 ... creed, and the Lord's prayer. They are to be taught to pray, to abhor sin, to fear God, and to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. And, when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady, and to have sufficient knowledge...  Minutes - United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - Page 217by United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 840 pages
...Jesus Christ ; and when they come to years of discretion, if they be free Gartin, ic., vs. Penick, ic. from scandal, appear sober and steady, and to have...body, they ought to be informed it is their duty and privilege to come to the Lord's Supper." And by section 7, chapter 1, book 1, Form of Government, it... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...if they be free from fcand^l, appear fober and fteady, and to have fufficient knowledge to difcern the Lord's body, they ought to be informed, it is their duty, and their privilege, to come to the Lard's fupper. Se£t. II. The years of .difcretion, in young Chr Lilians, cannot be precifely fixed.... | |
 | Elisha Pope Swift - Bible - 1821 - 224 pages
...abhor sin, to fear God arid to obey the Lord Jesus Christ, and when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...they ought to be informed, it is their duty and their privi~ lege to come to the Lord's supper." See questions 171, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Larg. Cat Q. 7... | |
 | John M'Farland - Infant baptism - 1828 - 188 pages
...Larger Catechism Ques. 62, and Form of Gov. Chap. ii. Sec, ii* \Book of Discipline, Chap. i. Sec. 6, appear sober and steady, and to have sufficient knowledge...discern the Lord's body ; they ought to be informed that it is their duty and their privilege to come to the Lord's supper."* In the report of a committee... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 568 pages
...abhor sin, to fear God, and to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. And, when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...and their privilege to come to the Lord's supper. I IL The years of discretion, in young Christians, cannot be precisely fixed. This must be left to... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 558 pages
...abhor sin, to fear God, and to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. And, when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...young Christians, cannot be precisely fixed. This must oe left to the prudence of the eldership. The officers of the church are the judges of the qualifications... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1840 - 644 pages
...already under the inspection and government of the church; and when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...have sufficient knowledge to discern the Lord's body, ought to be informed, that it is their duty and their privilege to come to the Lord's Supper. Nor do... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1850 - 678 pages
...pale of the visible church, and dedicated to God in baptism, when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...and their privilege, to come to the Lord's supper.' And, for more than a hundred years, this order was universally obeyed. But now their baptized children... | |
 | Criticism - 1850 - 676 pages
...pale of the visible church, and dedicated to God in baptism, when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...and their privilege, to come to the Lord's supper.' And, for more than a hundred years, this order was universally obeyed. But now their baptized children... | |
 | William Augustus Stearns - Baptism and church membership - 1844 - 180 pages
...abhor sin, to fear God, and to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. And when they come to years of discretion, if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady,...it is their duty and their privilege to come to the Lord'ssupper." They are then to be examined as to their knowledge and piety, and when prepared, in... | |
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