Will ye instruct him in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ? I will. Will ye exhort him to keep God's holy will and commandments, and to walk in the same all the days of his life? I will. [With the administration of water.] I BAPTIZE thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. BENEDICTION X. FOR ADULTS. OUR Lord Jesus commanded, that all persons baptized should be instructed in his holy Gospel. You, in the profession of the Christian faith, present yourself to be baptized according to his institution. Do you now promise, that you will receive the instructions of the Christian religion, and strive to govern your faith and practice by its doctrines and laws? [With the administration of water.] I BAPTIZE thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. BENEDICTION X. COVENANT OF THE CHURCH IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY.* WE2 E, whose names are underwritten, present ourselves for admission to this Church, in testimony of our faith in Jesus Christ, our acceptance of his religion, and subjection to his laws. We regard this transaction as an expression of our earnest desire to obtain the salvation proposed in the Gospel, and our serious purpose to endeavor to comply with the terms on which it is offered. We design to commemorate the Author and Finisher of our faith, in the manner established in his Church. In a humble and grateful reliance on God for the pardon of sin, and assistance in duty, we solemnly take upon ourselves the engagements of the Christian profession. We will, as we shall have opportunity, acknowledge our relation to this Christian community, by attendance on the services of religion, by the offices of Christian affection, and by submission to the laws of Christian order, beseeching the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, being faithful to each other and to our common Master, we may enjoy the consolations of our holy religion here, and be accepted to its rewards hereafter, through the riches of divine favor in Jesus. Christ. * Adopted by vote, November 6, 1814. 24 THE APOSTLES' CREED. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen. TE DEUM. E praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the W Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein. To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry, Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. The noble army of martyrs praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee, The Father of an infinite majesty ; And Jesus Christ is thy well-beloved Son. When thou gavest him to deliver man, it pleased thee that he should be born of a virgin. When he had overcome the sharpness of death, he did open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. He sitteth at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We believe that he shall come to be our judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed through his most precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them, and lift them up Day by day we magnify thee; for ever. And we worship thy name, ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us; have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have we trusted; let us never be confounded. |