Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871 · scan page 119

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sinnors, and,
till renewed by
tlie rrruce and Spirit of God, are witli-
out holiness, and under tlie condemnation of God's law.
You believe, that God has had compassion on
sinful men;
that
the Son of God, who
is equal
with
the Father, liavinof taken upon
himself our
nature, has,
by his
snfTerinf^s and
deatij, made
atone-
ment
for
sin;
that
he
arose
from
the
dead
and
ascended
into
heaven, where he
ever
lives
to make
intercession
for them
that
come unto God by him;
tliat, throufjh
him, God
offers forgiveness
to
all men
; and, that every sinner, who
turns
to God, by repent-
ance, with faith in his Son,
is freely pardoned and
will be saved.
You believe, that (iod has revealed
all thinrrs necessary to salva-
tion,
in
the
Scriptures of the
Old
and New
Testaments, which,
being" nriven by the inspiration of his Spirit, are an infallible rule
oi"
faith and practice
; and
that he sends the Holy Spirit
to make the
truth effectual, by ^hose inlluences
all, who
are
chosen to eternal
life, are renewed and sanctified in believing and obcyinLf the gospel.
You believe,
that
it
is the duty of Christ's disciples to associate
themselves for
worship and communion,
for mutual
watcht'ulness
and improvement, for the administration of Baptism and the Lord".-
Supper,
and
for
the perpetuation and
extension
of
liis kingdom
among men; and
that any association of believers
tor these pur-
poses
is a Ciiristian Church.
You believe,
that there
will be
a
resurrection of all the
dead:
and that God will
call all men to
an account
for
all
their actions,
judging them in righteousness according to the gospel, condemnini:
the disobedient and unbelieving to everlasting punishment, and ad-
mitting the righteous into
lif(^ eternal.
These things,
in
tlie
presence of xAlmighty God, you
solenmiy
profess to believe.
COVENANT.
Through
Christ strengthening you, without whom you can do
nothing, you here, in the presence of God, angels, and
this assem-
bly, now
profess
that you do, and
promise that henceforward yon
will, deny ungodliness and
worldly
lusts,
wherein
in
times
past
y^ou
have
walked
; and you
do now
give up
yourself,
[or,
your-

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P008-0119. Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871, printed page not verified, PDF page 119. New Haven (Conn.). First Church of Christ; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualoffirstchu00newh_0/page/n119/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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