into death, that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. . . . Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.” — Romans vi, 3, 4, 8. * Jtt ifoltj Habitant * I DID PR O M ISE I. To renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the’t sinful lusts of the flesh. “ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof : but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” — 1 8. John ii, 15, 16, 17. II. To believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. “ He that b e l i e v e t h a n d is b a p t i z e d , shall be saved.”— 8. Mark xvi, 16. III. To keep God’s holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life. “ If ye love Me, keep My Commandments.”— 8. John xiv, 15. TO SPONSORS. “ Ye are to take care that this Child be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed by him, so soon as he can say the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and is sufficiently instructed in the other parts of the Church Catechism set forth for that purpose.” TO THE BAPTIZED CHRISTIAN. “ It is expedient that every person, thus baptized, should be confirmed by the Bishop, so soon after his baptism as conveniently may b e ; that so he may be admitted to the Holy Communion.” Morehouse Publishing: Co , Milwaukee. Form No. 1