Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871 · scan page 19

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God through Jesus Christ, to serve him forever, and
to be his and
at his disposal
in
all things.
And you
also
;,nvo up yourself [or
yourselves] unto
tlie
I^ord Jesus Christ, to be
his disciple, [or, dis-
ciples,]
to be
tau<j^lit and
iToverned by him
in
all your
relations,
condition and conversation in this world, avouching- him to be your
Supreme teaclier, your only priest and propitiation, your great king
and lawgiver.
And you do further bind yourself, [or, yourselves.] in the strength
of Christ, to walk with this Church in all
his ordinances, and with
the
members
thereof
in
all
member-like
love
and
submission.
Thus you promise.
Then doth
this Church
likewise
promise
you, tliat through the
help of Christ, without whoni we also caii do nothinu, we will walk
towards you in all helpfulness, brotherly love and watchfulness.
STANDING
RULES.
I. Persons who have not made a public profession of religion by
becoming members in full communion with souie Christian Church,
are
to give
satisfactory personal
evidence of Christian character,
before being received as
ineuibers of this Church; and after hav-
ing been
publicly propounded two
weeks,
are
to
be
received as
members by a vote of the brethren, and by their profession of faith
and solemn public assent to the covenant of the Church.
H. Any person bringing
a
dismissal and recommendation from
a Christian Church, unless something is shown to invalidate his tes-
timonials, may be admitted to membership
in
this
Churcli, on the
recommendation of the Standing Committee,
without
a
public
aij-
!>ent to the covenant, by a vote
of the
brethren.
Testimonials
in
such cases are to be read to the Church, at least four weeks before
the question
is taken.
HI. This Church holds
it to be a solemn and iniportant duty, to at-
tend watchfully to the discipline which
Christ has instituted
in his
^-hurch.
IV.
In all
cases
of priv;ite
otTenses,
the
rule, as
given
in
the
eighteenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel
is to be strictly observed.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P008-0019. Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871, printed page not verified, PDF page 19. New Haven (Conn.). First Church of Christ; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualoffirstchu00newh_0/page/n19/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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