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XI .- We believe that a visible church of Christ is a congregation of baptised believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellow- ship of the Gospel ; observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by His laws; and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges invested in them by His word ; that its only scriptural officers are Bishops or Pastors and Deacons ; whose qualifications, claims and duties are defined in the Epistles to Timothy and Titus.
XII .- We believe that Christian Baptism is the immersion in water of a believer, into the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; to show forth, in a solemn and beautiful emblem, our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, with its effect, in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is pre-requisite to the privileges of a church relation, and to the Lord's Supper, in which the members of the church by the sacred use of bread and wine, are to commemo- rate together the dying love of Christ ; preceded always by solemn self-examination.
XIII .- We believe that the first day of the week is the Lord's Day or Christian Sabbath, and is to be kept sacred to religious purposes by abstaining from all secular labor and sinful recreations, by the devout observance of all means of grace, both private and public, and by preparation for that rest that remaineth to the people of God.
XIV .- We believe that Civil Government is of Divine appoint- ment, for the interests and good order of human society ; and that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored and obeyed ; except only in things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the Prince of kings of the earth.
XV .- We believe that there is a radical and essential difference
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between the righteous and the wicked; that such ouly as through faith are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and sanctified by the Spirit of our God, are truly righteous in His esteem ; while all such as continue in impenitence and unbelief are in His sight wicked, and under the curse ; and this distinction holds among men both in and after death.
XVI .- We believe that the end of this world is approaching ; that at the Last Day Christ will descend from Heaven and raise the dead from the grave to final retribution, that a solemn separation will then take place ; that the wicked will be adjudged to endless punishment, and the righteous to endless joy; and that this judgment will fix forever the final state of men in Heaven or hell, on principles of righteousness.
CHURCH COVENANT.
Having been lead, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, and of angels, and of this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality ; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doc- trines ; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion ; to reli- giously educate our children ; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances ; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; to avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger ; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Saviour.
We further eugage to watch over one another in brotherly love ; to remember each other in prayer ; to aid each other in sickness and distress ; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech ; to be slow to take offence, but always ready for reconcilia- tion, and mindful of the rules of our Saviour to secure it without delay.
We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's word.
PRAYER.
Now the God of Peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good work, to do His will; working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
Wm. McKee,
Elizabeth McKee,
Miss Elizabeth McKee, Susan Chumar, Louis H. McKee,
Emma McKee, Alpheus J. Byram. Francis Byram, Alpheus J. Byram, Jr., Sarah Byram,
I. D. Randolph,
Elmira Randolph, Charles Randolph, Vincent Nesbit,
Elizabeth Nesbit,
Lucinda Nesbit,
Mary A. Nesbit,
Elizabeth Berrien,
Catharine Finehout. James Jones,
Barbary Jones,
Anna Jones,
Wm. W. Kneeshaw,
Ellen Kneeshaw,
Mary Kneeshaw,
Sarah Howell,
Caroline H. Past, Lettia Price, George S. Price, H. T. Webber, Hannah Webber, Roxana Taylor, Susan Biles,
Bertha Richardson, Margaret Morgan, Sarah Dunn, Ira Furman, Martha Furman, Anna Furman,
Lucy A. Sweet, Lucy A. Sweet, Jr.,
Elizabeth Pullen, Jane Hammett, Enoch Cheeseman, M. A. Cheeseman, M. M. Cheeseman, Luther Cheeseman, Sarah Costner, Emma Costner,
Anna Costner, Jr., Anna Costner, John Riseley, Jemina Riseley,
Catharine Riseley, Wm. Riseley,
Cynthia Rogers, Thos. C. Hill, Susan L. Hill, Edmund C. Hill, Elizabeth Gorden, D. P. Forst, Emeline Forst, Francis Forst, J. Murray Forst. Mary Forst, Wm. Forst, J. E. Darrah, Francis Darrah,
Elizabeth Herbert, S. Eliza Herbert, Wm. T. Foster, Isabella Foster, Clara Foster, Charlotte E. Hartwell,
R. M. Wiliknson,
Abbie M. Wilkinson,
George Royer, Elizabeth Royer,
Eliza Royer,
Amanda Hutchinson, ·
Helen Simpson, Mary Mount,
Lavinia Thorn,
Mary Thorn,
Emma Thorn,
David Thorn,
James Grey,
George M. Cogill, Hannah T. Cogill,
Catharine Jones, Phebe Elvis,
Wm. Past,
Wm. A. Paul, Elisebeth Paul,
J. Miflin Paul,
Harriet Paul.
Miriam Paul,
Wmn. Utter,
Mary A. Utter,
Robert Narroway,
Harriet Narroway,
Sarah Narroway,
Harriet Suber,
Philetus R. English,
John M. English,
Margaretta S. Sooy, Wm. Barnes,
Isaac Barnes,
Anna Lee,
Catharine Kay,
Annie Kay, Kate Kay, Ida Kay,
John McDougal,
Lydia McDougal, Martha Green,
Eliza Shipe, James Vanderbeck, Anna Sharp,
Mary Sharp,
Sarah Sharp,
Wm. Murphy,
Lillie Murphy,
Frederick Reppart, Rose E. Reppart,
Edward Reppart,
Anna Whitehead,
Esther Whitehead, Ann Whitehead, Sarah Whitehead, Rachel Yard,
Sarah Carpenter, Martha Coleman,
Christiana Muchler,
Elizabeth Ivins, Wm. C. Ivins, Elvira H. Ivins,
Amelia A. Ivins,
Emily C. Pullen, John H. Ferris, Annie Ferris,
Jayletts Vansant,
Elizabeth Vansant, Melissa Hogeny,
Deborah A. Forman, Mary E. Campbell, Anna M. Forman, Mansfield Herbert,
Emeline Darrah, Henry Darrah,
J. Howard Murray, Whilhelmina Murray, Jennie T. Grey,
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Clara Engle, Sarah Daymond, Atlanta Ely, Alwilda Whitecar,
Abiezar Jameson.
Mahala J. Jameson,
Francis Jameson,
John P. Gary,
Maria Maynard,
Margaret Gary,
Margaret Taylor,
Sarah E. Monday,
Elias Bergen,
John Schooley, Martha McConkey,
Sarah Ward,
E. Edgar Bergen,
Harriet F. Curtis,
Ellen Johnson,
Elizabeth A. Johnson,
Mary A. Keeler,
Benjamin Goodinge,
Charles Brooks,
Amy Seaman,
Ann Goodinge,
Harriet Brooks,
Anna M. Seaman,
Lena Goodman,
Edward Brooks,
Julia Booze,
Elizabeth Hunt,
Mary Brooks,
Caroline Bailey,
Margaret Vandergrift, Elizabeth Merick,
Virginia Seaman,
Ellen Burchell,
James M. Dennison,
Emma Seaman,
Sarah Lawrence,
Duncan P. Vail,
Joshua Hancock,
T. S. Griffith,
Mary F. Vail,
Mary Cafferry,
Julia N. Griffith,
Cynthia F. Onderdonk, Lydia Rule,
Foster C. Griffith,
John Runyon,
John Bates,
Wilson Thatcher,
Anna Ashmore,
George Downing,
Hulda Thatcher,
Mary Robinson,
Joseph Bower,
George Thatcher,
Henry Robinson,
Amanda Bower,
Charles Brooks,
Elizabeth Barnett,
Spencer S. Bower,
Mrs. Chas. Brooks,
Mary Cheston,
Elisebeth Bower,
Eliza Quick,
Rossella Cheston,
Theodosia Parent,
Jediah Quick,
Charles Dansbury, Mary Dansbury,
John Parent, Emma Ellis,
Wilson Eldridge,
Mrs. Wilson Eldridge, Anna Sulgar,
William B. Ellis,
Deborah Eldridge,
Wm. Swallow,
Atlantic Bailie,
Elizabeth Heidweiller, Mary Swallow,
Miriam Taylor,
Sarah Millard,
Annie Swallow,
Mary Ryan, Lydia Estalo,
Clara Schooley,
Jacob H. Walters,
C. B. Van Syckel,
Sarah Warner,
Amanda Walters,
Hannah S. Van Syckel,
Sarah E. Opdyke,
Catharine Walters,
Charles Page,
Owen Jenkins,
Josephine B. Walters, Frances Page,
Laura A. Vail,
Charles Grice,
Catharine Bowne,
Lydia MacIntyre,
David M. Bateman,
John Hawes,
Elizabeth Stowell,
John Bateman,
Esmaralda Kennedy,
Elizabeth Stowell,
Henrietta Warford,
Isaac Blew, Jane Blew,
Mary Jackson,
Susan Mettler,
Sarah Ann Havens,
Mary Creamer, Edward Phifer,
Marmaduke S. Earle, Anna E. Stout,
Delilah Earle,
Charles Stout, Mahala Stout,
Sarah Henley, Rachel Coburn,
George Spicer,
Theodosia Spicer,
Harriet Thomas,
Emma Spicer,
Caroline Clayton,
Mary Phifer, John Phifer, Caroline Phifer, Charles Powell, Mahlon C. Cooper,
John Robbinson, Joice Lawrence,
Charlotte Lawrence, Rebecca Lawrence,
Louisa Thomas,
Julia N. Cooper, James Buchanan, Mary Buchanan,
Frederic Thomas,
Samuel B. Foster, Edward Foster, Anna Foster, Ella Colwell,
Sarah E. Cook,
Phebe Bergen,
J. Elý Rue, Mary G. Scott, Emma Scott,
Mary A. Curtis,
Harriet Curtis,
Charles Curtis,
Margery Griffin,
Elizabeth Swallow,
Mary Jenkins,
Elizabeth Jenkins, David A. Maple,
Moses M. Bateman, Amanda Bateman, Annie Bateman,
G. S. B. Mettler,
Benjamin Jackson,
Anna C. McGronigal,
Charles A. Stout,
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Archibald S. Parks,
Ruth A. Landis,
Anna Cochrane,
George B. McGannon, Sarah Alcott,
Ezekiel Maires,
Margaret Adams,
George Howell,
Anna Hutchinson, Matilda Reed,
Sarah Bartlett,
Charles Potter,
Margaret Bartlett,
Caroline Potter,
Sarah Hoffman,
John Benson,
Phebe Lining, Rachel Bennett,
Elisebeth Beaird,
George Rowley, JaneRowley,
Matilda Lining,
Anna Mershon,
H. B. Green,
Jacob C. English,
Julia Hough, Richard Walsh,
Charlotte Green,
Mrs. Rachel English,
Elizabeth Lanshaw.
Charles L. Robbins,
Elisebeth Webb,
A. Newton McCann,
Susan McClurg,
Kate Jones,
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