Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871 · scan page 121

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selves,] soul and body, and
all
that you
have, are, or shall he, unto
God through Jesus Christ, to serve him forever, and
to be his and
at his disposal
in
all thinii's.
And you
also
izive up yourself [or
yourselves] unto the Lord Josus Christ, to be
liis disciple, [or, dis-
ciples,]
to he
tauirht and
iroverned
by him
in
all your
relations,
condition and conversation in this world, avouchinsf him to be your
Supreme teaclier, your only priest and propitiation, your i^reat king
and lawgiver.
And you do further bind yourself, [or, yourselves,] in the strenixth
of Christ, to walk with
this Church in all
his ordinances, and with
the
members
thereof
in
all
meniber-like
love
and
submission*
Thus you promise.
Then doth
this Church
likewise
promise
you, that
throui^^h the
help of Christ, without whom we also can do nothing, we will walk
towards you in all helpfulness, brotherly love and watchfulness.
STANDING
RULES.
L Persons who have not made a public profession of relifrion by
becoming- members
in full communion with some Christian Church
are
to give
satisfactory personal
evidence of Christian character
before being received as members 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.
n. Any person
bringing
a
dismissal and recommendation from
a Christian Church, unless something is shown to invalidate his tes-
timonials, may be admitted to membersliip
in
this Church, on
the
recommendation of the Standing Committee,
without
a
public
as-
sent 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.
III. This Church holds
it to be a solemn and important duty, to at-
tend watchfully to the discipline which Christ has instituted
in his
Church.
IV.
In all
cases
of private
otTenscs,
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-P008-0121. Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871, printed page not verified, PDF page 121. New Haven (Conn.). First Church of Christ; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualoffirstchu00newh_0/page/n121/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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