...perhaps most of us forgotten again; but we may easily borrow a book to refresh our memory, and there we shall find a sacrament defined to be an outward...sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given to us by Christ himself. A sign we know is ordinarily an indication of something happening: when the weather-glass...

...which is given by the church of England. By that church, the meaning of the word sacrament is declared to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure...

...which is given by the church of England. By that church, the meaning of the word sacrament is declared- to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure...

...baptism is described relatively to them — as to adults, on the condition of repentance and faith — " To be an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given to them" — not which may perhaps be given in time to come. And they are again said to be made by baptism...

...is, a holy sign." This is probably the true definition. The Church of England explains the meaning to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given nnto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure...

...evidence. If we estimate the nature of a sacrament by the standard admitted by the catechist, we find it to be an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordered by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and as a pledge to assure...

...in the main sense with the Catholic and most other Christian Churches, when she defines a Sacrament to be ' An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us, and ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure...

...be just which is given by the church of England. By that church the meaning of the word is declared to be ' an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure...

...which is given by the church of England. By that church, the meaning of the word sacrament is declared to be "an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure...

...actually, and truly, a Sacrament ordained by Christ in His Holy Gospel ? — having an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given to us, ordained by Christ Himself," and therefore " generally necessary to salvation." I can only tell you that if you will take the high...