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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 177
to assume the obligations contained in the answers to
the questions propounded to the person at the time of
administering the rite. These questions and answers
have been already quoted in Section VIII., on Admission to the Sacraments, where the reader may find them.
The same requisites are declared in the Rubric preliminary to the service for " the ministration of baptism to
such as are of riper years and able to answer for themselves," as follows:
" When any such persons as are of riper years are to
be baptized, timely notice shall be given to the minister ; that so due care may be taken for their examination, whether they be sufficiently instructed in the principles of the Christian religion; and that they may be
exhorted to prepare themselves, with prayers and fastings, for the receiving of this holy sacrament. And if
they shall be found fit," etc.
Every adult is expected to have certain " chosen witnesses," called godfathers and godmothers, who shall
stand by his or her side during the administration of
the rite ; and whose duty it shall be (it being thus publicly and voluntarily assumed) to exercise a special watch
and care over the baptized person. At the close of the
service of adult baptism, the minister addresses these
" chosen witnesses " as follows :
* " Forasmuch as these persons have promised, in your
presence, to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember that
it is your part and duty to put them in mind what a
solemn vow, promise, and profession they have now
made before this congregation, and especially before
you their chosen witnesses. And ye are also to call
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000181 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 177 to assume the obligations contained in the answers to the questions propounded to the person at the time of administering the rite. These questions and answers have been already quoted in Section VIII., on Admission to the Sacraments, where the reader may find them. The same requisites are declared in the Rubric preliminary to the service for " the ministration of baptism to such as are of riper years and able to answer for themselves," as follows: " When any such persons as are of riper years are to be baptized, timely notice shall be given to the minister ; that so due care may be taken for their examination, whether they be sufficiently instructed in the principles of the Christian religion; and that they may be exhorted to prepare themselves, with prayers and fastings, for the receiving of this holy sacrament. And if they shall be found fit," etc. Every adult is expected to have certain " chosen witnesses," called godfathers and godmothers, who shall stand by his or her side during the administration of the rite ; and whose duty it shall be (it being thus publicly and voluntarily assumed) to exercise a special watch and care over the baptized person. At the close of the service of adult baptism, the minister addresses these " chosen witnesses " as follows : * " Forasmuch as these persons have promised, in your presence, to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember that it is your part and duty to put them in mind what a solemn vow, promise, and profession they have now made before this congregation, and especially before you their chosen witnesses. And ye are also to call |
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