kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever

and ever.

Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.

Amen.

The Order

for the

Admission of Catechumens

to the

Confirmation of the Baptismal Vow,

and to the

Participation of the Lord's Supper.

On the day of preparation for the Lord's Supper, after the sermon, the Minister shall say—

Dearly beloved,-We are now about to admit to the Confirmation of their Baptismal Vow, and to the participation of the Lord's Supper, the catechumens who have been under special instruction in the truths of the Gospel, and who are ready to profess publicly the faith into which they were baptized.

The Minister shall then read their names, and they will come forward and stand in front of the Communion Table.

Addressing the Catechumens, the Minister shall say—

Dearly beloved,—In the days of your infancy you were by Holy Baptism ingrafted into the Lord Jesus Christ, and engaged to be His. God, in His mercy, has spared you to years of responsibility; and you have now, of your own choice, come forward to own and accept, before God and His Church, the covenant then made on your behalf, to profess your faith in the Lord Jesus, to consecrate yourselves to Him, and thereby to bind yourselves anew to His service.

This is one of the most solemn acts in the Christian's life. I charge you, therefore, to answer with all sincerity, and as in the presence of God, who sees your hearts, the questions which I have now to put to you.

Do you receive the doctrine of that holy faith into which you were baptized, whereof we make confession, saying, I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on

the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. These articles of the Christian faith, and the whole doctrine of the Old and New Testaments, you profess to believe: do you not?

Ans. I do.

Do you ratify and confirm the vow of your baptism, and consecrate yourselves to God as your Father, to Christ as your Saviour, and to the Holy Ghost as your Sanctifier, promising in dependence upon Divine aid to serve the Lord, and keep His commandments all the days of your life?

Ans. I do.

Do you promise to submit yourselves to all the ordinances of Christ, to use faithfully the means of grace, and to give to the relief of the poor, and the extension of the Church, as the Lord may prosper you?

Ans. I do.

Then the Minister shall say—

In consequence of these declarations and promises, and being satisfied as to your baptism, your Christian knowledge and life, I do now, in

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the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, admit you to the participation of the Lord's Supper, and to all the privileges of the new covenant.

The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us Pray.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast formed a Church

in the world, and hast promised to perpetuate and protect it to the end of time, we thank Thee for Thy great mercy to these Thy children, and to Thy Church, to which Thou hast given the joy of receiving them into full communion. We thank Thee that from infancy, by Holy Baptism, they have been incorporated into the kingdom of Christ. We thank Thee for their Christian education, for the exhortation of parents and teachers, and that Thou hast spared them, and given them power this day to own and accept for themselves the covenant of salvation made with them before, in the sacrament of Baptism.

Forgive, O Lord, all the sins which they, in the foolishness of youth, have committed against Thee; and graciously accept them now dedicating themselves to Thee their Lord and God.